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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1920.

CARSE ADDRESS

"YT" Kaukoša

CODER CARD

ADC. SIRJEDITION

WISTERS UNIDA BENTLEY'S

P. E. Vors MARANER

MERCURY MOTOR CAR,

CO.

59-61 Des Voeux Road Central,

SUPREME COURT.

MORTGAGE ACTION

JUDGMENT..

HONGKONG.

VIN HIS OWN LINGO.

TELEPRONKS

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KOBINSON ROAD,

BIANCH WEST POLIT BRASTU 1545 | WORK STOP

AN IMAGINED INSULT.

EUROPEAN FINED FOR ASSAULT

At the Magistracy this morning, before Magistrate Smith, a Portuguese named S. Danenberg sued Bombardier Jones R.G.A.. stationed at Stone cuners Island,' for assault.

used it as a football.

THE CHINA MAIL

UNSOLD FRESH MEAT.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE.

SOLEMN MASS for the late M the Roman Catholic Cathedral, c

Bonet de Journel will be held in FRIDAY, 6th August, at 5X.

NIPPON YUSEN KAIAHA,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEER.

From EUROPE, and STRAITS.

Company's 'Steamship "CALCUTTA MARU,"

Godown at Kowloon, where each consign ment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained sa soon as the Goods are landed.

corresponent writes to the. Malay Mail"As to what becomes of the beef that is unsold, I have been told (and I believe it) that the butchers soak it in water and so get rid of the blood-the thing that hastens decomposition. There must be some truth in this because the beef is often a pale pink instead of healthy red, and there is very little The defendant denied the charge. flavour in the soup-sometimes it The complainant said that about 6 has foreign flavours. I got some p.m.. on July 30, he was standing good beef to-day; of the pale pink- outside the Post Office when the de-kind, but the soup which I carefully fendant came up to him and said: prepared myself smelt and tasted of Where are you going?" Wimess kidney, When it is washed the replied Walking The defendant water is quite colourless. My in- then took hold of his arm and said; formant told me that the water it is +

You can't go walking with a typhoon washed in adds to the weight. Ihaving arrived from the above Porta, on. It is raining." Come with often wish one could live without assignees of Cargo are hereby informed me." Witness struggled to free him- food there are so many disgusting that their Goods are being landed aud self whereupon the defendars threw things about it. The odour of the phased at their risk in the Horozome A STORY OF FIVE DUCKS, his witness's) hat on the ground and putrid fish in the market added to

AND KOWLOON WEARY AND GODOWN Co,'s When witness about 100 cigarettes being smoked remonstrated the defendant pailed by purchasers must affect the Speaking of ducks, says the Paris him about for some 20 yards. In his meat. Correspondent of the Westminter | opinion, the defendant was quite sober Gazette a comforting instance of at the time. Hẹ did not know the officialdom has just been recorded!) defendant, and the latter had no right The Presidential Palace of France to interfere with him. has a lovely garden. In this garden

The defendant said that on the day there is a pond. On this pond there in question, he came to Hongkong on At the Supreme Court this morning are five ducks. In accordance with leave. The wind rose, and he could the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. H. Jthe dictates of Nature, these ducks, not get a boat to take him back to when moved to make a sound, do it an Gompertz, gave judgment in

Stonecutters. He told the Sergean in the form of a quack. In accor about it, and the later told him to go 3 ROOMS suitable for Offs on TO LET:-Fex immediate occupation action brought by the trustee in dance with the habits of the sun,

T Bankruptcy of the Loong Hip Ree they are particularly addicted to do to the Post Office and telephone to his Queen's Road Central, nes: the banks

Commanding Officer. Lam firm to set aside an indenture ing this at sunrise. The pond is

He went to Apply to Box No. 1993, c/o Tu" CHISA of mortgage made between the firm situated just under the windows of the Post Office, but could not find the H

the rooms dedicated to the use of telephone. He went up to the com- as mortgager and Yuen King Fo as the wife of the President of the plainant who was standing outside and mortgagee alternatively for a declara- Republic. Madame Deschanel is a asked him if he could tell him where tion that it is inoperative as far as it light sleeper. I have heard of people he could find the telephone..

book who have cursed the nightingale a complainant apparently did not under- the purported to assign

dawn. What those people would stand him, as he mumbled something debts. The facts of

tave said of the vocal efforts of five in his own lingo," Thinking that are as follows-In 1911 ducks at the same hour it is perhaps the complainant was using offensive. the banknipt firm purchased the better not to conjecture. At any words towards him, he took hold of undertaking of the King Loong rate, Madame Deschanel, during the his arm and once more put the ques- PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. Cheung Kee firm, dealers in fish, of orderly and restrained hours of the tion to him. The complainant pulled which the defendant was then man- day, preferred an orderly and his atm away from witness's grip, and aging partner. The defendant left restrained request to the authorities as he did so, his hat fell on the ground. on deposit with the bankrupts part concerned that the ducks might be Winess did not kick it.

case

WAR'S EFFECT OF TRADE.

the

The

of the purchase, money to the amount removed. The wife of the President The Magistrate said that while he did

of Taels 5.942. He drew on and add- of the Republic is She-who-must-be- not think the case was a serious one.

TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.

TO LET,

FOR SALE.

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DEDEGREED BULL DOG. 1 year old. Inspection invited `89, Connaught Road, West.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

"S.S. WEST NIGERTM*

ed to this deposit from time to time i obeyed, and the authorities bowed as it was obtious that the complainant From SAN FRANCISCO via HOND and in August 1917 there was owing before her. The ducks should be did not understand English. at the

A fine of $5 was imposed.

OBITUARY.

Q.M.S. WOODS, R.Z.

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to him from the firm an amount removed, quick, more quickly, and same time, the defendant had no right. of $6,600.

On August, 15 1917, quicker than that. "Only," they when the complaint answered him an agreement was executed between added, "as according to the regula in his own language, to assume that the firm and the defendant under tions there must be fre ducks here, which defendant agreed to advance, we shall have to replace these by the complainant was "getting at " to the Era from time to time as five others." One can only hope him, and lay hands" on him as he required, the sum of $20,000. The that, in spite of Monsieur Deschanel's admittedly did. firm agreed to repay with interest all reputation as a polished man of the advances on the last day of the 12th. world, he has been able, as a lay-1 Moon of the current Chinese year and man," to supply a few of the phrases to execute to the defendant upon of which Madame Deschanel must at demand a morgage of the whole dawn find herself in need. But in a business and assets of the firm to mad world it is comforting to find secure any manies then owing by people who know that the Medes and them under the agreement. On Feb- the Persians were right. It gives hary, 5 1918, a meeting of the part-i ane something solid to go on. zer was held at which a minute was drawn up and signed by them. This minute recites the difficult conditions and the tightness of money due to the European war: these conditions it is stated are chiefy felt by members of the Salt Fish Guild. Reference is made to a previous meeting in the autumn at which measures were taken to meet the danger for the current year, but fresh measures are "now necessary and it is proposed to issue new shares. Deposits made by partners are not to be withdrawn and no interest is to be paid on them for the period of five years.

The minute further set out arrange ments for motgaging the entire business should it be necessary for the relief of the general situation. The mortgage was excuted on Feb. 20, 1918, a request being made to the defendant as mortgaged for a loan

SHARK SAVES A MAN.

LULU, YOKOHAMA, KOBE,

SHANG BAL.and "MANILA,

take from

The above mentioned vessel having arrived from the above mentioned ports, Consignees of cargo are hereby informed that they must immediate delivery of same alongside, and all cargo impeding discharge will be landed at their risk and expense into the Pacific Mail Steamship Companyis godowns at West Point, and stored at Cou- signess' risk.

Consignees of cargo are hereby notified that they must produce an Import Permit signed by the Super- intendent of the Imports & Exports, Hongkong. before Bills of Lading can be countersigned.

We regret to record the death of Q.M.S, A. H. Woods RE in the Military Hospital yesterday afternoon following an operation in the mor ning for peritonitis. Q.M.S. Woods was admitted to hospital on Monday. All broken, chafed and damaged QMS. Woods came to the Colony goods are to be left in the godowas, A singular fish story is circulating about two months 2g0 to fill where they will be examined ou in Kalutara, Ceylon. Two men were the vacancy caused by the August 10th, at 10 am.} fishing with lines and hooks for big death of QMS. Lintott, RE. in fish at Katukurunda. One booked a December last. QMS. Woods had shark, and be asked the other to hold twenty years' service to his credit and the line and swam to knife the fish was due for retirement on pension recognised. No claim will be ad- which was giving trouble. He got next year. He was president of the entangled in the line in deep water local RE Sergeants' Mess Com-godowns, and a goods remaining and cried for help. As he 'sank the mittee fish came swimming past him. He clung to its head, somehow, and was safely piloted to shallow water. The fish was set free. Which reminds

of $35,000, of which $15,000 had al- that the firm was in fact hopelessly ready been advanced on February 10.insolvent and that the defendant was

QMS. Woods leaves a wife and one child who were expected to leave Britain shortly to join him.

A fuil military funeral takes place to-day, at 430p.m. commencing from Wellington Barracks.

The mortgagee agreed to advance a fully aware of this. The minute LATEST SHIPPING NEWS.

ARHIVALA.

further sum of $20,000 in such taken as a whole was capable of amounts as might be required upon an entirely different construction and request. Then follows an assign his Lordship was convinced that the ment of the whole property of the partners hoped and believed that firm with the goodwill and the they might still win through and

The s.S. "Venezuela," Captain H. debis to the mortgagees. Such is that this belief was shared by the de- Nelson, 3,413 tons, arrived this mora- an cutline of the instrument that fendant... . Had the war come ing at 4 34 am from Manila with the trustee sought to have set to a sudden finish and had normal 1,020 tons of general cargo: aside

peace conditions rapidly ensued I The ss. "Calcutta Maru," Captain

DEPARTURES.

In a somewhat lengthy judgment, suppose it is quite possible that the Matsushita, 3,226.75 tons, arrived bis lordship said the plaintiff says business might have surmounted its this morning at 7.20 a.m. from Sin- that the mortgage was bad under 13 | difficulties and struggled thro-apore with 42 bags of mail. Eliz, c. 5. He dealt with the arguments | ugh.

I accept the defend- raised under this heading, coming to ant's explanation that as the financial the conclusion that the plaintiff failed. stringency grew greater he became The next question was whether the alarmed and determined to realise. Assignment was ад act of I think that he acted. throughout în ̧ bankruptcy. On this be said that he good faith and I hold that on Section sailed

The ss. "Glengyle," Capt. Sanders, quite agreed with counsel for the 3 (1). (b) of the Bankruptcy Ordin Antwerp via Singapore at daylight for Genoa, London and plaintiff that if the true intention ance the plaintiff fails. On the ques-to-day with 1,609 tons of general was not in fact to enable the tion as to whether the book debts of firm to tide over its difficulties, the firm were at the commencement of but if the transaction was a mere the bankruptcy in the possession, order device to secure the earlier advances or disposition of the bankrupt firm it was bad under bankruptcy law. with the consent of the true owner It was clear from the terms of a under such circumstances that the minute drawn up at a meeting on firm were the reputed owners, his February 5, that the partners, con Lordship said that it was agreed that sidered the chief and principal ground the legal principle was that the as- of their financial insuccess to be signee must either give actual notice the unexpected duration of the to the debtors or take every possible European war. Stress was laid on step towards giving such notice. the tightness of money but as coun- After reviewing other points, his

of war went

cargo. sailed for Haiphong at 8 am. to-day The as. "Hanoi." Capt. Lepoulain, with 200 tons of general cargo.

sailed for Portland via Nagasaki at The ss." Pawlet," Captain Murry, 10 a.m. to-day with 1,500 tons of general cargo.

sailed for Manila via Amoy at 4 The ss. "Taming," Captain Milne pr. to-day with 100 tons of general

All claims must be presented with in a week of the steamer's arrival here, after which they cannot be

mitted after the goods have left the

undelivered after August 11th will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance whatever will be effected.

Consignees are requested to send in their Bill of Lading for counter signature immediately.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP Co.,

As Operators, U.S. Shipping Board, Hongkong, August 5, 1920"

PACIFIC MAIL S.S. COMPANY.

י

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

S.S. « VENEZUELA,"

From SAN FRANCISCO, vis 3050, LULU, YOKOHAYA, "KOBF; SHANGHAI and MANILA.

Optional Goods will be carried on unless instructions are given to the contrary before NOON, TO-DAY.

Goods not cleared by August 12, 1995, will be subject to rent.

Damaged packages must be left in the Godes for acumination by the Consigate's hour on TUESDAY and FRIDAY, and the Co.'s representatives at an appoint-

All claims must be presented within

days of the steamer's

strital here, altar which date they cannot be recognized. No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns,

NIPPON TUSEN KAISHA,

Agents. Hongkong, August 3, 1990..

PUBLIC AUCTIONS,

THE Undersigned have received Instruc- ticies to sell by Public Auction, (For Account of the Concerned.)

on...

SATURDAY, August 7, 1920, at 10.30 am,

at their Sales Rooms, No. 8

Der Fox Road, Corner of

Ice House Street, *EXDRI

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. (Removed to Sales Rooms for Con renience of Sale),

And

Miscellaneous Goods.

Terma ----Cash,"

• HUGHES & HOUGH Auctioneers.

Hongkong, August 5, 1920.

(FOR LOCOUNT OF TEX CONCERNED),

TUESDAY,

Angust 10, 1910, commencing at 2.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vaux Boad, Corner of Ice House Street, TEAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD FURNI TURE, BRASS AND BRASS-MOUNTED BEDSTEADS, TEAKWOOD TWIN BEDSTEADS, CARPETS, &C., &c. comprising:→

Folding Card and Occasional Tablet, Ona Upholstered Suite, Bedroom Furniture, ledsteads, langs and small Ward- comprising Tookwood White Enamelled

robes, Dressing Tables, and Chairs, Washe stands, an," (tamed Teakwood), Side boards, Dinner Waggons, Extension Dia- Ing Tables and chairs, & Dinner Services, Crockery, and Glaer Vines, Jooking Stores, Cutlery, & Bath Room Utensils, Electro-Plated

Ware Klectric Beading Lamps and Fans,

Chesterfield Sofas, Arm-chairs (new)

Blackwood and Teakwood Bareens, s quantity of Blackwood Feruiture, Skie Tables, Chairs, Celinate, Pictures Carpets, new and second-hand,

Also

One Good Piano, 1 Enamelled Batb, American Ice Chest, and 1 large Tientsin Carpet, (new),

(Full Particulars from Catalogue)! Terms - Cash

HUGHES & HOUGE, Auctioneers. ̈ Hongkong, August 5, 1920,

~ (POM ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED)-

KA

TUESDAY,

THE above mentioned vessel having arrived from the above men tioned Ports, Consignees of cargo are baraby informed that they must take alongside, and all cargo impeding die- immediate delivery of same from charge will be landed at their risk and expense into the Preife Mail Steam- Point, and stored es Consignees' risk, August 10, 1920, commencing at 230 hip Company's godowns at West

Consigneer of Cargo are heraby pm, at their Sales Boors, No. 8, Import Permit signed by the Saperia- notified that they must produce an Des Youx Boad, Corner of tendent of the Import and Exports,

Ice House Street,

Hongkong, before Bills of Lading can be countersigned..

goods are to be left in the godown

All broken, chsfed and damaged

where they will be examined on The 3.4. "Andre Lebon," Captain August 10th at 10 am.

cargo,

JI

All claims must be presented with

A Small Consignment of WHITE GOODS, &C., &c., Comprising :—

Pillow Cases, White Satin Quilts, Torkish Towels, Bath Towels, Bath Shects, Double Bed Sheets, Battenberg

sel pointed out, the incoveniences Lordship said that there would have Cousin, sails for Yokohama via

far beyond this. to be an enquiry by the Registrar as Shanghai at 7.p.m. to-day with 200 in a week of the stomer's arrival and Drawnwork Bedspreads, Table Restrictions on vessels entering and to what debtors had received oral tons of general cargo. leaving the Port were very onerous, notice.

It might also be

The barbour was closed from sunset necessary for the Registrar to enquire

CLELRENCES.

here after which they cannot be re- Covers, Crochet and Drawnwork cognized.

No claim will be admitted stir the Doilies, Table Cloths, Liten Damask goods have left the godowes, and all Serviettes,

to sunrise and in time of "tog, also as to the value of the book debts Vessels were liable to and were which may pass to the Receiver, if frequently detained for search and this cannot be agreed. I think that The ss. "Kaifong," British, cleared goods remaining undelivered after junks whose movements seemed the valuation of the book debts to-day and will sail for Haiphong at August 11th will be subject to rent. to the forts to be doubtful were passing to the Trustee cannot 9 am to-morrow.

No Fire Insurance whatever will be sometimes fired on The minute exceed what they would be worth it The as."Calcutta Maru" Jagan, effected. points out that while the firm's he were obliged to collect them him- cleared to-day and will sail for Consignees are requested to send in business is largely on a credit basis self as a stranger to the good will Yokohama via Shanghai at 6 a.m. their Bills of Lading for countersigns its own liabilities must be mer There must be leave to apply... to-morrow,

ture immediately. in ready cash.

Tintiff Mr Eldon Potter, instructed by The Staboner, maintained that the terms of the Mr. Woo appeared for the plaintiff, cleared today and will sail for Sen minute and the slate of affairs and Mr. S. C. Jenkin Instructed by Francisco via Shanghai at evidenced by the balance sheet show Davidson for the defendant.

to-morrow.

Hitish

- PACIFIC MAIL FICANSHIP VO,

As Operators, US, BUITING BOARD, «Bongbong, August 5, 1920.

معلم

A few lots of Bellow Valises, Kit Bags, Suit Cases, and Attache Cases, And

Two Pairs Prismatic Binocul (All new goods and in small

NOTICES:

Lane, Crawford & Co.

JUST ARRIVED

A LARGE SELECTION OF

GOLF HOSE

IN SHADES OF FAWN, DARK AND MEDIUM GREYS

LOVAT and HEATHER MIXTURES

LIGHT WEIGHT.

ALSO

A SMART BROGUE SHOE

SUITABLE

FOR GOLFING OB WALKING.

IN FULL SIZES AND HALF SIZES.

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ROUND THE ISLAND OF HONGKONG.

BY

THE BEST & MOST COMFORTABLE MOTOR CARS

AT

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5-passenger Motor Car $ 8.00

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