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TUESDAY DECEMBER 21, 1990.

INTIMATIONS.

DIOCESAN BOYS SCHOOL: HONGKONG.

Fughes Hough AN OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION is

AUCHDA EERS No TRE-VÓVRENACENT

Caners! duotioneers

Cont

and General

Share,

"Produce Brokers and

Commission agents.

PEOPKICTORS

-To-Hwa-Wa■* Coal Storage.

Badas med Rey's

ast Editicas. A 1 Telegraphi: Code.

Tiligraphic Address

HONGKONG.

* MEEGLICK"

being farmed in connection with the above School,

Old Bays are asked to send to the Headmaster their names and the names of other Old Boys with addresses.

A Social Evening will be held at the School on TUESDAY, January. 18th, 1521

WF. T. FEATHERSTONE,

HEADMASTER,

THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, (1915) LIMITED.

THE

SECOND ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Eces of the Company, St. George's Bailding, Chater Road. Victoria, Hong keng, on THURSDAY, the 23rd Decem ber, 1920, at 11 o'clock in the forenoot for the purpose of receiving a statement of accounts and the report of the THE Undersigned bave received ins-General Managers for the year ended tructiona from MR. D. KOMETA, OF 30th September, 1920, and electing a

Consulting Committee and Auditors. You to sell by Public Auction,

-PUBLIC AUCTIONS-

"on

WEDNESDAY,

December 15, 1920, at 230 pm

.

their Sales Rooms, No. 8,

Des Vienz Road, Corner of

Ice House Street,

Several lots of

WATER

COLOURS,

by well-known Japanese Artists.

To be sold without reserve

To Clear Stock,

Oswiew day of sale. Terme :-Caab.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctions. Hougkong, December 13, 1920. THE Undersigned have received in structic to sell by Public Anction, [POR SEUDUNT OF THE CONCRANED),

ON

THURSDAY, December 16, 1320, at 11 am, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Der Feux Road, Corner of

Tee House Street,—' About fifty lots Diamond Jewellery,

Iccluding single and cluster stone Rings, Bracelets Earrings, Bar Pine, Tie Pins, &a, &c. To:-Gash

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneer. Hongkong. December 11, 1920.

(FDE ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED).

OD

.

THURSDAY, December 16, 1920, at 2.30 p.m., at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Torax Road, Corner of

Ice House Street.

SUNDRY FURNITURE, Remoted to Sales Rooms for Con-

-venience of Sale.

.Terms Cash

HUGHES & HOUGH-

Auctioneers Ecogtoog, Deceraber 13, 1920.

FOR COURT OF A CONCERNED),

ON

"SATURDAY, December 18, 1920, at 10.30 am, at the Sales Room, No. 8.

DU VEZI ROAD, Corner of

Ics House Street,

A large Consignment of TOYS.

On view Friday 17th inst.

Terms:-Cash.

J

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers,

Hongkong, December 4, 1930.

THE Undersigned have received in. structions to call by Public Auc

tipa.

at

A: an early date."

their Sales Rooms,

Na & Des Voeux Road, Corner

of Ice House Street,"

A consignment of Diamond

Jewellery,

Consisting of Bracelets, Brooches, and

Earrings, suitable for Xmas Gifts,

Inruss 1-Cash

HUGHES & HOUGE,

Auctiones.

Huskong, December 6, 1991;

MASSAGE.

Mr. HONDA and Mrs. HONDA. Trained male Massus. 13 years experience.

Formerly of Tokya Military Hospital WILL VISIT PATTETTS' RESIDENCES IF PREFERRED No. 24, Wyndham Street. (Opposite to the Chim Mail.) "

MUMEY A.

Japanese Photographers: We have rem wed, ɔne Premises to No. 361, Queen's Road, C. Sitting hours from 9 s.m. to 9 pm. Passport photos Anished

in one hour.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from FRI- DAY, the 17th December 1920, until THURSDAY, the 23rd December, 1920, both days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

Hongkong, December 7, 1920.

"MIN RIVER CONSERVANCY,

Notification No. 3.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES that TENDERS are invited for a vertical boiler about four feet in diame ter and nine feet in height either new or used, together with the usual steam and water mountings suitable, for use on & Priestman Dredger. Tenders will be considered caly on bailers in good working condition.

Tenders stating dimension with other particulars of the boilers and mountings, term, time of delivery, etc., will be received up to 21st December by the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Min River Conservancy.

The Conservancy does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

P. R. WALSHAM,

Ion. Secretary aal Trimurer to the Min Rizer Conservancy.

Foochow 30th November, 1920.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.

LOST

THE SHARE CERTIFICATE NO

1603 for Two Shares numbered 46191,46192 standing in the Register is the name of LUE YUE SAN (deceased) late of Hongkong baring bera LOST NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless that said Certificate be produced at the office of the Com- pany, 5 Queen's Roed Central, Victoria Hongkong, on or before the 5th day of January, 1921, a new Certificate for the said shares will be iomed and the old- Certificate will thereafter be held by the Company null and void.

MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,

Secretary. Hongkong, December 3, 1920.

SHORTHAND.

ANGLO-FRENCH SCHOOL Cause

way Bay. An Evening Class for Lessons in Pitman's Shorthand will be opened at the abore School on FRIDAY, 7th January, 1921. For terms etc. Apply to the Headmistress.

TAIYO & CO.

(JAPANESE) BOOTS AND SHOES KAD TO ORDER

Ko,

Wadham 152,

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KEATINGS LOZENGES

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REQUIRED about 3500 square feet. Must be near water front. Praya East preferred Apply Fox 1942, co THE CHISA MA

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LET-For immediate occupation TREE LARGE LIGHT Central ROOMS suitable for offes.. position. Apply P. O. Box No. 73.

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FARLIER TELEGRAMS.

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DEFLATION PROBLEM.

PARIS. December 9th.

A Havas message says --

The crisis resulting from the necessary, although sometimes painful. deflation process is evolving normally and peace- fully. Unemployment is confined to a which

few lines, like the clothing trade, it

is

soared 15 a nearly inaccessible Prices had gathering strength for the coming imperus. height. The iron and steel industry

With Germany having at last made up its mind to deliver the coal which she is bound to, with American coal now at $15 1 ton c.i.l. French ports, and the prices of British coal coming down fast, with Land transportation improving every day. and sea tonnage now reasonably cheap. and lastly, with the vast reserves of iron at her very doce, it may be expected safely that France will soon occupy place in the front rank of the great iron and steel manufacturing and exporting

countries.

MEXICAN OILĖ PERMITS.

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WASHINGTON, December 11th. The State Department indicates that, in Tiew of Mr. Colby's recent suggestion For the formulation of a treaty to settle questions under dispate between Mexico. and the United States, no further insist- ence will be made at present for the

of tection of oil rights

Americans which is considered necessary, owing to Matice's new exploration and exploitation permits in the Federal Zone, which formed the subject of a pages from Washington in August

US. CRIME WAYE.

LONDON, December 11th. America is suffering from an extra- ordinary crime wave. Five murderers were electrocuted in Singsing prison in New York in a single night.

A general hunt has begun in Pennsylvania lot "fire dozen schools Baret Gowa & and set fire to a score of stores and dwel lings There have been cases of in- cendiarism in five mines. A crowd at Santa Rosa, California, broke into the gral at midnight, seized three men accus- ed of murdering officials and hanged them Or a tree amid the glare of headlights from numerous motor-cars.

U.S. IMMIGRATION.

WASHINGTON, Desember 11th. Mr. Knutson (Republican), opening the debate in the House of Representatives. on the Immigration Bill charged several foreign Governments with financing the movements of European extremists towards America. He declared that Spain, w25 1 The Spanish seething mass of anarchy. Government was dumping it in America. Several representatives opposed the Bill as oppressive towards lovers of who wished to seek a haven in

The House, subsequently, adopted an amendment miting the embargo on im migration to one year, instead of two.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS."

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PARS. December 9th. A Havas message says- In an interview with a Le Matin corres- ponder: M. Leon Bourgeois, the head of the French delegation in the Assembly of the League of Nations and an authority on international law, asserted his unshak- abi faith in the future of the League of Nations, stating that the Argentine dele- gation's secession should not be over-rated. A few members of the League are in a hurry to organize the League along idealistic lines. The majority, however, believe that it would be safer to make it first of all fit to live and improvements will follow in due course.

SANTIAGO DE CHILE, December 19th. At a conference of the Foreign Minister, the Foreign Affairs Committee's President- elect, and the Chilean Minister in London it was decided that Chile should continue to support the League of Nations, whic the conference endorsed the principles sub- mitted by the Argentine Republic, espaci alls in regard to the representation of States in the Connel of the League.

GEXIYA, December 19th The Armaments Committee of the League of Nations has considered the report of the Disarmament Bub-Committee, which was pre- sented by Mr. Fisher (Great Britainy who insisted on the importance of the question for the salvation of humanity. The Com mission agreed to the suggestion that the Farious Governments be asked to curtail their present Army Estimates.

WASHINGTON, December 19th,

In the Senate, Seastor Walsh (Democrat) bas introduced a resolution requesting President Wilson to appoint an American representative to meet the League of Na

Senstur tions Disarmament Commision.

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ARMY HISTORIAN'S P Y.

PROFESSION FOR THE RICH.

The Hon. John Fortescue's revels- tion in the preface to volumes. IX. and X of his "History of the Britishs Army" that he would have doner- financially better as a private in the infantry than as the writer of this, In a remarkable preface to Volumesece of the finest military histories in existence, has come as a shock, IX and X of A History of the writes a correspondent British Army (published with maps. Macmillan, £4 4s. net) the author, the Hon. I. W. Fortescue, calls atten. tien to the pitiful pecuniary reward of his vast labour in preparing what is by universal-consent the finest military history in existence.

"The wages of the historian, whose brain alorie gives the priated page is value, remain at their old level of something under 145. a week," he says.

Some time ago he said he could. no longer afford to carry on with "I should have done better for the work as a hobbyfor that is myself, financially," he writes, what it amounts to but his wifey if, instead of devoting more than who helps him as a secretary, per- Walsh argued that President Weon's rea- 20 years of intense labour to this suaded him to continue. She holds sons for not participating in the League book, I had served for the same period that the history is so important that as a private of the infantry of the line. her husband must continue t ware absolutely inadequate. The country great was the strain during the and to help him she opened a shop

be said, favoured way morement world disarmament. Moreover, America's non-participation was open to misconcep tion, owing to the fact that the almost in conceivable sum of $1,500,000,000 was de manded for the Army and the Navy

first 10 years that I must haven Knightsbridge.

She has now moved to Cintra abandoned the work in 1905 bad not King Edward taken me into his house Hampstead, N.W, where she carries hold as his librarian, and his present on her work as a designer of dresses Majesty continued me in the same and a house (interior) decorator

Thanks to his wife's determined capacity.

Their gracious encouragement enterprise, Mr. Fortesque is proceed tided me over another eleven yearsing with his labour of love. His plur ALLINARID, December 17th. The Peninsular and Oriental Banking and I cannot feel sufficiently grateful is to bring the history up to 1870, a Corporation has offered to purchase the for it. Now, however, a new crisis matter of five more volumes, and Urdinary shares of the Allahabad Bank at.

P. AND,O. BANKING CORPORATION."

GUARD THE BABY AGAINST GOLDS

price of Rs. 438 for the fully paid up as arisen for me. Taxation and then, so far as it is concerned, to Lay Ordinary shares, and Rs. 218 on the new enhanced prices reduce the incomes down the quill pen which he always issue of 2,000 shares on which calls must be of professional men practically by es

two-thirds. The wages of paper- paid by December 15th, 2

The offer is conditional on the holders of makers, ink-makers, and printers not fewer than 75 per cent. of the Ordinary range 1 am told, from £30 £10 a shares accepting it. The shareholders are Also, given the option of receiving the week Those of the historian, whose brain alone gives the printed page its Corporation shares a £10 each.

The Allahabad Bank shares of Rs. 100 value, remain at their old level of sach have until recently been quoted at of something under 14s, a week.”

Henceforth, he says, history is, xbox! Ba 390-att to buyers and the dinice d paid for last year was 13. Berharred to men, myself among them, tire bich mill, Eeep the Teent.l

YARSITY SPORT.

LONDON, December 11th." At the Queen's Club, in the soccer match, Oxford beat Cambridge by 2 goals

To guard the baby or young against colds nothing can equa Own Taires, the Canadian remedy. Thess Tablets are a mild who have not considerable private stomach and bowme work mèans."

Be promise, none the less to labour stomach and bowala on; believing that the great tradi old wll not exist :

will ihris tions of the Army, which it is my the little one effort to record, are the true secret of is strength.

At Roehampton in the seven and a half- The two volumes are admirably expe miles eress-country roaning Oxford written, full of instruction, and cover best Cambridge by 21 points to 34. the closing period of the Peninsular and Individual placings. Montague (Oxford) war and the Waterloo campaign in Time 42inin. 56secs. Meinnes Oxford their spirited and invaluable. nartt Medici 43ania. 37secs.