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TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1921.

Eughes & Hough

ANOTTONKERS TO THE GOVERNMENT

General Auctiónsera Share, Coal and General Produce Brokers' and Commission Agents.

PROPRIETORS «To-Ewa-Wan” Ünal Storage.

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*KHUCK” HANDKONG,

-PUBLIC AUCTIONS-

Undersigned have received instrag Mens to will by Pable Antion, (For scions of the concerned)

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SATURDAY,

January 23, 1921. at 10:30 am at their Sales Rooms, No.

Doe Your Road, Corner of Ice House Street, About sixty lots of valuable Jewellery, Comprising Single store diamond rings, brooches, baseleta, scarf pins, de, de.

TAKE:-Ch.

HUGHES & BOUGO,

ductionem Hongkong, January 19, 1988

(For Account of the Concerned).

SATURDAY, January 99, 1921, at 11 am,

at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Fear Road, Corner of Ice House Street,

A few Woollen Tweed Suit lengths superior quality iz 31 yard lengths.

Termos :-Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGE, Auctioneers. Hoogkong, January 24, 1921.

FOR SALE.

L

E Underigned have received in

structions to sell at their Sales

Booms, No. 8, Des Voeux Road, Corner

of Ice House Street,

Encyclopaedia Britannics in

(29 Vols.) Eleventh Edition, with case. Terms --Cash..

HUGHES & HOUGH.

Auctioneers, Hongkong, January 3, 1921.

INTIMATIONS.

WAR MEMORIAL

SUBSCRIPTION LIST.

FOR the erection by Public Sub- scription, of a building to be run on YMCA. lines, to be called the WAR MEMORIAL INSTITUTE and to be managed for the joint use

of the Navy, the Army and Civilians by a Joint Board of Directors,

A portion of the sum raised will be devoted to the erection of a permanent stone memorial which will be put in hand at an early date.

Lists may be found at:-

Wears. Lane Crawford.

**

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Kelly & Walab.

Moutrie.

Fm. Powell, Ltd.

The Hongkong Club.

Hongkong Cricket Clob. Club Lusitano. Engineers' Institute. Victoria Recreation Club. Kowloon Cricket Club. Kowloon Bowling Club. Peak Club.

Club de Recreio. Craigengower Club.

M. J. BREEN.

Hon, Secretary.

War Memorial Commities,

WANTED.

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF YELLOW RIVER BRIDGE FOR PEKING-HANKOW BAILWAY.

THE PEKING-HANKOW LINE of

the CHINESE GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS invites sealed proposals of bridge contractors for designing and building a new steel bridge about mosters in length serves the 2,800 Fiver (Hwang-Ho). Proposals will be received.

to noon of June 30th, 1921, at the office of Peking-Hankow Hailway, Peking, China, plans, rules and specifications on Ee obtained from the following offices:

Peking: Paking-Hankow Railway, American, British, Belgian, French, Italian, and Japanese Legations.

Foreign: Chinese Legations, Wash- ington, London, Brussels, Paris, Bome and Tokyo,

All applications for same maat be accourpained with pounds & for foreign countries and with dollars 30 for Paking.

FEKING HANKOW: BAILWAY ADMINISTRATION,

NOTICES.

THE WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LTD.

NOT

TOTICE 15 HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTY-THIRD ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Years Jam MATHESON & Co.. L, co FRIDAY, 98th January, 1921, at 11.30 am, for the purpose of receiving the Report of tha Directors together with the State ment of Accurants for the year ending 31st December, 1990.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from WED- NESDAY, 19th January to FRIDAY, 28th January both days inclusira } daring which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,

Secretary

to the General Agents. Ebogkong. January 15, 1917.

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL

ESTATE, LIMITED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the SEVENTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE Marazsoy & Co. Lin, on FRIDAY,

9th January, 1921, at 11.10, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Stata ment of Accunta for the year ending 31st December, 1920.

THE CHINA MAIL.

WANT ADVERTISEMENTS

38 WORDS S INFERTIONS, $1. PREPAID.

Esah, additional word i Cents for 3 insertions.

-WANTED.

WANTED TO RENT or BUT

Waterfront

frous fat February, next. Apply Bar 1251, no "Onora. Mim.”

TO LET.

TO LET

HONGKONG TRADE.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

FORMER U.S. CONSUL'S REPORT.

In the course of a recent repart upon the trade of Hongkong in 1919, Mr. Geo. E. Anderson, the well. knowa itsbediate posseMÃO

Amaican Constal-General, 5-points out that the imperts and ex- CELLENT ENISHED FLAT three rooms, Queen's Rand Central Forts rose by over 40 per cent. as Apply:PERT Sur, S & P billion dollar mark. For the first compared with 1918, exceeding the 5, Queen's Road Central.

time in the history of the port come parative £gures from official sour ces can be used, but they are still

TO LET-No 69. Wadham Street, TO LET IMMEDIATE OCCUPA imperfect in that the returns for im A FIVE ROOMED HOUSE, with ED EUROPEAN FLATS IN HORIENT ports in China south of Swatow and TION—A FEW THREE ROUM:ports do not include imports from Bath-room and Servanta Quarters Suitable for Office or private residence KOWLOON, MODERATE RENTALSwatow, and Amoy, all of which will BUILDINGS, CORONATION ROAD, some returns frozz Foochow Fent moderate Apply to the Comp Apply J. CAER CLARK. Architect and reach a value of about $12,000,000; dore Department, HoLLAND CENA FRADING CO., or No.67 Wyndham Street Surveyor, 14, Queen's Road, Central.

INTIMATIONS

- THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF

CLUB.

11

NOTICE...

bullion and other treasure for the Brst half of the year amounting în import and export to something like $75,0000,000, thevalue of the imports of sugar, or imports for the Army or Navy, or for the Colonial Government * such omissions totalling at least $200,000,000. There has also been considerable trouble in the matter of A MEETING of the Hongkong exchange. The Hongkong figures Basket Ball Association will be are returned in pounds sterling, to held at 5.30 pm, in the Chinese which the Hongkong dollar valuations YM.C.A., on WEDNESDAY January are 25th, in order to elect officers for the by the quarter. These sterling reduced.", at aserage rales year and to make the necessary retures have been at 5.30 r.. to consider the question of arrangements for the Basket Ball American gold at

reduced to admitting Ladies as Members or Leagues.

the rate of Subscribers to the Club.

All those who are interested in 1918 and $4.40 to the pound for 1919, $175 to the pound stering daring Basket Ball are cordially invited to these rates representing the average attend.

N. TEESCALE MACKINTOSH, Present H.K. Basket Ball Association: Hongkong, January 21, 1921.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thar a GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the above Club will be beld at the CITY HALL, HONGKONG, on TUESDAY, the 1st of February, 191

Should there be a majority of three- The REGISTER of SHARES of the fourths (or approximately so) in favour Company will be CLOSED from WED-Extraordinary General Meetings will NESDAY, January 19th to FRIDAY, be called to pasz and confirm "resolu January 28th both days inclusive tions making the necessary alterations during which period "no transfer cf to the Articles of Association. shares can be registeredi.

By Order of the Board of Diretors, MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,

Secretary

to the General Managers. Hongtong, January 12, 1921.

N

By Order,

LS. GREENHILL,

Hon. Secretary, Hongkong, January 21, 1921.

THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO. LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMATION CO. LTD.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the TWENTIETH ORDIN- THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST ** ARY GENERAL MEETING of

ORDINARY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in this Company SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will will be held at the Offices of Messrs.be held at the Offices of the Company, JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. La, on Ectel Macions, on MONDAY, FRIDAY, January 28th, 1921, at 11.50 February, 1921, at 11 am. for the par- , for the purpose of receiving the pose of receiving a Report of the Direc.. Report of the Directors together with toes, together with a Statement of the Statement of Ascounts for the year Accounts, declaring a Dividend and

electing Directors and Auditors. ending 31st December, 1990.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the

Company will be CLOSED from WED NESDAY, January 19th to FRIDAY, January 28th both days inclusive daring which period no transfer of shares can be registered

By Order of the Board of Directors.

NOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE. Secretary,

Eongkong, January 12, 1991,

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the

Company will be CLOSED from 25th January, to 7th February, 1921, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

JOHN ARNOLD,

Secretary. Hongkong, January, 19, 1921.

S. S. "LIEN SHING.”

NOTICE.

THE HULL CO-INSURANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that } -- ASSOCIATION to whom s

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DIOCESAN BOYS SCHOOL," HONGKONG.

cross rate between New York and London on a Hongkong basis. On this foundation, and with these Imitations, the imports of the Colony are returned as valued at $395,867,515, compared with a value of $299,435,186. in 1918, the figures for 1919 being estimated at $200,000,000 and those for 1918 being something like $100,000,000 below the actual vaise of the imports. The exports, which are returned as substantially complete except as to treasure for the first half of the Agenda-To discuss Rules & Sag-year, were valued in 1919 at gestions drawn up by the temporary$457,348,908 compared with a valce of Committee..

$318.542,287 in 1918. The total im- ports and experts were valued at $56,216,425, compared with a value of $607,959,475 in 1918, or, with the emissions abeve noted in importa and treasure, an estimated total of || $1,056,216,425, compared with an estï- mated total in 1918 of $707,959,475.

GENERAL MEETING, af OLD A BOYS will be held at the School on TUESDAY, February 1, 1921, at $.80 P.M.

To form an Old Diocesans' Associa tion, to adopt. rules and to elect Committee and Officers.

W. T. FEATHERSTONE,

Headmaster. Hongkong, January 21, 1991.

NOTICE.

NTIMATION IS HEREBY GIVEN that no DIVIDENDS will be paid, co SHARES left standing in the name of the undersigned after 31st March,

1921.

Helders of such shares are accordingly requested to have same transferred forthwith

G. C. MOXON,

19, Ice House Street.

Hongkong, January 22, 1921.

NOTICE.

NO

the THIRTY-THIRD ORDIN underwriters of the Hall of the abovsHE SHAREHOLDERS of the ARY GENERAL MEETING of Steamship the wreck (cow lying in BINGE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE SHAREHOLDERS in this Company shout 20 fathoms near Cape Varelis) are herewith informed that an interim will be held at the Offices of Messrs. has been abandoned HEREBY GIVES dividend of Fra 20.- per share will be JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD, on NOTICE that such wreck will be paid from February 1st, 1921, on pre- KRIDAY, January 28th, 1921, at 12 ofered For Sale by AUCMON at sentation of their certificates at the o'clock Noox, for the purpose of receiv 12 o'clock (noon) on the 28th day of Head Office, in Paris, and at any of its ing the Report of the Directors togeth January, 1921, by Messrs. LAMMERT agencies.

or with the Statement of Accounts for BROS at their Eales Rooms in Hong Hongkong. January 21, 1921.

the year ending 31st December, 1920. kong. Such cargo, as may remain in The REGISTER, of SHARES of the wreck will be sold at the same

.

& GLOBE INSURANCE. Co., Lav,

St. George's Building,

the Company will be CLOSED from time, the proceeds of Hall and Cargo THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON WEDNESDAY, 19th January to being kept separate. Any persons or FRIDAY, 28th January both days corporatione having any claims in inclarive during which period no respect of the proceeds of the cargo transfer of shares can be--registered. are required to send notice thereof to Messrs LAMMERT BROS. before the By Order of the Board of Directors.

4th day of February, 1921, MOWERAY S. NORTHCOTE,

'Secretary,

Hoogkong, January 12, 1921.

THE KOWLOON LAND & BUILD. .ING COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the THIRTY SECOND ORDIN-

ARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS

Hongkong, Jacnary 7, 1921.

THE NATIONAL LOAN OF THE

THIRD YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, (1914) $16,000,000 AND SUPPLEMENTARY ISSUE OF

$8,000,000

AND

OF CHINA, (1915) $24,000,000.

in this Company will be held at the THE NATIONAL LOAN OF THE Company's Offices Victoria Buildings on FOURTH YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC FRIDAY, 4th February, 1921. at 12 clock Noos, for the purpose of zeosir- ing the Report of the Directors gather with the Statement of Ascounts for the year ending 31st December, 1920.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from WED NESDAY, 26th January, to FRIDAY,

4th February, both days inclusive during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors, MOWBRAY & NORTHCOTE,

Secretary to

The Hongkong Land Investment &

Agency Co, Ltd. General Agents for

The Kowloon Lead & Building

Co., Ltd. Hongkong, January 20, 1921..

MUMEYA.

Japanese Photographers. We have removed sar Fremises to No. 46, Queen's Boad, C Sitting hours from 9am to 9 pan, Passport photos Gnished

in one tour:-

I

Chalet Road,

Engkong.

Telephone No. 200.

INTIMATIONS.

HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.

HE

ANNUAL ROBERT BURNS ANNIVERSARY DINNER, will be held at the Bostoso Horzi, ou TUESDAY, the 25th festant, at 8 o'clock, p.

Members desiring to attend are re- quested to commuzicals with the undersigned.

Cost of Dinner will be $3.00 per bead exclusive of wines.

T. W. HILL..

Hon. Secretary. HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY. Hongkong, January 18, 1921.

VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB.

Open Billard Championship

of the Colony,

TNTRIES for the above Champion- ship close on the 26th instant to the Hon. Secretary,

Entrance Fee $2.00. Competitors are also requested to attend at the Club on the 28th instant at 6 p..

R-C. WITCHELL

Hon. Secretary.

Telegraphic address Globe Hongkong. Hongkong, January 19, 1921.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

as from the lat day of February CATHEDRAL MEMORIAL: next, H. Waux Exe Huz, will take charge of the above Company's business in Hongkong, as Acting Load Manager.

THE LIVERPOOL & Lotos & Guslike

Lescasez Co., LTD.

RE. P. KEWLEY, Acting Local Manager.

22nd January, 1921..

On the 6th June, 1917, the under REPULSE BAY, ‘HOTEL signed notified Subscribers to the above two`lcans that in pursuance of Arrangements made with the Chinese Government, the loan service as re-

gards interest payments would is fatore be adequately secured.

RACE WEEK.

DINNER DANCES will be held on

the following dates :——

In regard to the redemption of the WEDNESDAY, 23rd February, 1921. loans it was impossible at the time SATURDAY, 28th February, 1921, to make any announcement, The

DERBY DAY - Moratorium of 1916. affected, the have been proceeded with as funds FANCY DRESSBALL AND SUPPER Loan Service, and, although drawings THURSDAY, 24th February, 1931

perthitted, Redemption has been

(Fancy Dress optional)

irregular and behind the scheduled Tickets 85.per head including Supper dates.

Arrangements bave now been

and Refreshmenta.

made which will enable annual draw. In view of the fact that the scoom ings of each loan to be undertaken modation will be limited, and in order until their extinétión, in 1924 in the to avoid overcapeding, intending case of the 4th Year Loan and 1925, patrons are advised to book early). in the case of the 3rd Year Loan.

The Ministry of Finance will notify In due course the date of the draw ings to take place this year with date and place of repayment,

F.A. AGLEN, Inspector General of Customs. Inspectorate General of Custom FEKING, 14th January, 1921.

TAIYO & 00.00 10

GAYASHED, Get.

BOOTE "AND SOEN

́MÄDE TO URIL. MA 34, Wyndham 25.

\FFICERS of the BRITISH MER-

CANTILE MARINE, who would| to have seats allotted to them in the Cathedral at the unveiling of the above Memorial on SUNDAY next, Jan. 30, at ·10.30 AM- should send in their names before WEDNESDAY, evening pext, to the Chaplain, the SEAMEN'S - LISTTTCTE

Hongkong, January 24, 1921"

HONGKONG WAR MEMORIAL.

PX-OFFICERS wishing

altend the

Service in connection with the unveiling of the above Memorial aza requested to communiesta" as soon as possible with

BRIG, GIS, E. B. Machachter

B. A. L. Co.

Seats will be allotted to them in the Medals, Ministars Medals or Ribands. Cathedral and they should wear Berrice

The Service will take place on SUN- DAY 30th, at 10.30 AM.

Hongkong, January 24, 1921.

MASSAGE.

M2. HONDA áád Mrs. HONDA.

“Trained male Mass sur. T

· 13 years' experience. Foruserly of Tokyo Military Hospital WILL. VIEIT PATIENTHAN RESIDEN DES IF PREFERRED

(Opposite to the Chins, MaL)

NOTICES,

THE BEST LUBRICANT IS NOT

TOO GOOD FOR YOUR CAR!

For Maximum Fower, Minimum Wear, and

a Dependable Oil

Use

SOCONY

AUTO OIL

Richest crudes and exclusive

processes, both costing more than those inferior, are used in the production of Socony Auto Oil. Socony Auto Oils are therefore higher priced than many others.

Bid they

are 'less expensive in the end. Their use means lower? repair bills-and smoother engine.

SOCONY

PETROLEUM

running

PRODUCTS

STANDARD

OIL CO, OF NEW YORK.

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Performance that actually excels the performance of costlier cars is one of the reasons why the Hupmobile is so highly spoken of. Its pronounced economy on tyres, oil and petrol, undoubtedly is another. But we believe that the bedrock reason of all is the continuous, willing service the car yields to all owners.

IMPORTANT FEATURES.

Extra strong; rigid fesine. Two carburettor adjustments. Pressure oil system feeding oil

direst to bearings.

Eoft operating catch with ad-

justable pedal.

Extra long change speed lever

with short, easy throw. Extra long, semi-eliptic springs;

chrome vanadium leaves.

Semi-irreversible steering gear;

strong construction. Detachable engine head; easy to grind valves or remove carbon.

Extreme ruɔminess of tounesz and driving compartment Completeness and quality of

equipment

ALEX ROSS & COMPANY,

HONGKONG, CHINA.

SHANGHAI GARAGE COMPANY,

SHANGHAI, CHINA..

Hupmobile

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