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PUBLIC AUCTIONS SEVENTH DAY OF JULY, 1921, AT NOON, for the purpose of con THE Undersigned have received in-sidering, and, if thenght fit, approva, Titre chose to sell by Public arerion, ing the draft new Memorandum of Association of the Company which will be submitted to the Meeting. print of such draft new Memorandum of Association and a print of the ex. isting Memorandum of Association of the Company may be seen at the Company's Registered Office in the Hongkong Hotel, Pedder Street aforesaid, and a comparison of the print of the existing Memorandum
WEDNESDAY, August 10, 1921, at 10.30 a.m., at the Sales Rocess, No. S Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice Hrazo Street, Without Reserve.
Block Ju, Reversible Fancy Woollca Blankets, to the order of Lai Cheung unless delivery taken by August 9.
Tarma :-Cash on delivery.
HUGHES & HOUGE, Auctionem.
Hongkong, August 2, 1921.
INTIMATIONS
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
AN ISTERIX DIVIDEND of ONE
Lo
FOR SALE.
OR SALE ONE or TWO LOTS of LAND, in Jordan Road, Kowloon, of Association with the print of the about seven minutes by Ricta from draft new Memorandum of AssociaFerry. For plan & further particulars tion will show wherein the draft new *pply Bar 1258, co Caza Man" Association Memorandum differs
the
reasonable
from
existing Memorandum FOR SALE-Complete set SADD. of Association. Should
LERY, including extra CURB the BIT. Nearly new. "Ne Meeting approve of such new offer refused. Apply Box No. 1310, Memorandum of Association with or are of this paper. without modification, the subjoined Resolution will be proposed as an Extraordinary Resolution, namely :— (). That the provisions of the Company's Memorandum of As- sociation with respect to its objects be altered so as to read, as shews in the prict signed for
INTIMATIONS.
1
NOTICE,
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
(Baxter's Service is the China Mail) OPENING BIBERIA TO TRADE.
It is hoped to penetrate 2,000 miles into Asiatic Russia, bringing back in October 15,000 tons of Siberian products If successful.. this expedition will be the forerunner of a regular trading ser vice.
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1921:
A MISSING LEG.
A LINE-THROWING
To the Editor of the "China Mall_"] MAYFLOWER TERGENTENARY.
PADRE'S STORY OF THE SINGAPORE RIVER.
PLYMOUTH (Mass), August 2nd,
USEFUL APPARATUS. ASEN
OR AFLOAT.
جسم
A feature of the new motor
Truth publishes the following story | boals is a special gun, designd the tercentenary of the landing of the was one of the best-known Chaplains Arms Company, Ltd., for throul The celebrations in connection with of the Rev, A. S. M, Watherall, who the wellknown Birmingham S Pilgrim Fathers reached their climax to the Forces in the Army
he-line from a Rfeboat to a wa Mr. Wetheral! was full of amusing or from a wreck to the shore,it
with the arrival of President Harding on board the yacht Mayfouer, morted
among the assemblage of the warships among mankind regarding our future saving at sea, although that
the
4
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LONDON, August 2nd. Preceded by a most modern ice-breaker, a trade expedition of five ships is leaving immediately for Siberia, carrying 11,00 tons of commodities, principally machin ery, tools and railway material. Two vessels left Liverpool,
Sex, And the mouths of the Obi and the and will be joined by two British ships witnessed the parade, portraying in parts of the world. I remember ane reached by a band thrown line.
yesterday, by six destroyers. A hundred thousand stories of his experiences la different much greater distance than cook Gothenburg, and proceed to the Kara from Hamburg, and one Norwegian from cidents of the original landing. Yenisei
The British crisor
which he told with great relish Cambrian was illustrating the varieties of belief] gun are not, however, Hmited to B
The purposes to be served by: presented the British Embassy in the harbour. The Naval Attache re-state. At Singapore he used to be primary function of the apparat addrees in which he did he hoped that river with a gun, and he made friends fires on shore, for throwing *
President Harding
delivered
food of making excursions up the It might also be used, in the case would
coming disarmament conference of some of the riverside villagers, as over the building or through
bring to the new era of
world ahe made friends wherever be went, window to rescue the acompan pecs and freedom, and One day a deputation of villagers Another in which he characterised the interns tions situation more than promis. came to his bungalow in grest dis chamor FLIGHT TO NORTH POLE,
use is in bridging ing." The seeds of tolerance and under-tress. One of the community bad caso the Hoe could be thrown acro
stream, standing, he said, planted by the Pilgrim had his leg bitten off by an alligator, as a preliminary towards pulling whi
as tong been interested in aviation, JAPANESE STEAMER IN DISTRESS. Heaven,
WASHINGTON, August ad
Fathers wore beginning to bear fruit aand had died in consequence. If his heavier rope or chain such as WON announces his intention of dying to the Mr. Edwin Naulty, the physicist who
thousand-fold internationally.
North Pole in September.
body was buried in that condition, be required for the erection of the 120 'would never go to suspension bridge or other structu
Could the great whiteThe cost of the apparatus is vid He proposes to start from Point Bar-
padre recover the leg? Wetherall, large and the expenditure per shot? LONDON, August ind. row, in Alasks, and prorted to Spitz the Japanese steamer Siam Moru, from and pot less if it invabred the e of throw Lloyd's agent at Aden telegraphs that
always ready to do a bergen and North Cape, observing en Yokobams bound for Hamburg, reporta
kindness, negligible. The mechanism route the ocean, air and ice carents..
line The aeroplane will carry four men,
gun, got into his boat, and on of cluding Mr. Manity. It is expected that pe Guardatai and requires immediate shot the first alligator be saw. On for a distance of 200 yards, whi wirelessly, that she is 50 miles south of reaching the scene of the tragedy, with a breaking strain of 125 1 ia-
#C Ineb in will be hundred miles an hour. It will lessly that she is proceeding to her assist proceeded in due form. Naturally strain of 400 lbs., a distance of 100 the speed of the machine, on an average, The steamer Idomeneus reports wire the missing leg, so the funeral rites inch in diameter having a breaking
being opened it was found to contain with a hins Cheesixteenths of carry fuel for fifty bours' dying Isteberd
to make several
It is ance Polar ice, bit. if it is impracticable, the sailed
The warships Astori and Ecshima this miraculous performance made yards can be reached. The barn machine will
from Aden will By 1,500 miles to Spitz They have been informed.
on August 1st.profound impression on the naties which has a plain bore, is attached bergen without landing.
It is pre- The chaplain's observation on wasthe block action and the whole f sumed that the Siam Var is ashore. that he wished a man's soul could mounted on a swivel which can be fitte
always be saved so easily.
ed to any suitable part of the veined etc. The cartridges are fitted into the chamber by band, the breech block belag operated by a blocking levné tor' hands from the recol. Ther trigger is worked by means of a Bowden wire attachment.
if
00
If successful, other fights will be undertaken to attempt to settle definitely the location of the Magnetic Pole and for the determination of magnetic polar verticity
Mr. Naulty's son, Leslie, is going to
assistance.
NEAR EAST WAR
PARIS, August d.
According to an
has affirmed its intea-
a
one-sixteent
darmest
the purpose of identification br] WE have THIS DAY transferred Earope to arrange for the continuation National Assemble agora message, the FLYING WITHOUT MOTORS.) with the object of forcing the openi
the Chairman of this Meeting.
A DOLLAR per Share for the six months ending 30th Jane, 1921, will be PAYABLE ORTUESDAY, August 9th, and also for the following further on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the purposes, namely:--- Company's Office.
For the purpose of considering, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the land. if thought it, approving the Company will be CLOSED from draft new Articles of the Company TUESDAY, Acus: 2nd to TCESDAY, which will be submitted to the Meet- Angust th, both days inclusive, deraging. A print of such new Articles which period ao Transfer of Shares
be Registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
G. E. ELLAMS,
Acting Secretary.
Hongkong, July 19, 1981.
HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY,
LIMITED.
and a print of the existing Articles
Mears, Baies & Cc.
the Agency of the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, Ltd to
DAVID SASSOON & CO. LTD. Hongkong, August 1, 1921.
Ltd.
·NOTICE.
DAVID SASSOON & CO. LTD. Hongkong, August 1, 1921.
may be seen at the Company's Re-W the Agency of the Larenshire gistered Oce in the Hongkong Hotel, Insurance Co. to Mestra. T.E. Grifith, have THIS DAY transferred Pedder Street aforesaid. In such prins the portions of the proposed new Articles which differ from the existing Articles are indicated by marginal cotes. Should the Meeting underlining in black ink and by approve of such new Articles with or Resolution will be proposed as an
NOTICE.
ar-
EXPERIMENTS
IN
FRANCE
The elevation recommended in the case of the Eight line is 10 deg. iør #3
of the fight from North Cape riétion of continuing the war until ultimate Scandinavian capitals, to London.
victory
has been achieved. The Govern- PROMISING ment continnes mobilisation and ganisation with a view to carrying out, DEATH OF CARUSO.
a winter campaign.
The Assembly has decided not to ask NAPLES, August £pd. The death is
the Allies to intervene nntil the termina taken place at Longchamps which re- 150 yards and 30 deg. for 200 yards. Experiments in human fight have range of 50 to 100 yards, 20 deg, for announced of Signor tion of the present war. Bignor Caruso only
tenor.
Enrico Caruso, the well left Newsage From Athens speaks of an expedi- Santos Dumont is the satly', ninetient in character and strongly construct-
On the other hand, a semi-cficial mes-call the first efforts attempted by The mechanism is extremely simple effects of his recent, series fines, the vapee, which is expected to begin within cyclist, tried to by same time ago which, of course, is one of the princip he expressed his intention of returning Tork for his home in Florence. He had, tion, which is being organised against only in this case there is no motored, ec that there is very little chance then, apparently recovered from the the town of Angora, and of a-new ad- Gabriel Poulain, the once champion of the instrument going out of order,
to America in time to appear again is New York in opera. was 55 years old. He was a Member of The great singer the Victorian Order.]
XEGEⱭ COXVENTION.
flacorporated in the Exited Kingdom) without modification, the subjone the Agezcy of the Lancashire shouting and laughing zegroes, pot 30,000
P
TE have THIS DAY taken girar from Hensen. David
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Extraordinary Resolution, namely: Insurance Co.
as INTERIM DIVIDEND of -ONE SHILLING per share on account of the year 1921, has been declared. The DIVIDEND will be payable on and after WEDNESDAY, the 24th day of August, 1921, to Shareholders an the Register on TUESDAY, the 9th day of August, 1921, and will be paid to Shareholders on the Colonial (Hongkong) Register at the exchange rate of 2/7 per Dollar.
By Order of the Board,
W. E. ROBERTS. Secretary.
(2). That the new Articles al
ready approved by this Meeting and for the
purpose cf identification subscribed by the Chairman thereof, be and, the same are hereby adopted as the Articles of the Company to the| exclusion of and in substitution for all the existing Articles thereof.
Sassoon & Co., Lad.
T. E. GRIFFITH, LTD, Hongkong, August 1, 1921.
NOTICE.
THE EMPRESS STORE and ON LEE are agenta for WISTMAS LTD., at Kowloon.
WISEMAN. LTD.
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that a SECOND EXTRA-SAFE, Sure and Guanatzed cure ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
Fenghong, July 25, 1921.
NOTICE.
OF
DOLLAR
NEW FORE, August “nd. To the strains of jazz music. $,000 cabled yesterday, paraded the streets in the negro quarter, carrying red, black and green fags, namely, the interna. tional negra coloars and numerous hạn.
Dors
of
Later at a maion
the- vention, they telegraphed to King George urging him to use his influen to free-Ireland, Egypt and India, and bim assistance. to prevent future race warz. They, also, telegraphed, to Mr. de Valera promising
SILESIAN PROBLEM.
PARIS, Augu ist. for Leprosy, Leucoderma, Patches, fing satisfaction at the complete agree The papers are unanimous in express ment between Great Britain and France over Silesia.
of the Company will be held at the Eczema, Eraptions, etc. in four weeke, HONGKONG HOTEL, Pedder Patients willing to be treated by Post, Street aforesaid, on SATURDAY, are requested to write. $3.50 per week the THIRTEENTH
SRI DAY Full particulars Free under cover.
Calcutta (CM) India.
WORKS, Beadon
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that AUGUST, 1921, AT NOON, for the NOTIC
the HONGKONG DIRECTORY s been acquired, as purpose of receiving a report, of the from July 7th, 1991, by the undersign. Proceedings at the above mentioned ed with all rights and titles, and will Meeting and of confirming, if thought bereafter be published by them. No fit, as Special Resolutions, the above, claims against the Hongkong Dollar mentioned Resolutions (Nos. 1 and Directory incurred prior to this date 2). will be admitted by the undersigned.
THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE
LTD.
5. Wyndham Street.
Hongkong, July 7, 1921,
FOR SALE.
New and Used
HARDLEY DAVIDSONS. INDIANS. HENDERSONS.
WOLFE.
and SMITH. MOTOR CYCLES.
REEVES & CO. 106-114, Woo-Sung Street, Kowloon
MARTIN'S
APIOLSSTY
C. AR Chudér má dvorst set to
MARTIN'S
APIOL &
PALACE MOTOR Co., Ltd.
Phone Central
Weuren Branch/3144 Kowlog Beanol-337- New Cars Yar Hire & Fur Hala, Private Ouis gaagið.
Bopsiring Cart u Speciality.
Should the first of the above Re- solutions (No. 1) be confirmed as a Special Resolution by the requisite majority, the alterations in the Com- pany's memorandum of Association! consequently involved will be sub- mitted to the Supreme Court of Hong- kong for confirmation.
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO } GIVEN that the said SECOND EX- TRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING to be held as aforesaid will be continued for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing the following further Resolu- tians sa Extraordinary Resolutions, namely:
(3). That each of the existing 20,000 fully paid up shares of $50 each constituting the Com- pany's present Capital of $1,000,000 be divided into 5 fully paid up shares of $10 each Bó de to make such Capital $1,000,000 consisting of 100,000 fully paid up shares of $10 each.
Square,
Company in proportion to the shares in the Company's present Capital of $1,000,000 held by them respectively on the date hereinafter referred to, and that a bonus be declared accordingly. And further that the Company's Board of Directors be and they are hereby authorised to satisfy such bonus as far as possible by the distribution in manner afore- said of 100,000 shares of $10 each credited as fully paid up among the persons who are ze gistered as the holders of the shares constituting the Com pany's present Capital $1,000,000 on anch date as the Company's Board of Directors shall decide-such last mentioned abares to rank pari pass with the shares constituting the Com pany's present Capital of $1,000,000 in respect of all pro- fits of the Company earned since the 31st December, 1929, and such distribution to be in satis faction of the aforementioned bonus.
of
(4). That after the division afore
said, the Capital of the Company AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO be increased from $1,000,000 GIVEN that a THIRD EXTRA- consisting μs aforesaid, to ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING $2,500,000 divided into 250,000 of the Company will be held at the shares of 310 tach by the crea-HONGKONG HOTEL, Pedder tion of 150,000 new shares of $10 Street, aforesaid on WEDNESDAY, each-euch new shares (subject the THIRTY-FIRST ·· DAY OF as hereinafter mentioned) to be AUGUST, 1921, AT NOOK, for the issued at euch time or times and purpose of receiving & report of the and on anch terms and conditions proceedings at the above mentioned in every respect aste Company's Meeting in so far sa regards Be Board of Directors may think fit solutions Nos. 3, 4 and 5 above and (5). That it is desirable to capital of confirming, if thought fit auch ise, the sum of $1,000,000 being est mentioned Resolutions as Special part of the undivided profits, of Besolutions.
the Company standing to the Dated this Fourteenth day of July, credit of the General Reserve, 19313 and accordingly, that for the1's" purpose of reflecting, stolu cap ha
sation mich ward of $1,000,
distributed -- as ́ bonus the shareholders if the
Order of the Board, pens
I. HL. TAGGART,
August 8t in Paris or Boulogne.
The Supreme Connell is to meet cu
M. Briand has wired to the Ambassador in Berlin to join his British and Italian colleagues in requesting Germany to pre- pare for the conveyance of Allied troops to Silesia.Haras.
a fortnight.
JACKDAW THIEF.
JEWELS VANISH FROM A BEDROOM.
Thefts of jewellery by a bird from a bed-room are described by a correspondeat at Frome, Somerset.
A small brooch disappeared off s dressing table, although no pETADO had been in the room and it was con- cluded that it had been taken by a bird. "The next day we tried put ting a bright safety pin in a similar position. Nothing happened when we were in the room, but immediately we left the pla disappeared. Four dis appeared in this way and when entering the room my niece saw a black bird just disappearing out of the window. We next tried tying a thread to a safety pin, and twice the pin was found outside on the roof.
"Two years ago a scarf pin and a
with a machine of his own inventional requirements for life-saving gear. which he calls an ajette. It is an
ordinary bicycle surmounted by:a
couple of paralel planes. On the DEAD GAMBLER'S TIP. rear wheel of the
bicycle
fixed an arrangement the manipula. Į
LOSING £12,000,
tion of which enables the machine LAST 40. FOR SERVANT AFTEOL· to leave the ground. Too experiments were TC: encour aging and justify the hopes that the problem of Aying without a meter will be solved. Poulain was able to By about ten yards at a height of eighteen inches from the ground. In
young foreigner, who is said to hare- The body of an elegantly dremed oet more than £12.000 at the Casino
Compone, on the Italian store of Lake Lugano, was found in the lake
there.
the five trials he made he landed quite normally and his achievements in this new method of fight are look carelessly, the gambler before retiring Leaving the gaming rooms smiling ed upon as being equal to those made for the last time ordered a sumptuous by Clement Ader, the brothers digner which cost £16. When his bed Wright and Santos Damont. The room was opened next day the tests will shortly be resumed on a
tracks and there is every hope that foreigner had disappeared. A sum Poulain will win the prize of 10,000 of 4d., the last money he possessed, to be awarded to the man who files had been placed on the dressing table ten yards in both directions without a tip for the serving-maki.. the aid of a motor.
KEEP IT HANDY. brooch disappeared in a similar way. I stacks of diserboe Chamberlain's TMMEDIATE relief is necessary in Colic and Diarrhoes Remody should always be qr land. For sale by all Chemists and Storekeepers.
We are wondering how it is possible to and the nest of the bird, which is probably a jackdaw.”
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CASCADE
BEER
REFRESHING AND SUSTAINING.
AGENTS
The Colonial Commercial Co.,
Post Office Building
SUPPLIED BY ALL CHEMISTS. PHYSICIAN'S prescribe Chamberlain
and Diarrhoes Besedy be cause it relieves eramps in the stomach be bought from way cheap bottle and intestinal pains quicker than any preparation they can compound. It can
keep for years, and no home is complete without it. For sale by a'l Chemists and Starekeepers.
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