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FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1922.
Hughes & Hough
AUCTIONEERS TO THE GOVERNMENT AND ADMIRALTY,
Coal Contractors
General Brokers.
WANT ADVERTISEMENTS
95 WORDS 3 INSERTIONS, $1. PREPAID. Every additional ward 4 Cente for 3 insertions.
WANTED.
-PUBLIC AUCTIONS WANTED. Position
FORTHCOMING SALE:- -SATURDAY, 25th inst. 102, The Feak.
MONDAY, 20th 49,
Particulars to follow.
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by BRITISHER, 16 years in the Timber Trade. No objection to Out ports Apply Bex 1357, CHINA MAIL"
WANTED. BRITISHER seeks
poritica. Good references. Sound Eastern experience. Not afraid of work. Apply Box 1358, c'o "CHINA MAIL
TO LET.
By order the Registrar Supreme Court THE Undersigned have received in-ROOMS TO RENT in the
structions to sell by Public Auction
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SATURDAY, March 15, 1922, at 12 nooE,
at their Sales Rooms,
Su 8, Des Vear Road, Corner of Ice House Street,
117 Bags of Sulphur,
Stored in Kung On Godown, 165," Cozuaught Road.
Terms - Cash.
HUGHES & HOUGH,-
Auctioneer Hongkong, March 15, 1902
(FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCHANED),
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MONDAY
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March 20, 1999, at 11 am, at No. 49, the Peak Vainable Household Furniture,
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Comprising:-- .Dining Room Saite, Large Sideboard, Dinner Waggon, Writing Desk, Settees Arm-chairs, Brass Bedateada, Dressing Tables, Wardrobes, Carpets, and Kit ohen Utensils, &c. &c
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On view day before sale. Terms: Cash on delivery.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneers.
. (For account of the Concerned),
03
MONDAY,
March 20, 1922, at 5 p.. at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vaux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,
A Valuable Collection of
Obsolete British Colonial and Foreign Postage Stamps, made up in unusually large lota.
Catalogues will be issued.
On view from 13th instant
Terms-Cash on delivery.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctionects.
(103 1000GHT OF CHE CONCERNED)}, 00
TUESDAY,
March 21, 1993, commencing st 4.30 p.m..
at their cries Booms, No. &, Der Vaar Road, Corner of Ice House Street,
Hotel. Apply Hotel
CHINA MAIL
THE INTIMATIONS
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LTD.
NOTICE.
NOTICE.
4,442, tons
NAVAL
"COLOURS.”
associated with 'em that the side of knowing and worth remembering the superstructure would look some but I wonder how many natal: thing like a street hoarding if all of officem even those who have served NAME-SAKES TRADITIONS TO them were inscribed there.
in the Swiftsure of our day-sould quote half the list. BE CARRIED ON.
of
TKK SWIFTEURE,
15.
One result of this neglect of our The names of our warships parsins 1, H. M. H. NEMAZEE, of Prince's
records is that the officers and men from generation to generation. Only Buildings, Des Voeux Road, Hong
Will the day ever come when each seldom have any idea of the story at three of the twenty-eight battleship koog, hereby give notice that in accord- ance with the conditions of purchase ship of the Navy has its colours, as taching to the history of their ship, that fought at Futland were without NOTICE is hereby given that an and for uniformity with the names of the regiments of the Army have Only recently I was appealed to by the forerunners in the Navy List. Many gunroom of one of our battleships for of the names date back to Tudor and Extraordinary General Meeting of the other vessels owned by me, I have Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., applied to the Board of Trade ander writes Tarpaulin in a home paper.
The War Office is preparing a list information about the battle honours Stuart times. But their great history Section 47 of the Merchant Shipping
associated with her. They knew the is all but unknown even to the men Ltd. will be held at the Hongkong Act 1894, in respect of the ship Hotel on Monday the 20th day of "HISTORIAN of Hongkong official battle honours for the great war to be few that were inscribed on the saper who live in them. Fame is hard to March 1922, at 11.30 am, when the number 105364 of gross tonnage 6,889 added to the colours of the regiments structure, but there were many more win, but it is harder still to keep subjoined resolutions which were tons, register tounage passed at an Extraordinary General hitherto owned by me, for permission concerned. But no ship of the Navy, of which no one in the ship had any alive. Meeting of shareholders held on to change her name to "ARABESTAN" no matter what her ancestors did, has knowledge. The midshipmen wanted Friday the 3rd day of March 1999 and to have ber registered in the new any right to a flag emblazoned with a complete list of ber-berties for the will be submitted for confirmation us at the port of Hongkong as owned the names of the great battles in
Any objection to the proposed change of name must be sent to the Registrar of Shipping at Hongkong within seven days of the appearance of this advertisement.
Dated at Hongkong, this Tenth day of March, 1992
H., M. H. NEMAZEE.
special resolutions.
1. Thet Article 105 of this Company's Articles of Association be altered as follows:
(a) By the insertion of "$30,000" in the place of "$3,000" in the fifth Carltonline thereof.
TO LET 3 NEW OFFICE ROOMS, in Central locality from 1st April Apply SANG KEF, e/o Compradore Department, Hongkong & Shanghai Bank-Des Voeux Road entrance.
NO LET-ONE FOUR-ROOMED, To
Furnished Flat in Kowloon (With Flush System). Possession 1st April. Apply to "L" do "China Mail."
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
G.
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
(b) By striking out in the ninth and tenth lines thereof the words "for
each financial year of the Company" and inserting in place thereof the words "in every year wherein such profits shall not exceed in the aggregate the sum of $350.000, and a commission of ten per cent, per Sunum on all the net profits of the Company in excess of that sam,"
2. That the above Resolution (No. 1) to be restrospective and take effect from the 1st day of January,
1922.
Dated 3rd day of March, 1922.. By order of the Board,
JOHN D. HUMFREYS & SON,
General Managers.
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG & WEAMPOS
DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
DARTICULARS and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 20th day of March, 1999, as 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of of His Excellency the Governor, of One Los of CROWN LAND at Nathan Shareholders will be held in the Read in the Colony of Hongkong Office of the Company, 3 Queen's for tarm of 73 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent Buildings, Hongkong, on MONDAY, to be fired by the Surveyor of His Majesty 20th March 1959 at noon, for consi the King, for one further term, of 75 years. deration of the Director's Report and Statement of Accounts for the rest ending 31st December, 1921.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Begarg No
Bolig.
Q.
Soundary Mehsurements
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male pian.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
DARTICULARS and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held an MONDAY, the oth day of March, 19:2 at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by order of His Excellency the Governor. of one Lot of CROWN LAND at Ma
Tau Kok in the Coley of Hongkong for a term of 1 years with the option of renewal at a Crown Pent to be fixed by the Surveyor of His Majesty the King, TRAKWOOD AND BLACKWOOD, for one further term of 75 years. FURNITURE, BRASS AND TEAK- WOOD TWIN BEDSTEADS, CARPETS,
Comprising:--
Dining Suites, Chesterfield Solar, Arm-chairs (new). Card and Occasional Tabla, Teakwood Twin Bedsteads, large and small Wardrobes, Dressing Tables and Chairs, Washstands, & (famed Teakwood), Sideboards, Dinner Waggons, Dianer Services, Crockery, & Glass Ware, Cooking Stover, Cutlery,
Electro-plated Ware,
Electric Reading Lampe, Screens, Sandry Blackwood Furniture, Chairs, Cabinata, Pictures,
Also
1 Piano by Rocking,
(Full Particulars from Catalogue).
Terms: Cash on delivery.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Auctioneer
Hongkong, March 16, 1922.
THE Undersigned have received
instructions from Cal. 8. HUMPHREYS, to sell by Pablic Auction,
KYD
SATURDAY, March 25, 1922, at 10:30 am, at No. 102, the Peak, Paliable Household Furniture, and Sundries, Co=prising: Betters, Arm-chairs, Old Blackwood Side Table, Wall Plaques from Im- perial Falace, Lacquered Tabies, Embroidend Bilk Fire Screces, Tientsin Carpets, Arminster Bugs, Gramophone and Recorda. Dining Boom Chairs, Blackwood M-T. Obicug Tables, Blackwood Wardrobe, Whith Ensmal Bedroom Suites in „elading:"Donbla" Wardrobes, Cheral Glass Dressing Tables, Bandry Glans azil China, and Kitchen Utennia,
Od view 18 and 19 instant.
eman Cash on delivery.
HUGHES & HOUGH.
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PARTICULARS OF THE LOL
Locality,
Boundary Keagsrumenta.
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$ your baby grows, happily from Amur the de
changing food to keep him strong and contented- THE ALLENBURYS * FOODS contain graduated propor-. 1. tices of the elements essential to your baby's brain and body devalojament
Allenburys
Foods
HANBURY'S LIž, Lando
The Share Register and Transfer Books will be CLOSED from the 11th
by me
NOTICE
VISIT OF HLR. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
RECEPTION AND BALL
course of preparing a list of resi THE Invitation Sub-Committee are in dents to be invited to the above mentioned functions and all residents attend and visitors who desire to abcold far std. their names together with particulari of their family (inclad- ing relatives and others who form part of the same bousehoid) on or before the SATURDAY, 1th March to Chairman of the Invitation Sub-Com- mittee, Mr. C. Montague Ede, c/o The Cuion Insurance Society of Canton Ltd, 3 & 4, Queen's Buildings. If the final number desirous of attending exceeds the capacity of the Pavilion lote will be draw for invitations--but
members of one household will not be divided. This applies only to residents of British nationality. The various Consular bodies &c. are kindly dealing with the lists of residents of other nationalities. This notice does not apply to members of the Army and Sary for whom separate arrangements
re being made
Ezveloper should be marked in the corner" PRINCE OF WALES RECEP- to the 20th March, 1929, (both daysTION & BALL" and block letter Inclusive).
By Order of the Board of Directors.
R. M. DYER,
Chief Manager.
Hoogkong, March 5, 1922.
A
BRITISH LEGION (Hongkong and Chias Branch)
NEXTRAORDINART GENERAL MEETING will be held at the City Hall, on MONDAY, 20th March, 1992. at 5.30 p.m. for the purpose of electing Officers and Committee for the current year.
FL. K. HOLMES,
Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, March 14, 1922.
CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
TEE Forty-fourth Ordinary Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the above Company, will be held at the Offices of the General Agents, Fedder Street, on WEDNESDAY the 29th
writing of usmes will greatly facilitate the work of the Lonorary officials. Hongkong, March 14, 1922.
NOTICE.
PRIZE unclaimed st S.P.C.A. BALL Feb. 20th, Number 0122. Holder
Government House. send ticket to before March 21st, or prize will be rated
A
JAMES TOTTEN SHAW DECEASED.
LL claims against the estate of the above named deceased must be sent to the undersigned forthwith. JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,
Prince's Building.
Hongkong, March 13, 1922.
NOTICE.
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March at 11 am. for the purpose ofUSTOMERS are requested to use receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December 1921.
The Transfer Books of the Compety will be closed from the 15th to 29th March, both days inclusive. JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
General Agents. Blangkong, March 10, 1822.
HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
their Pass Books when ordering provisions &c. Orders written on slips
of paper will not be accepted in future. THE DAIRY FARM ICE & COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. Hongkong, March 11, 1922.
MADAME LOTTIE GORDON.
Le A. B., of R. A. M. and R. C. M LT.C.L, AH. Iz (Singing) IT. C. L.A. T._C. L. (Piano) Also Double Matrientation in Singing
HE FIFTY-THIRD ORDINARY and Piano, Melbourne University Con-
THE
GENERAL MEETING of Shareefvatorium. bolders will be held at the Offices of the
Registered Teacher. Highest grade in
undersigned an FRIDAY, the 31st
Vace-production, Singing and Flano-
March, 1922, at Noon, for the purpose
of receiving the Report of the General playing.
Managers, together with a statement of Leesons given at City Hall, and at Accounts for the year ended the 31st The Peak December, 1921.
The Share Begister and Transfer
Letters c/o Perk Hotel, Phone 1381
Books will be CLOSED from the 17th and Montzie's ́end Anderson's where
to the 31st March 1922, both days inclusiva.
JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD.
General Managers, Bongking Fire Insurance Co. Lad Fonghong, March 13, 1922.
THE KWONG KWUI GO. PHOTO SUPPLIES. 50-Queen's Bond Central, Telephone No. 2170.
SPECIAL DEPARTMENT..- DEVELOPING & PRINTING FOR
AMATEURS, MA
KOON
YURK
Prospectus can be obtained.
CITY HALL.
Debussy Scriabin Recital.
(Advertised for March 13.)
to be given by HARRY ORK,
on MONDAY, March 20,
FRENCH LESSONS
very excellent purpose of encircling
the ship's name on their Christmas
card. They had to go to an outside scarce to get the list.
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GUARD THE BABY AGAINST COLDS.
which they fought. There are forty-
To guard the baby or young child two clasps to the war medal for naval
These things are not merely of against colds nothing can equal Baby's actions between 1914 and 1918, but
archaeological interest. They are the Own Tahes the Canadian children's remedy. These Tablets are a wild none of the forty-two can be inscribed lifeblood of tradition. Take the case amative which will keep the little coo's of the Swiftsures name that I up-tomach and bowels werking regularly. on a ship's colours, for, she has none.
The most that is done in the seapose means little or nothing to the It is a recognized fact that when the stomach and bowels are in good order landsman of today. If the Swiftsure Looks will not exist that the health of service to commemorate great deeds had her "colours" they would the little one will be good, and that he
will thrive and be happy. of the past is to set up on the super-bear more battle honours than any structure overlooking the quarter regiment of the Armada in 1588 to the deck names of some of the battles in Dardanelles in 1915. Major actions which forerunners of the ship played alone total eighteen, and include five a prominent part. This, in the nature battles of the Dutch ware, Hawke's hanging of Mounser Conflans” of things, can only be partial. Some
at Quiberon, the battle of the names have so many battle honours Nile, and Trafalgar. It is worth
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LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO Co.
DOLLAR $ DIRECTORY
1922 EDITION
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ON SALE AT:
THE DOLLAR DIRECTORY PUBLISHING OFFICES & WYNDHAM STREET. THE CHINA MAIL OFFICES, KELLY & WALSH, LTD.,
CHATER ROAD.
BREWER AND CO.
QUEEN'S ROAD,
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STAR FERRY WHARYES,
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