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FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1937,

CORRESPONDENCE,

·RENTS, ORDINANCE

GRIEVANCES.

To the Editor of the " China Mall."[

Si-It occurs to me after reading "Queergar's" letta in your yester dar's issue, that either the Rent Or dizance which way passed last year is site of in its application by certain persons or that an amendment ought

to be considered if the ordinance is

PRINCE'S JAPAN VEIT.

BANK DIVIDEND.

PROGRAMME OFFICIALLY.

PUBLISHED.

Tokyo, March 16. The programare

CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

The Chartered Bank of India, Aust-

of Wales has been ofizialy published following telegram from its head office for the sojourn in Japan of the Princemlis and China has received the

te-day.

in London :-

On the morning of April 12, His "At the approaching snnual gener- Highness will arrive at Yokohamsal meeting of shareholders, the Direc and iromediately enter the Capital of tors will recommand that a dividend

THI CHINA MAIL.

-DAY'S NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE

SHAHOLDERS in this Company

areminded that the calls and

the 3 last preminus in respect of the new issue 3 must be paid on or before

THE RY FARM ICE & COLD

TORAGE CO., LTD.

NOTICE.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

Notice to Consignees,

8.3 "DUNERA.” Consignees of Cargo from, Europe, Bombay and Colombo per .8.5. are hereby notified that part of the Cargo landed at Singapore

**Danera "

retained in operation for another pear. Japan, proceding to the Imperial bè declared for the past half year at TOTIC is kereby given that Mr. Owing to the Strike will be returned

instinct.

some

LTD..

The Mercantile Bank of India Ltd.,

HOLLO-CHINA TRADING CO.,

Eong, March 24, 1922.

GODARD & DOUGLAS,

Telephone 142) atine Surveyors, ince's Buildings,

There must be a lack of estesian Palace and then to the detached the rate of 14% per annum and a J.B. RITHAN, cases to be in between the text of the Ordinance palace at Akasaka, where he will stay boans of 65.3d. per share free of in-the emp of one Company as from sad the spirit in which it has been until april 18. In the meantime, come tax, that £100,000 be added to this date conceived. It was passed in order to His Highness is expected to attend the Reserve Fund, that £25,000 be protect tenants against Escrupulous landlords but it sems inner-party to be given at added to Officers Superannuation an be also allowing shady dealings on the Imperist Palace, dinner paties by Fand, that £30,000 be written off the part of a certain class of tenan's Prince Higashi Fushimi, the British Premises Account, and that who take an unlair advantage of the Ambassador, Premier Takahashi,£215,169.15.5 be carried forward." text to satisfy their speculative Const. Behida, Minister of Foreign

Afisirs Prince Tokugawa, Marquis MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA "A furnished four-roomed flat was Nabeshima as well as the Military offered to me some time ago for $20) Review, the Imperial Cherry Blossom jer mensem for a period of 13 months Party and the reception by the City į After going carefully into the matter of Tokyo. On April 14, however, His I found out that the tenant who was Highness will have a rest, the day has received a telegram from its trying to sublet the fist was actually being Good Friday. On April 19, the London Office advising that at the paying $37.50 for his rent and valued Prince will pay a visit to Nikko, Eis fumiture at $3,000. In other returning to Tokyo on April 21, and annual general meeting of share sords, even after allowing a fair or Apa2 proceed to Yokohama, holders, the Board of Directors will interest on the forniture, this tenant where he will attend the ceremony recommend a final dividend of 8% on was simply making an income of over of unveiling a moonment erected in the A. B. and C. shares (making 16% | $50 per month out of his tenaney. honour of those who laid down their

Another instance is that of a tenant lives in the Great War, sad. after for the year 1921 less Income Tax, leaving the Colong and offering to doing the sights in and sound Eura- that £50,000 be carried to Reserve sub-let his house to another party on kura and. Yenoshima, will attend the Fund (making that Fund £1,150,(00) the condition that the latter bays of reception to be given on board and that £137,671 be carried forward. him all the furniture greatly over-warship in the harbour of Yokohama valged, without the landlord's appro-and then attend a ball by British! sal, and actually defying him to dis-people resident in Yokohama, where pose of the house.

he will stay over-night,

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It is about time that such specula- On April 23, His Highness will tions should be put down and if the pay a visit to Odawara to attend Once protects the teban's doner-party at the country against unscrupulous landlords, it villa of Prince Kacin, passing stool also protect the sub-tenants the night at the detached house from the greed of certain people who of Baion Iwasaki at Yamoto, tabing position behind the text are Hakone. On April 25, he will attend able to mock the spirit.

Yours, etc.

NOT XLIXDIORD. Hongkong, March 24.

HUNGHOM SHOOTING.

PUBLIC RICSHA OWNER

ATTACKED.

MYSTERY ABSAILANT ESCAPES,

A Hanghem pablierie ha proprietor was driving in Lis private ricaba tai Tsimshatsui bent 10 o'cloce last night

"A BRAVE MAN."

FARMER CAPTURES ARMED ROBBER.

A Chinese was charged before

NOCE OF REMOVAL

moval tow Offices on the 3rd Floor at No. files Voeux Road, Central, We baby give notice of our re-

on the lafaxine,

GDDARD & DOUGLAS, Hongko, March, 21 1999.

HONGONG VOLUNTEER DEENCE CORPS.

ORDERY LECT-COLONEL L. G.

Bus, D.S.O. Admistrative Commandant.

Vit of H. R. H. The

Ence of Wales." Strong's possible parades of Trained m of all Units of the Corps including e Beserve Company will attend at 30 pm at the DraÏ Ball on the folking dates to practice fur the Guardi Honour and Living The Streets onie 6th Proximo.

Zrth, 36, 31st March, 3rd and

Dress: lain Clother, Kife, Belt and Sidle das.

The pade on Friday, 31st March will be in iview Order.

a dinner-party at the detached palace Magistrate Lindsell this morning with and on April 26, afternoon doing the the unlawful possession of a dagger.

LA former said that on his! sights of Lakes Kawaguchi: Setyo, and Shojin at the base of Mt Fuji, the No. 3 Railway Bridge when he

way to Yamati he was crossing 4th April. he will put up at the Shoji Hotel. On April 27, be anives at noticed the accused with two or Kyoto, paying homage to the Imperial three other men there. After he had Mausoleum at Momoyama Cn April passed them he heard a voice behind 23, he will go boating on Lake Biwa, making a stay in Kyoto until May 2. On May 3 and 4 he stays in Nars, and on May 5 attends the reception to be given by the City of Osaka as well as the ball by foreigners resident in Kobe, where His Highness stays over- night.

On May & the Prince proceeds to Takamatsu City, Shikoku, to attend

Medals, elmeta, Khaki Tunic, and Trousers, jlack Boots, Bile with Sung, Beltind Side Arms.

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"Don't run." Turning round, he saw the accused flourishing a dagger. Witness promptly pushed the accused away with the pole he was carrying. When the men saw he Witness gave chase, blowing a police was prepared to fight, they made of

whistle. Near Fis house the accused stopped and again raising his dagger ca-led upon his confederates to stop, but the ls ter took no heed 2 Maskotr

Scottish Company. Helmets, hose tops stipato. Khaki Tup, Kilta Sporrans, diced

" Officers: irer chez, Puttres and

Brown BootSwords.

Fait 11 othe Annual Musketry

to Hongkong per as "Kalyan" due to sive on er about the 25th inst..! and the balance will be forwarded pers. "Buryalus" due on or about the 2nd April. Consignees are there; fore requested to make the necessary atrangements respecting delivery ető. | MACKINNON MACKENZIE & CO.

Agents. Hongkong, March 23, 1922

PENINSULAR AND STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.

Notice to Consignees.

Consignees of cargo from Earope, Bombay and Colombo per 3 | Kashgar" and s.8. "Jeypore" are hereby notified that part of the cargo which was landed at Shanghai ex these Sreamers owing the strike! will be returned per s.s. "Takada” į due to arrive here on or about 25th instant. Consignes are therefore re- quested to make the necessary arrangements respecting delivery str. MACKINNON MACKENZIE & CO.

Agents.

Hongkong, March 22, 1929.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

S.S. KAMO MARU.” FROM EUROPE AND STRAITS,

Consignees of cargo by the above steamer are hereby notified that, same (excepting the goods from Lon- den covered by bills of lading Nos. 28 to 53 and other few lots) will be returned from Shangbai by the came steamer on the 24th inst., and these goods will be landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kow- loon Wharf, and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be obtained

when a man suddenly came eat of the dinner party and reception by of him and made off as fast as they course will i fred ca Sunday, 2nd as soon as the goods are landed.

the glosm in Bulkley Street and fired

two shots at him with a revolver,

abdomen

Count Matsudaira On May 7, he could," because they were not fight.

be described as a brave msn, the Complimenting the witness whom Magistrate sentenced the accused to twelve months' hard labour.

the Corps who ave not yet fired.

A launch w leave Murray Fier at 9.00a.m.

Goods not cleared by the 31st March.

does the sights of Itsukushima Ising men." With the aid of his fokis April at Stowcutters Range, com- wounding him in the forearm and land, one of the "Three Great Sights" who came out in answer to his cries mencing at 10:m, by all Casuals of 1921, will be subject to rent.

in Japan. On May 8, he will inspect he managed to capture the accused, the Naval College at Yedajima and the Arsenal et Kure, from where he will travel down to Kagoshima, at the south end of Kyushu, where His Highness will attend the diaser-party and reception by Prince Shimadzu oà May, 9, whence His Highness salls for home.

man

The assailant, whom the victim was azable to recognise, disappeared as quickly and mysteriously as he had conte. The wounded

was promptly removed to the Ewong Wah Hospital where he was attended by Dr. Smaller who extracted the bullets. Although suffering from stock, the victim is in zo danger of losing his life. He could give the police no-rea- seu for the attack.

COUNT KILLED.

TRAGEDY OF BIG GAME-HUNT.

HYPNOTISED.

COURT EXPERIMENT ON WOMEN.

For having ignored the section of The full story of how the naked the French penal code which forbids, bady of the bandsome young French hypnotisur and lays down that sil wit sportsman, Conite Maurice de Leasse, Desses should give their evidence was discovered by his sister-in-law, before a court freely, M. Richard, the the Comtesse de Rohan Chabot, lying examining magistrate who has been

close to the camp of their big game estavan in Abyssinia, has just reached France.

investigating the plague of scurrilous anonymous letters at Talle, has been removed from his post..

person or persons

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THE Undersigned have received instruc

The party consisted of the Comte This decision was contained in the and Comtesse de Lensse, the Comte Oficial Gazette and announced by M and Comterre tacques de Robhan Barthou, Minister of Jestice, in the Chabot, and Mille. Ytarbe. They had Senate when various senators epoke about 100 native carriers, and when about the reprehensible character of on the parch the Comie de Leusse psychic experiments by a magistrate. used to go ahead to look for garnr be- The incident took place some week fore it was scared sway by the ago. M. Richard had had the charges advancing caravAZ.

against some One evening. just before pitching unknown of having written these camp, he crossed a wide river with sanonymous letters before him for single Abyssinian attendant, who reseveral months, but detectives atdons to hell by Public Auction, turned alone saying that he had lost experts had failed to discover any sight of his master. All hight his clue. It was then that M. Richard friends searched, fired their rifles, and decided to admit of experiments by's lit fires as signals to him. At dawn professional hypnotist from Feria they puched the search farther afidd

This man, a doctor, had the six and the Comtesse de Rohan Chabot witnesses in the case whom he wished saw her mother-in-law's rifle lying on to examine brought one by one into the ground. A few paces away in the the magistrate's private room at the undergrowth was his body.

court. He first asked them if they He bad apparently been attacked wire willing to be hypnotised, sad by a turbulent tribe which coveted his continued with his experiments only arms and clothes, and had time to fire after the witnesses had agreed. The only a single shot and wound ons of French judicial authorities hold that the astives, when he was stabbed it is quite possible that in such cir- from behind.

cumstances witnesses might be afraid

The Comte de Rohan Chabot to refuse..

harried back to the nearest poeef The experiment was a failure. The

the Abyssinian Governments and first five women who wefe

the murderors were sounded up. The said nothing of.

des comoto's watch and jewellery LEVE

were found upon them and they were slee

ecated,

comte's body has been

home and will be buried st familyas country glacsinthe partment of Seine-et-Mar

iser, the

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FRIDAY, March 31, 1822.

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Parade at Vorteer Headquarters on Monday, 2718instant at 5:30 p.m.

Dress: Drill der.

2. B. YOUNG, Major, qutant H. V.D. Corpa Hongkong, iriday, March 24, 1922.

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NIPPON JUSEN KAISHA.

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