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SATURDAY MAY 5 1923,

CANTON FIGHTING,

COMPANY MEETING.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

SUN'S TROOPS ADVANCE.

The first annual ordinary general

WAR MATERIAL CAPTURED.

meeting of the shareholder

of

Lane, Crawford, Ltd., was held at (From Our Own Correspondent.)

the Hongkong Hotel at noon to

view :-

follows:--

To pay Dividend #?

$1 per

725,000

absorbing

shares,

.......$125,000,00

50,000,00

CANTON, May 4.

THE CHINA MAIL.

LOCAL TENNIS.-

TO-MORROW'S INTERESTING

MATCH.

SOME GENERAL COMMENT,

HONGKONG BANK NOTES.

Returns of the Average Amount of Bank Notes in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th April, 1923, as certified by the Mangers of the respective Banks

Basica

Chartered Bank of

Average

Specie

in her

BANDITS' CAPTIVE,

BAT. MAN STILL HELD FOR RANSOM.

It was learned at the local office of the British American Tobacco Office this morning that no further news has been received from Mr. Rowson, who is a captive in the hands of a gang of bandits. "Mr. Jamieson, H.B.M. Consul of Canton, is staying his hand meanwhile to give the Chinese Authorities time to act in the matter. As far as is known, Mr. Rowson is being well 30,000,0001 treated in the circumstances.

$50,000$

Tadia, Australis

China $12,118,408 % 6,700,000

Eonelong Wh Bhangbai Bank-

ing Corporation, 44,241,300 Morenatile Bank of

Inslis, Limited, 1,409,377

• $37,768,865 $30,300,000 HER FACE BELIED HER. Total... *Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued nt £827,000, Securities with the Crown Agents and Straits Govern ment £1,800,000:

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5 Securities with the Crown

Agents £130,000.

day. Mr. J. Scott Harstor wna in

To-morrow, weather permitting, tho obair and was supported by.

Sun's forces have taken up the we shall be able to compare to a Messrs. A. 6. D. Ceusland, A. K. offensive all along the North River certain extent the tennis player of Lowo, M. Manuk, and J. H Tag. front and have rapidly recovered Singapore and Hongkong. It is gart (Directors), K. L. Bridger and the guins which were wrested from unfortunate that our own chem P. M. Crawford (Managing Direc- then when the Northern troops pion, Ng Sae Kwong, should be tors), and S. J. Jerdain (Secretary), came to the swistance of Shum's away at present, for a match be- The other shareholders present troops, Ching Yuen and Pa Kong tween him and Honda would have woro-Messrs. A. Walton Brown, are reported to have been retake had an Inter-Port flavour. How D. K. Kharos, A, 8. Ellis, 8. M. and there is now talk of assaults on ever we may have that at a later Churn, W. Macfarlans and H. A.Yung Yuen and Ying Tack. The date, Honda the Singapore cham- Dummiert.

loses of På Kong means a serious pion is also champion of the com- The Chairman in the following blow at the Kwanggi-ites as they bined Straite and F.M., Last speech outlined the activities of the | have to retire some distance, to pre- August in a very lame game he Company for the period unter reserve their aligament,

beal Dean in the final of the Singa- ! By advancing along the Canton pore championship in 2 straight sets Gentkeń-The report and ne- Shiukwan Railway Sun's troops they play the beat of 3 este counts have been in your hauls for have come into large quantities of there, and 3 weeks later at Kuala the prescribed perind and I propon war material and rolling stock for Lumpur when the champions of the therefore, with your permission, to

the ailway.

various F.M... States as well as those take them as mild. The net profit

It now appears as if Sup is con- from Penang, Malacca, and Singa- for the year, after making due allow centrating on this front in an en-pore met Honda emerged victorious. ance for depreciation is $203,764.94, deavour to score a decisive defeat in these games without being bril- The following statement of the This ammint your Directors, room-bofore rounding up Shum's

men liant or forcing he was deadly sure securities lodged with the Crown mend shall be appropriated as and his allies on the Word and East and won rather by the mistakes of Agents by the Mercantile Bank of

Rivers.

his opponents than by his own ex- India, Limited, against their notes: cellence. As O. Rumjahn adopts in circulation, is published for TO-DAY'S GYMKHANA. similar tactics and is possessed of general information under Section the same imperturbable tempera-15 of the Mercantile Bank Note FINAL SELECTIONS, mont we can predict a long-drawn-Issue Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance

aut, dour context at the 1.R.C.No. 65 of 1911):- ground. [RY RAKOUS]

Becurity Jn our Championship Tourne 63% Treasury

Bonda repay- 12,500.00 As I write these nates, there is mate this year what promised to

able 100 in every prospect of the weather hold-be an unusually bright and enter

1930, 16.264.94 ing fine for the Gymkhana at Hay badly owing to the breakdown of Laining competition fizzled out Valley this afternoon. Writing yesterday, I was under the impres 1. D. Rumjabn. This affected J.-Commander Worthington and sion that Crusader was anong to- which trest will meet with your day's entries, but this is not en./ both the Singles and the Doublen approval:

The chief event to-day is the competitions in both cases. Other In regant to such appropriation. Gynklara Stakes for which noteworthy events were. the defeat I would remark that you Directons Speckled Mouse was a firm: fax. of M. W. Lo, whom wo have re-|| consider is a solid one, because, as ourite. Everyone will sympathise garded as our second best player for the amount to be appropriated is with Mr. Henry Humphreys, the the last three years, and the re- the result of the first year's working owner, who has been forced to rn of our former champion of the Company it is essential to scratch the pony for all events at Sammy" Green. Of the five. create a Reserve Fund. With rehe is fame. This alters the entlook Rumjatus playing H. D. the con gard to the bonus for the staff, entirely for thus main event of the queror of M. W. Lo is the best and food sure that this will be agreed today, which now looks a good thing the youngest. We shall watch his by you, because our staf is a parth for Petrol King, provided his rider further progress with interest. cularly hard-working one, and is in can go to scale at 146 lbs. The rain Neither M. W. Lo nor Ng Sze to a great extent due to their efforts of the past week has taken the Kwong were up to their former that we are able to present what "hone" out of the ground and the standards. It is futile to conjecture think you will agree is, for a first going should be excellent. My final what would have happened had year's working, a very good report selections are

The stocks of the Company held ai-olutely clean, and have in avery one wherein the present" cost would he hs, been aedured to re placement frost.

To place to General

Reserve

To pay a Bonus to Stati

(approximately 10%).

To carry forward to

New Acount

$203,764.04

RACE 1.

Cassia River Snodgrass

The Discard

.RACE 11.

Strathfarrar King Charlie Nastaran

1

3

RACE III.

1

3

1

2

3

HACE 6.

Petrol King Orient Dahlin Yellow River

HACE 5. dew Year Gift Ju Spite Of Ridge Tile

In June: fast, your Bond devizlerl to in a further 25,000 sies at per thus bringing the total imed capital of the Company up to $1,250,000. The purpose of this issue was doble the Company to acquire a controlling interest in the business of William. Powell. Limited. Your Hand considered this a very favourable transaction. In Fehmary last, negotiations, Wege entered-into-with-she-prometers of the Hongkong Realty and Trust Company, Limited for the sale of the site which is generally known as the Wiseman site (Section A of Marine Lot No. 7), and the sale thereof has since been duly com- pleted, the purchase price being $1.000,000 which brings a very satisfactory profit to this Company. The property No. 147 Praya East CANTON has now been disposed of, the sale

thereof having been carried through

on the 1st instant. The price ob-

tained was $30,000, which transac tion also shows a substantial profit: to us.

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Hancock and Worthington met the Rumjahus. But there is one thing patent; admitting of no doubt; . if anyone wants to go far in these championships not only must、 be take the matter seriously and prac- lise, not only for. weeks but for months, but he must also be in first class physical condition. The Rum- jabns and the Ismails are knocking at the door, and hard at their heels ave younger C.R.C. members de- sirous of omulating the feats of Ng See Kwong, so it behoves any aspir- ing European nok to take the mat- ter lightly. At present the only Englishman with the ghost of a chance is Worthington, and even his prospects of becoming champion are not very rosy. The most pro mising of the younger English players is C. W. Bishop, who, though not more than a novice, has Не ія some, good raw material. splendidly built, is Young, and seems to be keen. He has a lot to learn, but if he cares to concen- ! CELEBRATIONS. tate on the game he ought to go.

far. And as a last word let us con- gratulate Ng Szo Kwong on win- ning his sixth successive champion- ship.

---X. YA

Royal Conqueror Risergrass Kndekuh Le

3

HACE 7.

Orient Dahlia Royal Crusader Arlington

TO-DAY'S GENERAL

HOLIDAY.

3

To-day, May 5th, will be a holi-}

:

A Good Rule for the Home. Make it a rule of your home to always keep on hand a bottle of Chamberlin's

In view of this sale, your day in Canton. The Cantonese Directors deemed it advisable to will take this day off, the Canton purchase the property shown on the Daily News says, to show their ap balance sheet as No, 17, Burrows preciation of the service of the Street, which they acquired at a Great Southern leader, Dr. Sun Yat very reasonable figure. The man sen, for Canton and the Republic, Calic and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safo- facture of furniture is now being and incidentally celebrate the suc- guard against bowel complainte. carried on at the les mentioned cess of the Constitutionalists in ways cures promptly dad no household premises instead of at No. 147 arms along the North and the West, a cafe without it. For sale by sil Praya East as previously.

River districts thus far. All Gov-1 Chemists and Storekeepers.

Your Company, during the year ernment offices will be closed to under review, also entored into an business and students, labourers, agreement for the purchase from political organizations, and others. the Hongkong Hotel Company, will hold parades most of them in Limited of Powell's Building on the day time and some in the even- very favourable torus. In Februing.

ery last your Company in conjune- The grand parade of the day will tion with the Dairy. Fann ee & commence at nine o'clock in the Cold Storage Company Limited morning, all meeting in front of opened a store at the Peak, Hotel the Canton-Kowloon Railroad Sta- for the convenience of Peak Resi- tion, except the students, who will dents. It is not anticipated that assemble in front of the East Gar- this will cause any appreciable in den. In line will be troops, milit crease in revenue, but in additionary bands, decorated motor cars, to materially assisting the Com- carriages, dragon and lion players, pany's patrons, it has this effect of Chinese bands, floats, and others.

In the evening, there will be a kooping the Company's uns before the public. Au arrangement has lantern parade on land, and a now been arrived at whoroby the water procession on the river. Dairy Farm Jes and Cold Storage house boats will be the principal Illuminations from launches and Company Limited's branchi

in features Canton will act as our Distributing |

The famous Cantonese dragon Agents in that port, and from the boats will be seen along the riven Ist instant all orders from Canton for provisions will be executed by thom. The effect of this will be

that our customers there will be cluding the apportionment recom relieved of the inconvenience, of mended by the Directora as therein themselves obtaining delivery of indicated) on presented be adopted, goods, pasing some, through the and I shall be obliged if some share- Customs and paving duty, etc. holder will kindly second such pro- In conclusion I would like to add posal whereupon questiong as to tho on behalf of your Board, and I think report and accounts may be mised.. all present will agree with he there Mr. H. A Lammert seconded the in, that our hearty thanks are due proposal and it was carried unant to your Managing Directors, Mensremously-

Crawford, Bridger and Easioce for On the proposition of Mr. S. M the excellent results achieved by Churn, geconded by Mr. W: Mac the Company in this the fret your farlano; M. M, Manuk was unani-

[mověly re-elected a director

of its cristanco

I now Hog ló formally propose Mestra Linstead & Davis wero xints of the unanimously re-elected anditora un

that the report, nad

Company for t

ending: 28th F

the motion of Mr A. STK. {în-i accomled by Mr. A. Walton Brown."

It

TO-DAY

To prove that she did not cause an obstruction on the Praya, a boat-

woman who was prosecuted by an Indian constable told Mr. R. E. Lindsell this morning that she had several residences on land. Mr. Lindsell replied: "You have spent, most of your life on the water by look of your face." Defendant was fined $3 and another woman $2.

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