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-WEDNESDAY MAY 9, 1928

INTIMATIONS.

THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD.

NOTIDE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE FORTY-SECOND ORDINARY

NOTICES.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY

COMPANY, LIMITED.

JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN NO

that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above Company will be held at the Offices of

Messrs.

JARDINE,

GENERAL MEETING of Share: holders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on THURSDAY, the 10th May, 1923, at Noon, for the pur MATHESON & CO., LTD., Pedder pero of resviving the Report of the Street, Victoria in the Colony of General Agone, together with statement of Accounts for the year Hongkong, on FRIDAY, the 25th day of May 1923, at 11.30 o'clock in onded the 31st December, 1922.

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THE HONGKONG CENTRAL

ESTATE LIMITED.

THE CHINA MAIL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN N. that on EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHE SON & Co., JaMPTED, Pedder Street, Victoria, in the Colony of Hong- kong on FRIDAY, the 25th day of May, 1929, (NOT THURSDAY, the 24th day of May, 10:23, us

WANT ADVERTISEMENTS

35 WORDS I INSERTIÓNA, 91. PREPAID. Brazy additional word & Cente for 3 insertions.

TO LET.

One Five-roomed House on the TO LET-For 5 months or one year, Peak, nicely furnished. Moderate

The SHARE REGISTER AND the forenoon when the subjoined originally silvertised) at noon when rent-from 15th May. Apply: Box

TRANSFER BOOKS will be closal From the 4th instant to the 10th May, 1923, both days inclusivo. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,

General Agcale. Hongkong, May 19, 1923.

THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON TAXICAB COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated under the Hongkong Companies Ordinances 1911-1921)

Directors:

Reselutions which were pasued me Extraordinary Resolutions at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on THURSDAY, the 3rd day of May 1923, will be submitted for confirmation as Special Resolutions:→→

1. That the provisions of the Company's Memorandum of As- sociation with respect to its objects be altered so as to read as shown in the print sighed for the purpose of identification by the Chairman of

this meeting.

2. That the new Articles already AUTHORISED CAPITAL $750,000. approved by this meeting and for the purpose of identification sub- scribed by the Chairman thereof, be and the same are hereby adopt. the Company ed as the Articles to the exclusion of and in substitu- tion for all the existing Articles thereof.

HENRY BIRKETT, of 10, Ice House Street, Hongkong (Partner in the Firm of Messrs. Moxon and Taylor, Share General Brokers) Chairman.

Prints of such new Memorandum MAHOMED NEMAZEE of Prince's

Building, Des Voeux Road Centrof Association and new Articles, also prints of the existing Memo el. Hongkong, Merchant.

randum of Association and Ar- BUM PAK MING of The Russo Asiatic Bank, Prince's Building. Des Voeux Road Central, Hong kong. Merchant. CHAN LIM PAK of 15, Peak Road,

Hongkong, Merchant. CHAU SIU KI of 8, Queen's Road

ticles may be seen at the Register- ed Office of the Company, Victoria Building, Queen's Road Central, Victoria aforesaid, and at the Office of Messrs. Deacon, Harston and Shenton, 7 Des Vœux Road Central, Victoria aforesaid, Solicitors for the Company, and the portions of the proposed new Memorandum of Association and new Articles which differ from the existing Memorandum of Association and Articles are indicated by being

West, Hongkong Merchant. ALBERT HENRY ROWE General Manager of the United Motor Co., Ltd., 33-35, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong. (Managing

• Director). FREDERICK ELLIS of Mesurs. Funderlined in red.

Ellis & Co., 10, Ice House Street, Hongkong, Sharebrokers.

Bankers:

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION,

1, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong. Auditors:

Messrs. LOWE, BINGHAM & MAT. THEWS, Chartered Bank Build- ing, Hongkong.

Solicitors: Messrs. JOHNSON, STOKES

MASTER, Prince's Hongkong.

Should the first of the above Resolutions (No, I above) be con- firmed as a Special Resolution by the requisite majority, the altera- tions in the Company's Meinoran- dum of Association, consequently involved will be submitted to the Supreme Court of Hongkong for confirmation.

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that should the

Second of the above Resolutions (No. 2 above) be confirmed as a & Special Resolution by the re- Building,quisite majority the above men- tioned Extraordinary General Meeting to be held is aforesaid will be continued for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing the following further Resolutions as Extraordinary Resolutions, namely:---

Registered Office: Nos. 33-35, Des Voeux Road Central,

Hongkong.

3.

NOTICE IS HERERBY GIVEN that the above named Comany is issu ing a Prospectus dated the Seventh day of May 1923 (a copy of which has been filed with, the Registrar of Companies) inviting subscriptions at par for 49,000 Shares in the Com pany of $10. each, payable as to $2.50 on application and $2.50 on the balance by allotment and instalments not exceeding $2.50 each as and when required. Of these 44,000 shares have been under-4 written..

The Subscription List will be open. ed on THURSDAY, the 10th day of May 1923 and will close on or before FRIDAY the 11th day of May 1923.

Coples of the full Prospectus and form of application can be obtained at the office of the Company, or from the Company's Solicitors or Bankers. This Notice is not to be regarded as an invitation to the public to subscribe for abares and application will only be received on the footing of the full prospectus and in the form inqued therewith,

Dated this 7th day of May, 1923.

រ NOTICE.

WE have been appointed Agents

in CANTON for the PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY as from the 30th of April,

there is No. 1423, c/o China Mail, were passed as Extraordinary Re-. solutions at the Extmerdinary General Meeting of the Company

held on THURSDAY, the 3rd day TO LET.-Seven-roomed detached house with tennis lawn and of May, 1923, will be submitted for garage for two cars. Apply to confirmation as Special Resolu-PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING. tions.

2.

That it is expedient to effect an amalgamation of this Company with the Hongkong Land Invest. ment and Agency Company,

FOR SALE.

SALE-A "twin-aix 7 seater

Queen's Buildings.

MAIL WEEK NEWS.

ITEMS FROM FAR AND NEAR.

New-laid eggs sold at Id. each at Saffron Walden, Essex.

*

The Salvation Army Self-Denial Fund amounts to £166,501, an in- crease of £8,265 on last year.

The Sheffield. City Council have

education this year by £20,000, decided to reduce expenditure on

Prince Nicolas of Rumanin, who is amidshipman in the Navy, joined H.M.S. "Benbow" at Sheerness, Kent.

The Home Secretary says he will consult the Lord Chancellor on the present position of the law con- cerning the maintenance of rich wives.

The expenditure on London education during the coming year is estimated at £12,555,120, a re-

1922-23.

Tristan da Cunha, the lonely

been visited for the first time by the Bishop of St. Helena, in whose diocese the island is.

Limited and with a view thereto Fackhard" TOURING CAR-duction of £1,164,243 on that of this Company be wound up volA Super-six Hudson LIMOUSINE- antarily and that Horaca Percy special body. Both very fine hill Smith, of Victoria in the Colony climbers and guaranteed in perfect of Hongkong bo and he is bereby condition. Apply-P. H. HOLYOAK,island in the South Atlantic, has appointed Liquidator for the pur- HOLZOAK, MASSEY & Co., LTD., pose of such winding up. That the Conditional Agreement submitted to the meating for the amalgamation of this Company with The Hongkong Land In- vestment and Agency Company, Limited upon the terus (inter alia) of the acquisition by The Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Company, Limited of the complete undertaking, business, goodwill and property of this Company in return for the issue

FRENCH LESSONS

..

G. MOURSION

35, Morrison Hill Road.

INTIMATIONS.

INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

to this Company or 40,000 shares, UNION of The Hongkong Land Invest- ment and Agency Co., Ltd., of the nominal value of $25 each credited as fully paid up, being four shares of $25 each of that Company for each share of $100 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTIETH ORDINARY each of this Company, be and YEARLY MEETING of the Sooloty the same is hereby approved and will be bold at ita Head Office, UNION that the Liquidator be and he is BUILDING, Hongkong on FRIDAY, hereby authorised, pursuant to 25th May, 1923, at NOON for the pur section 185 of The Companies pose of receiving the Report of the Ordinance 1911 to adopt the said Direotors and the Statements of Agreement and carry the same Account to 31st December, 1982, and of into affect with such (if any) declaring Dividende, ote modifications either before or after the execution thereof as the said Liquidator may thick ex- pedient.

N.B.-A copy of such said Condi-

That each of the existing 50,000 fully paid up shares of roo3. each constituting the Com pany's present Capital of $6,000,000 be divided into four fully paid up shares of $25 each so as to make such Capital of $5,000,000 consist of 200,000 fully paid up shares of $25 cach.

That after the division afore- said, the Capital of the corn- pany be increased from ..$5,000,000 consisting as aforc- said, to $10,000,000 divided into 400,000 shares of $25 cach by the creation of 200,000 new shares of $25 cach-40,000 of such new shares to be issued and allotted in accordance

with clause eight of

the

Conditional Agreement for the analgamation with this Company of the Hongkong Central Estate Limited duly, approved at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Com❤ pany held on Thursday the 3rd day of May, 1923, and the balance thereof to be issued at such time or times and on such terms and conditions in every respect as the Company's Board of Directors may think fit.

Should the above mentioned

HOLYOAK. MASSEY & CO., LTD. Resolutions (Nos. 3 & 4 above) be

Hoogkong, May 7, 1923.

WE

NOTICE,

E have been appointed Agents

in CANTON for the "ELLER MAN LINI 8s from the 1st of May. HOLYOAK, MASSEY & CO., LTD.

Hodgkong, May 7, 1923.

MARTIN'S

PAPIOL STAY

passed by the requisite majority they will be submitted for confim- ation as Special Resolutions to a further Extraordinary General Meeting which will be subsequent-

y convened.

Dated this 4th day of May 1923.

By Order of the Board. Sd: L. S. GREENHILL,

SECRETARY

THE CHINA INDUSTRIAL

CO'S STORE.

ARS

SWAY HOUSE

55 Wing Lok Street,

Opponite: World Théâtre.

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tional Agreement may be in- apected at any time during busi- ness hours at the Registered Office of the Company, Victoria Building, Queen's Road Central, Victoria aforesaid and at the office of Mesara. Deacon, Harston & Shenton, 1, Des Voonix Road Central, Victoris aforesaid Soli- citors to the Company. That the aforesaid 40,000 shares of The Hongkong Land Invest ment and Agency Corapany, Limited ahall in pursuance of -clanso 8 of the aforesaid Condi- tional Agreement be allotted as and from the 2nd day of July, 1028, to members who are on the Register of Bhareholders of this Company on the date of the con. firmation by this Company of the special resolution confirming the eaid agreement.

Dated this 4th day of May, 1923.

By Order of the Board,

L. S. GREENHILL, Secretary to the General Managers, N.B.-The necessary steps are being

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from 11th May to 25th May, both days Inclusive.

By Order of the Board, "

PAUL LAUDER, Acting General Manager. Hongkong, May 4, 1993.

BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE

COMPANY, LIMITED..

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTY-SEVENTH OR DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Office, UNION BUILDING, Hongkong on FRIDAY, 25th May, 1923, at 19.15 pm, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the State monte of Account to 31st Docomber 1922, and of declaring Dividends, etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 11th May to 25th May, both days inclusiva

By Order of the Board,

PAUL LAUDER, Acting Gonoral Manager, Hongkong, May 4, 1923.

THE OHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

taken to divide each of the exist ing 50,000 abaree of $100 each constituting the present Capital of $5,000,000 of The Hongkong NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that OR. Land Investment and Agency the FIFTY-FOURTH Company, Limited, into four DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the fully paid up shares of $25 each Company will be held at its flead and thereafter to increase the Office, UNION BUILDING, Hongkong said Capital from $5,000,000 toon FRIDAY, 25th May, 1828, at 12.20 p.m. for the purpose of receiving the GR. authorised

of capital

Report of the Directors and the State $10,000,000 by the creation of meats of Account to 31st December, 200,000 new shares of $25 each. 1932, and of declaring Dividends, otc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 11th May to 25th May, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

PAUL LAUDER, Acting General Manager. Hongkong, May 4, 1923,

FOOK ŞUN FOR SALE Panama Hats, Felt Hats, Straw Hats and all Kinds

Hot Hats. ~HATS CLEANED A SPECIALITY.

No. 80, Wellington Street.

Fifteen youths who were fined at Rochdale, Yorkshire, for gaming on a Sunday afternoon admitted that they had been to Sunday school in the moming.

A section of Roman tesselated pavenient worked in seven colours was found recently at a depth of 4ft, in a nursery garden on the Roman wall at Colchester.

Direct and indirect taxation re- yenue in France for the first two months of the year increased by £4,000,000 upon that for the corres- ponding period of last year.

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A public library, with a special lending department for children, is to be established by the borough council in Marylebone Town Hall, N.Wat a cost of £10,000.

Queen Elena of Italy left Rome suddenly for Antibes, on the French Riviera, whence she has had news that her mother, Queen Milena of Montenegro, is seriously

ill.

According to census figures re- cently issued in Canada, 55.40 per cent. of the population there are of British origin: 27.91 per cent. are of French stock, and 8.5 per cent.

are made up of it other European

races.

·

The Executive of the National Union of Railwaymen have invited the General Council of the Trades Union Congress to call a con- ference of railway trade unions at an early date to consider the ques- tion of amalgamation.

At Walsall, Staffordshire, a young man in court offered marri- age to a 19-years-old girl, Mary Cook, who was remanded on a charge of wilful damage, and who, it was stated, had been several times previously convicted,

In remanding Max Scorfarsen, 29, barber, a Russian Pole, who was charged at Marlborough-street with falling to notify his change of address, Mr. Mead, the magis trate, directed that his motives for visiting Ireland should be inquired. into.

Two Spanish, airman, Capt. Miguel Ramisez and Lieut. Enrique La Clerva Miranda, were burned to death, when their aeroplane caught fire in the air as they were returning to Army headquarters from bombing the Rif tribesman in Morocco.

For consigning four quarters of tuberculous beef to the London Central Market, intending it for sale, Henry Stembridge, butcher,! of Ludwell, Donhead St. Mary, Wiltshire, was fined £25, with £10 10s, costs, at the London Guild- hall.

A Handley-Page acroplane was converted into an aerial ambulance in order to ring an invalid to London from Paris. She was con- veyed to the aeroplane at Paris in a motor car, and another motor-car machine when it landed at Croy- don.

REPULSE BAY HOTEL. awaited her at the side of the

THE above Hotel, which is at present being renovated, will be

completed by the 31st May, 1923.

At the request of several patrons, the Management is prepared to quote rates for a limited number of rooms on the following basis as from the 1st June, 1923)

2 Persons 400 Per Month. Person $275 Per Month.

inclusive of room with self-contained bath, all meals, (which may be taken either at the Hongkong Hotel or Repulse Bay Hotel). also transportation by Motor Conch to and from town.

Applications can be made at the

Hotel Office.

In the King's Bench Division Mr. F. W. Laming,. of Hotham-street, Wimbledon, was awarded £700 damages for injuries caused by be- ing mn over by a motor-car. The defendant, Mr. A Wolfe, of Ben- consfield-road, New Southgate, N., said a girl cyclist suddenly turned before him without putting out her hand.

Burglars broke into the premises, of Messrs Henry Barrett and Co., hop merchants, of Borough High- street, S.E., and, after stealing-a quantity of cigars and cigarettes helpot themselves liberally to a bottle of wine they found in the office. This makes the seventh thie that burglars have broken isto. these premises during the last 18

OUR SERVICE will protect yoag olsthes against the ravages of a MUTH, MILDEW, étc.

THOSE WINTER FROOKS AND COSTUMES

Writd

or

phone

for

PRICE LIST

Collection

Buk delivery free.

are too heavy and dark in colour for wear during the summer. Don't store them away soiled, but have them dry cleaned pad steam pressed now,"ready for wear next season.

IT WILL SAVE YOU MANY DOLLARS WHEN NEXT WINTER ARRIVES.

STEAM LAUNDRY CO.

HEAD OFFICE and WORKS YAUMATI, Tol. K 32. HONGKONG DEPOT, 10, Stanley Street, Tel. O 1279.

82, Prays East. KOWLOON DEPOT, 19, Danton Road. "CANTON, 19, Sharki Central, East.

"PHILIPS"

APHILIPS LAMP.

Is A PERMANENT

ECONOMY

SOLE AGENTS.

Holland-China Trading Co

Hong Kong .

SWATOW LACE COMPANY,

JUST RECEIVED

A LARGE ASSORTMENT

WHOLESALE & RETAIL

OF

Manila Hats,

- Silk Lanterns,

Lamp Shades,

Mah Jong Sets,

etc., etc.

INSPECTION INVITED.

17A, Queen's Road, Central.

PHONE CENTRAL 1468.

P. O. Box 475.

NATURAL MINERAL WATER FRENCH GOVERNMENT'S Springs

VICHY CELESTINS

In bottles, half and splita

Gout, Diabetes, Rheumatism, Gravel, Arthritis

and IlliousnURE,

VICHY GRANDE GRILLE For Liver Imuble VICHY HOPITAL For Indigestion

Refuse substitutes. -Mention game of Spring required.

CHINA EMBROIDERY & DRAWN WORK, 00. Makern of Dress; Bod Cushion and Table Covers, Capes, Shawl, Laces, eto, sta, Exquisite work any design erected Bepresentatien Amortement for Retail and Whalmain

STOCKED BY ...... KEE CHEUNG SHING

48, Connaught Road Central

Hongkong Agents, Telephono Centl. 2401,

J. T. SHAW

LADIES' AND GENT'S TAILORS

TEL CENTRAL 692

DRESS MATERIAL WHITE SERGE, PALM BRACH, SILK PONGEE, COTTON PONGEE, WHITE ALPACA, DRILLS ETC. FOR SUMMER WEAR.

WAR MEDALS AND RIBBONS: