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MONDA 1a DEJEMIER 2 107, 1928.- \

INTIMATIONS.

INTIMATIONS..

"THE KOWLOON LAND AND HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

BUILDING CO., LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

'that an EXTRAORDINARY

NOTICE.

INTIMATIONS

THE CHINA (MAIL;"

THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER GO. (1918), LTD.

THE FIFTHORDINARYGENERAL GENERAL MEETING of THE ANEXTRAORDINARY GENERAL

MEETING of Shareholders will MEETING of the Club will be be held at the offices of the Company. KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING CON- PANY, LIMITED, will be held at the held in the Board Room of Messrs. St. George's Bulding, Chater Road, Registered Office of the Company, Jardine Matheson & Company, Lim Victoria, Hongkong, on THURSDAY, No. 5, Queen's Road Central, Vicited on WEDNESDAY, the 12th the 20th December, 1923, at. 11 aria, Bongkang, at Noon on the December 1923, at 5.15 p.m. immedi-o'clock in the forenoon, for the pur 18th day of December, 1923, when ately after the half-yearly meeting.pose of receiving a statement of Abe sub-joined resolution will be for the purpose of proposing the accounts and the report of the proposed as an Extraordinary Re- following resolutions as extraordie General Managers for the year ended

ary resolutions?

solution that is to say :-

1

That the Company be wound up voluntarily,

AND NOTICE

AL80 IS HEREBY GIVEN that a further Extraordinary General Meeting of he Company will be held at the same time and place on the 4th day of January, 1924, for the purpose of receiving a Report of the pro- beedings at the above mentioned meeting and of confirming it thought it as a Special Resolution the above mentioned Resolution.

A further. Resolution will be pro- posed at the second meeting for the appointment of a Liquidator or Liquidators for the purposes of such winding up and fixing bis or their remuneration.

L. 8. GREENHILL,

Acting Secretary to THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY Co., Lu.,

General Agents for

THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILD- ING CO., LTD.

Bengkong, November 30, 1929.

THE HONGKONG & SHIANG- HAI HOTELS, LIMITED.

A: PROPOSED ISSUE AT PAR OF DEDENTURES PAYADLE TO BEARER

N°

FOR THE TOTAL SUM OF $6,000,000.00.

1ET JANUARY, 1924-31ST DECEMBER, 1933.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above named Cam- pany intendi sbortly filing and issu- ing & Prospectus inviting subscrip- tions at par for a Debenture Issus of #total sum of $5,000,000.00.

The Debentures in question will bear interest at Seven per cent. per.

The aanum payable balf-yearly, whole of the issue will be under- written.

The Debentures are to be securad by a specific mortgage to Trustees af part of the landed properties owned by the Company in Hong- borg and Shanghai.

The purpose of this Debenture issue is to enable the Company to extinguish the existing mortgages

at the Company both in respect of

(1)

(2)

(4)

That the Rules of Racing made by the Hongkong Jockey Club be amended by adding after Rule No. 11 the following Rule- 11a. A Chira pony is a horse

measuring 13 hands 3 in chea and under.

That the seld Rules of Racing,

be amended by striking out Rule No. 77 and substituting the fol. lowing****

77. The weight for China Ponies according to the term

a

30th September, 1923, and electing Consulting Committee and Auditors.

The Transfer Books of the Com. pany will be closed from FRIDAY. the 7th December, 1923, until | THURSDAY,-the 20th December,

1923, both days laclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers, Bangkong, 30th November, 1923,

NATIONAL LOAN OF THE THIRD YEAR (1914) OF THE REPUBLIC.

weight for inches as per scale" shall be 140 pounds for 12 hands with an ad- ditional 3 pounds for every Third Year Loan ($2,750,000) will that the Sixth Drawing' of 'the complete inch above that be held, as announced by the Loan height. Fractions of an inch to count in favour of Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, the pony. Any China Pony in Peking on 1st December, and that which measures over 13 payment of Bonds then drawn will handa 3 inches dead" to begin on the 31st of that month. be ineligible to compete in any race reserved for China

SUBSCRIBERS are hereby notified

Ponies.

77a. The Stewards must refuse to enter any Pony which in their opinion is not a China Pony, but their decision must be supported by a board of 5 Members any or all of whom may be Stew. ards. The decision of the board shall be final. Should the above Rule No. 77 be passed, it is resolved that the

same shall not apply to Ponies

which have run in Official races in Hongkong and/or in Gym- khanas in Hongkong up to and including the 1st of December

1923.

The Nineteenth Interest Coupon on this Loan will likewise be paid on the same date.

F. A. AGLEN. Inspector General of Customs. Inspectorate General of Customa, Peking, 26th November, 1923.

OFFICIAL NOTICE.

PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A

SHIP'S NAME.

1, G. W. BARTON of Douglas Lapralk and Co., General Managers.

The Douglas Steamship: Co, Ltd., HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that in consequence of Change of Ownership 1 have applied to the Board of Trade, under Section That Rule No. 34 of the Rules 47 of the Merchant Shipping Act, and Regulations of the Hong 1894, in respect of the ship kong Jockey Club be expunged."REPOSE" gross tonnage about That Rule No. 76 of the Rules 2,300 tons, register tonnage about of Racitig made by the Hong-1,005, heretofore owned by U. S.. kong Jockey Club be expunged. Navy for the permission to change Hongkong, 4th December, 1923. her name to 'HAINING" and to have her registered;la the new name at the Port of HONGKONG as owned by The Douglas Steamship Co., Ltd.

Any objections to the proposed Change of Name must be sent to thei Registrar of Shipping at Hongkong within seven days from the appear. ance of this Advertisement.

G. W. BARTON. Hongkong, December 8, 1923,

THEATRE

ROYAL.

HONGKONG AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB"

presents

the liabilities taken over by the The Famous Robot Play

Company under the recent amalga- mation with The Shanghai Hotels Limited and those incurred by the Company itself. The financial re- quirements of the Company both in Shanghai and Hongkong will thus be covered by ane mortgage where by a fixed amount of interest will

"R. U. R."

by

CAREL QÅPEK

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(SHIKISHIMA SHOKAI)

FINE ART

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instead of as hitherto at various

Wednes., 12th. Dec.) Matinee at

N

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5.15 p.m.

be payable at regular intervals Monday, 10th. Dec. at 9.15 p.in.

rates and at irregular times.

This Notice is not to be regarded Saturday, 15th. Dec. at 9.15 p.m.

as an invitation to the public to subscribe for Debentures and appli- cations therefor will be received by the Company's Bankers only as and when the said Prospectus has been duly filed with the Registrar of Com- panies and on the footing of such Prospectus and on the form to be issued herewith.

For and on behalf of

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.,

WALTER J. HAWKER,

Secretary. Hongkong, 6th December, 1928.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

THE Halt Yearly General Meeting, of Members will be held on WEDNESDAY, 12th December 1923 at 5 p.m. in the Board Room Memos Jardine Matheson and Co.

By Order

C B. BROWN,

Secretary. Hongkong, 27th November, 1923.

WING EING

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THE HONGKONG TUG AND LIGHTER CO, LTD.

NOTICE OF CALL

Issue of 100,000 Shares of the Nomind! Value of $10, each (51.25 pakd'up)

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

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Mother your baby's body is being built now for life. Today you can influence his future health, in a way you can never do when once the muscles and nerve, tisqués are developed and the bones are sot. The material out of which the body is built is food and food only, but it must be suitable to the infant's power of assimilation.

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LONDON, December 8. Following are the results in Satur day's Association matgbeg :---

PIRST LEAGUE,

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MEXICAN REVOLUTION.

WASHINGTON, December 8. The only further nows of the Mexican revolution available is a despatch from the American Chargé d'Affaires at Mexico City enclosing a report received from the British Canaul at Vera Cruz; stating that the Commander-in-Chief of the Mexican Federal forces was there supported by Mexican Naval forces and that the Vers Cruz State Government had been deposed.

MEXICO CITY, December 9. It is reported that 28,000 Federal troops are converging on Vera Cruz in the revolutionary |

zone.

President. Obregon has issued a manifesto terming the revolt a con- spiracy against the common people.

NEW Yona, December 9, Tho Mexican Government has stopped code telegrams to and from Mexico vid Galveston and is) strictly censoring plain language inessages.

ITALIAN FINANCES.

ROME, December 8. In the Senate the Finance Minister showed that great improve- ments in the national finances were proceeding. Commitments during the first five months of the current fiscal year were not only substan- tially below the estimates, but receipts were substantially higher. The Minister estimated that for the fiscal year 1924-5 the deficit would be over seven hundred million liro, compared with an actual deficit of three thousand million in 1922-3. He quoted figures showing that deficits in connection with the rail- Realer's Service to the China Mail algo referred to the general improve ways were rapidly diminishing, and

EARLIER TELEGRAMS.

AMERICA AND HOLLAND.

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ment in the economic condition. Unemployment had now been re- duced to a normal limit, and time' lost through strikes was only 247,000 days last year, compared with 8,000,000 in the previous year.

DRUG SHUGGLING IN GERMANY.

THE HAGUE, December 8. Acting under instructions from Washington, the United States Minister approached the Dutch Foreign Minister with a view to

BIBLIN, December 8. opening pourparlers on the subject

Seventy business men were of a new treaty of amity and com- arrested at Hamburg following a merta on the most favoured nation recent discovery of what is believed basis.

to be an intense discovery of what is The Dutch Government agreed in believed to be an intense drug principle and negotiations are ex-smuggling campaign, involving pected to open shortly.

Negotiations have already been opened with a view to settling the question of carriage of intoxicating hiquore aboard Dutch vessels in

Americani waters.

"AQUITANIA" DELAYED.

marcotics valued at £2,500,000..

It is stated that the police are endeavouring to round up a large number of captains and crews of vessels who, it is alleged are impli

cated.

EMPIRE CRUISE.

SIERRA LEONE, December 8. NEW YORK, December 8.

The British naval squadron which The departure of the Aquitania" is on an Empire cruise bas arrived for England was delayed three here, the first part of call. The quarters of an hour while a strong squadron was most warmly wel- force of police searched the vessel comed. Elaborate arrangements for men who were wanted in con; had been made for its reception and nection with the recent murder of a entertainment. bank messenger. Every passenger's face was examined without reauit,

Two Italians were subsequently arrested at Hoboken of whom one believed to have fired the shots.

GERMAN SITUATION,

BERLIN, December 8. The Reichstag has passed the The other was detained as a material Emergency Powers Bill by 818 witness.

voben to 18:

NEW COMMERCIAL TREKTİ.

WASHINGTON, December 9.

A now commercial treaty between the United States and Germany is to be signed shortly and will be sub mitted to the Benate für ratification, This treaty replaces the pre-war phet

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LONDON, December 8.„,. The Shell Transport. Co. has do, plared a dividend of two shillinge free of tax:

ROYAL DUTCH DIYIDERD.

THE HAGUE, December 8, Elia Royal Dutch Company me declared an interim dividend of ten per cent.

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