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INTIMATIONS.

ONGKONG ENGINEERING AND

CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

NOTICE OF MEETING.

NOTICE

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Second Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders of the Hongkong Engineering & Con struction Company. Limited, will be held. In the Offices of Messrs. Shewan,

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TO LET.

Tomes & Co, St. George's Building OFFICE ROOM on top floor

Chaler Road, Hongkong, on THURS DAY the 10th day of April, 1924, at 6, 1200 Neon for the purpose of re calving the Report of the Board of Statement of Directors and a Accounts for the Half-year ended on the 31st December 1923, and of electing Directors and Auditors.

The Transfer Books of the Com-) pany will be closed from the 4th to the 10th April, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

S. COURTNEY COOK, Secretary.

Hongkong, 27th March, 1924.

OFFICIAL NOTICE.

PROPOSAL TO CHANGE

WE

A SHIP'S NAME.

LET: One well-lighted Queen's Road Central. Apply 'Gande Price & Co., Ltd."

FOR SALE.

3,000 B.H.P. POWER PLANT

THIS plant consists of the following,

all in working order, having junt ||||| recently been in full use ——

A) Four "Mond" gas producers

capable of generating 400,000 cubic feet of gas per hour of 140 B. T. U. per cubic foot com. plete with washers, cooling - tower, scrubbers, centrifugal cleaners, blower, motors, piping: etc., coal elevator and charging plant

(B) Two "Cockerill" horizontal 4-cylinder tandem double acting type gas engines. 1,000 B.H.P. dach, and two same type 2-cyclinder engines, of 500 B.H P. cach, all the above made by Richardson Westgarth & Co., England. Engines complete with air starting plant, electric: Ignition, water cooling pumps and motors, turning gear, motors, etc.

TE, THE SHUN TAI SS Co... (HONGKONG) LTD. of 114, Wing Lok Street, Hongkong, hereby. give notice that in consequence of change of Ownership, we have applied to the Board of Trade, under Section 47 of the Merchant Shipping Act. 1811 in respect of the ship *NIPSI" of Manila, Official núm. ber 153537 of gross tonnaze 2163.19 tons, register tonnage 1296.77 tons, heretofore owned by MADRIGAL & CO. of Manila for the permission, to BORNEO" 'change her name lo

and to ve her registered in the new name at the Port of Hongkong As owned by THE SHUN TAI S.S. GO. (HONGKONG) LTD.

Any objections to the proposed change of name must be sent to the Registrar of Shipping at Hongkong. within seven days from the appear. ance of this advertisement.

Dated at Hongkong this 29th day of March, 1924.

THE SHUN TAI S.S. CO.

(HONGKONG) LTD. - (Signed). PANG KOKSUL, Secretary.

PUBLIC DINNER

to

'Sir Willam Roos-Davies, K.C.

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It is proposed that a dinner should

Foreign be given by the Community in honour of the departing Chief Justice at the Hong Kong Hotel, on Saturday, 1th. April, at 8 p.rì,

Gentlemen

wishing

to be

present should notify on or before 3th. April, their intention to Colonel. Robertson, Hong Kong "Club, who

particulars.

will supply

Hongkong, 22nd March, 1924.

NOTICE.

HONGKONG & CHINA GAS CO., LTD.,

(C)

Two-dynamos by Dick Kerr & Co., England, having an output: of 750 K.W. each at 250 volis when driven at 120 revolutions, also two similar dynamos of 375 K.W, sach. Eomplete with switch-boards, and instruments,

elc.

For further particulars, apply to

Mesura Butterfield & Swire,

Agents.

The Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co. of Hongkong, Limited, Hongkong, 21st March, 1924.

FOR

FRENCH TUITION

Write to

·G:- MOUSSION c/o "China Mall" office,

TUNG SANG

TAILOR

all

11A Poel Street

MR. G. P. CURRY having retired from the Company's service on

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completion of bias agreement, notica is hereby given that Mr. LJ. BLACK. BURN, the Resident Engineer, hat been appointed, as from thie date, to HIGH hold all powers pertaining to the office of Local Secretary,"

(S)JARDINE, MATHESON &

CO., LTD.,

Local Agante,

Hongkong, 31st March, 1924,

WE

NOTICE.

E, the undersigned hereby give notice that we have resumed business as share and general brokers under the style or firm of WRIGHT AND COMPANY, at Princes Buildinge, Ice House Street, Third Floor as from the 31st March. 1924.

Telephone No. 3519 Central.

J. F. WRIGHT, T. W. HORNEY.

Hongkong, 31st March, 1924.

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I wonder what visions that A man at Trubin, Spain, commit. world famous name, Lloyds, brings ted suicide after learning that his to the mind of the average man. wife had given birth to twins. Be ha in Australia, the Far East, America, or Europe, he has heard A commission of Spanish naval of it, and knows generally speak officers has been sent, to Southamp ing that it has something to do ton to purchase 13 seaplanes at a with insurance or shipping, but beyond his own, our cost of about £6-1,000.

hot extend, and so the present writer hopes that, in some small degree, this short article will adicate the composition and fuse tions of this unique and, honoured institution writes allmae" in the Sydney Sun

During the 17th century, the merchants of England were begin ning to venture forth into all quarters of the then known and unknown

sometimes world, preceding and sometimes following our soldiers, sailors, and ex plorers, and

beginning to bring strange and unknown merchandise to London for sale, returning with the products of civilisation for barter.

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After a suspension of about, three. years, the building is to be resumed at Glasgow of the Anchor Hender Pon Hiner Tuisylvania (17,280 tions).

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"The London and North Eastern Railway announce that it has been arranged to men through carringe between the Hook of Holland and Bucarest via Berlin and Breslau..

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Members of the Tiverpool Steam Shipowners Association now own 5,750,000 tons of steam shipping, or tore than per vent, of the total British stenni lommage afloat.

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While gas at Seaham Harbour, Durkam, costs 58, 9d. per-thousand cubic feet, Seaham coal goes to Tom- don and makes gas there cheaper (11d." a therm or 4s. 7. per thou- sind ebir feet).. #

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Somewhere about 1696 one Corporal Hall, of the Royal Air called Lloyd, a coffee-house-Force, who was seriously injured in keeper in London, seeing that nonemplane crash nd Risalpur, In- one ever knew where our ships dia, on January 29, when Flying- were or when they were or when or Hugh Jones was killed, has they were going to sail ordid. return, conceived the idea of publishing a small news-sheet, showing, as far as he could discover, the movements of the ships of England, and any other mercantile news of Interest, and so naturally to Lloyd's coffee-house began daily to congregate the merchants and ship-owners of The bodies of 8 of the 17 men whe London. In due course came the were drowned when the British Marine Insurance Under-wri:cra, steamer "Mora" was wrecked off. Up to this time all the under- Cane St. Vincent. Portugal, have writing had been done by private een washed ashers and buried ni individuals, but owing to gambl Tigos. # ing in Insurance beginning to become very prevalent, these men Cantain Goergs R. Metcalfe, who' formed themselves, in 1770, into jemed the White Stur ne 27 years caminands thr Lloyd's" at the coffee-house, and now and were very particular as to "Cedrie.". has been appointed whom they allowed to under-nader of the “Homeric," now

of the ring renzørded in en oil burner. write there, only men

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Fine weather prevails et toany of de Swiss winter sports resorts, in- leding Les Avents. Astand. Mor.. ins. Pontresina, and St. Moritz. The denth of the snowy ranges be tween 20 al more than 40 inches.

FROM SMALL BEGINNINGS. This was the seed from which has grown the enormous tree of Public Service known throughout the world as Lloyds of London. From that one-paged inaccurate sheet, printed by Lloyd, the Coffee House Keeper, as a means of attracting patrons, has grown the present day Shipping Intelligence published daily, containing the concise and accurate news of the shipping of the world; and the small. community of men who commenced to share the risks of our pioneers, and so help in the expansion of trade, has through more than two centuries grown into the present great and powerful

fnsurance institution,

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The nun found decapitated on the milway at Fatcham, near Brighton,

holleved to be Sergeant. Thomas Walker Bell, aged 84, of the Royal Marine Barmeks. Chathau.

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Carriages of a train arriving at son were J. and N.W. Railway stock painted in the Milland's Inke, which is to be the colour of all the always forming the new London, Midland, and Scottish Railway.

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Federation gave notice of á 10 stant supply of water on account ofment in 1871, and is housed in the percent, reduction in wages. The water on account of Chinese New Year. Royal Exchange in the centre of operatives demand an increase, a Constant Supply in all districts during the city of London, opposite the minimum yield at piece-work rates, February 1834.

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Lloyds, as.åt present constituted, was incorporated by Act of Parlia.

Bank of England. The whole and the cessation of, the employ- business is controlled by a chair-ment of women in several processes, man and committee elected by the

While sitting at her husband's members, and there are about 800 bedside in Derby infirmary, where to goo of them, some underwriting he had undergone a serious opern- and others non-under-writing.

tion. Alice Mackay, 45, was taken Lloyds have the classification. She was removed to an adjoin- and registration of almost every ward and medically attended, vessel afloat of 100 tons and over but death occurred within twenty both British and foreign, The

minutes. restrictions regarding the stand-

which

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by a jury at Hertfordshire Assizes

the quality of the water is satisfac stringent, and any ship so classed to Jesse Gray, butcher, of Walkern,

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class in all respects.

by a motor-car driven by Dr. R. F.

Another part of this branch A. Philpot, of Bridgnorth, Snlop, deals with the happenings of the and had to have his right leg am- world's shipping daily. To obtain putated. this information, and to look after.

the interests of the institution abroad, agencies have been placed

in every port of standing through brokers and their clerks, who are out the world, and these agencies | transacting their business with the

promptly keep. Lloyds

and underwriters, who are all seated

of long ago.

The following unclaimed telegram e lying at the office of The accurately supplied by cable with at the small tables of the same Treat Northern Telegraph Company all information pertaining to type as the old Coffee House ones Limited):-

shipping and any other happenings Mrs Spont Hongkong Hotel, from which may be of interest, such as Kobe.

fires, earthquakes, &ċ. Sakyoki Des Voeux Road Central, 2, from, Wakamitan.

Chimodaruku Bynlisiboro, from Wildfire, from Kobe, a tak Marques Queen's Road, from Kobe Shikiyoko Nipponsoka," from Kurate Sankyo, from Ducks. 3298, from Shanghai Kian Kes, from Amoy, Chui Shigg, from Shanghai.

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HEHOW LLOYDS OPERATES..

The second and main branch deals with marine Insurance There are somewhere about 100 underwriting members who assemble daily in The Room

The methods of transacting busi ness as practised at Lloyd's is as follows: The public wishing to

sure gets into touch with a broker, who has the right of entree to the room, and he goes and inter- views, the underwriters in turn, finally placing the business with to transact their world-wide in-nofore to the best advantage surance business Bach, under to his client, and in due course the

policy is issued. pero determ writer writes for his syndicate

WORLD INFLUENCE, FY that is to say, he has as many. The Influence of Iloyds on the games of non-underwriting insurance market of the world is members to his syndicate as he very considerable. The market la Chanlpto No. 1a; New Western Stres can obtain. He takes all the free each underwriter quoting the

responsibility for writing risks Cause wai Bay, frum Shanghai in their names, and at the end rates at which he is prepared to do and cheque. Fuga pang kappuca “Gam-dalam-Tack Dai, from Amoy,

the business, the covers are of the year, when the under against all risks, if required, and 1110, from Yiakow. Ohio. Ji Foo 63 Caine Road, from writers accounts are made up works wide. All kinds of in- each member of the syndicate surance are transacted with SHULTURE VILJESSEN, shares in the profit or loss, under perhaps, the exception of life, and Raperintendent writer charging them a small per so this naturally tends to keep the Hongkong, 2016 March, 1924, vor cent on their accounts for transact costs, as far as the public are

Cada Naing their business,

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ASIA & QU(NA TELEDRAFH CO fall to Topress the visitor. On it is impossible to estimate the FRAME OU entering one hear the buzz of value of the work duns by Lloyde. List of unclaimed telegrams lying in conversation mingled with the and the other Insurance companios E. E Telegraph Office, Hongkong.

musical drone, quite unintelligible which have grown up around it, Clark 181 Muodonnell Road, from to the ordinary car of the Caller, but it is quite sure that without Shanghai.

who garbed in his long red cloak, their aid the expansion of the Durward c/o Mckinnon, from Saffron stands elevated above the mass of Empire would have been much Lure in waldong, LA SEBAG

men,"calling the names of those delayed, Thus we owe much to Ellis, from Bingapore:”:

members who are required, and this remarkable institution, which, Nederroth, from Landen.

there! sechis to be an endless has set, throughout more than two stream of people moving from one centuries, such a high example table to another These are the tradition in public service.

M. FAIREY,

Superintendent

Hougtong, 20th March, 1924,

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