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TUESDAY JULY 29, .1924.

INTIMATIONS.

INTIMATIONS.

„THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON HONGKONG TRAMWAYS LIMITED,

TAXICAB CO., LTD..

NOTICE OF CALL.

Issue of 49,000 Shares of the Nominal Value of $10 each, ($5 paid up)

JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 3rd Call of $2.50 per Share on each of the 49.000 shares allotted on the 19th day of May, 1923, has been made by the Company and that such call will be payable to the Company's Bankers,

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NOTICH TO SHAREHOLDERS,

AN

JEWELLERY"

JADE &

PRECIOUS STONES

be

Also A Fine Belection OF

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of A seventy five cents per share has been declared and will be payable on and after WEDNES- DAY, the 20th August, when Dividend Warrants may offices of the Company. obtained upon application at the

Company will be closed from The Share Registers of the Wednesday, 6th August, to Tuesday, 19th August, 1924, both days Inclusive. Thi

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation In Hongkong on or before the 15th day of August 1924. The Transfer Books of the Com. pany will be closed from the 7th to 14th August 1924, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. H. ROWE

Managing Director, Dated this 19th day of July 1924.

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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

TICKETS will be

issued for Round Trips during the months of July to September, from Hongkong to Foochow (Pagoda Anchorage) and return, calling et Swatow and Amoy on both the upward and downward Vorage. by the Company's new, fast, well appointed"steamier "Hai Ning".at the reduced rate of $80 for the round Voyage, including Meals while the steamer is in port.

By Order of the Board,

W. E ROBERTS, . Secretary. Hongkong, 21st July. 1924.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD.

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Two A

Dollars per share for the six months ending 30th June 1924 will be payable on THURSDAY, August 14th on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Company's Office, 11 Queen'a Road Central.

The Transfer Books of the Com pany will be closed from FRIDAY the 1st to WEDNESDAY the 18th August (both days incluzive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors

L. S. GREENHILL, Secretary. Hongkong, 22nd July, 1924,

Rings, Pendants and Cuff Links

(British make:) obtainable at

SHERIFF BROTHERS.

'69, Queen's Rd, CB.

HIGH CLIM BOOTS AND SHOXI

Made to order. ROYAL & CO. No.1, D'Agullar Street

WANT

These Special Tickets will be THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI ADVERTISEMENTS

available for return only by this

steamer, either by the Voyage for which it is issued or by her following sailing from Foothow,

Duration of stay at Foochow 48

hours.

HOTELS, LTD.

DIVIDEND NOTICE,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

25 WORDS 3 INSERTIONS, ... $1. PERPAID.

Every additional 'word Centa for 8'insertions.

TO LET.

The Trip occupies 8 to 9 days has been declared in respect of the that an INTERIM DIVIDEND and the steamer will leave financial year ending on the 31st. Hongkong from the Company's December, 1924, and will be payable Wharf at 5 pm. arriving at on MONDAY, the 18th August 1924. daylight on her return (Weather as to SIXTY (60) Cents per share TO LET Ellenbud Villas permitting).

fon-the-ULD SHARES, and "as-to The Company's Steam Launch FIFTEEN (15) Cents per share on will convey passengers from the NEW SHARES (1924 ISSUE), Pagoda Anchorage to Foochow UPON WHICH $5 PER SHARE Cly, if required.

WAS PAID ON THE 31ST MARCH, and 1924.

For further particulars

dates of Sailing

Apply to DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO. General Managers. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP Co. LD. Hongkong, June 17, 1924.

THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB,

MEMBERS are hereby notified that bars for next season's sub. scription griffins will close on the 91st July..

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By Order of the Board.

PERCY H. SUCKLING,

"Secretary. Hongkong, 24th July, 1924,

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN &

MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

DIVIDEND NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that an INTEHIM DIVIDEND

has Teen declared in respect of the financial year ending on the 31st December 1924, and will be paid on

FRIDAY the 29th, Avgust 1924, as to Forty Cefits. ($0.40.) per share on the Old Shares (Fully paid) Thirty- three Cents ($0.33 per share on Bonus Shares (Fully paid) Nös 171,000 to 200,000, and Six Cents (50 06) per Share оп the New Shares (1924 Issue) upon which $2.50 per Share was pald up on the 15th March, 1924,

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 8th to 29th August (both days la clusive). Is

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers. Hongkong, 28th July, 1924.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

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For a hist edition of Izan e Walton's

STAGE AND TURF.

HAWTREY'S NEW BOOK~

OF MEMORIES.

GLUT OF GOLD.

PROBLEM OF WHAT TO DO WITH IT.

Sir Charles Hawtroy's book of the United States, filling its finan

Rivers of gold are flowing into. memories, The Truth at Last, is cial reservoirs to bursting point and published.

the history of the world.

PLANE SAVED

"COME, DOWN IN THE SEAI"

seafront saw an aeroplane come Holiday-makers on Weymouth down in the sea 200 yards from

Truth may be stranger than/Creating a situation unparalleled in the shore and the rescue of the (1853) £925 was renfised ut uetion it is infinitely more amusing. It is their eyes on the vast flood of daining a Royal Air Force pilot, 'a

Compleat Angler" fiction; if this book is a fair sample, Breasury oflints who daily feust

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by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson.

Over £2,000 as been raised for

literally packed with good storles of racing and the theatre.

"I think,"

Somerset says

bullion are dreaming of the uses to which the power it represents can be applied. and communicating

the National Institute for the Blind Maugham, who has edited the book, their dreams to the Press. They noticed that the under-carriage

which

by means of the blind ballot. for 526,855 tickets were bought. The four leading awards have been carried off by ladies.

that he forgot the dames of half

crew by motor-boats.

Soon after the aeroplane, cog- naval officer, and a operator, had left Chickerell, near wireless Weymouth, those on the ground the characters he played, but never are quoted in the morning's news was broken. A wireless message papera as predicting the replace was sent to the pilot, Pilot-Officer that of a horse he backed."

One of the first stories is of the ment of London by New York as Bilbey, to come down in the sea to the money capital of the world, and avoid the crash that would result I believe that it is an absolute are seemingly oblivious to the from landing on land.. Sir Francis Newdegate, will he

The machine came succeeded in the Government of fact that when the list of boys who embarrassments threatening the

down in Western Australia by Culmelere to be confirmed was sent up country from its Midas hourd.

This lourd, thanks to British from the beach. The three men" Weymouth Bay about 200 yards William Robert Campion,

to him he flogged 56 of them the Uniqnist number of Parliament for before he found out his mistake payments in respect of the debt to were thrown into the sea, and Pilot-

Sir Charles seems to have the United States and, in a larger Officer Bilbey's wrist was cut. drifted on to the stage by chance, measure, to the gigantie

pre- They were picked up by motor

Lewes,

were

late Dr. Keate, of Eton:

On the grind it they He was studying for the Army, ponderanch of experts over, in-boats which dashed to their help and had to go to London every ports, with resultant payments in The partly submerged aeroplane packed with insincerity most hyning

were criticised by Mr. morning on an early train. One precious metal, exceeded on June 1 was afterwards towed to the beach. Maurice L. Jurks headmaster of later years and described how

of the footmen wrote to him in the sum of £1,000,000,000.

Treasury officials anticipate that Mill Hill School at a meeting of useless were his efforts to wake the the total gold imports this year the Sunday School Associa tion.

unwilling aspirant for Sandaurst. cannot argount He also cljevted to

to less than the country. Domestic trade is "When I left the room you 503.000.000, or considerably more becoming stagnant. prayers which sought to give in-

Production generally got back to bed." he than £250.000 a day, and they evorywhere is decreasing. formation to God.

wrote, "and it ended by you giving | declare that the United States

Bankers, with ter perspec- Following the warning by the up all thought of the Army and must attract in growing numbers tive, point out that it is impossible borrowers from all parts of the to make New York the supreme Underground, Group time en in taking to the stage."

Before that day came the young world, thus threatening London's money centre of the world so long the unofficial strike who did Hawirey had several bad foancial financial supremecy.

as the existing high surtaxes on big return to duty would be decal te periods to go through. Once he Gold, in fact, is rapidly becom-incomes prevail. have left the service and that legal summoned a left-off clothing mering a glut in the market.

Large investors action would be taken, traffic we chant, named Hart, to Slough, and

cannot be persuaded to place their at Acton, Baling, and Hammer-sold all his old clothes. He had low. Yet American industries are exempt securities at home offer Discount rates are ridienlously money in foreign loans while tax- smith decided to 'anden the Liona mastiff-in the bedroom unable to use the gold towing into them a more attractive yield.. strike.

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with him during the bargaining. He writes:

President Coolidge's imitusiona for the Presidency at the Novem Hart was very hot and perspiring

I got six pounds cut of him. Mr. | *** ber election has received endorse all the time, for whenever I trod ment by a vote of the Republican on the mastiff's paw he growled, National Convention, which is-des- much to the poor man's discom- cribed as practically unanimous.fiture." The sale: opposition came from the Wisconsin group, led by Senator have had as much to do with the Probably few theatrical men La Follette, who my unself put Turf as Hawires. He seems to up as i

sa Third Party candidate.

have divided his time fairly theatre. equally between racing and the

The conference was resumed between the London Electric Rail- way Companies and the tour craft egard to their claim for

an advance of wages, but no agres ment was reached, the companies

was

"The Private Secretary noth success when it was first pro duced. The critic of the "Times." for example, dismissed it with the words, A play called The

FRENCH TUITION being rigidly to their declaration Private Secretary was produced at

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that the question must be drank with by the railway companies a a whole.

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the Prince of Wales last night." But it ran for 700 nights."

In "Excelsior" he staged an Italian ballet. At the last per- Speaking at the Empire Textile formance the Italian Company Confere, Sir Sydney M. Skin-hired a service of silver plate ter, head of John. Parkesand Co., which was to be handed over the Ltd.. foretold, on within a few footlights to the principal, artists, years-at-most the time when The moment the temporary newspapers Would print in six or owner of the soup tureen retired more colours advertisements of behind the curtain after taking drupers Fabries, and by such his call it was immediately hurried means the manufacturer and the round to the front again and pre retail distributor af bone would sented to the next artist. "Eight secure an extension of Colonial and times this was done, and when I foreign trude

took my call they were very anxi- the soup tureen." pus that I should in turn receive

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In reply to the representations the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Fire-

But he refused.

He tells a curious "story of a met, the mungers of the four woman's bravery while they were railway groups offered to recup-on tour in America. Miss Henty sider certain details, but refused to had to play the part of Miss Bugle, make any material variation, from and to wear a skirt covered with the findings of the National Wages black bugles, over which was Beard and the strike settlement of another skirt of niet. Jamary: The question of whe- "When she came on in the ther the anion should strike will second act she was conscious ther be put to the ballot.

her skirt was "alive," and looking down she saw that a rat had got Before leaving Aldershot the fixed between the net skirt and King sent to the General Com the one covered with bugles. She manding (Sir Philip Chetwood) a went through the whole scene congratulatory message with, re without flinching and without in gard to the steadiness under arms any way showing the terrible and the smart appearance of the strain she was undergoing." troops at the Royal Review. Batisfaction was also expressed

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conducing to the practical training ART AND TRADE UNIONISM.

and welfare of the troops in the command.

Life

Mr. Henry Laming, shipowner,

SIR F. BENSON LEAVES

ACTORS' ASSOCIATION.

the

of St. Wilfreds, East Grinstead, Sir Frank Bénson has resigned who leit estato of the grass value from membership of the Actors' of £155,773, bequeathed, in ad: Association. Writing to dition to legacies to charitable and secretary of the Association in benevolent societies; £50,000-half London he says:

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come

of it on the death of his wife to "While sympathising, as most Queen's Colloge, Oxford, for for managers and actora do, with many eign languages scholarships, and of your aims for the betterment of £1,000 to the Finchley Charity the stage, I entirely disapprove of Trustees for pensions for die your present policy and action as tressed persons, preferably of the typified at Barrow and Glasgow: middle classes, who have become they constitute, to my mind, an

unwarrantable reduced in circumstBuces.

and tyrannical:| interference with the liberty of On the report stage of the Lon-"No good can

the individual.

from. Traffic Bill Mr. P. Harris moved harnessing the Association to the an amendment making it obliga-political section of trade unionism, tory on those to whom licences Thereby (In my humble opinion) were given to furnish details.com you have done di-service to the cerning any agreement in regard cause of progressive unidhism and to the control of theis transport cooperation and grave harm to the services. He maintained that fallbest interests of our profession. ing such a clause combines would "I believe that the, interest of result in active competition dis-employer and employed in art and appearing from London. Mr in industry are identical; not, as Goatlug (Minister of Transport) you say, necessarily antagonistic. approved of the principle of the the influence of art now mors clause, but desired that the bill than ever should be constructive, should not be overloaded. not destructive. Art seems to me The Government put on their to have a wider and more human. tellers against Mr. Harris's now field of energy than partisan clause, which was carried by apolides." majority of 63-189 votes to 125. Mr. Clynes then promised to recommit the bill in, onder to consider any amendments to the

clause which might be necessunt exercise and los rheuma An amendment to extend the mpel relles is worded br area of the bill to as to cover the affected party Eierond country router of the London berlin? Par TALL omnibus companies was carried have need of mich by 138 votes to 110. The debate for yourself what a cred op the bill was adjóurdbi,

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