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WHY

there are more than a million Buicks

There would not be more than a million Buicks in active use to-day if Buick had not, through the years, produced a motor car of unvarying and superior quality. In every de- tail, every Buick is an example of how well a motor car can be built.

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LOCAL AND

Like Singapore, both, Penang and Kuala Lumpur have been suffering a heat wave lately.

"Although advertisedlin two newspapers for a verger, I did not get a single reply from an un- employed man," said the Rev. H F. Barff, Vicar of St. Chads, Derby, "I had a number of applications from men already in jobs, but none from men out of work,"

GENERAL.

National Savings" Certificates sold to date-712,859,226.

A blank return of notifiable diseases was the order for the 24 hours ended Wednesday,

A Ministry of Health report states that £8,000,000 a year is spent in England and Wales on collection and disposal of refuse and £4,000,000 on street cleans-

A new arrival to Sandakan 'ising. reported in the shape of a gliost which is said to have been seen a

If the French would give up and buy

few nights ago by the occupier of making 75mm. gnus a bungalow at the East and of main pipes from Paisley, they, Sandakan. No details of its shape, I would be a much more formidable size or personal appearanco, sention than they are at prosent

Captain W. E. Elliott, M.P.

available.

Volunteer Orders state that Engineer Company rehearsals for the King's Birthday Parude will be held at Headquarters at 5.30 p.m. to-day and Tuesday next. Members of the Sergeants' Moss will be at home to their friends on the King's Birthday from 11.45 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The recent Fair organised by the Malayan Girl Guides in Kuala Lumpur yielded a nett profit of $1.130:95..of which. Selangor takes $252,74 (25 per cent) and Malayan Headquarters the $848.21.

balance of

In a certain Midlands city dominoes form the lunch-hour diversion of hundreds of business It is proposed to Start a Motor Cycle Section in conjuncmen, and there are cafés where tion with the H.V.D.C. Armoured practically every table is occupied Car Company. Only those who in this way every day. are able to provide their own

A few additional details are molor cycles or motor cycles and side-cars will be eligible to join.available from Shanghai regard- This section will be primarily ing the slight collision between trained as a signalling section but

the members will have to conform to the ordinary training routine of the Corps as regards efficiency,

Quack and Duck were the names of two litigants at Kings- ton County Court.

"I both saw and heard the obtuse language the man used."

(Notts) Witness at Mansfield Police Court,

A. Welsh weekly'ndvertises in a current issue for a boy straight from school to be trained as re- porter. Long hours and hard work. Only boys who want to make their mark need apply."

"Work, the very, word makes me shiver!" exclaimed Thomas Ignatius Monk, when charged at Prescot with loitering with intent. Sentence: "Three months hard labour,

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Eleven new bird sanctuarles

chewan by the Federal Park Branch. These sanctuaries are established for the protection of game birds during the breeding season.

have been established in Saskat

More than 250,000 Canadians and Americans will travel to Europe this year, breaking the record of 245,592 set in 1913, the heaviest year in the history of eastbound trans-Atlantic trans-

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chang. Neither side suffered any mäterial damage through colliding about six miles off North East promontory.

Elders from Shing Mun Dis- trich (Kowloon) visited North The greatest function of its kind Borneo at the request of the North ever held in any part of the world. Borneo Government with a view will be the banquet as Olympia on to the encouragement of emigration August 8, given by the United to North Borneo of Chinese families Grand Lodge of England in con- of good farming class. They de nection with the Milion Memorial not think the prospects justify them Fund. The Duke of Connaught moving their homes to that coun-will preside, and 8,000 diners will try This information is containeil be present Apart from the actual in the annual report of the Secret question of food, some 50,000 plates for Chinese Affairs who and dishes will be needed, to ury also states that a flirther feport on Rether with 24,000 glasses, and the question, prepared by Mr. Lo 100,000 pieces of cutlery. All the Shun-wing. has been sent to china and glass will be of similar Borneo Guvefnument,

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CONTENTS,

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Domestic Occurrences

Loading Articles

Tale of A Bowl,

Opium Find

Local and General.

Social and Personal.

1 Probata ActionA..

1-Drivs for Funds

Legislative Council

the

pattern.

AND

officials.

by local steamship Travel figures for other years showed 201,346 in 1921, 197,569 in 1928 and 204.227 in 1924.

"There will be no plush seats: in Heaven, and some of us will be lucky if we get any at all," the Rev. H. C. Robins, vicar of St. Edwards, Romford, told members!

He was of his church council.

a complaint that: replying to cushions had been removed from some of the pews. The cushions were dilapidated, said the vicar, and he hoped they would not be replaced. He would like to see all cushions done away church.

with in

PERSONAL.

Misa . M. Russell, of the The appointment of Captain Matilda Hospital, returned from A. R. W. Woods, D. S. O to Home leave on the a... MalwuH.M.8. Diomede, in command, has yesterday.

been published.

On

Mons Ainal left to-day on the Empress of Russia. He has been in charge of Macs Cafeteria where he has been popular with staff and clientelle alike. He goes to Peking to supervise car- tain kitchen arrangements in connection with the Hotel there,

A celebration to mark the silver wedding anniversary of Prince and Princess Nashimoto is to take A celebration place in October.

of the 25th anniversary of the marriage of Marquis Chokuyei Nabeshima, brother of Princess and Marchioness Nabeshima will be observed also in October, it is reported.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Cameron and Mr. C. G. S. Mackie were passen Kere

Morea which

Nashimoto, the 8. H. arrived this morning,

B. E. Major General Luard and Mrs. Lurd, Maj. L. C. Trench and Mr. A. E. Compton returned to the Colony by the 9. Morea from the northi.

President Calvin Coolidge has personally received nearly 100,000 persons since he became President of the United States in August, 1923. With more than 90,000 of them he has shaken hands.

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Mr. H. R. Wilson of the Kobe staff of the International Bank ing Corporation has been trans- ferred to the Shanghai branch of the

and will concern leave Kobe on the steamer Taft.. Mr. Wilson President arrived in Japan on September 24 of last year, and was stationed in Yokohama a short time before being transferred to Kobe.

Under the leadership of Mrs. Chiyoko Muto, wife of Mr. Sanji Muto, who is president of the Jitsugyo Doshikai, a plan is being contemplated to establish an organization among women to back woman suffrage. The organization is to be known as the Fuj Dashi Club. The inaugura-

In these hard times the upkeep The engagement is announced tion ceremony will take place in

Capt. Hugh Fitzherbert Osaka.

of another royal residence would Bloxham, Assistant Superinten-

be a serious drain upon the dent of Prisons, only son of the

Charlotte B.

King's purse. This was pro de late Mr. F. Bloxham and Mrs. Forest, president of Kobe Col-bably one of the several reasons Bloxham of Andover, Hants, to lege, sailed for Tientsin on May which led the King to "disclaim Audrey, daughter of the late Mr. 6 on the steamer Hokuroi Maru. all interest under the will of R. Jones, and Mrs. Jones, of

Winifred, Countess of Dundonald. She recently recovered from --Manchester.

an operation for appendicitis and The late Lady Dundonald, who was the heiress of Robert her physician has prescribed four,

Bamford-Hesketh, left Gwyrch months freedom from any execu- Castle, in Denbighshire, to the tive responsibility. She expects

King, with £50,000, hoping that to spend this period of recupera- tion with her sister, Mrs. William his Majesty would make the castle "a permanent residence in Wales B. Pottus at Peking...

for the King of England and the Prince of Wales for the time being."

Members of the

Legislative Council, stout in their places at yesterday's meeting to signify their ussent to a expression of sympathy to the widow and family of the late Mr. Montagus Ede. H.E. the Governor (Sir R. E. Stubbs) eulogised Mr. Edo's service on the Council and to the Colony and the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak and the 22-23 Hon. Mr. Chow Shou-son also

spoke.

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67 The Good Old Care

St. Stephen's College

Medical Science,

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A New Hospital ... - —-

Watch Stolei

More Phones...

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Stolen Bugar..

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Prince Georgs

Modern Psychology and Educa

Egge in Egg.

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A New Propeller-

Breakers Ahead

Where It Goes.

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Queen's Pier ......

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Faction Fight

Bhipping Pioneer kan se dell

| Station Incident ...

The 'Caduceus...

Telephone Charges

Book of Viswa.. Grave Chargen Respira Day *$1,000,000. Company Thief and Gid. Tram Car Blo

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Bound Drunk.

Latest Feare

Honam. Striku,

Typhoon Bewon Water In Milk.. 13-14 Haul of Morphin

12-18 Sporia 18

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Another Victory.

Mark of Goods

Pirsty

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The income from £50,000 would go a very little way in maintaining a royal residence. Besides, the King has no leisure Some "Don'ts" for nurses were nowadays to go anywhere except Perkins in a lecture to nurses at offered by Dr. George Steel- to Balmoral and Sandringham. Central Hail, Westminster. They So Gwyrch would have beed, an

included:- expensive and seldom-used white- elephant. This, it is stated, is the ing of smoke. Unfortunately this Don't go near your patient smell. first legacy left to the King by a is a necessary don't" to. warn subject. Queen Victoria was you against nowadays.

The Canadian Association of Shanghal, at a meeting held on May 19, voted unanimously to affilate the organisation with thei Association of Canadian Clubs in Canada, a move which is expert- -26ed to broaden the scope of the Shanghai organisation. Col Cosgrove, Canadian Trade Com- missioner in Shanghai addressed the meeting on Canada's position in world affairs, calling attention to the fact that Canada is the

The Rev. Cecil Hodges, the new it second largest per capita manu- chaplain of Christ Church, Yoko Don't talk to another nurse in facturing country in the world hama, arrived at Yokohama a few the patient's room on such topics 29-18 to-day. According to Col days ago and is staying at the as the latest fashion in fumpers

Cosgrove the ratio of manufac- Bluff Hotel until the church and millidery.

made, a legatee on more than one occasion by devoted legea. The position in which you may snore. Don't done in an easy chair in a King's aunt, the Empress Don't chatter. All women are Frederick, was left a large for-born chatterers, therefore you start tune by the Duchess di Jallara, handicapped. But you are more which enabled her to build her than women you are purses. big house near Hamburg. Don't say dear to any female patient over 18. They don't like

tured goods to total exports is 56 bungalow has been vacated by the Don't think you are scrubblog a per cent. The following officers Yokohama International School, floor when you are, washing for the coming year were elected: The Rev. Mr. Hodges took up his patient

Honorary

president, Col

Cosgrove, president Dr. E. duties from May in succession to Don't have a the Rey. Eustace, M. Strong who worse still, two Wallace: vice-president, Mr.J.plan to return to Englandin al Don't wear Evana, honorary & secretaryy Mr.

Brydons-Jacky honotary Hodges

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The Re

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, Queen's Building, Victoria, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the 2nd day of June, 1925, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, when the subjoined Resolutions which were passed as Extraordinary Resolutions at the Extraordinary... General Meeting of the Company held on the 18th day of May.. 1925, will be proposed for confirmation as Special Resolutions, viz.:-

"(1)-That-the-Articles-of-Asso

ciation of the Company be altered in manner following. that is to say by the deletion of Article 17 and by the substitution therefor of the following article, namely:-

"17. So long as the issued "capital of the Company "shall not exceed $6,000,000 **no member shall be enti- "tled to be registered as the "holder of more than 8,000 "shares of the Company. "Should the issued capital "of the Company be increas- "ed beyond $6,000,000 the "umber of shares in re- "spect of which a member "shall be entitled to be re- "gistered shall be increased "proportionately, but no "member shall be entitled to “be registered, in respect of "a fraction of a share," (2) That the authorised Capital of the Company (which is now $8,000,000 consisting of 60,000 shares of the nominal value of $50 each the whole of which have been issued) be increased to $10,000,000 by the creation of 140,000 additional shares of the nominal value of $50 each ranking (subject as herein- after mentioned) for divi- dend and in all other re- spects pari passu with the shares constituting the Company's present issued Capital.

(8) That 60,000 of the said 140,000 new shares be offered in the first instance (in the proportion of one new share for every old share held by them respec- tively) to the members of the Company who on the 10th day of June, 1925, ara i registered in the Company's Share Register as the holders of the said 60,000 old shares at a premium of $10 per share.

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situate outside the Far East or his nominee shall pay for such new shares accepted by two instalments, e., one instalment of $30 per new share to be paid on or before the 15th day of September, 1925, together with interest calculated at: the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on the total amount: then payable for the period from the 15th day of July, 1925, until the date of re "ceipt of payment by the: Company's Bankers and a further instalment of $30 per new share to be paid on or before the 15th day of December, 1925, together with interest. calculated at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, on the total amount. then payable for the period.. from the 15th day of October, 1925, until the date: of actual receipt of payment by the Company's Bankers and such member outside the Far East or his nominee- who has not accepted and lodged with the Company's Bankers the first instalment due on such new shares. on. or before the 16th day of September. 1925, together. with interest as aforesaid will be deemed to have declined. The Directors shall have the right to re- ject any nominee.

(5) That such of the said 60,000 new shares as', shall be accepted by members both. in and outside the Far East shall vis-a-vie the said 60,000, old shares rank for dividend as from the 15th day of July, 1925, to the ex- tent of one half of thể.... nominal value of such new- shares and as from the 15th day of October, 1925; equal- ly with the said 60,000 old shares.

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(6) That any of the said 60,000» »

new shares which shall not be taken up by the Com- pany's shareholders in man-- ner aforesaid and the re- maining 80,000 unissued new shares may be issued and disposed of in auch manter at such time or times and upon such terms ranking for dividend and otherwise as the: Com-.-. pany's Directors shall in their absolute discretion. think fit.

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(4) That the aforesaid offer be made to members by notice specifying the number of new shares to which a meme: ber is entitled. That a member whose registered address is situate in the Far East or his nominee shall pay for such new shares accepted by two instal- ments, ie., one instalment of $80 per new share to be paid on or before the 16th day of July, 19257 and a further

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the instalment of $80 per new Company will be closed from share to be paid on or WEDNESDAY, the 10th day of before the 16th day of June, 1925, to WEDNESDAY, the October, 1925, and such 17th day of June, 1925, (both member or his nominee who days inclusive) during which has not accepted and lodged period no transfer of shares can with the Company's Bank be registered. cra the first instalment due Dated the 20th day of on auch new shares on or before the 16th day of Jub, 1925, will be deemed to have declined! That - a - member whose registered address is

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By Order of the Board of Directors,

R.M. DYER

Chief Max