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NEW YORK SERVICE.
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Butterfield & Swire.
Agenta,
POST OFFICE NOTICE,
GENERAL HOLIDAY.
On Monday, 2nd August, the G.P.0. and Branch Post Cares will
be open from 8 a.in. to 9 a.m.
There will be one collection from the pillar-boxes and one deli- very of ordinary correspondence as on Sundays and alan one delivery of registered correspondence from the 4.3.0. at 9 a.m.
The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.
TRANSFER OF RADIO COUNTER.
Un and after August 1st. the Radio Counter in the Main Hall of. the General Office will be closed, and will be transferred to the Radio' Telegraph Office on the 3rd Floor of the General Post Office Build- ing. The Counter at the Radio Telegraph Office will be open day and night for the nereptance of radio telegrams.
The entrance to the Bailding is at the Des Voeux Road, Pedder Street corner,
The doors will be closed after 20 p.m. admittance may be obtain- ed by ringing the night-bell.
ESTABLISHED
1846
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1926.
MELON-CUTTING.
? BULLS ACTIVE IN NEW "YORK.
BIG PROFITS REALISED,
AERIAL PROGRESS.
FIRST LONG DISTANCE CRUISE.
TO EGYPT AND BACK.
Rugby, July
New York, July 10,
insistent rumours] The first long distance foreign Growingly for substantial melon-cutting jederais by Royal Air Force flying
unpre bows, was completed to-day at Ply to the continuance of
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MEXICAN FEUD.
GENERAL SHOT IN THE HAND.
ASSAILANT KILLED..
Mexico City, July 30. Astonishing crowds are walfing
in the churches for the final Mass. It is feared, thal thousands will
in Puebla ter
jcedented activity in the shares of mouth when two per-marine not gain auknission before closing
The General Miolor Corporation Southampton aireraf
Ruder the fo-night. and the United States Steel Cor-¦ command.
Leather. The excitement Squadron porations. The former, which | Livork returned from around minated with a tragedy. An aged has Grison 3 points this week, | night, to Beypt and F'yprus,
groger displaḍred a religious cir- cular in his window and during the touched 198 are. the latter 147,
the Krncer Playing being undiminished
usuing controversy shot and wounded dineral Amaya the bank The grocey was in arrested and was being "conveyed to the penitentiary when he was. shot dead by some unknown per- sons.--Reuter, «"
I is believed that nong the sucessful nudis William Burant realised $1,500.00 clear profit when he suid out Genend Motors Fat 191.
Other stocks are rising sympa
rising thetically based un the
usual md-Summer exqursion in the stood industry. recoil-breaking petrol consumption, and unpre-1 [cedented freight car traffic.
- Reuter.
$8,000-000 DAMAGË.
EFFECT OF HURRICANE IN
BAHAMAS
Narshu, July
In th Eahamas. Nassau her runt
hurricane
Th
•
the
The fight was undertaken us odifiary service, exercises to a set time table, a crew or four and a
sevice, load being earnest by
each boat.
The total length of the fight was miles, approximately 6,000 equivalent in nearly 7.000 land
miles.
The Route.
Starting from Plymouth in July the route followed on thežavi?wart! jearney was vik Bordeaux. Marseil- les. Nuples and Malta to Benghaz on the North African cash, ank thentce to Abenkir. From Aboukir The flying boat made a tight by way of Halfa to Famagusta. Cyprus, nad hack.
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Da, the return journey, a different. route, was followed during the
No Hitch.
RUBBER.
QUARTERLY AVERAGE
PRICE.
London. July 30, The Rubber Trade Associatiuis adicial quarterly average is 21,091 pence. The market has now closed until Tuesday.-Router.
Export Percentage
London. July 30, The Colonial Office announces that, the percentage of rubber ex- portable.at the minimum. rate of duty Trom Ceylon and. Malaya. for the quarter beginning August I will be 100-Reuter.
Tearlier staggs, Leaving Aboukir on any 18 the aircraft proceeded Two Solium and thence to Athens, a halt being made at Suda Ray, in The Crete, for fuel. "Corfu was.reach damage is estimated at least ated on July 21. Then the final $8,000,000,
Estages were, as on the outward
Fall in Price. Many famides are homeless and journey via Malta, Marseilles, and
Rugby, July 30. beautiful drives are littered with Berdeaux.,
It is officially announced that broken glass and misses of debris,
100 per cent, of the standard pro- Nevertheless.. the inhabitants No, trouble whatsoever Wats duction of rubber will be main- eagerly joined in the search for experienced either with the aircrafttained as the quota which may be the picturesque sponge fleet, Con- for with the Napier Lion engines exported at the minimum rate of small. "sloops with which these machines are ff-duty from Ceylon and Malaya and schooners, among which most ted. The diferaft are equipped during the quarter beginning Fot the 156 missing persons wyze with wireless appuntis and con- August 1.
believed to hate beren drowned) stant communication "was maintain- There were sixty" fishing smacks ed throughout with the Royal Air (arrayed in the harbour before the Force and other wireless stations.
storm. Ouk three survived.
The machines were moored out The other lands suffered (conto bungs at each port of dalk one siderably, in one instance wigat, member of the prew remaining on
The average price for the quar- rum running bats being hurled a board each night for watch-keeping ter ending to-day is a very small on the beach.
purposes. The aircraft, were refraction of a penny
over 1.9.1 fuelled by pétrol taken on board by Under the Stevenson restriction dinghies.
schemes the export quota would'
sisting
One ship was smashed to atoma. The crew having previously rowed ashore, there were no casualties.
Desolation and Benth.
Nassau, July 30," Pesolation and death engulfed what only last week was a favourite plusare Freund for althy Americans,
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The result of this cruise clearly demonstrates the Tensibility of com posing a time table and programme, and adhering to it throughout without being impeded by condi tions of weather, unless extreme. It also proves that these flying boats The blow fell toward midnight are perfectly capable of long dis fast Sunday. The hur icane Lance Bights independently of their approached from the north-east bases or of their parent ships, and struck Providence Isle, rooting British Wireless Service, up tree and whattering the Power Station. The island was plunged in darkness.
Six hours later the storm resched
Dutlable articles forwarded by letter post to Great Britain are- Lable to confiscation by the Customs. Such articles should be for-locity of 130 miles per hour. warded by parcel post only,
..".
Wireless Service between Hongkong and Canton resumed.
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the harbour being churned into a boiling rage. Gigantie WAYS swept over the land. wrecking destruction and annihilating ship- -ping."
The
mail Government
boate Erontee and Albertine, with crews of 20 and 40% respectively, are misa- ing.
Practically every building Nassau was damaged.
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Vessels tre stranded 70 feet. above the water level. One steamer is wedged in a liquor warehouse.
"A miraculous escape was effect- ed from a pleasure boat which was torn from its moorings and swept out to sun, where it rummed a barge, The crew, and passengers" all leapt into the boiling waters and reached the shore Reuter.
Porto Rico Damage.
TRAIN CRASH.
TWENTY CASUALTIES IN FRANCE.
Paris, July 30 A mail train, going at full speed. was derailed between Noisy le Sec and Rosny.
Four were killed and 10 injured. --Reuter.
Paris, July 30. The mail train look the points At seventy-five instead of the regu- lation thirty-five kilometres hour for drains exclusively com- posed of mail vans.
per
The casualties were among postal employées-Reuter.
FRENCH FRANCS.
London, July 30, The French francs on London An unconfirmed message from Porto Rico calculates that fifty per fo-day opened at 2011⁄2 to the £- cent, of the coffee crop was damaged by the hurricane-Router's Amer rican Service.
CHINA.
PEKING AND CANTON AFFAIRS.
Reuter
Closing Pricek...
London, Luter,
·French francs closed at "2014 and Belgian franes at 1094- Reuter.
LEE GARDEN SHOW.
The enterprising management of Lee Garden, Eust Point, put up Peking, July 36. another al fresco show last night The Waichinops have recently when La Belle Trene and the Roy instructed the Charge d'Affaires in¦ Hawaiians were presented. London to inform the Foreigni A large, appreciative house Offce, that the Chinese Government took the opportunity of seeing the does not recognise any agreement wonderful Chinese sights in the between Hongkong and Canton, Garden, enjoying the fresh air and except a settlement of the strike watching the show. 'and boycott.
These instructions, do net meu tion the proposed loan agreement as reported in the Chinese Presa, -Reuter.
Admission is only 60 centa, In- cluding entrance to grounds.
The last show will be given. to- night, two appearances at 8 and 9.30 p.m., respectively.
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CONVALESCENTS
QUEEN'S
TO-DAY ONLY
POTASH & PERLMUTTER
IN
HOLLYWOOD
IN WHICH THE TWO FAMOUS PARTNERS GIVE
UP THE GARMENT BUSINESS FOR THE MOVIES.
Also Showing
Our Gang Comedy. Gaumont Graphic.
STAR
CONTINUOUS 5.80 To 11,80 p.m.
HAROLD LLOYD
⚫ in
HOT WATER
The Courage of Marge O'Doone,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Considerable doubt had been entertained in the rubber market whether this quota would be maintained in view of the fall in Bookbinders. the price of spot rubber.
"THE CHINA MAIL," binders. No. 5, Wyndham Street.
have been reduced to 30 per cent. if the average price had been below 1/9.-British Wireless Şer- vice.
NOTICES.
HONGKONG AMUSEMENTS, LTD.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that THE FIFTH ORDINARY YEAR- LY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held in the Queen's Theatre, Queen's Road Cen- trak on TUESDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1921, at NOON, for the purposes following, namely:--
Dentist.
HARRY FONG, Dentist,
Optician.
Book-N. Lazarus.
1st floor, No. 74, Queen's Road Central. Tel. Central No. 1255,
Engineers & Shipbuilders W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,
Engineers and Shipbuilders. Kowloon Bay.
New Work & Repairs.
Call Flag "L" Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.
Hair Dressers & (a) To receive and consider the annual
statement of Accounts and the f • Booksellers. Report of the Directors for the years ended 31st March. 1926. (b) To elect Directors in the place of those retiring by rotation and on Auditor.
(c) To sanotion the declaration of a
dividend.
(d)
To
transact any other ordinary business of the Company.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the
LEE YEE,
Hair Dressers.
and Booksellera No. 12, D'Aguilar Street, (opposite Queen's Theatre).
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Company will be CLOSED from the Land & Estate Agents.
7th day of August to the 10th day of PUN YICK CHO, Land & Estate August both days, inclusive,
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Dated the Bjst day of July, 1928.
By Order of the Board;
CHAS, S. ROSSELET;
Secretary.
HONGKONG AMUSEMENTS, LTD.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
An EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the above named Company will be huld in the Queen's Theatre, Queen's Road Central,, on the 10th day of August, 1928, at 12.15 o'clock, in the afternoon, for the purpose of consider ing and, if thought fit, passing as an Extraordinary Resolution, the Resolu- tion following:
"That the 8,000 Deforred Ordinary Shares of $6 each and the 15,000 Proferred Ordinary Shares of $10 each in the Company bu re-organised and consolidated into one class of 20,000 Shares of $10 each to be called ordinary shares and to rank as re- gards dividend and capital part passu and each share to confer one vote and that the Company's Memorandum and Articles be altered accordingly," Should the above resolution be pass- ed by the requinite majority it will be submitted for confirmation as a Speciai Resolution to a further Extraordinary and suck Meeting General Meeting, and such will be held on the 25th day of August, 1920, at the same time and place for the purpose of considering and, if thought, t, confirraing such Resolution as a Special Resolution accordingly,
Dated the 21st day of July, 1920,
By Order of the Board.
CHAS. 8."ROSSELET;
Secretary.
Agents.
Tel, Central 911-1987.
86, Queen's Road Central.
Modistes. MADAME FLINT,
Pedder Building. Tel. Central 589.
(latest Parisian models).
Hongkong'a ONLY European
Optician. Modern sight testing: equipment, prompt repair ser- vice. We duplicate any eng." Manager R. A. Cooper, Qualified "Sight Testing Optician by Canadian Government Exam 12. Queen's Road Central.
THE HONGKONG OPTICAL.CO.,
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