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TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1928.

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NOTICES.

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY

OF CANTON, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

\TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN.

that the FIFTY-FIFTH OR- DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be held at the Head-Office, Union Building, Hong Kong, on FRIDAY, 26th May, 1928, at 1 o'clock a.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1927, and of declaring Dividends, etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the ed, at 1600-foot level. Rent $198 Society will be CLOSED from 'inclusive. Long lease. Partly 9th MAY to 25th MAY, Both days furnished. Tenant can buy furni-inclusive,

ture on easy terms. Apply Box No. 548, c/o "China Mail."

TUITION GIVEN.

By Order of the Board,

PAUL LAUDER,

General Manager.

Hong Kong, 1st May, 1928.

NOTICES.

K.

KING'S BIRTHDAY.

White Mess Jacket, White Waistcoat. Black Tie.

Decorations will be worn.

NOTICE.

THE CHINA MAIL,

1

Your Chairman when reviewing the year of 1925 then said:-

Speaking quite frankly, we were quite prepared for tariff autonomy from the beginning for it is the obvious conclusion to which Bound reasoning brings one; naturally it would have to be accompanied by ade- quate safeguarde which in fact would be a condito sine qua

HANKOW TO-DAY. trader stands, however precari- generously conceived yet justly But please do not be misled by ously, to-day in Chins, and conse- maintained, on economically such demoralising "head in the LAST YEAR'S HAPPENINGS quently is able to draw comfort sound principles; if it meant, too, sand" sophiatry.

from the knowledge that great tariffs centrally administered by REVIEWED.

The only check that we mer- perils have been known to obliter- the State for the State, we traders chants in Hankow, or in China for BRITISH CHAIRMAN'S VIEWS. ate long standing inimicabilities would surely recognise that auto that matter, are likely to have and quicken, unity of action. With nomy had been merited. Shame over tariffs, sooner than this very In his address to the British this prairie Sre of irrespon- on us if we did not! But auto-day next year, will be our capa- THE Following will be the dress Chamber of Commerce at Han-sible militarist-imposed taxation nomy to-day means, if it means city to unite in effective opposi- THE will Cow, at their recent annual heat-sweeping down upon the traders anything at all, that the military tion against all unfective Reception at Government House in ing, the Chairman, Mr. A. E. of this country, should we not incubus of China is to be given its tortionate demands.

realise that our only hope is for own sweet will as to what taxa- We merchants, when examin- honour of the King's Birthday on Marker, said in part

There have been four distinct one and all, Chinese and foreign tion or Impositions can be imposing the whole problem of China's June 4th:

phases in local history during the merchants alike, to rally and ed--that, whenever this or that tariffs and China's natural aspira-

fight the flames?

4 war chest is exhausted, a decree tions, must be prepared to take year under review.

The fiscal system of this country will go forth for money, more a generous view. The first phase, January and is, rightly or wrongly, basicly money and yet more money, to The fair-minded must admit February, witnessed the forcible alien to our own, but Chinese his- finance civil war and yet more faults in the past but two wrongs over-running of the British Con- tory. has consistently recorded civil war. cession during the early hours of that there is a tacitly recognised

do not make a right, nor does one hit the happy mien by leaping January by mobs inflamed by the limit, drastic Nemesis overtakes now proscribed Bolshevik doc- those who attempt to flout estab-

from one extreme to another. The only consequence from the latter trines. Whereupon, the British Itahed custom for implied licence.

will be but to add to the injustices ST. FRANCIC HOTEL of Government, in doubt whether it THE

Passive resistance in this coun-

and errors in judgment of the No. 18A, Queen's Road Cen- had analysed correctly the symp; try is the only alternative to-day

past, trai, will shortly open for business toms of this convulsion, decided to brute force, and it is not an under entirely new management. to make of our Hankow Conces-uncommon weapon of the exces The late Proprietress Mrs. F. E. sion an experimental measure and sively oppressed, and has fre- Cameron has no connection with or appointed special representatives quently proved its efficacy.

to draw up that hurriedly con- Having no one to look to but Dated the 10th day of May, 1928, ceived, more hastily constructed, ourselves, believing that irrespon politically coloured, consum-sible taxation will guzzle with ST. FRANCIS. HOTEL, LTD.,, mation, the Chen-O'Malley Agree-ever increasing appetite on the that very imminent is that Tariff But the danger, Gentlemen, and ment,

trader's vitals, so long as there is Autonomy is coming, but `with-] The second phase, March to no effective hand lifted in defence, out the condito sine qua nION.

But, once having reached an May, saw the darkest hours the sooner

understanding, and the recogni- we merchants, we The advice that your out-going | tion of certain cardinal principles when no employer attempting to Chambers of Commerce, Chinese Committee ventures to leave be- of local taxation, then let in- stem the wage slide was safe and Foreign alike, unite in a com-hind them is that this Chamber justice to one be the concern of from insult or threats of violence, mon movement to bring the "de sees to it that it does share, and all. when the sanctity of property was facto" local Tax Authorities to that quickly, towards giving the and

lextinguished, when the strain on reason, the sooner we shall cease fullest possible support to the are to walk in step, assemble and Special Attention to atout Ladies at 11.15 a.m. for the purpose NINTH EXTRA RACE MEETING those who stayed behind was such looking on at the digging of our Hankow Committee of the For-interpret representative Traders who are desirous of regaining their of receiving the Report of the to be held on SUNDAY, 3rd June.. as it will not be easy to forget.

the Statements of 1928 (weather permitting), may be

eign Chambers of Commerce, and or Merchants' public opinion, the youthful figure. Address 31, Directors and

It was actually on April 18 that Co-operation, unity of action encourage, as far as it may be in need is all the greater for deeper Ashley Rond, Ground Floor, Kow- Account to 31st December, 1927, obtained from the L.R.R.C. Macno. the local Nationalist Government must be possible outside of mad- its power, closer co-operation be understanding between us and our loon. (Back of Star Theatre),

and of declaring Dividends, etc. Causeway Bay Stables and Rexor declared the notorious silver em- house if we traders can only between the Chinese and Foreign Chinese fellow merchants.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Advertising Co., Exchange Build- bargo to which reference is made, genuinely convinced that the Chambers. We must not regard With a view to promoting this, Company will be CLOSED from ing.

in the subsidiary report on Ex-threatened cataclysm of unbridled other traders' tax as being in the question of reviving the 9th MAY to 26th MAY, both days, Entries CLOSE at Macao Race change and Finance, and which tariff autonomy and our extinc-water-tight compartments. Language School is receiving the

Club on THURSDAY, 24th May.

proved to be the root of so much tion cannot otherwise be averted. Tariff Difficulties: Past v. Present. close attention of your Committee. financial woe for this unhappy

If the animal kingdom can have The Militarist respect for It is, as you are aware, a func- › ¡province.

In the third phase, June to vastating prairie fires to sink its protest is

the good sense in the face of de-Treaty Agreement or Consulartfon which receives unremitting no more, but so far attention at Shanghai and other October, intoxicated with success, natural antagonism, the task for there has been nothing to fill the ports, evidence of which you have the ranks of the Nationalist be-us should not be insuperable.

COMPANY, LTD.

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Nthat the FIFTY-NINTH OR-

interest in this Hotel.

Proprietors.

MME. BARONELLI, ARTISTE, DINARY YEARLY MEETING of MACAO RACES,

School of dancing for children and adults in character, classical, ex- hibition, fox-trnt and Charleston.

HOME TUITION.

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Within an hour from Lon-i In healthy neighbourhood. don. SCHOOL for GIRLS and SMALL. BOYS. A few Boarders received in the House of the Principal. In- dividual care and attention. For Particulars apply to:

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PHOTO-SUPPLIES

Kodaks and Cameras, Films. Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging.

ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES'

Price Moderate.

A Trial Order is Solicited.

A. SEK & CO.

Tel. No. C. 3459.

26A, Des Voeux Road C, Hong Kong.

NOTICE TO SHIPOWNERS, MASTERS & AGENTS,

men

The Yuen Wo Seamen's Institute always has available to ship as watch- men, seamen, &c.

Our men are employed by the leading passenger lines. We guarantee satis- faction.

Please phone or call: K.661 No. 2, Saigon Street, Yaumati or

C.2560-No. 36, Tung Man Street.

the Company will be held at its Head Office, Union Building, Hong

Korg, on FRIDAY, 26th May, 1928, DENTRY

RAFT PROGRAMMES.

inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

PAUL LAUDER,

General Manager, Hong Kong, 1st May, 1928,

BRITISH TRÅDERS, INSURANCE|

COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

FORMS for

the

own graves.

gap,

non.

We must, however, recognise and sympathise, which I am sure we do, with China's special needs, and be capable of deciding within our own Chambers the generous lengths to which we will be pre- a "modus operandi." pared to go in order to arrive at

If the merchants of all nations

scen in recent addresses at Gen.

LAMMERT BROS. gan to show signs of internal dis- First unite to agree as to what We must do it, we merchants of eral Meetings. We should see to

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS AND SURVEYORS.

THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public

Auction

ON

DINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Office, Union Building, Hong! Kong, on FRIDAY, 25th May, 1928, nt 11.20 a.m. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1927, at their Sales Room, Dudde!! Street, and of declaring Dividends, etc.

FRIDAY, the 25th May, 1928, Commencing at 2.30 p.m.

dse

it that Hankow does not lag be-

hind:

But this is all so unorthodox, so In the course of his speech, the Utopian. I can hear this or that Chairman feelingly expressed the critic saying, "We have contrived, gratitude of the community to twisted and turned each for him- H.M. Navy, and paid a well- self for the past several years; deserved tribute to Mr. Harold let the fittest survive the devil Porter, C.M.G., the late Consul- take the hindmost."

¡sensions.

The first suspicion of the in-is fair, nay, what is generous; all nationalities, for no one

but, once having agreed, then do! will, evitable disintegration was the not hesitate to bring all trade to signal to that hitherto triumphant

a standstill if understandings are Communist exploiter, Tang Seng-violated. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN -Public Auctions-chi, to effect a local "coup d'etat" Nthat the SIXTY-SECOND OR-

Menace of Tariff Autonomy, which at the same time put him. The great common menace is the Hunanese Communists for a in a position to avenge himself on Tariff Autonomy. If Tariff Auto- (family insult.

nomy but meant a tariff, while Along with a whole brood of officialdom, leaser Communist Eugene

and Chen, Borodin Madam Sun: Yat-sen, one by one folded their tents with the dis- appearance of this Communist element, the stocks of silver Eitherto held under seal in Chin- ese Banks as apparent, though very insufficient, security for the Teak Hatstand, Glass Cabinets, about $60,000,000 also disappear- huge Government note issue of Desks, Bookcase, Folding Screen, ed. Office Chair, Leather and Cretonne! Covered Couches and Armchairs, was too

Tang Seng-chi's "volte face" violent even for this Carpets, Ruga, Electric Fittings, country of kaleidoscopic changes. Oil Paintings, Pictures, Ornaments, His record condemned him--he Curios, etc.,

proved "persona non grata" to Teak Dining Tables Dining both the middle and extreme HE FIFTH EXTRA RACE Chairs Sideboards with Mirrors, parties alike.

MEETING will be held (wea-Dhair Waseros, Ice Cheats, Din-

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 9th MAY to 25th MAY, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

PAUL LAUDER,

General Manager. Hong Kong, 1st May, 1928.

HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

A Large Quantity of OFFICE and HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.

Comprising:-

:

Consequently, at the very out-

ther permitting) at Happy Valley ner Crockery; Glass Ware, Cutlery set of the fourth phase (October on SATURDAY, 26th May and etc., MONDAY, 28th May, 1928, com-

21 witnessed the declaration of Teak and Iron Bedsteads with war by Nanking on Hankow), his mencing at 2.30 p.m. on both days Mattresses, Teak Single and Double

regime fell an easy victim to the

p.m.

The first bell will be rung at 2 Wardrobes with Mirrors, Tile and far-sighted Kwangsi Party when Marble Top Washstands. Chests of it decided to seek out for itself a The charge for admission to the Drawers, Side Tables, Toilet Public Enclosure will be $1 per day Crockery.

more healthy place in the sun for all persons including Ladies.

than Nanking, and establish a base at Hankow under the leader-i ship of Pei Chung-hsi and Cheng Chien.

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform

half price.

sure.

Also

A Quantity of BLACKWOOD FURNITURE. Members are advised that they must show their Badges to obtain Comprising:- admission to the Members Encio- Cabinets, Desks, 'Hatstand, Jar- dinieres, Joss Tables, Tea Poys, Each member has the right to Chairs, Stools, Marble Top Tables, introduce 2 non-members to the etc., etc., Members' Enclosure, tickets for whore сап be obtained from Messrs. Linstead & Davia at $5 each per day up to Friday, 25th May, 1928.

The charge for admission for Ladies to the Members' Enclosure will be $2 per day.

Each member can obtain, upon application to the Secretary, Badges for admission of 2 Ladies free of charge.

Bookmakers, Tic Tac Men, etce- ters, will not be permitted to operate within the precincts of the Hong Kong Jockey Club during | the Race Meeting.

Hong Kong. 19th May, 1928.

A REAL BARGAIN.

THE OLD ORIGINAL

CHEFOO STAMPS

UNUSED GENUINE SPECIMENS

$2.00 per set of 6 stamps.

Cash must be sent with urder to Box No. 519

And

Misappropriation of Taxation.

If present, taxation was being properly administered for the People by the people, and thereby the standard and amenities of living for the masses were being ameliorated, we might well con- nole ourselves with the thought that China's teeming millions must quickly learn to adapt them- One Morrison Cottage Plano,

selves to the increased cost of One Steam Engine Indicator necessities in return for the bless- complète by Dobble

McInnes ing of a Nationalist Government (Practically new).

administering taxation for the people's benefit.

One White Frost Refrigerator One Royal Typewriter Two Victrolas

Catalogues will be issued.

On View from Thursday, the 24th May, 1928.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, May 21, 1923.

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We know it is not so. Not only do the mournful records that we have just read, over, but also the almost daily evidence, available as I write, at our very doors here in Hankow, of high-handed arbitrary militarism. drive it home to us that the Military incubus is still'a law unto itself,

Private property is still being occupied without compensation,{ private clubs are still liable to ex- tortions without notice, private care are still being stolen at the pistol point. .Civil administration is the favourite target of Military Insolence and incompetency.

All this despite the fact that we Merchants have done our ut- most to conciliate by paying prac- tically any and every illicit tax, and despite genuine endeavour on the part of the Chinese Civil Authorities to keep faith."

Co-operation With Traders. The pessimist sees no bottom to the quick-sands of irresponsible taxation and perennial military Insolvency he sees his days as but a tale that la told; for a little longer he may turn and twist and contrive to escape the fate of those who have already departed; and in the turning and the twist ing sacrifice atil further pre- cedent to opportunism.

But the optimist on the other hand, at least has the satisfaction

General.

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