HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING, CORPORATION.
$60,000,000
Authorised Ospital
Issued and Fully Fald-up ... $30,000,000 Masertu Vanda;~~
Baling....£36), 0687 Hvamme..54,500,00
Eserve ability of Iropriators $20,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG
BOARD OF DIRECTORS-
J. A. Plummer. Faq.
:
@halman
0.0. H. Macko. Haug,
Deputy Chairman,
B. D. 7. Batik, Esq. W. L. Bell, 'Kat.
B. 25. Osmpton, Esq.
B. Lander Lawia, Esq.
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-BANGKOK
·BATAVIA
BOMBAY
DALOUTTA
CANTON
CHEETOO DOLOMBO
W. Paitendao, Esq.
T. E. Pearse, Esq.
T, 11. B. shaw, Baq,
J. P. Warman, Esq.
Chief Manager. Hor. A. C. Hynes.
DAIREN POCHOW HAITHONO KAKBUBO HANKOW HARBIN
BRANCHES
LAXDON
LYONA
MALACCA
MANILA
ATAR (Jahera)
MUIDEN НАПЛЯДКІ
KEW YORK
PEIPINA
PENAND
BANGDON
BATOUN
MAN PHAMOIROU
1K YO
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON, Paid-up Capital
.£9,000,000 Reserve Fund ..... .......4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprio-
tor ...
Agencles and Branches:
KUALA LUMPUR
ALOO STAR
ANRITHAB
BANOROM
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
CALOUTTA
MADRAS
THE CHINA MAIL.
.£3,000,000
OIL STORAGE
Big Deal By Texas Company
(Malay Blaine) ·
KUCHING
MANILA
KEDAN
NEW YORK
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BANGOON
BLIGON
BENARAND
ARDENBAN
SHANGHAY
CANTON
JAWRPORN 0800
COLOMBO
DAIBAN (Ray
Bou Manchuria)
DELAI
HAIPHONG
HAMBURO
HANKOW
HARDIN
(H. Manokuria)
HONO LONG
11.011.0
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KARAQUI
KLANO
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TIENTHIN
TOKYO
:
TONGKAT (Umaket)
ΤΘΙΚΟΥΛΟ
YOKOHAMA
BAMBOANGA
Philippine Islanda)'
and
General
Foreign Exchange Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits received for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
A. H. FERGUSON,
Manager Hong Kong, 8th January, 1929.
-MIANGHAI
DONGLEW
SINGAPORE
HLOILO
SOPRADAYA
ZPON
JODORE
AUNUEI PATANI rtENTBL
LOBE
THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.
(Established 1917)
CAPITAL,
Authorised
KOWLOON
KUALA LUMPUN
TSINGTAO ТОКОНАНА
Derreal Accouste opened in Local Currency Fixed Deposita esived for one year or
hoc periods in ore Currency and Harling sa mema which will be quoted on application. Hong Kong, Site Febroniy, 109,
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Buses of the above Beak je condunt. ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANDJA) BARKING CORPORATION, Hulas may be oblaked on application.
FOR TEN HONG KONG ⚫ HUANGHA! BANKING CORPURATION,
A. C. HINES,
Chil Manager.
Hong Kong, 19ch Eeptember. 102.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
4NKYHZALANDS TRADING BUCIETY: BANKERS
Established 1834. Has Kong 0-11 Ques's Bood Central Authorised Unpital. Opildur 180,000.000
(21,00 ............. Quid 8,000,000 Paté-Up Capital
(29,008,587.) Hamers Fund ...Oulder 40,000,0
(23,838,585.)
Head Offon-{AMSTERDAM”). Easter Has OM-BATAVIA. ANCHES-dermals bandesus") Norber
Celula, Cheribon, Deber, (a) The Efarun"). Jøddek, Holm. Rose Badly Matensar, Medan. Padang
Pekalongan. Palembang.
Issued Paid-ap
Reserve Liabilities of
Shareholders Surplus
HEAD OFFICES: SINGAPORE, Branches, Agencies and Correspon- denta in the principal elties of the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG HOOL,
Manager. Hong Kong, 16th May, 1929.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
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COMMERCE
AND
FINANCE.
COMPANY REPORT
Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co.
TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1930.
WEI-HAI-WEI RETROCESSION
fact that
have been aware of the fact; he gambled on the future and lost-a common occurrence in everyday life: he had made his bed and abould lie on it! This line of argument would seem to imply that official nasur- auces are unreliable and is, for that reason, the more absurd.
1905
at sea,
Rumoured Agreement with Nanking
ITS HISTORY AND ITS FUTURE
The Anglo-Japanese Allianca kopt Wei-bal-wei, Feb. 12. will be established two hundred the ring clear and the twe Powers, So it has come at last. Rumour. oases in a howling wilderness, two France and Germany, who on a for once, seems rellable and ap-hundred centres from which will previous occasion had intervened parently it is the
an radiate the inestimable blessings of with Russia to deprive Japan of the the rendition of orderly government of the Wei-hai-spolls of war, now agreement for
found it con- Wei-hai-wel has been reached at wei pattern. The Texas Company (China)
The leopard will venient to assume the role of pas- The report for presentation to
Nanking by the representatives change his spots and the bandit, sive, if interested, spectators. The Limited yesterday purchased over shareholders at the Forty-third
of the two Governmenta half a
con- realising that his profession is annihilation of her fleets million foot of land near Ordinary Annual Meeting to be Taun Wan. The sale took place at held at the office of Messrs. Jardine, of rendition will be published husbandry. The bandit in uniform, and on the plains of Manchuria, In due course the terms economically unsound, will turn to military disasters at Port Arthur corned. the P.W.D. offices, the lot, described Matheson & Co., Ltd, on Thursday, and we shall know where we stand who has acquired the bad habit of pricked the bubble of Russian re- as Taun Wan Marine Lot No. 1, March 13 at noon, is as under: being sold at the upset price of
whether, for instance, The Directors bea to submit to Balfour's demand at the Washing. The soldier's sword shall become a baulked in the quest for ice-free Lord fleecing the people, will also reform.putation: the Colossus of the North, $10,680. An annual Crown rental shareholders their report with a of $1,212 is payable on the pro-statement of accounts for the year safeguarding of vested interests lamb shall lle down together.
ton Conference for the proper plough share; the ion and the ports and general domination in the ended December 31, 1929.
Far East,
was driven to colder With such great benefits accruing regions: China was saved from to China from the retrocession of disruption-an historical fact, which Wei-hai-wei, the grievances and has yet to receive due recognition hypothetical losses of Britons living at Nanking: and Port Arthur paas- here be they civilians, or officials-ed into the possession of Japan, the assume their true, insignificant pro-term of the lease being subsequently portions.
It is true that it took Japan Afty, years to put her house in order, and one of the "twenty-one demands."
The legal purist with an eye on that the present stata of China is the actual warding of the Wel-hal distinctly chaotic. But modern con-wei Convention (1898) will be ditions demand short cuts: a stroke, justified in contending that the Bri- or two, of the pen, mightier than tigh tenure of Wei-hal-wel should the sword: the scrapping of a few have terminated in 1905 when Port obsolete documents. euphemistically Arthur ceased to be Russian: the described as "treaties"; and much ordinary lawyer will agree that can be accomplished.
perty.
The China Mail is informed by The proft the Texas Company that the tract $1,302,861.36 of land purchased is for the pur-$1,004,858.82 in 1928. pose of providing increased storage facilities in keeping with the steady expansion of the company's business
in South China.
The growth of the Texas Com- pany may be gauged by the follow- Ing figures, in 1929, 258,000,000 gallons of Texaco motor spirit were consumed by the motoring public, and in 1923, over 1,005,000,000 gallons were used, This is an [actual increase of 318.9 per cent.
Company controla ducing 147,000 barrels of crade oll 6,431.161 acres of oil lands pro
dally. It has 17 refineries, 306 miles of pipe lines, 6,853 tank.rs,
deep sea vessels, 17 Dank-Halse leaded Average amoun) Yes. £5,000,000 terminals and storage tanks with ja total capacity exceeding 87,000,-
000 barrels.
(TAIWAN GINKO) HEAD OFFICE: Talpob, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1999.
The Texas
Directors
was
with
Increased to, I believe, 100 years-
Russian lease of Port Arthur to
has been met both in the spirit on working
and in the letter. 220 compared
The date for the transfer of the The balance for the year, after leasehold, it is said. has not yet transferring $200,000.00 to Rebeon Axed, but If no further hitch newals Account, deducting Direc.ccurs, there seems no reason why take place in the tors' and Auditors' fees, allowing it should not The Gin Drinker's Bay installa: for depreciation, and other outgo current year. So far as the Local tion at present used by The Texas Ings, is $730,055.98. The amount Government is concerned, the most Company la proving inadequate and brought forward from last year is suitable date would be the end of the further, due to the shallow water in $360,063.79.making a total of financial year, that is, March 31. the Bay deep sea vessels have to $1,000,119.77 available for appro. Our local pessimist is pleased to find anchor some distance away, neces-priation.
himself in agreement with the -$20,000,000 sitating the use of lighters.
The Directors recommend the official view and, in sardonic vein, 8,000,000
declares he can think of no better As the leading free and indepen- following:- 4,000,000
date for hauling down the British dent oil producing company in the To pay a dividend of 4,000,000 world, the greatest asset of The $6.00 per share .... $480,000.00 'fing at Wel-hai-wei than the first 2,210,000 Texas Company is the fact that To pay a Bonus of
day of April!
In these circumstances he would what is known as "equity" tends to $3.00 per share
240,000,00
A Change of Flag
urge his pessimistic friend to cease the written law: the man in the modify a too strict interpretation of practically all of the thirty thousand
To carry forward 370,119.71 Our optimist, who will probably from his futile jeremiada, his street would like to import a little employees are shareholders.
shake the dust of the place from off Cassandra wallings. He would beg common sense Into the discussion. $1,090,119,77, his feet when rendition occurs, can-him to take the larger view: "think The British Government's view was not understand what all the fuss is imperially," gird up his loins, bare clearly expressed in the official During tho-year, Mr. T. G. Weall,'about. When tho treaty is made his strong right arm, with the statement in the House of Commons Mr. C. Gordon Mackle. Mr. A. W. public those Britons who have nan determination to do his bit in mak (February, 1906)-"It is not con- Hayward and Mr. A. S. Gubbay ro cial interests at stake will discovering his adopted country "ft for aldered that the transfer of the signed their seats on leaving the that their interests have been fully heroes to live in.” Colony and Mr. J. P. Warren, Mr. protected; and that they are on The Terms of the British LeaseJapan has made any change in the M. T. Johnson and Mr. H. H. H. velvet. if not in clover. There will It would be interesting if somo present status of Wei-hal-wel, which Board. Priestley were invited to join the be, of course, a change of flag authority on British history could s leased to His Majesty's Govern- Objection on this score is purely a tells us whether on any other occament, and no action is at present Mr. M. T. Jehnson resigned his matter of sentiment, for, as is afon, prior to 1898, we acquired by contemplated with regard to the seat on the return to the Colony generally agreed, there is a certain treaty the lease of territory the lease." Part of an official com of Mr. C. Gordon Mackle who was aimilarity between all flags which tenure of which was made communication (May, 1908) to the invited to rejoin the Board. are mostly made from the same tingent on the occupation of a writer from the British Legation,
Mr. Allan Cameron and Mr. Fkind of matesial-bunting, to wit, similar area by another Power. The Peking, reads Austin retire according to the Arand in these atrenuous times there arrangement regarding Wel-hal-wel respecting arrangements for restor-
but being is no ticles of Association,
room for mere sentiment. is unique.
ing Wel-hai-wol to China are un- eligible, offer themselves for re.
History. Including British history, In 1898 leases of districts in founded, no negotiations on the sub- teems with instances where com- China-the first steps, it was gen ject having been even auggested as Auditors
munities have passed from under erally supposed, towards the parti- yet by either side." A subsequent Mesara Percy Smith, Seth and one lag to another and have tion of the country-ware obtained letter from the same source (July, Fleming, Incorporated Accountants, benefitted by the change; and by France, Britain and Germany at 1906) concludes with the sentence, and Linstead and Davis, Chartered history hos a way of repeating Kwangchowwan, Hong Kong and "St Ernest Satow directs me to Accountants, have audited the ac- Itself.
Tsingtao, respectively, each lease inform you that such counts now presented and offer
Free Port No More
being for a term of 99 years. Russia should be entirely disregarded." themselves for re-election.
It is true that Wei-hai-wei will took over Port Arthur and its It is clear that China raised no cease to be a free port, but it does hinterland for a term of 25 years objection, mude no immediate not follow that trade will decrease. with the option of renewal by protest against the British view Did not a well-known Shanghai mer-mutual agreement. At the invita-as expressed in Parliament. What chant declare at a public meeting tion of the Peking Government and mora natural and logical in these in London that, in his opinion, re-with distinct reluctance, the British circumstances that the assertion of trocession would make no difference acquired the Territory of Wel-hai- the Commissioner of Wei-hal-wei to trade? It is true that taxation wei for such time as Port Arthur that the British lease would con- The High Court, by a majority, will be heavier, but that will be remained in the possession of Rus tinue "for such time as Port Arthur has decided that Mr. Justice more than balanced by the increased sia, no offset and check to the de- shall remain in the possession of
British prestige. value of property. Did not a Bri: signs of more aggressive Powers. another Power. Beeby's second interim arbitra- tion award, to the effect that antih diplomat, on holiday at this No one at that time-least of all the demands it"? Inter-State dispute existed in the delectable spot, once assert that, in statesmen of Peking and St. Petera
his opinion, foreign-owned property burg for a moment supposed that coal-mining industry, arising out at present practically unsaleable the Russian lease would not be of the New South Wales troubles,
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BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
HEAD OFFICE:
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Subscribed Capital Frs. 72,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital...Frs. 68,400,000.00 Reserve Funds ....Fre.102,000,0000.0f
BRANCHES:
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The construction of this new and Tsun Wan modern terminal at should result in considerable deve-election. lopment in that area which is ad- mirably suited for industrial pur poses.
ONE IDEA A YEAR
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. How a University Man "Made Good" in Business
Established 1912.
L
Head Office:Hong Kong.
Artemiad Capital 1.5 Uurrenny) ...$11,900,000 Pail Op Capital,601,300 Kser Fund.......
630,000
The Oxford Magazine claims that the university man is well fitted for a business career because "whereas the BRANCHES:-
young man trained in the business aces Capton, Shanghai, Hanksw, Bwalow, Bangkok, kew York nad Kan Franosno further than his desk, the university
man has been taught to him."
It supports its claim with the follow- Jing story:
LONDON BANIERS 104
The Lloyd's Bank Limited. COBLEBPONDENTS
In all principai clitse of the World,
Paralga wachanga and lacking dusimams of <ret♬ descriptioa iznawcted
Safe
Me puntos Varton fee) at a zvi
#from #3 24 $40.
LOOK POONG SEAN,
look about
One of the more lackadaisical of undergraduates, with plenty of brains
N.S.W. MINING
Arbitration Award Bad and Void
Melbourne, Yesterday,
rumours
rumours
1922
Washington Conference, a dispute A hitch had occurred at the
Chief Manager, and stilt more of indolence, went last and that wages should be award might depreciate 80 per cent. In renewed in due course. There was, over the Japanese occupation of ex-
Hong Kong, 19th February, 1927.
year into a railway company-says the
Great Western.
He was told by the company that ha must get business experience by start- ing at the bottom and was accordingly sent off as a porter and later as a book-
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行餓國中
Mandate of the Republic of China
job.
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National (Specially Authorised by Presidential
d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et den Pays-Bas; Credit Industriel et Commercial; 80- clete Generale.
on the 22nd of November, 1917.)
Authorised Capital
IN LONDON: The National Pro- vincial Union Bank of England, Pald-up Capita
Ltd. Comptoir National d'Escompte do Pario; Credit Lyunanis
IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French American Banking Cor- poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New Fork
Reserve Fund
his brains and told him that if, cach ....$80,000,000.00
18,278,600.00 year, he could think of ons
way in 9,329,425.24 which the company could save money
he would be paid a salary of £600 year. Thereupon he spent a week in London and came back. He told the
HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.
HONG KONG BRANCH:"
4, Queen's Road Central. Branches and Sub-branches all over
company that he had noticed the three letters "G. W. R." painted on all the, gooda trucka,
"Everyone knows that you are a rail-
Interest allowed on Current Ao-China and Correspondenta in Europe, counts and Fixed Deposits according America and other parts of the world way. Why not in future simply paint to arrangements.
London Bankers: The National the two letters 'G.W. and save money Every description of Banking and Provincial and Union Bank of Eng-that way?” Exchange Business transacted.
Innd, Ltd.
A. LECOT,
Safe Deposit Boxes to let
Manager.
Hong Kong, 1st May, 1829.
LIMITED.
The company accepted this sugges The Guaranty Trust Company oftion and found that they saved £7,000 New York Bankers:-The Irving a year in doing so.
New York.
| National Bank.
The Equitable Trust Company of New York.
Interest allowed on Current Ac-
application.
PROPERTY SALE
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,counts and Fixed Deposits. Terms on At the Crown Land Office yester- Every description of Banking Bust-day, four lots of crown land were Established 1880.
ness transacted
sold by public auction. Loans granted on approved secur- were:- Capital (fally paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Itien Reserve Fund
Yon 108,500,000
They
ed at the pro-stoppage rates, is within twelve months there would ambition-neither the Great Wall on highest importance that the diff value, following rendition, but that in fact, no limit to Russian legally bad and vold.
GERMAN INDUSTRY
Delegation's Visit to Canton
Canton, Yesterday.
Hence
& "senia-
German territory, and it was of the be a boom and an appreciation of at the one side, nor the Yalu Rivor on culty should be removed. A Canberra message says Mr. least 50 per cent.? Admitting, for the other: and the Japanese pro we have the British offer of with- Scullin, commenting on the High the sake of argument, that the composal that one Power should have a drawal from Shantung. if Japan Court decision, sald It Was ing clerk. After a time this became monstrous that the Commonwealth of the British has made the free hand in Manchuria, the other in would do likewise. It can be stated intolerable to him and he threw up the law could not operate to settle a their departure will unmake it. There remained opposition from the delegate at the Conference for a place, it is absurd to contend that Korea, was scornfully turned down with confidence that not a singla The company did not want to los dispute, of which the effect was Buch a disaster would be unpre. British whose interests in China Imoment supposed that Britain was
felt all over Austraila. This, and cedented.
were and are purely commercial, and offering territory tho logal title to other High Court decisions, em-
"Loftlest Patriotiam”
we find Count Muravleff querulously which had lapsed 17 years before, phasised the need for increased
Further, political considerations complaining to the British Ambas-or, according to another view, was industrial powers for the Com-
are involved. It is now generally sador at St. Petersburg. "It was due to expire in a few months. On monwealth.-Reuter.
agreed that Nanking officialdom is England alone that made difficulties the contrary, Lord Balfour's offer animated by gentiments of the and stood in the way of Russia." is said to have caused loftiest patriotism. It would also A first-class war in Europe was out tion": it was described as "s seem to be the fact that Chinese of the question but there was a generous gesture"; and China's re- statesmen are somewhat enamoured vulnerable spot, an Achilles heel, at presentatives at the Conference and of British Institutions and methods. the other and and presently there in London formally thanked. the There are the usual signs and arose on the eastern horizon "a British Government for its genero- symptoma that the "other of Parlia little cloud out of the sea, like
sity. In passing, it might be noted man's hand," precursor of a storm that the display at Welhalwoi of a A committee for conducting the ments" is about to give birth to an- German Industrial Delegation, other infant on the banks of the that was to have startling and un-little of the same generosity that flowed so freely at Washington which is now on its way to Can-Yangtse, and to pincate the absurd expected results. ton, to visit the various local in- people who object to the removal of Meanwhile, with misplaced re would not only receive the fullest liance on a single line of railway appreciation, but would probably dustries and plants, has been consular jurisdiction, it is propos formed by the Reconstruction De ed to import at an early date that some thousands of miles in length. not offend generally accepted partment:
peculiarly British institution, trial Busalan aggression marched on, and notions of public morality and de- A programme of the daily visits by Jury. But there is urgent need the total expenditure on the forti-cency. The Conference was auc- has been prepared, and will in- for some model nearer than London, fication of Port Arthur, the develop cessful: the agreement regarding clude Inspection of the Electric some object leeson demonstrating ment of Dalny and railway construc- the limitation of naval armaments Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2,300 Power Plant, Automatic Tele- British methods of government. tion in Manchuria, probably exceed has affected and will continue to Spacial facilities for Home Ex-situsted at Prince Edward Road, phone. Exchange, Radio Station. Wel-hai-wel furnisbes it. In this cd 260,000,000—say, three to four affect very substantial savings in
between Fa Yuan Street and Sai Kwangnam Manager. You Street, was sold to Mr. Ngan Works at Honam and Salchuen, the British flag for over 80 years railway.
Dockyard, Cement area, approximating to that of the times the amount spent by Germany national expenditure: and there Isle of Wight, there has been under on Tsingtao and the Shantung seems the less reason for anything Shing-kwan, of the Chima Motor Aviation Bureau,
approaching parsimony... A 25-Year Lease Bus Co., for the upset price of Mint, Hip Tung Wo Machine Fac-law and order, peace and security, $56,780. The area of this lot le tory, and the all factories with conditions in a similar area in outside Bedlam would have ventured which will compare very favourably In these circumstances no one approximately 29,850 square feet. Shuntak and Namhol,
Messrs. Lo Fook and Fong Kong, The visitors will be invited to any other part of the world. These to contend 20 years ago that Russia of No. 151 Woosung Street, were visit the three trunk lines of the with the help of a locally trained not expect, an extension of the Fort happy results have been obtained did not intend, or that China did the purchasers of Kowloon Inland Yuet-Han, Kwong-Sam and the police force of about 200 constables Arthur lease to 99 years, if not in Lot No. 2,307, which is attuated at Canton Kowloon Railways, whichay, one per square mile, and perpetuity; and it would not be the junction of Portland Street and will also be part of the items in there are not lacking mathems- difficult to all a column, or two of late Chief Officer of the 8.a. Kong KI Lung Street, with an area of the programme for the visitors ticians at Nanking capable of cal- the ordinary newspaper with a list So, who died at the Kowloon Hos about 9,800 square feet: This lot Canton News Aroney. was sold at the upset price of
culating the number of policemen of the auragons-official and un-pital on September 11, 1929, left $16,275
required for the whole country to official, verbal and written-which estate in the Colnoy to the value procure the same resulta,
local Britona have received to allay jof $2,100, which he bequeathed A Little Advice
natural anxiety, respecting the Bri-to his mother and slator, Our optimist la not shove giving tish tenure of Wel-Hal-wel. Never- Mak Sal-chi, alias Mak Chi-woo, a little friendly advice to Nanking. thelons, shortly, after the Washing- alias Mak Hung Fuk Tong, alias The London Bobby is the admira- tón Conference an Individual, in a Ming Shing-tong, genseng and deer tion of the whole world and his responsible position and apparently horn dealer, who died Infestate at prototype is to be found at Wel, in full possession of his faculties, No. 68, Bonham Strand West, on hal-wel. Let the 200 men be dia did in fact put forward an extra- June 24, 1828, left Hong Kong tributed over the face of the whole ordinary contention, atace repeated estate worth $10.700. country and to multiply the breed by others. The tenure of Wel-hal Letters of administration thers should be a special dispensa wel was for 25 years terminating in been granted to a son, Mak Ming-" tion granting them plurality of 1933: the Brian who made his chung living at the Bodham
rives at state expense. In this way honds and thrested capljat-here must)Strand address.
change,
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all principal cities of the world Every description Banking Exchange buslocas transacted. We offer "prompt and personal párvico,
TIENMU HLIN,
General Manager MAY SHEUNG EMBROIDERY AND FANCY GOODS
For Sale or Madi të Order
Kowloon Inland Lot No. 2,308, which is so situated at the Jane tion of these two streets at Tal- koktaul, attracted two bids of $100 each and was dnally sold to Mr. Lee Yee of No.:161 Woosung Street for $7,144.
The fourth sold was Taun Now wh
price
Government
PROMPT REPAIRS
FIAT GARAGE
Ed C.
(To be CONTINUED)
MONEY LEFT
Mr. Henry Westmoreland Parry,
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