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1932-1933.
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THE
CHINA MAIL.
COMPANY MEETINGS
CHINA ENTERTAINMENT & LAND INVESTMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
Nhat the SECOND ORDIN TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
ARY GENERAL MEETING of
SEALED TENDERS WHI the Registered offices the
ceived at the Royal Naval the Registered Offices of the Com- Hospital, until 10 p.m. on the 21st pany, King's Theatre Building, 5th March, 1932, from persons desirous Floor, on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd of supplying Beef, Mutton, Fowls, day of March, 1932, at 12 Noon to Pork, Cheese, Pure Cow's Milk, Ice receive the Directors' Report and und other provisions, and neces- Accounts for the year ended 31st saries for the year ending 31st December, 1931, to elect Auditors, March, 1933.
and to transact such other bual- Printed Forms of Tender and nose as may be properly transact- further particulars can be obtained at an Ordinary General Meet- od at the R.N. Hospital..
ing of the Company.
The right to reject the lowest or any tender is reserved.
THOS. WM. MYLES. Surgeon Captain. R.N. Medical Officer in Charge, Royal Naval Hospital Hong Kong. 14th March, 1932.
AT
LENTEN MISSION.
LAMMERT BROS.
AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS
AND SURVEYORS..
Public Auctions -
THE Undersigned have received
Tinstructions to sell by Pablic
Auction
ON
WEDNESDAY, March 16, 1932, at 12 o'clock Noon,
at their Sales Room,
4, Duddell Street. THE STEAM LAUNCH ELSIE
A nhe now lies on the Slips at The South China Motor Ship Building & Repairing Works, Ltd., Kowloon Bay.
And Notice is further hereby given that the Register and Trans-Length over all fer Books of the Company will bej Length between CLOSED from the 14th to the 23rd day of March, 1992, both days in clusive.
Hong Kong, 2nd March, 1932.
LIANG CHI HAO,
Managing Director.
CHINA ENTERTAINMENT &
LIMITED.
T THE CATHOLIC CATHE LAND INVESTMENT COMPANY,
DRAL, dally at 6 p.m. from| WEDNESDAY, March 16, to WED-¦ NESDAY, March 293, inclusive.
Preacher: The Rev. Bourke, S.J.
dicular
Breadth moulded
Depth moulded Speed about
59′ 6"
perpen-
56' 0"
11' 0"
6'8"
.9 Knots.
For further particulars and con- ditions of sale apply to the under- signed
LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, March 10, 1932.
Edward NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THE Vadersigned have received
THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO. (1918), LTD.
that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Mem- bers of the China Entertainment.
be held at the Registered Office of & Land Investment Co., Ltd., will
the Company, King's Theatre Building. 5th Floor, at 12.15 p.m. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN on WEDNESDAY, the 23rd day of for the purpose of
NT ON WEDNESDAY, 16th March, 1932,
instant the SUPPLY OF ELEC-considering, and if thought fit, TRICITY to the area bounded by passing the following Resolu Prince Edward Road, Tong Mition: Road and the Sea, and to Stone- cuttera Island will be disconnect- fer for a period of about two hours
etween 7 a.m. and 6 p.m.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
DRAFT
That there shall be added to Article 71 of the Articles of As- sociation of the Company the words:
"but the Chairman shall receive double remunera. tion."
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that A further PROGRAMMES and Extraordinary General Meeting of FORMS for the the Members of the China Enter- Some SECOND EXTRA RACE MEET-tainment & Land Investment Co., Spanish or French, Apply Box No. ING to be held on SATURDAY, Ltd.. will be held at 12 o'clock 717, c/o "China Mail."
LADY TEACHER.--Foreign gentle-j man desires English Lessons by young) Lady Teacher. Must know
PRIVATE LESSONS
ENTRY
instructions to soll by Public
Auction
ON
THURSDAY, March 17, 1932, commencing at 10.30 a.m., at No. 8, Wing Lock Building, Lock Road, Top Floor, Kowloon.
A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE
On View from Wednesday, March 16, 1932.
Terms: Cash on Delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
Auctioneers.
Hong Kong, March 12, 1932.
LATEST INVENTION American Chemical Diamonds.
are
These diamonds equal to real diamonds In all respects.) and MONDAY, March 26 and 28, noon on WEDNESDAY, the 13th
Specially in brillancy 1032, (weather permitting) may day of April, 1932, for the pur
of lustre, hardness, etc. English.be obtained at the Secretary's pose of receiving a report of the
Can cut glass ko real French, Music, Shorthand and TypeOffice, the Club House, Happy proceedings at the above-mention-acid, water, oil, etc. These diamonds diamonds. Proof against are, file, writing. Terms moderate, G. Aimali
Valley, the Hong Kong Club, the ed Meeting and of confirming, if can be washed with soap and water. Villas, Austin Road, Kowloon,
Spurte Club, and the Stables, thought fit, 风挡 a Special Resolu- and can be used for more than 100 Village Road.
tion the above-mentioned Resolu-years,
Price per
carat H.K.$7.50. Terms Cash or C.O.D. Those who Entries CLOSE at 12 o'clock¦tion.
purchase diamonds to the value of FOR SALE-Studebaker Sodan, aix Noon on THURSDAY, March 17,
Dated this Second Day of March, II.K.$30 or more will get 20% dis cylinder. Free Wheeling, in perfect 1932.
1932.
count. Send your orders direct to the American Chemical Diamond Co., P.O. Box No. 240, Penang, S.S. When ordering mention "China Mail."
FOR SALE
condition. Two spare wheel, com-}
plete set of tools and roomy trunk. Done only 2,800 milles. $4,500. Box) No. 718, c/o "China Mail,"
COASTWISE."-An interesting book of cartoons depicting "Happeninga" en the Ching Coast. Price $1, on safri at the "China Mall" offices, JA, Wynd- bam Street
AN INTRODUCTORY HISTORY for schools by A. H. Crook, W. Kay and W. L. Handyside. Price $2, on sale at the publishers, Newspaper Enter- priae, Líd., 3A, Wyndham Street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary.
Hong Kong, March 14, 1932.
TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC,
LONDON.
LIANG "CHI HAO,
Managing Director.
THE HONG KONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
SIXTY-THIRD ORDINARY
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
On London... Bank, wire
1/4 Bank, on demand... 1/4
LOCAL EXAMINATIONS THE SIXTYAL MEETING of Bank, 4 months" sight 1/4*
A cable has been received SHAREHOLDERS will be held at
Credits, 4 from London advising that the the Offices of the Undersigned on
sight FRACTICAL examination must be WEDNESDAY, the 30th March, Documentary, held this year at end of September 1932, at Noon, for the purpose of
months' sight TOUR VISITING CARDS Beatly and instead of June.
receiving the Report of the Gen-
Un Parle- promptly printed."China Mit
Further entries may now be eral Managers, together with a Office, No. 8A, Wyndham St,
¡On demand ahoze 20022.
received up to June 1. Apply for Statement of Accounts for the
Credits, 4 months' entry forms from
year ended the 31st December,
sight 1931.
HOME TUITION.
WESTOVER-STEVENAGE.
Tele-
Within In healthy SCHOOL for GIRLS
an hour from London. neighbourhood.
and SMALL BOYS. A fṣw Boarders received in the House of the Principal. Individual care and attention.
Particulars apply to:
For
MISS RUTH CULLEY,
(Camb. Higher Local, Camb. Teachers' Diploms). MISS GERTRUDE TURNER,
(National Frodel Higher (Certificate).
COASTWISE
by
.
“ALGIE" BENNETT.
An interesting book
of Cartoons depicting "Happenings" on the China Coast
PRICE $1.00.
Now on sale at DREWERS
WHITHAWAY, LAWLAW- EXCELSIOR BOOK STOKE. and at the Publishéra
The Newspaper Enterprise, Ltd. Chins Mall Building.
WM. ANDERSON,
Local Secretary,
c/o THE ANDERSON MUSIC CO., LTD.
COMPANY MEETINGS
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
NOT
"OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the THIRTY-FIFTH |ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING
of Shareholders in the Company
months'
1/5
1/5
610
On Berlin-
On demand
On New York--- On demand
666
Nom
24
The SHARE REGISTER and |TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOS- ED from the 16th to the 30th March, 1932, both daya inclusive. Credits, 60 days' sight 2534
JARDINE, MATHESON &i
CO., LTD.,
General Managers, The Hong Kong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
On Bombay- Wire...3..
88%
On demand....
884
Hong Kong, 9th March, 1982.
On Calcutta- Wire On demand
881⁄4
88%
Op Singapore- On demand
On Manila-s On-demand
On Shanghal- On demand Dollar....
57%
of SHAPE-
On Yokohamİ--
Sovereigns · (Bank's
buying rate)
482
374 1% dis.
-76
1/6
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
will be held in the Company's that 4rd ORDINARY AN On demand Board Room, 3rd Floor, Exchange, Building, Hong Kong, on THURS-NUAL
MEETING
DAY, 24th March, 1932, at NOON, HOLDERS will be held at the for the purpose of receiving Offices of the Company, Exchange Silver (per oz.) 188/16 Statement of Accounts and the Re-Building. Des Voeux Road Central, Bar Silver in Hong port of the Directors for the year Victoria, Hong Kong, on THURS-
Kong
1981.
MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1932.
The Globe-Girdling S. S. RESOLUTE of the Hamburg-American Line
1-S. S. RESOLUTE, leaving New York for her cruise around the world. 2-The beautifully decorated Winter Garden, the center of the ship's social life, ≈ 3—Captain Fritz Kruse, commander of the S. 5. RESOLUTE. 4-The open-air Swimming Pool, a popular attraction.
The Wonder World Cruise of:-
66
S. S. RESOLUTE"
THE QUEEN OF THE CRUISING STEAMSHIPS. Arriving Hong Kong 26th March 2 p.m.
Leaving Hong Kong 29th March 5 p.m.
Ports of Call:-Keelung with a trip to Taihoku (Formosa); Woosung (Shanghai) and Ching Wang Tao, with an excursion to Tientsin and Peking (Peiping) and a visit to the Great. Wall (North China); Chemulpo, with a trip to Seoul (Korea); Naga saki, Beppu, Miyajima, a trip through the Inland Sea of Japan, Kobe, with an excursion to Kyoto where the Cherry Blossom Dance will be witnessed, a trip to Nara to view the famous Deer Park-ihen Yokohama, with visits to Tokyo, Nikko, Kamakura and the Mississippi Bay (Japan); Henolulu,,with an after- noon at Waikiki Beach, Hilo (Hawaii); San Francisco, Los Angeles (Hollywood), Balboa (Panama Canal); Panama City; Havana (Cuba) and back to New York.
Offering people a wonderful opportunity for sight-seeing and travel.
FOR PASSAGE AND PARTICULARS APPLY :----
JEBSEN & CO.
Pedder Building, 7th Floor.
WOMAN MAY BE A LIEUTENANT |FGOR GIRL HEARD BY KREISLER
GOVERNOR.
"If You Can't Get A Man Get The Next Best Thing."
A
Job For Street Player.
•As the result of her street playing attracting the notice of Kreisler,
Telephone 26661.
AI AT LLOYD'S.
The death of Mr. Sidney Boulton removes one of the most dominating
Lloyd's underwriting. personalities ever associated with
A tall man with a fine presence,
In view of the grave difficulty Lilian McEvoy, aged 25, has been he possessed the kind of dynamic that is being experienced in secur-engaged to play at Dublin Theatre efficiency which was almost invinci
Royal. ing Lieutenant-Governor for
ble in committee and yet left his When passing along a Ontario, it is suggested that the pro-street in his car Kreisler heard a right was on his side.
with a conviction that opponents blem be settled by appointing violin. being played, with unusual
woman.
skill for a street player.
Dublin
He carried the same vitality Into He his game of golf, which he played No one in particular is mention- stopped to listen and gave the girl enthusiastically right up to the end.. ed, but it is said that there are some money. The incident
was Only last year, at the age of 75, ha several who possess the necessary repeated the following day, when holed out in one on his favourite intellectual, Rocial and material Kreisler's secretary took the girl's
cours3 at Littlehampton, an equipment for the position. name and addreas and forwarded it achievement of which he was parti
The difficulty of filling the posithe theatre, with a request that he
to Mr. Hamilton, the manager of cularly proud. tion is due mainly to the cost en-
Lloyd's showed its opinion of talled. Some support is being given Kreisler remarked that the girl pro- to an honorary membership after giva hur an audition. Sidney Boulton when it elected him to the idea of either readjusting the duced a remarkably good tone from his retirement from its everyday pay of Lieutenant-Governers, which the violin. is considered most inopportune at the moment, or preferably, adding their formal functions to the duties of provincial chief justices.
P.-C. SUMMONSES HIMSELF,
should
"V28
*
which
work. That is an honour Miss McEvoy is a native of Lloyd's accords very rarely Indeed. County Meath. She bought her violin in Edinburgh and taught to play it by Sidello, a well- known performer on the variety stage.
She was playing in the streets be- cause a touring company, of which she was a member, became stranded Police-constable C. Argent of near Dublin, and in desperation abe Wallingford, Berks, was, defendant took her violin and became a street and informant in a summons at player. For the past five years, sho chimney at his house to be on the local court for allowing the has travelled with small theatrical
Nom. Nóm
1% prem
3% pat 29% dis.
fire.
ended 31st December, 1981, elect- DAY, the 81at day of March, 1982; Copper Cash ing Directors and Auditors, and at Noon, for the purpose of re- Copper Cents for the transaction of any other ceiving a Statement of Accounts Rate of Native In Ordinary business of the Company, and the Report of the Directors rest.
NOTICE is also hereby given for the year ended 31st December. Chinese Sub. Coin that the TRANSFER BOOKS of
' |Hong. Kang Bub. Con Par tha Company will be CLOSED The TRANSFER BOOKS of the from MONDAY, 14th March, 1932, Company will be CLOSED from until THURSDAY, 24th March, SATURDAY, 12th March, 1932, to 1882, both days inclusive, during THURSDAY, 31st March, 1982, which period no transfers of both days inclusive. shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board,
D. LIKING.
Detary
Hong Kong, 6th March, 1932
By Order of the Board of Directors,
ALLAN KEITH,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 1st March, 1882.
~ Bring YourA ¿PRINTING
shows:
of
FROM THE ASHES.
He was saved the trouble giving evidence, the clerk saying that he could not allow a witness to submit avidence that might in- criminate himself, M.
* Problems to Us,
THE NEWSPAPER:ENTION
The famous ancient Town Hall Fining the policeman-2s. 6d, the fat Arras, known to thousands of LT chairman said the Bench appre- Britich ex-soldiers, which was de- ciated the impartial manner, in stroyed by the Germans during the which he had fulfilled his duty, way, has now been rebuilt exactly
GIRLS SHOT DOWN BY
MACHINE-GUN,
Two girls were shot down in a street in the Takoma Park suburb, Washington, recently.
Shortly afterwards a man shot down in the Mount Pleasant
section...
WAB
Witnesses state that the shooting was done by a machine-gun, from a motor-car.
in its old style and handed over to the city authorities.
It will be officially opened by the President of the French Republic, next August.
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