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THE

HONGKONG. DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH

21ST

1919.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

TO BE LET.

OREBANK EAST," No. 260, Tarl

April 1st.

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Bax 77. Care of Daily Press" Ofoe. (499

INTIMATIONS

THE GREEN

ISLAND CEMENT CO., LIMITED.

ORDINARY

INTIMATIONS

HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY,

LIMITED.

(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)

COLONIAL (Hongkong) REGISTER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 1- of the Company wil by CLOSED from

25TH, 1919, TUESDAY, MARCH WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2880, 1919, both Bdays Inclusive.

Far Magazine Chat? to lot from THE NUAL MEETING of the BHARE HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Offices of the Comps y, St. George's Building, Chater Hond, Victoria, Hongkong, TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), the 22nd day of MARCH, 1919, at 11.30 clock in the fore Bom, for the purpose of receiving Statement of Accounts and the Report of tho Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1018 and declaring a vidend.

HONGKONG SCHOOLS ATHLETI

SPORTS.

HE ANNUAL ATHLETIC SPORTS

combined HONGKONG |

Tu tho SCHOOLS will be held ou FRIDAY, MARC 28TH, at the RAOR-CURSE. There will be the usual races for Past Pupile, Darly, Two Miles Bicycle Race (Handicap), sud Seven Furlongs Fiat Race, (Handicap).

The Entrance fen for these two ences is 50 Cents, sad the nanies may begin in on the field.

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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company Will be CLOSED from TUR-DAY, the 13th March, 1919, until SATURDAY, the 22nd March, 219, both tags inclusive.

By Order of the

BARD OF DIRECTORS. Hugkong, March Bih, 1218

By Order of the Board of Directors,

W. E ROBERTS, Secretary, Hongkong, March 17th, 1919.

LOST

N March 14th a

POINTER DUG collar licence No. 144. communicate with---

liver and

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to

white wearing lesther Will finder please

A. H. GREEN, 6, Torres Buildings, Kowloon. Phone K36A.

1426

HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

SPECIAL

Reward if necesBAFY,

WANTED.

EXTRAORDINARY

A GENERAL MEETING of Members

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND of the BONGKONO GENERAL URAMBER

MORTGAGE CO..

LTD.

HE TWENTY SECOND ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS in the Company will be held the Offices of the Company, St. George's No. 6, Connaught Road ou Building TUESDAY, APRIL 1T, 1919, at 1 A.M., for the purposes of receiving a Bistemet of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for the year ending 314 December, 1918, and electing a Consulting Committee and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be

CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, March 9 th, 1919, until TUESDAY, April 1st, 1919, both days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers. Hongkong, March 20th, 1919.

DIOCESAN NOYS' SCHOOL

HONGKONG.

[501

INTIMATION

THE BEST PREVENTATIVE OF

INFECTIOUS AND

CONTAGIOUS

IS

1486

XPERIENCED ASSISTANT want

OF COMMERCE will be held on TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH, al 3.55 PM., precisely, in tho

OF COMMERCE ROOM,Eco in a large Mercantile Office. CHAMBER CHARTKKED BANK BUILDING, for the

if thought fit, Qualificatione: Young British. Good purpose of considering and,

address. Commencing education and passing the following resolution:-

"Thai Clasure VI of the Rules and Salary 8300 to $8400 per month,

Replies will be treated confidentially Regulations of the Hongkong General

Apply by letter to Chamber of Commercs should

Box 77, amended to read as follows:-

be

The Committee shall consist of ten Members, all of whom shall be British or Representatives of British Firmas, to be elected at the Annual Meeting of the Chamber, and they shall hold Office fur one year. Vacancies occur

c/o Hongkong Daily Press."

ARINE

WANTED.

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with ENGINEER

Kood A

ing during the year shall be filled up practical experience as Shop Forsman

by the Committee." By Urder,

E. A. M WILLIAMS,

Hongkong, March 12th, 1919.

Secretary

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HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

(A She of 340 Faglish, Farasian and Members of ho

Chinese Boys, 93 of whom are Boardera)

TWO

WANTED-IMMERIATELY.

WO ASSISTANT MASTERS-Whole Time Work Certifica ed or Uncerti- ficated, Besident or Non-Resident, Permanent or Temporary. If Neces-ary, application will be made for release from other duties.

Previ un experienes not essential if general qualifications and power of control are good.

For Lower Class work-Only Elementary English: Sobjects required.

A Passage home will be given after a three years' agreement.

Apply to

REV. W. T. FEATHERSTONE,

Headmaster.

1502

of the

or Harbour Eagineor for local Engineering works. Apply, giving full particulars of experience, and stating salary required to

Box No 488, Care of "Daily Fre" Office. [488

WANTED.

HONGKONGirl, aged 8. Mornings only.

MOVERNESS on Peak to teach little

Apply--

108, Pek.

HE ANNUAL MEETING GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE will be held on TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH 1919, at 4 o'clock precisely, in the CHAMBER the ollowing OF COMMERCE ROOM, CHARTERED BANK BUILDING, for purposes:

1. To receive the Report and Accounts of the Committee for the year ended 31st December, 1918.

2. To elect a New Committee.

3. To transact any General business.

By Order,

E. A. M. WILLIAMS,

Secretary.

Hongkong, March 12th, 1919.

WANTED.

H.E. the Officer Administering the Government will Jaesent long-sen vien medals to certain meinbers of the Pidion Force at the Cental Police Station on March 28th,

E

The L'entour, light crater, amch was

for Hone

the flagship Rear. Admiral Sir R Y Tyrwhitt in the North Sea, has been allocated for server on this Chalation.

lo

According to Sir Jossen BROODBANK, Chairman of the Dock and Warehouse- men's Committer of the Port of London Authority. It is mainly a question of economize whather London will retain it place as the chief transit and entregát of the world in the coming struggle for trade supremacy. London's preÆRHOIDA as a commercial and financial centre in baard on its geographical position in Europe But Antwerp and Rotterdam ure also well placed, and Hamburg is little

Amongst those who arrived in inferior. Before the war, these three | Colony, pesterday, on the Nước Nóng, was ports were advancing in a greater ratio | Sir Roland Gates, one of India's best, than London. War boreuses are unknown known engineers and bulder of a famous in them; wages in 1914 were below the bridge across the Ganges

A Weedinofler who DISEASES | Londou Irvel, and they are now less than

Brigatherrenera! i

jew Alf It is, therefore, in le asserted that used through Hongkong

gan das was to Japan, the trio will re-start as competitors with

urder to take up the approminent of 24 tremendous advantage. and with Military Attaché at the British Embassy

at Tukys sharpeted appetites for business after pearls five years fatine. The irony of the situation, Bir JOSEPH points out. is that the Port of London Authority was established in 1909 as the outcome of a Bill promoted by the prin cipal London Dock Compnay for power to increase the charges spoo barges and

WATSON'S

HYGIENOL,

HIGHLY

goods using the Docks. The proposal

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meant charging traders additional £200,000 per annum. At the bare men- tion of this figure the whole trading con. munity and Members of Parliament became almost hysterical. Engiand, and CONCENTRATED | especially London, would be irretrievably

AND PERFECTLY SAFE

DISINFECTANT.

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BOLD ONLY BY

NURSE to take charge of a Child of 33.

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THE CHINA-BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

SIXTEENTH YEARLY MEETING

of SHAREHOLDERS of the above Company

HONGKONG DOG, CAT, ou le held at the Ceny a 1 7% Ofices, Bu

POULTRY & PIGEON SHOW, 1919.

A

SBOW in connection with the above will be held (by kind permission of the Stewards, Hongkong Jockey Club) within their enclosure HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, APRIL 12cm,' 1.919.

Entry forms containing full particulars may be obtained on application to the undersigned.

G. W. GEGG, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, c/o Messrs. Hughes & Hough.

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AND

A. G. DA ROCHA.

SURVEYOR AUCTIONEER,

GENERAL BROKER. Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2937. from TAVOURED with instructions

The Concerned, will sell by Public Auction, TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), March 92nd, 1918, at 9.30, at his Sale Foam EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD

FAVOURE

FURNITURE,

George's Buildings, at 11.3 M., on WEDNES DAY, MARCB ESTA, 1979, for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1918, and electing Directors and Auditora.

TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will he CLOSED from 19th March to the 28th March, 1919, both days inclusive

By Order of the Board of Directors,

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO,

Agents

(456 Hongkong, March 11th, 1918.

CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO.,

HE

LIMITED.

NOTICE.

FORTY-FIRST

ORDINARY

ANNUAL MEETING of the SUARE- ROLDERS of the above Company will be

Apply to-

Box No. 48%, Care of "Daily Prosa" Office. [482

TO LET.

HE ETRIE" No. 3, PEAK, Partly

Furnished. Apply to-

LINSTEAD & DAVIS,

Alexandrs Buildings.

TO LET.

[493

T The Peak, for Six Montha HOUS

of FIVE ROOMS, Well Furnished. Immediate entry.

Apply

Box 496 Care of "Daily Preas" Office.

TO LET, UNFURNISHED

$498

NO, MOUNTAIN VIEW, The Peak.

Apply to:-

"A. B." Care of "Daily Pros" Ofoe.

[487.

TO LET

ROOMS on the Ground

Apply to

Floor

of

THE SECRETARY. [417

TO LET.

From 16th April 1919.

held at the Offices of the General Agents, Hongkong Club Annex. Padder's Street, on THURSDAY, MARCH 277, at 11.30 AM, for the purpose of receiv- ing the Report and Statement of Accounte for the year ending 31st December, 1915.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 18th to 27th March, both days inclusio

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JARDINE MATHESON & CO LTD.,

General Agents. Hongkang, March 4th, 1919. HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE FIFTIETH ORDINARY MEETING

TSHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the undersigned at Noon on SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 16th to the 29th March, both days inclusive,

At this Meeting a Resolution will be pro- the Consulting proposed that, owing to Committee being now made up to the maximum number of eight, the remuneration to the Committee be increased from $7,000 to $9,000.

JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD, General Managern, HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LIMITED.

Comprising:- Chesterfield Couch and Arm-Chairs, Black- wood Furniture, Brass and Iron Bedsteads, Tables, Brussels Carpets and Bugs, Brnes Fenders, Overinantele, Silk Tapestry Covered Drawing Room Buite, Sofas, Easy Chairs, Occasional Tables, Extension Dining Table, Bevalled Mirror Wardrobes, Hat Standa, Tesk Dining Chairs, Silver Ware Cabinet, Bookcase, Dianer Crookery, Glassware, Ornaments, Pictures, Curtains, Bed Sheets, THE Clocks, Marble-top Washstands, Cooking Stoves, Cutlery, Toilet Sets, Electric Reading Lamps, Cabinets, Sideboards and a long line of Bundries

TERMS Cash on Delivery. Hongkong, March 17th, 1919

A. G. DA ROCHA, AUCTIONEEL, SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2932. HAVING been Favoured with Instrua- from Mas, WING SUN & Co. TAHOES, will sell a portion of their Btook by Public Auction at his Bales Noom, on TUESDAY, March 25th, at # 15-2.1.

Handkerchiefs Boape,

Hongkong, March 11th, 1010.

457

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA

DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the NORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of

SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the Office of the Company, 2, Queen'a Buildings, Hongkong, on MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1919, ab Noon, for consideration of the Directors' Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1916.

The SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 22nd, to the Blat inst, both days inclusive.

Dy Order of the Board of Directors,

R. M. DYER,

Chief Manager, Hongkong, March 10th, 1919.

FOR SALE

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A. D. WATSON &

CO., LTD.,

TIL 18.

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MARRIAGE. IVY WELLS. At 8. Kensington,

January 23rd, Lieut, MH. Ivy, C.L.C, son of Dr. and Mra Ivy, Shanghai, to EDITH MIAM WELLS.

DEATHS. BELL. At the Victoria Nursing Home, Shanghai, บด March 14th, AMY, widow of the late Jobp A Beli (Shanghai Building Co.), aged 46 years. INSTEAD.

BAD At Brixton, on January 18th, REGINALD DE MONTFORT LINSTEAD, sod of T, G. Linstead, of Hongkong. HONGKONG OPTION: 10, Des Vœux Road, C. LONDON OPTION: 181, FLEET STAKET, É.C.

The Baily Press.

HONGKONG, March 21st, 1818.

THE LABOUR UNREST IN GREAT BRITAIN.

ruined. Owing to the outcry, the Dock Companies were extinguished and the Port of London Authority was set up. Yet during the last two years," says the Chairman of the Dock Committee, wage increnses have led, with scarcely a mur mur, to augmented burdens on the trade of the Port of £4,000.000 per annum."' And he adds that if the applications for higher wages now being put forward are

£4,000,000 conceded, the

will become £6,000,000. In this concrete instaure of increased and increasing expenditure due

industry

in

the country.

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more

in

Ta

At a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Shanglini General Hospital it w decided to withdraw the privilege of attending private patient, in the Hus pital from

ductors nationality as might be exempted front repatriation

such

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ebay

Another lead to Hongkong It has been officially decided faay Tailway Lannel should be driven under the straila between Shimonoseki and Alagi. The s timmted cost of this tunnel in X 15,200.00, and the work is to be spread over nine years from the fiscal year of 515 1920.

The engagement is announced of Capt. Rupert Atkinson, DEC, RAF, elder son of the late Brenan Atkinson, of Shanghai, and of Mrs. Atkinson, Berk hansted. Herts, and Margaret Winifred, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. King Hiller, Kingstackley, Sutton, Sures

It was aanganced in error yesterday that the curtain on Pinkard the The was to rise Fairies Publio is requested to note that the event at 15 ing performances will commen and the matinees at 4.30 pm, Tickets already purchased cannot einged for the two extra perfonnaLLOON.

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The friends in Yokohama of Lapto P. 8 Bent, R.G.A., will be glad to hear ilia he has recently been awarded the

The total number of enemy subjects carried on the Yacara, Sure and freus +f from Shanghai was 1801, consisting 995 men, 400 women, and 408 children. The two P, & O. shipa sailed with only about 50 vacang berthe each, but the free could have taken more than 100 more. The enem residents left hind are mostly families; the Arrus Was reserved for single men.

The Hon. Mr. C. W. Darbighire, the Chairman of the Singapore Chandler of Commerce and the most outspoken mem ber of the Buraits Legislative Council, after 201 has retired, and left for Ho years' residence in the Settlement. He will be missed in Singapore, where his doughty criticisms of Government mea sures and his frequent tilts with tie Editor of the Straits Times rendered him one of the most discussed and interesting persons.

A Chinese of 63. tanton Road, how- loon, was charged before Mr. G. NOrme, at the Magistracy, yesterday, with king the manager and a member of ats alleged aulawful society. He admitted bring but denied being a member. manager, Inspector Gerrard applied for a just- ponement of the case es certain docu- ments were still with the Secretary for Chinese Affairs. A remand of one week was, accordingly, granted.

to higher wages we have an example of the Military Cross (say, the Japan Gazette). Capt. Bent's eldest sun was killed in the problem which is confronting every early days of the war

His younger son, From Lieat Richard Bent, who left Yokohama of the nature

the the

pro in October, 1914, gained the Military

Cross two years »KU it affects the Port of London, blom, as has an importance for the whole Empire as regards trade.

The workers have Ixcome Arcus tomed to ask during the war from their employer, the Government, for wages, and the demand has always been granted as a matter of course. They are now back again under private employers who have not the long purse of the British taxpayer to draw upon, and hence the beginuing of trouble. "Lord knows," as Pepys used to say, how it will end." At the same time it is stated that, in the main, the heart of the working classes is sound. The way they acted all through the war is proof of that. The menace in the Labour world comes from revolution. all sides al ary agitators, who see trong desire among all classes to further They are far-reaching social reforms. afraid of good relations being cemented between employers and employed. that case their occupation would be gone; their hope of political advancement would vanish. Therefore, they are work- ing with might and main to prevent the attainment of economic peace and con-

cord,

A correspondent who has access to authoritative information on this subject THE anouncement that the Railway writes: Agitators are inciting the men's delegates have rejected the Railway members of Trade Unions to put forward Companies offers opens up a serious impracticable demands, which are to be situation, for the transport workers have popularised, if possible, whung the mem- it in their power to paralyse the commer.bers of the Unions for the promotion of cial activities of the nation. Enfortun two schemes. One is to confront employ- ately, there is labour unrest throughout on with conditions to which they cannot Great Britain. The demand everywhere accede without ruining their undertak-the high esteem in which Arts studies had FLAT in Nathan Road Road, Kowloon. is for shorter hours, and, coupled withings, and then to exploit the inevitable that, the condition that thero must not refusal as a means of making bad blood be any roduction of pay. The chief and fomenting strikes and class animo- Apply to--

characteristic of the strike movement saity. The other scheme is to raise the cost HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE generally is the utter selfishness display of production in British industries By

COMPANY, LTD.,

ed by the working men concerned. No augmented charges to such a point that Alexandre Buildings.

consideration is shown for the rights of the industries will become unremunera- any other classes in the community. Of tive. The result in either case would be course, if shorter hours mean no reduc- widespread distress, calculated to evoke tion of output, or, at the very least, a revolutionary sentiment and so bring withdrawal of the Trade Union limita-grist to the agitators' mill,” tion on production, well and good; but if the demand for a forty-hour week is to be accompanied by the stipulation that under the now conditions output mael bo restricted to so much per hour, formorly, then the fact might as well be stated with brutal frankness that the industries of the country will be ruined. To make good the fearful losses of war the one thing necessary is increased trade and increased production. To reduce the Colony yesterday on the Shidravko Marties, in April, 1015. In conjunction with

ST FLOOR, No. 38, NATHAN ROAD,

Apply to

1 Kowloon, (Dairy Farm Co.'s Premises.)

SECRETARY, The Dairy Farm, Los & Cold Storage Company, Ltd.

TO LET.

GROUND TO LET.

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AT WHITFIELD ROAD CAUSEWAY BAY, bext to our la Factory, Donsisting of 16,000 Square feet, suitable for storing Coal, &c. From January 1st, 1919.

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KWONG BANG HONG, LẠ.

148 Dos Vœux Road Central

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THE PRAK

OR BALE A FIVE-10OMED For particulars apply to--

"XYZ Cars of "Dally PressTM Ollon

[494

FOR SALE AT THE PEAK,

EYWOOD HAVE. Yacht “LIZA, NO. & MOUNTAIN VIEW.

Apply to-

Watches, Boots, posts and H Excellent condition. Now salle

Bandrion.

TM-Cash on Delivery. Hongkong, March 20th, 1019.

Apply-

Box 401, Care of "Daily Frew" Office.

[40%

HE POLLOCK,

Princes Buildings,

werking wock from 0 to 40 hour, and limit the output to the previous level is alon in production of 80 per cent. There are hopes that the workers will percive the reasonableness and the lugie of all this before it is too late,

One case (one desth) of cerebro-spinal fever was reported in the Colony on Wednesday.

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Bir Fruncis Piggott gave a lecture January 34th on the Freedom of the Beas," at 89, Portland Place, S.W.

The Rev. R. J. Small, Archdeacon of Sarawak, and Mrs. Small, arrived in the

The 5th annual dinner of the Arts Association was held in the Great Hall of the University on Wednesday evening. The Hall was well filled with a numerous company of members and Beats the Mr. Sharpy latter including the Hon

Samson, K.C., the Bon. Mr. Lau Chu Pak, Mr. A. E. Wood, and Lieut.

in addition to the Pro Vice-Chancellor, the Deans of the other Faculties, and members of University Societies. Speeches were made by Mr. Sharp and Mr. Lau Chu Pak, both of whom alluded to

Tho

to the value which modern Arts studies been held by the Chinese in the past and

President replied on behalf Association, and Mr. Wong Yik Cho, tho Hon. Secretary, proposed the toast of

had for the Chinese of to-day of the

Our Guests. A noticeable feature was

whom (Mr. Lo Hiu Shin) the members the presence of Arts graduates, to one of of the Association extended their bent

England to continue his studies. wishes on the eve of his departure for

R.N.R.,

Licut-Commander A. C. Brooke Webb, D.S.C., whose quath, in London, in January, we reported a few days ago, was formerly Second Offer on the P. & O. Doranha, leaving her in 1012 to take up the post of nesistant surveyor to the Whangpoo Conservancy Board at Shang- hai. He was enlled up on the outbreak of war and went through the siege of Tsingtao on the Triumph, remaining on her until she was torpedoed off Gallipoli on May 28th, 1015. He won the Distin guished Service Cross for his services in command of a picket boat from the Triumph sent to torpedo the British sub- marine E16, which was aground near the forts on the south shore of the Dardanel- Kepkery minefield under the Turkish

The annual athletic sports for the com.hazardous task was carried out success-

bined Hongkong wheels will take place at Happy Valley on Friday, March 28th

picket-boat from H.M.S. Majestie, this fully at night under & terrine fire at clow quarters from the Turkish forts. Tho Majestie's boat was hunk, but the Yung Li, a native of Hongkong, was Friumph's boat returned, with only one Lieut.-Commander found leaving Alexandra Dock with 10 of the grow killed. packets of opin sewn in the lining of Brooke-Webb was about 37 years of age

and leaves a widow. is coat and was fined £10.

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