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THE HONGKONG · DAILY

PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 1ST, 1919.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS"

NOTICE,

EDWARD VICTOR DAVID PARK

INTIMATIONS

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND

MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

IN

MAR. ERNEST CALDWELL THE TWENTY SECOND ORDINARY

RICHARDS have This Day been digiti Partners of our Firmy is Hongkong and

Shanghai.

MACKINNON MACKENZIE & 00.,

Post Box No. 118, 22, Des Voeux Road Contral.

1603 Hongkong, April 1st, 1919.

NOTICE

1010,

ANNUAL MEETING of SHARR BOLDERS in the Company will be held a the Offices of the Company, St. George's Bailding, No. 6, Connaught Road TD-DAY (TUESDAY), APSUL ler,

at I AM, for the purposes of receiving a Statement of Acounts and the Report of the General Managers for the year onding 31st December, 1818, and electing a Con- Balting Committes si Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED OR WEDNESDAY.

lat, fi bosh days inclusive.

THE AGENCIES of THE PENINSULAR March th 1910, until TUESDAY, april

& ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGA TION COMPANY, THE BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED, and THE "APCAR" LINE OF STEAMERS, in Hongkong, bave This Day beon transferred to M598. MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO”,

Post Box No. 113, 22, Dre Voux Road Contral. Hongkong, April Lat, 1919.

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CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN

SERVICES, LIMITED.

WING to Military Requisition, the Company regretfully announce the Becovary cancellation of passage bookings made for the following sailings :-- ** MONTRAGLE'

"EMPRESS OF RUSSIA"

ath April. let May. EMPRESS OF JAPAN 4th vag. "EMPRESS OF ANIA” 20th May Refund in full of all passage money paid will be modo on

SUTHERLAND, General Agent, Passenger Dept.

(800

WRECK OF $8. "QUAN:ICO." NOW Iving on Tablas Islanri. Bids for this reel as she lies will be receive! at this Office up to April 20th, 1919. The right is served to relect any or all tenders. or to sell the wreck before the above inte.

MACLEOD & 00. Ino, Manila, P.L.

Co respondenta,

.66

Board of Underwrit of New York.

[586 March 3. 1919.

Fox

WANTED.

MOX TERRIER" or other English

dog. God home. Apply, stating price.

BOL 32,

Care of "Daily Press " Office,

PUBLIC AUCTION,

(557

The Undersigned have received instru tions from THE CHIMER GOVERNMENT SALT REVRNU DEPARTMENT to sel) by Public Auct on,

On FRIDAY,

April 25th, 1918, at 1 A.M., at

Bales Booms, No. 8, Des Venux Road, Corner of Ice House Street,

The Steam Vessel

KUNG OHING"

their

As abe Do lies betwem Kowloon Ferry Pier, and Holt's Wharf, Kowloon.

HULI Teakwond

Length-126 feet.

BB-18 feet.

Draft-8 feet 6 inche

ENGINE-Two

Neta

of compound surface conden ing engines, with cylinders 11 in. by 22 is, by 14 in. struke. Separate condensere

BOILER-One cylindrical, multitubular, marine type boiler. Length 10 feet 6 inches. Diameter 10 feet U inch.

Working pressure 13-lbs. per square inch, Inspecting orders and further particulars may be bad from the 'undersigned.

Toring: Cash,

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers

Hongkong, March 31st, 1919.

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A. G. DA BOCHA, AUCTIONEER, SURVEYOR" AND GENERAL BROKER

Queen's Road Central, Teleplione No. 2732.

AVING boen Favoured with instruc-

Co., TAILORE, will sell by Public Auction at his Sales Hoom TO-MORHOW (WEDNES DAY), April 2nd, 1918, at 2.15 P. a portion

of their Goods-

Blankets, Tablecloths, Erges, Suit lengths, Hata, and a long line of Sundries.

TARMA Cash on Delivery. Hongkong, March 31st, 1919

1

G.

B.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

**281€

PARTICULARS and CONDITIONS of the latting by Public Anation Sale, to

be held on MONDAY, the 7th day of April, 1918, at 8 F.M., at the Offices of the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, by Order of HI KIGELLANOT THE OFFICER ADMINI TIRING THE GOVERNMENT, of Ons Lot CROWN LAND Shaakiwan in the Colony of Hongkong, tar term of 26 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Bent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Hu MAJESTY THE KING, for one further term of 70 years.

BARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Beglary o

Locality.

Dountry

Mausuremania

KN. I'LL

foot foot fras. | fiel

朝

Contents

Up Price

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., Fenen Managers. Boogkong, March 20th, 1918. [5** UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTEXTRAORDINARY

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN at an GENERAL MEETING of the Society will be held at the Registered Office of the Society, Queen's Building, Hongkong, on THURSDAY. the 100 day of APRIL, 1919, at 12 Noux, when the subjoined Resolutions will be proposed as Extraordinary Resolutions:~~~-

1. That the norginal silver capital of the Society as existing when this resolution ia confirmed as a special resolution be nverted into sterling and that such capital no converted be increased heyond the sterling equivalent of such silver capital whon such conversion takes place to the sum of £2,004,000 Bterling divided into 20 00 shares of the nominal value of £10 each.

2. That oach of the issued silver shares of the Society of the nominal value of $250 each with the sum of $100 paid up there on be converted into five shares of the nominal value of £10 each with the sterling equivalent of 820 Hongkong currency at the opening T.T. rate of exchange on the date this resolution is confirmed as a special resolution erected as paid up therrn and accordingly that 80,000 shares out of the 200,00 shares of the nominal value of £10 each constitu ting the capital of the Society so con- verted and increased be distributed by the Board to the persons who are regis. tered as shareholders of the Society on the date this resolution is confirmed as a special resolution in exchange for the ailver shares then held by them.

3. That the Articles of Association be altered in manner following, panely- By the insertion after Article No. 107 of

the following Article

107 (a). The Board may employe the funds of the Society which tunts. have been established pursuant

INTIMATIONS

BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the Hegistered Office of the Company Queen a Builling, Hongkong, on THURS DAY, 10th day of Arkit, 1919, at 5 o'clock r.M., when the subjoined tresola- tions will be proposed as Extraordinary Resolucions:-

to the provisions of Article 107 or any of them or any portion thereof (and that whether such funds or such portion as is proposed to be dealt with wern set aside for the

e special purpose to which they are proposed to be applied or for any other purpose or not) in or for all or any of the following purposes, that is to say, in meeting contingen fas, in equalizing dividends,

paying special dividenda und or bonuses, in repairing improving maintaining any of the property of the Focisty or otherwise in the business the Society, and in or for such other purposes as the Board shall in its dis- cretion think conducive to the interests of the Society and in regard to any such employment as aforesaid the Board shall nos be bound to keep such funds separate f om the other assets.

By the insertion of the following Articles

aft r Ar jele No. 8,

be ert off

109 ( Any general meeting Bonusy at hi ha dividend or bonus against call. is declared or suneti nei may make a call on the mem ers of sach sisount as the me ting fixes but so that the call on each member shall not exceed the dividend bonas payable to him and so that notwithstanding the pro- visions of Articles: 19, 20 and 21 the call may be payable at the same time the dividend or boats and the dividend or bxmus taay, if an arranged between the Suicly and the member, bo ser off again & the call. The inaking of a call under this Article shall be deemed ordinary business of an ordinary general meeting which clares a dividend. (2. After any resolution has been passed under the provisions of pa agraph (1) of this Article the Board juny arr nga on behalf of the Socity for te dividend or bunus to be not off again-t the call by authorizing any person no belialf of the nuruthers from whom witch call is due toyputer into an Agreement with the Society providing for such dividend or bonus to be set off against such call and Agreement made under authority shall be effective.

any

euch

(3). It shall be no objection to any resolu

tion made under paragraph (1) of this article or to any call or arrangement that such resolution was passed or such call or arrangement was made at the impeting at which the resolution intro

1. That the nominal silver capital of the Company as exising whom this resolu- tion is contrnod as a special resolution be converted into sterling and that soch capital se converted be increased beyond the sterling equivalent of such silver capital when such conversion takes place to the sum of £100,000 Sterling divided into 200,000 shares of the nominal value of £5 each.

8. That each of the issued silver abarns of the Company of the nominal value of $88.33 each with the sum of 826 paid up thermon be converted into three shares and two hfths of one share of the nominal value of £5 each with the ster). ing equivalent of 87.38 Hongkong currency at the opening T.T. rate of

confirmed

кросів resolution credited na paid up thereon and accord- ingly that 1,600 shares out of the 200,000 shafs of the nominal value of

INTIMATION

PARASITIN

KILLS

Viscount Jellicoe is due to arrive in Hongkong on February 1st next year and to leave on February 4th for Singapore. These dates are purely tentative, and depend on whether the work which his lordship has undertaken in his tour of the Dominions can be completed salis factorily in the the allowed.

Buaw, though able to point-out the evils

Mr. T. C. Downing, manager of ther of an existing system, he has not done local branch of the Chartered Bank, left very much to remedy them. He is the Colony yesterday on the Venezuel suspected by hard-headed commercial for & holiday. men, who know .Chinn, of being a vísign ary, an individual who erics for the moon and will not tackle pressing problast Of late he has cried out so much about "China for the Chinese" that it would not be surprising if he were regarded by as being as prejudiced against Europents, as were the mandarins of old. It is of interest, therefore, to notice a contribution from Dr. SUN to the current issue of The Par Eastern Herior, in which he pute forward "a project design. ed to assist the re-adjustment of post

suitze

TICKS AND FLEAS bellum industrice." This time he desires

ON

ta nid not only China but also Europe, He urges the international development of China. The keystone of his plan is contained in the following sentences: -- The various Governments of the capita

unifies policy to form an international organisation with their war-work nt

exchange, on the Jate this resolution is DOGS AND CATS. Powers must agree to joint and

Becom

A parade of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade bus been ordered (ur p.m. to-dagat Government House, who H.E. the Officer Administering the Government will present the motor ambulance which

has been given by the Hongkong Automo bile Association. Members of the Asen- ciation and friends are invited to attend.

Es each constituting the capital of the This preparation is non-ganisers, administrators, and experts midi, and A. G. Stephen

Company so converted and increased bb distributed by the Board to the persona

who are registered as shareholders of po sonous and harmless the Company on the date this resolution

in confirmed as a proist resolution in

exchange for the silver shares then held to animals. It stimulates

by them.

3. That the Ariel a of Association be

altered in Dinner following namely:- By the insertlun afer Article No. 106 of

the Article.

the growth of the hair

105 (4). The Bord may employment and fur and gives a fine

play the the funds of the of reserve Company which have

been sh established pursuant to the provisions of Article 100 or any of the

(and that or any portion thereof whether such funds or such purtion is proposed to be dealt with wore set aside for the special purpose to which they are proposed to be pplier or for any other purpose or nut) is er for all or any of th's fellowing parpuses, that is to say, in meeting oo tingencies, in equalizing dividends, in pig special dividende or bonuses, in repairi improving and maintaining any of the otherwise property of the Company,

in the busies of the Company and in or for auch other purposes as the Board Bill in i's discretion think conducive to

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the interests of the Company and in A. regard to any such raployment ma aforesaid th. Board shall not be bound

to keep. such funds separate from the other naseta"

By the insertion of the following Articles

after Article No. 107

107s (1). Any general meet-

Bonus many bet wel of ing at which a dividend or

against cal bonus

dedared or sanctioned may make a call on the memby ra of such amount sa the meeting fixes but so that the call on each member shall not exceed the dividend or bouus payable to him and so that not- withstanding the provisions of Articles 18, 19.and 20 the call may be payable at the same time as the dividend or bonus and the dividend or bonus may, if so arranged between the Company and the member, be set off against the call. The making of a call under this Article shall be deemed ordinary business of sa ordinary general mesting which declares a dividend,

(2). After any resolution has hoon passed under the provisions of yaragraph 1) of this Article the Board, may arrange on behalf of the Company for the dividend or Lupas to be set off against the call by authorizing any person on behalf of the members from whom such call is duo to enter into an Agreement with the Company providing for such dividend or bonus to be set off against such call and any Agreement made under auch authority shall be effective, (5). It shall be no objection to any resolu

tion made under paragraph (1) of this article or to any call or arrangement that such resolution was passed or such call or arrangement was made at the moeting at which the resolution introduc- ing this Article and Articles 106 (6) was confirmed as a special resolution provided that due notice of the intention to propose such first mentioned resolution

gloss to the coat.

$1.00 per bottle.

8.

SOLD ONLY BY

WATSON

CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG DISPENSABY,

TIL. 18.

BREWITT-TAYLOR MCG At

MARRIAGE

10 systematize plans and to standardise

materials in order to prevent waste and to facilitate work. Second, the

confidence of the Chinese people must be secured to gain their co-operation and

enthusiastic support." Finally, Dr. Sux

suggests

contract with the Chinese Guvernment on the unme basis as the one he concluded with Mossrs. Pauling & Co., Ltd., of London. One obvious difficulty, At the moment, is that Dr. Sus assume that the Governinent at Canton is the Government of China, while the diplomate of the capitalistic Powers recognise only the Government at Peking, which regards Dr. Sus as a rebel.

DI. BUN's programme is ambitious, and if one-tenth of it should be carried out during the next ten years any Interna tional Board and vast aumberg of workers in China would be kept busy. We welcome it, however, as something & constructive, and even trust that Dr. SUN

At the meeting of the anghai General Chamber of Commerce held on March 25th the following wore elected to form the committee for the ensuing year-- Messrs. J. W (Bonnar, 1. Áridou, R. Girardet, K. Kodama, J. H. McMichael, McE. Dalgleish, GT. M. Edkine, H. H. E. C. Pearce, E. C. Richards, A. Brooke

Before Mr. G. N Orne, ag the Magin tracy, yesterday. two Chinese charged with being in unlawful posses sion of four fully-loaded revolvers. Ms. T. H. King. A.S.Paulied for a re

renizrking that the weapons mand. auggested something more then a peaceful motive. The Police were making en. quiries into recent robberies, and hoped to be able to discover something definite by the end of the week. A rehand was allowed.

Were

Mr. G. N. Orge, a Chinese woman was At the Magistracy, yesterday, before charged with Being in unlawful

Posses Delen sion of a quantity of opium. the opium to take to Canton. 'dant stated that another woman gave her She was arrested at the Kowloon Railway station while

Waiting for H train The Magistrate stated that it seemed hard lines for a woman to buy the opium and intended to take the opium to Canton, then be charged; but be supposed it was Inspector Gordon thought the woman should not be charged, but that was how that it was adhered to. The woman was the law stood and it was his duty to see fined $800.

NEWS.

BY COURTESY OF THE CHINA MAIL."]

CHINESE ITEMS.

will use any influence he may possess to FAR EASTERN CABLE push it through. The first plank in the platform (if we may adopt a simile often used in politics) is the development of a ayatem of communication. That in cludes 100,000 miles of railways, a millión miles of macadam roads, the improve ment of canale, and the construction of new waterways; river conservancy; deve lopment of commercial harbours, and Biany other developments including mining, water-power, agriculture, etc. To carry out such a programme would

Butter Creek, California, on January 3rd. Leonard, son of C. H, BREWITY TAYLOR, Mukden, China, to Margaret require the services of thousands of Euro- Elizabeth; daughter of WILLIAM J.

McGee, Francisco and Sutter pean and Chince engineers and technical

Croek,

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Although telegraphic coinnunication has been restored, there is no newe frofa Shensi.

Han Shu-teang plans to increase the National Defence Army to eight brigades, and sage there will be no demobilization until the League of Nations orders it. There have been quarrels in the War Ministry.

Japanese-trained troops are said to be employed by the Mongolians now.

sent

The Northern delegates are all going to resign if the Southern delegates por- sist in their refusal to resume the Peace Conference. The President has ploading telegrams to both parties.

Severe fighting in Korea is again re- ported here.

Chinese Bolsheviks are said to be com

experts We should be only too glad DEATH.

"Rowsley'

Nursing to see some of the schemes materialice, BENNETT, At

Home, South-sen, on January 29th. There is clearly approaching a crisis Isolina Marion Ellen, wife of Capt. CHOUL BENNETT, R.A.M.O., lato Woo when China will be compelled to accepting to Shanghai to spread their sung Forts, Chine, and only daugh- the inevitable fact that foreign experts paganda. tor of Capt. and Mrs. F, Davies, late of Yokohama and Shanghai, aged 27 years.

HONGKONG OFF: 10, Der Vœux Road, C. Luxboy OPTION: 181, FLEST STREKT, L.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, APREL IST, 1919.

must be given a fair chance to develop the vast natural resources of the country. It is not improbable that one of the first problems to confront any League of Nations which may be formed will be China Meanwhile, we wish that Dr. Bu would take a large view in politics and use his influence to stop local political squabbles.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.} RACIAL INEQUALITIES.

pro-

PARIS, March 25th. A Hava mesange Buys:- of a clause eliminating racial inequalities The Japanese proposal for the insertion must be admitted before the re-draft of the League of Nations' Covenant is pro sented to the world The Japanese do not demand a specific clause upon the subject, but ask that, in a preamble, the principle of equality of nationals of all signatories

Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Leusk returned to be recognised.

And to declars such dividend or bonus A MILLION MILES OF ROAD the Colony yesterday on the Funking.

and to wake such call shall have been given prior to the Confirmatory meeting aforesaid.

be Rate of

didade

107 (b) Dividenda

paid in Hongkong Cute for

rency.

of payable in

may

et such rate exchange ne the General Hougkong. Meeting declaring or sanctioning the

IN CHINA.

No one can accuse Dr. Sun Yat-sen of

being afraid to express his views in the English newspapers.

No Chinese has figured eo prominently as he, either as eams or in the case of interim dividend, a writer or "an interesting foreigner," as the Board may determine." Should the above resolutions be passed by in the eyes of the public who read current the requisite majority they will be submitted English literature. for confirmation na special resolutions to a subsequently convened.

Two

cases (two deaths) of bubonic plague and six chees (three deaths) of cerebrospinal fever were reported in the Colony on Saturday.

Engineering Society will this Article and Articles 107 (a)

was confirmed as a special resolution provided that due notice of the intention to propose such first mentioned resola-second extraordinary meeting which will be

tion and to declare such dividend or bonus and to make such call shall have boen given prior to the Contrmatory meeting aforesaid.

108 (b). Dividends may be paid

ju Hongkong Carrency at Rate of

exchuige for such rate of exchange as the dividende General Meeting declaring ble in

Hongkong. or sanctioning the same or, in the case of interim dividends, as the Board may determine

Dated the Twenty eighth day of March 1919

By Order of the Board,

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

General Manager.

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The annual dinner of the University held in the When Sir J Great Hall of the University on Friday

next, April 4th, at 7.30 p..

CARTLIE published his book about Dr. Sus

ment.

POST-WAR TRADE.

COMMERCIAL MISSION TO CHINA,

LONDON, March 18th- The Manchester Guardian states that the proposal to send a Commercial Mis- gested that it shall consist of a Lancashire afon to China is progressing. It is sug- cotton manufacturer, a Manchester ship- two officials of the Oversca Trade Depart per, two cotton Trade Union leaders, and

It is pretty certain that the Mission Administration's mines for the week ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS TO

The total output of the Kailan Mining will also visit India. ending March 18th, 1919, amounted to

BE RETURNED TO CHINA. 74,425 tons and the sales to 60,089 toms.

COPENHAGEN, March 18th. "The Stunts," who were to have staged German Government has resolved to re- A message from Berlin ebates that the "Our Boys nt the Theatre Royal on turn to China the astronomical instru- Saturday Baxt, have decided to postponements taken by Germany, from Poking, in the performanos until Saturday, April 1901.

Their shipment is being arranged,

YATBEN in 1911 there was n deraand for it by the general public that must have astounded the author, pub lisher, and here alike. It was said that the biography was the "best soller" of the year, and it cannot be pretended that NOTICE.

this was due to any literary merit of the book The fact was that Dr. Bug was HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA Invested there perhaps he is still-with 12th. DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. A sort of a halo of martyrdom-cum-" | A Chinea, was charged before Mr. (G. CERTIFICATE NO. 810 of the nb ve patriotism and romanes, and Dr. CANTLIEN, Orme, at the Magistracy, yesterday,

with being in unlawful possession of HONGKONG MILITARY. numbered 29688/710 and 29711/35 and Certi-

Company for 50 Shares of the Company had worked very hard indeed to produce 4 lbs; of prepared opium, which was

SERVICE RECRUITS, Scate No. 8811 of the said Company for 100the halo. Briton, who live in China do found concealed underneath his coat Shares of the Company numbered 1088/1087, not usually regard Dr. Sun with much remand was granted, bail being fixed at TO RETURN FROM SALONIKA AND

INDIA. 11497/540 and 30721/46 both in the name of favour, for he is a stirror of strife, and, SOLOMON BABsooŃ Biwsami“, and dated the 17th day

Should the above resolutions be passed by THE the requisite majority they will be sub- mitted for comfirmation as special resolutions to second extraordinary zaseting which will be subsequently convened.

Dated the Twenty-eighth day of March, 1810

By Order of the Board,

O. MONTAGUE EDE, General Manager.

G

NOTICE

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roquiested that during ALTERATIONS to the ROAD" in UPPER ALBERT ROAD, outside Govern mer House. Mogge Vohloles will not use 140108,700 000 this Road for downward Journeys. They should use Pokfulam Road and Queen's Rond.

CAPT. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, Hoogkólir, Márch 17th, 1919.

$500,

..

#

of May, 1917, have beon as far as we can understand, he is not

An important shipping change comes. The following information by cable has CANCELLED by the Company and no popular with local Chinese merebante. into operation in Hongkong to day, when boon received from India, by the Military-

Messrs. Mackinnon, Mackensie Co., rights, thereunder will benenfarth to Businem men do not like political agita; take over the ageneity of the OAuthorities here: regarding the disposal rreognized. New Certificaton for the said

Hongkong Military Servico racrnita Sharos have been fasuod to and in the name tora Yet, when the history of the Insi Co., the B.I.B.N. Co., and the Apear Life who were drafted to India: of the said Sorokor BASOON BENJAMIN in fteen or twenty year, is reviewed the oldest of local bangs. So long ago he return to Hongkong those bien sorying of Steamers. The P. & O was one of the Arrangements are now being made to place of the Original Cortilälanter referred to above.

name of Dr. BUN YAT-BEN stands out pro- 1846, when the first B&O tomer, the st. Balonika, with the exception of Dated the let ring of March, 1919. minently. His political work has been, Lady May, left Hongkong the Company Jack, L., Gainsborough, G.E., and Mat

By Order of the Board of Directors,

owned their own docks and wharves, and thewman; T who have been invalided R.M DYER,

perhaps, only destructivo. He was among || had privats work-shops for refitting fair to England from Balónika. Chin Maanger,

Tan men in India are now under those who pulled down the Manchu vessels. Mosers. E. Vi D. Parr and E. R. THE HONGKONG AND WHANPOA Dock

Richards have become partners in Mosure orders to return to Hongkong.. Noon in COMPANY LIMITED.

Government. hut, lika Mr. BERNAna Mackinnon, “Mackenzie & Co.

invalided to England, and Thomas is in Hongkong, March Simt, 1912,

•howpres]; HAN

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