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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

INTIMATIONS

LOST.

INTIMATIONS

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB.

Terrace, FROM 8 Broadwood Road, YoungTHE FIFTH

Pomeranian PUPPY Dog, sable colour: Finder please notify this address.

Apply to

INVEST- THE HONGKONG LAND

MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD.

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ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB. MEMBERS hereby nosified that the Championship Esent for

RACING YACHTS has been fixed for NOVEMBER 9Tu and the First Event for CRUISERS on the afternoon of NOVEM- BER 16TH.

circulated to members in due course.

WANTED...

(1430-

EQUIRED. immediately an experienced RE

STENOGRAPHER and TYPIST Male or Female) for Profeamous Finn.

Apply

"CELESTOR

Care of "Daily Prees" Office.

11:452

WANTED.

Fixtures for the remainder of 1919 will be UROPEAN CLERK with experience in Imports and Exports Good opportunities. Write stating qualifications and salary required, to-

Bex No. 1448 Care of "Daily Press Office

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E. S: ROUSE, (Hon. Sec. Sailing Committee).. Hongkong, October 30th, 1919. (1159

CANTON KOWLOON

RAILWAY.

TENDERS for the supply of LIQUORS AND REFRESHMENTS. the Terminal Stations, at Tai Sha Tou and Kowloon and on all Trains on the above Railway.

WANTED.

ECOND ENGINEER for British Steamer

SİSOKAN." Apply

GERMINAL CIGAR STORE, 19, Nathan Road, Kowloon

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FOR SALE.

OUNT GOUGH" No. 181, THE PRAX. 6-Boomed House with

I is hereby notified that SEALED

"MO TENDERS which should be clearly marked

TENDER FOR THE SALE OFLarge Garden.

Apply- REFRESHMENTS AND LIQUORS ON THE CANTON KOWLOON RAILWAY" will be received at the Hend Oce of the British Sectioa at, Kowloon, and at the Office of the Managing Director at Tai Sha Tau, until Noon of SATURDAY, NOVEM- BER 87H

Forms of Tender and fall particulars may be obtained at the Head Otheo of the British Section at Kowloon or the Head Office of the Chinese. Section at Tai Sha Tou

The Railway does not bind itself to accept. she highest or any tender...

British Section.

WEN TEH CHANG,

Managing Director, Chinese Section.

Kowloon, October 31st, 1919.

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GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.

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ENDERS for SPECIE surrent 3m TIENTSIN, ap to and for the sam

of $500,000 current in Tientsin, will be received

by the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER,

ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT, aut 11.80A.M.

Novemb

ber 3rd, 1910

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The amount sccepted is to be placed by the Tenderer to the credit of az account with the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANETRO COR- PORATION, Tientsin. so to be available on. November 4th, 1919.

Persons tendering to state

The

amount

of Dollars current in Tientsin £100 for Telegraphio Transfer on the fards Commissioners of ELM. Treasury,"

London

The teaders to bin duplicate, and "in sealed addressed to the TREASURY CHEST covers, OFFICER. ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT,

endorsed TENDERS FOR GOVERN MENT BILLS, etc."

The right to accept or reject any or all of the leaders is reserved.

Copies of Forms of Tender can be had on application.

LOXLEY & CO Fork Buldings.

1255

TO LET

VACANT FLOT of Land A Yau-ma-til Annly to- THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA

TION CO., LTD.

TO LET

VACANT PLOT of Land, Pray

Apply to-

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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.

TO LKT.

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SHOP in Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Apply to -HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CO., LTD. Alexandra Buildings)

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NOTICE.

LL Persons with the exception of

A persons of Chinese race, lahing to leave the Colony must have in their posses sion & VALID PASSPORT: Passengers not in possession of passports will not be allowed

leave the Colony. Ail

with certain exceptions, persons, who remain in the Colony for more than

days are required to Register them selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918.

Persons tendering for (Bills) are hereby notified that, having regard to the provisions of the Acts 22 George III., Cap. 45 and 41, George III., Cap. 52, the acceptance of any such Tender in subject to the express condition that no Mamber of the British House of Commons hall be admitted to any share or part in or to benefit to arise from the Contract thereby made for the allotment of such (Bilis)."

"The provisions greation do not apply to Contracts entered into by any incorporated fine

Company in Ita corporated capacity and made for the general beneft of the Company."

Any further inf

information can be obtained by personal application to the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, A.P.D.

F.J. THURSBY-PELHAM, Lt-Col

Treasury Cheat Officer, A.P.D.

His Majesty's Treasury Otice.

Hongkong, October 31st, 1818

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SALE BY TENDER OF H.M.S. "WHITING” AND HLM. TORPEDO BOATS 035, 036, 037 and 038. TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the above-named Torpedo Craft with Engines and Boilers and Various auxiliary machinery and fittings on board.

The vessels will be sold for breaking up only.

Particulars of the Ships, Conditions of Bale, Forms of Tender and Permits to inspect the Ships, may be obtained on application to the undersigned. A deposit is required before forms of tender can be issued.

The vesela ill be sold separately, and in'ending Tenderers may quote for all or

of the vessels.

The vessels will be on view in the Naval Camber, Kowloon, between the hours of 30 AM. and 4 P.M. from 30th October to th November faclu-ive `(Sunday' excepted) and Tenders „must reach the 'ommodore's Office not later then 12 Noon on the 10 NOVEMBER

NAVAL STORE OFFICER Hongkong, October 25th, 1919. [1448

TRY JAPANESE CHOW.

Sukiyaki Torinabe Chiri

osena.be

Tenfura Kakime hi Just the season and best cooking

HOTEL CHITOSE lub Class Hotel

No. e, Han Fung Lane.

2237

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ticulars required, may be obtained at

Forms of Registration, giving the par the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations

The Penalty for non-compliance is a

not exceeding $50.

E. D. C WOLFE, Captain Superintendent of Police. Hongkong, Soptombe, 2nd, 1818..

PUBLIC AUCTION

MORTGAGES

BY ORDER OF THE

....

N40

R P. LAMMERT has received

Minstructions to sell by Public Auction,

On FRIDAY,

the 91st day November, 1918, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at his Sale Room in Duddell Street, Victoria Hongkong.

The Steamship "ASIA"

1001 tons now lying in Kowloon Bay in the Harbour of Hongkong together with all the faraitures, Store equipment and appurten- ances now on board

IN ONE LOT

This abip in Chinese ship registered in Canton and is constructed of steel the ha the following dimensions namely, Length 10 feet, Breadth 32 feet 6 inches, and Depth 18 feet, 8 inches, and her speed is about 10 knots For further particulars and conditions of Sale mod for orders for inspections of the vessel please apply to

MEES. KUNG YUEN,

133, Wing Lok Street,

MERA. DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON-

&HARSTON, 1, Don Your Road Central, Vendors Solicitors

to Mx. GEO. P. LAMMEET, The Auctioneer.

WAI KEE

FLAG AND SAILMAKER.

GYMKHANA - MEET-

ING of the Bosson will be held at HAPPY VALLIT, on SATURDAY, NOVEMBRE 187, commencing at 2,43 r.x,

The Charge of Admission will be $ for others thần hambers of the HonoraNG JOCKTY CLUB or GTXXHANA ČLUB,

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Fres

The Committee invite the Ladies of Hong- Long to be prosazi.

Hobgkong, October 24th, 1018.

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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

NOTICE.

are reminded HALF.

MEMBER Ad of the Rur SATURDAY, NOVEMBER L&T, at 12:30 P at the Offices of the JOCKEY CLUB, on the Ground Floor of the Hongkong Club Annexe, Chater Road

G. W. GEGG, Acting Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, October 17th, 1919. [1409

ROYAL HONGRUNG YACHT CLUB,

NOSAURDINARY

"OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sa GENERAL MEETING of Members will be held at the Jab House, North Point, on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1919, at 545 pm for the parpoes of confirming the Resolutions passed ab an Extraordinary General Meeting held on October 10th, 1910.

A Launch for the convenience of Members will leave "Queen's Statue Wharf at 6.15 P.M.

By Urder,

R. E. MACDOUGALL, Hon. Secretary. Hongkong. October 31st, 1919,

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4. 8, WATSON & CO., LIMITED,

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

MEETING of A. S. WATSON & CO., LIITED, will be held at the BONGKOSO Hort on the 5th day of NOVEMBER, 1919, at Noor, when the subjoined resolution, Which

was passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company beld on the 20th day of October, 1919, will be sub- for confirmation as a Special lation.

That the new Articles already sp "proved by this Meating, and for the ристове of identification subscribed by the Chairman thereof, be and the same are hereby adopted as the Articles of

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST

INTIMATION

WATSON'S

FINEST

OLD BROWN

LIQUEUR

BRANDY

Brown Brant

25 YEARS

IN WOOD

STECIAL Y SELECTED FOR

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the Company to the exclusion of and A. S. WATSON & CO.

in sutstitution for all the existing "Articles thereof*

Dated this 21st day of October, 1919

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers..

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UNION INSURANCE. SOCIETY "OF CANTON LIMITED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Society will be held at the Registered Office of the Society, Nos. 3 and 4, Queen's Building, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong on FRIDAY, the Seventh day of November, 1919, af 19 o'clock Noon, when the subjoined Resolutions will be proposed

1. That the fusion of the interests of the Union Insurance Society of Can- ton, Limited, (in this and the follow- ing Resolutions referred to my "the Society") Lod the North China Insurance Company Limited (in this and the following Resolutions re- ferred to as "the Company") be approved of and agreed to on the basis following:-

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(a) That shares of the Society of the nominal value of £10-each whereof E4-per share shall be credited paid up be allotted to the share- "bolders of the Company in exchange for the shares of the Company in

LIMITED.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

TSL. 616

MARRIAGE

INDKONG OFFICE: 101, Dza. Vœux Roin, C. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, EXC.

The Baily Press.

HONGKONG, OCTOBER 3187, 1918.

1919.

ment.

Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Ritter returned to the Colony, yesterday, by the Faaking,

The raffle for a goose, arranged by Mrs. Frost, in aid of a destitute family i Aberdeen, Scotland, was won by ticket No. 3ft

The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the werk ensling October Isth; amounted to $9:143 toas aud the sales tou 33,047 tans.

attempt to erect houses for the public at a price which would allow of reasonable rentals, unless the suggestion made by the Hon. Mr. EL V. D. FARR is adopted. One ease (onsdleath) of gastro-enteritis

for the creation of a Building Departs and one case (one death) of enteric fever,

If anybody can break the "con-were reported in "the Colony on Wednes. tractors' ring" it is surely the Glow ro- day. ment The Hon. DIRECTOR OF Pritic WORKS, however, is not sanguine of success. It appears rather a humilist ing confession to make. Mr. CHATHAM points to the experience of the London County Council and other public hodies unnamed as a warning. It is a gued many years now since we were in close touch with the proceedings of the London County Council and of some of the + Progressive. Boroughs in the Metro. polia. so that we will not venture off-hand to contest his view of the results ofment. arrived here by the 9.9, „Fanking

direct employment," but we

would and is having for Manila by the ax remind him that municipal matters are

Lung Sung today. run DA political Hines in London and it is the business of each party to dis credit the actions of its oppunenta. The "direct employment system, like the municipalisation of the tramways. was introduced by the Progressive, and was condemned by the Moderates. The 'argu ment on the one side was that the com-

Dr. Scholz, on eyespecialist, who bas been engaged by the Philippine Guvern-

By kind permission of Capt.. R. . H. ¡Henderson, CLB., and Officers, the band - of H.M.S. Harkins will play, as the Gymkhana to merryw." Including the bandmaster. there are 21 musicines.

Mr. M. B Lendrum, for some years Shanghai Bank., who has been serving with the Kobe staff of the Hongkong and

ith the British forces during the war. hus rejoined the staff of the Bank at Yokohama

"

The Municipal Cup competition p connection with the annuel rifle menting of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps has been won by Cph Mayne, B Co. British, with a scale of 141. Sergt. Lambert Bo.. British. came next with three points less

Amongst those who left the Colony, yesterday, on the Empress of Rumia wers the Hon. Mr. S. H. Dodwell and Mrs. Dodwell, Sir Paul Chater. Sir Ellis Kadoorie, Mr. E. Nightingale. Mr. P. H. Cobb, Mr. C Thorne, and the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Featherstone.

fort and convenience of the public should be the paramount consideration, while the criticisar offered by the other side was that" private enterprise showed greater profits. We require something more. therefor, than the mere fact that when the Moderates came into power they re versed the policy of their predecessors in regard to municipal building to convince us that the system was a failure, or that it must of necessity prove failure wherever it may be tried. If it were and if it must be, that is surely nrious" reflections

upon municipal management. The Γαμάνη County Council's experiment, if not a £nan- cial success may, nevertheless, have served a useful purpose and proved in- directly profitable by teaching contrac tors a lessonL However, if the local Government is content to adopt a Ho pembe attitude in this matter, there are still other directions in which it can be of service. If, in addition to opening up new sites and providing cheap and easy means of communication to faciliby the Students' Union and Shanghai tate the distribution of the population, Commercial Federation, and with a hand the Government will advance money on

some inscribed silver cup by the Chinese mortgage to those desirous of possessing Chamber of Commerc a house of their own the present difficulty will be in a fair way to solution. Ал impetus will be given to building that is now locking owing to the absence of any thing in the nature of a Building Society to enable the man of small means to be

The Hon. Mr. T. Sammena, U.S. Consul General at Shanghai, who is being transferred to Melbourne, Australia, has be presented with a massive silver-box

At the Kowloon Cricket Club, on Tuesday- evening, Mr. J. Hyde, captain of the Golf Section, on behalf of the members, pre- sented Mr. A. Morrison, of the Chinese Maritime Customa, with a góld wrist watch on the occasion of his departure for Home on long leave and as a souvenir. of his three years' association with the Club.

The marriage arranged between Coms .. mander Frederic Bennett. R.X., of

MS. Jakin, son of Sir Courteney

Bennett (late H.B.M. Consul-General At

New York) and Lady Bennett, and Mary, elder daughter of the Hoa. Henry and Mr. Hannen," of The Hall, West Fare. leigh Kent, take place at St. John's Cathedral at 2.30 p.m. to-day.

CAREY-VENNER-At E.B.M. Consulate.

General, Shanghai, on October 25th and at Holy Trinity Cathedral, by the Very Rev. A. J. Walker, STUART CLUTTERENCE CAREX, second son of the late Adolphus John Carey, and Mrs. Carey, of Guernsey, Channel Islands. and Bath, England, to Savi AMY, eldest daughter of the late Ernest come his own landlord, the present con- Milne and Mrs. Milne, of Weybridge.gestion will be relieved, and rentals, if England.

not actually reduced, will be arrested in far more their upward fight. This is simple and effective way of meeting the situation than by attempting to control rentals by legislation, which, ja view of the elaborate system of" farming" that obtains amongst the class most, in need of protection, it would be almost; if not quite, impossible to put into operation. We cannot expect property-owners to be more altruistic than any other class. They invest their money in land and bricks and mortar in order to make a proât upon. it, but it is the duty of the Government to ensure that, as far as lies in their power, the law of supply and demand" does not work to the detriment of the com 2: That for the purpose of carrying into by the unofficial members of Council. munity and to the benefit of the fortunate effect Resolution No. 1 (a) above, the The discussion ranged over so many sub. few. The problem must be attacked at Society do issue 15,000 shares of the nominal value of £10 each (whereof jects that it is impossible to deal with the root; clipping the branches will not the sum of £4 per share is credited them in the compass of one article, and suffice. We urged a long time ago that in as paid up) out of its unissued capital we shall, therefore, content ourselves with future the Government should follow the of-104,000 shares. 3. That the 15,000 shares" referred to in referring to the Housing Problem, which example, set elsewhere, of town-planning. Resolution No. 2 above as and when is admittedly the most urgent of the and are glad to observe that Mr. Pana issued to rank for dividend and in many questions confronting the Adminis favoure this policy. It would obvious THE NEW REGIMENT FOR all respecte pari pan with the exist ing Ordinary shares of the Eociety tration. The omission of any direct allu-ly be to the benefit of the community if and that the balance (if any) of such sion to this from the "GOVERNOR's speech the plans of projected developments were

the ratio of one and a half shares THE COLONY'S MOST ÜRGENT of the Society for each one share

NEED. of the Company.

(b) That the Society in addition make

payment to the shareholders in the THE debate on the Budget yesterday was Company of the sum of £5. (Fire pounds) Sterling in cash for each extremely interesting and must have one share in the Company held by convinced H.E. THE GOVERNOR of the auch shareholders exchanging their value of the knowledge and ability which shares in manner at upon the basis mentioned in clause (a) above. are brought to bear upon local questions

16,000 shares be dealt with in such

Mr. C. Thorne left yesterday morning" on the Empress of Rugria for Home, Though not able to move without crutches, Mr. Thorne hopes to be able to he better by, the time Vancouver ia reached, in which case he will spend some time in the States, getting to England in Many time to winter in Switzerland. friends saw him off, including his succes sor in the Customs Service, Mr. Russell

HONGKONG.

manter as the Board of Directors of in presenting the Supply Bill was the published, showing definite reservations LEFT ENGLAND ON OCTOBER 18TH. the Society shall think most beneficial more remarkable in view of the proposals for the different sections of the popula to the Society.

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Dated this Twenty Fifth day of October, 1819.

C. H. P. HAY, Deputy General Manager

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The Wo-id.

The of houses suitable to each particular which were adumbrated by his predecession with a view to determining the type sor in offics some months back

area and enabling public services to be explanation, no doubt, is the inevitable

provided economically. In the meantime delay that occurs in referring matters st the Colonial Office for approval, although we are inclined to agree with the Hon. the resolution passed by a public meeting Mr Lav CHU-PAK that the Government at the Theatre Royal a year ago should should hesitate to add to the burdens of have convinced Downing Street of the need the unfortunate tenant by increasing for action. While the opening up of new assessments to keep pace with inflated The higher the cost of living building sites by providing means of rentals. access to them is the first step towards the higher the cost of labour and improvement, the past neglect of the materiala, and the more difficult it be to break the vicious circle. Government in this direction has brought comes

Similarly, we regard as foolish the policy matters to such a pass that some more of the Government in raising the price heroic measure is required to cope with of building land in the suburban districts as soon as there is a tendency on the part the situation. Judging by the rumours in of ang-class of the community to migrate circulation na to the prices naked by con- thither, By such mesas enterprise in tractors for building residences on the checked, the Treasury and in some cases,

also, the Railway-i robbed of Peak for the senior Civil Servants, it venue, and the conditions which we all appears bopelem for the Government to deplore are perpetuated,

It.

Telegraphic information has been re- crived at Military Headquarters from the War Office that the 2nd. En. Wilts Regi- ment embarked in England for Hongkong on the B.. Traagi Monter on October

13th. There are on board 3 married and 18 unmarried officers, and 29 families of other ranks, in addition to the unmarrie rank, and file.

REJUVENATION,

According to the alleged discoveries of „ Dr. Drvoronoff it is now posible to graft certain intestinal glands from young and bealthy animals into elderly patients. whereby the patients' youth may be re- stored. So far, the patients have been animals and it is stated the old roata. have been rejuvenated The Chronicle, commenting upon this. remarka

There are doubtless a good many elderly satyrs who would like to be rejuvenated -in'a símilar manner,”