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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

TO LET, FURNISHED,

INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER

HONGKONG POLICE,

No. 33, THE PRIX for 3 months from THE HONGKONG POLICE VICTORY

February 1st. 5 ROOMS. Rent $175.— including taxes.

Apply to

LINSTEAD & DAVIS.

1641

TO LET.

SUITABLE FOR CUAL STORAGE

VACANT PLOT of Land & „Visumati.

Apply to

י.

THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA-

TION CO., LTD.

(1417

TO LET.

VACANT PLOT of Land, Praya East. Apply to-

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

TO LET.

"11386

DAURNISHED, No 37, The Prax (No. 1,

BALL will be held at the City Hall on WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 171,"$19. Dancing to commencing at 9 F.30.

W HENDERSON, SGT. Hod, secretary, Hongkong Police Station,

Hongkong.

ST. GEORGE'S BALL 1990-

[1578

PRACTICE DANCES for the above Ball the 23rd and 30th December from 8 to 7 Pac

take place at the CITY HALL OR

Hongkong, December 8th, 191).

₤1637 NORTH CHINA INSURANCE COMPANY

LIMITED.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

G.

AUCTIONS

B.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

BY APPOINTMENT. “ HUGHES AND HOUGH. AUCTIONEEEN TO THE GOVERNMENT AND AMMIRALTY. General Auctioneers,

Share, Coal and General. "Produce Brokers

TO-DAY (WEDNESDAY)

INTIMATION

WATSON'S

December 10th, 1918, at 2.30 r.a. at No. 1, Canton Villas, Kimberly Road, Kowloon, VALUABLE HOUS HOLD FURNITURE THE

&c.,

THE

ka.

there in contained, As follows:- Teakwood Hallstand, Upholstered Arm- chairs and Sofas, Blackwood Furniture, THE OFFICES of the above Company Carpets about 18 x 16 and 12x 5 respectively. have this day been REMOVED 10 Curtains, &c., Mirror back Sideboard, Exten- No . QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, (Chater Road)sion Dining Table And Chairs, Ice Chest

Hongkong, December 8th, 1919. (1638

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

White Tile) New, karge Dinner

Glass and Crockery Ware, te, & cervice

Stair Carpet and heavy Brass Rods, Teak- wood Twin Beds (Powall make) large and small Wardrobes, Toilet Tables, &c. White

F Stewart Terrace) containing 3BWE HAVE This Day REMOVED our Epsmelled Baths, and Lavatory Basins,

rooms and Bathrooms, hot and cold water; Drying Room Dining Room, "Drawing Room, Sitting Room and usual Offices, alan Large Garden.

J

Apply to HUMPHREYS' ESTATE & FINANCE

CO., LTD Alexandra Bidings

$1

#5OUNT GOUGH* No. 131, THE 8-Roomed 'House' with

FOR SALE.

PEAK. Large Garden.

Apply-

FOR S

LONEY & CO

York Buildings

1255

MINING.

SALE or Supply under contract- BISMUTH & WOLFRAM ORE Price vary moderate.

For particulares apply to---

PO SINH CHỐNG CO.

194, Des Voeux Road West

11614

WANTED.

B's Mercantile Firm a competent STENOGRAPHER. Apply stating

qualifications to---

Box No. 1811 Care of "Daily Prom. ".Office. [511

PALACE HOTEL. KOWLOON. Corner of Haiphong & Hankow Roade

Tub I. &

Tul. Address: Palson.

TWO Minutes from Ferry and Railway station. This Hotel has just been completely renovated and refurnished is now up-to-date in every respect and under

Management Cuisine anglish

personal supervision of the

Proprietor. BAR AND BILLIARD BOOMS,

* TERMS MODERATE.,

Special Arrangement for Families on Application

917"

G.

J. H. OXBERAT,

Proprietor.

R

PUBLIO AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of

the letting by Public Auction Sale, to

be held on MONDAY, the 15th day of

QU'A E AD CENTRAL

Offices to Second Floor, No. 34

SOUTH CHINA PRODUCE CO. Hongkong, December 5th, 1919.

MRS L H. HUDSON, SKIF AND HAIR SPECIALIST.

UPERFLUOUS hair

permanently removed,

[1698

painlessly and

Bust development and bust reduction. Chiropody a specialty. Late of Boshard College, Melbourne, Australia.

CAMPRELL, MOORE & Co..

Chater Road.

-1483

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI"

- BANKING CORPORATION.

ני.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

Kitchen Utensils,

Also

Upright Piano by John Broadwood & Sons, good tone, in excellent condition, Oliver Typewriter, Electric Fittings and Ceiling Fans, Singer's Sewing Machine,. Pot Plante, &c & Sunblinds.

(Full Particulars from Catalogue). Ou view Tuesday, 9th inst. from 2 PM. Terms-Onab

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers..

R.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

The Undersigned have received instruc tions to self by Public Auction.

On THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

N CERTIFICATE NONS V dal December 11th and 12th, 1919, at HM. NATAL

Hongkong November 8th. 1916 for five shares numbered 98864 to 25×65 and 66991 to 662-23 inclusive all registered in the name of HO SEIU PO has been LUST STOLEN, and should this. Certificate not be produced to the Bank before the 26th day of DECEMBER, 1919, a new Certificate for the shares will be issued and the aforesaid Certificate No. 5/NS 6338 will be thereafter treated by this Corporation a NULL and VUID.

By Order of the Court of Directore,

N. J. STABB,

Christ Manager. Hongkong, November 26th, 1919. 1576

THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER

COMPANY (1910), 'LIMITED. ·· TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that NTC FIRST ORDINARY VENTA MEETING. of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the Compaa7, St. George's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong, on

SATURDAY, the 20TH DECEMBER

1919, at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for toe 14 months ending 30th September, 1819, and electing Consult-

Committee and Auditors.

TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Moroar, the 16H DECEBIE, 1919, until SATURDAY, the 2018 DECEMBER, 1919, both days incluaise

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

General Managers, Hongkong, December 5th, 1918 (1630

NOTICE,

REPULSE BAY HOTEL

YARD, Hongkong, and at KewLooK, NAVAL DEFOT

respectively, commencing each day at 9.30 LM, with an interval from 12 Noox to 1.30 PM.

Old and

Surplus

NAVAL STORES, &c.

Comprisig

"E'

PREMIER

SCOTCH

30

WATSONS

BUY OLD LAQUE

Souch Whishy

SEENOCKSCOTLAN

Distinctive in Favour.

Well Matured.

Mellow...

10TH,

1919.

Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Northcote and Mr. and Mrs T. W. Robertson ward amonget those who returned to the Colony yes terday on the 4.3. Fucking Maru........

their departure, thus showing that the United States still insista on Germany's ratification of the Treaty of Versailles This has been another reverse for German diplomacy. Hence the readiness ex- bressed by Baron vay LESNAR, the new old lady, charged V. Noronha with In the case in which Mrs. Morgan, an chief German delegate, to sign the pro-

tocol and his apologetic attitude towards assault, the Magistrate, yesterday, bound the suggestion, emanating from Berlin, over the defendant in a personal bond of that the question of responsibility for the $30

Owing to the absence of the Hon. Mr.

Scapa Flow incident should be referred to The Hague. True to German methods. D. C. Wolfe, C.S.P., who is away Baron LERSNER, at the same time, uskon a tour of inspection, the demand of fox the elimination of the clause in the the Police recruits for more pay has not prosceol which gives the Allica the right teen discussed by the authorities. to enforce the terms of the Treaty by

officers.

Mra Louisa Scott Harman, one of the oldest American residents in Japan, died on November 281b nt Yokohama at the age of 88. She came out to Yokohama first in 1974 with her husband, business

мал.

In 1870 she left Yokohama for Hongkong where she remained for years, returning to Yokohama in 1990 and remaining there ever since. She was the widow of Dudley Harman, a resident of

1501.

med intervention, if necessary. These Inspector Earner, accompanied by a temporising tactics show that the old party of detectives, raided two fishing spirit is still very much alive in Ger-junks at Shamsuipo on Monday after- many, and nothing short of stern mea

noon and seized 1,083 pounds of gun ures is likely to be effective How little

cotton. Two men, who were on the boat, were arrested. reliance can be placed upon Germany's protestations of a change of heart may be seen from the inanner in which she has tried to evade the obligation to re- duce her armed forces. By the Peace Treaty, she was required to reduce the maximum strength of effectives to 100,000, of whom not more than 4,000 were to be The non-commissioned officers and men were to be recruited for twelve yenre? service and the oficers fur twenty-five-both on a voluntary basis. Schenectady, who died in Yokohama in Later, the Powers consented to A more gradual reduction than" they de manded at first. They were willing that

Captain Basil Taylour, the Secretary the maximum should be brought down to of the Devastated France Fund, wishes 200,000 within three months, and that at is making a tour of the world on behalf as to state that Miss Van der Flier, who, the end of every subsequent period of of the Belgian refugecs, has generously three months, their military experts given half the proceeds of her recent « stould fix the strength of the German lecture at the Theatre Royal to the army at such a figure as to reduce it by Devastated France Fand. This gift will March 31st, 1990, at the latest, to 100,000. be used solely to augment the amounts The Germans now bave, according to already received towards helping to Marshal Foch's estimate, at least 400,000 rebuild some of the ruined houses in the effectives, and this number, it is said French villages. does not take into account the regiments of Volunteers, the Eome Guard, the Rural Militia and armed Police, or the auxiliary forces, amounting together to 700,000 men. Altogether Germany is be lieved to have nearly 1,200,000. trained men available. The forces have been split

Electric Fans A. S. WATSON & CO, up into a National Army of 100,000

Whalers, Cabooses, Rice Boilers Hot Water Life Boots (wood and steel) Dingies, Beiers. Cooking Stoves

Ship Iron Bed Mattresses and stands. Tables, baire, Sidebbings, Wash. Cheata, Steel Steam

Life Hafta Pumps, Telephozelain Water

Anchor

hors, Enamelled Iron Baths, Latrines,

Closets

Wire Rope and Booby Hatches, Wood Ladders, Hawsers

akats

Counter- Cable,

Canvas Hover,

Coir panes, Electric (85) Hawsers Cordage, Paperstaff, Canvas Haga, Old Indis Rubber, Old Leather, Oil Tron, Col Sachs, Firewood, &c. dc.

TERMS of Sale-As detailed on Catalogue.

HUGHES & HOUGH, By Appointment Auctioneers to the Admiralty. Hongkong Tecember 4th, 1919.

The Undersigned have, recoi ved instruc

tions to sell by Public Auction,

(For Account of the Concerned). December 13th, 1919, commencing at 10.30 ... On SATURDAY, at their Bales Rooms No. 8, Des Yuk Road, Corner of Ice House Street, A VARIED ASSORTMENT OF ARTICLES

citable for Imas presents

Comprising

Brass, Flower Pots and stande, Brass Jardinieres and Vases. Priswati (issses and Binocular, Leather Bellow Valises and Suit

LIMITED

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

TIL 618

BONGKONG.

19

BIRTH. CRAWFORD.--At Southport, England, on December 1st., to Mr. and Mrs. F. M. CRAWFORD, &: BON.

[1840 NAKONG OFFIC: 104, Das Vœux ROAD, O. LONDON OFFION: 181, FLEET STREET, B.C.

The Buily Press.

HONGKONG, TLCEMBER 10TH, 1919.

GERMANY'S MANŒŒUVRES.

15

HONGKONG AND YELLOW FEVER.

GUARDING AGAINST A POSSIBLE DANGER,

fixed by the Treaty of Versailles; a Publis At the fortnightly meeting of the Defence Corps, estimated at 100,000; and Sanitary Board, yesterday, Dr. Pearse, a Citizens' Defence Corps, well-armed the Medical Officer of Health, moved and officered and possessing stocks of arma that yellow fever be made a notifiable and munitions distributed throughout disease. He stated that he asked for this the country. This division has been made measure because he wished to make the for the sole purpose of deceiving the schedule of diseases complete. Although Allies. The National Army only yellow fever did not occur in the Colony mennt for their inspection, but it is the there might be a possibility of it, and it Citizens' Defence Corps which constitutes was advisable that it should be notified the real military strength of the nation.carly. Yellow fever usually carried with Then there are the irresponsible" it a high mortality, and it was extremely soldiers-allowed to be "irresponsible by important to obtain early information of the authorities-who, as General vox pan the cause of the outbreak or of the intro- Gotiz recently said, were now wanderers duction of eases into the Colony. It was Their number is legion. As if this alone only a preventative measure and there- were not a serious enough breach of faith fore should not create any alarm. Germany is trying to screen the Scapa though he did not anticipate an outbreak, Flow incident behind a barrage of false, it was well to bear in mind that the hoods, and refuses to "band over the mosquito which carried the disease from treacherous scuttlers of the Fleet to jus. infected persons to others was in the

DECEMBER, 1919, st 3 P., at the Offices Order to enable the Contractors to Cases, Wardrobe Trunk. Embroidered Bed- GERMANY is manœuvring to gain time be tice.

complete the work in connection with

of the Public Works Department, by Order the abova Hotel at the earliest possible date

at

of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, Of Une without interruption, and in order to avoid Lot of CROWN LAND "Consult all possibility of damage to the Hooring, Houd, in the Colony of Hongkong, for Tiles, Paint Work to the public in a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal requested to kindly abstain from visiting at a Crava Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor the Hotel as on and from this date until its of HIS MAJESTY TUZ KING, for one further completion and formal opening of which due term of 75 years.

Notice will be given by Advertisement in the Local Newarpers

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Baglatry No.

Locally

Boundary

JÁ MAJESTIEDON

Contanta

Sqa.

Upsat Priv

The Management of the Hotel feel sure that they may rely upon the ready co-operation of the public in the foregoing regard.

Dated this Bixth day of November, 1919. FOR THE HONGKONG-HOTEL CO., LTD. Proprietors of the REPULSE BAY HOTEL

J. H. TAGUART,

Manager.

L

fort

fort

fast.

106104 82T" B

8,128 LA 2,250

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ISSUE

(1628

A. G. DA ROCHA.

IS THE AUCTIONEER.

A G. DA BOOÍA,

AUCTIONEEL, BURVEYOR AND GENERAL" BROKEK,

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Queen's Road Centrai, Telephone No. 2339

FAVING been Favoured with instruc.

HAVING been The Concerned will

well by Poblic Auction, am, "MONDAY, December 15th, 1918, at 11 m

Eat the Almo's Shipyard, Praya East.

'UNE STEAM LAUNCH,

A4 foot

1883

OF FRENCH ""5% PREMIUM BONDS

TO HELP IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WAR DEVASTATED REGIONS

GUARANTEED. BY THE FRENCH

GOVERNMENT #

FOUR THOUSAND MILLION FRANCS divided into Eight lions 500 francs 6% Premium Bandı.

FREE OF ALL TAXES redeemable in 75 years at free and also by yearly Premium Drawings mounting to Frs 10,000,000,—with 2 prize of

quarterly first

ONE MILLION FRANCS Prosor IMUR:FR$ 495,-**

spreads and Table Covers,

Ball

BUNDEY

AND

A varied assortment of Xmas Toys. 'On view on eve of anle

Terms:-Coak.

·HUGHES & HOUGH. Auctioneers.

The Undersigned bave received instruc tion to sell by Public Auction,

(For Account of the Concerned), On SATURDAY, December 18th, 1919, at 12 Noor, at their Sales Booms, No. 6, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street, Several cases Martin's Whisky and a number of cases Port Wine; to ta sold in small lots to suit buyers.......

TrExs-Cash.

"most

Becret"

•

Al-

fore signing the protocol of ratification of sinking of the ships firstly, because the

She pleads justification for the Colony.

Dr. Koch strongly supported the re SPORTING GOODS and XMAR TOYS, " the Peace Treaty in the hope that a situs- ships were interned in Britian, and not marks made by Dr. Pearse. There should Comprising:-Boys Baseball Bats andtion will develop which she can exploit in neutral, ports, condly, because Ad-be no fear whatever about an outbreak Football Cricket sets, Croquet Sets, M. CLEMENCEAU, however, bas exposed her miral vor HEUTEE was cut off from Ger- occurring here, but there was a possibi- Lawn Tennis Poles and nois,

clumsy diplomacy by pointing out that many and was bound to assume than thelity considering the communication that ber attitude towards her obligations has Armistice had ended on June ist; and, existed between Central America and become worse since the American Senate's thirdly, because the German Admiral Hongkong in regard to trade, passengers, discussion of the Peace Treaty. She has acted only in accordance with seamen's etc.. The Panama Canal zone was a hot- taken advantage of the preoccupation of usage. Unfortunately for Germany, a bed of yellow fever at one time, and the the Supreme. Conncil with the Fiume aad Rumanian questions to evade the fulfil May 9th, addressed by Admiral vo ped till the sanitary authorities in communication, dated work of constructing the canal was stop ment of the terms she accepted at the TROTHA, Chief of the German Admiralty, America intervened and cleansed the conclusion of the Armistice. She has to von Reaper has been discovered on the area delayed the reduction of her army to the salved flagship, Emden, and this leaves subdued to a very large extent, there was Although the disease had been number specified in the Peace Treaty, no doubt that surrender to the enemy the possibility of a stray case or two com- and is now. quibbling over the repatrin was out of the question. Moreover, vos ing to the Colony from that region, and tion of those responsible for the Scapa REUTER's detailed instructions for sink it was important that the occurrence of Flow incident and over the right of the ing the Fleet, were imued, four days be disease of such virulence should he Allies to send armed forces into Germanyfore the Armistice came to an end; communicated to the medical authorities in the event of a serious infringement of shortly after he had received the fast immediately, in order that steps might the provisions of the Peace Treaty. Ger-orders from the German Admiralty. All be taken to check it. many, has further assumed the role of a

theso prevarications prove, even more martyr over the refusal of the Allies to convincingly than General von LuDEN- repatriate the prisoners of war who are Dor's assurance, that the Prussian spirit in their hands, although she knows full well that it is her failure to fulfil her

is not dend engagements that is responsible for this Profusal She has been cartly told that her delegates must sign the protocol of ratification in time to make the Peace Treaty "operative on New Year's Day. The withdrawal of Herr SBON, the chief German delegate, from Paris has not been followed, as was expected, in the Colony during the week which

endeding Batunday

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Anteriors.

FOR SALE

be

At their Bales Boomi, No. E, Des Voeux Road, Corner of Ice House Street

A 16-BORE HAMMER GUN in good condition, in soft leather casa.

This gun is enitently suitable for 1 se in Indo-Chins or North Chius, it is fitted with interchangeable herreis, and azed freither birds or big ste

·ALHO

Suitable for 6 persona

Os E. P. Teat in very god condition,

Parti.ulars from the undersigned. Terms: Cash

HUGHES & HOUGH} Auctioneers.

Elast

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Applications will be received by the FRENCH LESSONS by the withdrawal of the American dele

BANQUE DE LINDO CHINE

& Loot

THE FRENCH BANK)

feet. 6 in.

up to December 11th, 1919.

be, paid immedi

LBERENDOAGUE,

Depice

of the hammor

∙10th, 1919.

G. MOUSSION,

15. Moxazon, Est Hon.

gates, owing to the Senate's action, which

The motion was carried unanimously,

ÍRISH M.P. SENT TO PRISON. The General Offer Commanding-in- Chief in Ireland announces that Patrick Bishop Lander, will conduct the monthly tried by District Court-Martial in Dub Keeft, M.P. for North Cork, who was meeting of the Mothers' Union at thelin on September 25th. last under the Helens May Institute on the 10th inst.

Five cases (one death) of diphtheria and one case of scarlet fever were report

Realm Regulations in respect of a sediti- ous speech delivered at Charleville, sentenced to imprisonment without hard County Cork, on May 11th, has been labour for one year and six months. Evi- dence was given at the trial showing that the accused man declared that he was out- for an Irish Republic and would not take men between sixteen sad thirty years of anything Tess. Ho

[arged" all unmarried age to join the Trish Volsteers, practise for trial at the Criminal Is the same virea leg

dril, and obtain arms, and ammunition

The two men charged with the murder Germany thought would improve her of a woman in Cheung Chan Island, have prospects in bargaining for concessions. bera-committed The American delegation have prstponet ga