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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE:

B.

THE PUBLIC are warned that dogs without collars found af Inge after 10 p.m. are liable to be destroyed by the Police,"

E. D. C. WOLFE, Captain Superintendent of Police

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BRO

LOST.

ROOCH, DIAMOND 82. Reward given if returned to MEA LE HUQUET

·Mount Austin Barracks.

OFFER

NVITED FOR FURCHASE STEEL STEAMER, built 1918 to Lloyds Burrey, length 183 ft, beam 24 ft. 8 in., depth 13 ft 6 in, Tonnage, Displacement 830 tons, loaded draft 11 ft. #in, 434 tons, light draft 5ft 8in., Grosa 480 toni, Nect 941 tons, Deadweight 453 tors, Cargo 438 tons, Capacity 21,000 cabic feet, Bunkers 70 tons,Water Ballast 23 tons, Speed Loaded Draft. 10 knots, Con- sumption 14 tons, Engines. CEC

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LHP. 493, Rava 123, Boiler MR.T., Working Pressure 140 lbs., Accomodation, Crew, Saloon Passengers 12 Deck 900, Electris Light Throughout, and usual Working Equipment, Steamer now on Charter, Delivery March.

Apply-

Box No. 295, Cars of" Daily Press" Office. *285

GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.

TENDERS

SPECIE - BAZrent · In SHANGHAI and THAISIN, up to and for the same of $500,000 currens in Bbanghal and $850,000 in Tientsin will be 2800ired by the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT, nutil 11.30 A.M. on January 18th, 1980.

The amoună nocepted in fa be placed by this. fenderer to the tradit of an accound will the HorozoNG AND SHANGHAI, BANKING CORPORATION, Shanghai and Tiantain, so mu So be available on January 20th, 19mngth Fermana bandering to stata alternatively (a) The amount of Hongkong currency payable in Hongkong on January

Both 1840, required for each $1,000 Shanghai and Cientain currency and/or

(b) The amorns of Dollars current in Shang-

and Tiantain per £180 for Telegraphe Fafer on the Lands Commisioners of ELK,

Luke sender to be in duplicate, and In sovers, addressed to the TEEABURY CHEST OF TOER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT And andernd NEADERS FOR GOVERN MENT BILLS, atq."

The right to accept or reject any or all of tho Cople of Fout of Tender can be had m Application

Permons tendering for (Bill) are horoky matilled that, turing regard to the provisions of

INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKUNG DAILY

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED,

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL

(1) consider,

INTIMATIONS

HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. MEETING of the above-named Company will be held at the Registered Office of MRETING SHAREHOLDERS

THE ONE HUNDREDTH ORDINARY the Company, St. George's Building the Company will be held at the Office of Victoria, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY the 29th day of JANUARY 1990, at 19 DAY, FERBUARY JOTE, 1970, 18 colock the Company, Hotel Mansions, on TUES o'clock Noor, for the purpose of consider Noon, for the purpose of receiving Report ing and if thought fit of passing the of the Director, together with Statement following Resolotions as Extraordinary Resolutions:

of

Accounts declaring Dividend electing Directora an'i aurlitors, and if thought t

Hand approve the draft new Articles which will be OEOLED from January 37thsto The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be submitted to the Meeting. (9) That the Capital of the Company February 10th, 1950, both days inclusive

be increased to Three million dollars

By Order of the Board of Directors, ($3,000,000) by the creation of Two

JOHN ARNOLDE hundred and forty thousand (910,000)

Heiretary.) shares of Ten dollars ($10.00) each.

Hongkong, January 13th, 1920, ranking for divisend and in al other respect pari pasu with the existing shares in the Colony. And in the event of the First Resolution being passed with or without modification

consider, and if thought it, to (3)

pas an Extraordinary Resolution to the effect; That the new Articles clready approved by this

and for the purpose of ideo

thereof subscribed by the

be and the same are hereby approved, and that such Articles be sad they are bareby

of the as the Articles

and in

GIVEN

to the exCATIO

for all

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of

exist

ing Articles AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO Goal Mesting of the Compan, will be farther Extraordinary held at the Registered office of the Com- MONDAY, on the 18th day of February, pany, St. George's Building aforesaid on 1990, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, for the

purpose of

receiving a report of the proceedings of the above mentioned Meet ing and of "conarming, if thought it, us Special Resolutions the above mentioned Extraordinary Resolutions (3) and (9)

And

the subjoined Resolution will be proposed as an Extraordinary Resolution: That it is desirable to capitalize "the mum of $600,000.00 standing to the credit of the Company's Reserve Fund, and accordingly that for the "purpose of effecting such capitaliza "tion a bonus of $10 per share on each of the issued shares of the

NOTICE OF REMOVAL Ehare This Day REMOVED Our

W Offices to No. 2 CONTATGE ROAD CENTRAL (next to the Telegraph Co.'s Office)

*J. M. DA ROCHA & CO. Hongkong, January 1th, 1920

NOTICE

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have etablished Branch Office in Sydney with Mr. ARTHUR, NICKELLS BISHOP as the Manager thereof.

THE HONGKONG MERCANTILE CO., LTD. Hongkong, January 18th, 1880

NOTICE

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Eare in receipt of the following cable

frah Head Office:

SEN LIX ASTRITIS Ca. Or Hongkong

MILLIONS Tory.

New Business in 1910, OVER HUNDRED

This means an increase of 100% over 1919.

FOLLOW ELLEB Manages! Hongkong, January 15th, 1991-

NOTICE

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17T¤, 11820

INTIMATION

with their united strength. There must FAR EASTERN CABLE

be no question now of minor points. The very existence of the German Re- Public XX

is at stakeh

Chis, at least, WAS avory frank admission that Germany has been standing, as it were, on the brink

WATSONS of political volcano. But it was

E

THE

SCOTCH

obviously not an entbreak of Socialists that the Frankfurter feared, as much as ho danger of a monarchical and military reaction, for the occasion for the warning related to "quite fantastic reporte" in forsign newspapers of excesses in Berlin on the occasion of the recomb visit of HINDENDURO. It may be noted that the

NEWS.

[BY COURTESY OF THE "CHINESE COMMERCIAL NEWS"]

JAPAN TO OCCUPY TSINGTAO.

SHANGHAI, January 16th the Japanese Minister in Peking to in- The Japanese Government has asked form the Board of Foreign Affairs that Japan has decided to occupy Tsingtao,

before the Chinese New Your.

PORTUGUESE ACTIVITY ALARMS PEKING.

N.

information that the Portuguese in The Peking Government, on receiving Macao are building forts at Tsingshan Government to make inquiries and sub- and other places, bag wired to the Canton mit a report.

(BY COURTESY OF

CHINA TAIL"] ACTIVITY IN RUBBER SHARES,

SINGAPORE, January 16th. Activity in, rubber shares continues. Several new Botations have been over- subscribed.

NEW CHINESE LOAN. Arrangement is being made by the PREMIER sensational report just to hand followsing tiovernment for a loan of upon the exchange of ratifications of the third of the amount will be handed over £5,000,000, and it is expected that one- Treaty, and it cannot be regarded as improbable that this has been the occasion for further commotion in Germany," As A recent cable reminded us, from the date of the exchange of ratification, Germany must in ten days evacuate Schlesvig In fifteen days ahe must Prussia In one month ahe must hand evacuate Western over the Germans charged with war crimes. In two months she must dis mantle the fortifications in Western Gormany. In three months she must reduce Ear Army to 200,000. months she must reduce the Fleet to the In six stipulated maximum, atrength. By the way in which these conditions are ful-" filled we shall be able to judge of the authority the Government at Berlin exercises, as well as of its honesty of purpos. It will, no doubt, have to encounter a great deal of reluctance, if not open opposition, on the part of the people. The discharging the obligations imposed by the Treaty, for it appears plain that this reluctance has been greatly encouraged by the failure

of the United States,

LONDON, JeBusry 11th. so far, to ratify the Treaty, and possibly also by the manifest Opium Committee, in a letter to the The Secretary of the Edinburgh Anti- disinclination showd in Great Britain Times, urges the Government to adopt and other Allied countries towards the Associated British Chamber of Com farther military effort. We are, however, merce resolution passed at Shanghai in prepared to believe, till it is proved November as regards the control of mor to the contrary, that Germany has phis factories in Great Britain. thoroughly learnt from the war that she cannot dishonour her pledged word with impunity, Whatever Government may be now in power in Berlin, the pledges the Treaty will have to be

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Distinctive

Well Matured

apany, be and the same is hereby eclared and that the Board be and they are hereby authorised to satisfy such bonus by the distribution. amongst the persons who are re- gistered an holders of the issued $10 UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF shares of the Company on the date: beroof of one of the

Tisaned

10 shares of the Company aredited na fally paid up in respect of each "share of the Company held by auch persons as aforemaid and in satia

*

Faction of

1990

such

CANTON, LÆND

ERTIFICATES No 1845 and 1895 for 9

and 1 old, silver shares Mos. 10849/10850) and 10138 respectively standing in the books of the Society in the name of KDWARD WILLIAM decred LOST and if at the expiration of ane month from the date hereof the above documents be not forthcoming the name

aforementioned Aman on YCKORNA, JAVA, baybee AS. WATSON & CO.

bonas, and that such shares rank for * dividende and in all other respects se from the first day of March Drafte of the new Articles of ion may be seen at any time before the

Associ second meet Sundays

Except Saturdays and the hours of 11 sm. and

| 4 pan at the Registered Offices of the Johnson, Stokes & Marter, Prince Build Company, or aphe Offices of Masera ings, Hangbong, the Company's Solicitors

sted this 13th day of January, 1920

By Order of the Board.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., Agenta

LIMITED

The Acta 13 George 14., Cap. 45, and 47, Georg THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE, 11. Cap. 54, the soceptance of any such Tender subject to the express condition that no member of the British House of Commons

she admitted to any share or part in a

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the BEXTH ORDINARY MEETING of will:ba

wy banaff to ari.... from the Contract thereby SHAREHOLDERS in this Company más for the silotment of molu Mihayo ina at the Offices of Mesra JARDINE HATERSON & CO. Lrn, on THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 1930, at 11:30 AM for purpose of receiving the Report of t Directors together with Statement Accounts for the

The provisions in question do not apply to Centrmota entered into by any incorporated, Company in iis corporated specity and made

he general beunits of the Company, e Any further Information can be chained by wwwsonal application to the TREASURY

OFFICER AF-D.--

1918.

be deemed cancelled and of no effect

Depáky Glacier

ng kong, January 13th, 1990

NOTICES

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that Per

applying for Licences under the ARMS and AMMUNITION ORDINANCE should do so between the hours of 9 AM. and 11 daily, Sundays and Holidays excepted. Clark's Offices Central Police Station. ****** Application to be made at the Lice

-Captain Superintendent af Police Hongking, January 19th, 1990-9

for the your ending. December REPULSE BAY HOTEL 47.3. THURSBY-PELHAM, LIKE CO,pany will be CLORD from MONDAY, The REGISTER of SHARES of the Com- Chest Orber, A.PD.

Hongkong, January 17th, 1820.

(182

HONGKONG BOXING

ASSOCIATION.

~ (MARAZION RACE SUB-COMMUTEKE). MARATHON RACE.

PEN to all SERVICES, UNIVERSETTES, RUBLIC GENERALLY.

O COLLEGES SCHOOLS and the

To be run-on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1990, COURSE (about 11 miles)

OUT-Blaine Wharf (opposite Queen's Statue), pest Hongkong Ginband Law Courts up Garden Road to Public Gardens, pest Government House, Jong, Gaine Road, to University, and thence along Pokfulam

junction with Jubilee Bonde

course.

January 19th, to THURSDAY, Jazuary 29th, 1940 (both" dare inclusive), during which perfed no Transfer of Shares can be Registered

HONGKONG CENTRAL ESSAS LAD, By Or ler of the Board of Directors,

MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE.

Becretary to the General Managers. Hongkong, January 12th, 1990. THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA TION COMPANY, LIMITED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the NINETEENTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of -Messrs JARDINE MATHESON & Co, Ltd., at 11.45, for the purpose of ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 291, 1920 the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ceding December size of the

No

REGISTER of SHARES the Com pany will be CLOSED from MONDAY,

By Order of the Board of Directors,

MOWBRAY B. NORTHCOTE,

Secretary Hongkong, January 13th, 1921

SATURDAY, January 13

DINNER DANSANT FROM 8 PIL

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18TH. AFTERNOON AND EVENING ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS.

JE TAGGARTË

La coganection with tea

LIMITED.

SPIRTT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Mr. and Mrs. FF. BAZEITTO and family beg to tender their thank to friends for the kind expressions of sympathy in their recent bereavement, also for the floral tributes

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auge tell yesterday the demand rate being Sa, Didi

Two cases (two deatha) of diphtheria were reported in the Colony on Thurs

rubber dealers, are opening a branch in The Batro Company, one of the largest Singapore

PLEA FOR CONTROL OF MORPHIA (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY)

FACTORIES,

tion in poppy acreage in India from The writer advocates immediate redno which a portion of the opium is smuggled into China by the ses, and the feduction of morphia output in Britain by 75 per He mentions that there are two morphia. actories in Edinburgh and

YOUNG ENGINEERS AND

THE FAR EAST. An announcement of interest to owners article contributed to an engineering Professor Middleton Smith, in an of dogs appears sloowhere. The Police journal, says that it seems to be very diff announce that dogs without collars found cult to persuade young engineere to go out

OND, Ervin: 101, Das Vœux Hàn, C. | Wandering after 10 p.m. are liable to be to the Far East--not only in teaching,

111, Fix Staart, EC.

The Daily Press.

HOMOKONG, JANUARY 1775, 1920, FOLITICAL CONDITONS IN

GERMANY.

destroyed.

but any other work. There seems, he says, engineers in Great Britain. to be a real scarcity of profession

There is still no news of the steater Brisbane, owned by Mere Carmichael and Clark. She left Shanghai on Decem upon reflection this is not to be, very ber 28th for Fledivertock and is coach wondered at. Unfortunately, siderably overdua

ing the war many promising young m undergo second operation st the Peak to return to the universities or the work- Mr. Alexander Mackenzie, who had to to complete their training, and have had were killed, and also many were unable Hospital recently, is making satisfactory shops later in life than would otherwise gress and hopes to be able to return have beon the case. This does not seema to have affected some of the other profes

to his residence in a week or tan days.

We have been getting singularly little the political and, sa, no

A ricksha-coolie has reported to the pons, however, quite so much as engineer assumed to be Pelion that while he was returning slogging, and therefore it is reasonable to sup

ther startling Morrison Hill Gap at 1.30 am. yesterday,

that

there

generally

now.

of strange be was stopped by two men, who depose that some of the shortage has been travellers from Germany mandled some money from him to drink industry winch has taken place. "Another caused by the great expansion in the German Government is over-te. He said he had no money, where cause in the increasing faith of commer thrown, that Socialists-arg masters of the upon the men attacked him and stole $1.50 cial men in scientific work and attain- situation, and that & general strike has from his person.

ments. This fact was brought home to been declared throughout the unoccupied

the writer very forcibly recently during uuritory, it is not easy to understand on January 14th. Her passengers for sity of Hongkong. It was very difault The steamer Dania arrived as Colombo se inquiries made in connection with by news of a more definite and autho Hongkong include L-Colonel and Mrs indeed to obtain suitable candidates for Lappointments for the staff of the Univer-. ritative character is not forthoning, if Delacombe, Mrs. Delacombe (A.P.D.) and scientific positions. There ward prac HOME-Along Jubilee Bood to Kennedy January 18th to THURSDAY, January 19TH,

say truth at all in these reports, daughter; Mrs. Bowen (wife of Major Physics, and it was surprising to find Town Slaughter Houses, thence on to Praya 1920 both days indunive), during which dansants motor buses will leave the Hongaffected by developments so sensational steamer is expected to reach Hongkong were also three engineering lecturers tically no applications for the Chair of or Water Front) slong Water Front to period no Transfer of Shares can be long Hotel

The Garman territory compied by Bowen) and two daughters, and Major that a number of men with the needed Winning Post

and dinner foreign troops can scarcely have remained opposite Hongkong Club.

Registered,

and Mrs Humphreys, A.8.0. The qualifications in physics had been given the following times. Race Stewards will be posted along the

punctually, irrespective of the number of In the circumstances we may well in the middle of February,

positions in industrial concerna. There tickets sold

wanted, and in the opinion of the writer hesitate for the moment to believe the

His Excelency the Governor gave very attractive. The experience of five the salaries and conditions offered were reporta We noticed recently that the

dinner at Government House on Thurs months residence in Great Britain leads Zeitung, which is usually day evening. The following guests were 2530 per annum (at exchange of $10 to Pren

the writer to believe that the salary of sorious and well-informed

present: Hon. Mr. C. Severn, C.M.G the £) and quarters is at least equivalent aper, was moved to protect the Von Archdeacon Barnett, Bir Robert to £800 per annum in Great Britain. against what it described as a system in Ho Tung, Hon Mr Ho Fook, Mr. Lo

Indeed, he is inclined to think that it in rumours designed to

worth £760% Cheung-ahiu, Mr. Chen Bit-b, Hon Mr persuada the payon that reaction has E. B. Hallifax, OBE, Mr. La Yik-maniya

Germany It His Honour Mr. H. J. Gomperta, night at No. 1, Kwai Heung Street,

A small fre broke out on Thursday, result of a lighted cigarette end being carelessly thrown into the cock-loft of the building, which contained quantity of to the ground floor, uced as a grocery bamboo zbavings for sale. The fire spread store, and did considerable damage to grocery, which, however, wEA Covered by building, nad dwelling-house wae insuranceThe second door of the deluged with water The fire was arrived on the soene almost immediatel extinguished by the Fire Brigade, who After the outbreak

CONDITIONS:-Go sa you please. NO:

STOPPING Minimum clothing: singlet & shorts.

Prizes (trophies), according to number of entries.

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

NOTICE

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTY SECOND ORDINARY

3.15 P.

8.30

Tickets can be obtained at the Hotel or Dragon Motor Car

Inten ling Runners are requested to seri / MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this return fare.

mama, rank (if any) and address to

G. G. N. TINSON, Esq., Hon, Recretary,

Hongkong Boxing Association.

c/o JOHNSON, STOLES & MASTER,

Prince's Buildings,

Ice House Street Details sa to drawing for places &e, will be daly published in these columns.

ENTRIES close on

1116, at 13 Noon, January

H.J. GEDGE SAP C. JENKIN.

J. C. WILDIN, G.G. N. TINSON, Marathon Bace Sub-Committee.

mpany will be held at the Officer of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. Las on THURSDAY, JANUARY 1TB, 1820, at 12 'clock Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Statement of Accounts for the year the Beport of the Directors together with anding December 31nt 1818.

ut de

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from MONDAY Lugo (oh to THURSDAY, January 2013, 1220 (both days inclusive), daring which

periodno Transfer Phares can be?

By Order of the Foal of Piretor

MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE.

Becretary, Hongkong, January 13th, 1990,

COWPER & SON,

stralian Ship Brokers

STEAMERS TUGS BALLING VESSELS, For the Bale and Purobass of and DREDGING PLANT Shipping and Commission Agenta,

628, Collins Street, Melbourne, Ansteali Cable: "Zephyr Melbourne. D

rrespondencé Invitéi

the

in

it aid, that Ho Kom-tung, Mr. Lo Chungman, Rev. perhaps TW. Pearce, Mr. Chow U-ting, Mr. that it has yet passed through, are in Chan Chouk bing, Mr. 8. B. C. Boes, Mr.

young German Republic

Mr. To Sz-tun, Mr. R. Pon- ife head with more asan

And if reaction, now once again raises sonby Mr. The Ka-po, Mr. Casa the whole King-wan, Mr. P. J. Wodehouse, C.I.E.. Texté

eal situatio

ace the Mr Ipfen taun, Mr. Ho Wing-imm, Mr Molderry Mr Chun Harr, Mr. Bin Tak-fan, Mr. Lo