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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, AND

SHIPBUILDERS..

ANNUAL BALL

THE SECOND PRACTICE DANCE will be held on FRIDAY, JANUARY SARD,

at & par in the Uber Hazi.

WA

WANTED.

S. BAKER,

Fan. Secretary.

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ANTED by a long established Export firm an ENGLISH · ASSISTANT for Canton Branch, good salary to efficient man Apply stating references to No. 737,

Care of "Daily Press Office. 273

MOTOR CAR FOR SALE.

OVERLAND COUNTRY CLUB,

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4-cylinder, 4 passenger car. excellent running order. Complete and up-to-date equipment. For price and inspection.-Apply DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO., TE, 45),

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THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO. (THE EUROPEAN GARAGE). AGENTS IN SOUTH CHINA FOR HUDSON, ESSEX, OVERLAND AND. DODGE BROTHERS CARS.

THE

HE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO. beg to advise the public. that they are now issuing a schedule of charges for motor car hire to all the principal places in Hoogkong and the New Territories where accessible. Considering the vastly superior cars and chauffeurs employed. the charges are easily the most reasonable to be had throughout the Colony.

The cards showing charges to the vari ous places can be obtained at the love KONG HOTEL OFFICE or at the DRAGON MOTOE CAR Co.

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR. CO., 24, Des Voeux Road Central, Telephone 482.

NÚTICE TO CONSTONEES.

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OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LTD. |

AND

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD.

CONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer

*NINGCHOW*

are hereby notified that the. Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignee's risk. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after Jan. 17th,

Optional cargo will be landed, unless potion has been given prior to steamer's arrival.

All brozen, chaded, and damaged goods an to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays. between the bours of 10.45 am, and Noon within the free storage period.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown and all goods remaining undelivered alter 56th, will be subject to rent.

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the undersigned on or before Feb. 7th, or they will not be recognised. No Fire Insurance will be affected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

Agents. Hongkong, January 17th, 1920.

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NOTICE

THE PUBLIC are warned that doge after 10 p.m. are liable to be destroyed by the Police.ti

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

NOTICE.

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TE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Persons

and AMMUNITION ORDINANCE should lo so between the hours of 9 AM. and 11,4.3. daily, Sundays and Holidays excopted.

Application to be made at the Licensing Clerk's Office, Central Police Station ED. C. WOLFE, Captain Superintendent of Police. Hongkong, January 12th, 1920.

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BRITISH MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ASSISTANT ENGINEERSHIP. THE Council hereby invites applications for the post of Assistant Municipal A salary of Tla. 350 per mensem is offered Candidates should not be more than

ald not be more than 30 years Applications should state

age, nationality, ualifications, and experience, and should be

Engineer.

INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20TH. 1920

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED.

IS HEREBY GIVEN that,

INTIMATIONS

KOWLOON RESIDENTS

ASSOCIATION. G

MEETING of KOWLOON

INTIMATION

NOT YETRAORDINARY COOMBA A ESIDENTS wil be held is t MEETING of the above stared Office of 98-DAZ OU COMELOR BOOK, CHT HATT WATSON'S

at the Registered TO-DAY (TUESDAY, JAN. 2018, at 15 the Company St. George' Building for the purpose of inangarating the Kew Victoria, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY on Residents Association, the principal the 29th day of JANUARY, 1920 at o'clock Noon, for the purpose of consider tions of residence the betterment of condi

ht, of passing the

Kowloon and the,

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Resolutions p following Extraordinary adjacent territories M

All Kowloon Residents, both Ladies and (1) To

and if thought At Gentleman, interested in the movement are consider, spprove the draft new Articles which invited to attend and anyone wishing to will be submitted to the Meeting.

join the Association who have not already That

the Capital of the Company 10, please send their names to be ingreased to Three million dollars B L. Facer, i, Kimberley Villas, Kowloon (83,000,000) by the creation of Two hundred and forty thousand (9-10,000) shares of Ten dollars ($10.00) sach, ranking for dividend and in al other respect pari paasu with the existing shares in the Colony.. And in the event of the First Resolution being passed with or without modification

(3) To

ing

consider, and if thought fit, to paas an Extraordinary Resolution to the affect; That the new Articles already approved by this Meeting and for the purpose of identification thereof subscribed by the Chairman be and the sama are bereby approved, and that such Articles bo and they are hereby adopted us the Articles of the Company to the exclusion of and in substitution for all the existe ing Articles thereo..

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HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

HE ONE HUNDREDTH ORDINARY the Company will be bold at the Office of MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in

DAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, 1920, at 13 o'clock the Company, Hotel Mansions, on TUES Noos, for the purpose of receiving a Report of the Directors, toguthor with's Statement of Accounts, dealuring a. Dividend

'mtec electing Directory as Auditors and

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from January 27th to February 10th, 1920, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board of Directors,

"JOHN ARNOLD, Secretary Hongkong, January 13th, 192).

NOTICE:

QANTON, LTD.

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GIVEN that a further Extraordinary AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered office of the Com- MONDAY, on the 18th day of February, pany, St. George's Building aforesaid on 1929, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, for the регрове

of receiving a report of the proceedings of the above mentioned Meet UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

and Special Resolutions thought fit, as the above mentioned Extraordinary Resolations (2) and (3).

And the subjoined Resolution will be

CERTIFICATES No. 1845 and 3638 for 9 proposed as an Extraordinary Resolution :

and 1 old silver shares Nos, 10649/10650 That it is desirable to capitalize the Society in the name of EDWARD WILLIAM and 10128 respectivaly standing in the books of the sum of $600,000.00 standing to "the credit of the Company's Reserve MAITLAND OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, bave been Fund, and accordingly that for the declared LOST and if at the expiration of purpose of effecting such capitaliza month from the data hereof the abors tions bonus of $10 per share on documents be not forthcoming the same will each of the issued shares of the be deemed cancelled and of no effect. "Company be and the same is hereby "declared and that the Board be and

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** 1920.***

QHE HAY Deputy General Manager. Hongkong, January 18th, 1920,

THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO, LTD.

LOST.

APPLICATION has been made to this

Company to issue to XE NEWMAN

THE

Sir Everard, Fraser, K.C.M.G., H, M. Consul General at Shanghai, and Lady Fraser, with their daughter Easter, re turned to Shanghai last week by the

o R.M.S. Empran of Russias

thas the old methods of raising many The second practice dance in conso will no longer suffice. On the other hand tion with the annual ball of the Institu- the

CHANCELLOR opposed a

EXCHEQUER tion of Engineers and Shipbuilders will Premium Bond- issue not be held in the City Hall next Friday at only on the ground that it would 5 p.m.. encourage the gambling spirit, already too rampant, but also because he did not believe he could get enough money that way.

A Select Committee which sat on the subject a year on more ago, thought that one hundred millions annually might be obtained by a Premium Bond issue from investors who were otherwise putting nothing into Govern PREMIER Circular of Barclay's Bank declares that ment loans; and the November Monthly "in the opinion of all, a really large amount would be forthcoming from sources which no other form of issue has so far reached."

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SCOTCH

WATSONS ch Wais

STABUSED

Distinctive in Flavour. Well Matured. Mellow.

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It must have aatonished the advo cates of a Premium Bond issue to learn that the House of Commous had turned it down by er8 votes to 34 Such a result was unexpected, for the proposal evidently commanded widespread sup- port throughout the country, though it was warmly opposed by church leaders on ethical grounds. Then, also, Sir ROBERT KINDERSLEY. Chairman

We regret to record the death of Mr. B. D. Kapteyn, at Shanghai, manager of the Holland-China Trading Co., after a known to old residents of short illness. The deceased was well 1.

Hongkong Surg-Lieut.-Commdr, Ä. A. Sanders, who succeeds Surg-Lieut. Fitzroy Wil- arrived yesterday on liama at the Naval Hospital, Hongkong, dela. Surg-Lieut. Williams leaves. for" the Empress of:

Canton.

and Chronicle for 1920 is about to go to The Hongkong Section of the Directory

influenza, at St. Paul Hospital, of Mrs The death took place yesterday, from

Pilar de in Salo, the wife of Capt R. M. de la Salu, after a short illness. The. deceased lady, who was 12 years old, had many friends in the Colony. The funeral takes place this evening.

press, and additions or corrections may- be made in the list of firms it sent in to the publishers (The Hongkong-Daily" of the Warren, Lid.), at once. Savings Association, worked up a cam paign against it because he feared that the issue of Premium Bonds would be followed by sales of war savings certi ficates, withdrawal from savings banks, co-operativo societies, building societies and other provident institutions, causing immense trouble and expense, without any corresponding advantage The Select

Two foreign residents of long standing Committee before whom Sir Bosser in Japan died about a week ago, namely KINDERSLEY, argued these objections two Mr. N. B. Heid, one of the best known years ago did not agree with him, and shipping men of the East, who died at the Times notices that in the Monthly his residence at Dairi, near Shimonseki; Circular for November of the London and Mr. Mark Baggallay, who died at Joint City and Midland Bank (of which the International Hospital at Yokohama. Mr. MoKENNA, who has always personally A meeting of British merchants of been opposed to a Premium Bond issue, is now chairman) it is stated categori Hongkong will be held at the Chamber cally that Premium Bonds would fail to

of Commerce room, Chartered Back attract any considerable amount of money Building, on Monday next, at 3.20 p.m., from deposits in Savings Banks-an delegates to the Conference of British to receive the report of the Hongkong" opinion which may be set against that of Chambers of Commerce held in Shanghai

alorementioned MUMFORD, Duplicate Certificate of ONE A, N. WATSON & CO. | Biz ROBERT KINDERSLEY that it would do November 5th, 6th and 7th.

they are baraby suthorised to satisfy such boats by the distribution amongst the persons who are re- "gistered as bolders of the issued $10 *shares of the Company on the date "beroof of one of the nissued $10 "shares of the Company credited as "fully paid up in respect of each share of the Company hold by such persons as aforesaid and in satis faction of such "bonus, and that such shares rank for dividends and in all other respects se from the first day of March, tion may be seen at any time before the Drafts of the new Articles of Associa second meeting, except Saturdays and Bundays, between the hears of 11 am and Company, or at the Offices of Messrs 4 pm at the Registered Offices of the Johnson, Stokes & Master, Prince's Build. ings, Hongkong, the Company's Solicitors. Dated this 13th day of January, 1990

By Order of the Board.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO., Agenta

233 THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE,

LIMITED ▼OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the SIXTE ORDINARY MEETING of

No SHAREBOLD FRS in this Company, will bo

MATHESON & CO, LTD., on THURSDAY, held at the Officca of Mes*E, JARDINE, JANUARY 29TH, 1930, at 11.39 A., for the Directors together with Statement te purpose of receiving the Report of Accounts

for the

the year en

ending December 31st, 1919.

The REGISTER

of SHARES of the Com pray will be CLOSED from MONDAY, January 19th, to TRUESDAY, January 29th, 190 (both days inclusive), during which period na Transfer of Shapes can be Registered.

By Or ler of the Board of Director. THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE, LTD.,

MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE.

Secretary to

the General Managers, Hongkong, January 13th, 1920 [228 THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA- TIC COMPANY, LIMITED.

HUNDRED (100) SHARES in this Company, or other Certificate or Certificates in hea thereof upon statement that the Original Certificats No: 8450 dated September 17th,

LIMITED.

HONGKONG

11

35,789/38,500426538/572 and 71-168/71995 1919, for 100 Shares numbered 18,235/16,733, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. har bean LOST For NOTICE IS HEREBY REPRESENTATION in respect of such 30 days from the date Original Certificate is made to the Company, it will thereafter be held to be NULL AND VOID and the Company, will prosed to deni with such application for a Duplicate Carti Beste

By Order of the Board of Directors,

W. S. BROWN, Secretary, Hongkong, January 8th, 1820,

ESTABLISHED 1833,

W. COWPER & BON, Australian Ship Brokerz.

STEAMERS, TUGS BAILING VESSELS, For the Sale and Purchase of

Shipping and Commission Agents,

And DREDGING PLANT.SEN $28, Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia. Cable: "Zephyr Melbourne, TERM

Correspondence Invited

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A. G. DA ROCH AN

IS THE AUCTIONEER

A. G. DA ROCHA, AUCTIONEER, SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER Queen's Road Contral, Telephone No. 2982, FAVOURED with instructions from well by Public Auction, TO-DAY

The Concerned, (TUESDAY), January, 20th, 1920, at 215 F.M. at his Sales Room

NOTICES HEREBY GIVEN that the AV

NINETEENTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this will Company will be held at the Offices of Mesars JARDINE MATHESON & Co., LTD., on THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 1920, at 11:45 AM for the purpose of receivin the Report of the Directors together, with the Statement of Accounts for the year Bnding December 31st, 1919.

the REGISTER of SHARES of the pany will be CLOSED from MONDAY, January 19th to THURSDAY, January 1978, 1920 (both days inclusive), during which period Transfer of Shares can be forwarded, together, with copies; of testi-grody of the Posed of Directors

monials, to the undersigned forthwith

J. R LYNESS,

By Order,"

Council Roun

Tientsin, January 8th, 1820.

TO LET

·287

ROOMFD Furnished Bungalow at, the

PEA from early March, GOD WN, No. 15, Burrows Street, to let from February Ja Apply to

A

- LINSTEAD & DAVIS.

TO LET

HPin Nathan Wad, Kowlocu.

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Apply to HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

- CO, LTD,

Alexandra Buildings

MOWBRAY B. NORTHCOTE,

Secretary: Hongkong, January 13th, 1920 THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD.

NOT

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTY SECOND ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Mear ARDINE, MATBESON & CO, LA, an THURSDAY, JANUARY 291, 1820, at 12 o'clock Nook, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year

ading Becember alat tors.

The KEGISTER of SHARES of the Com pany will be CLOSELY from MONDAY, January 19th, to THURSDAY, January 29th, 1920, (both) days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares, en be Registered,

By Order of the Board of Timet

MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE. Hongkong, January 13th, 1920,

A. QUANTITY OF

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS &

Azso Edcoffier Sanco Robert, (in good. 20 cases Laundry Bar Soap.

condition)

A Quantity of Ladies, Gentlemen's and Children's Woollen and Linen, Materials and Fancy Materiala. Nanveilings, Alparas, Serge, Singlets, Bilk

TERMS: Cash on delivery.

BIRTHS.

harm by depleting them What would appear to have defeated the proposals in

K

Mr. W. T. Shewan was fined $10 by the House of Commons more than Mr Justice Compertz, yesterday, for anything else was the fan of making the failing to attend Court as a Juror, when country look ridiculous by an effort of called upon to do so. Mr. Shewan stated this kind Long-dated Premium Bonds that he was busy and forgot about it. at a low rate of interest would attract no He expressed his regrets. Mr. Justice “big money" from the banks and finan Gompertz replied that Mr. Showan waa cial institutions; and the argument an old resident in the Colony and must against upsetting the whole of our have served on many juries before. As a Saancial tradition and probably render result of his absence, "another gentleman Bontes-At Shanghai, on January 12th,ing ourselves ridiculous in order to had to take his place on the jury. He

to Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT SCHLE, tractamall money" might well be fined him $10. daughter.

CURRY-GAUSSEN. At Shanghai, on January 12th., 1990, Mr. ROWLAND A. CURRY, Shanghai, to Mrs. MARY Gause, cldest daughter of Mra R 8. F. McBain, Shanghai.

KYTON—At Shanghai, on January 19th, to Mr. and Mr. B. T. BYTON, daughter.

MARRIAGE

DEATHS.

CALDWELL-In Palestine, LINDSAY BOT

calculated to make a stronger appeal to the House of Commons than any others

The sympathy of many friends in with Premium Bonds tried in

During the war we saw an experiment. Davison upon the death in Palestine the Colony will be extended to Mrs. A.

one

25.

British Colony Ceylon and it proved of her only brother, Roy, at the age of a dismal failure. Very little money was the only son of the late Mr. George Cald Lieut. Lindsay Roy Caldwell was forthcoming for it, and the issue did not well, for some time Secretary of the CALDWELL, of appendicitis, aged 2580 through. On the other hand, what his Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co., Ltd. years (By wire). De L BL-At St. Paul's Hospital, on minence at home is the remarkable success served throughout the war. He was

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probably brought the queation into pro- He went from school into the army and January 19th, PILAR, dearly beloved

Information récently received in Singa-

wife of Capt. R. M. de la Sala The of a schone initiated by Mr. BorroMLEY attached to the 124th. Beluchis. Deaths funeral will pass the Monument at in connection with the Victory Loan resulted from appendicitis. 5.15 pm to-day, and Frrok At Shanghai, on January 13th,

(976 in Ho invited the rusders of his GORDON EDWARD, the beloved son of widely-read paper to form themselves Mr. and Mr A. E. Fenton KAPISINA Shanghai, co January the shares in which were to be of the the recommendations of the Salaries into what he called & Victory Loan Club pore shows that whereas as a result of 17th, 1999, B. D. KAPTEYS. (By cable).

[270 Hanakond ÜFFion: 10a, Diz VOUK ROAD, C. LCON OXION: 181, Faiz Brazer, E.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, JANWART 20TH, 1920,

Va'um of £1 each. The total sam subscrib Commission-the subordinate officers will ed went to the purchase of Victory Loan,

receive a 30 per cent, increase, the higher and the scheme is that the interest which paid officers will not receive such a high the Club's holding yields shall be dispercentage The increases for the higher tributed as prizes to be drawn for paid officers are based upon the grom annually among shareholders of the which they wore receiving at the end of salary (excluding war, allowance) which Club In something like a formight 1918. Some of the non-subordinate officers, Mr. BOTTOMLEY got a total of shout one who, hitherto, have received the lower million pounds. “If I can do that in a and middle rates of pay, will also receivy fortnight with THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF argued, "what might the State not be

my little paper,

a 30 per cent. increase. The position, THE WAR

able to bring into its coffers by an issue however, will not be quite clear until the

Premium Bonds!". The House of despatches have been received from Home Commons, however, has now registered a vory emphatic verdict on the subject, and we are not likely to hear of it being again broached in Parliament for some time to

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be

70 cases Clareta, Ports, White Wines took place in the House of Commons On the day on which the discussion Whisky & Vermouth.

And

recently regarding the desirability of a Times, in a leader favourable to such an State issue of Premium Bonds," the

issue, remarked:—" In order to make up the deficit for the current financial year, the Government have still to borrow from

Dr. Lindsay Woods returned to Hong 150 to 250 millions in new money be kong yesterday on the Sinking. fore the end of March, 1990. If this is Mr. F. R. Vida, ibe well known Shang not done by the help of a Premiams Bond hai gentleman rider, arrived in Hong No. 131, Tam

what is the altern

The kong yesterday on the Empren of La HAWACHANGIALLORO75

EQUEL has just

Lady Boes Davies has consented to public speech that

distribute the prizes at the Kowloon ing an early

British School on Friday, January 23rdayy Bonds bondi

ether

FOR SALE

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MOUNT Hoomed House with

Gardegi

LOXLEY & COM York Buildings,

the

asne of five-year

per cent to meet that are aturing this year.

at 5.15 p.m.

BAIGMIN WEST No. 181, T that issue will attract all the money the as

PRAX. 5-Roomed House with Gove Garden Trica Moderate,

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exocused

CANTON NEWS

January 19th.

RECLAMATION ZEAR MICAO,

In connection with the roclamation the Chief Administrative Director of the the Chingchow shores, Bhum Chun-baen,

mander Lain Fo-yik, of the let Squadron, Military Government, has ordered Com-

tion work encroaching upon Chinese gunboats to prevent the roclama territory. It is also reported that the Tuchun, Mok Wing-son, has sent several battalions of troops to Chinshan (near -Macao)

papers WOMEN BUTTILLONG

In regard to the demand women In Canton for equa

Made

rights with men, the members of the political Mr. J. Pancheon, who was called up Women's Union in Shanghai here addressed a letter to the Canton Parlia ment strongly supporting the demand. Following the advice of women in Bhang hai, women in Canton have recently form od a Women's, Union, and haya elected Committee

FOR HALE

Juror, yesterda

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LANE CRAWFORD & CO. Les

to be seen. The advocates of a

nce at the Sca

Icertificate stati

Bodid isme are prompted by a con

ird of hear