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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

G

E.

TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.

THE INSTITUTE will RE OPEN on MONDAY, MARCH 8TH. Students will bo anrolled as the Education Office only, and should apply at once for entry Forms.

Hongkong, March 8th, 1931

B38*

INTIMATIONS

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THE HONGKONG” DAILY PRESS MONDAY, MARCH 8m 1920.

SALE BY TENDER OF HMS. "KENT.

TENDERS are invited for the purchase of the above named Ship with Engines and Boilers and various auxiliary machinery

on board,

The Ship is sold for breaking-up purposes only and the Purchasers agree to offer facilities for an Admiralty Officer to inspect the progress of the work of breaking up from time to time. Parthasers will be required to MURNISHED HOUSE or FLAT on one enter into a bond to guarantee the perfor FURNISHED OF mance of the

WANTED.

by married couple.

Reply...

Box No. 637,

Care of Daily Premi” Offics.

537

NOTIOR TO CONSIGNEES.

OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LTD.

"AND"

CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD.

CONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer

TITAN"

are hereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Halte Wharf, Lowloon, whees it will lie at Consignee's rink. The Cargo will be ready for delivery, from Godown og and after Mer 8th.

Optional cargo will beʻlaadəd, unless notice has been given prior to steamer's arrival.

All broken, chafed, and damaged. goods are to be left in the th was, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays. between the hours of 10.6 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 after Mar. 15th, will be subject to rent.

"All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the undersigned on or before Mac, zach, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be effected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agenta. Hongkong, March 01h, 1920.

FOUND.

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Full particulars of the Ship and conditions of sale may be obtained on application to the undersigned, or to the British Naval Agent at Shanghai or to the British Naval General Staff Officer at Singapore Permita to view the Ship and forms of tender on application only to the undersigned.

INTIMATIONS

THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LIMITED.

ORDINARY

THE THIRTY-FIRST T. ANNUAL MEETING of the SHAILE ROIDERS in the many will be held at the Offices of the Company, 8 George's Builting. Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong on SATURDAY, the 10th day of MARCH, 1980, at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon for the and the Report of the Directora for the year. purpose of receiving a Statement of Account ending 3 at December, 1919 and declaring s Dividend...

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company March 11th, 1930 until SATURDAY, March will be CLOSED from THURSDAY s0th 1910, both days inclusive,

By Order of the

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hongkong, March 5th, 1920.

633

A deposit is required before forms of tender CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, can be issued.

The vessel will be on view from MARCE. 14T to APRIL 14TH, 1820, inclusive, between the hours of 10 a. and i e.st, and tendera must reach the Commodore's Office not later than 12 Noox an THURSDAY, APRIL 1.

Length between Perpendiculars 440ft in Breadth, extreme Depth in hold (Fist Ken 4-s

Upper Deck) Nominal Displacement Propelling Machinery: - Inverted Triple expansion (Twin of 12,000 LH.P.) Cylinders:- High,, Two of 37", Inter- mediate, Twɑ of 60". Low, Four of 80", Stroke 3' 6".

-

to

38 ...9800 Tons.

Boilers: Belleville Water Tube, 31 No.

HL G. LOWE

P

G.

Naval Store Officer.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

DARTICULARS AD CONDITIONS of the letting by Pablic Auction Bale, to be held TO-DAY (MONDAY), the 8th day

of March, 1990, _at_3 'PML," at the Offices

of the Fablic Works Department, by Order

LIMITED.

NOTICE

ORDINARY

HE FORTY-SECOND THE HOLDERS of the above Company, will be ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE held at the Offices of the General Agenta Pedder's Street on WEDNESDAY, MARGE

INTIMATION

WATSON'S

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WHISKY

aucouraged, to grow opium by ons body of troops, another body comes upon the scene and mulets the farmers in heavy Enes for violating national laws and regulations. This is reported to have happened quite recently in the provinces of Fokien. We are not prepared to say that the one foros was more anxious than the other to sữu that the laws of the land

The dollar on Saturday was worth 41d, on demand a drop of 34d, as compared with Friday's quotation

30

Mr. E. Ralpha and Mrs. Beckwith were

amongst those who left the Colony eg Saturday on the Japanese atcamer

tauta Moru,

-The P. & 0. 5.2 Kaslonit, on which Sir were faithfully observed. The need for John Jordan, P.C., GOIE, K.CB, money being common to both, the most KCHG. is travelling Home, leaver likely explanation of such incidents is Hongkong this morning. that the second military gung perceived passengers from Hongkong ate Leat

Among the that, the means of taxation having been Colonel Thursby-Pelham, who has been already fully exploited, their only chance Treasury Cheat Officer, in Hongkong of getting further funds out of the during the war and Mrs. Thursby-Pelham, farmers was to levy "fines," Peking may and Mrs. E. R. Hallifax and family. send forth ita thunder in the form of mandates declaring that the opium evil

most

be completely suppressed, and threatening officials, military and civil, with dire pains and penalties if they maintains the same neglect their clearly defined duties in this connection, but we can never hope to bear the last of opium growing in China until the government of the country is placed on a more stable basis than it is at pre- sent and both civil and military officials become more concerned for the welfare of the State than for their own aggraadisoment. When, however, we recall the extent of the opium traffic in

2478, at 11.30 A.M., for the purpose of receiv- HIGH quality TO-DAY 2

ing the Report and Statement of Accounts

the year for the TRANSPRE BOOKS of the Company,

31st December 1919.

will

bo CLOSED from the 10th to 34th March, both days inclusive.

JARDINE MATHESON & Co., LTD.

General Agents. Hongkong, March 5th, 1920.

531

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STAMPS.

VISH TO BUT an Important Wholesale.

Lot or Stock of CHINESE and HONGKONG STAMPS. Make offers by letters to ME. LAMBERT, Room 303, Hong- kong Hotel, stating price, quantities and description. Offers received after MONDAY, „March Sta” will not be considered.

ACCOUNTANT.

525

A LADY'S GOLD and DIAMOND front to be fixed by the Sarvajos English languages is wanted as Accountint

BRACELET

Application should be made to the under- Quentioned

P. P. J. WODEHOUSE, Deputy Superintendent of Police

$13

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.

ORGAN

RECITAL

TO-DAY

of HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR of OneHINESE GENTLEMAN, with thorough Lot of CROWN LAND at Kowloon,{ knowledge of foreign Book-keeping and in the Colony of Hongkong, for term able to write and speak the Chinese and Rant Surveyor in large engineering enterprise with its of HIS MAJESTY THE KING, for one further seat in Canton. Security must be guaranteed term of 75 years.

to a value of $3,000

Application, written in Chinese sad particulars about experience,

"CY" POST. REST. CANTON before the

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Za of Hala

Bughtry Na

North of Kewloon

Lolity

Bondary

17353, 000(180)

Upest Pries.

The local Polion are to be congratulated effecting the capture of Mor Sing, one of a band of four notorious prisoners whose escape from Victoria Gaal wa attended with the murder of Warder Speed and an Indian warder. One man his already paid the penalty; a

Recond man has been now captared. Two other remain at large.

It appears that Mok Sing was in hiding in Canton, but was traced by our detectives who arrested him and brought him to Hongkong yesterday.

H.E. Sir John Jordan was the guest at tancheon, yesterday, of Bir Robert Ha

as BEFORE and during the closing years of the Monarchy, when Tung, LLD, at Idlewild." Amongst

the War.

Per Case Including duty.

$29,00

the movement for its suppression was those invited to meet Sir John Jordan embodied in legislation, we cannot fail were H.E. the Governor (Six Reginald to realise that the movement has been Stubbs, K.C.M.G.) and his A.D.C., B.E successful to a degree which few could Vice-Admiral Sir A. Duff, K.C.B., and have imagined ten years ago. There are his Secretary, H.E. Major-General Ven- mora evidences than the recent Mandate tris C.B., Dr. J. W. Jamieson, C.M.G.. by the PRESIDENT that the Government at (H.E.M. 'sConsul-General at Canton), Com Peking desires to see this great movement odore Gurner, Hon. Dr. Cland Severn, as completely successful as it is possible to make it. The Prime Minister of China, in paying a public tribute to the reng British Minister, recently, placed as first and foremost among the achieve ments which made him “one of the best friends China ever had" the fact that Siz, JOEN JORDAN had been a great fores in the joint effort of China and Great Britain to put an end to the opium trafic sparing no pains and expending all his

G, Sir Paul Chater, CM.G., Hon. Mr. Lau Chu Pak, Hon. Mr. Ho, Fook and other representative members of the Chinese community.

tests from Singapore against the refusal Truth says:—I continge to receive pro- of the Government to constitute the Straite Settlements as a "theatre of war." As matters stand, the local volunteers .. and men who did not volunteer, but were afterwards are not eligible

English, giving partition should be sent to A. S. WATSON & CO., nice towards the consummation of a rewardal opseripted, are not all whils

15th of March.

WANTED,

556

of CARBONIC ACID GAS desirous of getting into touch with prospec tive buyers: Kindly address enquiries

P. U. Bar 78.

[500

TO: LET.

A

GODOWN at Yarmadi.

Apply to-

(MONDAY), AT Ő PM.

NEW FRENCH LOAN & PER CENT.

THE HONGKONG LAND REOLAMA.

TION CO., LTD.

Faoi

R

EDEEMABLE at FES. 150, in 60 years

by kalf yearly drawings

TO 'LET.

Interest payable on the 1st of May and 1st

MR. DENMAN FULLER

A. G. DA ROCHA,

IS THE AUCTIONEER

501

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

Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2931.

LAVOURED with instructions

FAVOURI The Cosizerned.

from

will well by Public Auction, TO-MORROW

(TUESDAY), March, 8th, 1920,

at 2.15 P..

at his Sales Room.

A QUANTITY OF

ال

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS & EFFECTS

Also

PRICE OF INTE FES. 100.

of November.

Drawings to take place on the 18th of A SHOP & Nathan Road, Kowloon, March and the 16th of September of each

year, ple

1st drawing on the 16th of September, 1950. 1st upon of Frs. 3.50 to be paid on the 189 of November 1920

Subscriptions will be received up to the 10th of March next by the

-BANQUE DE L'INDO CHINE L BERINDOAGUE, Manager. Hongkong, February 16th, 1920.

427.

A

NEW FRENCH LOAN 5 PER CENT,

1990

UNDER THE GUARANTIN OF THE FRECH REPUHIC.

THE Local Besneb of the "ANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE will receive subscriptions for the New French Loan 5 per cent 1921, from the 19th February to the 10th of March next.

The Loan is free of income tax and redeem-

150 Kerosine Lamps of different patterns-ahle in 80 Years at 160 per cent. by half-

"All new.

5 cases Australian Cream Butter 3 1b tins 1 Escoffier Fauce, in good condition. Best Woollen Blue Serge in first-class con- dition 7 or 8 yards suit lengths. Jakt for this Beason.

Trame—Cash on Delivery.

A. G. DA ROCHA, AUCTIONEER BURVEYOR GENERAL BROKER

AND

Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2835

NAVOURED with instructions from

FA The Concerned,

Ball by... Publia Auctio THURSDAY, March 17th, 18: at 2.15 P.M

at his Sales Boom. HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND EFFECTS

Chest of

Apply to--

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CO., LTD. Alexandra Buildings

COMPLETE ERATED WATER

PLANT FOR SALE

THE MACHINES are made by Menu ter, and guaranteed in perfect working order. This complete plant will turn out 2,400 doren Aerated Water per day.

KWONG SANG HONG LTD. P O. Box 390, Hongkong.

BRATHY & HINCHLIFTS, LTD.. Manches

FOR SALE H

MODERATE. PRICE.

LIMITED,

AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

TEL. No, $16.

BIRTH

design dear to his own heart and greatly desired by the people of China.” Sir JOHN JORDAN'S name, the Prime Minister said, "world over be held in grateful re membrance by the people of China for the part he played in this great move- ment. It is a very encouraging sign of the times to notice that, whenever attempts are made to violate the laws of the try and the pledges China has given to Great Britain in connection with the opium traffic, it excites a' chorus of con- demnation in the vernacular Presa sad,

have nothing to hand down to their

in suppressing the matiny of an Indian children as a reminder of their services regiment, and the rising in Kelantan (sic). I sincerely hope that when the

Home Eervice Medal, which Mr. Chur chill has in mind, is struck, the Volun Colonies, not included in the list of wat teers of Singapore and other Crown theatres, will receive a corresponding decoration.

HARGREAVES-At Shanghai, on Marchin Chinese commercial circles. There week, of Mr. W.. McCulloch, one of

2nd, 1999, to Mr. and Mrs. J. E.. HARGREAVES, a daughter.

DEATH.

McCULLOCH-At Shanghai, on March and, 1920, WEBSTER MCCULLOUR, of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation:

Hangrond Opticm: 104, Das Verur Boan, C. London Office: 131, Fran Braun, E.C.

The Daily Press.

Hongkong, March 8721, 1920.

ANOTHER ANTI-OPIUM

MANDATE.

MOVED by the stream of reports from various provinces of China that the laws prohibiting the cultivation of opium in China are being flagrantly disregarded, and

need now never be any fear that the Chinese law for the suppression of the opium traffic will become a dead letter, though it may be some years before it is completely effective,

One case (one death) of enteric fever was reported in the Colony on Friday.

Mr. Edgar Warwick has returned to England to recruit a new company for the Far East.

The death, took place at Shanghai last younger bat much respected and very Shanghai Banking Corporation. Mr. popular employees of the Hongkong and McCulloch was taken ill a week pro

viously with what was doubtless an attack of influenza and pneumonia afterwards set in proving fatal owing to heart failure. Mr. McCulloch was a native of Ireland, having been born in Mullinger in West Meath He first came East, for the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, in the autumn of 1912 and was stationed at first

The Tai Hong firm has been granted as Hongkong, being later transferrel to licence to trade under the Non-ferrous Manila and from thence to Shanghai. Metal Industry Ordinanca

Mr. McCulloch, who was only in his Colonel Mary Johnson, the new Com-hearted type true to his nationality, ssys thirty-first year, was of the rezi warm- mandant of the B.V.C., leaves England on the 19th instant by the P. & O. Nellore.

the NO. Daily News. Ho was a member of the Raco Club and of the Light Horse,

The N.I.K. ban contributed 1.50,000 where, as well se among his associates at -

that high provincial officials in some euch to the Ministries of Communication the bank, his loss will be most deeply case ars even openly ordering the farmers and Education for the training of regretted.

to cultivate opium, because it is a luera-scamen.

Live source of provincial revenue, the

President of China has issued yet another The name of Mr. C. R. B, Newton, CIVIL SERVICE CHANGES.

It threatens offenders with the Messrs. A B. Watson & Co., Ltd., has

yearly drawings, the interest coupons being built seven-zoomed House, Peak, utmost rigour of the law, and directs the been added to the Register of Chemists SEVERAL ACTING APPOINTMENTS..

payable on 1st May and 1st November of each year.

Faly paid subscriptions t

t par.

WNER leaving Colony, Substantially Large Verands, Central Hesting(0)

Fuel making House dry and comfortable Ministery of the Interior to appoint Partly paid abscriptions at 101 per cent.imes of the year, Lawn, Gardens inspectors to make investigations in the

purporting:

Fr. 15-ben subscribing. Fr. 25-on the lat of April. Fr. 35 on the 16th of July." Fr. on the 1st of August 1920. ROUET DE JOURNEL,

Manager. Hongkong, February 16th, 1990:

428

5. FRENCH LOAN 1920.

[SSUED at par in Bonds of Fcx. 100, and redeemable at Fc 150 for each Boud within Sixty years by Half-yearly Drawings, beginning 1990. Bonda exempt from taxe. Interest payable twice yearly, on May Jet and NOVEMBER Zet.

Subscriptions accepted.

Wardrobing Deško. «Chairs Drawer Dressing Tables, Bookcams, Arm „ohairs Curion, Gronlesen und Glaswwe, by the

Brass Ornaments. Vases, Pictures. Ice Forer,

Red teada, Clocks, Typewriters, Tablncloths,

• Hatvands, and a lone line of Bandries.

Terms -----Cash on delivery

MAZOR 16th, BUSSO-ASIATIC BANK, R. LODGERS, Manager.

Hicksha-house (Tram minutes), Box room, Good Banement, Cool in Summer Warm and Sunny in Winter, Suitable for Taipan, or easily convertible into houses during present shortage.

Apply

Box 483, Care of "Daily Prem" Office. Hongkong, February 16th. -

and Druggists.

Hankoy is complaining of mail matter the Civil Service have been gazetted:--

The following nating appointments, in having taken two months and a half in

His Honour Mr. H. X. J. Gompertz to transit from England. Letters were deact as Chief Justice livored in Hongkong, yesterday, which

Mr. J. R. Wood to act as Paine Judge. had taken two months in transit

with allock from March 1st, 1920.

Mr. E. A. Irving temporarily to nct am First Police Magistrate and Coroner in addition to his other duties.

various provinces where opium is report ed to be grown. No one has ever doubted the sincerity of the Peking Government in this matter, and there is every warrant for regarding the recrudescence of opium

Mr. Beilby Alston, the new British growing in the provinces during the past year or two as merely a paming phase of Minister to China, is expected to arrive FRENCH LESSONS disturbances which have now for so long which Mr. M. W. Lampson, the present the chaos arising out of the political in Peking in the middle of April, after demoralized the government of the coun- Chargé d'Affaires, will go home on

It is one of the many evils which leave followed from the mobilisation of

The following weddings are announced. large rabble armies which the legitimate to take place shortly: Cept William the Board of Examiners, vics Mr. H. G.. revenues of the provinces are insufficient James Campbell (74th Punjabis) to Miss Nolan, deceased. to maintain. Military commanders in

G. MOUBRION,

18. MONTON HILL ROAD,

WAI KEE

FLAG AND BAIGMAKER.

No. 139, Des Voeux Road Central, Top Floor HONGKONG

Taimenomm No 1833.

Director of the Widows and Orphans

Mr. R. O. Hutchison, M.B.E., to be a Pensions during the absence on leave of

..

the Hon. Mr. C. McI. Messer, O.B.E

Mr. A R. Cavalier to be a member of

more than one province have compelled Emily Hardley, nurse at the Government The Hon. Mr. Lan Cha Pak torbe un farmers to turn rice fields once more into Civil Hospital Mr. Phillip Martin unofficial membe

of the Legislative poppy plantations, because land under Blockwell (Shanghai) to Miss Margares Council for

further period of two poppy cultivation can be made to yield Alice Prodie (Shanghai); Mr. Colin years. a very much larger amount in the way Willard Martyr to Miss Helen McLeod of taxation than any other crop. It Barthwick Yokohama Mr. Howard of the Sanitary Board for term occasionally happens also that, after Charles Fago, to Miss Beryl Troxel en years with effect from March 1st farmers have been either compelled, or route from Oakland, Cal

Dr. W. V. Miller Koch to be a member

a term of three

vice Mr. FB. L. Bowley, resigned