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NOTICE.

MR. AROHIBALD ORR TANG has This been admitted a Partner in Our Firm in Hongkong and China

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co... 602 "Hongkong, April 1st, 1920.

NOTICE.

Undersigned requests that on and after April 1st, 1920, all communica- tions for Masks. S. C. ISMAIL. & CO., ba addressed to him care of Mesars. AndULLI BROTHERS

8. R. ISMAIL The executor of the Will of 8. C. Istnail. Hongkong, March 30th, 1910.

NOTICE.

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TE HAVE This Day REMOVED our Offices from 18, Connaught. Rond to 17, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Second Floor.

BRITTO & CO. Hongkong, April 1st, 1830.

NOTICE

864."

INTIMATIONS

RANKS HOLIDAYE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PHEN THURSDAY. APRIL

IN Accordance with Ordinance No. & of 1912,

the EXCHANGE BANKS i ba

INTIMATIONS

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

LIARVED

OLOSED for the transaction of PUBLIO A 4400 per Share) has been declared NINTERIM DIVIDEND of 8 per cent BUSINESS on FRIDAY, SATURDAY and and will be payable on the 18th of Arazi, MONDAY, APRIE END, 3RD and 57H, 1980,

Hongkong, March 29th, 1990.

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OFFICE

EASTER HOLIDAYS.

THIS DEPARTMENT will be entirely

CLOSED on GOOD FRIDAY, APRIA ISE. will be Opened for all purposes till Noor, on SATURDAY, 320, and MONDAY, 5TH APRIL, 1920. Licensed Warehouses will be entirely closed on those dates.

0. W. BEOKWIFE, Superintendent, Imports and Exports. Hongkong, March 29th, 1990. ·[640

NOTIOR

1990, 1998

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLUSED from the 7th of April to the 14th of April, both days inclusive, daring which time no Transfer of Sharse can b

he registered.

LAPRAIK & CO., DOUGLAS

General Managers, DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP Co., LAD. Hongkong, March 3`tz 1991. · Lase

HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY,

· LIMITEDS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the ORDINABY YEARLY MEET- ING of the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Company's Hotel, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7TH 1920, at Noon, for the the Board of Directors together with Statemens of Accounts for the Year ending

INTIMATION

WATSON'S.

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1930-

WBISKY

purpose of receiving the Report of maintains the

31st December, 1919...

The REGISTER OF SHARES

of the Com- pany will be CLOSED. from THURSDAY,

same

Mr. and Mrs Spine Thompson, word: among the passengers who left for Europe by the Pilana, Mr. Syma Thompson, son of Yokohama, is traselling by the sama steamer.

* If a dog bites a man "” said a clever feeler of the public pulse,

so newa. But if a man bites dog it is news. And every murder, even when there are the three of the triangle concerned, is news because, to some extent,

The Hon. Mr. E. D. a Walte, a&F. is is incomprehensible. V... We cannot imagine our friend JONES OF BROWN central figure in a group photograph of Who is going on leave shortly, was the committing a murder for the love of the members of the local Police Force,

taken at the Contral Station, yesterday.

Lieut. Bianchedi communicates to the

(both 137, WEDERADAY, APRN HIGH quality TO-DAY Even with CRIPPES, we feel disappointed Thursday in Easter week (April 8th.) in

days duting which period no

HAVE This Day REMOVED my Office Wad our Cartoncolon. Residecita transfer of shares can be registered.

to No. 17, QUY'S ROAD CENTRAL, 1st Floor.

J. H. GARDINER, ..

Solicitor.

(565 Hongkong, March 31st, 1920.

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Castomers that we have appointed ON LEE COMPRADORE, 28, Nathan Road, as our distributing Agent at Kowloon

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PUBLIC AUCTION,

VALUABLE

LEASEHOLD

PROPERTY,

to be sold in one lot by Pubs Anation, on TUESDAY,

the 8th day of April, 1920 at 3 o'clock p.. at bis Sales Booms at No. 6, Duddall Street, Victoris, Hongkong,

by MR. GEORGE P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.

The Property consists of :

All that piece or parcel of ground eituste at Victoria, Hongkong, registered in the Land Office RECTION D. or INLAND LOT No. 948 together with all the menquage and premises thereon known as No. 65, Wyndham Street.

For further particulars and conditions of ale Apply to *

MISSES, WILKINSON & GRIST.- Vendor's Solicitors, No. 9, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong,

MR. GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer,

No. 6. Duddell Street, Hongkong.

697

By Order of the Board of Directors,

J. E. TAGGART Manager and Secretary. Hongkong, March 29th, 1920.

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A. G. DA ROCHA.

IS THE AUCTIONEER

A. G. DA BOUHA,

AUCTIONEER, SURVEYOR AND

GENERAL BROKER.

Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 9939 AVOURED with instructions from

Mr. Marks, will sell by Public Auction, TO-DAY (THURSDAY), April 1st, 1990,

at 2.15 Mit

at his Sales Room.

→ HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND

EFFECTS.

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Wardrobes, Desks Chairs Chest Drawers, Dressing Tables, Bookcsson, chairs, Curios Crockery and Glassware, Bram Ornaments, Vases Pictures, Too Borer, Bedreads, Clocks, Typewriters Tablecloths, Flatstands and a long line of Sundries

Tro-Cash on Delivery

AG. DA ROCHA, AUCTIONEER SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER.

Queen's Bond Central, Telephone No.. 1933. HAVING

been Favoured with in- "structions from Mr. G.. O. Ware will sell by Public Auction TO-DAY (THURS DAY) April 1st, 1920, at 5.15 PM at his Sales Boom.

À QUANTITY OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

Comprising:-

Double Iron Bedstead Chairs, Table, Ward- robes, Pictures, Dressing Table, Washstand, Diater Wagons, Crockery and Glasswares,

have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining REPULSE BAY HOTEL. Cooking Utensils, Kerosine Lamps, Sewing

undelivered altar the 6th Mar. will be subject.

to rent.

- All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before Chs 16th Apr. or they will not be recognized,

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godown, where they will be examined on the 6th Apr. at 10 akt by Goddard & Douglas.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bils of Lading will be countersigned by DODWELL & CO., LTD, Agents,

Hongkong, 31st March, 1920.

HONGKONG SCHOOL OF

MOTORING.

MR C. R. WILSON, late of the Royal

Flying Corps, tras been -appointed

Manager of the above Bchool

Particulars of Tuition in Driving and

Motor Mechanism can be had on applica

Hon to the Manager,

School and Workshop:-Shaukiwao,

Adjoining TAIKOO DOCKS

Post Office Box: 28.

T670

HANKOW BRITISH WAR MEMORIALA:

having been decided that the HANKOW

Traver MEMORIAL MAIL

take the form of a marble and/or granite monument on the Bund the Committee Invites, those desirous of submitting designs to communicate with the undersigned from when farther, partionlark can be obtained.ee

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MONDAY, APEIL ÖTE.

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TEA DANSANT FROM 4 PM TO 7 PAL DINNER DANCE FROM 8 PM

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210

Machine, Napkins, certains, and Sundries.

Also

1 Large Bafe by James Black & Co

London.

1 Grand Fiano by Collard and Collard. TEM--Cash on Delivery.

G. DA BOCHA, AUCTIONELE, SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER.

Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2981.

AVOURED with Instructions from FAY

The Concerned, willwell by Public Auction,

SATURDAY, April 3rd, 1990,

as BEFORE and during

the War.

Per Case including daty.

$29,00

A small sale of work will be held on

the morning and afternoon at the Helena May Institute Contributions towards the sale, either of work or any saleable articles, will be most" acceptable, and should be sent to the Helena May In-

woman or the "greed of money. But we know that, in many cases, friends regarded the murderer with the same toleration, before he was connected with Italian Consulate that a biplane S.V.A the crime, as we regard Beaws and Joves.piloted by Lieut. Masiero, arrived safely Uf all types of murder the political in Bangkok on the 30th,, inst. The jour murder is perhaps gba worst. In matters ney will be continued, a start being made of affection for each other men and probably to-day from Bangkok to HanouTM women are not cold-blooded. There are At the auctions of former enemy pro- laws of sex-attraction which seem to be party held at the Prefectural Office at as definite as the laws of gravity, but Koba recently practically all the tenders which are quite beyond calpulation were below the official valuations and were Many people still have rather a sneaking consequently rejected. A bid of Y.400,000 regard for PARNELL, although he was for the Deutsch-Asiatische Bank building discovered in the undignified position of

was among the offers rojected. sliding down a water-spout in order to escape from his lady love's husband.

when Mr. FILSON Young suggests that it was not the affection for Mis LE NEVE, but the fear of penury that drove the little man to back up the body of his wife. And when we think of the murder Of B man tile ABRAHAM LINCOLN, or stitute. MCKINLAY, OF Tsas, för political purposes, we are rightly indignant with D. Hutchison were laid to rest at Bubbling The mortal remains of the late Mr. John the murderer and horrified by his crime. Well Cemetery, Shanghai, on March 24th, How then are we to regard this murder the Rev. John Darroch officiating. The at Cork! Of course, nothing can justify chief mourners were members of the it. But we suspect that the motives of the masked men who carried it out were Hutchison, J. C. Hutchison, D. C. Hutchi deceased a orn family. Messrs, A. H not altogether sordid. It is probable that on like the lynchers of cattle thieves in America of the old days, they thought that such a measure was essential to Reuter's Correspondent at Osaka, - re--` public safety. We will give them some ports that the Osaba, Asahi bas secured of their own medicine" we can imagine special serial article by Rudolf Eucken, these conspirators saying to each other, entitled" Germany and Japan." Prior when first the idea of revenge on the to the war Eucken was one of the idols Sinn Feinera was mooted They tham- Sapancae philosophers, though the selves, no doubt, geniunely made up theixent, tendency of Japanese intellectuals winds that their crime was no crine, në disiécidedly more socialistic, Karl Marx,

day command a great following.

E. Mitchell, H. C. Popehnd Major M. Bourne acted as pall-bearers.

A. S. WATSON & CO., all, but justifiable homicide. They Bertrand Russell, and evan Kropotkin, to

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WINE AND SPIRIT MEBOHANTS.

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doubtless decided that the Lord Mayor Cork, as an eminent Sinn Feiner, wa morally guilty of murder. have been any number of ireland, recently, I 2. attributed to

Sinn Fo

decided to execute him

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tas deed murde. The dostr

the law into one's band dangerous. It can seldom, bëj

Hardzöng Option: 10, Da Vaux Boas, 0. Lowson Orsion: 181, Fram Srium, E.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, ÁFEIL, 182, 1980,

THE MURDER IN CORK.

healthy-minded man or woman than the NOTHING is more abhorrent to the

idea of wilful murder, For one, or several individuals; to cut off a human existence, with malice.

and alore thought, as the law puts it is very horrible. We rightly hold human life, as the most sacred thing, except honour, and we find that public opinion approves of all measures which are taken for its safeguard. It is true that in Asia, especially in China, these ideas are not so fully developed. One of the things that most surprises the new comer is the apparent callousness of the Chinese in Even in Europe the matter of death. one inevitable result of the war

a has been an alteration in the minds of some people concerning the value of human life Those who lived in the devastated regions Tabla

of Belgium and France, those who faced death daily in the trenches, perhaps becaine as fatalistic as the Chinese appear

At his Sales Rooms, Queen's Road Central (Old Fost Office Building) EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE

Comprising Blackwood Furniture, Bram and Iron Bedsteads Tables Carpets and Bugs Overmantels, Bill Tapestry Covered Drawing Room Suite, Sofas, Easy Chairs, Occasional Tables, Extension Dining Bevelled Mirror Wardrobes, Fictures, Curtains, Bed Sheets, Crockery, Glassware, Ornaments, Cabinet, Teak Bookcase, Dinner

very ifed

Within a period of two years the Federated Malay States have lost two Judges in tragically sudden circum stances Mr. Justice Edmonds died and- denly at Malacos during the Assizes, shortly after the rising of the Court, and Mr. Justice Earnshaw, acting+ › Chiefect, Judicial Commissioner of the Federated Malay Staze hed suddenly at the Station Hotel, Ipoh, shortly after 8 a., on March 110th.

His Lordship had been presiding

In this case it cannot possibly be justified if the man who committed the garageor the Appeal Court, and was to have are caught they will, in all probatiky delivered judgment in a case of some local pay the extreme penalty. Horried Wing the hearing of the case his lord- Importance on the morning of his death. are, however, at the crime, some of hy showed signs of illness and mentioned find ourselves very much inclined to hope had never felt so in his life. So one of the counsel engaged in the eas that they will not be caught. Of course, Hilere was long overdue, but he was this is very wrong For all that, it is expecting to depart for England in May. very natural to lat sentiment away our drs. Larnshaw was actually on her way to England Tributes were paid to the judgment in such matters. We still late fudge in the Courts of Ipoh and remember about an eye or an eye."!

Kuala Lumpur as well as in the Supreme. Court at Singapore. His death is regard- ed as a great loss to the judiciary of the

federated Malay States.

Lady Stubbs is travelling to Hongkong" on the P. & O. steamer Nore, due here about April 5th.

One case (one death) of small-por and one case of diptheria were reported in the Colony on Tuesday.

VAN new rice control act in Siam em

register and requisition stocks. powers a Board to regulate prices and to

The Osaka cotton men have decided not to send their own representatives to the Diet for fear of creating popular ant gunism toplutocracy.

It is announced that Mr. A. C. Lang has been admitted a partner in thrm of Messrs Gibb, Livingston & Co., in Hongkong and China.

The Chinese community of Singapore

A LABUOR QUESTION IN HONGKONG.

TALK OF A BIG STRIKE There is some expectation that a general strike of fitters employed in the ship- building and engineering firms, of the Colony may occur to-day, The fitters have been asking for an increase of 40 per cent in their wages Chinese Brus as well as the large European establish- the Tramway Co., Ltd. are affected. Some ments, the Kowloon-Canton Railway and Shing like ten thousand Attars are stated to be employed in the Colony, and the demand for this large increase in wages

pears to have been organised by the place yesterday between the employers and Fittera' Guild. Discussions were taking the men No intimation, so far as we can learn, has been given to the employers that general strike will be called to-day if demands are not conceded, and it is

the

FLAT in Hongkong; four Boomi Waggons, Dining Chair, Silver Ware, I to be in these matters But for all that laat week entertained the new Governor to be hoped that there is no substantial

Clocks Marble-top Washstands, Cooking cold-blooded murder is still considered as and Lady Guillemard to a banquet on

Set Electric good a horrible crime. On the other hand, a grand scale at the Garden Club.

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A. G. DA BOCHA, AUCTIONEER SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER

Queen's Boad Centrai, Telephone No. 1932, FAVOURED with instructions from

The Concerned, s soll byTublic Auction, on TUESDAY, April 8th, 1990 as 3.15'7.K,

at his Bales Room, B

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS & EFFECTS

75 cases Laundry Bar Soap." 100 dozen Talcum Powder. (in small tina). 200 ting Finest Australian Cream Butter.

50 Boxes Dutch Cigars. Joh

8 Boycles Rubber tyres. (new) An Assortment of Ladies Under Skirts Nightgowns Kimonos, Binglets, Blouse, Silk Dresser, Stockings, Umbrel Handkerchiefs and Sundries.

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there is no other event which can arouse such pablic interest. Those of us who followed in detail the CRIPPIN cus concerning which Mr. FILSON YOUNG has some literary quite recently devoted some gentus and the whole of a book-vera, perhaps, a little ashamed at finding that the sordid pieces of evidence fascinated We could not make up our minds as to what manner of man was this little doctor, who was the central figure in the eternal triangle which so often produces tragedy, Mr. FILSON YOUNO, Biter some years of contemplation, has; advanced

new theory as to the motive for the crime And, that explains the whole business of

qur interesting zurtier::cases? really interested in the man or woman who commits the

der. We say to ourselves bey must be abnorma Want fathom the depths of the human

We hunger for

foundation for the current rumour.

Uav. Uff. E. Eles has departed for Italy, FATE OF CANTON MILITARY

on lease, by L. Filma Signor 0. Fumagalli will be the Acting Italian Consul for Hongkong, Macao, and South China

According to instructions from the Minister of Foreign Affairs at Copen- hagen, Mr. Karsten

ssert has been pointed Acting Consul for Denmark at Hongkong.

A monument in commemoration of the Allied Victory to be formally dedicated in the Central Park, Peking on the 4th last. Allied Ministers and Chinese officials will be present.

Complaint is made at Shanghai of the low standard of fineness of the new sub-

from the

ing Mint

than ond

GOVERNMENT.

DR. WU TING-FANG'S BUDDEN DEPARTURE,

[BOM OUR CANTON CORRESPONDENT.) Considerable excitement prevails in Canton over the sudden departure of Dr. Wu Ting-fang for Hongkong, and of Com mander Lam Po-yik. There is a feeling abroad that something unusual is about to happenCommander Lam issued orders to the troops under his command, before Canton for Swatow or Amoy at Leaving Canton, to prepare to leave moment a notice,

Dr. Wu, Satends to proceed to Shanghai and has no intention of returning to Canton With his departare, the various departments of the Military Government have been completely disorganised In fact the entire administration has come.