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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTION

NOTION

the OFFICERS WILTSHIRE REGI- MENT are not Responsible for the Debts incurred by or on behalf of Aur Young & Co.

718

NOTICE.

In the Estate of WILLIAM GREENHILL, Captain, Chinese Labour Corps, deceased).

ALL Persons bovins Claims again above Estate are requested to sand in same to the undersigned immediately.

MAJOR R. P. CULVER

" The Wiltshire Regiment,

Hurray Barracks.

Hongkong, April 10th, 1920.

NOTICE.

THE NATIONAL BENEFIT ASSURANCE

CO, LTD.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 10rm, 1920.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO., LTD.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless the following Goods at present in the costody of the above named Company are taken delivary of within THIRTY DAYS from April 6th, 1920, and the charges dae in respect thereof paid, they will be said by Public Auction -

Ex 41. HAROLD DOLLAR***

arrived April 17th, 1918.

Hongkong-No. 1.

INTIMATIONS

NOTICE

THE PARTNERSHIP hitherto existing THE PORPETNIO MARIA NOLASCO DA SILVA under between Grora PHILIP LAMMKET & the style and name of WOBSTER, LAMMEET & SILVA has been dissolved by mutual consent as from March 31st, 1880. All outstanding iransactions entered into under the said 1artnership will be attended to by Mr. P. M. N. DA SILVA, who will continue to carry on business under the same style or name of WORCESTER, LAMKEET & SILVA until further notion.

WORCESTER, LAMMERT & SILVA. Hangrang, April 6th, 1920

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NOTICE

'N connection with the above, I have This Day started business as Shared General Broker under my own name.

GEO. P. LAMMERT. Hongkong, April 6th, 1990.

05-21

1 Bal

Belting

$

717

D193

"

Various numbers 24 Bales

M S

Belting. IN

0225

+ Bales

M

(Incorporated in England),

$

AVING been appointed Fire and Marint H Underwriting AL-ENIS to the above M Company we are prepared to issue Policies ae

6-21

S

A

current rates.

UNION TRADING Co

10-19

8 Balen

Prince's Buildings,

Hongkong, April 10th, 1930.

718

M

S

DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL

D175

+ Bales

Belting.

PORTS in connection with the DIOCESAN BOTS' SCHOOL will be held at the University Ground on MONDAY, APRIL 19TH, at 3.30 PM.

Friends and old boys are asked to attend.

719

KOWLOON BOWLING GREEN CLUB.

'HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be beld is the Club House on FRIDAY, APRIL 23rd, av.5.45 F.M.

BAIXA:

1. To receive Committee's Report and Statement of Accounts for year ended 31st December, 1919.

To Elect Office Bearers for ensuing year. * To Discuss Club business generally.

D. GOW, Acting Hon. Secretary,

NOTICE.

790

[698

Balting.

Bales

Belting.

T

NOTICE.

THE business of an Auctioneer, Surveyor, and Appraiser, hitherto carried on by the undersigned under the style or Arm Dame of "GEO. F. LAMMERT* will, as from this Belting data, be carried on by the same parties under the style or firm name of "LAMMERT, BROS

Dated 7th day of April, 1990.

GEO. P. LAMMERT, H.A. LAMMERT.

6 Rales

Belting.

6 Bales

Belting.

In Balo Belting. W. S. BROWN, Secretary.

Hongkong, April 6th, 1990.

889

No mark

70%

HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY.

"LIMITED.

(Incorporsted in the United Kingdom)! TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the IN

ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the HONGKONG TRAMWAY COM PANY, LIMITED, will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY," Loren Pedder Street, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of April, 1920, at 12 o'clock Noos, to transact the ordinary THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGA business of the Company.

TION CO, LTD.

By Order of the Bosed,

W. ROBERTS,

Secretary. Hongkong, 7th February, 1920

THE Directors of the above Company have

01

Dividends for Shareholders the Colonial Register are free of Income Tax and will be paid as the rate of 4/10 per dollar.

declared an INTERIM DIVIDEND of por cent. (equal to 3 per share) on the Preferred Ordinary Shares and 6 per cent. GEORGE WINSTANLEY BARTON,(equal to 8 per share) on the Deferred

Ordinary Shares of DOUGLAS, LAPRAIK & CO., General Managers of DOUGLAS STEAM COMPANY, LIMITED, of Hongkong, bereby hase the below-mentioned steamer of notice that in consequence of a wish which they are the owners to carry & similar name to other steamers of the LIMITED, DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP "COMPANY,

of Trade I have applied to the ander Section 47 of the Merchant Ship Ping Act, 187, in respect of the ship of Hongkong, official

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to

number 139842, of gross tonnage 1547.79 tons, register tonnage 975.57 tons, bereto Hore owned by Mr. H. M. H. NEMAZEE. Hongkong, for permission to change Vof

HAILOONG and to have ber name to her registered in the new hace at the Port of Hongkong as owned by the Dove- LAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

Any objections to the proposed change. of name must be sent to the Eegistrar of Ehipping at Hongkong within seven days From the appearance of this advertisement, Dated at Hongkong, this 10th day of April, 1990.

GEORGE WINSTANLEY BARTON.

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- KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY. (BRITISH SECTION).

THE Public is hereby notified that on THE

and after WEDNESDAY, APRIL, 14ra, the following ALTERATIONS will be made in the Time Table: On WEDNES DAYS and BATURDAYS an additional Train will leave Kowloon for Shum Chun at 9.30 P.M. returning from Shum Chun at $2.04 r.X.

and stter MONDAY, May 3rd, 1930, at the Dividend Warrants will be obtainable on

Company's Offes.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, April 26th to MONDAY, May 3rd both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.

General Managers. Hongkong, April 7th, 1920.

“

708

BABY AMAH. ADY wishes to recommend her amali- baby amah. Thoroughly capable and

MRS. CARTWRIGHT, 140, The Feat

reliable.

WANTED.

691

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ASSOCIA

TION OF HONGKONG.

THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL- will be held at the CITY HALL, on THURS

MEETING of the above Association

for the following purposes DAY, APRIL 15, 1920, at 5.30 PK,

To receive the Report of the Committee and Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1818.

To elect the Officers and Committee for the ensuing year.

HBL DOW BIGGIN, Bon. Secretary.

Hongkong, April 7th, 1990. -

WM. POWELL, "LTD.

(704

714 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thit the NINETEENTA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Company's Offices on MONDAY, APRIL 19TH, 1922, at 12 o'clock, Noon, for the Directors and Statement of Accounts to the purpose of receiving the report of the 19th February, 1930.

Y British Merchant House European BY

youth to learn Office work. State salary required.A Apply 10-2 (

Box 706, Care of "Daily Fress" Office. 706

WANTED.

AURNISHED

ot

UNFURNISHED

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 8th April to the 19th April, 1920, both days inclusive

By Order of the Board of Directors,

HARRY EYRE,

Acting Secretary.

Hongkong, April 6th, 1990, 10 Th 686

ROBERT

INTIMATION

British Minister, who shared Mr. Box- Tobacco is to be subjected to taxation in. LINGHAME's pro-Chinese sympathies, had Mone Tobacco manufactured in the been succeeded by Sir RUTHERFORD Colony is tu boar"taxation at the rate of PORTER & CO.'S ALCOOK). The decision of the Diplomatic 30 per cent, and imported tobacco 60 per Body settled the question down to a quite cont, ad valorem.

BULL DOG

BRAND

GUINNESS

STOUT

PINTS

par case of 8 dozen

per dozen

1

SPLITS per case of 12 dozen

$30.00 $3.80

per dozen

+

$2.75

陟

Major Christopher

Wilson, O.B.E

recent date. Very little had been heard of the desire for representation down to a Fest or two ago, and on two occasions the acting Superintendent of Victoria Gaol, protest against exclusion from the Coan-has been appointed to act as First Clock cil has taken the form of threatening and Magistrate, at the Magistracy, in refusal to pay,

the tares levied by

addition to his other duties. the "Council, This desire for repro- santation on the part of the Chiness is will not be possible to proceed with the-

The Czecho-Slovak Press Burcan states has not been without its supporters among plebiscite in the Tenchen district before the foreign residents of the Settlement It has been actively championed by Mr though the stay of Mr. E. C. Wilton, May or June of this year. It looks a EDWARD 8. LITTLE, who contends that the C.M.G, of the Ching Coular Service, request for ropresentation is a moet who is the British meinber of the Car... reasonable one that it is entirely along the lines of Anglo-Saxon political development; and that the claim to repre sentation on the part of people who are It is surely a sign of the times, romarkř subjected to taxation is one that cannot a London paper, that a woman has been be reasonably resisted, and leave the selected to undertake a journey to Japan Anglo-Saxon peoples true to their own and the Far East as a "super buyer." an political ideals. We have seen but two behalf of one of London's largest stores. argumente advanced against the con-Chosen over the heads of the several of ccasion of representation.

One is that

mission, is Ekely to be prolunged for

como months.

Chinese administration is both inefficient her firm's male buyers, she has güne, to and corrupt, and that in their own uities"shop" in the land of the Rising Sun the Chinese have given foreigners no proof for a number of important departments of their capacity and fitness for taking in addition to her own.

any abare in the administration of the foreign settlement. The second objection Commerce has been doing its best to pro The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and and perhaps the one that has had the mote tea industry in various ten producing 332.00 greatest influence in the decision is provinces. The tea guilds of Hupeh, embodied in a fear that if the Chinese have dabu, Hunan, Kiangai, Fukien and, representatives upon the Council there Chekiang have organized & National Tea will be at once inaugurated a reign of Association with the object of promoting

graft or "squeeze. The position in this connection Das

been put

in an article discussing the practice "squeeze" among the Chinese.. contributed to the Y.-C. Daily News Peking, Shanghai, Hankow and Harbin in these terms: What these ratepayers has been sanctioned, and the capital of who object to

SOLE AGENTS:

of

the industry. The application submitted by the association some time ago for the organization of a Tea Industry Bank in

A. S. WATSON & CO., in most desire in this connexion authorities.

Chinese representa $15,000,000 has been duly inspected by the

LIMITED.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

HONGKONG.

TIL 618

is that Bhanghai shall be honestly

Many will remember the sensation caused and capably governed, and they are ready at Macao early in the month of July, 1818, to oppose anyone of any pationality on when pirates who had been kept on board the Council or connected with it, who is the Chinese Customs ormixer-launch Pak- incompetent - or not above suspicion.eu, on being permitted to come on deck for Hence they do not regard the proposed an attack upon the officers in charge of the fresh air and breakfast, combined in change with favour. The previous record launch and brutally murdered Mr. M. 0. of a Chinesa nomines may be unobjection. Gronous, & Swede, the pirates then making able and be may not have the power as a the wrew of the punch recognised one' good their escape. A week ago some of councillor to confer favours or even the of the murderers in the streets of Macao.

Information was given to the police and the and a Chinese detective. man was arrested by a Portuguese constable

inciation to receive gifts; but nearly all his countrymen in the Settlement will think he had this power and inclination and will act accordingly. He will be future in the Supreme Court of Singapore An action will be heard in the near. most remarkable man if he is able to within which the Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd., stand the tremendous pressure of the ask the Court (a) for a declaration that system so as to avoid even the appearance from the Crown for the use of the steam- the plaintiffs are entitled to compensation of evus Whether he is strong or weak the ships Pungah, Sai Ho, Singapore, Perak," ALL-At Woodchester, Glos, on Febr-whole more of the municipal service will Penang, Pin Seng, Perlis, Trang, and Bary 22nd, CLEMENT FRANCIS ROMILLY be weakened by the appointment, When has been heard recently of the case in Ghirbi, and (b) for compensation. Nothing Art, late E.B. M.'s Consular, Ber- vice, China

ine Chinese generally nave learned that which certain Hongkong Chinese public orice is a public trust and can point suing the Government of the Colony for Harakana Ofrica: 104, Das Vœux Hoan, 0. LORNCE OFFICE: 131, Tzane Seaww, X,C.

to some well governed cities under their portion of the profits made by the Gov own meals, it will be time enough to the war. We understand the plaint has ernment with ships requisitioned during make the change." In Hongkong we have been filed.

DEATH.

The Baily Press.

HONGKONG, APRIL 1978, 1990,

The kain at present timed to HOUSE of FLAT, on long or short REPULSE BAY HOTEL. rejected a resolution to accord the Chinese

Beply to→

Have Kowloon on BUNDAYS at 11.33 AMG

after the above" date leave at 1201 term.

week days. New Time Tables will be available on

April 14th.

:

By Order,

H. P. WINSLOW, Manager. Kowloon, 9th April, 1990.

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“ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.

NOTIOR

THE CLOSING CRUISE of the Season and presentation of Prizes will take ace on SATURDAY, APRIL 10TH, at the Hub House, North Point

Summittee will be at Home to Members and The Commodore, Vice-Commodore and

Fiends from 4 PM

By Order,

F. B. COLTHURST, Acting hon. Bailing Becretary. Hangkong, April 7th, 1990.

NOTICE.

TATIONAL LOAN OF THE FOURTH

YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC (1915).

UBSCRIBERS 'to the above Loss are hereby notified that redemption of bonds drawn at Peking on the 20th. Kirch, 1990, will begin on the 12th April, in chah or its equivalent will myment made at the Bank of China and Bank

ications or any of the branches banks and also at the Shang- Glace of the Hongkong and Shanghai anking Corporation, jika per the Bends having as two terminal

mbers any of the following groups; vis,

Box 713,

Care'of "Daily Prem." Otics.

713

TO BE LET

A. LARGE HOUSE, Partly Furnished with

Garden in central portion

Apply

G. H. Lig Care of "Daily Press "Offion.

TO LET.

090

May to October, at moderate rental. FURNISHED, to Married Couple without children, Barrington, 128, Peak, from Apply

HE POLLOCK,

Princes Buildings.

TO LET. SHOP in Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Apply fo

SATURDAY, “APRIL 10TH

·TEÅ DANSANT FROM 4 PIL TO 7 PM. DINNER DANCE: From 8 ... SUNDAY, APRIL ALTEL Orchestral Concerts during Tiffy

Afternoon Ton

are

the Order of Wen Hu upon twenty officere The Chinese Government has conferred

nad Chinese, representatives on the Legis tative Council and on the Sanitary Board for many years past, and we are unable of the Y.M.C.A. to mark their high appre.. to recognise that the administration has YMCA to the Chinese Labour Corps ciation of the service rendered by the been weakened thereby in any way. Com, while serving in France. In forwarding ditions in Hongkong and Shanghai the decorations, the Chinese Minister

it is true,

wrote, that while the number conferred in absolutely limited to low, the Chinese Government

are, identical.

Dot

the

CHINESE REPRESENTATION DEMAND AT SHANGHAI.

that they should be elected by Chiness Class-Oliver H. MeCowen, Major Wal- The annual meeting of ratepayers in the presentatives are nominated by

Here

the Chinese are not unaware that other officers are Settlement at Shanghai has decisively Governor: in Shanghai it was proposed Arthur Tapp, Rev. W. E. Boothill; Fourth equally deserving of special recognition. The list is sa follows. Third Class-Bir resident within the Settlement

area ratepayers. That might make an import-lace, Ber, James Webeter; Fifth Class- representation on the Municipal Council: At the same time the meeting passed a

ant difference, or it might not. At all G. B. Cols, H. Consterdine, Rev. D. C. Rev. E.-W. Burt, Rer, W. Cargin, Lient. zesolation in favour of having a Chinese events, in view of the grounds which at Davidson, Rev. Archibald Ewing, Ber. W. Advisory Committee of five. It is of present exist to Chinese representation H. Gillespie, J. Graham, Bev. H. Hedley, interest to recall that this question wait certainly seems to an outside observer 3. Wharton, and H. O. Wilcox (Eecretary on the Municipal Council at Shanghai, R. M. Horsey, Rev. F. W. 8. O'Neill, J. raised in the very early days of the that the Chinese residents in the Settle of the Chins Association).

F. Newman, Rev. M. C. Tewkesbury, Ber. and Bettlement. Mt. BURLINGHAME, who at the ment would be well advised to be satisfied time was American Minister at Peking with having the Consultative Committee actually secured the assent of his which the foreign ratepayers are willing colleagues to a modus vivends which to concede. It will afford them a means pronded that just as in the Native City of demonstrating to the foreign com DE. WU TING-JING. of Shanghai, the Chinese in the Settlement

April 8th munity that there are available men not abould be under the control of their own officials, with the exception of such as

only of good standing and repute, bat lang's departure from Hongkong to The report relating to Dr. Wa Ting were actually in foreign employ, and Possing the ability to undertake civic Shanghai is untrue. It was proposed at that, in the municipal administration will dissipate the fours and suspicions that of his, office of Minister of Finance and

duties

and responsibilities in a way which yesterday that Dr. Wu should be relieved the meeting of the Military Government

10

HOLTS WHARF, KOWLOON.. Lot No. 15188, stored on the 31/3/15 in the name of E. J. KAPPLEE.

A

8 Rolls Wire,

EK 1/26 26 Packaget Hardware,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES that unless the above cargo is claimed within ons month, it will be sold to cover Charges for Storage, Coolie Hire, Repairs

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agente, 20

358:

CANTON NEWS

now stand in the way of the admission of Minister of Foreign Affairs as Dr. Wa wered to have no intention of returning Chinese to the Council in a full repro to Canton. sentative capacity.

Another man has been arrested in coû- section with the recent highway robbers a Bowen Boad

THE MILITARY CRISIS. “I

Bhum Chun-hauen, who promised to pay Li Lish-kwan's fores who are to be sent Es soon as possible Li Lieb-kwan has been to Human, has been urged to pay them asked to romane office as Chief Adviser, to the Military Government. Li sent the The report in the Canton papers that ing an opportunity to get away from members of his family to Shanghai on the Kwong Lee yesterday, and is himself await. Dr. Wu Ting Fang left Hongkong for Canton. In Kan-yuen, the newly appoint Shanghai by the Empress of duía is ined Defence Commisioner of Kingchow, is sending his forces to Kingchow on a Hus sien reset,hich arrived at Cation the

there should be a Chinese element, whose assent must be had for any measure affect ing Chinese residents. Obviously, that would practically be giving over to the Chinese the municipal control of the settle ment It-never came to be adopted how- ever. A modification of this proposal was imported into the proposals made in 1889 for the revision of the Land Regulations.) Alte Consular Body had provided that the Tadtar, should appoint three Chinese re presentatives to be consulted in Municipal tractors affecting native interests, inclusive correct, of sanitary and polica regulations and FROM LONDON, COLOMBO & STRAITS. fares Though agreed to by the then Three cases (three deaths) of plague and existing Council, these amendments failed two cases (two deaths) of cerebrospinal ONSIGNEES notified COLONES are hereby potiod that to receive the sanction of the Ministers, fever were reported in the Colony on LESSONSigned, but no deposits will be collected at Regulations. (It is necessary to explain A Chinese Coromandelwood screen, with

voyage Average Bond will require to hand the clause was eliminated from the Thursday. present 20

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CO. LTD

Alera

1211, 16, 25, 34, 40, 41, 47, 65, 61, 67, 73, FRENCH

007, 99, are drawn bonds,

F.A. AGLEN

Inspector General of Customs,

betornte General of Customs,

diag March 28th, 1990.

MOUSSION,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES; :

8.S.PROFESSOR”,

**** JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LAB,

Agentajall

The Boyal Mail Steam Packet Ca Hongkong, Apriz eta, 1980,

that at that time Mr. BORLINGRAME was twelve folds, painted with scenes of the

Fold

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no longer the American Minister at Palace of Peking, Kang-hui per Peking

hd Bir FREDERICK BEUCE, the for £528 at auction in Losdon recentis

other day and which has been chartered

RAFT RIVER CONSERVANCY WORK,

With the of the

the Conservancy work one soon, of Hoods

THE CANTON TERRY which was taken up some time ago, has fa be completed as early as possible,

The Municipality proposes to carry out improvements in the ferry servi00: between Canton and Honan by the introduction of motór bosta