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Apply in writing with references to CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN SERVICE, LIMITED

Hongkong.

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PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, LTD.

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the NNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the Hora XONS HOTEL, Hongkong on SATURDAY, the seth day of May, 1920, at 11.30 AM for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ending th April, 1920.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the 15th day of May, to MoNDAY, the 31st day of May, 1990, both days incluzive::.

PEAK TRAMWAYS CO. LIMITED. JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON,

General Managers. Hongkong, May 19th, 1880

938

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. Frox CALCUTTA, penang and

SINGAPORE.

THE Steamship

*LAISANG*

having arrived from the above pert.Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the nazardous and or extes hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and "Godown Company, Limited, whence, and/or Grethe wharvel, delivery may be obtained. Goods not cleared by May Bird, will be rabject to rent.

All braken, chafed, and damaged packages to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined. Cinims against the steamer must be presented within 10 days of arrival otherwise they will not be recognized.

No Fire Larmanse will be edicted by us to Boy whatev

Bilir of Lading will be countersigned by JARDINE, MATHESON &.Com LD

General Managers. Hongkong, May 18th, 1990,

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

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OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LTD.

PARA AND

CHINA MUTUAL, STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LTD.

CONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer

TEIRESIAS"

THE HONGKONG DAILY

WEDNESDAY, MAY

19TH

1920

INTIMATIONS

CALDBEOK, HACGREGOR & CO., LTD..

the name of

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INTIMATIONS

NOTICE.

Management of the Hongkons Daily

its tariff for advertisements received on and after this date will be increased by 20. per cent.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theres desires to inform the public shar

business formerly carried on under CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO, in China, Hongkong, the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States has been converted into a Private Limited Liability Company and incorporated under the Com. panies Ordinancon Hongkongil and is taking and the Chins Companies) Orders in over the basines heretofore carried on by CALDBECK, MACCEEDGE & Co., in China, Hongkong, the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States.

The Registered and Head Offices of the Company are situated at No. 4 Foochow Boad, Shanghai.

CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & CO. LTD. Hongkong, May 17th, 1990.

UNION

INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

This increase is rendered, imperative by the constantly growing cost of production, the price of paper alone having advanced by 700 per cent during the past five years.

In order to meet these conditions DAWN- papers and magazines all over the world have been obliged to raise their subscription and advertising rates in some cases by as much as 100 per cent-and at the same time to curtail the size and number of pages. Unless, however the situation should become worse, it has been decided, in the interests of the public generally and of advertisers in particular, to leave the price of The Hong kong Daily Press unchanged

Hongkong, May 17th, 1920.

TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the AS from to-day all preliminary notices of

ORDINARY YEARLY MEET- ING of the Society will be held at its Heed Office, Nos 3 and 4, Queen's Buildings, Hong tong, on FRIDAY, MAY IT, 1850, at Noos, for the parposs

of receiving the Beport of the Directors together with the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1918, and of declaring Dividends, etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from 8th May to 1st May, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

CH. P. HAY, Deputy General Manager. Hongkong, May 4th, 1920.

868

-THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO

SHAREHOLDERS.

NO ORDINARY YEARLY NOTIOR IS, HEREBY GIVEN that MEETING of the Company will be held at a Head Ofos Nos. 3 and 4, Queen's Build- on FRIDAY, Mar 15, 1990, at ❘ings

12.30 for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Director togther with the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1818, and of declaring Dividends, etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 8th May to 1st May, both days inclusiva.

By Order of the Board,

C. B. P. HAY Deputy General Manager.

670

Hongkong, May 4th, 1920

BRITISH TRADERS INSURANO

COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN shal the 5TH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at on FRIDAY, MAY 31st, 1990, ings, Hongkong, are toreby potiffed that the Cargo will bets Head Office Nos. 3 and 4 Queen's Build- discharged into Holt's What, Kowloon, at 11.45 P, for the purpose of receiving the where in will lis at Consignees risk. The Report of the Directors together with the Cargo will be ready for delivery from Go-Statements of Account to 31st December, 1919, down on and after May 18th.

Optional cargo will be landed, unless and of declsring Dividends, etc. notice has been given prior to steamer's

All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will

examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 .. 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 the 94th May, will be subject to rent.

All Claima siinst the Steemer must be presented to the undersigned on or before the 7th June, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be effected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agenta. Hongkong, May 18th, 1920.

SITUATIONS: VACANT.

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British Insurance Office (Tariff) is open to receive applications for representa tion (Fire Marine), from Gentlemen and Merchant of undoubted integrity, and able to influence good volume of business. Apply INSURANCE, Leicester Mail, 43, Fleet Street, London, England.

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REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

will be CLOSED from 8th May to the 1st The TRANSFER BOOKB of the Company May, both days inclusiva.

By Urder of the Board,

OP HAY Deputy General Manager. Hongkong, May 4th, 1920.

.669

forthcoming. meetings, lectures and entertainments, went for insertion in the news columns of The Honghang Daily Press, will be charged for at the rate of $1 each, providing they do not occupy more than four fines this space is exceeded they will be placed in the advertising columns at the prevailing rates

Hongkong, May 17th, 1920,

́CANADIAN, PACIFIC OCEAN SERVICES, LTD.

URING the temporary absence of Mr. DURING Wotal from the Colony, M

P. A COX is appointed Acting General Agent for Hongkong, Chins, Pallippines, Straits Settlements, Java and India, effective 17th May, 1920..

WM. T. PAYNE, Manager for China and Japan. Hongkong, May 17th, 1970.

THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING COMPANY, LIMITED. Payment of Interim Dividend on Shares for the year ending 30th June, 1919.

HE BOARD having dealsred a

INTERIM DIVIDEND & Two Shillings per Share free of Income Tax, for the year ending 30th June, 1980, bolders of Bearer Shares and holder of Dividend Warrants received from London account of Registered Sharm, will paid their dividends on presenting No. 15 Coupon of the Bearer Shares, and Dividend Warrants on Registered Shares, to either of the following Banks at Shanghalon TientsinGKONG AND

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CORPORATION

THE CHARTHA BANK OF INDIA,

ÁUSTRALIA & CHÌMAT

THE RUSSO-ARTATIO

The Basque BELGE POUR L'ETRANGER, The Payments will be made in either. Dollars or Tanis as the holder may wish, at the buying rate of exchange of the day,

GETERAL MANAGER, THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION.

(921 Hongkong, May 14th, 1950.

WANTED. YOUNG American, a present in shang. hai, desiress, position in Hongkong."

China and is thoroughly conversant with the Has over 10 years! mercantile experience in

* that the Import and Export trade, Accounting, Correspondence, Shipping and Insurance

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canged to the Allies, and enumerated Lieut. Commdr. W. L. Jackson, D.8.0.

2 follows: (1) Expenses of Allied Lieut-Comundr. F. W., S. Gleed, Lious, Forone in cœupation after the operation H. C. Purvis, Act-Lieut. Là “A. K. of the Tronly; (8) Similar expenses since Boswell, and War-Engr. C. B. Rossiter, October 30th.; (3) Indemnities for repara have been appointed to H.M.S. Curlew, tion and damages suffered by Allied

one of the light cruisers posted to the nationale. In Bulgarin's case, it has been China, Squadron. explained that it was comparatively easy to settle the amount that she could pay, Mr. C. Montague Ede and Mrs. Ede because Bulgaria is largely an agricultural returned to the Colony from England country. So also is Turkey, and it is yesterday by the Blue Funnel liner not very obvious why the Bulgarian Teresias. We very mach regret to learn precedent has not been followed in her that Mr. Ede arrived in a condition of case unles is be that the territorial health which made it necessary for him to changes which the Treaty creates affect be carried ashore. Turkey's economic position to an extent which it is difficult at the present time to accurately estimate. It was remarked by a Government spokesman in the House of Commons recently that as regards repara- tion the Allied Powers in general have acted with a magnanimity that has no parallel in the history of war.

Peking newspapers state Theyt cf course, is obvious. have been compelled to have regard to Ministry of Communications is about: to which has employ three more foreign advisers an the unparallelext distress,

PERSON,

The

Our Canton contemporary observés : - Some girls in Canton are proposing the custom of outting their hair short.""Bo far very few girls have actually adopted the practice, but those who have done so are giving enough trouble to the parents and young husbands."

that the

Chinese railway affairs, one American, one Frenchman and one Japanese. The

called. for the expenditure of "ho lesa shan 1,000,000,000 dollars on relief in friendly, Allied and enemy countries in Europe, fastor will be employed to advise on met- and it is estimated by Mr. HOOVER thatters pertaining to the Chinese Exetern not more than 320,000,000 dollars of this vast disbursement would ever be repaid.

by in to

than any BONAR LAW

Ideal for summer. Austria seems

Fragant and

refreshing.

tress

Mr.

other

WILS

Railway."

The Straits Legislative Council ap

The

greater dis

proved a special vote of $17,09% for & country. constrained motor car for H.E. the Governor. recently to admit in the House of car, which was purchased by His Excel- Commons that in the condition which at lency before he left England is a Vauxboll present prevails in Austria any indemnity Limonsine, costing £1,950. The balance at all from that country is out of the of the vote was for packing, delivery and

insurances charges. question. Our chief concern for the pro- that sent, therefore, must be to see

Four cases (two deaths) of cerebro- the Treaties provide effectual infeguards spinal fever, three cases (two deaths) of for peace. So far as Turkey is concerned small-pox, two cases (two deaths) of her Navy is abolished" and ber armed forces reduced 50,000 effectives.

But plague and two cases (one death of

this Treaty, like the Austrian Treaty, has enteric fever were reported in the Colony. oreated new States, and apparently the ring last week. Two cases (two deatas) Great Powers are not prepared to so far of plague and one case of diphtheria were trespass upon their independence as to reported on Sunday and Monday, place limitations on their armamenta It Mr. H. B. Waring is coming East with A. S. WATSON & CO., is realised that with small States main Shakespearean Company. The leading taining large armies there is a risk of Jady is Miss Jeanette Sherwin, who made Balkanising Eastern Europe," bat the such a hit" as the French girl, in Treaty inakers emphasis that the. Coven-Arnold Bennett's Sacred and Profane ant of the League of Nations forme an Love at the Aldwych. The Company essential part of the Treaty and it is was to sail for Calcutta in mid-April apparently left to the League of Nations and was to open this month in Sinia. to insist on the disarmament of these new China and Japan are to be visited.

LIMITED.

-HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

BIRTHS.

States, Mr. ASQUITE, referring in the fact

that the Crocho-Slovakian Assembly has already passed a conscription law for

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death occurred on board the P. &0. Nankin, on April 15th, of Hr-

compulsory military service, while ita Edward William Crawford, Chief E- PITTENDRIGAA Craigmin West, 161, Budget is something like five thousand gineer of the vessel. The deceased wha The Peak on the 16th inst. to Mr.million kroners deficit, largely due to mili. was 51 years of age was taken ill at som on the voyage to Colombo and was treat- and Mre. W. MCKENZIE PITTENDRIGE,tary purposes, declared: "It is monstrous

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son. STAEK-At Dundee, on May 13th, to that these new experimente in nationaled by Dr. J. M: Biggs, the ship's surgeon, Mr. and Mrs., C. C. STARK, a son. life under the aegis of the League of and despite his best efforts be passed away, Nations should be disfigured and crippled on Saturday. The burial took place at by this gross, wanton, and wholly unjusti-Colombo. fiable expenditure

A big industrial development company Everybody outside Czecho-Slovakia at

is now under formation in North China least-will agree with that remonstrance, Over fifty high officials and prominent bus coming from an individual statesman, merchants are interested in the proposi however eminent, it is not likely to in-tion. The company will be called the fluence public opinion in the new State to North China Farming and Stock-rating the same extent as would an equally Corporation with a total capitalization of earnest remonstrance from the Council of $500,000. It is being organized under the the League of Nations. That League direction of Chiu Shun-cho, Propridor.

The Baily

Daily Press.

"HONGKONG, MAY 19TH, 1990.

THE PEACE TREATIES

GENERAL MEETING ✔ill be held at the fuently, including Cantonese. No, objection THE Last of the Peace Treaties-that with must be made a reality, for as Mr. BONAR Company Offices, St. George's Buildings, on

SATURDAY, MAY, 1982, 1920, at 11.30 am for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 39th February, 1920, and elect- ing Directors and Anditori,

"The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 15th to the find May, 1990, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & C

Agente Hongkong, May 4th, 1990.

THE CANTON N3URANCE OFFICE,

AL METED:

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THIRTY-NINTH

THE MISSES DE VANE AND TERRY, THE ARITY NINTH ORDINARY

SOCIETY ENTERTAINERS,

WELL INTRODUCE HARMONY AND SONG

THE USUAL

HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1930, at 11.30 AM.

The TRANSFER BOOKS and REGISTER or MEMBERS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 11th May to the 15th May, both days inclusive gettin

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Turkey-has now been presented for Law recently, said of it, it is a fact that of the Oriental Hotel in Peking." signature and Tarkoy has been given one it is a corrective for a large part of these month in which to deposit her observations,

Box No. 927, Care of Daily Presi" Office.

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Treaties.

on the terma. We have, no doubt, that

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the observations will be voluminous, but Six deaths from influe the Treaty appears to contain nothing the Colany last week, that has not been expected all along, and

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widely discussed, so that the Allied The Straits Legislative Council has Blateomen who framed the Treaty have passed the third reading of Defence Force had the advantage of learning and Bill by 11 votes to 2 carefully considering in advance practic

OIVIL SERVANTS' SALARIES

THE OBSERVATORY.

The new scale of salaries for the Royal Observatory Department is as follows:-

Director 2800 to £800 by £20 annually. Chief Assistant Director £450 to £500 by £20 annually.

Assistant Director £360 to £450. by: 220 Mr. P. D. Sutherland, Pasangor Agent annually-

The wedding of Miss My Choy,

Directors come under the ordinary rulen with regard to rent..

INDIAN POLICE DISSATISFIED. The two Indian Inspector of Police had an interview with the Captain-Superin- tendent of Police yesterday regarding

ally all the contentions which Turkey is likely to oppose to the Treaty. It is im of the C.P.O.S. and Mr. W. Sinclair left The Director is entitled to free quarters probable, therefore, that the stipulations the Colony yesterday on the sa. Vene-in the Observatory and the Assistant will undergo any substantial modification, suela, however much Turkey may protest. The outline of the Treaty cabled by RETTER, does not suggest that the indemnity daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Choy Hing, Woo, M.B., B.S. payable by Turkey has been fixed, and and Dr. Arthur we are therefore left to conclude that the (London) is to take place on Saturday, Allied Statemen have found it an June 5th, at St. John's Cathedral JARDINE MATHESON & Co., LAD,

this impossible to determine the sum in 819

Peking papers state that after much the revised pay scales, their argoment caso as it was in the cases of Germany and

Sir Francis Aglen, the being that the new seale was unsatisfac Austria The Treaty with Bulgaria is negotiation,

than an incre the only Treaty in which the amount of Inspector-General of Customs, has contory since it represented a decrease rather sented to the appropriation of Tla the indemnity has been fixed, namely £90,000,000 in gold, parable in thirty 4,000,000 from the surplus revenue of the years In the case of Austria it is Custom for the use of the Central

Government int the provided that she shall pay

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course of the years 1919, 1920, and the

A dance was given recently at the frst four months of 1921, in such Nagasaki Club as a farewell honour to instalments and in such manner, whether

Captain and Mr D. A Lukhmanoff in gold, commodities, ships, securities, or

who are leaving this city to go up their otherwise, as the Reparation Commisiona may lay down, a reasonable sum to be residence at Vladivostock,

ably the provisions

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THE CROWN AGENTS.

The Crown Agent system will, it is to be feared, die hard. It has been criticised. on

all hands but, archaic, though it be, the system in still much in evidence. · Cay- lon has affered badly from it and good new knows how much the island's prosent difficulties in regard to supplies are trace

so to the Crown Agents. Shortage of rage, for instance, in hospitals in plaat fig districts bsë been a chronic complaint ment though private firms have been able

upply the Singapore and Hongh Eastern

are se present putting up a fight" this unhape institution and wo every reason for sympathiting with thems One of the reasons urged against 16. it is not conducive to private enterp By the Temer of Jeri

quent

the Commission. Presum

with Turkey contains

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large Capt

der vsitors to the port

There was este including the