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INDO-CHINA

STEAM NAVIGATION CO., "LTD.,^,,

NOTICE TO CONSION KES.

FROM KOBR.

THE Stamship

THE

"LAISANG " having arrived from the above ports, Lonsigaeis af enige by her are hereby informed that all goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godown-of the Hougtong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Limited, whence, and/or from the Company

harver, delivery many be obtained. Goods not cleared by the 12th June, 1920, will be subject to rent

All

broken, cha

chaled and danaged packages are to be left in the Godowns where they will be amined. Claims against the steamers thust be presented within 15 days of arrival otherwise.

not be recognized.

No Fire Insurance will be affected by us in Kay case whatever.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

JARDINE, MATEESON & CO. LTD,

General Manageri. Hongkong, Jane 7th, 1920.

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MONDAY next,

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Hongkong, June 4th, 1920.

TELEPHONE DIRECTORY.

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change for copies of the previous edition. CHINA AND JAPAN TELEPHONE AND ELECTRIC COY., LTD.

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SCOTCH WHISKY

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Evenings, week. Stats C,

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INFURNISHED or Hal House waated U at The P211. Occupation October or November. Would rent or lease-Apply Box D,

Daily Pres."

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IS HEREBY NÓ ÏIFIED that on and I'

after MONDAY, Jèsx 7ru, Trolleys ruz- | </c“ Daily Fress."- ning on rails will at intervals cross the Shaukiwa Road near the Asiatic Petroleum Company's works between the boats of 4 A.M. und kr.. When the tracks are in motion the following warning signals will be exhibited

By day Semaphore Arma painted red with the word DANGER theroon By night-Three red lights placed across the

road.

P. P. J. WODEHOUSE, Captain Superintendent of Police. "Police Office,

Hongkong, June 5th, 1990.

NATIONAL CREDIT 5 Per-Cevr. 1933.. UNDER THE GUARANTEE OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT,

THE Local Manager of the BANQUE TINDUSTRIELAS DE CHINE begs t inform the Public that wubscriptions-for-above French Loan are opened to-day, in its afico, 5, Chater Road, and will be closed or the 15th of Jane, at 12 Noon.

(1035

per cent Premium Bonds of Fm. 500 cach Sre sued at the price of

br. 485-only Interest'al 5 per cent, will run from the 15th of Jane.

The Bonds are non-convertible before 1940 and redeemable in 75 years by means of diaw- ingy (BIGHT DRAWINGS A YEAR} parparting yearly Fr. 20,000,000.-the first prize of each being

ONE MILLION FRANCS.

ROUET DE JOURNEL,

Manag Hongkong, Jamesbril, 1920–

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PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON... Corner of Raipaong & Hankow Ronda

Tel, K. 1.

TWO

75). Address Palace.

"TWO_Minutes from Ferry and Railway station. This Hotel which has just been completely nutrien 130 refurnished is zow up-to-date in every respect and under. English Management.

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A. C. DA ROCHA,

IS THE AUCTIONEER

A. G. DA ROCHA,

AUCTIONEER, SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER.

NAVOURED. with instructions from The

TO-DAY (TUESDAY), Jane Sth. 1920 at 2.15 r., at his Sales Room.

“A QUINTITI OF MISCELLANEOUS GOODS

EFFECTS. ALRO

50 cases Laundry Bar Soap.

20 Silk Raincoats, "

50 dozen Imperial Talc Powder.

50 Pieces Tan and Black Leathern.

10 cases Milk & Cocor

Tax

Cash on Debary, *

A G. DA ROCHA,

trade would seem to have been fully The Chinese Press Makes that in view. maininined since the beginning of ths of the high coat of hiving at prokat Present year, and there can be very little salaries of the Chinese staff of the Chine doubs that the completed returns for 1920 Post Office hare been considerably increne- will mark a considerable advance on those ed; for clerks from 837:50 to 200, azistans for 1919. There is only one other item clarks 819 to $24. and for sorters from $1à.

to $18.

in-the-Harbour Masters Report to which! we need now refer as being of very general" interest. We refer to the information it In addition to the prevailing, drought contains in regard to the Government and the consequent damage to the who Harbour Moorings. We can imagine that crops, a plague of locusis has appeared it was with a gring sense of satisfaction or widespread areas devouring avery. tha: Captain BASIL TAYLOUR who has thing as usual, reports & Poking papar, just retire, on pension, from the poes of adding that the outlook for crops in Harbour Master, wrote down the total North China is very dark. revenue derived by the Government from

Forty Gormana are this souron. "The strong opposition offered Shanghai some time next week on their to pass through to the Government's acquisition of way to Hankow where they are to settle old private moorings in the harbour will

down, reports the Chinese Prose. not yet have been forgotten, for it N.-C. Daily News is glad to notios that only in 1974 that the stop was decided they are not going to settle down in the

Model Settlement (Shanghai)

The

upor. The scheme had been proposed to the" Legislative Council twelve years before, but in the words of the hon. Mr. Joseph W. Taylor, who had been member who represented the Chamber of appointed Hon. Treasurer of St. John's Commerce in 1914, "the Chamber of Cathedral in place of Mr. Hogg, bas bien Unofficial fembers of the very art and and has consequently been obliged to pe Commerce, the Shipping Companies and the transferred by his firm to North China, opposed the sebeme from the very frst and

sigri. The Church Body have appointed late Robert Thorne of Greenock would continue -

to oppose it." Government's case for the acquisition of cantle Bank, to the vacant post.

Mr. N. C. Wilson, Manager of the Mer-" these moorings was briefly put by Sir and the Whisky has been known as HEY MAY when ho qucted in the Council

Old Vat, No. 4, ever since.

BOLE AGENTS:

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The

We understand that Dr. Wu Ting-tang.

a few lines from the despatch he wrote is to appeal to the Full Court, comprising on the subject to the Secretary of State Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz. Acting Chief He described the old-established shipping Justice, and M. J. B. Wood, Acting companies, many of whom employed Prime Justice against the decision steaners of small tonnage engaged in the given recently in Chambers by Mr. counting trade of China, or in local trade Gompertz in the matter of the injunction with the Philippines, Japan and Siam, restraining him from moving any money as monopolising many of the best berths deposited by him in the Banks in Hong- in the deepest water, to the prejudice of kong. The sum involved is $2,600,000. newly-established lines of steamers "trading

The report of the Land Officer for the with Europe, Canada and America which | employed vessels of heavy tonnage and deep deeds-and-documents were registered year 1918, states:-During the year 3,021

A S. WATSON & draught. Many of this had had to lie a action

ARD

AUCTIONEER ·SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER.

FAVOURED

CO., LTD.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

TELEPHONE 616.

The Daily Press.

under the provisions-of-Ordinance No. 1

Fata considerable distance from the businens

centre of the city, and complaints bad 1844 affecting lots of land. The socal been made in recent years by the agents money consideration on sales, mortgages, of some of the largest vessels frequenting surrenders, and miscellaneous documents the Port that they were forced out into mounted to $60,152,755.07. The wal distan and inconvenient parts of the Aumber of ducaments registered in the harbour." The despatch further mentioned Land Office under the provisions of Ordi- that suggestions had been made that, to Dance No. 1 of 1844rip to the end of 101A meet the demand for berths for deep draught was 70.260.

essels. the dredging of the more remote:

The Church Body of St. John's Cathe portions of the anchorage should be

dral have agreed that a sum of $100 a ̧ resorted to, but this, the Govanson pointed out, would involve the expenditure funds of St. John's Cathedral, towards a

month be guaranteed-out-of-the-general- of enormous sums which in view of the precarious nature of the Colony's revention in regard to the salary of the new fund for providing exchange compensar ...at that time...(the allusion was to the Hoyanong ÚTFICH: 104, Des Vœux Rd., C possible extinction of the opium revenus)

Bishop.

The guarantee, says Church LONDON Orria: 131, FLET STEEM, E.C.it would be very unwise to embark upon. Notes, is to date from the consecration of We have now had some few years' experi- the Bishop to 33m January, 1921, and the | ence of the working of the new system and master is to be dealt with at the annual it would be interesting to know what com meeting of seatholders and subscribers plaints are to be made. It was predicted It was understood that St. Andrew's that the system would lead to a great Kowloon and Sir Paul Chater had each deal of confusion and that possibly colli- guaranteed a similar sum and that the sions and danger to life, and property Chinese Church was also willing to con- " would arise. Have thesc forebodings been tribute. fulfilled? We cannot recall a single com. plaint from any ouro We do not know THE general appearance of the harbour what the shipping firms might have to say nowadays affords in itaolf very good proof about the revenue the Government is lady was walking along Queen's Road When the East, near St. Francis Street," on" thuj 4th of the recovery of the shipping trade of deriving from the moorings." the port after five years of war in which theme was adopted the Government esti-int, about 4 pm & Earopeng in ★ push from behind, so much mercantile tonnage was destroyed mated the revenue at $30,000 a year, and ricksha gave her a NEW and COMPLETE PLANT including FOR the seal Men of the Merantile

and so great a proportion of the remainder this was declared by the hon. member who which lay her fat on the street, and a Beading and Writing Booms, Billiard Room,AVING. been favoured with intractions with the war. There is included in the

was devoted to purposes entirely connected represented the Chamber of Commerce as wheel of his ricksha, ran over her leg. Ho “an extreme advance" on the prices ship paid no bead to her but simply rode away Officers' Room, CPO Room Restaurant Auction. On

ping, firms' had, hitherto been paying for like a Harbour Master's Report, just issned, an CARVALHO & COMPANY,

Hun" who had just finished Concert Hall, Church. Machinery Department

interesting diagram which shows at a

their moorings. The revenue actually torturing his victim. Such incidents are Crivate Cabins and beds in Dormitaries June 9th, 1920, at-11. THE HONGKONG gian how the Bhipping trade of Hong in the Harbour Master's Report a child and paid no hop to ik

derived by the Government is given becoming more frequent day by day. Not Motor Launch "Enyspring."

AND KOWLOON WHARF CO.'S GODOWN.

long ago a Europena cyclist ran over a No. 25.

kong was affected by the war. Excluding

Inhuman. 1,500 Clues PEANUT OIL, each use co taining 2 tips of 37 lbe, oil each nett.

The thi has been examined by the Govers

SHOP in Nathan Road, Kowloon.

Cuisine under personal supervision of the

Proprietor. BAR AND BILLIARD ROOMS. TERMS MODERATE, Special Arrangement for Families 00

J. H. OXBERKY,

Proprietor.

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE Application t

CO., LTD.. Alezaadra Buildingy,

FOR SALE.

Willey Table for armshing and con centrating, Ore. Just naived.

For particulars apply-

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NEW LOAN OF 4 MILLIARDS FRANCS

in

5% PREMIUM BONDS. CREDIT NATIONAL.

THE Bonda are of 100 Fr. face value.

TH

PRICE OF ISSUE 4

FRANCS

8 drawings a year amounting to

£0,000,000 France,

with the following prizes 1,000,000 Francs

500,000

200,000

-100,000 40,000 "The prizes drawn will be free of any taxes. present or future.

The Bonds bear interest on and after the 15th of June, 1920.

Applications will be received till, the 15th of Jock, 1920, by t

THE BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE

L-BEHINDOAGUE,

Mangage?.

Hongkong, June 4th, 1920.

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SEAMEN'S. INSTITUTE.

21. PRAYA EAST, HONGKONG,"

and HM. Navy.

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WE HAVE

Great Varietion of used and unused

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POSTAGE STAMPS

Single, Bete, Packets, Baga

and

On Approval Books".

FOR COLLECTIONS. GRACA & Co.,

Dealers in Foutage Klamps, Post Cards. Seeds, Toys, &c., &c.

No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, HONGKONG:

P.O: Box, 620,"

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VISITORS TO CANTON Should Purchase

EY THE PEARL RIVER,

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CAPTADE C. V LLOYD With Illustrations, Maps and Flags

PRICE

$1.75 On Belo ab Hongkong: "Daily Pass" Office.

Moser, KELLY & Walsh, LTD.- -Mən»rs, Buzwar á Gu

G. MOUSSION,

15, Maker Enz Büad, mu

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· Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 1932.

with instructions from The

Concerned will well by Public Auction, TO-DAY (TUES

DAY), June 8th, 1920, at '2.30 PM.. this Bales Room 4,000 cals RAISINS.

T-Cash on Delivery.

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T

A. G. DA ROCHA, * AUCTIONEER, SURVEYOR AND

GENERAL BROKEE

Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2932.

from the Concerned will sell by Pape

WEDNESDAY,

HONGXONG, JUN 8TH, 1920.

THE "COLONY'S SHIPPING TRADE.

A correspondent,

" Spectator," writes:

signing himself While a Chinese

the junk and steam-aunch trafic, and $69,440 in 1919; 258,594 in 1918, and acts like these should be mapped at any taking account only of British and Foreign $81,166 in 1917. The total expenditure for cost, and now that the Police Force is the upkeep of the Government moorings regaining its normal st ength I hope it Shipping we see that the total tonnage and buoys last year was $35,288, so that

may speedily be dona.!! entered Hongkong declined "from the

The Crown Prince of Rumania la ex- an the goods are all packed and road 13,400,000 mark in 1913 to 8,200,000 in 1917 the Government appears to be making a

pected in the Colony on Thursday moru. The goods can be inspected on appliction to the last year of the war. The year 1913 very handsome profit out of the treating on the F. & O. & Madras He is tion. Is the profit justifiable? The port spending Thursday at Government Hoom

ment Analyst

Notice of Export Merchants is called to this sale, a for shipment."

the Auctioneer,

T-20 per cent. Deposit to be mmediately on the fall of the hammer.

to-Belt

marked the highest figure for British and Foreign tonnage that had been reached charges levied on Shipping have been con- as the guest of His Excellency and Lady Stubbs, and proceeds to Japan the next in the history of the port, Purely siderably increased in the past ten years day on the same steamer. According to British tonnage reached its greatest in the final result the burden, of course, the provisional arrangemente, His Royal

falls upon the general trade of the port.

Highness is expected to reach Kobe an when Messrs. LAMMERT BROS. are instructed to 1903,

it represented

June 1st. He will be met by officials of 8,500,000.

By 1913 oving, doubtless, tol

the Royal Household and conducted to Tokio, where there will be a Royal recep- tion. Prince Carol will probably stay at one of the Imperial Palaces in Tokio, and will visit the chief place of interest zound the capital During-his-months' tay-in Japan, the Prince will visit Kisto, Osaka, and other large cities.

THE STEAMSHIP "JEHANGIR"

the growing competition of Foreign Ship Remember the Pharies and book your Now lying in the Harbour of Hongkongping the British total was 6,200,000, and gets now. See the particulars in another

ander an

"Order of the Court

by

PUBLIC AUCTION

On

MONDAY,

the 28th day

WIN "ONE LOT

the year 1917 saw it down to 4,800,000-column.

Now the diagram show a sharp upward

tendency again and in 1919 it reached the Two cases of enteric fever and one case 6,000,000 mark. The statistical tables in of diphtheria were reported in the Colony the Report consequently show remarkable on Saturday. percentages of increase. Thus the

The price of rice is still on the increase at Shanghai. It has now jumped to more than $11 while in normal time it costa but

↑ June, 1990; st-3 n'cloch P..increase in British ocean-going ships enter: Mr. Honda, "at odo time Japanese $7. Evidently remarks the F-0. Daily ing and clearing at "the" port in Minister to Switzerland, is arriving in New, the profiteers have taken no notice of the appe l'issued by the public and are at their Auction, Rooms; in Duddell Street 1918. as compared with 1918 is given as the Colony on Thursday on a short, bali- bent on making all they can out of their present stocks. Many efforts have been THE Ship in a British ship registrert 68.1′ per cent., and the increase is tonnage day, Tongkong of 5200 tons Groes all of 48 88,6, The percentage rate of increase

made to try to get them to lower their 3300.77 Registered tonnage and was built by in foreign ocean-going vessels was 24.5 indral have asked the Hon. Mr. Hallifax, ed in the Chizone Frees, dre, it is said. The Church Body of Et. John's Catheprices, but this they have failed to da Beveral canes of suicide have been report- W. Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton.

numbers and 24.6 is tonaige. It follows Secretary for Chinese Affair, to distribute to the high cost of living, Mr. Chi Yao upon the recovery of Shipping that the the collection made on April 18, ling, Civil Governor, of Kiangen, hat de MERS. JOHNSON STOKES & MASTER, improvement totalled $3,794, amounting to $323,61, to the relatives of rain lately it is unlikely that the price

clared that as there has been hat little the two men killed by the secident in the will go down on the contrare they are

For particulary to view apply to Mensy Lammert Bros, the Auctioneert. For further particulary........

Apply to

or 10

revenue of the Department shows

being an increase of $30,065 or-6:11-per- MESS, LAMMERT BROS., the Auctioneers, cent, over that of 1918. Judging entirely preparation of the site of the now Church likely to go up. Governor Chi muggesta by themeral appearance of the Hall,, and Mr. Hallifax bas kindly con- harbour this improvement in the Shipping, sented to do so.

Prince's Building..

Daddell Street

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that money should be put naide in ease of omergency, when the fund will.gotomazin haping the poor to buy cheaper rico, z