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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

TREATY OF PEACH ORDER 1919.

DEHTS DUE TO OR BY GERMAN NATIONALS.

TRE

THE attention of all British subjects resilent in Hongkong, who have unsettled accounts with German nationals residing in Germany, is drawn to the severity of the me of the Local Clearing dien as the sole melium for the settlement stall accounts which fall within the definition of the term "enemy debts* in the order, us it is a criminal offence to Recept payment of any such debts otherwise

Preditors are advised to call un the unier signet as soon 14 possible as the time limit for filing claims will

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capitu.

J. D: LLOYD, Controller, Local Clearing Or Cice- floot 3. F. Corner

Courta uf Justice.

June 7th, 1920.

LIFEL

THE WHI SAN KNITTING COMPANY.

LIMITED...

NOTICE.

MENTING of the CREDITORS of the Campany will be held on the Nineteenth

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

TENNIS.

PREPAID WANTED

ADVERTISEMENTS.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9TH, 1020.

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· INTIMATION

this date advertisements of the

CP has been prevented for Competitionanted variety will be inserted under

amongst Members and Subscribers during the summer months. Entries close sa JUNK B. Conhtions and Entry List are posted at the Pavilion,

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Hongkong, June 8th, 1920.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

THE MATTER of the Extate "of

MARGARET BEGLEY deceased.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Supreme Court of Hongkong has, by virtue of Section 3 of the Probate Ordinance 1897 (No. 2 of 1897), made an orter limiting

the time for sending in claims to or against for

bore Fatate to the 1st day of July, 1920.

Crlitors and claimants are hereby requested to send their claims to the andersigned before the above date.

Datal thin sth day of June, 1990.

MALIADA & KASON.

31. Queen's Road Central Victoria, Hongkong.

Solicitors for the Administrator.

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day of June, 1829, at the Offices of Meso SHEWAN, TOWN & Co. 9 feorge's Building Hongkong, at 11 o'clock in the ferezoon, parT ount to the provisions of Section 181 of the Companies Ordinance, 1911.

At this Meeting the Credituen will be asked to determine whether; an Application shall be made to the Court for the appointment of way person Liquidater in the plure of or jointly with WALTZE JOHN HAWK the Liquidator appointed by the Company, or for the uppoint ment of a Cornmattos of Inspection.

that the 7th day of June, 1920,

WALTER J. HAWKER.

Liquidator.

THE WELMAN KxiTTING: ComPÁNY, LTD.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9TH:

TEA DANSANT Prox 4 to 7PM. DINNER DANCE FROM 8 PM.

SATURDAY, JUNE 12TH:

TEA DANSANT FROM 4"TO 7 P.M. DINNER DANCE Frex 8 3:

BUNDAY, JUNE 13ru:

TEA DANSANT EXON & TU

FLYING:-

SUNDAY, JUNE 13TH,

COMMENCING AT 9.30 P.M. Tickets for Fights and full particular may be obtained at the tongaus turi Mix OVRICE, For at Kurucak Har dictus,

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J. H. TAGGART, “Manager...”

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,

21.

BS. "LAKE FARMINGDALE" VOY

я-HOME

FROM CALCUTTA, via PENANG and

SINGAPORE.

Tarrived from the above mentioned

HE above-mentioned vessel having

Ports Cousins f Cargo "ure hereby informed that they must take immediate delivery of same from alongside, and all Cargo impeding discharge will be landed at their risk and expense into the Pacific Haii Steamship Company's godowns at West Point, and stored at Consignees' riak

tha:

Consignees of cargo are hereby notified they must produce en Import Permis igned by the Buperintendent of the im-

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB.

THE EXTRA GYMKHANA MEETING of the Benson will be held at the Happy VALLEY, on SATURDAY, Jon 12a, commen cing at 4 P.M.

The Charge of Admission will be 31 for others than Members of the HoxoxoxG JOCKET CLUB OF GYMKHANA ÚLUH,

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Half-Price. The Committee invite the Ladies of Hongkong to de present.

Hongkong, June 4th, 1929.

TELEPHONE DIRECTORY.

a special beading in the Honexong Daily P201 at a charge of

$1.00 FOR THREE INSERTIONS if they do not exceed 25 words in number

-and-are-FANT AID.

An aditional charge of 50 cents will be wade if the instructions for insertion are not accompanied by cash,

Those who prefer their advertisements of this escription to be displayed in one inch space, a hitherto, must give fastructions accordingly And will be charged at the old rates.

FLAT three or for Rooms wanted on the Peak furnished or unfurnished-Apply B01 B. "Daily Press,"

»DVERTISEE ander "Bar C", fat

Leons in Cantonese desires to thank the many persons who offered their services and to say that be in waited.

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multiplied by seven-and-a-half, while the A Chinese ha" removed to hospital, clothing figure is doubled. It is not suffering from stab-wounds on the head generally realised that, although the cost and buck, said to have been recvived in a of certain articles has greatly increased, | fight with two men who have absqonded yet the scale of living of many of the

The Kowloon and the Canton-Kowloon great deal. The

trallic trade returns for the Jantary- very different March quarter have been published by the MaritimesCustoms -Adadwis-

THORNE'S working class families in Greas Britain

OLD VAT

'No.

SCOTCH WHISKY

We strongly recommend this Whisky.

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has also gone. Up artisan of today is individual, in genorai sutlook, from the Chinese artisan of the generation which had no↑

tration... free educntion. The Loaden dock labourer demands, and receives, more of the good things of this life than did his predecessor whom JOHN BURNS led during the great. deck stroke. The artian and the docker are mouths hard labour, has been ro have both reached a higher scale of living lead on instructions recival from the

and, even if there had been no incrense

shire,

It is understood that the postman, who was recently convicted and sentenced to

Attorney-General.

Paymaster Lieut. Compdr. Holborn

in the cost of commodities since 1914, wages would still have gone up.. The fact is that most of us want more than we used who was Scoretary to Commodore Garner, to receive. In manufacturing districts and Mra Holborn, lefs for Home yester such as are in Lancashire and in Yorkday on the Monteagle. Mr. Holbarn will

there has beca a remarkable be much missed in naval sporting cine transformation of the life of the workers. Fashionable millinery, collars-and-ties and

We notice in a home paper an announce soft-sounding shoes have replaced shawls, ment of the death on April 29th, ma TNFURNISHED OF HAY Eouse wanted The Vat was started in 1831 by the articles of clothing need to be renewed fles, D.S.O., late R.G.A. Lieut. Colonel mufflers, and clogy. These new-fashioped Sichnouth, Devon, of Lieut-Colonel H. W. much more frequently than clothes, worn Iles was stationed in Hongkong when' the

Exactly the same sort of thing has happened with war in France. His age is given as 54.

war broke out, and later took part in the regard to food. Free education has greatly increased the circle of newspaper and magazing readers. It is not only that the cost-of-living is higher; for the bulk of the population of Great Britain the living bas increased

at The Prix. Occupation October or November. Would rent or lease-Apply Box D, c/o "Daily Prem."

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in

THE new edition of the Telephone Directory

ȘI PREMIUM BONDS. CREDIT NATIONAL.

Tis now ready for bune. Subverbera E-Beat 500 Fr. £ace ratus,

requested to apply to this Uffice for the new Directory, copies of which will be supplied in exchange for copies of the previous edition.

CHINA AND JAPAN TELEPHONE AND ELECTRIC COY. LTD. 'No. 17, Queen's Road Central.

NOTICE

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IT IS HEREBY Tufen, a

after MONDAY, Jpn 77, Trolleys run- ning Qo mile will at intervals cros the Shaakivan Road car the Asiatic Petroleum Company's works between the hours of 4 xar. andr.M. When the trucks are in motion the following warning signals will be exhibited

By day-Semaphore Arms painted red with the word DANGER thereon. By night-Three red lights placed across the

Lond.,

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

Hongkong, June Stb. 1920

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UNIOR Chinese Clerk-by-laurator+)ffice

Knowledge of Typing Essential. Reply stating experience and salary required

Bor No. 1043, 1 Cure of * Daily Press" Office

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TO LET.

NORRUGATED IRON GODO-WN

Yuuuasti.

Apply to-

THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA

TION CO., LTD.

"TO LET...

Bill of Lading port, Hongkong, before A SHOP in Nathan Boad, Kowloon.

can be countersigned.

All broken, chafed and damaged goods are to be left in the godowns, where they will be examined on June 14th, at 10 AM

All claims must be presented within a week of the steamer's arrival here after which they cannot be recognised. No claim will be admitted after the goods have left the godowns, and all goods re maining undelivered after June loth, will be subject to rent

No Fire Insurance whatever will be kerted

Consiguces are requested to send in their Billa of Lading for countersignature Immediately.

PACIFIO MAIL STRAMSHIP CO.,

As Uperators, Us Shopping board.. Hongkong, Jung th, 9x0,

11018.

· INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY LIMITED,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEER

FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG and SINGAPORE.

THE Steamship

"POOKSANG"

having arrived from the aboveports Consignees of Cargo by her are barsby informed that all Goods are being landed st their risk into the Bazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Company Limited, hence, and/or from the wharton delivery may be nutained. Goods not cleared by the Itil instill be subject to runt,

All broken, chatod, and damaged packages are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined. Claims against the steamer must be presented within 10 days of strival, otherwise they will not be recognized.

No Firs Insurance will be effected by an in any case wħašaver.

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by JARDINE MATHESON & Co. LTD.

General Managers. Hongkong, June 8th, 1920

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Apply to

الله

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CU LTD., Alexandra Buildings.

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FOR SALE.

Willey Table for crashing and con- TEW and COMPLETE PLANT including

centrating Ore. Just arrived. For particulars apply

CARVALHO & COMPANY,

Machinery Department.

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M LAMMERT BROS. are instruct

to sell

THE STEAMSHIP. "JEHANGIR *** Now lying in the Harbour of Hongkong

under an Order of the Court by"

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PUBLIC AUCTION

412 MONDAY,

the 28th day of June, 1920, at 3 o'clock P.M. IN ONE LOT -et-their-Auntion-Rooms,-in-Drddell Street.~

THE Ship is a British ship registered at Hongkong of 500 tons Gmes and of 3360.71 Registered tonnage and was built by W. Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton

For

particulars to view apply to Menur Lammert Bros., the Agelineers,

For farther particular,

Apply to--

MER JOHNSON STOKES & MASTER, Prince's Building,

or lo

MESSEN, I-AMMERT BROS, the Auctioneers, Duddell Stre

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PRICE OF ISSUE 465 FRANCS - drawings a year amonating to

20,000,000 France,

with the following prizes

1,000,000-Prünes

300,000

100,000

100,000

50,000

The prize draw will be free of say taxes, present or future.

The Bonds beke interest on and after the 15th of June, 1990-----

Jusz, 1990, by

Applications will be received till the 15th of

THE BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE

L. BERINDOAGUE,

Mangager. "Hongkong, June 4, 1920.

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NATIONALOREOFT-5-Per-Cexi-192)

THE

UNDER THE GUARANTEE OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.

THE Local Manager of the BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE begs to inform the Fublic that subscriptions for abov French Loan are opened to-day in its office, 3, Chater Boad, and will be closed on the 15th of June, at Noon.

per cent. Premium Bonds, of Fr. 500 wach arism at the price of

Frs. only luterest.at per cent. will ran from the 15th of Jave.

The Bonds are^ non-convertible before 1940 and redeemable in 75 years by means of draw ing (EIGHT DRAWINGS" A YEAR] purporting yearly . 90,000,000.-the Grat prize of much being

late Robert Thorne of Greenock ten or fifteen years ago.

and the Whisky has been known as

Old Vat, No. 4. ever since.

BOLR AGENTS

CO., LTD.,

WIE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

TELEPHONE V16.

of

three cases (one death) of cerebrospinal Twelve cases (six deaths) of plague, ever, four cases of enteric fever and ond case of diphtheria were reported in the Colony during last week. One case`toni death) of plague cae car, of enteric fl

Owing to unforeseen circumstances, tha Performance of the Pharics announced for Thursday evening next has been un avoidably postponed to Monday evening

next. Any people who have already benk... Fed their seats and are unable to attend 'on

Monday will have their money refunded va returning their tickets to Moutrie's.

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standard enormously..

Although the wale of living-har increased amongst the working classes, the and one case of cerebrospinal fever worg figures of the latest Budget placed before reported on Sunday and Monday. the House of Commons reveal the fact) that Dational taxes have facreased enormously. The actual figure which the Chancellor, of the Exebequer has budgeted A. S. WATSON & for £1,400,000,000 although the pre-war

expenditure was £200,000,000 obvious that, if you have to colect, a rovente seven times as large as the prewar revenue, the "index figure of taxation is very much greater than the index figure" showing the increase in the cost

Mr. Donman Fuller will gives his next- of-living. Nobody likes to pay taxes; Recital on Monday next in St. John's most respectable people even evade the Cathedral at p.m. when two works of income tax whenever they have the chance. special interest will be played -nam-ly But the fact remains, that many people" Isla of the waters" (Eric Contes) and is Great Britain find that they are "Rhapsody No. 3 **

by a young British compelled to pay much more money in writer who has quite suddenly come into taxes than did people with the same the very first rank of organ writers, by incomes six years ago. It has been stated name Herbert Howells Yery few_COM- that out of every pound earned by the points of late years have attracted so British people six shillings and eight pence much attention as Howells and whilst hin is collected as taxation.

The fact is we are in the midst of great in style, it has not that lack of true worth writing is extremely modern and advanced social experiments. It is wise to wait a which is so evident in much of the work little before we form our conclusions, but of the so-called modern school. there are

Tech- putting into practice some of the theories ficulty this Rhapsody, food only for the towards nically and intellectually, of extreme dif- so "ardensy put forward in the past by strong, as one reviewer puts it, is a work social reformers. The idea which is behind of splendid worth and fire writing. all these new experimenta" is of itself addition to a Bach "Tocesta," Tochai- Bood.

more of the drones that kowsky's "Arabia add the ever popular perish the better for the hive" or "if Andante in G" by Batiate will be you would eat you must work." The

but equal opportunity for all children in notion that there should be, not equality,

played.

A new system of rendering and publish- Britain is still a dream, and it is unlikelying the Chinese Maritime Customs trade A xew phrase, "called the

to be realised in this generation. cost of living we have seen a very real increase in the by the Maritime Customs Service has: But statistics which are compiled and issued index," has crept into fairly common use opportunities offered to the children and will probably be more frequently

of been inaugurated, beginning with the referred to in the near future than in the wages have gone up, if the scale of living The more important changes" which bavo

the poor, even in the inat decade.

If Trade Returns for, March quarter, 1920. It was announced, not very long has increased, the chances of the children beati introduced are, as regards the ago, in Great Britain that the cost-of- of wage-earners have also improved. No

DEATH GEGG. At his residence, 14, Broadwood Road, on June St, GEORGE-WILLIAM Czas, aged 41 years.

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Hosuxoxo Úc: 104, Das Varok RD., Ü. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLET STAT, E.C.

The Baily Press.

HONGKONG, June 9тя, 1920.

THE NEW VALUES OF MONEY AND COMMODITIES.

ONE MILLION FRANCS.

KOUET DE JOURNEL,

Manager. Hongkong. June 231, 1920.

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past.

PALACE HOTEL KOWLOON, Corner of Halphong & Bankow Roads

TEL :

Tel. Addemon: Palace,

in

TH

TWO Minutes from Ferry and Railway Station. This Hotel which has just been Completely_renerated and refurnished {now, 'up-to-date in

every respect, and under English Management. Cuisine under personal supervision of the Proprietor BAR AND BILLIARD ROOMS, TERMS MODERATE. Special Arrangement for Families on Application to

J. H. OXBEREY,

Proprietor.

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MONDAY next,

at 6 p.m.

ORGAN

RECITAL

definite tendencies

"The

In

living was 125 per cent. above the cost doubt there will be periods of re-action; Annual Returns, the elimination of the of living before the war. That was not probably the reformers, in their eagerness,

former Part II., the volume in which tho percentage reckoned in the way some will get ahead of public opinion and the aual statistics of each port have hitherto people imagine; in a coloquial phrase pendulum will swing back. But we need been brought together; and, as far as the which is easily understood the cost-ci- living in Great Britain, was two and a

not be too despondent about Great Britain Quarterly Beturns are concerned, the quarter times what it used to be because of these social experiments.. When discontinuance of publication of the quar

we think of the condition of Russia and terly returns of all the ports in the com- month after the above, announcement was niade, it was stated that" the cost of other countries in Europe we feel thankful bined hound volume

Hereafter, the living index was 130 How in the figure that such experiments have been a feature latter will be issued or separato pamphlets arrived at There can be no doubt that of English political life during the last only, one for each port, and published

century. it is one which in open to dispute between

For the fiery test of war separately, as soon, after the clown of each experts; it is not a physical constant like revealed the fact that the people had not specessive quarter as possible. The op- the number of hours in a day or

degenerated in consequence of a larger portunity has been taken to im- the number of inches of rainfall in the month outlook on life.. An increased private or prove the arrangement of the various of May. It is a figure prepared from national income is valuable only if thors take published for the Returns, and observations, and opinions, concerting the

who bave it use it to advantage. There a comparative colama has been adde "cost of food, clothing, fuel, rent and

is still waste which is almost criminal and to the tables of the June, Beptember, and various other items. Primarily it is used the only bone is an improvement in the in connection with the necessities of life scale of mentas development.

for a working class household. The working class family budget is selected as

a basis, A consideration of the prices of certain articles is a part of the scheman

Eight deaths from influenza were re ported in the Colony during last week,

The matter-in-complicated by the fact that A Chinese youth, while trying to hoist the cost of articles, such as food and the mail of a junk fell overboard and was clothing, vary in different parts of the drowned. salus town.

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December quarters showing cumulativn figures from January 1st to the end-of the-quarter-concerned for the current and two preceding years The December quarter pamphlet, moreover, will also in- clude the Ansual Trade Report in English and Chinese of the port concerned and certain conual tables. It will thus be seen that the December quarter returns will contain all "the information hitherto pub afaticians meems to be the A zeneral Lieut, Col. F. H. Griffith, Dr. C. M. lished in Part II. of the annual volume, Food figure is arrived af; the Calculations Heanley and Mr. R. Phelips, ware which will therefore cease to be issued. are made concerning rent, clothing, fuel apong those who tolt for Home by the

No modifications, are contemplated in the Teiretias yesterday... and light, and a last group of articles,

former Part 111., which will hereafter be Fideluding

With a view to forming a large Akso come Part II. It is expected that the papors and eten fares is considered ciation representative of British Malaya changes explained above will considerably The most remarkable feature of the the Straits Bettioments Association in advance the date of publication of tha 1039 calculations is that the old food figure is London is to be wound up and dissolved quarterly and annual trade statistics.

ST. JOHN'S

CATHEDRAL

But the method of the

and ironmongery, Ara

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