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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

SASE note we have REMOVED DUF

PASS cable Bank Building

No. 7, Qua's ROAD CENTRAL, 3rd Floor:

MANNERS & RACKHOUSE. LTD. Hongkong, January 28th, 1821. (330

F

TO LET

GYULLY FURNISHED FLAT (4 Room1) at top of Prince's Building, from April to 31st October.

Apply

GILMAN & CO, LTD."

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.

IS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

Cathedral Hall, on

Handy comentet to ghen the wor Cars in MONDAY, JANUARY SA

MEETING of Seatholders and Subscribers will be held. All Members of the congregation, whether Seatholders or not, are cordially invited to attend bath in et ass.

Hongkong January 9:h, 1991.

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PROF. SKLANE, SETS FAREWELL

RECITAL.

THE HONGKONG DAILY

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MADAME LOTTIE GORDON'S ORARITY CONCERT

HE fol FINANCIAL Report – will

THE

INTIMATIONS

SATURDAY, JANUARY 40TH. 192.

THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILD ING COMPANY LIMITED.

JOVICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTY-SECOND ORDINARY OF SHAREHOLDERS

appear in MONDAY'S mi (337 MEETINGS BABERODE KE

NOTICE.

*VIRMS which have commensod business in Hongkong during 1820 are invited to wind notification to the office of this newurmpar before the end of the month for gratuitous inclusion in the forthcoming 58th Annual INSTA of. THE DIRECTORY AND CHRONICLE OF CHINA, JAPAN" Exc.

TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

Company's Offices, Victoria Buildings, on FRIDAY, FaBRUARY 4TH, 1923, nå 12 o'clock Nony, for the purpose of sesiring the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the yearending December 31st, 1920.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Com pany will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, January 28th to FRIDAY, February 4th, both days inclusive, during which period no transfer of Shares can be registered":

By Order of the Board of Directors,"

* MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE, Beuretary to the sym HO: QKONG LANd Investment & ÁGENOT.

...General Agents for

Amonger lecturer and entertainments, TAX KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING CO., LTD.

LL preliminary notices of forthcoming. sent for insertion in the news columns of the Hongkong Daily Press, up charged for at the rate of 3 esch; (as announced in May and Juno of last year) providing that they do not occupy more than four lines. In future this space is exceeded they wil be placed in the advertising olumns at the prevalling rates.

TMPORT.MXPORT.

Hongkong, January 19th, 1921.

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THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT. COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIRST

TORDINARY NEEMING SHARE

INTIMATION

WATSON'S

FINE

BROWN

OLD

BRANDY

Unsurpassed as a Liqueur-

The late Rev E. J. Hardy, author, of How to be Happy though Married" and other works, and for some time Army Chaplain at Hongkong, left property of the gross value of £7,240.

4th, 1914 to the close of 1936-covered 44,680 miles - or distance almos equivalent to twice the ciremference of the globe. Yet, not a single one of the Grand Fleet capital ships was sunk by a submarine during the whole period of p four and a half years. It has mino pointed out that the Germans, came to attach so little valug zo submarines la their legitimate sphere tha; when they met the Grand Fleet off Jutland, Admiral SCHEER's force was not accompanied by any submarines, and from this has born deduced the conclusion that it was evident by that - dużo that the submarines offered little menace to the well-handled battleship

this

1. Podolsky and Mile. Mirova are giving concerts at Macau to-day and tomorrow and on Wednesday next as Canton. They announce another concert in Hongkong on February 7th in the Theatre Royal

The ex-enemy steamers Chou-Fa, Alunzim and ang or are for sale by tender

Mears. Mackinson Mackenzie & Co,.

the dissolution-of the injunction by the Shanghai Mixed Court restraining Dr. Wa Ting-fang from using the funds to his credit in the Shanghai banks on account of the Customs surplus.

or battlecruiser. Mr. Hrao ulludes, acting on instructions from the Ministry of Shipping, make an announcement oa connection 40, to the enemy's. superiority of destroyers, also armed with the subject in our advertisement columns. the torpedo, and he writ: A ADMIRAL to-day- SCHEER has stated, 107 lorpedoes were It is understood, says the Canton Times, fired, from the vessels during the battle that some $2,600,000 will be available to uador advantageons circumstances. How the Military Government, as a result of many hitt Cue; and that vessel was the Marlborough, in a battle line soven, and half miles long. Sho got hack safely to port. So much for the value of the torpedo, whether carried by submarine or destroyer.** Admiral Bir DOVITON STURDE, the victor in the Fallends A semi-oficial company with a capitali- battle, recently mentioned in a public zation of Y.30,000,000, of which the Government will own half, will be formed for the exploitation of the mineral riches of Sagbalien. according to a bill which the Tokyo Amhi says has been preparad by the Bureau of Colonies and will be introduced during the present session of

FABEWELL PIANO RECITAL by

special request, will be given by FoENTLEMAN, with large experien. Mouth Sklareraki on MUNDAY, 16, the 1st inst, Import and Expert Trade in in the St. Andrew's Hall at 5.30 pm. A vory China and capable of taking charge of depart. ments, is open for immediate engagement. Fax popah p ogramme will be given as followi

I-Weber

(Invitation to dance farther particulars, please communicate with Directors, together with a Statement of land of Fine Aroma.

(b). Scog

Box 397, c/o Hongkong Daily Pres."}

the Ottee of the Choy Gem Hotel Iba ibada delightful to the palate, mellow, speech that during three years with the the Offles of the Company Mantions, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH, 1921, at 11

Mendelsohn

II-Chopin

Schubert-

Tausig

·IIL-Rubinstria :

(d) Hunting Song.

(b) Nocturne.

(3)pia.ing. Wheel,

(u) Polonaje, Omin.

(d) Military March.

(a) Barcarolle.

(e) Frolade.

(c) Mazurka.

Rachmaninoff (6) Vale Caprice.

Liszt

( Campanella

"PUBLIC AUCTION.

8.S."BAL. CHOU."

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Steamship "SAI CHOU" in her present condition as she line off Sham shaipo in the Harbour of Hongkong will be sold by Order of the Court

-

by

on

PUBLIC AUCTION.

+

TUESDAY the gond day of February, 1991; at 3 o'clock p.m.

by

MESSRS, LAMMERT BROS,

: Auctioneers.

sir Auction Rooms in Duddell Street. The Ship is a Chinese Ship regialored in Canton and her dimensions are approx- imalely ner followe: ----

941.6 Foot".

Length Breadth Depth

A 13." 19.0

Gross Tonnage 1,188 Tons. Registered Tonnage. 745 Tom. For Further Particulars and conditions of Sale apply to

F. E. NABH, Esq.,

Solicitor,

8, Queon's Road Central.

or to

MESSRS: LAMMERT BROS.,

Dudden Street.

Auctioneers,

Hongkong, January 23, 1921.

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STEAMERS FOR SALE,

Under instractions received from THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING,

LONDON

Offers are invited for the purchase of the

following Ex-Enemy Steameri

Name of

Stesmer

•Manila

"Chow Fa

Trong Toi

Cross Tourage

1846

Net Tonnage Built.

1055

.1790

1100 1115

1777

TERMS of Sale and full particulars may be ascertained on application to, and permits for inspection will be issued by Messrs.

·BODYTRAD & Co., Bingapore; Messrs BULLOCH Bros. & Co., LTD., Langoon: Messrs. MACEIN zim Mackenzie & 10, Hongkong; and the undersigned.

Sealed Tenders should be fodged with Mack KINIGE, MACKENZI & Co, Caloutta. Offers

THE

NOTICE.

328

THE SHAREHOLDERS of the BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINEES herowith informed that

INTERIM

DIVIDEND of Tra. 20 per Share will be paid from FEBRUARY 1st, 1911, on presentation of

for the purpose of receiving » Report of the Accounts, "declaring, K Dividend

and electing Directors and Auditors

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be OLOSED. from January 25th to February 7th, 1921, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board of Directors,

JOHN ARNOLD, Secretary, Hongkong, January 18th, 19212-

As a beverage, most bealth-

Grand Floet he never remembered an occasion when the Grand Fleet, was afraid to go to sea because of submarines. I always went to sen when it wanted, and took the necessary precautions

Admiral Bir FERCY SCOTT, the leading the Japanese Diet. advocate for scrapping the battleships,

fat and agreeable; an ald to takes has stand on the contention that FAR

their certificates at the Head Office, in Paris, THE INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGA. digestion. and at any of its Agencies.

Hongkong, January 9th, 1921.

[976

THE

TION COMPANY, LTD.

THE Directora of the above Company have “declared ari INTERIM DIVIDEND on Deferred Shares for at the rate

THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE of 6 per Bhars the year 190

INSURANCE CO., LTD.

St George's Building, Chater Road, HoogkongTM

Telephone No. 200. Telegraphic address: Globe Hongkong

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a

from the 1st day of February next, MR. WILLIAM ERIC RÅLE will take charge of the Company's business in Hongkong as Acting Local Manager.

989

Hongkong, January 2nd, 1981.

WAR MEMORIAL BUBSCRIPTION LIST,

OR the erection by Public Sabeription, of building to be run on Y.MO.A. lines, to be called the WAR MEMORIAL INSTI TUTE and to be managed for the joint use of the Navy, the Army and Civilians by a Joint Board of Directors. A portion of the sum raised will be devoted to the erecting of a Fer manent Stone Memorial which will be put in hand at an early date".

Lasta may be found stron

Tane

ne & Crawford. ∙Kelly & Walsh, *

Moutrio.

W Powell, Ltd.

The Hongkong Cleb.

Hongkong Or otet Ulnb. Clab Dunitaza,

Eugineers Institute Victoris Recreation Club Kowloon Cricket Club,

Kowloon Bowling Club. Peak Club,

Club de Recreio.

Origengower Club

M. J. BREEN,

Hon. Secretary, War Memorial Committee.

199

Hongkung, December 18th, 1920.

REPULSE BAY HOTEL

RACE WEEK.

must be in sterling and a deposit equal to Fire DINNER DANCES will be held on the

per sent. of the amount tandred must be made- with the Company's Agents at the Fort of offer.

Tenders will be opened at Calcutta on Tues- DAY, the 29th March, 1921, and must be valid for 14 days after that date

MAÓKINNON MACKENZIE & CO.

16. Strand Road,

CALOUTTA.

334

“RULES” LINE OF STEAMERS, LTD.-

NOTICE TO `· CONFIGNERS

F UNITED KINGDOM COLOMBO AND - STRAITS. THE Motorhip

* GLENAMOT "?"

haying arrived from the above ports, Connigusse of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their "ziak into the hazardous and/or extra hamrious Godowns ot the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company Limited, whens, and/or from the warves, delivery may be obtained.

Goods not cleared by the 4th Feb. ciĎ ZŁ, ill be subject to rent.

All broken, chafed and damaged packages are

to be left in the Godowns where they will be

following dates

WEDNESDAY, 3RD FEBRUARY, 1971. SATURDAY, ROTH FEBRUARY, 1981. DERBY DAY.

Y

THURSDAY, 14TH FEBRUARY, 1921. FANCY DRESS BALL AND SUFFER

(Fancy Drew optional).

T SUPPER AND REFRESHMENTS

[In view of the fact that the accommodation will be limited, and in order to avoid overcrowd ing, intending patrons are advised to book exzly).

Dividends for Shareholders on the Colonial

Register are free of Income Tax and will be S. WATSON

pail, at the rate of 9/10 per dollar.

→ Dividend Wazmats will be obtainable on and "after SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 1921. st

the Company's Office

TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from February 19th, to February 26th, both days includive. P

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.

megaly General Managers. Hongkong, January 28th, 1991. . [315

PUBLIC AUCTION,

CO., LTD.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of

this letting by Public Auction Sale, to Mr. be held on MONDAY, the sis day of JANUARY, 1997 at 3: Py at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of Hrs ExcELKNOZ THE GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Hs 20 Rok, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Bent to be fixed by the Surveyor OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING, for one farther term of 75 years - Se

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Locality.

Boundary

PUBLIC AUCTION.

DARTICULARS AND

Square feet.

એ નામની એક

3149,000

Phone 616

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

and Mrs. G. W. O. Burtt denirs to return thanks for the many exprea sions of sympathy received in their recent borovement; also for the floral tributes.

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Horezore Orica: 10 Das Ver RD. O Lauder OrrIOS 181, FLER SIZ, E.C

The Daily Bre

Press.

HONGKONG, JANUART SÜTH, 1981.

-

EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

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[BY COURTESY OF THE CHINA MAIL."]

STRAITS STEAMER HELD UP AT SINGAPORE.

constructional defence and destructive effort do not march pari pass in their potentiality, but that the latter outstrips the former Rear-Admiral 8. H. HALL who, was, in charge of the submarine branch from 1913 to the end of the war, has expressed in the columns of The Times

SINGAPORE, January 27th." his belief that we escaped defeat only The Straits steamer Batavier has been because Germany made a wrong use of her held up in Singapore owing to the action of the Association of Engineers who submarines. Had she employed her under-demand that the vessel carry a chief and water torpedo vessels against the Grand a second engineer, instead of only a Fleet, and built proper fleet of second engineer and a driver. submarine cruisers for the commerce destroying campaign, she would, he thinks, have on

the war. Ter we find Admiral STURDER saying that there is not a British Admiral or 0fcer known to him, who served afloat in the war who would say London.”.

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:]

OHINESE MINISTER IN LONDON.

LONDON, January 28th.

Dr. Wellington Koo has arrived

that we could do away with the battleship. It would be very cheap, he said, to do som away with surface ships, but it would be

AMERICAN-JAPANESE AGREEMENT,

WARINGTON, January 99th,

GERMAN TEACHERS FOR DUTCH EAST INDIES,

most deadly thing for the Empire. Wo Mr. Colby has assured Sextor Phelan had to consider the enormous trade that that the State Department will not ap prove the Shidehara Morris agreement was coming to England. Every week until the Sonato and others interested bad,

opportunity to advance - argumen during the war 2,000 vessels arrived in an England with food, raw material, and against it troops, and yet there were those who wanted the men-of-war to be submerged, while merchantmen would be on the surface bable to be attacked The submarine was a very good offensive weapon, when the torpedo hit, but it was practically no use for defence. If we were to start over again with a submarine feet we would eventually find ourselves back at the surface fleet. We could not do away with

LONDON, January 28th, The Morning Post's Amsterdam corres poulent says the news that the Dutch Government contemplates sanding 200 has produced uneasiness and the Govern German teachers to the Dutch East Indica

ment is severely critised in the Press owing to the fears of German infnence.

Writing, in the Telegraaf, Dr. Devrio eilegens remarks that 200 German teachers IS THE SUBMARINE DOOMED ? the surface vessel." But this seems would mean after twenty years 800 Ger travelling rather wide of the question man men, and, therefore, as many pro WHILE We are hearing so much about the It was not the battleship that protected Pagandista of Fan-German thought in the Dutch ColoniaA. He declares that Ger controversy in Naval circles as to whether commeren during the war so much as the many's desire for colonies in as keen að the capital ship has not bees rendered destroyer and the light cruiser, and member in the Second Chamber re obsolescent" by the development of the nobody seriously suggests that these should guested an explanation of the Govern- submarine, it is somewhat starding to be be scrapped yet. The conclusion of the ment's motives in sending GermAN confronted in a recent London paper with whole matter seem to be that so long as teachers

NAVAL NOTES.

a bezüline în bald typo proclaiming The one nation builds the capital ship as well Coming Doom of the Submarin" as the as the submarine, so must others do so, outstanding lesson of the Naval war. I and in this connection we cannot Commander Charles S. Benning, D..0.. has been appointed to the command of is Mr. ARCHIBALD HURU, a well-known diarogant the moral to be drawn from the Titania, depot ship for submarines al writer on naval sad mercantile shipping the Falkland fight in which we wank the Hongkong. Commander Benning, who ataire, who tells me that it to take full German satedros - and simta nod the Benito

Pthe letting by Public DocDTIONS of advantage of the recent developments in command of the son

be held on MONDAY, the 315 day of Januari, 1921, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of One Lot

experiments the submarine will have few terrorg for us in the next war, if there is to be next

scientific research and

Women are to be employed as con-

of CROWN LAND behind Inland Let No war; for, so far as can be seen at present, ductors and ticket sellers on the Canton- 1618, Bhankiwan Boad, in the Colony of its eventual doom 18 assured, On the Samehui railway. Hongkong, for a term of 75 years with the other hand, Mr, DANIELS, Becretary for option of renewal at Crown Bent to be

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT...

We are

fixed by the Surveyor of His Mifery as for the Navy of the United States, was passenger was killed and several TICKETS 35—PER HEAD INCLUDING | Kara, ter ona further term of 15 years.

remmily telling Congress that the submarine injured by a collision on the Kwangtung has come to stay, unless outlawed by Section of the Canton-Hankow Railway International agreements; and a cable to on the 28th inst day, tells us that America, Following the lead of the British Admiralty, is having the relative values of capital, ships, aircraft and submarines, “considered by a committes of experts before the further building of capital skipe is authorised.

THE UNITED MOTOR

CO., LTD.

23 and 35 Thés Vœux Bood

Operating EXILE GARAGE Phone 1036

Can for. Hire and Accessories for Bale. HONGKONG MOTOR CO.

141, Praya Xast, Wanchai,

Xal undLok

Begistry No.

Loopliky -

Boundary

Masazressiert be

9,300 102 4,450

PUBLISHED. TO-DAY

To by 10. Goddard & Douglas, on Workshop and cars garaged at reasonables rates HONGKONG WEEKLY

4th. Feb, at: AM. Claims against the

steamer must be presented within 30 days of

- aviral otherwise they will not be recognized.

No Fire Insurance will be affected by us in

any case whatever and wa

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

JARDINE MATHESON & Co. Lao,

Hongkong, January 28th, 1921

Sole Agents for! FIRESTONE TYRES

B1 81 Firestone fahrin tyres $50 each, Batteries charged at $150 each.

PRESS.

ODSTAINING A L THE WEEKS

LOCAL NEWE

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The Paper to send Fans,

We can give you's service soconi to mpaa..

We are asked to announce that there will be no performance of "The Molluso" at the Helena May Institute on Monday, January 31st-ADYT

At the Unveiling of the War Memorial

depot torpedo ship, in home waters, specialised in rabmarine work long before the war and was in command of the ET. when the war of 1814-18 opened." He saw much under water service, and won the D.S.O. for repeated sets of good service in Heligoland Bight when his subk marine formed part of Commodore Bogat Keyes famous patrol face, which held the narrow seas (mentioned in despatches, D.9.0., 1914 Star, British War Medals).

Lieutenant W. B. L. Gilchrist has been posted to the Tamar at Hongkong. Lieutenant Gilchrist entered the Royal Navy ten years ago, saw a good deal of service in the war, and was promoted to year. Before being appointed to the his present rank in the August of last

Tamar he was doing duty with the Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham

The command of the river gunboat Widgeon, Chins Station, is about to change hands, Commander Geoffrey Cor

Interesting efficments have recently been at St. John's Cathedral to-morrow, Sur made in defence of the big ship. It has day, at 10.30 am, & collection will be been frequently said, or inferred, for made for Queen Mary's Home fer Dislett having been selected to succeed Com

mander, Edward G. de 8. Jukes-Hughes instance, that the enemy's submarins abled Men,

next month: The new skipper of the campúgn against the Grand Fleet failed

Widycon has served afloat for twenty The Ministry of Finance of the Military three years, was promoted lieutenant in because the Fleet remained in protected harbours, but the information which has Government ((says the Canton Timer) has 1903, and commander in June, 1916. Ho boen published since the war includes charte called upon the Sincere Company to was in command of the destroyer Hind

saw North Bes movements of the Grand Flood account for the 8300,000 it has deposited the much fotilla work in the boquete

with the concern. The Sincere Company and elsewhere,

resembling nothing so much as a picture.

of the work of a very industrious spider" i "proving to the Ministry with doct

Captain E. B. G. R. Evans resumed falt The mental evidence that the $300,000

had Tho miloago covered wag enormous.

pay ses service on 16th inst., and will take figures for the Iron Duke, Lord JELLICOR's been drawn by the Dr. Chen Chin-tao, passage to the Far East to succeed Capt. Fleet flagship, during the time he was Minister of Finance of the Military John W. Carrington, in the command of the light truiser: Garlicle, serving on the Commander-in-Chief that in from August Government between March and October. China Station.