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ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE.

THE GEOFFREY CHARLES THE Interest and Responsibility of the MOXON in the Firm of MOXON & TAYLOR

cases on the Slat March, 1991:

G. C. MOXON, 10, Ice House Street, Hougtong

Hongkong, April, lat, 1921.

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NOTICE.

MAE Interest and Responsibility of Ms. GEOFFREY CHARLES MUXON in the undersigned Firm care on the 31st March, 1921.

MOXON & TAYLOR,

10, Ice House Streat.

Hongkong.

Hongkong April 1st, 1921.

NOTICE.

MR. EDWARD MAURICE RAYMOND

baw This Day been admitted as a

Partner in this Firm,

MOXON & TAYLOR.

Hongkong, April 14, 1921.

NOTICE.

718

kave This Day admitted LENNOK

WOOFLRY BIRD, D.SO. JEORGE

LEOPOLD WILSON, AND EDWLY FORRES BOTHWELI, Partners in our Firm.

NEW

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 18r. 1321.

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PUBLIC AUCTION. ·

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Fable Auction Sale, to be hold

on MONDAY, the 4th day of Arti, 1891, at 3 PX, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of HIS EXCELLENOY THE GOVERNOR, of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Shet 3han, Kowloon in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 70 years, "with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by, the Surveyor of HIS MAJESTY THE KINO, for one further term of 75 years

of No. 1459.

1 Sale at Ha.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Locality.

Bonadary Mosmirenacia.

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As per mio pları.

Contania

about

23,005; 179) 7,104

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE P. & 0.8. N. Co. Staainer

PALMER & TURNER.

Bongkong, April 1st, 1921.

NOTICE

W

E have this day admitted Mr. CHAU TSAN SAN, BA A partner in our firm with authority to lign the name of the firm per procuration.

HIN FAT 00.

107, Wing Lok Street. (729 Hongkong, 31st March. 1991.

NANYO YUSEN KAISHA'.

HE above, Company haviny established its

"SOUDAN

Arrived Hongkong on Mar. 31st, 1927. FROM LONDON, PORT SAID, ADen'

COLOMBO & BIBAITS.

Consignees of Cargo by the above-named venel are hereby informed that their goods are being landed and placed at THRIN RISK in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery can be obtained as the Goods are

landtional Goods will be landed here antea Town Branch Ofice at this rort as from Lastractions de ben be landed here anise

this date, the undersigned will GEASE to set Ki Agasta.

DODWELL & CO., LTD. ..... Hongkong, April 1st, 1921.

NANYO YUSEN KAISHA.

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E have This Day Onened a BRANCH WOFFICE of the Company at No. 5. QUEEN'S ROAD, CENTRAL and our Ageasy Agrement with Mesir, DOT WELL & CO., LTD.,

will accordingly lapse.

NANYO YUSEN KÄISHA, LTD,

#24 Hongkong, April 1st, 1991.

THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY, LTD.,

COPENHAGEN.

of the above, and shall be glad to quote rates of freight and passage on applica- tion,

MANNERS & BACKHOUSE, LTD.. Mercantile Bank Building, 7. Queen's Road, Central.

Hongkong, March 31st, 1921.

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KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.

(BRITISH SECTION).

'NOTICE.

CHING MING FESTIVAL.

"THE Publiq is, heroly notified. that Loral TH

passengers cannot be conveyed by the 8.07 A.M. Express on APRIL 17, 2nd, 3rd, and 4u, 1921.

By Order,

H. P. WINSLOW, Manager, Kowloon, March 30th, 1921"

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PIANOS, HARMONIUMS.

MUBICAL INSTRUMENTS.

First-class fabrication.

Exportation to all parts of the world. Catalogue free of charge.

MAX HORN, ZWICKAU, GERMANY.

WANTED,

hours before sarival of the Steamer,

Goods not cleared within 8 days, including dato of arrival, will be subject to rent."

No Fire Insurance will be exfeated by mi in any case whatever.

Damaged packages must be left in the Go downs for examination by the Consignes, and the Company's Burveyors, Masers. GODDARD & DOUGLAS, at 10 am. on MoxDAYS "and THURSDAYS.

All Claims must be presented within ten date they cannot be recognised. days of the Steamer's arrival here after which

No Claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godown.

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO,

Agents.

1726 Hongkong, March 31st, 1921,

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. "AULIDE "TU CONSIGNEES.

FRÓM EUROPE and STRAITS.

THE Company's Steamship

THE

** KAMO MARU,"

PREPAID * WANTED

ADVERTISEMENTS.

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Letters are lying at this Offlos for

Boxes P., Q. AD. AF., AW..., BF, BO

OR BY BI..

WANTED, CUP Portug

(Male) STENOGRAPHER. Apply by letter to CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN BERVICES, LIMITED., Hongkong. - .29

ist

WANTED. ENGLISHMAN going home wishes to purchase some Second-

Apply hand Leather Travelling BAGS.

*CONFIDENCE", c/o Daily Press Office. £9

TO LET

YOMMODIOUS OFFICE in Alexandra.

Buiklings, immediate possession. Apply to→

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Alexandra Buildings.

TO LET.

(685

¡UROPEAN OFFICES, 1 door (four in

Central (with use of lift).

Apply to

A. By" Care of Daily Pros Office

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FOR SALE.

FIVE-ROOMED BUNGALOW. Peak

District Tennis Court, Kitchen Garden. Early possession.

Apply to

Box No. 188, Care of Daily Press Office.

1688

FOR SALE.

62,570 SQUARE FEET OF LAND naichung, with 7-Roomed How wou Quarters, Kitchen, Garden, Tennis Court and

Broadwood Road, Wong-

Lawn. For particulars apply tom

GEO, K. HALL BRUTTON & Com 37, Queen's Road Central.

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HONGKONG JOOKEY CLUB

THE FIRST GYMKHANA MEETING

Ta be held (weather permitting) at the HAPPY VALLEr, on SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND,

commencing at 3 F.K...

than Members of the HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. The Charge or Admission will be $1 for others

The Stewards inrits the Ladies of Hongkong Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Half-price.

to be present.

1707 Hongkong, March 30th, 1921.

OFFICIAL NOTICE. PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S

NAME.

THE INDO-CHINA STEAM having arrived from the above ports, Consignses WNAVIGATION CO LTD OF of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods LONDON hereby give notice that in consé are being landed and placed at their risk in the quence of the present names being in pogue Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown when running under the German Fing, we have Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mack applied to the Board of Trade, under section 47

Merchant Sp

Shipping Act, 1804, in respect and delivery can be obtained as soon as the of the ship "KwOxG ESG" of Singapore, official Goods are landed.

number 150114 of

tons, heretofore owned by Controller of Shipping for permission to change her name to MING SANG" and to have her registered in the new name at the Port of London owned by THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

INTIMATION

WATSON'S

FINE OLD

BROWN

BRANDY

Unsurpassed as

in the dark.. This was rather a dia. ingenuous statement because the plan is being supported solely on the ground that it will maintain the price of rice, which the farmers complain has fallen Below a profitable figure. However this may be the figures given can hardly be Accepted-the agricultural interest is sa Strong, in Japan that all the political partfes are giving their support to the measure. Many of the membars, indeed, could hardly-face their constituencies if they opposed it while the Seiyukai, the party, mupporting

Government,

agricultural

notoriously represents interests.

the

the

From other points of view also the statement that the plan is for the regula- tion of the price of rice can be hardly accepted. For one thing, during the last twenty years there has been only one failure of the rice crap in Japan, and that was confined to a very small portion of the country. Year after year crops have been produced coming"" well up to

the

Moreover, the argument stultifies Government's claim that it is merely attempting" to regulate the supply, that is secure an equable distribution of the– staple food all over the country. Thế Government undoubtedly hope that the measure will serve to maintain the pries of rice, and if it fails in that purpose - other measures will be taken. We thus... are a Government engaged in maintain, ing the high price of food stuffs at a time when there is evity, reason for the reverse policgato be followed. Japan has succeeded industrially so far by reason of the cheapness of her labour, made possible by the low cost of living. This advantage- is now being wilfully destroyed.

น

The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce are approaching Government and demanding "reduction. of "the homeward passage, rates.

2

Mr. C. A. da Roza has bead elected Vice-President of the Kowloon Reside Association, vice Mr. E. J. Noronh deceased

The University of Aberdeen is to confer a Liqueurthe averner in the worst yeare and in the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity the majority of years well exceeding it. the Right Rev. Ernest Denny Logis Danson, M.A. (Aberdeen), Bishop of In fact such luxuriant crops were «pro- | Labuan and Sarawak. duced that five or six years ago the

delightful to the palate, mellow, Government was induced to take some of Chancellor of the Hongkong University, Sir William Brunyate, the new Vice-

and of itne aroma.

necompanied her husband.

the rice off the farmers' hands. As Inck arrived yesterday from England by the would have it, the shortage of foodstuffs P. & O. steamer Soudan. Lady Brungate caused by the war enabled the Govern. ment to dispose of it at a good profit. At a recent meeting of the Council of which has perhaps encouraged the present the Royal Colonial Institute the follow

ing were elected:-Hongkong: Mrs. May Government to make another Venture. Young China: Mrs. Charles E. Watson

As a beverage, most healthful But the point is that there has never (Canton), Charles E. Watson.

digestion.

been any real shortage, and the fact that p the cultivation of rice has not

A Singapore. contemporary mentions. that Mr. Bob Alton, the udränce repres t diminished a and agreeable; an ald to shows that the crop was not such an sentative of Harmston's Circus, was at

unprofitable one as the farmers now in the throat in hospital in Batavia.

latest accounts critically ill with cancer-

assert. The regulation of rica cannot be therefore to provide against lean years, since these do not occur, and the con- clusion is that it is to regulate against an over supply to take a too abundant crop off the farmers' hands, and enable him to sell the remainder at a higher price.

During the latter part of the war rice A. S. WATSON & reached an Extraordinary figure in Japan,

CO., LTD.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

Phone 616,

Our Scottish correspondent mentions that Mr. Maze Commissioner of Customs, China, underwent a minor operation in Edinburgh on the 7th Febru ary, and when the mail left was con- valescing highly fargurably.

Th

The Paris correspondent of a London änancial paper states that: China is to... place a loan for 500,000,000 E. at 8 per (300,000.000 f.) is to remain in France in

cent in Paris. Three-fifths of the total

payment for aviation material.

8. B. H. Bremner, son of the late Mr. The engagement is announced of Mr. Allan Seton Bremner, and Mrs. Bremner, of Shanghai, to Marion E., second daughter of the late Mr. John Liddell and Mrs. Liddell, of Shanghai..

majuly through the large exports, which were allowed to continue in face of an official embargo. The farmers thus gained handsome profits, "though, perhaps not handsome as those earned by the brokers and other intermediaries through whose bands the rice passed. At any rate the famere profits were enormously the rumour which has done duty many A London paper of February 24th says: increased, and there is now displayed a times as to the absorption of the Indo- disinclination to return to the old con-Uhina Steam Navigation Co. by the P ditions,—a disinclination which is shown & O, has been revived. The market all through Japan's industries and is because the Deferred moved up some 11 evidently placed some credence in it. serving to destroy her chances of compofats on 13th inst. to 40. So far there THOMSLIT ANDERSON,—ÂT - Peebles, ou Petition with other nations. The is to confirmation of the rumour.

February 11th, FRANE WARREN, only Japanese Government has already come son of late H. M. THONSETT, Iate of to the aid of the silk industry, so as to Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, and Shirley, Southampton, and MARY Bave it cutting its losses, and things GARDINER, daughter of late R. S have been smoothed over for many other for the same reason, but the result of this assistance has not been Joar prices in the face of dwindling prices

MARRIAGE.

ANDERSON, A:M.LO.E.

DEATH.

industries

kong by the Empress of yesterday Well-known residents who left Hong- included the Hon Mr. John Johnston MoNaughtco, Mr. G C Archbatt, Hev. and Mrs Johnstone General and Mrs.

H. Copley Moyle, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. W. Manning, Mr. Murray

Stewart, Mr. P.Tester, Mr. and”

Options Goode will be carried on unless register tonnage 969 80 tonnage 1650 ton BRAND.-At Eastbourne, on February to improve matters. To hope to continue Mrs P. P. J. Wodehouse, and Mr. B. L.

instractions are given to the contrary before NOOS, TO-DAY.

Goods not cleared by the 6th April, 1991, will be subject to rent.

Damaged nation by the Consignee

must be left in the Godowns for and the Co.'s representatives at an appointed bour on TUZADAY and Faipar. All claras must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrivòl here, after which date they cannot be recognizal No claima will be admitted after the goods have left the Gotowns.

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA,

Agents... Hongkong, March 30th, 1921.

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NOTICE.

Any objections to the proposed change of name must be sent to the Registrar of Shipping at Hongkong within seven days from the appear ance of this advertisement.

Dated at Hongkong this and day of March, JARDINE, MATHESON, & Co., La

1921.

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OFFICIAL "NOTICE. PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME.

19th, MARY JANE, widow of BRAND, of Shanghai, aged 70.

HONGKONG OFFICn: 101, Das Vavy Rs., C. LONDON Orion: 131, FLEET BE,

The Baily Press.

HONGKONG, APRIL 1ær, 1921.

MAINTAINING THE PRICE OF FOODSTUFFS.

B. Wodehouser

in other countries. is madness, but it is

The following announcement is made in a madness that seems almost normal in London paper with regard to the China Japan, so widespread is it. The Govern Mutual Steamship Co.:-Dividend 3, per ment's advances to the industries, so far cent and bonus of 50 per cent. (together

£5 Es. pershare) on ordinary, making- as they are regarded merely as advances, 26 1per share for year 3 per cent.. have but served to increase their liabilis (45. 3d. per share) on ordinary B for

half-year, making è per cent for year ties without in any way improving the 2842,143 to building suspense account, markets or staying the downward trend £290,503 forward,

of prices. The money will probably never A London contemporary prints the be repaid, in which caso the Government following as a preliminary list of firms may be said to have shouldered the now definitely associated with the British industrial losses caused by the colispise, side of the Chinese Chartered Corpora leaving the industries free to make their insurance, Arthur Balfour & Co. (steal. Tion:-British-American Tobacco, Sun. Ir is somewhat astonishing that în theso times of high prices there should abroad. But either this view of the and Mathews (steel file and spring manu own arrangements to meet competition manufacturers, Sheffield), Turton Bros. [795 SINGAPORE, the owner of the THE BO HONG STEAMBHIP CO LTD.

THE INDO-CHINA STEAM any Government planning measures to Steamship "HONG WAN L" are prepared to W NAVIGATION CO, LTD. OF maintain the price of foodstalls, and yet situation is not accepted or the industries Babcock and Wilcox, United Glass Bottle facturers, Sheffield), Asistio Petroleum, negotiate for the SALE OF THE WRECK of LONDON hereby give notice that in com XPERIENCED SENIOR OFFICE that Ship, so she now lics beached near Bell Island sequence of the present names being in vogue this is the effect of the proposals which are unable to seo facts as they are, for Manufacturers, Ltd. Boake Roberts & DARIETANT (BR) for Engineering near Swatow, together with the Engines, Boilers when running under the German Flag, we have the Japanese Government is preparing the struggle to maintain prices is still Co. (chemicals, Stratford); Several other

and all appurtenances at present on board. applied to the Board of Trade, under Section 47 Correspondent, and have Commercial and Fall particulars may be obtained on appli- of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, in respect to lay before the Dist. Hice is the staple continued, even more, strange to say, at future. Technical knowledge of Engineers supplies and cation at the Office of the Company at No. 61, of the ship "TzO PAO of Singapore, official food of Japan, and it is in connection the expense of the domestic market than

A monthly magazine is indulging in the Hardware, Permanent position and good pro-KLING STREET, SINGAPORE, or at No. 28, WinG number 150118 of gross tonnage 1655 tons with the regulation of the rice market of the foreign. It is noteworthy that

STEBET, Horozone:

register tonnage

"ever-popular sport of Cabinet making, heretofore owned, tons, spects offered to competent. Applicant. An

d by indication * of entary expected is required.

Controller of Stripping for per

and to have her Briefly, the Government proposes to

next Prime Minister Mr. Alfred Zim Persone without the above-mentioned qualifies

registered in the new name at the Port of London establish State granaries for the storage

of age, and is the son of the late Mr. A. mern. Mr. Zimmern is just over 11 years. tions need not apply.

Address applications to-

owned by THE INDO-CHINA STEAM

LTD.

of rice, which is to be purchased by the NAVIGATION.CO.

Zimmern, formerly of Reis & Co., Shang Aay objections to the proposed change of name Govorament with a fund of 200,000,000 Seeing this assistance given to hai. He is now professor of Inter- must be sent to the Registrar of Shipping at

Wales Educated at Winchester and New Hougkong within seven days from the appear-yen. raised by means of Exchequer Bills industries it is but natural that the Bational Politics at the University of apse of this advertisment,

Although the proposal is nominally farmers should also claim their mars of College, Oxford, he has been a Staff Dated at Hongkong this 22nd day of March, intended to regulate the supply of rice, the spoil, and as they are "politially Inspector of the Board of Education, and P was serving in the Political Intelligence the industrial classes, there Department of the Foreign Office at the the Government, of course, expects to get stronger its money back, if not to make profit can be little doubt that they will get ead of the war.

Some doubts have been expressed as member of the suite of the Crown Prince out of the transaction, and therefore it. it.

Bez No.718, Care of Daily Press Offion.

“WANTED.

PUBLIO AUCTION.

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HE Undoraigned have received instructions TE Und use, terved at pribli Auction, 1718

On BATURDAY, the gud April, 1921, commencing at 10 AM, at Craigieburn, the Peak,

WANTED in Naval Store Department of

Naval Tard NATIVE STOREHOUSEMAN, with knowledgo, of English and Chinese. Previous experience essential Commencing salary $3 per day plus 32 per cont. 6 days a wel. Apply in person with references on MONDAY, APRIL 4TH, at

9.30 LX.

~HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE.

WE be

E beg to announce that in order to cope ✔ with numerous applications received for Garage Space, we have, as from the 187 AFL 1922 acquired the business and premises

of the RUSSELL STREET GARAGE

Extenciona and improvements will be immedi

A QUANTITY OF VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

&to.

including Largo quantity of Superior Blackwood

Furniture and Ourios (Full Particulars from Catalogne). On view from Friday, 21.3. Tæki --Cach,

"HUGHES & HOUGH,"

Auctiondors.

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TO SECRETARIES OF CLUBS - AND: OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

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her name to "LEE Permission to change trist the Japanese legislatíbut is planned in many commodities there are different and a contributor has selected for our

1991:

JARDINE. MATHESON & Co., LTD.

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REPULSE BAY HOTEL CABARET DINNER DANCE SATURDAY, APRI 2ND

SIGNOR ANTONIO-MOLINÁRI

The Milancas - Tenor

Aasiated by SIUNOBA MOLINABIC Soprano...

scales.ol prices for the home and foreign markets, in which the home markets come of considerably the worst.

also in Hongkong) in regard to the Crown

is, in fact, a schome for the regulation to whether the Government's measure of Japan lifted the veil of the mysteri of the price of rice sing The Govern will serve to increase the price of rice ous reticence shown at Singapore (as meat will, in the circumstances, refrain or even to maintain it. It is claimed from selling the rice at a lower price than that say increase in the price will cause Prince of Japan. A report published in

the Straits Times after the departure-of- it paid for it, and oven then it will have the inflow of stocks from Korea and the Katori from Singaporey's

Formose, while it is undoubted that the Courtesy to the wishes of the authorities to devise means for covering the expense farmers have immense stocks stored forbade previous mention of the fact that incurred in the exporimont, which are

the Crown Princo had come twice ashor Away which would be released at any the first occasion on Saturday and again estimated for the first year at 4,970,000 09 yen. The initial purchases of the Govern- rise in price and thus servo auto on Sunday, when he paid a visit to Raffler ment are expected to amount to three matically to bring the market down. Museum, and, being a keen student both

of zoology and botany, thoroughly enjoy.... million koku (15 million bushels nearly). It may be true that the present scheme ed il visit to that institution. Yester although mors may be purchased if the will have to be followed by others to day the Government yacht Sea Belle, through the courtesy of H.E. the Gover- rice harvest for this year prove dipecially bring about the desired object, but it is nor was placed at the disposal of the abundant. As to the effect of the hardly D

dly possible to lock up three million Prince and members of his entourage, of last year) providing that they do not occupy more than four lines,In fature if this space in

purchase on the price of rice, the Director Egin of rice without effecting some and in it the Boyal party did the round SEMI SACRED CONCERT of the Agricultural Bureau recently change in the market, a change which Prince in particular expressing his de

of the island, in about four hours, the szcealed they will be placed in the advertising solamas at the prevailing rates::

expressed himself in the Dist as quite will certainly be

in price. Light with the outing

meetings, Isetures Brid

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tely taken in hand with to offering ALL preliminary notices of forthcoming facilities for up-to-date Garage and Report for inter bon in the news certainment GEMS FROM POPULAR MASTERPIECES Work

"Mr. T.-B. PATSOs will continue to be in Hongkong Delly Press, are charged for at the charge of the Russell Bfréet Tenot.

HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.,

J.-H. TAGOART,

(95 Maunguri (

1720

rate of $1 each, (sá afnounced in May and Juna.

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