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Port Ofice Box No. 77.

TO LET

(+243

witikint modifications, the subjoined Resolution LANGE GODOWN at Wan-chai (known as will post as an Extraonlioary Resolution,

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1) That the provisions of the Company's Memorandum of Association with respect to its object be altenii so as to read as shewn in the print signed for the purpose of identification by the Chairman of this Meeting

Applications from Holders of Share Warrants to Bearer will be recrived at the Tintain Cities, of the Kailan Mining Atministration. Applica SOAR

may be made in, persun or thruigh a Banker'

ur other daly authorized Agentami at he accompanied by the Warrants to Bearer, in respect of which the Application is male, and also for the followin further purposes with Coupon No. 1830 intact. These namely: Coupons must and be detached,

For the

purpose of eansidering, and, it becught Apples through the Post ut fit, approving the draft new Articles of the Com desk with.

pany which will be submitted to the Meeting. W. S. NATHAN,

A print of such new Articles and a print of the Agentie Georral Manager.existing Articles may be seen at the Company's. Registered Office in the Hongkong Hotel, Pedder Street aforesaid. In ich print the portions of the proposed new Articles which differ from the existing Articles are inlicated by underlining in black ink and by marginal notes. Should the "Meeting approve of such new Articles with or without modification, the subjoined Resolution will be proposed as an Extraordinary Resolution, namely:-

** NOTICE TO: CONSIGNEES.

THE P. & O. S. Cola Steamer

THE

"KASHMIR "

Arrived Hongkong, on July 31st, 1921.

(2) That the new Articles already approved by this Meeting and for the purpose of FROM LONDON, GIBRALTAR, MARSEIL

identification sabagribed by the Chair- man thereof, be and the same are hereby LES, PORT SAID, ADEN; BOMBAY, "adopted as the Articles of the Company

.COLOMBO & STRAITS.

to the exclusion of and in substitution for all the existing Articles thereof. Consignees of Cargo by the abové named AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO Tansel are hereby informed that their goods GIVEN that a SECOND EXTRA- are being landed and placed at THIK RISK in the ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company will be held at the HONGKONG Campany's Godowns at Kowloon, whers each HOTEL, Fodder Street aforesaid, on SATUR- Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark DAY the THIRTEENTH DAY OF and delivery can be obtained as the Goods are AUGUST, 1921, at Noon, for the purpose landed

cairing a report of the proceedings at the mentioned Meeting and of confirming, if thought it, as Special Resolutions, the abore mentioned Resolutions (Nor, 1

and 2). Should the first of the above Resolutions

Optional Goods will he landed here unlosa matructions have been given to the contrary tix hears before arrival of the Steamer.

Goods rot cleared within 9 days, including date of arrival, will be subject to rent

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.

Damaged packages must be left in the Godowas for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's Surveyors, Messrs. GODDARD & DOUGLAS, at 10A.M. on MORDATS and THURSDAY

All Claims must be presented within ten days

of the Steamor's staival here after which date No Claims will be admitted after the Goods Save left the Godown.

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & 00.

they cannot be recognised.

"Agents. Hongkong, July 31st. 1921.

[1284

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

The Steamship “CLLICIA "

FROM, TRIE-TE, VENICE, BRINDISI,

and STRAITS

NONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed

that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowny of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd., at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before 30th July.

No clains will be admitted after the Goods Ive left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining *delivered after tho 13th Aug., will be subject to

rent.

All claims against the steamer must be pre- santed to the Undersigned on or before the 15th Aug.. or they will not be recognized.

All broken, chafel, und damaged Goods are to be left in the Updowns, where they will be examined on the 5th Aug, at 10 AM

No Fire Insurance has been efforted. Bills of Lading will be countersigned TD.

br DODWELL & 00,

"Agents. Hongkong, July 30th, 1921.

[1285

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

The Steamship "BOLTON CASTLE"

From NEW YORK

CONSIGNE that sil Goods are being

of Cargo are hereby

landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd.. at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained

Optional Cargo will be forwarded, unless notice to the contrary bo

July

Mody Godown). Apply to...

INTIMATION

MORNY

FACE POWDER

TOILET WATERS

PERFUMES

indistinguishable from slavery. The the prevention of cruelty to animal" proceedings at the mesting afford This adopts a suggestion made by Lord" testimony by the Chinese inhabitants Muntz to the Colonial Governme

the widespread prevalence M several months agu. I was given to the system which the law does not recognise. House of Commons in these termist No British Court would enforce a con-

The SECRETARY OF STATE considers that Itract for the sale and purchase of a the right course is to aim at n

gradag! human bring, and when, as sometimes reform of the mei færd system, whet happens, & miui tout runs away from her necessary, in" co-operation with owners, the latter know better than to enlightened and humane" Chinese, go to o British Court for redress. The which connection he suggested that thi two Chinese members of the Legislative Governor should persuade prominent Council regarded European interest in Chinese to form a Society for the pra this question as of quite recent date, but tection and improvement of the condi we may remind them that it is a questions of these gir domestics, which DUSTING POWDERS | tion that exercised the minds of arrangement he considered preferable to i many members of the European com-system of compulsory registration which munity even in the earliest days of the the Colony's officers considered impractic Colony, and that in later times a Chief meeting on Saturday is an endorsemen Phi resolution passed by the Justice (Sir Joux SMALE) very emplați-of this suggestion. It is to be hoped cally insisted that the practice was in that the Committee will soon be formed annflict with British Inw against slavery.

One of the questions put to the meeting the system and that we shall sperdify -ot exclusively of those who defend Are servant girls learn something of its activities.

SOAPS

on Saturday was:

able."

slaves 1 Now a point that we do not

find sufficiently emphasised in the reporti of the proceedings is that there" are j

The death is announced in Home pupers

We have just received a ship-servant girls in the Colony who are not of Sir Robert Nathan, the younger brother

mai tai-that is to say while the of Sir Matthew Nathan, and Major W.

meat

LEE HYSAN & CO..

902, Queen's Road C.

the above

[1150

MORNY

TO LET.

GODOWN at Yanmati

For particulars apply to- THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA-

TION CO., LTD.

1148

THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

London and Paris.

At the last meeting of the Council ut

greater number of Ching families buy Nithan. young girls for domestic service, there; from are others doubtless. a small minority the Royal Colonial Institute the following |who hire, the domestic help they need, were electral fellows:-China;; Alfred

in the same way

Families do in Huxley: Hongkong: Capt. V. MeC. Western countries.

poor are Liddell, W. Field-Hook.,

** The

FREES LTD, of always with us." in every country and

we wonder what would be said in Eng prouched for permission for the formation,

The Chinese Government has been ap land or America if the buying and selling of a new bank to be named the Hua Huei of girk were defended on the ground of Bank. The capital of $10,000.000 will the poverty of the parents, or, as the Hon. come. from Chinese and Norwegia Mr. Ho Foox put it, because parents sources, and one quarter will be paid up might wish to obtain the wherewithal

Mr. Newton Stabb to establish a small business to keep the gentlemen introduced into the King's pre- amongst the reminining members of the family from hy the Secretary of State for the Home sence at Buckingham Palace on June 25th starvation "It is a naive defence. Department. the Right Hon. Edward

DOLLAR, per Basis for the sit month A. S. WATSON &ing to the fact that the buying and sell-

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE endang 30th June, 1931, will be Payable on TUESDAY, AUGUST PTH, on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on applica tion at the Company's Offoe,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be OLOSED from TUESDAY, Angast ad, to TUESDAY, August 9th, both days inclusive, during which period no Transfer of Spares can be Registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

0. E. ELLAMS,

Acting Secretary, Hongkong, July 18th, 1977. (1197

HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY,

of ONE

· LIMITED.

(incorporated in the United Kingdom.) be confirmed as a Special Resolution by INTERIM DIVIDEND

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an the requisite majority, the alterations in the Company's Memorandum of Association con- SHILLING per Share on secount of the year soquently involved will be submitted to the 1921 has been declared. Supreme Court of Hongkong for confirmation. The DIVIDEND will be parable on and GIVEN that the said SECOND EXTRA. 1921 to Shareholders on

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO after WEDNESDAY, the 24th day of August, the Register on ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING to be TUESDAY, the 9th day of August, 1961, and held as aforesaid will be continued for the par-will be paid to Shareholders on the Colonial pose of considering, and, if thought fit, pessing (Hongkong) Register at the exchange rate of the following further Resolutions as Extra-2/7 per Dollar. ordinary Resolutions, namely

By Order of the Board,

(3) That each of the existing 20,000 fully paid ap shares of $50 each constituting the Company's present Capital of

$1,000,000 be divided into 5 fully paid up shares of 510 each so as to make such Capital $1,000,000 consisting of 100,000 fully paid up shares of $10 each.

(4) That after the division aforesaid, the Capital of the Company be increased from $1,000,000 consisting as aforesaid, to $2,500,000 divided into 250,000 shares of $10 each by the creation of 150,000 new shares of $10 each-sach new shares (enbject na hereinafter mentioned) to be farded at such time or tunes and on such terms and conditions in every respect as the Company's Board of Directors may think fit

(b) That it is desirable to capitalise the aum of $1,000,000 being part of the undivided profits of the Company standing to the credit of the General Reserve, and accordingly that for the purpose of effect- ing much capitalisation such sum of $1,000,001 be distributed as bonus amonz the shareholders of the Company in pro- portion to the shares in the Company's

Capital of present

81,000,000 held by them respectively on date hereinafter refarred to, and that a bonus be declared ordingly. And further that the Com

Board of Directors be and ther are hereby authorised to satisfy

na far bonus

as possible T

by the distribu. tion in

manner aforesaid of 100,000 Ahares of $10 credited as

each

fally paid registered

up among the persons who дже

they

as the holders of the shares constituting the Company's present $1,000,000 on such date as the

Board of Directors shall

last mentioned shares to rank pari passu with the shares constituting the Com- pany's present Capital of $1,000,000 in respect of all profits of the Company earned since the 31st December, 1920, and sach distribution to be in satisfaction of the aforementioned bonus

NOTICE 15 given before 30th

ho claims will be admitted after the Goods have loft the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 5th LiAng

will be subject to rent. All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 15th Aug, or

or they will not be recognized. All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods fure to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 6th Aug, at 10 à M.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. "Bills of Lading will be countersigned by.

DODWELL & CO, LTD.

Agents. Hongkong, July 30th, 1971,

1206

AND

HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that a THIRD EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the HONGKONG HOTEL, Fedder. Street, aforesaid WEDNESDAY, the THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF AUGUST, 1991, AT NOON, for the purpose of receiving a report of the procedlings at the above mentioned Mooting in so far as regards Resolu tions Nos, 8, and 5 above and of confirming, if thought fit, such last mentioned Resolutions

Spesial Besolutions.

Dated this Fourteenth day of July, 1927.....

By Order of the Board,

J. H. TAGGART,

Manager.

1792

[1236

W. E. ROBERTS,

Secretary, Hongkong, 25th July, 1921

PUBLIC AUCTION.

PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of

the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on TUESDAY, the 2nd day of AUGST, 1991, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Pablic Works Department, by Order of His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR of One Lot of CROWN LAND at Shamsuipo in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Hm MAJESTY' the BiNo, for one further term 34 years, tea 3 days from 1st July, 1898.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Howloon In

Registry Ne

land Lot No. 357.

Locality.

295,1 Yen Kuk 51.

Boundary

Mesurensasta

Contenta

•Bquare feet

Annual Rental,

feet feet

J.L B.V.

100% fwat about

* 20

[1258

A. G. DA ROCHA. AUCTIONEER SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER

No. 24, D'Aguilar Street, Telephone No. 2839, WEEKLY AUCTIONS.

TUESDAYS

MISCELLANEOUS GOODS.

* THURSDAYS:-

VALUABLE

"HOUSEHOLD TURNITURE, SATURDAYS :—

„EXCELLENT - HOUSEHOLD „TURNITURE,

3,240

27.

CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

Telephone 13

custom,**

Tai Shu Tau the large island near the the Pearl River having an area of more Canton-Kowloon Railway Station facing than 800 or will be developed into a. residential district of Canton, says tha

We did not expect to find that any Shortt, M. P. when his Majesty conferred prominence would be given at the meet-upon him the honour of Knighthood. ing of girls for domestic service is in the nature of a commercial speculation for hundreds of people who avail them selves of this treasured

Fanton Times. Plans are now under con Stress was laid rather, as we expected streets, public gardens and bunds mapped sideration at the municipality to have the it would be on the fact that many of out. The property will be divided into these mui tai are bought from phil from $100 to $150 acheng" (a cheng is suitable lots for sale, at prices ranging anthropic motives by well-to-do families 10 square feet). It is estimated that the who treat them with consideration and sale of all the lots will net more than kindness. Thut may be freely admitted,

$1,300,000. but the argument is open to the obvious, In reply to Commander. Bellairs, the retort that no restraint" would be put recently in the House of Commons:

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said, upon the exercise of such philanthropy There is a balance of £11.196,547 dur if the system of sale and purchase were from China in respect of the Boxer in- CARETS. At Peking, on July 2nd. to Fook frankly stated that "the object of from December 1st, 1917, and by an agres entirely discarded. The Hon. Mr. Ho domnity. When China entered the war FANO,At Kuling, to Mr. and Mrs. Racquiring servant girls is mainly to pro-ment

payment was suspended for five years as FANO, A daughter.

cinde 18 GRIERSON-At Shanghai, on July 24th. vide domestic service." A question wespended portions due to his Majesty's February 1913. the to Major and Mrs. A. G. W. GRIED suggested that the meeting should con- 1530-1945.

Government were spread over the years

fresh proposals JENNINGR-At Shanghai, on July 22nd. aider was: "If the object of purchasing to this indemnity have peronis in regard

mui tani is in order to obtain cheap selves or China." Iabour, what protection against abuse dy these children enjoy?". The EDGAR LOWRY. At Newchwang, ou" July given to this question was that in Hong- popular in China. and went into con-

answer 16th. HAROLD ADGEY EDGAR to LILLAN kong persons found guilty of ill-treating sumption by the million. but sine the "BLANCH LOWRY. MAGREBACKHOUSE-At Kaling, on July their servant girls were

19th, the Rev. JoHN GILLESPIE MAGEE. of Nunking. China, to FAITEME LINE, eldest daughter of the Rev, and Mrs. F. B. BaxHouse, late of North wood, England,

BIRTHS.

Mr. and Mrs. E. CARETTI, 1 RON.

SON, a

to Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR JENNINGS, a 100.

MARRIAGES.

punished with imprisonment

The anti-Japanese boycott still seeras continue in parts. Formerly Japanes pills for cooling the blood were extremely

invariably boycott started their place has beca largely taken by the Chinese product. To But we s

regain the pre-eminent position once held for the Japanese pills the Japanese agent of the company in Peking recently tried to advertise them by a free distribution of thousands of prettily male. fans from Japan. The result was a failure, wa ard told by the Chinese prem, for as soon as the people which was being advertised, they refused wind of the commodity to accept the gifts,

It looks like n Japanese representative of the pill com- boycott in deadly earnest there. but the pany will have the satisfaction of know- ing that elsewhere there are people who will be only too glad of the fans, no mat Preter what their nationality dr what they

advertise.-N.-C. Daily News.

do not suppose that the Hon. Mr. Ho Foox would say that the cases which ROTH PRICE-At North Petherton, an

bave come into Court from time to time May 12th, Mr. EDWARD ROTH, to MARY represent the total sum of the ill-treat PRICE. of North Petherton, Somerset- ment that is practiced upon these *hire.

children ignorant of the means of re- dress, or perhaps too fearful of corse quences to themselves to seek the aid of their official "foster parent."

No Society exists in the Colony

DEATH,

Pankes-At Tunbridge Wells, on June

27th. HARRY RUTHERFORD PARKES, formerly of Shanghai. only surviving son of the into Sir Harry Parkes, KC.B., G.C.M.G.. H.B., Minister to China and Japan.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, AUGUST. INT, 1921, .

such JLA the Society for the vention of Children which supple HONGKONG OPTION: 10 DES Vœux ED., C. LONDON OPTION: 31, FLEET STREET, E.C.ments, the protection afforded by the

The Hongkong Telegraph on Saturday, Police in England, though hege we devoted a leader"

to a four line para- have “several thousands" of giris under graph we published on Friday referring to a story a column in length, reproduced the bondage system known as mui fe by our contemporary as being from Not even the Secretary of Chinese Shipping and Engineering (Shanghai). Affairs, who regards himself as "tho

whereas it appeared in the Daily Preas fortnight ago, and, as we remarked. foster parent" of this large family, has it had been lifted by the Shanghai known whether they number 10,000 or paper, from our columns apparently THE "MUI TSAI" QUESTION. 50,000. We trust that the recent census Our contemporary says that for obvi without the customary acknowledgment. returns will afford an approximate idea ous reasons" it did not see it originally Lavory as is the report we publish of of the number. There is no registration in the Daily Press; yet it evidently the "mass meeting "of Chinese residents of these girls, though it is a general rule, among other things, it professes to detect closely scrutinises the Daily Preae for, held on Saturday in order to give expres we understand, for contract notes to in a four line paragraph in our Friday's sion to the views entertained by the be exchanged between buyer and seller which extended to over a column! It is issue a piracy of a Telegraph article Chinese people of the Colony on the Registration of servant girls," said the strange therefore that it did not see in Mai Tori system we have no doubt that Hon. Mr. Ho Foox, "would necessitate the Daily Arres the

interesting story they reproduced rerbatim at literatim. it will be read by most people with very periodical domiciliary visits, which would remembering na we do that it occupied close interest. Though whitewashing inevitably cause troubly and annoyance a column on a prominent page and had

bold headlines. resolutions were passed the

If we did not give the abuses to the people," and that has been ro Telegraph credit for its phenomenal tp which the system is liable gardded" apparently as a sufficient oxcuse alertness in the piracing it alleges. were very pointedly indicated in the by the Government for throwing a veil we did not give it to someone else at

their speeches and finally a resolution was over, the whole subject.

expense. We had seen the Amoy Recognising story reproduced from our columns into adopted vapproying the formation of a however, that something has got to be a Shanghai daily, the source of it being Society for the Protection of Mui Tasi. done in the matter, the meeting unduly acknowledged, and we suppose the shipping paper lifted" it from the a perusal of the riport cannot but leave animously resolved at the end of four Shanghai papar. It struck use cont upon the mind the impression that, con-hours of oratory that steps should be impedence that the name of the Horg trary to the intention of the promoters, taken to establish a Society for the Prekong Daily Press should have been I'deleted from the hottom line. in the it will greatly strengthen the agitationvention of Cruelty to Mui Tani," on the process of the lifting" causing our which is being carried on at home lines," as it was naively put, "of the lon! contemporary to regard it as an for the suppression in Hongkong of Society recently established, at the original article worth reproducing in full as from Shipping and Engineering a system of porvitado regarded as instance of the Europesa community for (Shanghai).

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