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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL CHOIR

"ALE and FEMALE SOPRANO

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST

INTIMATIONS

INTIMATION

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE.

NOTICE.

M VOICES URGENTLY NEEDED for MANUEL BAPTISTA und MEE have This Day trassferred the Agency MORNY

PON MAN YORK are sutsörised to

BAPTISTA, YORK & CO., LTD. 6, Do Yux Road Contra "Hongkong, Aagúst 3rd, 1991.

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the CATHEDRAL Coin. Will these willing to Bign for our Firm oin kindly communicate with: T. P. M BEVAN of the ASTATIC PETROLEUM COL OF apply to him in person at the Cathedral any TUESDAY or THURSDAY, between 6 and 7

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Offure will be gratefully recaívád. Hongkong. Angast Srl, 1921.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Balo, to be bold on MONDAY, the 8th day of AUGUST, 1931, at 3 F., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of HIS EXCELLENOS THE GOVERNOR of One Lot of CROWN LAND on New Read from

HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LTD.

TUTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above Company will be held at the HONGKONG HOTEL, Palder Street, Victoria in the Colour of Hongkong, on

of the QUEEN INSURANCE CO.

to Hazara, W. B. Lotzar & Co.

E. D. SASSOON & CO., LTD. Hongkong, August 1st, 1921. [1277

NOTICE:

Te havs Thia-Day transferred the Agency W

of the NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE SOCIETY, LTD., to Messrs. Bass & Co...

DAVID BASSOON & CO. LTD. Hongkong, August 1st, 1991. . 1259

NOTICE.

dru, 1921.

FAGE POWDER

· TOILET WATERS

PERFUMES

2

DUSTING POWDERS

SOAPS

.1260

WEDNESDAY the 1WENTY-SEVENTH DAX OF JULY 1921, at Noox, for the bave This Day transferred the Agency

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of the LANDASHIRE INSURANCE purpose of considering and, if thought approving the draft new Memorandum of CO, to Messrs. T. E. GATINE, LTD.

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD. Association of the Company which will b

Hongkong. Augasi Tat, 1921.. submitted to the Meeting. A print of such draft new Memorandum of Association of the

at new

may be seen at the Company's

NOTICE. Pedder Street aforesaid, and s

comparison of the print of the existing Memorandam of

Bowen Road to Wanchai Gap in the Colony Registered Office in the Hongkong Hotel: of Hongkong, for a term of 78 years; with the uption of renowal at a Crown Bent to be fixed by the Surveyor of En SMATESTY THE Kavo, for one further teri x of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

s03 Bowan Road as

****Boundary

Moneta

L

T.

Test. For feel foot.

about

per ende plau.

0

* Annual Beptal

Asociation with the print of the draft new Memorandum of Association will show wherein

- the draft new Memorandum of Association differs from the existing Memorandum of Association, Shook the Meeting approves of such new Memorandum of Association with or without modification, the pubjoinal Resolution will be proposed as an Extraonlinary Resolution, hamely-

(1) That the provasions of the Company's Memorandum of Association with respect to its objects be altered no us to read as hawn in the print signed for the purpose of identifiestkorby the Chairman of this Meeting

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£2,500 £70.950 d also for the Julkowin farther parrows,

usinely-

For the of considering, and, it thought approving the draft new Articles of the Com pany which will be submitted to the Meeting. A print of such new Articles and a print of the

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PUBLIC AUCTION. DARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of Pin by Public Auction Sale, to bo heid on MONDAY, the 8th day of Avatar, 1821, st 3 PM, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR of One Los of CROWN LAND at Fo Pang, Kowloon in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 75. years, with the option of renewal at & Crown Boat to bred by the Surveyor of His MAJESTY the Kisa, for one further term of Jears.

PARTICULAÈS OF THE LOT.

Is, of Sale,

Bagley Ha

Locality, :

Lot No. 1624.

Ronastary

75

Aanval Rental,

器

fest

46

120

120,402

1284

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES, OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LTD.

AND

OHINA MUTUAL STRAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD. ONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer

"ATREUS

are hereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Whart, Kowloon. where it will lie at Consignee's risk. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Go down on and after 3rd 'a ng.

Optional cargo will be landed, unless moticm haa been given prior to stomer's arrival

to

All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are where they will

bo left the Godsday and Friday.

be examined on any

between the hours of 10.45 km, and Noon within the free storage period.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods, remaining undelivered after the 9th Aug, will be subject to rent.

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the undersigned on or before sho 23rd Aug,, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Fazurance will be effected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents Hongkong, August 2nd, 1931.

1285

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNERS.-

From EUROPE - AND STRAITS.

THE Company's Steamship

KITANO MABU"

having arrived from the above porta, Consignees ef Cargo, are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloom Wharf and Godowa Company's Godawas Kowloon, where each sonnignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are landed.

Optional Goods will be extried on unless in- structions are given to the contrary, before BAsToon, Tu-DAY.

fit,

existing Articles may be seen at the Peti Registered Office in the Hongkong Hotel

Street aforesaid. In such print the portions of the proposed new Articles which differ from the sxisting Articles are indicated 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 propowel as an Extinctiary Resolation, namely

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WE have This Day taken over

the AGENCY of the LANCASHIRE INSURANCE CO., from Meears," DAVID SABSOON & CO., LTD.

T. E. GRIFFITH, LTD. Hongkong, August ist, 1921.

NOTICE.

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the

WING to the death of Mr. Cat CHUS

YAT, Chief Manager of the above Firm, / ment only persons now authorized to Sign for

of the above

the Firm are

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from

Co., a finn of timber importor, who pur. chased from the Russian Govorumenta quantity of veneer which was confiscated;} from a Russian firm

The annual report of the Superinten dent of the Botanical and Forestry De partment inentions that about 5,504,180 square foot were cleared of undergrowth round houses in various parts of the Colony in connection with anti-malaria area of 118,125 square measures

last year. At Mount Davis an

feet of Crow

Lord Justics Sexurrow, in the course of his judgment, said: "I do not feel able to come to the conclusion that the legisla Land was cleared by the Military Au tion of a State recognized by my ter. 42.3.120 quare fret of undergrowth

thorities under the supervision of a fore Sovereign as an independent sovereign wuro cleared for the Public Department- State is so contrary to moral principle in connection with the formation of now

rosila, that the Judges ought not to recognize it. The responsibility for recognition or non-recognition, with the coumsquences of such, rests on the political advisers of the Sovereign, and not on the judges The whole idea to be giraned from the judgment is that, our political advisera having decided to recognize the Bolshevik Government, with the necessary

Conse-

quence that such recognition meant also the recognition of the validity of any acts of that Government, our judge could por refuse to abide by that deci sion; more especially as the acts com- plained of were not altogether different from" the anta of our own Government. The only difference is that, while the

Those who suffer from Hay Fever nual report of the Superintendent of will be interested to learn from the un the Botanical and Forestry Department that the removal of the lowers of the now become part of the regular pro- commoc Privet, Ligustrum sinense, has gramme of the Department. The pollea Tory readily carried by the wind, is said

the flower of this plant, which i to be the chief cause of Hay Fever. all the flowers were rensved last year in many cases whole plants were den from plants in the vicinity of houses and troyed

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Dr. Phillip Tyan, who for some time has been Counsellor of the Office of For-. eign Affairs, has been nominated for Chinase Government has had considerable- appointment as Minister to Cuba. difficulty in handling

Cuban

100 of the

The

matpers.

to be under the direc

We have just received a ship-whole of an individual's property above too far away and it places too great a Bolshevik Government confiscated the These are anister to Hetico but it is a certain value, our Government con-

burden on the Minister in Mexico. Many fiscated the greater portion of a wealthy cases have arisen which required the individual's property, and a fear exists

personal attention Havana and the

of tL Minister in that, it might yet confiscate, if not the created. Dr. Tyan is a graduate of Caru 3 new DOET WES accordingly whole, then a great deal more of such bridge, and is well known in diplomatic wealthy individual's property thus Foreign Office will be filled by Mr. Tsao The post of Counsellor to the showing that there is, after all, very little Yung siang. difference between the legislation of the of Bolshevika and that of our Parliament ary representative. If we cannot call the latter immoral and unjust, we cannot so call the former !

MR. TAM CHURK NAM... Sub-manager. MR. BIU KAM

...Secretary. whose joint Signatures are necessary to all Documents or Transactions executed for and on MORNY behalf of the Firm.

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THE HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO

· STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE DOLLAR per Share for the six months ending 30th June, 1891, will be Payable on. on which date TUESDAY, AUGUST Dividend Warrants may be obtained on applica tion at the Company's Office.

FRERES LTD,

London and Paris,

(9) That the new Articles already approved by this Meeting and for the purpose of identification subscribed by the Chair man thereof, be and the same are hereby adopted as the Articles of the Company to the exclusion of and in substitution for all the existing Articles thereof,

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that

SECOND EXTRA- ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the HONGKONG HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY, HOTEL, Pedder Street aforesaid, on SATUE

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company' will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, Argu A. S. WATSON 2nd, to TUESDAY, August 9th, both days inclusive, during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

By Order, of the Board of Directors,

G. E. ELLAMS,

Acting Secrets:y. Hongkong, July 18th, 1931.

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DAY, the

of

THIRTEENTH DAY OF

at

1921, Noon, for the purpose.

report of

the proceedings at the

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JAMITED.

(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)

mentioned Meeting and of confirming it NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an thought fit, as Special Resolutions the above mentioned Resolutions (Nos. 1 and 2).

Should the first of the above Resolutions (No.1) be confirmed as a Special Resolution by

the requisite majority, the alterations in the Company's Memorandum of Association con sequently involved will be submitted to the Supreme Court of Hongkong for confirmation.

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that the zaid SECOND EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING to be held as aforesaid will be continued for the pur- pose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing the following farther Resolutions as Extra- ordinary Resolutions, namely:

(3) That each of the existing 20,000 fully paid up shares of 360 each constituting the

INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE SHILLING per Share on account of the year 1921 has been declared.

The DIVIDEND will be payable on and after WEDNESDAY, the 24th day of August, 1921, to Shareholders on the Begister on TUESDAY, the 9th day of August, 1931, and will be paid to Shareholders on the Colonial 2/7 per Dellar (Hongkong) Register at the exchange rate of

By Order of the Board,

W. E. ROBERTS,

Secretary. Hongkong, 25th July, 1921, -

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THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.

CO., LTD.,"

HONGKONG DISPENSARY

Telephone 15.

To-day is the seventh anniversary of the declaration of war by Great Britzin against Germany..

The Peking-Tsinanfu aerial mail has been suspended because of the Aeronauti &cal Department's lack of funds, "

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HoXQLong Office: 101, Dua Vaux BD, C. Loxes Orros: 131, FLATT STREET, E.C.

The Baily Press.

HONGKONG, AFGUET 4TH, 1921.

SIMPLY A MATTER OF "DEGREE !

A labourer was killed in the shipyard at Kowloon Dock on Tuesday through falling to the bottom of the dock while scraping the side of a ship.

Twenty million dollars worth of chandu (opium) was sold in the FM.S. during 1920 us against seventeen millions worth in 1010. The price was, of course, in- creased.

There was a great demand from the Botanic Gardens last year for the smaller varieties of Maiden-hair ferns. small Bamboo flowering trees, shrubs and Palma (Chrysalidocarpus), the total num

ber of plante sold being 1,035

circles.

This

Prisons in Hongkong for the year 1920, The Report of the Superintendent of shows that 3,133 prisoners were received showed a decrease of 60 compared with in the prison during the year. the record for 1010. There was an in crease of prisoners convicted for larceny, the number being 1.170 against 1,018 for the previous year. The number of Re. venue Grade prisoners admitted to prisons was 2,260. Convictions under the Convictions under the Gambling Ordi Ordinance accounted for 367, and

a for 186. The highest figure in a. which imprisonment was imposed was list of Revenue Grade offences for 434 for. Hawking without a licence. 174- prisoners were whipped by order of the Courts. There were nine executions dur ing the year.

BURGLARS BUSY. THREE DWELLING HOUSES ENTERED.

Twa thefts from dwelling houses, re- ported from. Kowloon, are thought to have been committed by houses boys. Kowloon Hailway, returned home.

Mr. Cuff, head guard of the Canton- Tuesday, from duty, to find that his room had been entered and a locked box Opened by means of a duplicate key. His rounds of 33 ammunition, another re Smith. Weston revolver and. 20

volver name of maker unknown) and nine rounds of 32 ammunition, the pro- It is interesting to read that eighty perty of MrWinyard-who lives in the flowering shrubs and 100 Ficus creepers same quarters, were stolen. The thief were planted on Crown Land at Wan- of drawers and took two pairs of winter also broke open a drawer in the chest. chai Gap last year at the expense of uniform trouser, and a brass coffee pot building contractor who had damaged the wild trees, and shrubs, there

worth $5. Mr. Cuff suspects his house. boy, who has absconded.

No, 24, Dock Terrace, the residence of It is reported in a Shanghai paper Mr. J. C. McLeggan, draughtsman, of that "the official in charge of execu. the Kowloon Dock, was entered on Company' present Capital of

-ISBUE OF 400,000" FULLY-PAID BONUS-SHARES. IT is somewhat intaresting to read, itions" has arrived from Hongkong to which had been accidentally left unlock- Monday night through the front door $1,000,000 be divided into 5 fully paid up shares of $10 each so as to make such

case before the hang a Cingalese who has been sentenced ed. Two $100, sotes were stolen from the Capital, $1,000,000 consisting of 100,000hares (which was authorized at the Court of Appeal

HEIssue of 400,000. Fully paid Bonus the full report of" the

to death by the Judge of H.M. Supreme pocket of a pair of trousers. Mr. Mc- of Aksionairnoye, fully paid up shares of $10 each.

Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders etc. e. Sagar (37 T.L.R. 7), what Court for the murder of two Chinese is Leggan suspects a Chinese youth whom

he dismissed from bis service recently, held on the 4th January, last) at the rate of two Lord Justice SCEUTTON said

connection with a robbery from a store." with

On Tuesday, while Mr. S. Hope, fully paid new Shares in respect of every

regard to the contention that the Last week there Shares beld, has now been allotted

were notified six cases in the office, his house, No. 8, Stanley draughtsman, of the Taikoo Dock, was

confiscating private property was "in fever (one British; four of cerebro spinal forced the bedroom door and the drawer con- fever (two fatal), one of puerperal fever of a desk, and stole $200 in notes and

(4) That after the division aforesaid, the Capital of the Company be increased from $1,000,000 consisting as aforesaid,

to $8,000,000 divided into 200,000 shares

five

Ji

Applications from Holders of Share Waranta

new shares of $10 each-Bach now shares tons must be made in person or through a its nature, so immoral and so

Areof the Kailan Mining Administration. Applica (subject as hereinafter mentioned) to be

Banker or ether duly anthorized Agent and terms and conditions in every respect as

med at such time or times and on nt be accompanied by the Warrants to Bearer, trary to the principles of "justion ag (latal)and five denths from influenza jewellery worth. $30 the Company's Board of Directors may in respect of which the Application is made, recognised by this country. that the with Coupon No. 18 to 20 intact. These Courts of this country ought not to pay Coupons must not be detached.

Applications through the Post cannot be any attention to it" He said, in effect

of $10 each by the creation of 150,000 to Bearer will be received at the Tientsin Cast of the Bolshevik Government in of plague (four fatal); two of enteric Terrace, was entered by a thief who

think fil

(5) That it is desirable to capitalise the sam

of $1,000,000 being part of the undivided | desli with. profita of the Company standing to the credit of the General Reserve, and "accordingly that for the purpose of effect ing such capitalisation such sum of $1,000,000 be distributed as bonus

among

the shareholders of the Company in pro portion to the shares in the Company's

W. S. NATHAN Agent & General Manager,

WARNING.

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What right have we to stigmatize the act of the Bolshevik Government as immoral and unjust when cur own elected Govern ment is doing practically the same thing "British citizens who may contribute to income-tax and, super-tax, and a large the State more than half their income in proportion of their capital in death

all Chinese; and five cases of paraty. phoid fever, one Japanese, and three Chines.

The Shanghai Bankers Asociation is reported to have sont a protest to the Cabinet at Peking against the decision to raise a loan of $30,000,000. The ground of their objection is that the securities offered are not dependable while the uses to which the proceeds of the loan are to be applied are too vaguely stated.

JEWELLER'S SHOP RAIDED. STREET FIBING IN TAUMATI

There were exciting happenings in Yaumati at eight o'clock, on Tuesday night when a jeweller's shop was robbed by thieves and shots were fired in a encounter with the police.

I to and that a bonus be declared is the property of the Fres NAZIONAL duties, with the fear of a capital love French Indo-Chinn seem to be keeping armed with revolvers, entered.

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present Capital of $1,000,000 held by Nefasive exhibition rights for Ching of TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

The premises of the Wo Hing gold- A Northern contemporary remarks that smith's shop in Shanghai Street were them respectively on the data hereinafter the Charles Chaplin film called "THE KID"

summer holiday-makers from China and locked for the night when three men, referred nocordingly. And farther that the Cem- EBIBITORS CIRCUIT and that these rights

While away from Japan this? and the hotels one man covered the accountant, who pany's Board of Directors be and they have not been sold or lensed to say person de hanging over their heads, can hardly report a are hereby authorised to satisfy such firm in Chins,

general applies was sitting behind the counter, the bouus as far as

declure a foreign Stato immoral which tions from people in China who usually other two fired one shot by the distribu 86 Portsid of

cách in Proceedings will be taken against anybody,

come here for the summer vacation. Police order to intimidate the shop-people.. tion in MAANOT

exhibiting fraudulent or stolen copies of this considers (though, we may think, wrong reports from Hakone, Miyanoshita, kao With the fokis safely locked in the shares of $10

esch Ap among the per credited, as fully paid am in ug

iy) that to vest individual property in the and Karuizawa may at present there are kitchen, the robbers amashed the glass persons STO the holders of the shares constituting registered

State, as representing all the citizens, is not as many holiday makers there as last top of the counter wills the handles of the Company's prenen Capital

year, and the majority are Japan; the best form of proprietary right." residents.

their revolvers and helped themselves to $1,000,000 on such date se the Company's Board of Directors shall decide-sch

jewellery worth $3,000. This was the case which decided the

After binding Inst mentioned shares to rank pari patru

practicability of the Trade Agreement the Governos, large quantity of med tion of Kansu Street, Lance-Sergeant By the instruction of His Excellency the accountant they escaped in the direc with the shares constituting the Com pany's presont Capital of $1,000,000 in IN THE CONSULAR COURT OF THE the Court of Appeal reversing a previous folia) from the two specimen trees in were attracted by the revolver shots, made, between Great Britain and Bussin of Jak Fruit (drtocarpus integri Cargill, and Chinese Sergeant 135, who

of

erspect of all profits of the Company earned since the 31st December, 1920, and sach distribution to be in satisfaction of the aforementioned, bonus

A KRISEL":

Counsel for First National Exhibitors Circuit, Shanghai, July 20th, 1921.

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ATİ

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deceased.

CAUSE NO."1 "

ESTATE NO. 1,

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desision by Mr. Justice Rocus by the Old and New. Gardens was collected arrived just in time to see the robbers SWATOW, CHINA..

last year from the largest fruita and coping. The robbers ran towards the which confiscated gold tendered for sown. The Superintendent of the Pohing Theatro from the rear of which Estato of ALBERT L.WATERS payment might be seized by the ori Botanical and Forestry Department re they climbed the hill in the direction of It was held in the ports that the whole of the seeds King'a Park. The pursuers fred at the ginal owners.

germinated and about 500 young planta fugitives and the latter replied with a original case that, the Soviet Government were raised for planting on the saland couple of volleys and then disappeared not boing, recognised de facto, the only sad in the New Territorica

under cover of the darkness." owners who could be recognised were

Chinese in Haakow are highly indigo- those who established their claim satin ant over the high-handed manner in

ion reached by the Court of Appeal Battlement by enclosing forcibly strip

TYPHOON WARNING. factorily in the British courts. The deci which the Japanese Consul Genoral is said. to be attempting to extend the Japanese

The following telegram has been follows on the British Government all of the thy of the master, which Conerad, Hongkongfrican Consulate- riow gravity the Manila cognition of the Soviet Government na

may serve ta a precedent to the detriment. Observatory:— the de facto Government of Rusia. The of China, a demonstration will be made

August 3rd, 12 noon. appeal, which concerned a deal conducted ankor Federated Citizens Union, Han

by the people under the leadership of the Typhoo0 in about-

1:8 deg. Long;. E. in London by M. KRASSIN last August,kow and Wuchang Students Association, Typhoon in about 130 deg. Long, E. was brought by Moser, JAMES BAGAN & etc., says & Hankow megange...

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that a THIRD EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will he held at the HONGKONG HOTEL, Padder Biroet, aforesaid on WEDNESDAY, the

NOTICE TO CREDITOES, Goods not cleared by 10th Ang, 1921, will THIRTY FIRST DAY OF AUGUST,

1981, rubject to rent. Damaged packages must be left in the AT NOON, for the purpose of receiving a BURSUANT to an Order of said Court,

P Godown for examination by the Consignees mentioned Meeting in so far as regards Resola. persons having claims against the state of report of the proceedings, at the above NOMICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all and the Co.'s representatives at an appointed sous Nos. 3, 4 and tabors and of confirming, ALBERT LA WATERS, docensed, to pensent hour on TUESDAY and Famar. All claims must if thought it, such last mentioned Resctations be presented within ten days of the stean Special Resolutions,

the game, in och ro fore dansigned, it (arrival here, after which date they cannot bo

1922, and all persons owing debts Lo, said recognized. No claims will be admitted after

deceased are hereby notified to make payment of the same in-dus course to the undersigned.

(P. D: KINGAID, Administrator, Swało w, Chíun, July 28th, 1921.

“Más Goods have left the GodownL

Hongkong,

NIPPON YUSEN KAIHA,

Agenba

3rd, 1921.

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Dated this Fourteenth day of July, 1991.

By Order of the Board,

J. H. TAGGAET,

Maubeer.

SWATOW, CHINA, on or before.

1948

14 deg. Lat. N, moving NW.

13 dog. Lat. N., direction unknown.