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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

WANTED.

RITISH Firm repaires ASSISTANT with B

experience in GENERAL IMPORTS. Applications only considered from BRITISH SUBJECTS and preference given to those educated at home. Age 24-28 Apply giving fall particulars of experience do. to u "TRADERS" e/o Lowx. BixeĦAR & MATHEWS,

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PUBLIC AUCTION. ARTICULAES AND CONDITIONS of ba the letting by Public Auction Sale, to beid

MONDAY,

day the 15th of May. 1982, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His EXCELLANCY THE GOVERNOR of one Lot of CROWN LAND at Victoria Road in the Colony of Hongkong, for term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fixed by the Burveyor of His Marzety zin Kine, for one farther term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Breistry BD.

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Locality.

Bazudary Mosagrémenta

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10TH, 1929

NEW ADVKKTISEMENTS

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SPECIAL CONSTABULARY.

NOTICE TO MEMBERS.

-KL Members of the Special Constabulary.

who have not already done so, ST

INTIMATIONS NOTICE

LANE, CRAWFORD, LTD.

Just received. Er "GLENUYER" from London.

COLD STORAGE

requested to return to me at Policy BeadquarHADDOCKS, Kippers, Binators, 'Gorgan- Roquefort, Dutch-Gruyere and tera, ali krma, ammunition, kit and equipment Connan bert Choose English. Hams and Bacon. of any kind issued for, the use of Special

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Such returns should be made as soon as possible.

C. G. PERDUE,

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NOTICE..

Ind Assistant Superintendent of Police, I Lists for the Colony at the year bon

Folice Headquarters,

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Hongkong, 8th May, 1929. INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION OO. LTD.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM JAPAN,

THE Siamskip

"KUTSANG"

THE

arrived from the above ports, Con- having dignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra-hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd, whence, and/or rom the wharves, delivery may be obtained.

Goode nat oloured

by the 18th inst, will be subject to resi.

All broken, chafed and damaged packages aro to be

be left in the Godowns where they will be ex- smined. Claims against the orbe 94,000 184 3,400 prosented within 10 days of arrival otherwise

they

No Fire Insurance will be affected by us

Ingangnised, 1997

in any case Whatever.

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PUBLIC AUCTION. TICULARS AND CONDITIONS of

wiil not

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. LD.

General Managers. Hoogkook, 9th May, 1999,

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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

Petting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 15th day of

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. ' May 1923, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of Ha EXCELLENCY TER GOYARNDA of ons Lot of

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that CROWN LAND at Shamshaipo in

the FORTY-NINTH ORDINARY of Hongkong, for a term of 75 year, YEARLY MEETING of the Society will Colony commencing from 1st July, 1898, the option of renewal at CROWN RENT to be held at its Head Office, Nos. 3 and be fixed by the Surveyor of His Masty, Queen's Building, Hongkong, on THE KING, for one further term of 24 years less 3 days.*

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FRIDAY, 12TH Mar, 1992, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements Proant to 31st December, 1921, and of declaring Dividends, etc. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from April 29ths to May 19th, both days

inclusivi

"By Order of the Roard,

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

General Manager.

Hongkong, 21st April, 1922.

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BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY ORDINARY

FIFTY-SIXTH

It hereby cotified that the Valuation

1923, will be spen to inspection at the Treasury for twenty-one days commencing on SATUR DAY, the 22nd April, 1222.

McL MESSER, Treasurer and Assessor of Rates. Zlat April, 1922.

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL

TE have This Day, REMOVED our Office to No. 1, DES Vikux Road CENTRAL above Mesara: Deacon, Looker, Desson and Harston's of500,

ARRATOON V. APCÁR & CO. Bongk.ng. 1st May, 1922.

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NOTICE.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in consequence of only one nomination having been received of a JI STICE of the PEACE to serve on the Legislative Council during the absence of the Honourable Mr. HRY EDWARD POLLOCK, KC, the election referred to in Notification No. 500 published in the Hongkong Government Faastis datoxi the 28th April, 1992, will not take place.

RE. LINDSELL.

Police Magistrate.

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The Magistracy,

Hongkong, 8th May, 1632"

PREPAID WANTED"

The

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Letters are lying at this Ollós fox, Base A, L, JW, WX, QW, AF, RG,

RB, ABC, RL

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WANTED An English gentleman ter give private lessons in English, For terms and particulars apply to Yamashita Kisen Kogyo Kaisha King's Buildi

ANTED--Chinese Stenographer for British Beng at Miri, Jaram apply. Box No. E.T., c/o Hongkong Daily Prean. |ROE SALE—No. 171, The Peak (Magainze Gap), 4 good rooms and road offices.

vacant possession 1st June, What Offers P Reply Bor R.O... Hongkona Daily Press.

"ANTED

INTIMATION

IDEAL BEVERAGES

WATSON'S DRY

GINGER ALE

Its dryness and aroma are features which give this drink its ever increasing popularity.

THE PLAGUE EPIDEMIC.

RELATIVELY MUCH LESS. SEVERE,

THAN IN 1914

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INTERESTING STATISTICS BY DR. PEARSE

"I think "members would like to hear

from the MO.. the present plague " situation," said the Head of the Sanitary Department, persuasively, as the meeting of the Board, yesterday, after ton items of the agenda relating to the water- carriage system had been disposed of,

In response to this invitation, Dr. PEARS FAV some interesting statistical

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recognition of her assistance is due. The postponement of payment of the instal ments for Ave years did no more than get rid of the difficulties of the moment, and have pot diminished the weight of their burden, The Allies have it to their credit, however, that they cancelled all indemnities due by a signatory Power to the enemy. But China refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles and it has been left to Germany and Austria in their new treaties to reinit, the obligation. By. so much the pressure has been relieved; but the heavy balancea remain and wal not disappear for another twenty years, It is not too late to make the remission an effective step in this financial generation of the country as a mark of gratitude for signal servien rendered, only we could be sure that the Govora ment was otherwise stable. Yet the argument immediately becomes circular: for remission is the most im-. portant thing that would make for its information. He said: - stability.

The total number of plague cases, c Can we be so confident about that! We corded, to date, this year's 536. Up to inny recall in this connection the park the end of April we had recorded 357 graph in the address of the Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, at the cases, but this is the first year in which We have had a severe epidemic sincs 1914 annual meeting of shareholders in 1090, The number of cases to the end of April, Sparkling Mineral Table Water

in, which he referred to the Hourishing 1914, was 919--not quits three times “aÿ- Healthful and"

refreshing state of China's revenues in the preced- many: Blends excellently with Whisky.ing year and remarked: "All these

During the while of the seven pezzo, immense sums, aggregating at the present 1915 to 1921 inclusive, we had only 1,239 rates of exchange, a total of considerably more than £3,000,000, so sorely needed recorded. Although the epidemic is mare severe this year than we have been for the work of reconstruction and accustomed to, it does not promise, so far, reform, have been poured out, like water upor, sand, in meeting so far as may be to be even as bad as 1914. The average during the seven years the demands of an army over which the number of cases Central

was 177 per annum. Government have ceased to

May has usually been the worst month. have control, and of an administrative

On sour Tow occasions when we have machinery exploited by politien) actious;

had rather a mild epidemic June has." demands which have no finality, and

been the worst month, but in the majority which, the resources of the Government of years where there have been over even under the peculiarly favourable

1,000 vises. May has been the work conditions resulting from high exchange month, and we anticipate that that will

PYERIS,"

WATSON'S STONE

GINGER BEER Prepared by a process of partial fermentation which gives it the distinctive flavour' which is so pleasing to the palate,

'FORMAZONE" Possesses the characteristic stimulating and refreshing qualities of Champagne; it has a delicious flavour.

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be so now, and, as soon as the tempera ture reaches 62 or so, we expect a rápid decline.

and improved collection, are quite inade quate to satisfy in full. China is not suffering so much from lack of resources as from officient and, honest adminis tration. The writer of the letter in The tion has increased enormously!

The CHAIRMAN: Since 1914 the popula in Trade Supplement supporting a DT. PEARSE: Yes; in the intercennal higher Customs daty adds the qualifying period, 1911-1921, the population bas, in- observation that the Powers should secreased 13 per cent.

to it, however, that the increased

revenue derived from Customs should not The statisties for the past week show be misspent by military and other adyen-that there were 100 cases of plague~22

WBISLEY Rules Progra.tome Records

URGENTLY-Copy A. S. WATSON &turers." But how are they to "sue to it" in Victoria and 37 outside,

1921. Bax RS, c/o Daily Fra Ofice.

WANTING by trendy

MASSSEUSE, Good reference.

CO., LTD.

Apply Miss N. BURRIS, Astor House Hotel, 29. AERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS,

WANTED, by British no, tre toate

large Office Rooms in Central locality",

Apply to Bor No. R.M., c/o Hongkong Daily

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YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its liead Office, Nos. 3 & 4, REPORTER Wasted for British News PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of Queen's Building, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, paper in North China-Heply with the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be 12TH May, 1922, at 12.80., for the copies of testimonials to "Editor," 38, Victoria held on MONDAY, the 15th day

of purpose of receiving the Report of the Road, Tientsin, N. China. MAY, 1952 at 5 PM at the Offices of the Director and the Statements of Account to WANTED Competent bookkeeper, trust Write, worthy and experienced. Public Works Department, by Order of His 31st December, 1921, and of declaring EXCELLENCY THI

THE GOVERNCE of bar Lots Dividends, etc. The TRANSFER BOOKS giving particulars of former employment and OROWN LAND on

អត្ថបទ

between of the Company will be CLOSED from salary required to Box RK, co Daily Press West Bay and Repulse Bay in the Colony of Hongkong, for term of 75 April 29th to May 12th, both days inclusive.fics.

years, with the option of renewal at a Crown Bant to be fired by the Surveyor of Bus MAJETT THE Kisa, for one further term of

75 years...

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PARTICULARS OF THE LOT...

Locality.

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STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. From CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE

HE Steamship T

"LAISANG ** having arrived from the above ports, Con rignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their riak into the hardon and/or azt "bazardous Godawad of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf ́· and

Co., Lid, hence

d/or from the delivery may be obtained. Goods not cleared by the 15th inet, will be subject to reut

All broken, chafed and damaged packages are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be Claims against the steamer must be presented within 10 days of arrival, other wise they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be effooled by In any case whatever,

Bills of Lading will be counteraigned by JARDINE MATHESON & UN L

1973) Glenaral Managers, Hongkong, Bh May, 1922.

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By order of the Board,

WANTED A Second-hand Harley C. MONTAGUE EDE.

Davidson" Side Car in good condi General Manager. tion. Apply to "Sidecar, clo Daily Press

Office. [895 Hongkong, April 21st, 1922.

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.

TO LET-OFFICES, top door, Frisco's

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10 LET—at Magazine Gsp THE PEAK, NOTICE TO SHARETIOLDERS,

NISHED Siz Roomed BUNGALOW with On Motor TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that large Gardens, Tennis Court, eta

Nthe FIFTY-THIRD ORDINARY Road. Apply to Mesere. BALDLEY & CO., LTD.

YEARLY MEETING of the Company

LET-One new big OFFICE ROOM will be held at its Head Office, Queer's in the Bong Long & Shanghai Eanking Building, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 12TH Corporation new promises. Apply SẠNG he LM, c/o Compradore Department, Hongkong MAY, 1922, at 12.30 P.M.. for purpose of receiving the Report of & Shanghai Bank. the Directors and Statements of Account

Furnished Fiat in good locality

to 31st December, 1921, and of declaring Tower level. Apply to A.B.C., c/o Daily Dividenda, etc. The TRANSFER BOOKS Press Office.

of the Company will be CLOSED from April 29th to May 12th, both days inclusive, By Order of the Board

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

General Manager. Hongkong, lat April, 1922." 1897 THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE,

LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

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TELEPHONE 436.

Horarosa OFFICE : 104, Des Vaux Ro., C. London Onion: 131, Fiat STEIN, E.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MAY 10Tя, 1822.

"FINANCIAL REGENERATION" OF CHINA,

without a Bystem of invernational control which the Chinese prople am in no mood to accept?

The Manila Observatory reported yes terday afternoon cyclone or typhoon

.E. of Luzon, direction unknown.

• A Chines fell into the harbour from the Praya on Monday. He was rescued alive but died shortly after admission to the Government Civil Hospital.,

was announced at the meeting of the It Sanitary Board, yesterday, that a case of rinderpest had occurred at Chi lu, Kowloon Tong, and the place had been declared an infected area. Dr. G.. D. Black joined the Sub-Committee which

Is the course of a letter to the Trade deals with rinderpest, in place of Mr. C. Supplement of The Times, Mr. L.. - E. G. Alabaster?.. HAYNES, Secretary, Sino-British Trade Association', says his impression is that

Of these sufferers, 74 died. For the 48 hours ended April 8th, a further 25 cases word ro ported, with 18 deaths.

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The other cases of notifiable diamass last week were 16 of small-pozy with 12a deaths; five cases of enteric fever, with one death; ond one non-fatal caso of diphtheria. There were three deaths from influenza. Three of the enteric cases were British.

SAVE YOUR BATH-WATER ! SLOGAN FOR PEAK RESIDENTS.

The Sanitary Board' yesterday decided" to recommend approval of an application for water closets at the Peak Club and at Magazine Gap Road.

The CHAIRMAN (Mr. G. R. Sayer) thought the Club should be treated in the same way as the Peak Hotel was ro-

English business circles are unduly on HONGKONG HOTEL'S LATEST cently treated in this matter. In the

ENTERPRISE.

case of the Magazine Gap application, it

Bushing. was proposed to use the bath-water for

cerned about the coming increase of the Chines: Customs duties. We cannot hope ACQUIRES CONTROLLING INTEREST to do a large business with China; he

IN SHANGHAI HOTELS.

The MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH (DI says, unless that country is solvent and pays her officials. Failure to pay her way EXPENDITURE OF $2,400,000 INVOLVED PEARCE) remarked that for flushing par

poses one ought to allow at least 15 would mean continued disorder and re-

We learn authoritatively that the gallons per person per day. If there were volution. By enabling China to obtain a Hongkong Hotel Co., Lid,, have purchased three people in a house and they such Jarger revenue we enable her to create the shares of the late Mr. Edward Ezra used 20 gallons of bath water that would internal order. Sir FRANCIS PIGGOTT, we in the Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., of which give enough flush-water for four people, notice, in an article in the Fortnightly he was the general manager. The late Consequently there should not be much Beview on "China after the Peace" Mr. Ezra, we understand, held 60,000 out call upon Government mains if the batla-' (meaning, of course, not the peace of of a total of 20,000 shares. These shares water was properly conserved. China, which is not yet in sight, but the (originally $7.50 each) have been recently Mr. B. W. T80: How will it be done! peace which the Treaty of Versailles was quoted in the market at $50. The Hong Dr. PEARSE: The ordinary method intended to establish) makes much the kong Hotel Co. has purchased the whole would be to pass it to an underground waterfront at Bwatów with modern 2 of the Boxer. Indemnity as "an effectiv, /block of 60,000 at 840 a share, involving | covered sump and then pump it to a

TO LET. From 1st July, 1829 or Earlier if Required. SUITE of 5 OFFICES, 2nd FLOOR of 15, 16, 17, 18 & 18, Connaught Road Central, Verandahs to each room FACING HARBOUR, LIFT from the Ground Floor. Apply Box 760'ejo Dail– Pram Offion (750 FOR SALM.

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485) W,'d.' HOMPHREYS & Co

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same point in pleading for the remission

FORTY-FIRST ORDINARY AND, approximately 7,000 square feet on TGENERAL MEETING & SHARE HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the storied brick and concrete building. Sitable for step in the financial regeneration of

an outlay of $9,400,000.

storage tank in the roof undersigned on FRIDAY, the 19 Mar, 1972, offos and godown

According to the extract. of the speech The CHAIRMAN moved, and Mr. Tao.. At Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Farther details apply!

Chinn." We quote his reference to this made by the Chairman of the Shanghai seconded, that the application be recom Report of the General Agents, together with a

matter in full: statement of Accounts for the year ended the

Hotels, Ltd., which we printed yesterday, mended and this was carried. 31st December, 1921.

The Boxer Indemnity is a deadweight an interim dividend of nearly 50 per on Chinese finance. With the disappear- ance of the Monarchy there were great crus, was paid in June last. That would hopes that it would be remitted. It was givo about 10 per cent. on a purchase at a pensity imposed by the Powers for an international crime to which the Empress

The Shire Register and Transfer Books will ba CLOSED from the 5 to the 1978 MAT 1922, both days inclusive.

1945

At this Meeting & Resolution will b proposed dealing with the remuneration to the Consulting Committee.

JARDIN, MATHESON A Day la

General Agent Hongkong: 99th April. 1922. INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION" CO., LTD. THE FORTY FIRST ORDINARY GEN- ERAL MEETING of the Company will be held at the Offe of the General Managera Mearre. Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd, Proder Street, Hongkong on TUESDAY, 23rd MAT, 1922, at noon for the

the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, passing the scoomate and electing Directors and Auditors.

The Transfer Books ( the Company will be CLOSED from the 10th May to 6th June, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board. „JARDINE MATHESON & Co., Ian,

General Managers, " Hongkong, April 28th, 1922

FOR SALE

TEAM LAUNOR. Dimensions, Langth Overall 65 16 Betin 10 f Depths to inches. Hull of Hardwood underwater with Tosk top, zidos, & deck. Frames of Ipol.

Engines 61" x 15"

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Bailer 4 ft. 9 inches dia, 6 ft 6 inches long. Bpeed 9 kuota

For further particulars apply to P.O. Box 474, Hongkong,

FOR SALE.

ABSOLUTELY NEW

$40.

The members present were the Head, of

the Sanitary Department (Mr. G. K. Eayer), the Hon. Mr Chow Shou-son, Dr. G. D. Black, Mr. S. W. Teo, the Medical Officer of Health (Dr. W. W. Pearse) and the Secretary Mr. C. M. W. holds

Three new Foreign Ministers appointed by President Harding are respectively a Boman Catholic priest, a rabbi and lawyer. The priest is Father Joseph M. Deaning, of Marion, Ohio, who has been appointed as Agent and Consul-General' at Tangier, Morocco; the Rabbi is Josepa

Dowager had been a consenting party. Mr. E. M. Raymond, of Mesars. Mazon Our democratic monarchista profess such & Taylor, negotinteil the deal, great joy when an unworthy ruler is his Astor House Hotel and Palace Hotel, out of the way and a Republic takes

The Shanghai Hotels, Ltd., own the

place that one would have thought the Shanghai, and hold 3,594 shares in the moment opportune for

act of Wagon Lita Hotels of Peking and generosity to the people of China who Hankow. were innocent of the "great offchce, Bat the treasuries of Europe

not philanthropic institutions, and they were obdurate. Yet it is certain that if they (1) Two 80 BHP. Bingle Cylinder Bolinder could have been persuaded to follow the Oil Engines Reva. 225 per minute. example of the United States, YUAN Bur (2) Two to BHP. two cylinder Bolinder KAI's position would have been consolidat Oil Engines direct connected to 25 KW.ed, for it would have sabled him to do 115 Volt direct current (compound

the one thing he could not do, put the We understand that the Union Church in Saul Kornfield, of Columbus, Ohio, who wound) dynamos completa with, back of board field rheostat for each machine.

finances of the country upon a stable making a move in the direction of estab] in appointed Minister to Persia; and the footing. Since the peace, the case is a fishing a similar church in Kowloon to lawyer is Mr. Theodore A. Brentano, of (3) Two oil fuel tanks capacity of enda 20.

tons.

hundredfold stronger; for China's labour meet the needs of the growing population Apply to Bolindark,

battalions filled a great gap in the needs there, and we learn that the necessary Chicago, who has been appointed

Minister to Hungary, "C/o Daily Preat Office of the Allies, and some substantial funds are available.

$40)

A UNION CHURCH FOR KOWLOON.

"BUNDS AVAILABLE.”