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INTIMATIONS

NOTICE

WAH HING & COU (No. 76. Dza Yars Buxe, CONTKALI,"

CONTRACTORS & H. NAVAL YARD.

Importers & Exporters, Cool Marchants: General Contractors and Pro- vison Murthants, Shipping Agents, Stevedores, etc., etc.

น

We have this day appointed. "Me HUGHES Sole Manager of the "above" Company

WAH HINO:& CO. Hongkong, 11th August, 1942.

NOTION

(1950

to inform the public that Mr.

WTONG MAY KEE har nu longer WAH HING & co. é

(1351 Hongkong, 11th August, 1972.

any connection witiroar firni.

THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE DOLLAR per share for the six months ending 30th Jane, 1922 will be PAYABLE on TUESDAY 2nd August on which date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on onlication!

at the Compay's Office.

TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Tuesday, August 15th to Tuesday, August and, both days inclusive, daring which period no Transfer of Shares 'cad be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

JOHN ARNOLD,

Secretary,

Hongkong, 8th August, 1900.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PR138, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1671, 1929

NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE PENINSULAK AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COS STEAMER NOVARA,

Arrived Fortrose on: 137a Argust, 1992. FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, FORTSAID, ADEN, COLOMBO AND STRAITS..

NONSIGNEES of Qarge by the above-nained

CONSIGNEES

and

are being landed and placed as Tars in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each Consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark be obtained as the Goods are

and

I Goode will be landed here unless

instructions have been given to the contrary

8 hours before arrival of the Steamer.

INTIMATION

Despite the Largely

Increasing

Demand

for

WATSON'S

E

Goods not cleared within 8 days, including SCOTCH

dase of arrival will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance will be erected by un in any case Latorer.

Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's surveyors, Mesar. GODDARD & DOUGLAS at 10 am on Mondays and Thursdays.

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

No claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Gotown.

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO,"

Agents.

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"GLEN" LIVE, LIMITED. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM UNITED KINGDOM, PORT SAID, COLOMBO & STRAITS.

MRS. HAN INOKUCHI THE Motor Vesel

TELEPHONE K 754.

No. 1, AHY ROAD, KOWLOON. Back of Brin TUBATEX

CERTIFICATED EXPERT MASSAGE (HAND AND ELECTRIC), PATIENT'S RESIDENCE ÚT ARRANGEMENT.

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having arrived from the above ports, Con signs of Cargo by her are hereby informed

WHISKY

We

e can guarantee that for a long time

yet, all Customers old and new-may rely on imbibing Real pre-war Whisky of genuine age. For

that all Goods are being landed at their risk such is the quality

into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, whence, and/or from the whartes, delivery may be obtained.

of

WATSON'S

Goods not cleared, by the 21st Aug, 1922, Whisky.

at 3 p.m., will be subject to rent.

All broken, chafed and damaged packages are to be left in the Godowns where they will be examined in the presence of Consignees by Mesars. Goddard & Douglas on 21st Aug,

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Hthe MEETINGS

TONGKONG HANSARD REPORTS

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL for Sersion 1921...:

PRICE

Revised by the Members.

Dilly Prem Ornice.

TO-NIGHT

LHE CORONE

NORMA TALMADGE

of

the

including those for cargo short delivered must be presented on the special form provided,

must submitted within

of arrival otherwise they will not be recognized.

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

Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.

Agenta, e Hongkong, 10th August, 1902

PREPAID WANTED

AS. WATSON

CO., LTD.,

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Wine & Spirit

ADVERTISEMENTS

Letters are lying at this Office for Boxes QV, BF, RU, BW, TH..

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Draft with all stores on board not to exceed

ESTABLISHED BI TRAZA

if a man changes his address or his telephone number. (if he has one), or acquires any special qualification after the date of the last return, he must take care to furnish the information to the Captain Superintendent of Police,

A young"

HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE

Minest

attempted to commit. suicide by y jumping into the harbour ou Monday from the Wing Lok Wharf, The drowning man was rescued by Indian | to-morrow constable No. 997, and sent to the Govern Day are:

else he renders himself liable to o hravy ment Civil Hospital, fine. 4. Likewise when he intends Jõhving

the Colony for more than a month he The return notifiable dismen for must notify the police of the date of his last week shows seven cases of plague, depaiture, and the approximate date of with three deaths; four cases (two im- his return. The Police Authorities are porte of enteric fever with one death; also empowered to summon any person to one case of diphtheria (fatal) one ca attend at a time, date and place to be of small-pox and one of cerebro-spina decided by them, for the purpose of layer. Three Chinese were reported to answering enquiries under the above have died from influenza.

ordinance,"

COUNCIL

A meeting of the Council is called for when the Orders of the

Second reading of the Bill intituled an Ordinance to make provision for the protection of certain Wild Birds al

Game.

Second reading of the Bill intituled na Ordinance to provids for the registration of certain persons,

Second reading of the Bill intituled in Ordinance to amend the Recreation Grounds Ordinance, 1909.

Second reading of the Bill intituled an Ordinance to authorize. the Appropria

Qficial assurances have been given that The Chinese Tea House employés hayation of a Supplementary Suri of One "there is not, and never has been anysent in demands for increase of pay. The

million and one thousand two hundred question of strike-breaking or of computewnore have had two meetings to consider and sixty-two dollars and twelve cents to i sury labour in connection with the ith the application and it is expected that defray the charges of the year 1821. nor is the measure intended in any way understanding will be arrived at, Third reading of the Bill intituled as a preliminary to military conscrip

because of the Impending approach of the Ordinance to restrict the taking of legal tion." No person who understands that the Bill applies not to British subjects Mooncake Festival, when the Tea-house proceedings in respect of certain news and matters done during the war und to Falong but t mer of many foreign reap their harvest of the year.

provide i

in certain cases remedies in sub- nationalities could have supposed that C conscription in any form was intended

stitution therefor. But if the Government is prepared to assume, as it must do under this Bill, that everybody who furnishes the desired information, will be willing whom an emergency arises to place their services at the disposal of the Government, what

The annual report of the Principal Civil Medical Officer for 1921 mentions that during the year the training of Chi- nese as nurses was commenced. Attempts to do this had not been successful hitherto However, on the terraination of the agree ment of the Japanese staff nurses it was is the need for subjecting people to the found that Chinese were willing to be

purpose of answering inquiries under the

trained nod eight were appointed for the

purpose.

CORRESPONDENCE. THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS BILL.

[TO THE EDITOR OF

TILE HONGKONG DAILY, PRESS. "'].

and call of the Police, for the

Sta,→I would like to add my voice ta ordinance. It is widely hoped that

the protest against the proposed com- provisions of this character may bo Mr. D. W. Morley, M.A. (Cambridge), pulsory registration ordinance. That

The Govern-

who has been recently appointed Lecturersuch should be secreted by British officials eliminated from the Bilf ment argument is that if there were no sanctions of this kind in the background, in Mechanical Engineering at the Univer in a British Colony is indeed an ominous the information required by the Govern sity of Hongkong, is due to arrive in the sign for the future. It is an advertise- ment might not be given, through care Colony to-day on the ss. Teirenae. Mr. ment to the world of the decadence of E.lessness, forgetfulness or negligence. But Morley is a graduate from Pembroke British administration; or, alternatively,

why compel people to farnish such infor- College, Cambridge, and has had several mation if you cannot compel them to yours experience as a designer and in perform the service they are qualified to experimental drawing work in the firm of render! We would much prefer to see esita. Vickers & Co. an effort made to collect the needed information without so much show of com

Th Nam Pak Hong committee responsi- pulsion. The difficulty about keeping ble for hiring cargo-boats are continuing voluntary information about "special

24. qualifications up to date might be over come by requiring the "certain persons" whom the registration ordinance concerns

if it is argued that such an ordinanco is necessary, it is an advertisement to the world that Britons nowadays are presumi- ed in high quarters to be lacking in loyalty and that the seeds of rotteness. are presumed to be spread throughout out Empire and that a Prussian method is required to delay by a very short time the sure and speedy fall of our Empire if the foregoing postulates be accepted. The illogicalities of the governmental state

to gain ground in their despute with the Lightermen's Guild. The number of boatments on the subject of the Ordinance are owners who have seceded from the Guild Patent to even the meanest intellects. It

is a violent subversion of those principles.. to register annually, as British and other is now in the vicinity of 200. The Praye which have been the pride of all trac of coercion of Britons to be loyal. What subjects do in the Treaty ports, and round Wing Lok Street yesterday had patriots. It is the thin end of the wedge

an animated appearance with the

measure for our enemies to gloat over t incorporate the request for information quite of special qualifications in the form return of the cargo-boots that have pas It is a measure to humiliate, to make UN... to be filled up by the person registering, viously been lying idle in the Yaumati laughing stock in the eyes of other -nationals in our Colony. It is legisla

tion against the soul of a people. It is a With the information acquired in this way Refuge.

measure to manure despair. It is pure the Authorities ought to be able to

G. Sheilds, asistant purser of the s.s. Bolshevism: The concept of liberty, the formulate plans that could be put into

President Jeferson bas reported that great standby for honest Britons, which

gives the zest to loyalty and tre patrio immediate operation whenover an emer

tism, is in danger of destruction. It is BURFORD-At the Government Civil Hoagency arises. These emergencies, let it ba between the hours of. i a.m. and 6 a.m.

pital, Hongkong, on August 8tb, todded, never krise suddenly, and the chief on the 14th whilst he was asleep at the measure, strangely enough, which will Mr and Mrs. A. CS. BURFORD, of daty of the Government should be to Star Ferry Wharf, Kowloon, some person the Land Office, Tai Po, N.Tu keep watchful eye on all Labour stole from his pcket & gold watch, and movements in the Colony with a view to chato valued at $71. A Bradly, a laun- averting any such emergencies" as this dry man of the same vessel, had also Bill has in view.

reported that at about the same time his We see the Cozosis SECRETARY has wallet was taken front bis pocket as he stated that at the crisis of the recent attempted to cross over the shafts of&tion made by a senior Government official strike a very large number of volunteers ricksha at the Kowloon Ferry Wharf. came forward, and much valuable time

BIRTH.

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HONGKONG OFFICE: 101, Da Vaux ED., C. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLAT SYKT, EO.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, AUGUST 167#, 1913,

:

defeat its own aims,

When one reflects on the loyalty shown

by Britons in Hongkong during the sea- men's strike one realises that there is, happily, one other way of viewing the present situation. We may reflect that we are unfortunate in our officials. We may regard the Bill as a bloomer and ou a par with careless comments on conscrips

nt a Voinster" smacker. If this be so, the only way out would seem to be some measure of Constitutional Reform It

was lost in sorting them out for the work Inst year 77,000 rats were examined in should wholly convert those who were but for which they were best fitted." We the public mortuary, Victoria, to asterpassively interested previously in Con- stitutional Reform. We would seem to THE REGISTRATION BILL.

suggest that the principal reason for the

tain the presence or absence of plague need some form of restraint, to function 16ss of time in getting to work was that THE Bill to provide for the registration the Government was without may pre

amongst them. In seyen only was plague when our officials go off the rails, Wa require additional opportunietes to of certain persons" is to come up for pared plan of operations. With annual found. At the Yaumati mortuary 32,710 those afforded by the Press for the voicing "ANTED-To Purchase or Charter second reading at tomorrow's meeting of registration the Government would be rats were examined and none were found of public opinion. We require an exten- WASTEAM LAUNCH OF MOTOR- the Legislative Council. We scarcely, registrisse Government, soon to be infected with plague. This was sion of the franchise for the election of BUAT suitable for being small cargo hot think that a good case has yet been made would comble it to formulate and keep found to be the case also in 1950. The four feat. Communicate with Mesars. JARDINE, out for irritating legislation of this sufficiently up to date definite plans for report of the Principal Civil Medical MATHESON & Co., LTD., Hongkong." · [221

character in the Colony. Is it really meeting any sudden emergency, and such Officer says that in Kowloon the number necessary, in order to prepare before additional - volunteers as may come c rats affected with plague has diminish W VANTED. Ofice Assistant hand for such an emergency new forward at the last momeat could readily ed gradually during the last eight or mines mandate, and the Britons resident in

charge of Correspondence and Book- keeping in Export & Import business, Chinese experienced in the Colony earlier in the be "serted out and assigned to service for years. preferred. Apply own hand writing, stating age, experience and salary required, to P.O. Box that the Government should have a which they are fitted. There does not

permanent ordinance of this character appear, in short, to be any res, necessity News has bug received in Japan of which subjects the people who come, under for irrating the public year after year the death of Mrs. Hugh Fraser, widow of

No. 06.

(000

the WANTED USED POSTAGE it to police inquisitions and to a heavy with t polico supervision and Inquisition the late Mr.

STAMPS of all kinds, Common or penalty for failure to supply the required provided for in the present Bill.

THE SIGN ON THE DOOR.

KOWLOON THEATRE.

THE JUNGLE GODDESS

EPISODES, 5 & 6

Baze; an anount, up to ten or a hundred

thousand, or more. Good prices paid. Baying information! It is not surprising that lirt free. Address: Oroe Stamp Co Box 73, Englishmen and the foreign residents Manila, Philippine Lelaada,

1900

FOS BALI.

AND, approximately 7,000 aguare feet on waterfront at Swatow with modern 4

office and godown) Further details applyi

486]

W. G. HUMPHREYS

VISITORS TO CARTON Should. Parehas

*

15.

whom the Bill affects have begun to The Rev. A. B. Thornhill, formerly wonder how long it will be before the assistant chaplain of St. John's Cathe- Government will go to the extent of dral, Hongkong, has recently accepted the adopting the old Prussian system in its living of Holy Trinity, Southport, entirety and quire the person registered

the unofficial members of Council; a vote for all pure British residents domiciled in Hongkong; a vote on the same lines as that at present in the hands of a few unofficial Justices of the Peace With such & reform the Government would have Hongkong something on which to build a spirit of citizenship. The Government would be released from its panic-stricken fear and the people freed from freak legislation. Fear and desperation drive Governments to strange distances. It is hard to realise that we treBritons resident in a British Colony-YourBy

LANCASTRIAN:

British Hugh Fraser," Minister to Japan from 1921 until the time of his death in Japan, June, 1894. Mrs Fraser died at the age of 70 at her Hongkong, 14th August, 1922. country home Nymph's Field, near Stone house, Gloucestershire, England. By come

about three years. He was formerly with

of the old foreign residents of Japan A bathing fragedy at Footoo near Mrs. Hugh Fraser is remembered as Shanghai is reported in the Latest Shanghai papers, Mr. H. G. Foster, of storied brick and concrete buliding witable for to keep on police inspection when Mr. Bromfield, No Carnarvon, perhaps the most distinguished and Shanghai, being carried out tu, sew and Boad, Kowloon, states that between the brilliant of diplomatists wives who have not seen again. Mr. Eester had been desired a little book containing an

was apparently a strong swimmer and officially stamped record of his lifet In hours of 7.45 a.m. and 8,15 a... on the ever reigand over Tokyo society. Her warned of the treacherous currents, but be 14th a wallet containing 315 was stolen father was the celebrated sculptor, paid no hood to the warnings. It is addition to supplying the information

Thomas Crawford. Her mother was the feared that he is drowned, Mr. Foster was dressing table in his bed-room.

quiet and reserved mas and very little. demanded under the existing Registration

water, of Julia Ward Howe, who was is knows of him, says the Daily Ordinance, the persons whom this Bill

On Monday, two young innstables out famous as an author and who composed Ner. He was apparently shouts 30 concerns will be required to furnish to of the Royal Irish Constabulary arrived the universally known Hymn of the years of age and had been in Shanghai the Police Authorities particulars regard in the Colony for service with the Hong Republic. Her brother was the late Messrs. Anderson, Meyer & Co., but about ing_any special qualifications they kong Folie A further batch of B. Marion Crawford Mrs. Fraser seus sanitary engineer, under the styla

a year ago he started in business for him possess. That is to say if a merchant of men are expected to arrive in the Cology wall known throughout the English of Foster & Co. Ponics made a strong a mercantile clerk, or a shipwright d

or shortly

speaking world as the author of many appeal to him and he taught himself to an engineer, a journalist or clergyman, by

which was books, the one mish popular in this part ride suficiently well to be accepted as a occupation, or profession can drive a

this unit becoming apparently his prin motor car, or bake bread, or do any other established to encourage local literary of the world being "A Diplomatistsoper in the Light Horse, the work of useful thing, he is required to furnish talent, has ceased to appear. Only three Wife in Japan, which is a graphic de cipal hobby and in a special order notify. ished. A small debit scription of her life in Tupen during the ing the sad occurrence Major E. H MeMichael refers to him as one of the the information to the police and to take numbers were pu

most enthusiastic and hard-working. are that all the information furnished balance of $36 remains to be liquidated years her husband was British Minister

there.

members. in the return is kept up to date. Thus, by the guarantors,

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