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THE HONGKONG JOOKEY CLUB.
Till be held westher permitting) at THE FIFTH GYMKHANA MEETING BAPPY VALLSTORSATURDAY NOVEMBER 188, commencing 2.45 r.3.
The charge for admission to the Public Enclosure will be $1.00. Soldiers and Sailors in uniform half price.
Members are advised that they must abo their Gymkhana Season tickets to obtain admission to the Members' Baclosure.
Each Member has the right of introducing 2 non-members to the enclosure, ticket for whom can be obtained from the Secretary of 85.00 each up to Friday, 17th November.
The Stewards invite the Ladies of Hongkong
(1718 to be present.
THE HONGKONG JOČKET ULUB.
ESSES. DEACON. LOOKER DEACON A SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2nd, 1982.
&HARSTON of No. 1. Des Vieux Road Central Solicitors, have for Investment the sin of $250,000.00 and are prepared to consider Applicatious for the Advancement of the sale on First Class Mortanges of House
[1779 Property.
MARINE SURVEYOR, SURVEYOR of Damaged Cargo, whe ht's had First Class Experience isnyaired by the Undersigned. State Experience and Salary required to
L. MOORE & CO., LTD. (Established 1874). Shanghai
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PAR
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R
N EXTRA GYMKHANA is fixed for Draft Programmes and Entry Forms may be obtained at Race COURSE, HONGKONG CLUB and CAUSEWAY BAY STABLES,
Special ST. ANDREW's Programme.
Entries close on 20th November, 1929.
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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST.. SCIENTIST, HONGKONG, Announces a FREE LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE By
CHARLES I. OHRENSTEIN, C.S.B.,
of Syracuse, New York, Member of the Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church; The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts.
In
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ROOM, CITY HALL.
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On MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2077, 1999, at 5.30 P.M.
KOWLOON TONG & NEW TERRITORIES
• DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
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PUBLIC AUCTION... DARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be 20th day of the bold on MAY.
of the t., at the Oce Nov. Pablic Works Department, by Order of His EXCELLENCY OFFICER ADMIN TEHISS
of
ona Lot of THE GOTYINMENT, OROWN LAND at Pokfulam, in the term of 75 Colony of Hongkong, for
Years, with the option of renewal at a Crown But to be fixed by the Surveyor of His MAJESTY THE Eve, for one further term of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Registry No.
Epolity.
Boundary Measurements.
fest lack fecb.
As por sole plan.
Contents
Annual Rautal.
Abant
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LL CLIENTS who have provisionally THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED
applied for a House- are requested to
call at the Offices of the Company on or before
the 30TH NOVEMBER between the hours of 10 a.. and Noor for the purpose of signing their purchase agreements.
Deposits in respect of the sites allocated at the rate of 25 cfx, per square foot will then be
A. H. K. COBP, required
Secretary. Union Bailding.
[1759 Hongkong, 8th November, 1922.
PARTICULARS of VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
Situato"
No. 13, WING HING STREET, VICTORIA, HONGKONG,
To be Sold by Order of the Mortgages By
PUBLIC AUCTION,
IN ONE LOT" -
On THURSDAY,
The 30TH DAY of Nov., 1932, at 3 o'clock P.
By
Mears, LAMMERT BROTHERS
A: THE OFFICE, DUDDELL STREET,
HE Property consists of First ALL THE
THAT picce or parcel of ground situate Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong and 43,500 150 6,505 registered in the Land Office as SECTION A of INLAND LOT No. 2160 together with the messunges erections or buiklings thereon- now known as No. 5. Wing Hing Street and Secondly ALL THAT strip of land at the rear of the said Section A of Inland Lot No 2166 being a scavenging she. All of which presa years are held for the residue of the term of 45 from the 15th day of May, 1916, created by the Crows Lease thereof together with raluable machinery now situate in or upon the said premises and at No. 1 Gordon Street.
Particulars and Conditions of sale may be
MCASTE. HASTINGS & HASTINGS,
Solicitora,
PUBLIO AUOTION.
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of obtained from
of
the letting by Public Auction Bale, to be bald on MONDAY, the 20th day Nov, 1922, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Pabbia Works Department, by Order of His THE UFYICZE ADMINISTERING THE T, of one Lot of CROWN-LAND on spar between West Eay and Repulse Bay 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 Bis MAJESTY THE Kro, for one further form of 75 years,
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
K.
feel, feel, feet. Seek
As per sale pho.
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90,4:02) 310) 6, 400
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SCOTCH WHISKY
in comfort with his family in a house in at least leave them free to act with ayam- the Colony. A married man's expenses handed justice, in regard to the emolus are necessarily much higher than those
of a bachelor, and it is nos considered ments of the Service. It is the merest advisable to extend the system of allow quibble to say that house allowance is not ances further than it is at present,
Hon. Mr. PAR: Commercial houses an emolument, and justice is obviously make no difference whether a man is wanting when houss allowance is paid to married or a bachelor.
one officer and denied to another of ental The COLONIAL SECRETARY; It may be grade simply because the one is married the case that commercial houses regard
We and the other is a bachelor" or "becnie it as part of a man's ewoluenta.
do not. The bachelor ordinarily, in my one man has his wife and children in the opinion, is very well paig now. House
allowance is not part of his emoluments, Colony and the other, is maintaining th add we do not want to encourage him tot home. take a house to live in by himself ho
Mr. M. M. S. Gubbay, general muun-
can live cheaper than that, but the married man has the expense of his wife and family, and therefore, we think he ager of the P. & O Banking Corporation, should receive an allowance to meet the has joined the board of that comprby.
very high rentals which are charged by private landlords and to relieve him from paying the full economie return Government buildings.
Н
Messrs. Cox Co., Army bankers, have beynired the old established banking business of Mesara Henry S. King & co. and Indian branches.
The point that this explanation brings out is that where there are two officers of similar pank in the servicu drawing
The arrival in Japan is noticed i the same rate of pay, the Government
Yokohama papers
of Major Casok, gives a bonus to the man who is married C.R.E., who crossed the Pacifio, en rule And lives in a bause--a-honns which we
to Hongkong, on the Taiga Maru. may calculate at anything between $100 and $250 a month and none at all to H.E. the Governor, Sir R. E. Stul, the barhetor who prefers to live in a is expected to arrive in the Colony by Club or in a Hotel, Is there any the P. & O. s.s. Kashgar on Saturday, married officer in, the Service who does and to land at Blake Pier at 10.30, sim. not regard this bonus is part of his on that day. Ordinary dress and be emolument? If we are not to regard a morning coats, will be worn. house for the married officer as being part.
of his emoluments, we must regard it
A scheme has been formulated by the International Recreation and Bace Chib a marriage „subsidy. The Govern-
at Peking to acquire, 335 acres of inad meat charges the officers who occupy the for a race course. The site of the course. houses built by the Government a in outside of Yung Ting Men, about "merely nominal rent which scarcely
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OF GREAT AGE.
November, 1982.
DEAR MADAN,
We have just received a large Assortment of DAY and EVENING GOWNS. -EVENING CLOÄKS, HEAVY WIN!.. TER COATS, HATS, FURS" and [FUR COATS, at Reasonable Prices.
*
We shall be pleased to show them to you if you will kindly call
Thanking you for past favours and soliciting a continuance of same."
¡Yours faithfully,
MADAME FLINT
(1706
37, Queen's Road Central.
XMAS comes but Once a Year, and
is everyone's delight. To send a Few NICE CIGARS to Friends at Home
Place Your Orders with HONGKONG CIĜAR “STORE,
and they do the reat ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
COME EARLY.
11458
FOR SALE.
MURNISHED of Unfurnished occupation
FU
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CO., LTD..
Wine & Spirit Merchants
It is
Legation Quarter,
from the
amounts to the assessment tax which twenty minutes by motor would "ordinarily be levied on the economic rent of the premises..
Following upon & long stream of excuses impossible. not to regard these Govern by hawkers that they had just been to ment quarters fet at a nominal rent the country and had not time to take out officer's licence, Mr. Hamilton caustically com- emolument. The rules under which one mented at the Magistracy yesterday that officer is given this handsome bonus and all the hawkers in the Colony, had appar- the other is denied house allowance would ently been to the country during the last seem to have caused, quite justifiably, week
DS
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valuable part of an
some dissatisfaction in the service. It
it creates a
the bachelor is Major S. T. Wenborn, R.E Services,
may be true that ordinarily very well paid now," but if who was stationed in Hongkong a few the bachelor sees another man of the years ago has recently been promoted works, with & same grade in the service receiving in superintending inspector
addition to his Exed salary a house to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He served live in worth in the market something as an acting superintendent for three war. He has some like $200 a month it is not surprising that years during the
sense of injustice. It is time been stationed at Weymouth. difficult for the ordinary mortal to Good progress is being made with. understand the general principle under the track for Petang Hill Railway. All lying the operation of the rules regard- the machinery has arrived from Europe,. ing house allowance in the service. For including the winding engines and tha instance, a married officer, who may be huge coil e' steel wire for hauling the obliged to keep a wife and children at four Swiss made carriages, and now MARRIAGES.. BERNARD-Andis,—At St. John's Cathe. home for reasons of health, or education, awaita erection. It is not expected, how- dral, Hongkong on November 16th, is denied house allowance unless he ever, that the line will be in full running.
houses DALLAS GERALD MARCER BERNARD, to actually occupies a
the order until about March. BETTY ADDIS
Colony. On the other hand, a bachelor; SEILLDE DE Bowes.-At Yokohama, on
the 15th inst., ANDREW LUSK SHIELDS, who occupies a house alone, with no one eldest
with him, is entitled A NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT. of DANIEL SHIELDS, to
share it Comric, Perkshire, Scotland; to ALOHA ELLISON DE BOWER, of Newto house allowance though the "Gay LAST NIGHT'S EVENT AT THE
York.
ESTABLISHED El YEARS."
600
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in
ertiment does not want lo encourage. him to take a house to live in by by 30th November, "HOLMDALE" HONGKONG OFFICE: 10a, Das Veruz RD., C. himself." "In the case of officer who 4-4. Peak--3 Reception-rooms, 4 Bedrooms, LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E-Clive in clubs, hotels or boarding houses,
4-Bathrooms with Goa Govers, Large Hot Room, Fallsize Grasa Tenniscourt, Kitchen Garden, House wired for Light and Hent.
Apply
BEVINGTON, c/o BRADLET & CO., LTD.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, NOTENDER 1758, 1942.
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FOR SALE.
" HOUSE ALLOWANCE."
AND, approximately 7,000 square foot on waterfront at Swatow with modern 2
A
office and godown.........
Further details apply. 4861
are hereby notified that the Cargo will be dis-storied bries and concrete building suitable for charged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie at Consignee's risk and subject" to terms and conditions of storage at Holt's wharf. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after 14th November.
Optional cargo will be landed, anises notice has been given prior to steamer's arrival.
All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 M. and Noor within the free storage period.
No Cisims will be admitted after the Goods bave left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 20th Nov., will be subject to reat,
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the undersigned on or before the 4th Dec, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents Hongkong, 14th November, 1922, F1770
THE CORONET.
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WAY DOWN EAST.
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ADVERTISEMENTS Letters are lying at this Office for
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comments, we
UNION CHURCH HAL"
A novel and instructive entertainment.
was held at the Union Church Hall last
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the Government apparently very mis night, the principal feature of which was takenly assumes that, while rents have the rendition of a number of Chinese nur... soared to extravagant heights in the sery rhymes by Mrs. Connell. These proved Colony, rates in hotels and boarding to be very interesting, especially Mrs. houses have remained unaffected. Why Connell's lucid preliminary remarks re- should a grass widower, or a married garding the origination of the. Chinees couple be penalised lose the house rhymes, which she said in many respecta allowance-because they Are willing were similar to those taught to English The rhymes CASUAL glance at an advertisement to live in a hotel? The whole 'ques and American children. inserted in Home paper by the Lion needs to be put on basis had been handed down from generation that would, at any rate, remove to generation in districts where the the Colónia! Office on behalf of
the feeling that there may be fay Chinese could neither read or write.. of Government of Ceylon reminds us the references which were hade in the ouritism and injustice. Other Eastern To illustrato more clearly the tunes of the course of the Budget debato recently to Colonies have what secus a fairer and rhymes a band of Chinese musicians. were ments. After Mrs. Connell had explain... the subject of house allowance for easier method, for in the advertisement in attendance with their native instru civil servants. The Hongkong Govern-alluded to in the opening lines of these ed the rhyme, the band played the native see that in Colombo tune; then Mrs. Dome, at the piano, ment has ideas on the subject of house"
"station allowance is given at the rate played the English version and after. wards Mrs Connell very sweetly sang allowance to civil servants which, to say of 11 per cent, of a substantive salary for the rhyme in English. The Chinese band the least, are peculiar. The Hon. Mr.
a novelty and the gentleman with PARE ingidentally raised the question by a married officer, and 7 per cent, for a was
stringed fiddle, which Mrs. Connell aptly a ruferanos in the course of his speechinglo officer not living in Government instrument that looked like a two WANTED. Britisher, having Twelve years to the excessive cost of building in the quarters"-just as the Hon Mr. PARE named in Chinese, was warmly applauded Prior to the nursery rhymes, a brief charge of large Import and Export Firm for Colony B said it was fairly well suggested should be the case in this on playing a Chinese instrumental solo.
Colony.
musical programme was given by the several years in Hongkong, is open for engage known that Covernment work--the build- From a speech made by H.E. THE following ladies-Mrs. Nell Matheson, ment and can bring at once First Class Connections in all Principal Citles, Europe, ing of houses for the staff has GOVERNOR a year ago we gathered that Mrs. Demos and Mrs. Connell. USA., ete New andertaking Preferred had to be abandoned in certain the Government objection to paying house ladies were all received with applause. Will only take charge. Reply Box VK.cf cases) owing to excessivo costs, and allowances adequate or otherwise and Batelit explained the financial object of During an interval Pay-Lt-Commander (270
he suggested that so long as build-leaving officers to find their own accom the entertainment which was to help ing plans cannot be carried out, for these modation, or to Government collecting poor, Christian Chinese girls in the New reasons, the Senior Government European the houses specially
built for Territories. A collection was taken on
behalf of this cause. Servants should be granted a house allow ficers arent which would pay an ance, and this ought, he said, to apply adequate return on capital is that twenty TO LET.-3 Spacious FRONT ROOMS, to bachelors, as well as families wherever per cent, would have to be bat od over
auitable for Offices, on Top-floor of 6, Queen Road Central. Apply to GANDE, PRICE they may be domiciled. To this the automatically, to the military authorities. & Co., LTD.
Commercial experience in Far East, in
Daily Press Office..
OR SALE or TO LET-Furnished MIRADOR, Barker Bodi, near the Tram Station Apply to DENISON, RAX & G183.
November 14th, 1927. ~~
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TYPHOON WARNINGS.
These
[288 COLONIAL SECRETARY replied in the followBut it must not be overlooked that twenty. The following telegrams have been
ing terms
LET No. 2, Queen's Road Central
General, Hongkong, from the Manila (Ground Floor). Buitable for Banks,
The Senior Unoficial Member referred Per cent, of the heavy cost of all these received by the American Consulate- to bousing allowances and suggested that Government quarters which have been Observatory: Mercantile Firms, Bara, etc., etc. For particu- they be extended to bachelors. Now that build and are yet to be built, has to be lars, Apply to BANK OF EAST ASIA, Lero.
this question has been raised, I think that automatically handed over to the military [289
explanation may clear the air.
ад
Ticried Godown, started on the Prays do will more frequents are not roccia to us, do its utmost to get tho TO BE LET-GODOWN-Spacious To Subordinate servants, bachelors included, authorities. A Government which has receive or house any regard for "sound finance” would,
near Bowrington Canal and containing appro nmately 5,000 square foot an each floor. To be entitled to free quarters, but the ar Let to the end of the year-Apply 2, office of rangement for an allowance in ald of iniquitous basis of the Military Contri rent was made to enable & man, to live bution changed, in a manner which would
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