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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

PEAK CHURCH.

To meet the rod, there will be Services

10 meet the Needs of the Peak Residents

in the FZAK Cerec, st 85 a.m., 11 am. and 6 1.M.

DANCING.

PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON.

The Popular JAZZ QUARTET

of

H.M.S. Titania

[499

Will play at the above Hotel on SATURDAY,

24th, Dancing & N.M.

[-430.

LEO LONGINOTTO (DECEASED).

www.c

A the sbors, or of any Goods or Chattels LLCLAIMS in respect of the Estate of now stored on Premises recestly occupied by the above, should be sent to me not later than MARCH 7th Noxt. ·

G. N. ORME

February 22nd, 1925.

Official Receiver.

-(431

BONGKONG JOCKEY CLUR

INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 1923.

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM

ASSOCIATION.

THE SIXTH ORDINARY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING &f the CON- STITUTIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION of Hongkong will be held in the Oun CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ROCK CITY HALL TODAY, at 8.30 r.m., for the following panses ----

To receive the Report of the Committee and Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1922. To elect the Officer and Committee for the ensuing year.

By Order of the Commiltas,

R. STOCK.

(Hon. Secretary) Hongkong, 22nd February, 1993. (394

PUBLIC AUCTION,

INTIMATIONS

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD.

HE THIRTY FOURTH, ORDINARY THE

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will

I be hold at the Offices of the Company.87.GrozDE'S BummINGS, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, the 3rd day of FEBRUARY, 1923, at 11 O'CLOCE in the Foxxxoos, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and Report of Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1099, and declaring a Lividend.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company wül be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, the 14th February, 1923, until arbar, the 23 February. 193, both day, inclusive.

By Order of the Bourd of Directors,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers,

*

356

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING

CORPORATION..

Maddal

TOTICE IS 'HEREBY GIVEN that

AVOURED with instructions from NOT ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING Years, NIKKO & Co. (owing to removal of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Cor to Now Framisce). Mr. Da Rocha, Auctioneer,peration will be held at CITY HALL, will sell by Public Auction, on

FRIDAY, SATURDAY & MONDAY, 23rd 24th and 26th FEBRUARY, comene ing each day at 11 am. to 1230 and to be continued from 9.30 pan. At their shop, No. 15 to 17, Queen's Roar Central (below,

Hongkong Hotel).

او

Hongkong. on SATURDAY the "24TE; FEBRUARY, 1923, at Noon; for the pur- pose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with a Statement|

December, 1922.

of Accounts for the year ending 3

The Register of shares of the Corpora

tion will be CLOSED from Monday, 18t.

INTIMATION

WATSON'S

E

WHISKY

Perfect

Gives

Satisfaction

in

until the Tuchunate system has been Japan papers by the latest-mails report by some means or other abolished and exceptionally heavy falls of snow the military forces of the country have various parts of the country. At Yoko- been drastically reduced and brought hams it was described as "the heaviest under the strict control of a competent for some years." In Tokyo on the sid national organisation. What China's inst., it was about 9 inches deep.. huge army costs the nation cannot be estimated.

The death is announced of the second

In

General CHANG YING FAN who was formerly in the Board of Auditoa of Dr. and Mrs Wu. Lien Teb, at tha at Peking. in charge of Naval and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Military expenditures, and is now ad after a short illness of four days. vocating control of the armed forces of spite of every attempt made by the China "through the channel of handling doctors of the hospital to save his life, the expenses by an independent govern the patient could not survive, his acuta.

attack of meningitis following pneumonia, ment bureau has recently published a

He was 15 years of age. table of the "ordinary" annual expenses of the army alone for the seven years The annual general meeting of the 1013-1910, and has shown that in the last Constitutional Reform Association will ha of those years these expenditures amount held at. the City Hall at half past ed to nearly one half of the total national five o'clock this afternoon. The public" income for the year. The military meeting on the subject of the housing expenses of the 9th year of the Republic question, which was to bave been held (1020) and since then," he adds, "must the same evening under the auspices of - have been double those of previous years, the "Association has been postponed till" It is a pity that no statistics are avaik|3.30 p.m. of Monday, March 19th. able. The General makes it clear to the

Writing from 8s. Delta en route fot- render that these are just "ordinary expenses, exclusive of all provisional of the late Teddy Arnold, who died as the Singapore and England, the parents of

extraordinary expenditures," which, we

result of being mauled by a cheetah, ask

THE STEWARDS request the pleasure of A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR STOCK February, to Saturday, 24th February Decause it is a Skilful suppose, are covered by the levies that us to state that they desire it to be

T

the Fresence of the LADIES At the Hongkong, 2nd February, 1923. [433

Racc

HONGKONG JOCKET CLUB.

DASSES FOR SERVANTS will be issued

Pon application in Meers. LINSTEAD,

ALEXANDRA "BUILDINGH,

No Serrant will allowed inside the

ENCLOSURE of the Race Course during the Race Days WITHOUT TICKETS.

These Tickets are only available for Servants while in attendance on their employers or when on duty at the various Stands,

Any Chinese found loitering about with Servant's Passes in their possession will forfeit. them and holder threet will be removed from: the Enclosure.

·H. BIRKETT,

Clerk of the Couise.

[433

Hongkong, 22nd February, 1923.

"HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB,

Utrate to the Public Enclosure will INDER the New Arrangements the

"Te from the Gale at the Wengreicheng end of |

the Courie. There will a Lalier Room, Refreshment Room, Bar and Stand No. 11 welina separato Pari-mutuel for those using the Pablit Enclosure. The Cash Sweep will be at the End of the Public Enclosure next to the Weighing Rocm.

The Entrance for Members an 1' thoan hoki- ing Tickets for Members Enclosure will be

at the Midd ́e Gate.

Tifiz and Refreshments will be served overy day in the Jockey Club Stand, Tables for which can be reserved at Wiseman's. H. BIRKETT,

Clerk of the Course.

·Hongkong, 92nd February, 1923. [497

HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

OF OLD JAPANESE AND CHINESE

ART CURIOS,

Worth about $12,500.00.

Comprising:

14

1823 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered.

By Order of The Court of Directors,

A. G. STEPHEN,

Chief "Manager." Hongkong, th February. 1993.

Satsuma, Kutani and Imar Porcelains, Saten Vases; Bowls, and Incense Burners, Bronze Ornaments and Figures, Reass Wares, Dhamascene Works

Embroideries Frames le Vasta Bowls and Tea Sets, I acquFT THE

Valuable Screens,

Cloi- sonne Wares, Silk Kimonos, Flower Bowls, Valuable Curio Cabinets, Fire Screens, Leather Purses

and Pocket Books, Embroidered Table Covers, and a long line of Sunriries,

Catalogues will be issues.

Terms:---Cash on delivery.

A. G. DA KOCHA

PUBLIC AUCTION.

[415

HE Undersigned have received instructions

to sell by Public Auction,

on

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: the 6th, 7th and 8th MARCH, 1923. at H.M. Naval Yard, Hongkong, and st Kowloon Naval Depot, commencing ach day at 8.30 am with an interisl from 12 Noon to 1.30pm OLD AND SURPLUS NAVAL STORES,

Old

Comprising

[320

HONGKONG ROPE MANUFAC

TURING CO., LTD.

NINTH ORDINARY THE THIRD

ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS in the above Company will be held at ST. Groner's BOILDING, Chater Boad. Victoria, on TUESDAY, the 27th FER- RUARY. 1833. at 11 o'clock A.M.. for the

parisine of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the

General

Managery for the year ending 31st December, 1992, and electing & Consalting Committee and Anditon?

The TRANSPER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Saturday, the 17th February, 1923, zatil

923, zatil Tuesday, 27th February, 1923, both days inclusive,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., .. General managers,

(351 Hongkong, 5th February, 1993.

RONGKONG URICKET CLUB,

OPENING OF NEW PAVILION.

TAE President and Commitúe of the THE

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB will be "At Home

to the Members and Subscribera at.1. P. on SATURDAY, 24 FEBRUARY, to celebrate the Opening of the New Pavilion

By Order E. J. R. MITCHELL

Hot, Secretary.

$38) "

PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.

NOTICE.

TRAFFIC on the PEAK TRAMWAY

will

EMBERS have the privilege of introdu- and Gun Melai, Coal Sacks, Wood and Gunbe SUSPENDED from 1 AM, on

cing Two Non-members

to the

MEMBERS ENCLOSURE

A limited number of Tickets are available and may be obtained from Messrs. LINSTEAD DAVIS. Alexandra Buildings on or before TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 276.

PRICE: $10.00 Per day or 830.00 for .

the Meeting-

H. BIRKETT,

Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, 20th February, 1923. [395

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

RACE MEETIKO 1923.

FEBRUARY 28TH, "MARCH 187, 2ND AND 3RD,

the

✔UCKETS. OF ADMISSION"" to

obtained from Mesers. KELLY & WALSH or at the Gate.

CUBLIC ENCLOSURE may e

3

PRICE:-$3.00 Per day. SOLDIERS AND FAILORS is Uniform $10 PER DAY

No one is admitted without a Ticket to be shown to the Ticket Inspector at the Gate.

H. DIRKETT,

Clerk of the Course.

1396

Hongkong, 20 February, 1023.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

"EMBERS' BADGES OF ADMISSION

Life Boats, Dingies, Whalers, Cars, Cells and Electrical Fittings, Electric Cable, Cooking, Btoven, Ships' Fittings, Tron Bols, Mattresses and Fittings, Life Rafts, Life Belts, Carpets, Rugs

Mats, Table Covers, Blankets, Canvas, Leather and Metallic Hoses, Old Cordage Canvas Kage, 4 ld India Rubber, O Leather. Old Woollen Rags, Old Asbestos, Old Cork,

Iron and Steel. Old Brass, Copper,

Lead Metal Blocks, Lamp, Ganges, Steel Tubes, Steel Rope, Ol' Chain Cable, Drilling WEDNESDAY, 21ST INSTANT for a Period

Wire and Grinding Machines, Pinnace and Cutter of Eight Days or thereabants in order to carry Engines, Tables, Chairs, Stooks, Binnacles, out certain repairs to the Haulage Machinery Compasses, Clocks, Davits, Iron Dramas; Season Ticket Holders will have the option of Woxden Cams, Fold up Lavatoder, Old Pack getting their Tickets extended for the Whole ing Cases, &c.

Period cars ces running or obtaining & Pro Rata refund on much Tickets for the Unexpired Period

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. * Hongkong, 15th February, 1993. [401

ALSO A QUANTITY STRUCTURAL STEEL WORK, comprising Stanchions, Bears, Struta, Gutters, &c. and sundry other Steel- work, and a large quantity of Fire Bar Iron,

Lots may be inspected on MosDay. the 5th MARCH, 1923

Also sale of OLD AND SURPLUS VIC- TUALLING STORES at Kowloon on FRIDAY, 9th MARCH, comprising

Condemned Provisions for Poultry or Pige Food. Remnants of Serge, Flanel, &c. Bed ding. Clothing. Mess Gear, including Eléctro Plate,

Terms of Sale-As detailed is Catalogus. HUGHES & HOUGH, " By Appointment Auctioneers to the

Adminity. Hongkong. 20th February, 1923. [424

PARTICULARS of

VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY

Situate Fo. 13, WING BING STREET,

VICTORIA, HONGKONG,

To be Sold by Order of the Mortgages

By PUBLIC AUCTIŲS,

"IN ONE LOT

Од

M TO THE MEMBERS ENCLOSURE The 1975 Day of Man., 1993, ati oʻqLOCK P ́M,

are, now ready and may be obtained from Messrs. LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Alexandra Build- ings ALL BADGES MUST BE PRO- DUCED TO GAIN ADMISSION."

H. BIRKETT,

Clerk of the Course Hongkong, 20th February, 1923.[807

"NOTICE.

WING to the STOPPAGE of the PzAx TRARWAT BREVICE from 1 AM, on the 21st inst, until further Notice-Motor Vehicles will be permitted to use the Now Road to the Peak as far ne Stowart Terrace from 10 e.x. on the 20th inst, until the TALKWAY COMEANT Resume Service Motorista are hereby warned af the Danger of Driving Fast, in Foggy and Wat Weather in the Peak District Heavy Vehicles should be kept to the Middle of the Road sa far as possible.

E. D. C. WOLFE“ - · Captain Superintendent of Police..

[493

the

"Now

MONDAY,

By

Mess, LAMMERT BROTHERS

Ar Triks Orrick, DUDDEL BIOKKY,

or

E Property consists of First ALL THAT piece or parcel of ground situate at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong and registered in the Land Office SECTION A of INLAND

2188 together with Noct

thereo as No. 13, Wing

and Secondly ALL THAT strip of land at the rear of the said Section A of Inland Lot No. 2168 being mises are

the residue of the term of 75 years from the 15th day of May, 1816, orested by the Crown Lease thereof together with the valuable machinery now situate in

held fone. All of which P

Gordon Street, st

HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

NOTICE.

#

Blend of the Best Highland Scotch

WHISKIES,

of Great Age, matured in Sherrywood"

Casks.

these brigand armies are accustomed to

make upon the long-suffering people generally known that the proprietor of among whom they are quartered. The Harmaton's Circus (Mr. Harmston) volun- reduction of the army and the abolition tarily rendered them every possible as- sistance and entirely met the benvy of the Tuchuus, the General describes as expenses which the sad event necessarily

occasioned.

ij

"the colossal problems of China." His scheme of reform, which is based on the "control of the purse-strings. is sound In a letter to a man from whom he enough in theory, but until the army can hoped to borrow $100, & Chinese named If you refuse to

be got under effective national control-Li Kam Tong wrote:

or some sort of provincial control-it give me this loan I shall deal with you seems impossible to translate the theory with a revolver, or shoot all the members into practice, as general experience has of your family. The recipient took the abundantly shown. When General Wu letter to the police and the man Was PEI FC, for instance, failed to get funds arrested. The sequel was a sentence of from Peking he did not hesitate to seize four years' hard labour for demanding the railway revenues and raise locally, by money by menace, passed upon him by fair means or foul, all the funds be Mr. Justice Gompertz ni' the Criminal needed. And how were the contending Sessions yesterday. armies in Kwangtung supplied with funds? |

Colonel R. Mair Johnson, the retiring Not from the rational treasury certainly. Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Perhaps, after all, the best

hope

A. S. WATSON & for reform in this direction may lis in week. Following a route march in the

CO., LTD.

Wine & Spirit Merchants.

ESTABLIS3ED 81 YEARS,

DEATH. GULBRANDSEN.-At Shanghai, on February 9th. KRISTIAN GULBRANDSEN, Chinese Customs Service, aged 44 yeSTA

HoGong Orrica: 104, Das Vaux Ro., O. Lcxpor Office: 131, FLEET STEKET, EC.

The Daily Press.

Hoaxona, Fra«U»E‡ £3¤Ð, 1925.

THE CHAOS IN CHINA.

THE picture of the chaotic conditions pre- vailing in China sketched by Mr. A. W. DURING the SUSPENSION of the PEAK BURKILL: in his speech inaugurating the TRAMWAY SERVICE MOTOR fourth annual Conference in Shanghai of Hongkong Hotel and the Peak Church, leaving either end at the following Times:-)

BUSSES WILL BE RUN between the

8 AM to 10 AM., Every 20 Minutes. 10 AM, to 6'.M. "+" 30" 11

GP.M. to BEK" 20 8.P.M. to Midnight", 30

402]

FARE 50 Cente

E. W. ALDERSON, " Assistant General Manager, HONGKONG, HOTEL CO., LTD.

Carpa, bado farewell to his command Inst provincial effort of the kind that Dr. morning, Major B. W. Pilcher, the SUN YAT SEN proposes to attempt in the Seccad-in-Command, with the whole neighbouring province of Kwangtung. He Corps paraded in the, Drill Hall, present- intends to give the nation a lead ined Colonel Marr Johnson with a silver this matter by disbanding fifty per cent.

mounted model of a 20 pdr. Field Artillery of the troops in the province, and equipgun, a fitting tribute to a Regular Gunner ing the remainder into a more efficient officer with

a distinguished record of army. It is recognised that financial service in the Great War. The total support will be required for this purpose parade strength was 882 officers, and as well as sympathetic co-operation, for other ranks.

it is proposed to absorb the disbanded"] A cooperative Society started by the troops into labour corps to be employed foreign community in Kobo in 1918 on road making, and, we suppose, on any originating in the great discontent with, other work of that, description-such as has now come to grief, A considerable the rise in the price of daily necessaries, conservancy work which will serve to portion of this capital was put up by promote that trade prosperity which missionaries, who with their small in- Constitutes the foundation on which the comes had been particularly hard hit by high prices. An unfortunate story of happiness and contentment of the people mismanagement is now unfolded, and ultimately rests. If this can be done there is a fear that the Bank may call in Kwangtung,, other provinces will prob upon the Society for a modicum of cash. to square the account after the disposal ably not be slow to emulate the example of the goods." We are told that the Having regard to the impotence of the shareholders, unfortunately include a Central Government, provincial effort large number of people who can ill afford along these lines would seem to contain the loss. the best promise, at present, for tha evolution of China into a well-governed State.

There was

one case of diphtheria in the British Chambers of Commerce of the Colony on Wednesday. The patient Chian and Hongkong will be recognised was of British nationality. as true in every detail. Ho spoke of the

after

COMPANY REPORT.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

:

of

We are informed that, subject to audit, the profits of A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd., for the year ended 31st October, 1999,

writing off depreciation machinery and plant, furniture fitting, trade utensils and launches, etc., and in- cluding the amount brought forward from the previous year, amount to $302,495.14.

The Directors will recommend that the profita be allocated as follows: To pay a dividend of 10 per

cent.

absence of a Central Government able to Owing to the suspension of the Peak control"

even North China; of revenues Tramway service there will be no meet- partly squandered on the maintenance of ing of the Bible Circle at the Helena May troops who, instead of preserving peace Institute this morning.-ADVI. and order, frequently act the part of

The total output of the Kailan Mining robbers, terrorising the people; of the

Administration's mines for the week literati producing secret societies but no effective movement for good in public ending February 3rd, 1923, amounted to AFE, Sum and Guaranteed Cure for life; of the great mass of the people 90,920 tons, and the sales to 63,621 tons.

Leucoders, aches, Marks, practically mute on public affairs; of a Erantina, Timples, Fczema, eta, in Four!

The Shanghai golf and football play Weeks Patients willing to be treated by Post, judiciary largely corrupt, and the use of are requested to write. Be. 7 to 8 (83.50) Far torture not infrequent; and while, iners left the Colony yesterday by the Week Fall particulars Froe under cover.certain directions, notably in the indus Empress of Busta Among other pas "SAT" WORKS, Beadon Square (H.P.), Calcuttatrial sphere, there is evidence of pro-ngers on the ship were Mr. and Mrs. And carry forward (India).

Aiac

£108

THE CORONET, improvement At least, none are pre-

$90,000.00

To pay a bonus of 5 per cent, ... 45,000.00 To place to raservo fund To write off building improv

mentets

73,000.00

30,000,00

To pay to staff provident fund, 10,000.00

To pay to Chinese staff super

ananation fund

WORLD THEATEE

8,000.00 $44,495.1

gress, the railways are going to wreck A. R. Austin, Mr. D. E. Donnelly, Mr. and ruin." "It is a gloomy picture and Mrs. T. M. Leitch, and Mrs. N. G. unrelieved by any indications of early Wilson.

A “WOMAN'S "BUSINESS, Mr H, L. Dennys is appearing for the sented in the telegraphic summary of Company, and not for the defence, as "Woman's Business" in which Dire Mr. BurkuLL's speech, and they are inadvertently reported yesterday, in the Tell is starred, is a photo-dramatic adapt- indeed hard to seek anywhere. That case in which the Telephone Company ation of the popular Novel Nothing

Year by Chas. Belmont Dans. It details there are Chinese statesmen who recogare prosecuting twenty of their mechanics story that is highly original, a there nise and confess all, or practically all, for absenting themselves from duty with that has never been before presented in that is contained in Mr. BURKILL's in-out permission.

the silent drama. It is a motion picture that will awaken curiosity and then per- dictment is common knowledge. The President of the Republic himself has Mr.AR Austin, who has just fectly satisfy that curiosity will

appeal to women strongly and, deen done so in several recent mandates, retired after many years service as an interest men because it concerns res] fe THEATRE. May programmes of reform have been architect with the Taikoo firms, was pre-drama of the present day. It is the

THROUGH THE WRONG DOOR.

or upon the said premises and at No. 1 KOWLOON

Particulars and Conditions of sile may be

obtained from

Méens, HASTINGS & BASTINGS, Solicitor

8, Des Voeux Road Central,

Mari. IAMMERT BIOTHERS:

Auctionee

545 AND 9.15.

KISMET.

suggested and widely accepted in prin- sented on Wednesday with an illuminated story of a girl who planned to sell her

self for luxury and fine clothes and whit ciple, but, so far, little or nothing has been address and a complete silver writing set it brought her. The film was shown in done to giro effect to them. The first by bis colleagues, on the occasion of his the first time at the World Theatre yer- obvious need. is a Government which is leaving the Colony Mr. G. TEdking terday. Owing to the great. length of able to exercise sovereign powers, and made the presentation on behalf of the the programme, patrons are notified that the usual time for Matines has been it is impossible to hope for that subscribera,

changed from 5:15 p.m. to 5 sharp.