G
NEW ADVERTSEMENTS
BANK HOLIDAY.
IN accordance with Ordinance No. 5 of 1012, the EXCHANGE DANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of PUBLIC BUSINESS A SATURDAY, 2nd JUNE,
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1923.
·Hongkong, 29th May, 1923.
NOTICE..
HONGKONG & CHINA GAS ̧UD., LTD.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TK, 1938.
NEW ADVERTISEMENT:
HONGKONG CRICKET,CLUB.
** HONG »
NOTICE
proponed to bold DOUBLES TENNIS TOURNAMENT during the Summer Months. Entries Clone pi the 15th JUNE Pull particulars will be found on the Notice Board in the Pavilion,
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JUTLAND DAY BALL.
Viber of April Recript Forms haveWING to the excessive heat it has been A THIS DAY wens Stolen from the decided to POSTPONE the BALL in sid of Savy League Endowment Fund until Company's Kowloon Shroff.
the Aatam.
The Stolen Forms are being reproduced on YELLOW Paper and Kowloon Customers are therefore requested to accept only such Forms in connection with April Acrounts, for May and onwards, the uncal White Paper will be reintroducel.
GEORGE CURRY.
Lex? Secretary
29th May, 19,
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VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB,
of the
"
THE Committe
VICTORIA
RECREATION CLUB are pleased to open the CLUB BATH for the Use of the Ladies of the Colony. Press and Navy and Army on the following Day and Times:---
LADIES:--
MONDAY ...to P.v. WEDNESDAY... to 8 A... 4 P.M. FIDAY ...to 4 M
SERVICES (Navy and Army):-- TUESDAY and THURSDAY-2 to 1,50 0,31.
BOYS: -
TUESDAY THURSDAY And SATURDAY
terpt Public Holidays)
from t
The number of logs will be limited to 50 and Tickets must be lined on the tat. And or 3rd of each sunthi.
1ST NIGHT FETE will be held on FRIDAY, the 18T JUNE, 1923. comnwaring at 5 PM. The Brunswick Studio Dance Uchestra will in attendance.
Admission 31315 Reserved Seats-32410,
Member, Sailor. and Soldiers Half Price,
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THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND! MINING COMPANY, LIMITED. ATMENT OF INTERIM DIVIDEND ON SEARIS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH Jose, 1993.
Panca
per
THE VINDA One Shilling and Six- THE Board having leclared an INTERIM Bhare free of Income Tax, for the Your Caling 01 JUNE 1923, Holders of Bearer Shares and Holders of Dividend Warrants received from London un account of Registered Sharan, will be paid their Dividends on presenting No. Coupon of the Bearer Shures, and Dividend Warmints on Registered Shares, to either of the following Banks at Shanghai or Tientsin:-
TUR HONGKONG & SHANUMAT BANKING
CORPORATION.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA
& CHINA
THE RURNO-ASIATIC BANK.
..
THE BANQUE BELGE TOUR L'ETRANGER
The Payments will be made in either Dollars or Taels, as the Holder may wish, at the buying rate of Exchange of the Day,
All purchasers of Tickets will have their money returnedd eu application.
EM. WHYTE,
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Hon. Secretary & Treasurer. NAVY LEAGUE-HONGKONG BLANCH,
HONGKONG HIDE & LEATHER
.CO., LTD.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the HONGKONG HIDE & LEATHER CO., LTD. will be held at 67/69 Des Vinx Road Central, Victoria, in the Culeny of Hongkong, or WEDNESDAY, the 30TH DAY OF MAY, 1923, at 12 Neos, when the Subjoined Besalutions which were
INTIMATIONS
OLD BEDFORDIANS DINNER.
TT is proposed to hold DINNER, Shortly,
Date to be Notified later, and I shall be
INTIMATION
gind if all Old Bedfordians in Hongkong will WATSON'S
ad ms their names, stating at the same time their House and which years they were at the School.
E. J. R. MITCHELL,
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/ BRADLEY & Co., Ltd.
THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB
will be held (Weather Permitting) at THE THIRD GYMKHANA MEETING HAPPY VALLEY on SATURDAY, JUNE 2ND, commencing 3.30 r.. The Charge Admission to the Public Enclosure will be $1.00 Soldiery and Sailors in Uniform, Half Price
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Members are advised that they must show their Badges to obtain Admission to the Members Enclosure.
Each Member has the right of introducing y Non-members to the Members Enclosure, Tickets for whom can be obtained from Masar. LINSTEAD & DAvts at $5.00 each up to Friday, June 1st.
The Stewards invite the ladies of Hongkong.
(35 to be present.
SHARE AND REAL ESTATE CO. THE HONGKONG SMALL INVESTORS'
No. 8, Des Voeux Road.· Telephono No, C. 4306, Bed BUYERS of HONGKONG L'ONSTRUCTIONS,
at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the 14th day of May, 1995, will submittel for centirmation as a Special Resolution namely
.
HONGKONG REALTIES. HONGKONG TRAMWAYS. STAR FEBRIAR WATSONE.
YANGTSEE 1SURANCES.
4. That 51,656 of the waissued shares of SELLERS of COLOSLAL Dispensartes.
$10.00 he divided into 12,140 shares of $1.00 each.
A. That the Capital of the Company
divided into two classes of shares pately 48.344 onlinary "A" shares of $10.00 ench and 129,140 onlinary "B" shares of $1.00 each and that the provisions following in regard thereto have effect, that is to say --
(1) The ordinary "A"shares aforesaid
shall be those shares which are ambered to 49,343 inclusive! and one additional $1000 share which if and when issted shall be i numbered 48,344.
(2) Thorlinary sharren foresaid
(3),
shall those unissued shares of 34.00 each which will, when issned $4.00 be zumbered 48,343 to 177,485 inclusive.
The Hard
Haid ordinary "B" shares shall as from the date or dates of
isus fully paid tank ually with the said ordinary "A" shares as regarde dividend transmissibility ronference or rights to vote and
distribution of assets in the event
up.
of winding (4) If the Company shall be wound the aurphis assets aball he distributed as nearly as may be img. the embers in proportion to the umber of shares held by the m
at the commencement of the winding up. But this clause is to be without prejudice to the rights of the holders of shares ised upon special terms and conditions,
6. That the Articles of Asacciation be smended by the deletion of chases 107 and 198 therent.
D. To consider thuglection of and to elect
farther Director & Directors.
F. & S. BANKS.
20 M. Y. SAN & Companies.
PARTICULARS
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Situate VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
No. 13, WING HING STREET, VICTORIA, HONGKONG,
To be Sold by Order of the Mortgages
By
FUBLIC AUCTIONA
IN ONE LOT On THURSDAY,
The 14TH DAY of Juse. 1923, at 3 o'cler & M
BT
Mespre, LAMMERT BROTHERS
AT THE OFFICE, DUDDALL STREET.
THE
THE Property consists of First ALL THAT piece or parcel of ground situate Victoria in the Colony
of Hongkong and
PRICKLY
HEAT
LOTION
An infallible remedy, affords immediate relief
effects and speedy cure.
a
the Canadian Pacific or the Canadian
BIG HAUL OF OPIUM.
Australian ships as happen to be SEIZURE ON ANOTHER INDO-CHINA
marked on the corner of the envelope. The fact that the voyage by the American
from Seattle to taken three days longer
steamier
Hongkong
STEAMER.
Chief Preventive Officer Clark and
than the staff of Chinese Revenue Officers boarded Empress liner from the s. p. Sang on Monday night and Toyage of
Take the seized in the stokehold over 7,000 beds of Vancouver is not considered.
11the
President
At
latest illustration of what is happening, prepared opium, valued at about $85,000. When the Revenus Olleers boarded the The Express of Canada arrived Shanghai at g pa, on the 18th inst, with vessel, which was lying in Hung Home Baye only as bags of London mail, dated April waiting to go into Dock, the opium was The President McKinley was due found tied up in sacks ready for raoving. at 330 pm, on the following day with The raid was unexpreted, and at the timo 1.780 bags for ghanghai. The Empress of the opium was not concenied in any way. Crnado, reached Yokohama, four hours It was lying on the floor of the stokehold. nheal of the
McKinley.We understand that a number of the Shanghai 24 hours ahead, and Hongkong Chinese crew have beer arrested in con- at last three days ahead. Now the minilsaretion with the seizure.
The six. Kam Sang has just returned brenght by the Empress of Canaia were delivered at Shanghai on the night of from the Philippines for extensive repaira the 18th and it was possible to send; caused by her recent grinding of the replies by the "Empress of Asia kaving North West of the Philippines T-lands. the next evening, whereas the mails; brought by the President Mckinley' were! delivered too (nte to allow of replies bing sent by the outgoing mail. This kind of The thing is constantly happening. American postal authorities on the other side hold hack the mails, sometimes for two or three days, in order that they many Wong Yip, who created a disturbance be sent aeroses, the Pheific in an Americum) on the Sincere Company's roof garden on ship, though they have not the excuse that Sunday night by producing a revolver. they are choosing a faster vel. It is and fring one shot into the air, was worth mentioning in this connection that brought before Mr. Lindsell. yesterday the freight on uail on the American morning and charged with the offence. steaners is more than twice the amount One of the witnesses for the prosecution paid for mail sent on the Canadian Pacific said that the lefendant and three others Niners. While it is not open to British or rushed the lift and refused to purchase
THE MAN WITH THE REVOLVER. SEQUEL TO THE TROUBLE AT SINCERE'S ROOF GARDEN.
Prices 50 cts. and other European residents in the Far East tickets. When stopped by the lift boy.
$1.00 Per Bottle.
SOLE AGENTS
registered in the Land Office as SECTION A S. WATSON
No. 1166 together with
the messages coctions or buildings thereon now known as No. 1 Wing Street and Secondly ALL THAT strip of land at the rear of the said Section A of Inland Lot No. 3166 being a scavenging lane. All of which pre- mises are beld for the residue of the term of 75 years from the 15th day of May, 1916, created by the Crown Lease thereof together with the valuable machinery now situate in or upon the said premises ari at No. 1 Gordon Street.
Partieulars and Conditions or isle may be stained from
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By Order of the Board.
PEPPERELL,
Acting Secretary,
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GENERAL MANAGER, KAAN MINING ARMINISTRATION.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD.
P. & 0. S. N. CO. NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that
STRAITS,
STEAMERS FOR
COLOMBO,
T
an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE, AUSSTREsox & Co.,
Peider Street, Vic toria, in the
of Hongkong, on THURSDAY, the trit day of JUNE, 1993, at 11.9 o'clock in the FORRNOON, when the Subjoinal Resolutions which were passed as Extraordinary Resolutions at the Extraor
TRALIA, BOMBAY, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS & LONDON,
Through Bill of Lading issued for Batavis,dinary teneral Meeting of the Company
Persian Gulf,. Continental, American
and South African Ports.
THE Steamabip **SOUDAN,” Captain The Collyer, R.P. A.N.R., Carrying His Majesty's Mails will be despatebed from this Port an tr about TUESDAY, 6TH JUNE. 1993, at Noon, taking Passengers and Chego for the above Ports.
Silk sad Valuables and Tea for Italy, France and Londen (under arrangementy will be tran shipped at Bombay into the Mail Steamer pro- ceeding direct to Marseilles and London.
Parcels will received at this tice nati! Noor, the day before sailing. The contents and value of all packages are required. For further particulars apply to-
MACKINNON, MACKENZIE
897)
& CO.,
Agents.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. AMERICAN & ORIENTAL LINE. FROM NEW YORK.
THE Steamship
"MONADNOCK"
having arrived, Consiguses of Cargo by her sre informed that all Govis are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or Ex-hazariens Godowns of Hongkong &
& Godown Co., Ltd Kowloon Wharf
whence delivery may be obtained.
No
Claims will be admitted after the Goods
and after the 4th June, 1913, will be i
to rent.
held on Friday, the 25th day of May, 1023, will be submitted for confirmation as Special
Resolution of the existing 50,000. Fully
1.-That
Paid Up Shares of $100 each constituting the Company's present Capital of $6,000,000 be divided into Four Fully Paid Up Shares of $25 each so as to make such Capital of $5,000,000 consist of 200,000 Fully Paid Up Shares of $25 each.
That after the division aforesaid, the Capital of the Company be increased from 15,000,000 consisting aforesaid, to $100.00 divided into 400,000 shares f $25 each by the creation of 200,000 New Share
Shares of $25 each-40,000 of New Shares to be issued
and accordance with eight of the Conditional Agree-. with this Company of
otted
clause
ment for the amigation Central
the
Estate, Limited, duly Extraordinary General
Company
held on Ted at all
of the the 3rd day
MET HASTINGS & HASTINGS
Solicitors, & Des Voeux Road Central
tand Mare, LAMMERT BROTHERS
Auctioneers
PEAK TRAMWAYS CO.. LIMITED.
TIME-TABLE
WEEK DAYS. 7.10.10.
7.00 8.m..
11
8.00
8.70
π
中央
8.30
8 32
8.47
8.54
P.04
9.17
9.20
י
10
12
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CO., LTD. '
Hongkong Dispensary."
ESTABLISHED 81 YEARS.
Hongkong Office: 10A. Des Vœux Rd., C. London Office: 1, Fleet Street, E.C.
The Baily Press.
HONGKONG, JAY 3 T, 1923.
THE TRANS-PACIFIC MAILS.
tion" would be a better word.
J
The case was afterwards adjourned tilf this morning, the defendant being allowed out on bail of $100.
to object to the way the United States the defendant sald Do you know who I choose to route their own mails-and if am?" He then produced a revolver and. the United States choose to give an in-showed it to the witness, using werds direct subsidy to their ships by delaying which the interpretes rendered as " This
is the proof." their own American mails, it is their own affir-still, British and other European The Magistrate: I think the more ap
authority.". residrats certainly have the right to enm-propriate word is ment on and protest against their mails - Mr. T. H. King. Deputy Superintendent being held up in the way indicated in of Police, suggested that "recommenda the foregoing comments, and we believe it will he found that condemnation of the practice is equally strong among American firos doing business in the East Some of then. we know, have been greatly inconvenienced by these delays and uncer
ainties. No harm, if not a great deal of good, would be done if the commercial
The Chinere are taking to poker organisations of the Far East were to
we understand, as Furopeans are taking register a protest against the delays to mahjongg and when Sergt. Elston street gambling case caused on the other side of the Pacific in
gave evidence in à the dispatch of mail, when these delays foard For Mr. Lindwell at the Magis- are due merely to a desire to avoid send-tracy, yesterday, he said the two youthful ing it by any other than an American defendants were playing pair- pai..
steamer
WHISKY POKER OR BRAG?
Mr. Lindsell, evinced a special interest in the en straight away and asked "Do The Catholic Union Club in Hongkong you spell it pear' or 'pair," and the is eclebrating it," Silver Jubilee" ou greend word is it spe i 'pei' or 'pai.' After Friday and Saturday, June 8th and 9th.being informed qu-this point his Worship asked for a description of the game and Wor. Bro. Percy H. Smith, D.D.G.Mthe Sergeant said it was a cross between: of Hongkong and South China (E.C.), was whisky poker and brag given the rank of Past Grand Junior
Another gentleman in Cudiet voluntee Deacon on the occasion of the Anaualed the information that it was more Festival of the United Grand Lodge of comment. Known as "stud poker.” England on April 25th.
-7.30 to 8.00 every 15 minutes 1 Stop ping Non Stop Is the letter wy published yesterday from A meeting of the Legislative Council is Stopping
Dur London Correspondent there was called for to-morrow when the Bill to Non Stop Stopping
note relating to the anncyte caused to amend the Rents Ordinatee will come up Non Stop business firs on hath sides of the for first reading, and three Bills intro Stopping Atlantie by the delays and uncertainties duced at the last meeting of the Council Stopping
11.20
12.30 p.:
19.30 p.m.
12.40 1247
15
The youthful garabbers were fùed $9. with the alternative of 5 days imprison-
ment.
MOTOR-CAR COLLISION.
BOY INJURED AND CAR DAMAGED..'. In trying to avoid krocking-down a' boy on the Praya East on Monday motor-car No. 392, owned and driven by Mr. G. A. Harriman, crashed into a pile of timber- at the side of the road. "Mr. Harriman's
9.30a.m. to 11.00 every 10 minutes Stop experienced in respect of the inail service will come up for second reading. Sping across the Atlantic. Our Correspondent Non Stop
The Manila Observatory yesterday urut of it as being, of course, a matter Stopping
a typhoon in about Non Stop affecting interests in the Far East using morning reported No the postal route across America. In point 112deg. Long. E. 15deg. Lut, N., moving
Stop
A later message reported the Stopping of fact, húsiness firms in the Far East are W.N.W. "every 10 minutes) Stop. doubly affected-on the Pacific as well as typhoon to be in about 110deg. Long efforts to avoid the boy proved unsuccess
[ping
or the Atlantic. I case the noto to 17deg. Lat. N., moving N.W.
ful to the boy was knocked down and Non Stop which we refer mcaped the notice it
injured about the faer and right arm. H Stopping deserves, we reproduce the material part Non Stop
loon is drawn to a notification appearing was inter ramoved to the Government Civil Hospital. The ear, in crashing into Stopping of it- Non sup
it seems that system of boycotting taong to-day's advertisements that Stopping ships is going on by the postal authorities number of receipt forms for the month the pile of timber, was not badly dara- Nea Stop on both sides. The explanation given in
7,00
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The attention of gas consumers at Kew.
Stopping
London is that ever since the war the of April have been stolen from the Houg-aged, only one of the side lights being Noa Step American Post Office has discriminated korg and China Gas Co.'s shroff. and knocked out of place. Stopping
in favour of American hips with the that these are being replaced by forma Non Stop result that the mail service has suffered. printed on yellow paper.
I
1.13
1.50
1.30 p.m. to 4.00
4.00
to 4.30
15
TH
4.30
to 6.50
F
8.40
1,47
6.57
7.04
7.13
11
7.20
7.30
7.37
7.47
7,04
8.03 8.10
Stopping
SUNDITA
7.10.
very 15 minutes-
9.30 11.16
» 11.00 f
10
2
12.00 noon.
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IT
12.00noon, 1.00 [ 1.00 p.m., 2.30
10
15
th
By Order of the Beard,
2.30
4.20
10
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883).
L. S. GREENHILL, Secretary.
4:30
530
1&
+
6.30
8.30
10
Pr
·6.40
0,47
6.57
7.8
7:20
7.30
747
7.64
8.03 8.10
of May, 1923, and the balance thereof to be issued such time or times and on Huch terms arul condition in every respect as the Company Hard of Directors may think it
Dated this E0th day of May, 1823.
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CU.. LTD.
GENERAL MEETING of the Com
HE FORTY-SECOND ORDINARY pany will be hell at the Officer of the General Claims against the steamer must be Managers, Mess, JARDINE, MATERN de Co., Pedder Street. Hongkong, on THURS
7.30a.m.to 9.30
By way of illustration, it is stated that
a few weeks ago the Olympic. which is
tabled to do the journey from New York,
Commenting on the situation in China
MORE MEN
TAIKOO LABOUR TROUBLES.
AT WORK.
to Southampton in six dayz, sailed with the annual report of the National Bible scarcely any mails because as American
Stop ship was due to sail the following day. Society of Scotland anys:-" Not· siaco ping
The American ship carried the mails, but the year 1900 have we had so many
The situation with regard to the strik
at the Taikoo Sugar Bruery 36, wo aro
took nine days to make the passage, as dificulties and, disappointments as in the informed, much easier and the outlook is compared with the six of the British
The accounts that hopeful: The trouble is not spreading;
vessel. and the total delay was briously year under review. Non Stop four days. Sometimes the American renct us of floods. famine, robbery, and in fact more men were at work yesterday No postal authorities, hold back the mails fur widespread lawiciuces nake depressing than on the previous day. It is anticipat
Stop Stopping a couple of days in order to send them
reading, and there are few signs of im-ed that the trouble will soon be settled,
In Peking by an American, ship. Non Stop
On this side the British authorities provement in the situation. Stopping Non are retaliating by avoiding American the changes in the personnel of the
Sp
A carpenter, named Chan Cham, em Stopping hers for the mail service from England. Non Stop This is done as a protest against American Government-if we can call it a Govern- Stopping discrimination.; But there is, in addition, ment-have been kaleidoscopic. Finance ployed on the 8.8. in Shan, was yester› Non Stop the perfectly good reason that the British Ministers, who were unable to raise loans day morning sentenced to four months" Stopping ships ars faster. In the result, mail, no
denged, with consequent dissatisfaction to meet the demands of military satraps, imprisonment by Mr. J. Wood fort were replaced by others who were equally unlawfully having in his possession 36 among business-people," This discrimination on the part of the apolent; and even Wellington Koo, who tiels of raw, opium on board the vessel. Ainerican postal authorities extends. of gave such glowing accounts of the New A further four months' imprisonment was China when in Londen, cannot negotiate meted out to him for having in his. course, to the transmission mails across the Pacific. We understand that the a foreign loan without the necessary possession. 1,500 rounds of revolver am By Order of the Board.
in-security, and, as things are, there is no munition. The contraband was found in
the carpenter's room of the ship.. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. LTD., BrARRANGEMENT AT THE COMPANY'S OFFICE Laited States mail service is ALEXANDRA Buildings.
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structed to route only such mail by I security." Hongkong, 1st June, 1923.
presented to the Undertigned on or before LTPA UTE: JUNE. 1923, at Noon for the
June, 1923, or they will not be 11th recognized.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be wamined on the 4th Jan, 1923, at 9.30
Bo Fire Insurance has been affected.· ́. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
THE BANK LINE, LTD., Geacal Agents. Hongkong, 99th May, 1923.
purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, passing the Accounts and electing directors and Auditors
SATURDAYS: Extra Car-12 midnight. NIGHT CARSWEEKDAYS AND SUNDAYS:/
8.00 p.m., 9.00p.m., 9.20 p.m. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
9.30 p.m. to 11.00p.m. every 30 minutes Stop will bo Close froru the 7th June to 28th June 11.14” „, ., 11.45
ping Both Days inclusive
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Generni 3anagers." Hongkong, 29th May, 1923.
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