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VW ADVERTISEMENTS.

"ANCHESTER SHIPPERS and MANU-

MATURERS wishing to outer Chins.

Market would like to get in touch with Large Importers (preferably European), of fancy Col- ton Dress Lisals, Voiles, White Shirtings and Drill, Brocade Poplins and Umbrella Cloths, Wouldffensier appointment of Resident Agaat er would pay well for List of Reliable Importers who buy against Samples seat out, and for information regarding Best Selling Qualition, etc. Bex 650, SMITS AGENCY, IT 180, Flast Street, Lardon, England.

THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

la the

HAPPY VALLEY COURSE. WING to the Site of the Ground, this

Course is aand TO-DAY. Event of its being Fit for Play on SUNDAY NOTICES will be pasted THIS EVENING at the following har

HAPPY VALLEY CLUB locat HONGKONG CLUB.

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Esciss Isstitute,

PEAK CLUBL

PEAR HOTEL.

BY ORDER ·

THE HONGKONG LANE INVEST- MENT AND AGENCY CO., I.TIA

CHAREHOLDERS in Tue Saxof

CENTRAL ESTATE, LT, entitled to un Allotment of Shares in The HoxNGKONG LAND INVESTMENT and AGENCY Co., LTD., are

INTIMATIONS

TAR HONGKONG DAILY PRESS SATURDAY, JUNE 18th,

ALEXANDER CHARLES ARNOLD

(DECEASED).

or

INTIMATIONS

NOTICE.

DURING the Temporary Alisence from the

Colony of our Manging Director Bir. WEI WING SAM, M. BYDNEY NG Persons having Claims against the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all

stead, and in the event of Mr. QuiNN's lancer Estate of the above-named deceased, who died QUINN is hereby appointed to act in his from Office at any time. Mears, TSAN PAK at Canton on April 11th, 1933, are hereby the Undersigned an

before JULY 16th, WOON and JOSEPH CHARLES TAM AR required to send particulars of such Claims to

1093.

the Firm until further notice. after which Date the Arts will be distribu-authorized to Sign jointly Per Procuration for

Claims of which

THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL haring regard only

CO., LTD. Notice shall have then been given. AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN t all Per- sons indebted to the sail Estate are required to make Immoliate Payment, to the Undersigned.

W. A. ALEXANDER.

trd

Registrar.

H. B. M. Cornulate-Li-urral," Canton, 13th June, 1923,

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THE SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that N

TRANSFER the DEBENTURE. REGISTER of the shore. Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the dan JUNE, to SATURDAY, the 30th JUNE, 1923. both days inclusive, for the preparation of Debenture Interest Warrants.

Warrants will be payable at The HexxoNG CORPORATION BANKING AND SANRAL Shanghai.

By Order of the Board,

WALTER J. HAWKER. Secretary

7949 Hongkong, 13th June 1923.

HONGKONG REALTY AND TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE

1

that

esta forward their also the NOTICE IS HEREBY SING of the

Undersigned as soon as possible.

Pell

1. S. GREENHILI

Secretary. THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTART

& AGENCY U, Lin

8. S. CHINA."

PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF THE SUPREME

COURT DOTE Stu June, 1973,

TPUNE, U the Purchase of the TENDERS are invited up to the 2330 BAY above-nained Vessel with Engines and Boilers and vacions Auxiliary. Machinery on board.

Permits 17 view be obtained on application to the Undersigned

Tenders must be cempanied by a deposit of 500 relurgale sfter decision on the Tenders has been reached

» PARTICULARS.

Port of Register-San Francisco.

A single seres ster steamer of IH P. 4,000 fitted with internal Electric Lighting. Length overall between Perpendi

enlars

Breath

Depth A.......

Draft fully hulen

Gross Tonnage Nett

Cargo cuistic feel....

BUILT

497"

**Ford 24 aft

5.00 Tons

3,143 "

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Where:-Govan, Scotland When

By Whom-Pair-ls S. & E. Co.

Bunker Capacity

1387 TORM

Engines and Boilers made by Fairiell

S. & E. Un.

First Cabin secondation...149 Passengers Second Cabin accusamolation.. 40

Bank Steerage accommodation.

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There are on board one Motor Lifeboat, twenty two Lifeboats and large number of Life Preven and Lifebuoys.

The Ship is to im Sold with all Deck Stores, Begine Room Stores, Commissary Equipment Cutlery and Glassware, including Silverware, and all Cabin Fitting incling Electric Fan Mattresses, Pillows and Linen as they now are on board the vessel..

All Tenderers shall be deemed to have in- apected the Ship and the Purchaser will take the Ship her tackle apparel and furniture with all faults in the condition in which they lie at the time that the Contract for Sale is entered into.

Any error nis-statement or mix-de-cription of particulare shall not vitiate any sale made in parauance of way Tender revived hereunder or entitle the Paraka-or to compensation.

The Undersigned shall not be concernel to to the Registration of the Ship but will ut

Date Hongkong, 14th, Jase, 1913. [osi

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LTD.

HEREBY GIVEN that

Certicale No. 8773 for 20 Sharo numbered 77151 to 77200, 47201 to 42254, 10052 to 110076, 191988 to 129937, 85 to 84175: Certifiesto No Std for 20 Shares numbered 50501 to 50600, 37101 to 3720) Certificate No. 8775 for 51 Shares mumbered 89861 to 70000 all registered in the Name of Mr. LAM CHOR YIN have been LOST OF DESTROYED; and should these Certificate not be produced to the Company before the Tru bat of JULY, 1923, New Certificates for the said Shares will be issued and the Old Certi ficates will thereafter be held by the Company as Nall and Void.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers. Hongkong, ith June, 1993

HOTEL TO LET.

THE KOWLOON HOTEL.

HANKOW HOAD, KOWLOON.

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MINUTES WALK FROM THE STAR FERRYJ TEW and Unfurnished Up-to-date First

MEMBERS of the alore Company, paruaut to Section 66 (3) of the Compaizies Ordinance IDII. will be held at the RgGISTERED OFFICK of the Company, PoELL'S BUILDING, DOS Yaux Rand Central, Hongkong, on SATUR. DAY, the 30 Day ofJUNE. 1929, at 12 Noos. THE NOTICE DATED THE 121 JNE, 1993, IS HEREBY CANCELLED.

By Onler of the Board,

WALTER J. HAWKER

Acting Secretary, {961 Hongkong. 14th Jane, 1923.

HONGKONG SMALL INVESTORS' SHARE AND REAL ESTATE CO.

No. 8, Des Vinux Road. Telephone No. C. 4306,

BUYERS of HONGKONG CONSTRUCTIONS.

HONGKONG Realtics. HONGKONG TRAMWAYS. STAR FERRIES WATSONA.

YANGTSEE INSURANCES,

SELLERS of CHINA SUGARS.

Τ

COLONIAL DISPENSARIES, Fwol.

20 M. Y. SAN & COMPANIES, HUMPHREYS' ESTATES.

H. & S. BATH.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

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EKUndersigned have received instructions

to sell by Public Auction,

DB

"

MONDAY, the 16th JULY, 1923, commencing at 3.09P.M.,

at their Sales R. DEDDELL STREET!

ONE SET OF MINT MACHINERY. This lot comprises a complete set of Mint Machinery, capable of producing 1000.000 (ove hundred flunsand pieces 20-cent (twenty ceas) coins or 200,000 (two hundred thousand) pieces 16-cent (tan cent) coins per working day of 10

hours.

(Further particulars and inspection orders may bebtained from Maura. Gilsa&Co., Ltd, or the Indersigned.)

Terms: 90% of purchase money to be paid on fall of hammer. Balance to be paid within twe weeks of day of »nie..

LAMMERT BROTHERS.

Auctioneers.

PARTICULARS of

the cost of the Purchaser, execute a Bill of Sale | VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY

in his favour,

The Undersigned shall not be board to accept the highest or any Teader.

Tenders will be received at the Office of the Undersigned. Courts of Justice, Hongkong, up to Neon on the 23rd day of June, 1923

HUGH A NISBET,

Registrar. Hongkong, 15th day of June, 19 [905

NOTICE TO. CONSIGNEES. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COS STEAMER "MALWA."

Situate

No. 13, WING HING STREET, VICTORIA, HONGKONG,

To be Sold by Order of the Mortgages

Br

PUBLIC AUCTION. IN ONE LOT Or TUESDAY,

BT

The 17th Day of July, 1923, st 3 o'clock r.. Mrs. LAMMEËT BROTHERS AT TAKER OPTIOR, DODDELL STERET, THE Property consists of First ALL TTHAT ice or parcel of ground situate ab Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong and registered in the Land Oos as SECTION A of INLAND LOT No. 2168 together with thereon erections or buildings Arrived HosGLONG on 15th Juna, 1923.

the messunges se

Ving Hing Street and now known as No. 13, Wing FMANTWERP, LONDON, GIBRALTAR, Secondly ALL THAT

Inland

and Lot No. MARSEILLES, PORTSAID, ADEN,

of the said Section 4trip of land at therear

A. OL BOMBAY, COLUMBO & STRAITS.

being a scavenging lane. All of which pre- term of mians are held for the residue of the (ONBIONEES of Carge by the above-named 75

75 years from the 15th day of May, 1918, weasel are hereby informed that their goods created by the Crown Lease thereof together are being landed and placed AT THEIR RISK in the with the valuable machinery now situate in ur upon the mid premises ori at No. 1 Hongkong sad Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each Gordon Street.

Particulars and Conditions or sale may be Gungnment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and

delivery can be obtained as the Goods are obtained from

Messrs. HASTINGS & HASTINOB landed.

Solicitors, Optional Goods will be landed here unleas

8. Des Voeux Road Central, instractions have been given to the contrary

fand 6 hours before arrival of the Steamer.

Goods not aleared within 8 days, including

date of arrival will be subject to rent.

in

No Fire Insurance will be effected by na

whatever.

Dandaged packages must be left in the Godowce for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's surveyor, Meagra, & DovoLas at 10 am, on Mondays GODDARD

Thursdays. azd

All

diaims

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

No disis will be admitted after the goods kave left the Godown.

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO, Hongkong: 15th June, 1923.

2100

M LAMMERT BROTHERS

Auctioneers

PUBLISHED TODAY.

HONGKONG WEEKLY

PRESS.

CONTAINING ALL THE WEEKS LOCAL NEWS,

Agente.

[963

The Paper to send Home.

Class European Residential and Touris HOTEL, of Six Stories high with Extensie Roo Garden and Basement suitable for Garage.

More than 80 Large and Airy Rooms and ench Story is furnished with Sanitary Baths and 7 Water Closis,

One Large and Long Hali as Dining Room which can hold abt 150 Persona; On Smok- ing and Sitting Ronin: Billiard Room: One Private and One Public Bar in the First

Story

A fa-hiomble Electric Elevator, one Boiler: all Electric Lights. Fane. Bells and Fittings will be furnished.

The construction of this Hotel will be com. pleted at the end of this month, and same can Geleased on 5 or 10 years to carry on business from the beginning of July, 1923.

For Rent and L'articulars, Please apply -- TONG WA LAND INVESTMENT

AGENCY (o..

135, Queen's Road East,

MB. LAI HIN MAN.

efe ORIENTAL COMMERCIAL BASK, Leo.

(843

TO LET

OFFICES in UNION BUILDING Four

on Fifth Floor,

Apply

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.

WANTED.

MUSICIAN to trach Fifes, Engies and A brand every Saturday Evening and Sunday. Please state Qualification and Salary.

THE CANTON SEMINARY OF COMMERCE

HOXAM, CANTAN,

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. The Steamship "EGREMONT CASTLE.” FROM NEW YORK. ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed CONSIGNEES of Carge age handed of their risk into the Godoway of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd,

at Kowloon, whence, and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before 12th

nst.

No claims will be admitted after the Goods ave left the Godswas, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 13th inst, will be subject to rent:

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 28th inst., or they will not be recognized.

INTIMATION

DEWAR'S

'WHITE LABEL"

FINEST

SCOTCH WHISKY

OF GREAT AGE.

Awarded 30 Gold and, Prize Medals.

FROM

Messrs. JOHN DEWAR

& SONS, LTD.

PERTH. SCOTLAND.

By Royal Appolatment to

His Majesty the King.

SOLE AGENTS:

1823.

speech which must- have struck the Tenders are invited, by order of Court,. There had for the purchase of the steamship tikina render with amazemont, previously been some public reference'] which' formerly ran between San Fran fo"a Goverment scheme for the creation; eisen "nad Hongkong.

of a bungalow eity" in the suburbs

of the Colony as a montes enntributing

Dr. Sun Yat Sen has Feturned to

to the solving of the Housing Problem, atd | Canton from the fighting line in the Eist we had wondered what had become of it. River. The reason given for his returt We now

gather from the Hon. Mr. is, the startling developments at Peking FLATCHER'S sprech that the building and the necessity for a conference with

for these bungalows were the leading official, as Canton

These subject. The Conference

tinut-

On the

was held at

so high as to kill the sch met

nail, semi-detached bungalows which it. Getreal Headquarters on Thursday.

was proposed to erect along the railway line, were to be of the simplest owstruc

Fonts covered with tion, with wonden

foundations maltheid onling, and 4*

atel

mat

at

sneh

The broken track of the K.C. Railway hau been repairal with commendable

แม

The death occurred de Tursday ni ho of one of the Caluny's oldest residents,

except enough "to kp them standing promptitude and traits were running through again by a delock on Friday Wee they typhorus, against

The engine ad ane coach are. estimate, out the basis of an errorning, tor" the construction it for hundrel, ver the embankment and, owing to want of the messarg arvekig geit, it will nt them to work high. figure that the udh rental probably be two or three months before at which it would be possible to let the the engine can la raised. bungabeas was 8130 a month. The Go erment's adviser in the matter was therei ve, driven to the caulasion that cheap aveeramudation could only be Mrs. Adelaide María Baptists, of No. 79,

Caine Road. The drevnsed was 90 years. Labtained by building bie's of flats, The of age and was the widow of the late

$6.20. but f festinate is reported ax

the minima rental would be $130 Lamonth, the vort of the house would seem

to be 81820 rather than $8.200. is a staggering estate for such a small; and flimsy structure. Is their, anywhere else in the wide world where ungal ww so much 11 1541 li this ye No prest as even a Why should

TILON much

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vet

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It:

Mr. Lus Joao Baptista. "Her heni.h was quite good up to last Sunday when the fatal illness set in,

took The funera lace yesterday afternoon at Happy Valley. The deceased's nearest suring.

datis is Mr. A. J. Gutters

A shopkesper of 16h, Reclamation Street, erect was sitting behind his counter. at about

these finis true'ures at Kowloon shan elven d'enek on Thursday morning when it has cost erect sulantial little a customer came in tercollect some money This was paid, and he "stour bungalows on the island of Cheung owing to him chan, for xample: As it eause the went, returning shortly afterwards to ask builders at Chowugeban are outside the the shopkeeper to pay him a five-dollar H.ngkeng rings "af which a grod deal note for five on-dollar notes. The shop. hre bera heard of late pears in comme, kooper complied and opened his safe. As. tion with building costs in Hongkong? boid so he was struck of the back of the What is the present position as regards and with a heavy instrument. He cried the restrictive action on the supply of Gut for help and his assailant bolted Boos that explain these without, apparently, taking anything skilled labor!

extraordinary estimates?

And is net with him. Nothing has been further seen

the Governant's presut policy regard-of-the customer.

rather tending **rreonstructions ** ing

to maintain than reduce these costs? Much as

Referring to the seizure 15 Mauser

すい see the pistols and 26.000 rounds of namunition we should like

deniclition of slum property in Hang-on board the President Purce at Shang- the hai, the X.-C. Daily News says:-Mauzer kong. annet but -- that Government has been allowing far too pistols have been finding their way in much struction of tenençin pro-: large numbers to armed robbers for many

In

of Tumerous Clary porty to prevved while there has been in oths past,

A. S. WATSON & fores

CO... LTD.,

Wine and Spirit Merchants.

TELEPHONE No. C. 616.

MARRIAGE.

[35 the "Colony an ordin-tucs į trafficking in arms before the Courts, the designed, above all things, to stimulate weapons in question are of this make. the erection of more tenement accounzo. Their sling price on being landed is dation. For the palpable effect of all this astrally 100,"bat by the time they are has been to divert marketed among the desperadoes of the reconstruction from this urgent object a large proportion Settles at the price has usually advanced of the skilled labour-of which we are told to nhaùt $195. Only yesterday the arrest the trade ruins restrict the supply was, Peported of three Koreans and six a charge of trafficking is that not only has one of the main purposes Chinese on

LII ¡arms, while during this werk there was a of the ordinance been defeated to appreciable extent, hat it has likewise conviction if the Mixed Court in a case at where two Chilew were charged with sell helped to maintain building costs ridiculously high level. Extravagantly high ing a Mauser pistet for $185. In other TAYLOR-BRUOSIMALL-At Shanghai, an building eers teen a very high level of ports of the world vessels are frequently

Jan 8th. PETER TAYLOR, son of the lates W. F. S. anil Mes: TAYLOR. of rentals and this inevitably promotes fined in such instances, but we understand swarmeries." It is vain to hape for that under the Treaties, in Shanghai Shanghai and Glasgow, to KaTHEN ! LEVEN, youngest daughter of A. H. any improvement as regards overcrowd there can be no question of any penalty ing in Hongkong while buildings cost so being imposed on other vessels than and Mrs. Broom, of the China Inland Mission. Shanghai.

much to erect, and it is manifest that Chinese. The Customs only have the right" Hongkong Office: 10a. Des Voeux Rd., C. conditious in this respect, not only for to confiscate such cargoes,” London Office: 13, Fleet Street, E.C., the Chinese, but for the Portugiese und the low-salaried European are becoming This leads up to thei steadily wore, subjet of reservations and the COLONIAL!

ww EUROPEAN LADY'S AMAH FOUND SECITARY'S references to it, nod

MURDERED. must reserve these for discussion in an other article.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, June 16r, 1823.

THE HOUSING QUESTION.

T

SHOCKING DISCOVERY.

A shocking discovery was made at No. Railway Quarters, occupied by Mra. Lambert, at about half past seven on Thursday morning.. the Duchess 'Aosta

was found dead in She was lying. her bed by the cook. WHEN we read such a speech as that passenger on the 2.8. Malwa for Shanz- Chinese made in the legislative Council on Thurs. hal

H.ILH.

is

Woman,

The amah, an old

on her face, and round her neck a piece

All broken, ahafed and damaged Goods are day, by the Hon. Mr. POLLOCK, K.C.,' The P. & O. Muled brought out of cotton cloth was tied tightly, running

i

to be left in the Godewas, where they will bo' examined on the 18th inst, at 10 am, by who drew a picture of thousands of

No Fire Insurance has been effectel our Surveyors, Messrs. GonDanD & DOUGLAS. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

Agents

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tenants threatened with eviction from number of naval reliefs for Hongkong their homes and unable to find other and Shanghai, tements at rentals within, their means.

it stems

not

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little

from the mouth, where it neted as a gag,

and tied behind the cars.

There were

off, and a few pieces of clothing on the fcor turned over. Decensed was last seen

The Manila Observatory reported a no signs of struggle, but the fingers bora surprising that the Government should be co typhoon in about 133 deg. Long. E. 12deg. marks of rings which had been wrenched fidently contemplating bringing rout Lat, N., moving X.

A motorbus Company to be known as alive on the 13th inst. She had apparently restriction by legislation to an end in the Colony in another year. Presumably the the Chinn General Omnibus Co., Ltd., in been dead some hours before she was found. The police believe the case to b Government considers that the consider being Boated 'at Shanghái,

one of murder. STEAM FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG,able number of new domestic tenements

COLOMBO AND BOMBAY,

THE PENISULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

THROUGH BILLS OF LADING 183UED FOR EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN AND CONTINENTAL PORTS AND LONDON.

TEN

HE Steamship

JEYPORE"

built during the past two years and The rumours that the Canton Govern those to be built in the ensuing twelve mest is proposed to well certain Chines months or so.will have solved the shortage Mohamerlan morques is authoritatively

that relit restriction by denied. problem, so legislation will no longer be necessary,

MOTOR SHIP AGROUND. "WAH KUI" ASHORE ON THE WEST RIVER.

It is reported that the motorabip

The mail from London which arrived. und the operation of the economic law of supply and demand will serve to keep yesterday, the 15th inst., at 8 a.m., by the carrying His Majesty's Mails, will be despatched rents down to a level that can be recog- P. & 0. Halwa was "despatched from

A great London on the evening of the 17th May 'ah Kui has gone ashore in the Ba Nam from this port on MONDAY, the 18th nised as reasonable and fair.

returning from Kongmoon to Hongkong JUNE, taking Cargo for the above Porte.

Silk and Valuable Carge for Italy, France popular outcry against the lapsing of and thus reached the Colony in 28 days. Channel, West River, The Walt hai was and Londen (under arrangement) will be con- the ordionnce is plainly to be forescen

especially if it should immediately result Mrs. Fannon, of 15. Orient Build-and a large number of passengers on reyol by this

there the on-carrying

in a more or less general increase in ings, Queen's Roul, reports that during board, On the night before last sho Steamer for Marseiles and London.

Parcels will be received at the Office up to rentals for this old property, approximate Wednesday night, some person entered her encountered heavy seas and her rudder Noon on Monday Intl Juse. The contents ing to the new standard of rentals dictated house by the front door and stole a gold broke leaving her helpless; the vesel and value of all packages are required.

Some wrist watch valued at $20. two rings eventually grounding.

The Wah Kui is under the command of For further particular, apply 10-

by, present-day building ecsts. KACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,

information on this luster subject was valued at 820, two table covers valued at

Capt. Lase and is of 800 tons burthen, Agents. Hongkong, 11th June, 1928, [834 given by the COLONIAL SECRETARY in his, and two pairs of vases valued at 35.

and