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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, COTOBER 31st, 1933.

This Prospectus has been duly filed with the

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Registrar of Companies.

The Subscription List will be Open on WEDNESDAY, the 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1923, and Close on or before FRIDAY, the ZIED DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1923.

HONGKONG DEVELOPMENT BUILDING AND SAVINGS SOCIETY, LTD.

Incorporated under ine

Companies

Ordinances 1911-192

CAPITAL

$10.000.000

DIVIDED INTO 1,000,000 SHARES OF $10 EACHL

Of the above Shares 169,000 have already been subscribed for cash by the Directors and their friends. On these $1.00 per share will be paid on application and the balance when called up on the same basis as the remaining capital. Tho remaining 831,000 shares ranking equally with those already subscribed ars now offered for Public Subscription payable as to $1.00 per share on application." The Ebalance due on each share, viz., $9.00, will be called up as and when required by instalments of $1.00 per share at intervals of not less than three months, between each call.

Any of the shares no farel to the Public which may not be subscribed for will be allotted in such manner as the Directors shall determine.

DIRECTORS:

Dr. J. C. DALMAHOY ALLAN, Alexandra Building, Medical Practitioner,

C. EH. BEAVIS, Esq., 9, Queen's Road Central Victoria, Solicitor.

H. A. CARTWRIGHT, Esq., La., Chater Road, Victoria, Managing Director,

HONGKONG DAILY PRESB, IAD.

CHAN SAU FUNG, Eng, 11, Mai Fong Street, Victoria, Merchant, CHAU SIU KI, Esq., 8. Queen's Road West, Victoria, Merchant. FREDERICK ÉLLIS, Esq., 10, Ice House Street, Victoria, Stock Broker. HON. M. E., H. KOTEWALL, Alexandra Buildings, Victoria, Merchant. LEUNG YAN PO, Esq., St. George's Building, Victoria, Compradors, of

Messrs. Gran, Livingston & Co.

LI WING KWONG, Esq., 153, Queen's Road Central, Vittorin, Merchant, LI YAU TSUN, Esq., 75, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Merchant.

THE REVEREND FATHER L. ROBEET, PROCURE GENERALE DES MIssiona

ETHANGERES, Procureur Generál

WONG PAK SON, E14, 220, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Merchant.

BANKERS.

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

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AUDITORS.

MESSES. PEBOY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING, Accountania, No. 5 Queca's Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong.

SOLICITORS.

Masas. WILKINSON & GRIST,

No. 9, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong.

REGISTERED OFFICE OF THE COMPANY: No. 10, ICE HOUSE STREET, VICTORIA, HONGKONG.

PROSPECTUS.

(4.) This Company has been formed principally for the purpose of building, houses in the Colony of Hongkong with a view to meeting the great demand for hous ing accommodation which exists in the Colony at the present time. b.) In particular it is proposed to take advantage of the offer recently made by the Government for the grant of land for building purposes on the basis of the scheme explained by The Colonial Secretary as a Mosting of the Legislativa Council in June, 1923:

The Promoters are in a position to state that they have completed negotia tions for the acquisition from the Government of the plateau bolow "Jardine's Look out," which is expable of accommodating 150 to 200 semi-detached houses. The Promoters are also in treaty with the Government for numerous other sites in good localities.

The Promoters have already received about 2,000 applications from persoas desiring to obtain the assistance of this Company in building homes for the applicants?

The Promoters will also entertain, and, if thought advisable, take up any other scheme, or schemes which may be proposed by the Government for the acquisition of land for building and development.

(c.) The Company is also empowered by its Memorandum of Association to under- take business of all kinds connected with the development of building areas: (2) The minimum subscription on which the Directors may proceed to allotment is

100,000 shares

(6.) No commission or promotion money is being paid by the Company.

f) The Company will pay the preliminary expenses of and incident to the form

tion and floating of the Company down to the time when it becomes entitled to commence basiness, and the estimated amount thereof is $5,000.

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(6.) FREDERICK ELLIS will be the first Managing Director under a contract with the Company at a remuneration of 5 per cent of the net profits of the Company. (A.) The Articles of Association provide that the qualification of a Director is to be the holding of 500 shares in the Company and that the remuneration of each of the Directions is to be $1,000 per annum.

(1) None of the Directors or Promoters are interested in the promotion of the Company except to the extent of the abares taken by them in the Company. (J.) Copies of the Memorandom and Articles of Association of the Company can be inspected at the office of Meas. WILKINSON & GRr, Solicitors for the. Company, at any time during business hours.

(k) A copy of the Company's Memorandum of Association is annexed to this

Prospectus and forms part of it.

(1) Application for shares should be made upon the Form accompanying the Prospectus sad sent to the Company's Baukers together with a remittance of $1.01 per ahar, the amount of the deposit

Where no allotment is made the deposit will be returned in fall and where the number of shares allotted is less than the number applied for a pro portionate amount of the deposit will be returned.

Prospectuser can be inspected at and Forms of Application obtained from the. Company's Bankers, the HoxoxoNG AND BHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION and at and from the offices of the Company at No. 10, Los House Street, Victoria, Hongkong-

This Prospectus has been duly filed with the Registrar of Companies,

Dated the 20th day of October, 1923.

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NOTICE

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ́n

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NOTICE.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Mr.

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HONGKONG.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB

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WNERS of PONIES are Hereby Notised Once must be Named before being

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By Order,

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

NOTICE.

HARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT. IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that Sealed Triplicate which should, be TENDERS in Clearly Marked "TENDER FOR RAISING OR REMOVING THE WRECK - LOONG SANG" will be received at the HARBOUR DEPARTMENT at Noor of MONDAY, the

NOVEMBER, 1993.

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Tenderers are to raise or remove the wreck "LOOG SANG" as she now hes in Hongkong Harbour,

The Government does not bind itself to acompt the Lowest or any Tender.

C. W. BECKWITH,

Commander, B.N,

Harbour Master, &c. [1484 Hongkong, 26th October, 1923.

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG & CANTON ICE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE SECOND ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING & EBAREHOLDERS in

held at the above Company will be Company's Town Office, 2. LoweR ALBERT ROAD, Hongkong, on MONDAY, 51 DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1823, st Noos, for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to Slar JULY, 1993.

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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 29 OCTOBER to 6ги NOVEMBER, 1923, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board of Directors,

M. MANUK. Secretary,

[1448 Hongkong, 10th October, 1923

THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB,

THE held (weather permitting) st THE FIFTH GYMKHANA MEETING. HAPPY VALLEY OF SATURDAY, 1018, and MONDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER, 1923, com- mencing 2.45 P.M., Each Day.

The Charge for Admission to the Public Enclosure will be 31. Soldiers and Sailors in

uniform half priced that, thay must show

Members are their Badges

to obtain Admission to the Members Enclosure.

Each Member has the right of introducing Non-members to the Membere Enclosure, Tinkets for whom can be obtained from Marrs, Linstead & DAYIS at $6. each up to FRI DAY, NOVEMBER 97

The Stowards invite the Ladies of Hongkong

11488 to be present.

LOYAL ORANGE LODGE, No. 802.

"OLD their MONTHLY MEETINGS Hthe UNION CHERON HALL, Kennedy Road, the FIRST MONDAY in Each Month.

PRECEPTORY.

The Imperial Grand Black Chapter of the British Commonwealth No. 801 EASTERN STAR, hold their Meetings at the same Hall the SECOND MONDAY of Each Month.

Anyone interested should apply fat the

above Hall.

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which constituency he represented in FAR EASTERN. GABLE Parliament down to the time of his death

It occasioned no little surprise "when Mr. HONAB LAW, who had not heen HEAVY

very prominent figure in Parliament, was selected to succeed Mr. BALFOUR S Leader of the interezian Camsition in the House of 1911. His selection was really due to the inability of reconciling the tival thaims of Mr. WALTER Love (Con. servative) and Mr. AUSTES CHAMBERLAIN

Coalition

NEWS.

HROUGH” REUIKE'S AGENCY.J

KARTHQUAKE" SHOOK

MANIDAN

WORST SINCE 1906

MANILA October 30th

A heavy_earthquake sheek has been experienced here followed by shock in

BRANDY (Unionist). Mr. Law retained this the provinces to the northward of the city.

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No damage has been done here, details from the provinces have not been re ceived.

The tremor was the worst experienced here since 1908.

THE INSURANCE QUESTION" IN"

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leadership till 1915 when a Government was formed with Mr. LLOYD GEORGE Prime Minister, under whom Mr.Boyan Law loyally served in various capacities When in October last year the Conservative Party decided that the time had arrived when Coalition Govern ment should be bron ut to an end. Mr. BONAR LAW was again selected as their Tender. Mr LLOYD GEORGE'S Ministry thereupon resigned, and Mr. BONAR LAW was entrusted with the formation of a Conservative Ministry. The Party was triumphantly returned to power at the general election held in the following the Kanto dists, including Tokyo and month on a policy which can best be Yokohama, recently announced their will succinetly described në marking time.”

THE QUESTION OF PAYING 10~ PER CENT.

OSAKA, October 30th. The Japanese Insurance Companies in:

of policyholders outside the demainted" area are protected.

The strain of the war had evidently told to pay 10 per cent, on claims upon Mr. BoyAR LAW's constitution, and totalling approximately fifteen hundred hints of his failing health began to million yen in the devastated area, the appear in the Press in April. They were Government, assisting financially and vigorously denied, however, oven up to guaranteeing that existing concerns will the time of his departure ahroad for continue in business. Thus the interests period, of rest and recuperation, so that the announcement a week: Ur two later that his throat affection and the general state of his health necessitated his retire Underwriter the Kanshi districts, ment, came as a surprise to the general including Osaka and Kobe, met 'yester public. Mr. Bosan Law, however, still day, but did not reach an agreement. retained his seat in the House of Com

They are meeting again on November 1at mons, though he had not since taken anywhen it is believed they will agree to tako prominent part in Parliamentary affairs. He was not laid entirely: aside by ill health and there was no reason to sup pose that his days would be short, until the news came over the cables a day or two ago that he was ill with septie pneumonia.

the same course as the Kanto companies. JAPANESE SUBMARINE SINKS, AN-EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT, KURZ, October 29th. While Admiral Yoshikawa, Commander

While Mr. BoxAX LAW, was not a bril liant orator, he was a sound statesman of the Kure Naval Station, and his staff S. WATSON & and the business-like qualties he dis-were attending a memorial service în

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played in all circumstances and situations honour of the victims in submarine 70, won him the regard of political friend tubmarine 28 which was tied to a buoy and fee alike. No more generous started to sink headlong, but touched the Maok tribute could be paid to a political rival buoy, after which it precipitately than the glowing eulogy paid by Mr. by the stern within twenty minutes. It Lzoya Umane to Mr. BONAR LAW when ill-health had obliged him to relieve him now lying on the bottom in “right self of the responsibilities of office. His fathoms of water, with the wireless pole loss will be mourned throughout the and periscope showing above water. Empire, but his self-sacrifieing devotion to the Empire's interests in the gravest crisis in ber history must long be remen to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Benny, ahered with gratitude.

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BIRTHS.

BERRY-At Shanghai, on October 4th,

son..

JOSEPH-At Shanghai, on October 25th, to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. JOSEPH, daughter.

MARRIAGE. HANSIN-WAY.-At Tientsin, on October 20th, GORDON ERIKSEN HANSEN, Cap- tain 2/35th Coke's Rifles F.F., to WINIFRED, COCETENAY MARGARET third and youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. L WAY. Tientsin.

DEATH.

ACKMAN.At Wuhu, necidentally drown ed, on October 20th, THOMAS AIKMAN, A.P.C., only son of Mrs. G. AZEMAN, Greenock

Hongkong Office: 1, Chater Road. London Offion: 131, Fleet Street, EO.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, OCTOBER 31st, 1923.

The distinguished pianist Mary Ham bourg is to visit the East early in the coining year.

The crew, numbering over eighty and including the captain, were all saved by.

a 'submarine which was nearby.

The cause of the disaster is believed to be the flooding of a water tank. 16 is expected that the submarine will be refloated without difficulty,

RELEASED.

The passengers who departed for Sini-MISS DARROCH AND MISS SHARP Hon on the MM. mail steamer Angers included Captain Neville, A.D.C.. to H.E. the Governor.

SHANGHAI, October 30th. The China Inland Mission states that

The following telegram has been re- Misses Darroch and Sharp bave been re- ceived from His Britannic Majesty's Con- leased. sul at Amoy:" Quarantine imposed on account of arrivals from Hongkong on small-poz."

"There will be a Musicale at the Helena May Institute at 5.30 p.m. to-morrow, November 1st, for members and their friends Tickets, 50 cents each, may be obtained from the Secretary.

A Chinese stowaway on the French 1.mail liner, Angers, was yesterday seat to THE DEATH OF MR. BONAR prison by Mr. J. R. Wood, for one month The man was found amongst the Chinese arrival of the vessel from passengers on Shanghai.

LAW.

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GOLF BALLS. WHERE LOST BALLS GO. A Chinese detective, stopped two Ch Dese in Wong Net Cheong Gap Road in Monday and in a basket which they were carrying found a fin containing 21 galt balle. At the Magistracy, one of the who claimed possession of the balls, nas charged before Mr. JR. Wood, with etcaling the balls said to be the property of Mr. J. W. Franks, Superintendent o Victoria Gnal

The Chinese detective said the defn- dant told him he had come from Dep Water Bay Golf Course.

THROUGHOUT the Empire the news of the death of Mr. BoNAR LAW will be received

Asked if he had anything to say the with keen regret. Though he was 85.

Two Chinese butchers were sent to the defendant said the other man had nothing years of age it may be said of him that Government Civil Hospital on Monday whatever to do with the ballsey the strain of his official duties in the suffering from wounds received in were found on me and it is my busines

Mr. J. W. Franks, giving evidence, aid he knew the defendant as seaddat Deep Water Bay Golf Course but he was not his caddy

SMALL POX EPIDEMIC.

71 DEATHS LAST WEEK. The weekly return of the Medical

Asked by his Worship if he could iden tify the golf balls as his, Mr. Franta said be could not claim them as his. A

The Magistrate (to Inspector Arin)s- Why was the charge broughtie Inspector Aris: Mr. Franks is I under stand, in charge of the links at Deen, Water Bay

Great War has brought about his pre-fracas amongst a number of butchers at mature deccase. By birth be was Wai Fung Street. Three men have sinut Scotch-Canadian. He was born in been detained by the police in connec- Canada, and received his later education with the affair. tion in Glasgow, where in course of time NEELEET MANDE, No. 87, Matar of the arm of William Kidston & Sons, TEXT April, for about Six Months, he became an iron merchant, a member KELLETT The House will be for Sale in 1925. and also of William Jacks & Co., and

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one time Chairman of the Glasgow Iron. Trades Association. Mr. BaxAR LAW was elected to Parliament in 1900 as a Offerol-Health, issued yesterday, thows Unionist Member for the Blackfriars that during fast week 60 cases of small- Division of Glasgow, and from 1992 to pox were notified in the Victoria regis W OFFICE ROOMS les Rigs of 1905 was Parliamentary. Secretary to the tration distrist, and 10 im Old For Board of Trade. From 1006 to 1910. Het Kowloon, making a total of so. All but four were Chinese cases, the exceptions sat in Parliament as the representativo of the Dulwich Division of Camberwellbeing I Peruvian, 1 Belgian, 1 Spanish ed to go. I am inclined to think they are In 1910 he contested Manchester N.W.01 British. During the week 71 deaths

from small-pax occurred.

Mr. Franks said that according to the In the but failed to secure election."

The return for the 24 hours ended on rules of the Clab to caddies were ex- following year he was elected for the Monday contained 14 new cases, all pected to return all golf balls they found

to the Club House, Chinese.

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golf balls

Mr Fanks: I am the conner of the Course, but 1 am not in charge of the The Magistrate: Do you want to pro- secute this boy I think, I there is any possibility, ho should be prosecuted.

know,

Then who was the balls-I don't The Magistrate: Then de must be allow

his property if he fund them on the course, the five th

FFICES in UNION BUILDING"One Bootle Division of Lancashire which he good response is being made by Chi- The Magistrate, without discussing the

represented till 1918, when he was re nese and Europeans alike to be appeal turned to Parliament as the representa which is being raads to the people to get tive of the Central Division of Glasgow, | viccinated.

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY

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matter further discharged the youth, but no order was myde in Court as to the disposal of the golf balls,