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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WIDNESDAY, NOVEMBER. 21st, 1923.

SUBSCRIPTION LIST NOW

OPEN

The Subscription List Opened on the 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1929, and will Close on or before FRIDAY, the 23xD DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1923.

...

HONGKONG DEVELOPMENT BUILDING AND SAVINGS SOCIETY. LTD.

Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances 1911-1921.

CAPITAL

$10.000.000

DIVIDED INTO 1,000.000 SHARES OF $10 EACH.

Of the shore Shares 169,000 hars already been subscribed for cash by the Directors and their friends. Oa the $1.00 per share will be paid on application and the balance when called up on the same basis as the remaining capital The remaining 831,000 shares ranking equally with those already subscribed are now offered for Public Subscription payable as to $100 per share on application. The balance 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 now offered to the Public which may not be subscribed for will be allotted in such manner as the Directors shall determine.

DIRECTORS:

Da J. C. DALMAHOY ALLAN, Alexandra Building, Medical Practitioner. C. E. EL BEAVIS, Esq., 9, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Solicitor.

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

HONGKONG DAILY PRESA, LTD.

CHAN SAU PUNG, Esq., 11, Mai Fong Street, Victoria, Merchant.

·‹CHAU SIU KI, Esq., 8, Queen's Road West, Victoria, Merchant. FREDERICK ELLIS, Esq., 10, Ice House Street, Victoria, Stock Braker. Hor. Mx & E. KOTEWALL, Alexandra Buildings, Victoria, Merchant, LEUNG YAN PO, Esq., St. George's Building, Victoring Compradors, of

Messrs, Gins, LIVINGSTON & CO..

LI WING KWONG, Esq., 153, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Merchant. LI YAUTSUN, Esq., 75, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Merchant. "The Revieand FATHER L ROBERT, PROCURE GENERALE DES MISSIONE

ETRANGERES, Procureur General

SWONG-PAK SON, Etq, 220, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Merchant.

BANKERS

THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

AUDITORS.

MES. PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING, Accountasin, No. 5, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Hongkong.

SOLICITORS.

Mess28. WILKINSON & GRIST,

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

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

PROSPECTUS.

(a.) This Company has been formed principally for the purpose of building bouses 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. (6.) 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 at a Meeting of the Legislative Council in June, 1923.

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The Promoters are is a position to state that they have completed negotia tions for the acquisition from the Government of the plateau below "Jardine's Look-out," which is capable of accommodating 160 to 200 sumi-detached borsen. 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 persons desiring to obtain the assistance of this Company in building homes for the *pplicanta.

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,

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

100,000 shares..

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(6.) No commission or promotion money is being paid by the Company. (.) The Company will pay the preliminary expenses of and incident to the forma tion and Boating of the Company down to the time when it becomes entitled to commence business, and the estimated amount thereof is $5,000

(9.) FREDERICK ELLs 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. (4.) 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 Directors is to be $1,000 per apatm.

(2) None of the Directors or Promoters are interested in the promotion of the Company except to the extent of the shares taken by them in the Company (3) Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company can be inspected at the office of Messrs. WILKINSON & GEIT, Solicitors for the Company, at any time during business hours.

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

Prospectus and forms part of its

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(L) Application for shares should be made upon the Form accompanying the Prospectus and sent to the Company's Baukers together with a remittance of $1.00 per share, the amount of the deposit,,

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

Prospectuses can be inspected at and Forms of Application obtained from the Company's Bankers, the Homeros0 AND SHANGRAL BANKING CORPORATION un at and from the offices of the Company at No. 10, Lee Hopsa Street, Victoria Hongkong.

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

[166. Dated the 20th day of October, 1923.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF

PRO OLUB.

THE ST ANDREWS

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veru ST GEORGE'S WATCH will be played on

the 9TH DECEMBRA, 1981,

INTIMATION

To Connoisseurs -

PERCY SMITH, JETH & FLEMING, WATSON'S

Secretaries and Treasurera

NOTICE.

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MESSES. SPARKLETS, LIMITED, of

EDMONTON, LONDON, Manu- facturers of Syphon, Bulbs, Highly Concentrat ed Syrup, Sparkloids, ste, HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that they have appointed Masses. MUSTARD &CO., 22, Museum Road, Shang- hal, as their Sole Agents for China and Hong kang. All Enquirica respecting their Prxincts for the Territory abould be addressed to. their Agents, Stocks being carried by them st the Principal Centre

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facturers of Mea's and Women's Wear and Rayers of Textile Goods, knowledge of Drapery The Essential Every Support given to Right Man. Refs, and full particulars to LSH at HORNCASTLE', '60, Üksatside, Lesbos,

•B.C. 2, ENGLAND.

HONGKONG WOMEN'S GUILD

and

MINISTERING CHILDREN'S LEAGUE,

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AND

SALE OF WORK.

In aid of LOCAL CHARITIES and other CHILDREN'S FUNDS

To be held in the Grounds of GOVERNMENT HOUSE

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, at 9 p.

PUBLIO AUCTION,

FINEST

OLD BROWN

BRANDY

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PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of

by Public Auction to hell on MONDAY, the 26th day of November, 19, at 3 pm, at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of Hu EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of one Lot of CROWN LAND at Shamshuipo in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of 76 ускл commencing from the 1st July, 1898, with the option of renewal at . Crown Kent to be fixed by the Sargsyor of His MAJESTY TES Ko, for one further term of 24 years leas | Hongkong Office: 14, Chater Road. three days.

London Ofilos: 131, Fleet Street, EC.

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

WE have THIS DAY REMOVED our Offers to No. 4, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL. THE BANK of Chis BruniG (Third Floor).

CARLOWITZ" & CO. Phone No. Central 873... P. O. Box No. 93. Hongkong, 19th November, 1923. [1536

Phone 618.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, NOTEKKEN 21st, 1923.

HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT

SCHEMES.

DISCUSSION

AT THE SANITARY V BOARD MEETING.

for ocean vessels are nexxied¬åt Kiwili, THE SMALL POX EPIDEMIC but opinion is divergent on the necessity for starting an extensive schemow such.as the Hunghom ouo, at the present time.” From Mr. FirTCHER'S statement it. will † » TRYING TO COPE WITH THE WHOLEA

OF SOUTH CHINA VAL

An important discussion on the small- pox epidemie took place at the fortnightly meeting of the Sanitary Board, yester day, and some very illuminating byres were placed before the Board by the n Medical Officer of Health, Dr. W. W.

Sayer) and there were also present: The Director of Public Works (the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy). De.. W. V. M. Koch Dr. Ozorio, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin and the the Board (Mr. J. AL Secretary to Fraser).

The MEDICAL OFFICER OF "HEALTH' saith, that the total muuber of cases, of small-

be seen that the Government had already considered the idea of improving, the facilities at West Point, but had been advised by the Harbour Engineer that the cost of developing that district with wharves and transit godowns would be prohibitive. The Government View more favourably development at North Bams, where the inad, being undeveloped thero Pearse. The meeting was presided, overal is every opportunity of opening it up by the Chairman of the Board, 4Mr. G... properly for whart and godown purposes." At the moment the Government are pro. posing to go forward with a scheme at Kennedy Town almost at once." It is the Government's desire, Mr FLETCHER said, "to expand West Point, and Mr. SUTHERLAND EXProssed the copinion that this scheme would meet the requirements

pex notised during the s

seven weeks end of the West Point district. We prestime this schome, is based upon the report Siring the Lith of November had been 353 PAUL CENTER suggested.", nearly three with: 290 deaths. This made a case years ago, to the Economic Resources mortality of $18 per cent. During the fourteen days cilding the 17th of, this Commission. The scheme.according to

month there were 175 cases of small-pox the plan then prepared,', involves the reported, with His deaths, giving a caso reclamation of 800,000 square feet of land, mortality of 99 per cent. During the last giving an approximate area in marine fortnight ending the 17th inst., there wera in the first week 88 cases with 40 deaths. lots, having a fairly deep water frontage and in the second week 90 cases with 100

deaths. The case mortality was therefore. still very high, but that was not to be wondered at considering that they were dealing with small-pos largely in an un- vaccinated community-although during the last seven years some 300,000 people have been vaccinated as the result of campaigns organised by the Board. The changing population of Hongkong was so grent that these efforts were not felt for any length of time, considering the enor mous number of people they were trying to cope with The quickly changing population of the Colony meant, that they were trying to vaccinate, the whole of the population of South China in the Culany of Hongkong Districts

of 353,000 square feet..

Two suggestions were placed before the Committee aiming at the greater security of ships in typhoon weather. One was for the construction of a large, wat dock Shipping men willie be interested in the objections that were offered to the proposal. We do not ourselves ace how any wet dock that could he provided in the harbour, klaccommodate third of the shipping normallyistic port. Of course, a wet dock such as that suggested could note possibly hon regarded as an adequate “nubstitute, for the Hunghom Bay scheme. If security-in bad weather is principally aimed at the strengthening District. For example, in. Ostaler

which 39

the epidemic in the Western districts, particularly in No. 9 Health

WIL worst were

In

of moorings in the harbour would appear there were 105 cases with 10 deaths to be the more immediately practicable in Health Districts 8, 9 and 10.

November so far up to Saturday last, proposal and the least costly. The ex- 109 cases were notified and of these 118 perience of several ships in the harbour, cases came from these three districts. wolf int not to the same extent, and it especially in Kowloon Bay, in the typhoon There was, snail-pox in other districts as of August, 18th, last,, proved the "need of was in the Western districts that they this. If steamers are provided with were concentrating their campaign. It wenk or defective, chains, that is their was there that they had placed the larger proportion of the vaccinators. At the awn responsibility and not that of the same time they had not neglected the Harbour Authority. The whole report, other listricts and they were putting up. including the very interesting references barrage between the districts where the epidemic was worse than the others. to the ferry services, juakes very interest There were, for example, in No. 8 Health ing reading, and if the publicity given to District 57 cases, whilst in No. 7 district the discussion leads to, further, comment there were only four cases notified. In No da and a districts there were 24 and practical suggestion we are sure it cases. The returns for other districts

were as follows

would be welcomed at this stage alike by the Chamber of Commerce Committee and the Government,,

Shanghai is stated to he suffering from an epidemic of, armed robbers

Health District, No. 3.

++

No. 4.

No. 3.

Health Distriata Nos..

1, 2, 14 and 20

5 unser

RECOGNISING our harbour to be the Colony's "greatest asset," any schemes which aim at improvements in the harbour with a view to meeting existing needs and the growing demands of n future. St. George" in announced for Derem-vent it from spreading to other districts,

The annual, golf, match St. Andrew's

These figures, the Medical:Qcer went on to say, showed that the small-pox was inclined to remain in Health Districts Nos, 8, 9 and 10 and they hoped to pre

especially the very much overcrowded. districts of Nos, 4, 5 and 1.

pregnant with great possibilities of trade ber 9th..." and shipping developments must have a great interest for all who dwell in the Colony. The very interesting nature of 22nd, at 5:30 p.: Tickets, to be obtained of people vaccinated: De.. Pearse said that.

the discussions on the subject which have recently taken place by committees of the Chamber of Commerce, who had at one of their meetings the advantage of hear

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF ing from Mr. FLETCHER, C.M.G., a state

CANTON, LTD.

NOTICE.

a Tea-Dance at the There will be Heleda May Institute on Thursday, Nov. from the Secretary, #1 cach-ADT7;;-,-

"VACCINATION, STATISTICS.

Dealing with the figures of the number 110,000 people had been vaccinated sinc On Monday, a coolie fell from the the commcncauent of the campaign, but second floor of No. 490, Queen's Road the numbers they were vaccinating daily West, which is being demolished. He were still under 3,000 in Hongkong and 1,000 in Kowloon. They had opened nuin- was severely injured and was taken to hers of stations manned by expert vnes cinators and if only the people would the Government Civil Hospital.

take the trouble of coming forward they would be able to vaccinate many

ment of the Government's views and

The recent rise in exchange is explain- intentions in regard to several aspects by the following paragraph in a Shang

Dr. Praner concluded his remarks by of the subject, is amplo excuse for the hai contemporary: Uneasiness is expezi-

enced on the exchange market because stating that in addition to the voluntary THE Undereigned RESUMES CHARGE length of the report of the proceedings we of the action of Chinese banks in ship-organisations, chose assistance they had

From THIS DATE.

pablish to-day. Most of our readers are ping silver away from Shanghai...... already, nuknowledged, they had now to

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By Order of the Board,

D. MONTAGUIC EDE,

General Manager. Hongkong, 19th November, 1991,

BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE, CO., LTD.

NOTICE.

familiar with the browl Contline of theThe following telegram dated 19th acknowledge the help of the Boy Scouts! scheme which the Consulting Engineer November has been received by the advised should be undertaken. Keeping in view the object of providing a scheme, connected with the railway, which would afford at an early date a certain amount of herthage for large vessels and junks.

THE Undersigned. RESUMES CHARGE on thithe trade of the port required,

from THIS DATE.

By Order of the Board,

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

General Manager. Hongkong, 19th November, 1993, [1588 THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.

the Consulting Engineer advised the construction in the bight of Hungbom of a large reclamation of about forty cight acrca, from which a series of aix jetties would project in a southerly direction. For the first instalment about seven nures of reclamation anil the con- straction of two jettica is proposed, the THE Undanigned. RESUMES CHARGE estimated cost of this first instalment

from THIS DATE.

By Order of the Dour T

NOTICE.

C. MONTAGUE EDE, Soon General Manager. Hongkong, 18th November, 1923. (1587

NOTICE

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.

Organisation. Ho added that all the voluntary organisations were working Government from His Britannic Majesty's under their own officers who we natur- Consul-General, Shanghai Quarantially subject to such supervision of the posed a arrivals from Hongkong and Department which was organising the Caston 17th November on account of vaccination campaign. They were quite smallpox.",

An armed robbery was committed on Monday in the servant, quarter the place known as Teing Lee in the grounds of the French Mission property at Pakfoolum Masked men, armed with short knives, stalo (it is stated) articles of clothing, a gold ring and $491.

prepared under these conditions, to allow the scheme to draw whatever stoves such these voluntary organisations, working in as lint, cotton-wool, spirits, ets, which might be necessary from Department

Un Kocr asked if the Medical Officer of Health could into how, wing of the casra, notified had been imported and how many had developed in the Colony,

The MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH nail A Chinese stoker employed on the s.8. Oudekerk was seen to leave the cook very difficult to state. It was house of the ship with a pair of blue really imposible to give any satisfactory figures When he had reason to think duagaree trousers over his arm that a case was imported he marked it being searched six boxes of ammation as such and in this connection he had were found camouflaged by the trousers, been able to put down enses which e a pistol was concealed in the trousers were clearly imported ones, which the defendant was wearing. The case was adjourned.

being £1,200,000. This estimate does not

Dr, OZORIO asked if it had been noticed if there were any cases of squall-per vinulule cost of warehouses, railways,

function of great interest took place amongst those people, rently vaccinat crave equipment and other necessary ad.

aboard H.MS. Harkinnat Shangbai Jast juncts. The scheme is one, which to all

week when on behalf of the United Sur The MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH said. intents and purposes bail been already vice Golf Club Clate the Weihaiwei Golf that he was unable to give any ratin worked out by Mr. Jons Duscas, the Club) Admiral Leveson presented to the factory figures, bat he knew that there Government's own Harbour Engineer, Shanghai and Hanging Golf Clubs & cup had been a few cases of people who bail for competition. The trophy is a tribute been recently snccinated, but in tho The Chamber of Commerce Shipping to the hospitality these clubs have a majority of these rases small-pox had ERTIFICATE NO. A/120 for Nine Sub-Committee has not yet been able to corded to naval officers during their ser- occurred when the person had been

Shares, Nos. 99948/38958 standing in the

vice on the Chion Station, Mi. RG vaccinated only two or three days befor Society's Register in the Name of KWONG express a decided opinion on the scheme. MacDonald, Captain of the Shanghai Golf that person took sick SING LUNG of Yokohama has been declared As Mr. EDKINS put it: "So far as their Club, and Dr. J. Marshall President Dr. Kocu asked if it would not Lo LOST or STOLEN, and if at the expiration of One Month from the Date hereof the above deliberations have taken them, the Ship of the lungiao Club, attended aboard possible to call for a return from the in a giving Information: as to the number of Dill be deemed. Cancalleil, and of No Effect her extended at West Point, whore contation was made by the Admiralo be proble vaccinated, the p Document be not forthcoming the Same ping Sub-Committee favours facilities the lurking to receive it, and the pre-Medical Practitioners of the Colony and NEW-CERTIFICATE for the id Shares will be issued by the Society.

PAUL LAUDER, Acting General Manager. Hoogkong, 12th November, 1923

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the pist pressing demand exists, and competed for twice yearly by the two The Changreed with the sugges clubs, and already as the result of the tion and said that he would very much considers that development at North. Brat contest the Shanghai Golf Club have like to see that carried out.

(Continued on page 7.) Point can wait on this: Greater facilities become holders of it;