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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

PUBLIC AUCTION.

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES

PARTICULARS OF SALE

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INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9TE, 1921.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB,

RACE MELTING 1924.

FEBRUARY 20TH, 21st, 22nd and 23RD.

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VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY MEMBERS have the privilege of in-

troducing

Two Noz-member to the Members Enclosura.

SITUATE AT VICTORIA IN THE COLONT OF

HONGKONG AND KNOWN AS No. 18, ICE HOUSE STREET AND No. & DUDDELL STREET

To 1 SOLD.XY PUBLIC AUCTION

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MONDAY.

Tax 18TH DAY or FEBRUARY, 1924,

AT 3 O'CLOCK P

by

Mer, LAMMERT BROS., Auctioneers, At their Sales Room in Daddell Street..

" PARTICULARS:

NEBLAND LOT No. 339. There is

in situsta upon SECTION D OF Frontage of 91 feet 1 inches on Ice House Street and 90 fast3 inches on Daddell Street The Premises covat, am suren of 3,500 square feet or thereabouts and are held for a term of 990 from the 11th day of May, 1849. The Crown Rent payable in respect of the premises is $80 per annum.

For further Particulars and Conditions of Sale, apply to

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Alesers, HASTINGS, DENNYS

BOWLEY, Solicitore

8. DES VOUX ROAD CENTRAL

or to

Me, LAKMERT BROTHERS,

Auctioneers,

DUDDELL STREET.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STRAH NAVIGATION CO.'S STEAMER

"MALDERA”

A BONALons on its FREJARY, 1994:

FROM ANTWERP, LONDON GIBRALTAR. MARSEILLES, PURTSAID, ADEN,

BOMBAY, COLOMBO

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AND STRAITS.

CONSIGNEES of Cargo by the above

named vossel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed AT THEE In in the Hongkong as Kowloon Wharf and "Godowy Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where cash consigament will be sorted ent mark by mark and delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed.

Optional goode will be landed here unless instructions have been given to the contrary six hears before arrival of the steamer.

A Limited Number of Tickets are available and may be obtained from Messrs. LINSTEAD A Davis, Alexandra Buildings, sa or before TUESDAY, the 18th FEBRUARY $10 Per Day or $30 for the Mesting,

LINSTEAD & DAVIS,

Treasurers.

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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB

Price

RACE MEETING 1924.

FEBRUARY 20TH, 21st, 22ND and 33KD.

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INTIMATIONS

HONGKONG TRAMWAYS, LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

REGISTER OF MEMBERS of the BONGKONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED, will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, 14TE FEBRUARY, to WEDNESDAY, 17tx FEB- EUARY, 1994, both Days inclusive.

W. E. ROBERTS, Searetary Hongkong, 7th February, 1884. ~[310

NOTION.

ONE 6, 16: 67750 malusive, in

to

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

NE Certificate No. 7741 for One Hundred

this Company, standing in the Name of Mr. GEORGE HOWARD MAY (deceased) has heen LOST, and if at the Expirshon of Que Month from the Date hereof the above Certi. fcate be not forthcoming, another Certificate for the said Sharos will be issued by the Com- pany, and thereafter no other will b

【EMBERS' Badges of Admission we Now

Members, who have not already received them, from Mears. LINSTEAD & DAYIZ, Alcxandra Buildings. Members are Notified that they cannot gain Admission on production of the Metal Badges issued last year.

C. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

MEMBERS Badges of Admision are use sekoowledged.

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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB..

RACE MEETING,1924. FEBRUARY 20TB, Sler, påko and 23RD.

TUCKETS of Admission to the Public Enclosure may be obtained from Messrs. KELLY & WALAR or at the Gate. Price-$3. Per Day.

Soldiers and Sailors in Doiform-31 Per Day. No one Admitted without » Ticket to be shown to the Ticket Inspector at the Gate.

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 3211

*Treasurers.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. Hongkong, and January, 1924. (236

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

Certificate 3/NS

NS 7014 dated Hongkong 18th May, 1981, for 10Shares numbered 84249/ and Certificate Provisional No. 81958 inclusive and 57/799 dated Hongkong 20th of February 1822 Yor

for 3 Shares of this Bank numbered claire, both registered in the ESTHER FANNY SELBY have bean Destroyed by Fire, and should these Corti- Sicates not be produced to the Bank before the 2320 FEBRUARY. 1924, New Certificates for the Shares will be issued, and the aforesaid Certificates No. 5/NS 7044 and Provisional No. 67/729 will be thereafter treated by this Corporation as Null and Void.

"By Order of the Court of Directors,

A.. G. STEPHEN,

Chief Manager. ́CONTRACTORS' PLANT.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Joncerts Causeway Contracts, the Cou-

ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this COR

held at the Gray HALL will

PORATION

Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 23RD FEB- RUARY, 1924, at 1180

AX. for the purpose

of receiving the Report of the Court of Dir ectors together with a Statement of Accounts for the Year ending

31st December, 1923. The Register of Shares of the Corporation will be closed frem Saturday 23rd inclusive)

M Completion of Prai Whares and tractors, TOPHAM, JONES & RAILTON, LTD., of London, bare a Large Quantity of LAND AND MARINE PLANT FOR IMMEDIATE DISPOSAL.

INTIMATION

PORTS

AND

SHERRIES.

For many years we have enjoyed a reputation for Parts

and Sherries second to none.

We invite connoisseurs to

give our "D" & "E" brands

"of both a trial. We do not

ask them to buy blindly hut

to visit our extensive Winc

Vaults and taste these choice

wines before buying.

OBITUARY.

MRS T. PETRIE.

We regret to have to record the death of Mrs. Petrie, wife of Mr. T. Petrie, who, has just retired from the Editorship of the South China Morning Pöst, and

safely and far more profitably employed in the trade and jadustries of the main- land than much of it is to-day in Hong- kong. It must have been something in the nature of a revelation to many people to read that the Crown revenue from land sales during the past three years far exceeded the revenue from this source had arranged to leave for England with for the whole of the previnas twenty Mrs. Petrie at the end of the present years. The iovernment auhinitted to the month. The late Mrs. Potrie, who was a Arbitrator that when the demand of the native of Bradford, Yorkshire, bad resided in the East for more than forty years. present boom is satisfied, there is no ground for supposing that receipts from She formerly lived at Tientsin, her first and sales during the following twenty husband being Secretary of the Taku Tog years will be appreciably greater than the and Lighter Company. After his death receipts during the years 1901-1920. The she, went to live at Yokohama and mar total for the whole of that period was ried Mr. Petrie about twenty years ago.

The late Mrs. Petrie had been in rather only 83,300,000, compared with $7,000,000 for 1921, 1999 and nine months of 1923, indifferent health for some time past, Having in view the large areas already and Inst year although she had recently under development, and the extensive returned from Home with Mr. Petrie it areas which are pledged for development was deained advisable that she should under the forty years' lease scheme, the spend the summer in Canada. On her Government's submission must he re- return she kept fairly well until about garded as ap eminently reasonable one.

three weeks ago when she became seri Yet, a shareholder at the meeting of the ously ill of pneumonia and passed away. Green Island Cement Company, reported early yesterday morning. It is scarcely in our yesterday's issue, said he could necessary" to ndd that the deepest sym- picture in his mind's eye within the pathy is felt in the Colony for the present generation, Hongkong not only hereaved husband. as a commercial port, but Hongkong like Shanghai, all the way, from Woosung. along the banks of the Whangpoo, a flourishing industrial centre, with the border line of our territorial waters on the mainland fauked by such buildings and chimney stacks that will make Hongkong a big industrial as well as a commercial port of which we may all be proud." We should be; but it is a fight of the imagination which we have regret fully to say we are unable to reach at the present time. That this Colony will continue to grow as a commercial centre as China,develops we are convinced, but we see no sufficient evidence to justify the belief that Hongkong will, within the

THE FUNERAL.

The funeral took place yesterday after- noon at the Protestant Cemetery. Happy (Minister of the Union Church. Hong- Valley. The Rev. J. Kirk Masonnchie

kang) conducted the burial service and the remains were laid to rest in the old residents' section of the Cemetery. There was a large attendance at the graveside, inchiding the European staffs of the four Hongkong English daily newspapers, and many personal friends.

The LAND PLANT includes Air Com-A S. WATSON &ifetime of the present generation, rival Press": Editorial Staff.

pressors, Boilers, Cranes (Travelling Derrick, Goliath and Titan, up to 15 tons hift), Concreto

Grab

1824 (both days drets, Locomotivea, Pumpa..!

Goods not cleared within 8 days; including acca can 11th February to Mixers, Rock Drilling Machines, Fortable En-

data of arrival will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurands will be affected by us to

Can whatever.

Any M

Damaged packages must be left is the Godowns for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's Burveyors, Mesars, GODDARD Donai, st 10 LK. on Mondays and Thursday

“All Chiême must be presented within ten days of the Etekmer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognized.

the

daring

period no transfer of

AND NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of SOLDERS of the HONGKONG and SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION will be held on the day and at the place aforesaid

Baila Bubble Skips, Shop Ma

Wagons, etc. The PLANT consists of Ocean- Sol Launches, Steel Hopper Barges and Smaller Tags, Steam and Petrol Lighters, Wooden Pontoons, Grab Cranes on Steel Pentoons, etc.

Enquiries are invited, and should be ad- mediatory "pon the termination of the

Yearly considering and if thought ft of passing the

Meeting for the

dressed to purpose of

TOPEAM. JONES & RAILTON, LTD, following

Post Office Box 68. resolation viz.

Singapore, 8.8.

That the Directors of the HONGKOne and SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION be and are bereby requested and authorised and behalf

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of the Shareholders of the Corporation to take the steps necessary for the introduction of an Ordinance into the Legisla

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they

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No Claims will be admitted after the floods have left the Godown.

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & 00.,

Agents.

Hongkong, 8th February, 1924.

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THE RAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.,

COPENHAGEN,

EE Steamship

"KINA".

having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are

hereby informed that all Goods are being landed and placed at their risk into the bazades and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, whence delivery can be obtained a soon as the goodi ara landed.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godawas, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 15th of Tebruary, 1924, will be subject to rent.

All broken, chafed and

damaged Goods ars to be left in the Godown, where they will be

be examined by Mears. Goddard &. Douglas on the 15th February, 1934, at 10a.m. All Claims against the vessel must be presented to the Undersigned before the 18th of February, 1984, or they will not be recognized

No Fire Ingaranice will be effected. Billa Leding will be countersigned by JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD.,

Agents. Hongkong, 8th February, 1934. [318

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL

· STEAM NAVIGATION CO.'S STEAMER

BOUDAN,

Arrived HowozonG on Drn FabrVÁR?, 1924

FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO, STRAITS

& HAIPHONG."

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F:

TO LET.

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CO., LTD...

Wine and Spirit Merchants

ESTABLISHED 1841.

MARRIAGE. HAYWOOD-SEARLE—At St. John's Cathe

drat, Hongkong, on February 7th, by the Rev. H. Copley Moyle, M.A, (Chaplain), Guy Ronson Haywoop to VIOLET CONSTANCE SEARLE..

DEATH.

Shanghai industrially, and, incidentally. create a growing demand for land which wil serve to maintain present values.

Mrs. Aubrey, wife of Dr. G. E. Aubrey. departed by the Mentor yesterday for

bome.

A branch of the Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., is to be opened at Soerahaya on Monday, February, 18th, in charge of Mr. F. W. Harris.

A New York cable to the Manila papers on January 30th reported that the stock-

A great number of beautiful Boral tributes were sent Amongst those who sent them were the following and family: Mrs. Petric and family, For- Her sorrowing hushand, Sister Minnie

far, Dick, Mortimer and Harry: Board of Directors, South China Morning Post Post Chinese Staff. Co. Ltd.: Elitorini Staff. Morning Morning Post"; Editorial Staf. "Hongkong Daily "Hongkong Telegraph" Staff China Mail: In- Telegraph" Chinese Staff, "Rangkong stitute of Engineers and Shipbuilders: Head Office Staff, Staff and Chinese Staff of the Hongkong Hotel; Mr. and Mrs. W. Anderson, Mre. Babbage. Mr. and Mrs. G. Burnett. Mr. and Mrs. H F. Bunic. Mr. and Mra E. Bubje, Mr. and Mrs. E. Baker and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown, Mr. R. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Hair, Mr. and Mrs. A. Course, Mr. and Mrs. E. Cock, Sir Paul and Lady Chater, Mr. H. Ching. Mr. and Mrs. L D'Almada é Castro, Chan Kai, Mr. D. E. Dunnelly, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. H. Ellis, Mr. B. L. Frost and family. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Forbes, Fung Tab Fang, Mr. S. Fung, Mr. A. J. Gould, Mr. and Mrs. J. Glovn, Mr. and Gomes. Mr. D. Gow, Mr. and Mrs. J. Mrs. Garraway, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hicks,

tive Conneil of the Colony of Rongkong and BRIGHT OFFICE ROOMS in 1T PETRIE.-On the 8th February, 1924, of holders of the Asia Banking Corporation Mr. and Mrs. C.. Henderson, Mr. and

for the enactment of the same by the Governor with the advice and consent of

the

"HOLE GROUND FLOOR and

FLOOR of the Building, No. 6, DUDDELL

Apply WITHIN, Room No. 10, ler Ficos.

of wil thereof to effect the STIKEE.

the

amendinenta

necessary to the Ordinance under which the Corporation is incorporated and on business so as to allow of the carrying on ordinary note issue of the Corporation being increased from

to modify the exi000 to $30.000.000 and requirements as regards the deposit of security in mrpect of its note

iarus

the following manner. ia (a) So that the whole of the increase

(namely $10.000.000) of such ordinary note issue shall be secured by coin or bullion or

approved securities

Το

amount.of

that whatever the total

note issue may be at any

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TO LET..

X7ELL Farnished FLAT in TREGUNTEE MANSIONS, for Eight or Nine Montaa

W from April 3rd.

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Apply to HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE CO., LTD.

particular time the amount of coin as distinct from bullion or approved securities to bo deposited by the corporation shall never be BOWERN & CO.,

less than one third of the total amount of the bills in actual circulation

By Order of the Board of Directora,.

A. G. STEPHEN, Chief Manager. Hongkong, 4th February, 1924.

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HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND FINANCE

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COMPANY, LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS IN THIS COMPANY will be held at the HONG- KONG HOTEL, the STH FEBRUAgong on SATURDAY,

Y, 1924, at 11

11.3

for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directora together with a Statement of Ac- counts for the e year ending 31st December, 1923. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the lat February, to the 9th February (both days inalusive), during which period No Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers. Hongkong, 23rd January, 1924. $235

THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.; COPENHAGEN.

CONSIGNEES of Carge by the abers-named veel are hereby informed that their gooda are being landed and placed at THR KIRK IN Konghong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Company's Godewasa Kowloon, where shHE S/S Cwanguiment will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery on be obtained as the Goods an Landed,

vessel, brings on Cargo from Ferrian Giuli es B.1.6.N. and B. & P.S.Ñ. Co. Etcamera, Optional Groods will be funded here males instractions have been given to "the contrary 6 hours before arrival of the Hteamer."

Goods not cleared within 8 days, including dabu of azrival will be subjećt to mít.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us

in any caso whatever,

"ERLE"

having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed and pinced at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, where delivery, cau ba No Claims will be admitted after the Goods obtained as soon as the goods are landed. have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain ing undelivered after the 13th of February,

to rent

Damaged packages must be left in the 1924 will be subje and damaged Goods are Todowas for adnation by the Consignees, All brok

broken, chafed Compary's murveyors, Mesars to be left in the Glodown, where they will be CompARD & DOUGLAS at 10 .., 2 Mondays examined by Mesere. Goddard and Dougina on

the 13th February, 1924, at 10a.m.

and the

and Thursdays.

All siima muri be presented within ten days of the Steamer's arrival bere after which date they cannot be recognized

No claims will be admitted after the goode have left the Godown.

MALKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO,"

Agente Hongkong, 6th February, 1994.

All Claims against the vessel must be presented to the undersigned before the 17th February, 1934, or they will not be recognized

No Fire Insurance will be effected, Hille of Lading will be countersigned by

JOHN MANNERS & CO., LTD.,

Agents. Hongkong, 6th February, 1914. [309

No & Mussom ROAD, SHANGHAL

Members British Chamber of Commeros (Shanghai). Mr. T. W. BOWERN, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Incor- porated by Royal Charter, London,

STKAMSHIT AGENTS AND SEDITEGKRAS For the Purchase, Bale and Charter of Vessels of any Tonnage, Passenger and/or Cargo, Now and/or Old, with delivery Chins at Very Low

Prices.

SALVAGE OPERAzons, Marina SuAVATORS

Avoronzees, Coal Merchants.. FREIGHT BROKER, METAL MAROKALIZE Machinery For Bale, New and Old in First Class Condition.

IMPORTIES AND HIPORES, SAARE-BROX

¿Members Shanghai Share-Brokers" A2500m= Lion)

Sora Aoxers yoz Camar GXZLX': PATENT ANCHONS,

1:

BANUEL WARREN. & Co. Imp. (Shefield) High-Class Steel Manufacturers (Tank Brand).

Catalogues and Price-Lists on application (Enquires Welcomed

Carla Addizini Bowman, Bhanghai.

Cons: Bentley's, Scott's, A.B.Q.

4th Edition and Improved.

A

PREPAID

WANTED"

ADVERTISEMENTS

Letters are lying at this Office for

had approved the sale to the Interna

pneumonia, LATTE, the dearly he loved wife of THOMAS PETRIE tional Bank. (Shanghai and Japan papers please copy.)

13:4

Hongkong Office: 1a, Chater Boad. London Offer: 181, Fleet Street, B.Q.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, FEBRUARY 9TH, 1914.

AFTER THE BOOM.

THE statement made in the Legislative

Thehouae famine" at Dairen is now described as memory of the past. There are about 1,200 vacant houses in the port, but landlords are still insisting on prohibitive renta."'

Ho Tung. Mr. and Mrs. F. Herridge, Mr.

Mrs. W. J. Hawker, Sir Robert and Lady

and Mrs. A. K. Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. D. Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Hale, Mr. H. S. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Hyde, Mr. J. Scott Harston, Capt. and Mrs. R. Innes, Mr. A. R. Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Jack, Mrs. W. C. Jack and family, Miss M. Kirkwood, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Kynoch, Capt. and Mrs. Liddell, Madame Lily, Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Labram, Rev. H.M.B. Diomede sails for Shanghai and and Mrs. G. R. Lindany. Mr. B. S; Lee, Lam Kin Sang, Mr. Long Tow Kim, Mrs. Yangtze ports at 9.30 to-day (Saturday). | E. O. Murphy, Mr. G. K. McDonald, Mr. Owing to trouble between Chinese and. D. McLaren, Mr. and Mrs. J. Morris, Mr. local Japanese elementa at Amoy, H.M.S. Mr. and Mrs. Nielson, Mr. M. Nemazee, H. J. B. Norton, Mr. and Mrs. T. Neave, Diomede will call there on her way North. Mr. J. Ollerton, Mr. and Mrs. T. OH- phant, Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Ozório,“Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Owen, Mr. B. Petheram, Mr. and Mrs. D, A. Purves, Mr. and Mrs.

Dr. G. M. Barston will give a Lantern

Council on Thursday by the Hon. Mr. Lecture on The Wonders of Nature in R. Packham, Mr. and Mrs. R. Postonji,

A. G. M. FLATCHER, Colonial Secretary pra ten, is extremely interesting if only on account of the views it shows the Colonial Government entertain on the subject of the "land boom" of which we have been hearing so much during the past two or three years.

the Ese" at the Helena May Institute Mrs. TW. Robertson and K. B. Rohert on Monday next, February 11th, at 5.3000, Mr. J. Rodger, Mr. H. W. Ray. Mr. and Mrs. N. L. H. Railton, Mr. and Mrs. p.m. The public are cordially invited to F. W. Stapleton, Mr. and Mrs. E. Steale, Mr. F. G. Samways, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. be present. A.

Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Stark, Mr. Shui Wai Yau, Mr. and Mrs. T. H tire. J. D. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. A. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. J. Tully, Mr. and

. .

心

Among the passengers by the P. & O. Nobody, Faldera, which arrived yesterday, were

of course, bas regarded the values Dr. and Mrs. Black, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.K. Taylor, Mr. Tam Kit Sung, Mr. and

of the past few years as permanent. Lammert, Mr. J. S. McCann, Mr. H The paly question is: How long are Birkett, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Hall, and the present conditions likely to endure? Mrs. P. E. Olliver. Everybody is aware of the fact that during the past two or three years an immense

Hongkong" seems to Es fancied as amount of money which could not a name for race horses this season. We be remuneratively employed in the notice one so named which distinguished warfare and serious political disturbing the name of this Colony gained a neighbouring provinces, owing to the itaelf at the Ipoh races. Another bear-

prevailing there, has been place in a race at Newbury last month. transferred to this Colony by wealthy Hongkong must evidently be regarded as Chinese, doubtless in the hope of re-ja "goer." munerative investment, hat primarily for

ances

The Solicitor-General of the Straits

Mrs. B. Wylie, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Weller, White, Mr. W. L. Weaser, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. M. White, Mr. and Mrs. Hermon

R. J. Wilton, Mrs. F. Wong, Mr. T. C. Woo, Mr. Wong Ying Yuen and Mr. J.

. R. Xavier.

COMPANY REPORT.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFAC-

TURING CO., LTD.

We are informed that subject to audit the Consulting Committee and the Gen- erni Managers of the above Company will

Settlements (Mr. G. G. Seth) has been recommend a dividend (including the interim dividend of $1 per share already removed from the roll of solicitors of the paid) of $2 and $1 per share bogus Colony at bis own request. The Attor-absorbing 8160,600.00, put

the reasons for the application, but he Bave the assurance that it was only for most honourable reasons" which he was sure the Court would applaud.

To Reserve Fund "To Bonus to Staff

$10,000.00 3,248.60 To pay a Final Dividend of

31 per share moda. 60,000.00 To Pay a Bonus of $1 per

share......**

And carry forward

60,000.00

4,341.29

safety Our population has been greatly increased from the same cause. It is not an entirely new incident in the history of the Colony. There have been

|ney-General (Sir William Murrison), who “booms" and "sluinps" before, but it made the necessary application to Mr. can at least be said that there has never Justice Acton, stated that, owing to their been a boom on such a large scale before, confidential nature, he could not disclose or, we believe, for so protracted a period. We hope this will not have to be written

,". of the inevitable '' slump,' Most men of sound judgment are agreed that pre- sent values in the Colony are artificial. In Chinese circles the opinion is strongly held that much of the capital which has

Ninety-one cases of small-pox and 88.

Aoting upon information police. visited been brought into the Cology during the deaths from the disease were notified in a house at Yaumati on Thursday evening past few years will be gradually with the Colony last week. All were Chinese and were instrumental in arresting three FOR SALE-Ton CRUISING YACHT draws as coon aa peace and good govern the three days ended the oth inst. only that charges amounting to attempted pasca except one, an American. During men armed with daggers. It is probable Apply Box De die Hongkong Ballymont have been established in the neigh-14 cases were reported. On the 7th 10 felony will be formulated against the trio.

Police investigations are proceeding. bouring provinces, so that" it may be further cases were notified

Boxes-YL

WANTED Immediately. TEMPORARY RESIDENT MISTRESS for Tue DIOCESAN GIRLS' BegooL, Kowloon-Apply, Morning Only, to the HEADMISTLUSS, [9

Press,

SMALL POX.

THREE ARMED SUSPECTS ARRESTED.