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NEW ADVERTISEMENTSTM

NOTICE.

E have This Data REMOVED our Office trasa No. 16, Des Vox Road PETROLEUM Central

to ASIATIC BUILDINGS, Nes. 24, 25, 29, 30 and 32, Query's Rein CERTIL. LA FLOOL

CHINA EXPORT-IMPORT & BANK CO.

139 Bangkong, #rk April, 1924.

TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

and Gironed Permitting,

WEATHER

the

FINAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

DOUBLES

NG SZE KWONG & C. CBOA

H. 1. &.. RUMJAHN Will be played on the STAND COUNT TO-DAY, WEDNESDAY, Horn APRIL, ut 4.30 p.u

Reserved Seat-$? each. Red Tickets) Booking at Mears, Moernir & Ca

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. AMERICAN AND ORFENTAL LINE,

POR NEW YORK,

THE Steamship

THE "COMERIC

having arrived. Consignes of Cargo by hemam intem at all. Goole are tring landesi

at their risk into the hazarious and or in-hazardous downs of Hongkong and Kowloon

loon Whart and Godowa Co. Ltd. winge delivery may de clasinet.

No Claims will be litted after the Geode the • Godowns, and all els romain-

base

ing undelivered after 5th May, 1921, will be

bject to mut.

All Claim quinst the Stamer must be psented to the Undersigned on or befor The 12th May, 1921, or they will not be mcognizxt.

All broken, chafe and damaged Goods are

INTIMATONS

THE

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that N

the FIFTY-FIRST ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be hell at its Head Office. Usics RuDING, Hong kang, on FRIDAY, 15th MAY, 1924, at Noon, for the purpose of reiving the Report of the Divetors and the Statements of Account to 314 December, 1923, and of declaring Divi denis, etc.

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from May 2 to May 16th. both days inclusive,

By Under of the Boar

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

General Manager. (700 Hongkong, 26th April, 1924.

BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE CO., LTD.

SKYICE TO SHAKEHOLDERS. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that FIFTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Heal Ore, Ustos BUILDING Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 10TH MAY, 1924, at 12.15, for the purpose of receiving the Directors, and the Statements of Report of the Acceant la 31st December, 1923, and of declar- ine Dividends, etc.

THE TRANSFER BOOKS ei, the Com pany will be CLOSED from May 2nd to May with, both day inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

(MONTAGUE EDE,

General Manager. [701

Hongkong, 4th April, 1924.

HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30TH, 1924

INTIMATIONS

REMOVAL NOTICE.

TIRE CANADIAN NATIONAL BAIL. | TWAYS at 3, Chater Road, Queea's Buildings, have Now Changed their Addre 1714 toASLATIO BULIDING, 2 FLOOR, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

NOTICE.

THIS DAY Established A WBRANCH OFFICE in SHAMEEN, FARM BUILDING, Fiest CANTON-Dainy

EUROPE, ASIA TRADING CO.

China Baikling.

FLOOR.

69941

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NOTICE.

TREASURY

E.

-IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that the VALUATION LISTS for the. Inspection at the TREASURY for Twenty-one Colony for the year 1924-1905 will be Upes to Days, commencing on THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1924,

(Sd.) C. Mel, MESSER Treasurer and Axessor of Rates, 17th April, 1924.

G.

al

K.

717

LAND AND BUILDINGS AT PAKHOI

אנ

FOR SAGE.

BRITANNIC

MAJESTY

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE H GOVERNMENT invites OFFERS for

CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

1. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ORDINARY the FIFTY.FIFTH YEARLY MESTING of the fompany will he held at its Heal Other. Ustox BTLDING, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 16m MAY, 19. 12.00 7.364, for Le purpose of receiving the

the Whole of that Lot of Land, less a wall por tion least to the CURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. at Pakhoi. known as the British Consulate Lob together with the Buildings thereon.

The Land to be Sold is held in Perpetuity. The Billings, consisting of One Lange Saltantially Built Residence and Clae Small Hon both with suitable Servants Quarters

Stat of Repair and Stables, were erected in 1855 and are in a

to theft in the limdowns, when they will I Berort of the Director and the Statements of | 10ood the Title Deels and Plans of thi

"eramited on 5th May, 1924, at 10.00 .m No Pin Inxarance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be counterignal by THE BANK LINE, LTH, General Agenta.

Hongkong, 29th April, 1924.

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S.S. ANDRE LEBON:" SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES

"

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,

NOTICE.

ONSIGNEES of Cargo from MARSEIL LES, de, is connection with abore Stamer

arn bereby informed that their floods with the exception of Opium, Treasur Valuables are being lande aur stored at their risk into the Codowas of the Hongkong- Kowloon Wharf and Godown Ca, L., Kowloon, whimes delivery may be obtained inmediately aller landing.

Hill

of Lading will countersigned by the foods remaining unclaimed after

Undersignes 1924, at Noon, will : subject

the th

to rent and lawling charges.

Account to let Dreember, 1928, and of declar ing Dividends testers,

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from May 2nd to May 16th, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board.

I'S MONTAGUE EDE

General Manager.

Hongkong, Zith April 1921.

(702

Land und Buildings may be seen, an applica tion, at the fee of the DIRECTOR or Poste Hongkong, at the BRITISH COSTLATE; chow, or at H.B.M. Office Up Works, Shanghai,

Permission

to inspect the Land aml Buildings. can be obtained no application being made to H.B.3. Cassel, Kingchow.

Offer which should lodge Not Later than 50 JUNE, 1924, should

THE SIMPLEX PLASTER CO., LTD.3

FRI-

TUTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the STATUTORY MEETING of the Compally ill be held at A, at the of the Company, 2nd REGISTERED OPE Floor, CA BUILIANA, Bougkong, ou DAY, the Sus day of MAY, 19

By tile CHIND-AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPING CO., LTD. General Manau,

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY

All Claims must be sent in to me on or beforeNUAL MEETING of SHARE-

urzęd

the 8th May, 1924, or they will wod HOLDERS in the Comptury will be held at

il damaged packages will be examined ou

the Office

of

the Company, ST. GEORGE'S

to HB.M. ACTING DIVISIONAL, OFFICE Or WORKS, ARCHITECT, H.M. Shanghai.

W. J. ROBERTS, HM.B. Acting Divisional Architect.. Shanghai, April, 14.

1712

WANTED. Si

TEACHER ("Temporary)

WANTED A

Apply

י

INTIMATIONS

E

WHISKY

THE

OLD FAVOURITE.

SUPERFINE

QUALITY

GENUINE

and "

*PERFECT

AGE

BLENDING

Matured and Bottled

in

SCOTLAND.

A. S. WATSON

CO., LTD.,

Wine and Spirit Merchante.

PHONE 16.

BIRTIL

A "Chinese woman in attempting to Government" But the proposals which the Commission makes contain nothing alight from a moving tram-ear on Praya that enti be considered new ar startling. East last night fell heavily on the road- It has, for example, been urged away and damaged her legs and one sido She was removed to ts, that the primary need is that of her, body, the provinces must be made to have hospital

from Macao.

found in The

Approximately 3,000,000 board feet of lumber was destroyed by the fire which occurred on April 19th at the lumber yard of the Insular Lumber Company in Fabrica, Occidental Negres, according to. a telegram received at the Bureau of Forestry. Very little damage was dones to the mill, the report states. While the actual bas may be put at P.:20,000, am. official of the Bureau states, further losses may be sustained as a result. of Bling of foreign orders. the setback the fire has caused in the

a clear understanding of the supreme Opium valued at Pesos 20,000 was seized at Manila last week. The package was importance of supporting the Central Government, as well as of their proper alleged by a man who described himself-

as a fisherman, to bare been velation to it, and must desist from the practice of retaining Central Government the bay" early in the morais. revenue for provincial uses.”» The pro-labels indicated that the opium had come

lem is how can the provinces be made to recognise these things. It has also heen urged ad manorum that nationali expenditures must be reduced by cutting off annecessary items of administrative expenditure, and especially by reducing the military expenses, which the Com

absorb no mission has ascertained now Tess than seven-tenths of the entire ex- penditure of the national Government. Until these" things are done it is futile to expect the consent of the Powers to the Customs 21 per cent"murtax which the Cominission calculates will reduce of twenty-five additional revenue

Foreign residents in Yokohama now The crucial million dollars L year.

a decrease of 7,783 compared with figures Of this nuniber question is: What hope is there of the number 1.118, according to police ligures, present, Government at Peking being able | hefore the earthquake.

Re- to accomplish the reforins that the Com-714 are Chinese, 137 are British. 104 ares.

Americans, 47 are Germans and the hal- mission recommends i - Other Giovernance represents several countries.

construction work in the Japanese section of the city has progreased rapidly, but the foreign sections, including the Bla and Yamashita-cho, remain practically in the same state as was observed immedi

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ments have attempted it and have failed, and we doubt whether the Commission's astounding disclosures will make in China the sort of impression that they would

mike in any other country, with better ately after the earthquake.

a national science. pretensions to The only hope of improvement within a reasonable period of time lies in the idea of the Round Table Conference which Sir. ROBERT Ho Tusq so industriously propagated last year, and we imagine that those to whom Sir ROBERT has en- trusted the direction of his movement while he remains abroad, wil! make full use of his Report on the state of China's finances to press with still greater vigour this weans of finding a practical solution & of Chian's troubles. It's obvious that

the longer this solution is neglected the graver must the financial difficulties of China- become. The Commission having reported the results of its investigations, the next word must come from the Chinese "Government," and all who are concerned for the future of China must be eager to learn what measures the Government propose to. take to give effect, to the recommendations which the So long as the Commission has made. independently of the Central Government there is manifestly very little prospect of these reforms being effected.

Ture, tienersi Subjects in Lower School. Hayes--At Shanghai, on April 25th, to provincial Governors continue to function

7000

Tur ACTING BRAD-MASTER, →Tax Bocesas Bors' SargON,

FOR SALE.

ANGOUR,"

MOUNT KYLLET,

Mr. and Mrs. L NEWTON HATES,

DEATH Woon-Suddenly, at Shanghai, on April 24th, JAMES EDWARD, the youngest son of Mr. and Mra, R. Wood, aged 5 years.

:

6. Cosyatt ROAD, OBANGO womed Htungalow with Hall. Re Hongkong Office: 1a, Chater Road.

Sir John, Jordan was indisposed and confined to his house when the latest

nday, the 7th May, 1924, at 10 a... by BELDADAY, the APRIL, 12 Bently Reconstructed and Entirely Modernised. London Office: 131, Fleet Street, E. C.. London mail left.

Mears Goddard & Douglas.

No Fire insurance has been effected..

R. RODENFUSER,

Acting Agent.

"Hongkong, ch April, 1984.

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S.S. COMMISSAIRE RAMEL" SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

NOTICE

*.F.

ONSIGNEES of Cargo from ANTWERP,

MIDDLESBROUGH, MANCHES TER, LONDON, & a Cargo el "CHER BACANICIEN MAILBOLTM from in connection HAVRE, COGNAC, with above Steamers hereby informed that their tools with the exception of in, Treasare and Valuables are being landed and stored at their risk info the Go lowns of the Hongkong sot Kowloon Whari Ltd.. Kowloon, whence delivery

ntay

bey

11 o'clock 31, for the paper of receiving Statement of Accomats and the Report of the General Managers for the year ended 31st December, 1929, and preting a Consulting Committe and Auditor

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Welarday, the 23rd April, 1924, until Wedurday, the 20th April, 1924, both Jays inclusive,

SHEWAN, TOXES & CO.,

GeneralManagers. +AW] INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGATION

CO., LIMITED. THE FORTY-THIRD ORDINARY GEN- ERAL MEETING of the Company will be hell at the Offices of the feneral Managers, MTA JARDINE MATHTHOS & CO. LTD... Pedder Street, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the 6TH MAY, 1924, at 11 stock in the Morning, for the purpose of neriving the Report of the Dinetors, passing the Accents, and decting Directors and Auditors.

Site ara: 87,500 . it. Possession 1st May, 1924. For Permits to Inspect, Apply in writing to A. R. LOWE, Special Mannger. Ress BROTHERS, LTD. (In Liquilation). Hongkong, 19th April, 1924.

TO BE SOLD.

Also a Plot of

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, APRIL 30TH, 1994

MALL TANNERY at MA TAU KOK,

THE OUTLOOK IN CHINA. Kown, together with Plant and Machinery and Stock of Chemiens Areso far, there is no information as to approzimately 2,900, it Landadjoining the Tannery. An approximate what steps the Chinese Government propose to take to give effect to the 18,000 j. ft.

Commission recommendations of

Apply

PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING, i, Den Vieux Road Central 071] (Bark of Canton Building).

and Goisised immediately after act by will LOSED from the 29th April to 20th Bath Rooms. MAT ROAD.

Hill of Lading will be

the Undersized. Goods remaining unclaimed after the 6th May. 1923, at Noos, will be!

laading charges.

to rent

wobject to

All Clairs must be sent in to me on or before the 9th May. 1924, or they will not be treccygāzei.

All damaged packages will be examined sa Toulay, the 6th May, 1924, at 10 am by Mr. Goddard & Dougla

No Fire Insurance has been effcetal.

R. BODENFUSER, April, 1994,

Hongkang, 2hh

Acting Agent

NOTICE.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company May, loth days inclusive.

By Order of the Board, JARDINE, MATHESON & CO, LTD,

General ManagTM. Hongkong, With April, 1924,

TOWAGE.

ARGE Powerful SEAGOING TUGS L will shortly to available for Tripe from Hongkong or Neighbouring Ports to Straits. Settlements or Thatch East Indies.

For further particulars, please apply to

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LYN.

709]

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that HONGKONG DEVELOPMENT, BUILD.

to

ING AND SAVINGS SOCIETY, LTD.

LOS

APPLICATION has been made to this

No 4227 for 500 shares EWG. COTTON HIS LA, in the name of Mr. EZRA ABRAHAM of Hongkong together with a July extated transfer deal purporting to

esign, the aid shares has been Lost:

Company to isras to the Hon. Mr.CHAU The lid shares are the property of the Undersigned and application has been duly KIT KI of Hongkong, & Traplicate Certifi the Company for the fame of a cater for Two Thousand Five Hundred Shares wade

in this Company, numbered 00854, 00555, Duplicate

therefore warned against deal. 00556, 00:57, Coffe, upon statement that the

Original

Certificates Nos. The

00554, 0065, 00556, the mid Shares without referenchy 00687, 000586, dated 23rd January, 1924, together 90557, Any person having any The Undersigned

NOTICE IS Vasowledge as to the whereabouts of the said with relative Transfer Deeds Attached, have merin is asked to communicate with the Underben LOST or MISLAID, and"

HEREBY GIVEN that if within Thirty signed.

ELLIS & Co.

Days from the Date hereof No Claim or Re- presentation in respect of such Original Certi No. 23 Lee House Street. 677)

Scates are male to this Company, we will then proceed to deal with such Application.

For HONGKONG DEVELOPMENT, BUILDING AND SAVINGS SOCIETY, LTD., EDWARD B. RAYMOND,

Secretary.

B

ON SALE. »OUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS, January to June,

With Impex. Price-$750.

On 'e at the Hongkong Daily Prom Qfice

flongkong, 3rd April, 1924

1588

TO LET. TURNISHED FLAT. Four Rooms Fra Jn 1st to September 30th. Reply Hoz No. 704-

c/o Hongkong Daily Prem 704]

the

Sir Charles Addis was re-elected Director of the Bank of England for the year 1924 at a meeting held on March 26th.

The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week end ing April 12th amounted to 92,050 tons and the sales to 110,725 tons

The Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company have secured an order from an of two new passenger ships. Australian shipping firm for the building

The King has granted permission to wear the under mentioned decorations which has been conferred by the Presi tion of valuable services rendered:■ dent of the Republic of China in recogni Order of the Excellent Crop-Second ing Postal Commissioner. Hangehow, Class-Mr. Dennis Joseph Mullen, Act- Chekinng: Mr. Edward Francis Southan Mr. Frank Brice. Newman, Deputy Postal Commissioner, "Sian, Shensi; and

Toliday, Postal Commissioner, Canton. Third Class-r. William Henderson, lately Chief Accountant, Peking-Mukden

Jamieson, Superintendent, a Alexander Railway Fourth Class-Mr. Frederick Locustice Department, Peking Mukden

Chief Accountant. Thokon- Railway. Sixth Class-Mr James Mac- Chinghua Railway. Knight,

The Right Hon. Earl of Cassillis is due to arrive in Hongkong to-morrow. Eart Casillis is a leading portonage in free- masonry, holding the post of M.E. First Grand Principal of the Supreme Grand Royal Arch Chaper of Scotland. In ban-".. our of his visit, there is to be a combined Convocation of the St. Andrew Royal Arch Chapter, is S., and Naval and Military Royal Arch Chapter, 302 S.C. at the Zetland Hall on Saturday evening The Convocation is to be for members of Eart the two Scottish Chapters only, Casillis is the eldest son of the third Marquess of Aisla and be is at present on a world tour. He served in the South African War and the Great War ni was with the British Expeditionary Force from December, 1914, to May, 1919, being mentioned in dispatches.

A very old member of the London staf of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking. Corporation has passed away in the per- Eastbourne in March 29th at the age of son of Mr. G. II. Burnett, who died at 8 years. Mr. Burnett joined the bank in, the sixties of last century as accountant. For a brief period of eighteen month, in the late seventies, he went to the head office at Hongkong as sub-manager. but his health did not permit of his m maining in the Tropics. He returned to London, and reimed his position of ac-. countant. He became, in addition, sul

was of a quiet and unassuming nature, manages in London in 1891, and retired from the service in 1900. Mr. Burnett.. which qualities earned him the respect and esteem of his colleagues in the bank and the many clients outside with whom.

The Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp, K.C., and which, under the Chairmanship of Dr. Mrs. Kemp, who have been on a short W. W. YES, sat for several months holiday to Peking, returned to the Colony he was brought into business relacions.

A very sad and fatal accident acres investigating the general financial situa-yuterday on the Empress of Anta. tion of the country. In its Report the

Two steerage passengers died on board last week in Yulin Road, Shanghai, the thes. Empren of Asia. Both were residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. . Won. Two Commission makes a comprehensive sur-

vey of the financial conditions prevail cases of tuberculosis. One died at Van-It appears that their youngest son, James couver on March 31st and the other at Edward (Jimmie), aged 6 years, wan intent on going downstairs. As soon as he opened the door leading on to the ing in China, and reaches the starting sea on April 25th. conclusion that the expenditure of the

On the first day of the Hankow Spring verandah, the wind swung him over the Government is seventeen times in excess Race meeting, Mr. W. S. Dupree (Jar rail and he fell a distance of 15 feet, on of what it receives from the recognised dine, Matheson and Co.) cate in first in to the concrete path below. The little "Worse seven races and twice in second place, in fellow was taken immediately to thes General Hospital where it was found that he had sustained severe injuries to the soureca of national revenue. still," says the Report," is the fact that programme of 11 events. there is also a large amount of unsecured Senator J. Sloat Fassett, who was head spine and that the skull had been frao- or inadequately secured loans which call of the Insular Lumber Co. and recently tured. He died in a few minutes, in the visited Manila, died on April 21st on presence of his distressed parents. The for immediate readjustment." Calculat beard the Empress of Russia on which he little lad was particularly bright at all times, and only a short time ago oraz adopted as the Mascot" of one of the ing on the basis of the Finance Ministry's was returning to the United States. official statement of September, 1922, it

HONGKONG WEEKLY

PRESS, CONTAINING ALL THE WERK " LOCAL NEWK

ko Paper to send Home

TO-DAY (WEDNESDAY).

LOU CHANEY,

LEWIS STONE,

BETTY BLYTHE

"NOMADS OF THE NORTH."

THE CORONET!

A pair of Chinese famille regie ovitorm British gunboats in the Yangtze, a com- was found that the total outstanding vases, one with cover, decorated with plete outfit of a British Bluejacket" amount due in respect of these loans islandsunpes, K'ang-hsi period, fetched £590 being made for and presented to him. 8723,000,000, and that between 40 and 50 at auction; and another pair, beaker sbane, same period, painted with flowers, million dollars a year are required to birds, and animals, £225,

mect interest charges alone

"Under

AMERICAN GENERAL HERE. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the the present Sinancial stringents, when United States House of Representatives the United States Flying Corps, is at the Government is already Incing a deficit is reported by the Washington ecrrespo

of about $191,000,000 a year, the difficulty of providing an adequate sinking fund for the loan service can be readily ap preciated, adds the Report.

It is quite apparent, as the Commis sioners pay, and it has been apparent for

many years past, that if national finance

General William Mitchell, D.S.C. of

dent of a London paper to be considering present staying at the Hongkong Hotel proposal for the complete remission of General Mitchell arrived here yesterday the remaining payments of the Boxer by the wrangling from Bangkok Indemnity due to the United States where he has been on a game shooting amounting to $6,137,55%, mostly secuti expedition. He leaves to-day for Maniks by the 24. Empress of Asia where he is lated interest.

stationed.

General Mitchell's visit has nothing to

ון

Mr. David Landale's mom won the 100

March 29th, the time being 10.4-5zees. is just passing through the Colony on is to be put on a solid foundation, "com D. F., Landale also won the school quarterinination of onse. The General, ac- prehensive measures for fundamental ter mile in 572-5sees. He was further cording to the American Army List, was readjustments must be undertaken at in the tug-of-war for the dry-hobs" born in 1852, He joined the Army in the ance, both in the way of radically cur against the "wet-bobs," which the latter year 1804, during the American-Spanish At 14 stone. Landale's weight, War and obtained his present rank, and also in effec- there was only one heavier lad on either Brigadier General, on the tat October, tailing the expenses

1918. tively increasing the receipts of the side, and he scaled 14st. 11b.

yards race at, the Eton College sports on do with the American world fight. He

wan