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THE NONGKONG DAILY

PRESS MONDAY, MAY 26TH, 1924

NEW ADVERTINIMEMS

THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB,

HALF YEARLY GENERAL

INTIMATIONS

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

INTRIES. for the FOURTIT EXTRA

TIEFTING OF MEANDERS Fill be helt E RACE MEETING A CLOSE, A

as SATURDAY, 7* JUNE, 1926, at 12.30 is the JOCKET CLUB Books," Horozona

191 CLUB ASILI

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. The Steamship “BOLTON CASTLE.

FROM NEW YORK..

|| 12 O'CLOCK Noos, on MONDAY, Oru MAY, 1934, instead of SATERDAY, 2 May, 1924. By Onler,

CB BROWN,

Secretary.

7921

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUE.

FOURTH EXTRA RACE MEETING,

for Race No. 2

YONSIGNEES. of Cargo are hereby inform-THE Conditious fact of on the CONSIGNE Goods are being landed at Second Day have been Cancelled and the their risk into the Godowns of the Hooghong & following Substituted therefor Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, at Kow. bon, whence and for from the wharves delivery

be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unleas notice to the contrary be given before 24th Inceart

syafet the

Btomer

No Clains will be admitted after the Goods are left the Godowas, and all Goods remaining undeliveral after the 30th will be subject to rent

AU

Chalbes

manet bo to the Undertigned GA DY presented the Bib prox, ar they will not be recognized

All broken, chafer and damaged Goods are to be lefs in the Godoras, where they will be examined on the 30th inst at 10 am, by aur Surveyors, ears, Gorasts & DecoLES

before

No Fire Insurance has been effectel Bill of Lading will be countendgned by

"DODWELL & CO., I/D.,

A gaul

(815 Hongkong, 24th May, 1924,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES, OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO, LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL, STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD.

YONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer

HEYCAGY". are berety notified that the Cargo will be dix- charged into Holt Wharf, Kowloon, where it will be at Consiga risk and subject to terms and conditions of storage at Wharf. The Cargo will be ready for delivery

after 23rd May.

* SATURDAY, 7ru JUNE, 182K 2-GRANVILLE STAKES On Mu

For China Ponies, Grifins of this Season Weight for inches as per scale. Winners of not more than two nices 7 Ibw, extra winters of three onore races 13 extra. Subscription Griffins of this Season allowed 5lbs. Einplaced ronners allowed & Jockeys who barn not wou more tima. four Official Races allowed 5 b. Entrance Fee, $int Prize, $400. Pel Prize. $10. Bed Prize, $100.

MONDAY, 9 JUNE, 1994, 3-MAIDSTONE PLATE: ONE M

For China Ponies that have started in Hongkong since 1st January, 1928, und previous to this Meeting and have not won

Tace since 1st January, 1924. Weight: for inches as per scale. Jockeys who have not won more than four Oficial Baces allowed 5 Tom. Entrance Fet, 55. 1st Prize, $400, 2nd Prize, $150. and Prize, $100.

"will be Amended draft", "ProgrammaIN obtainable on and instant,

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THE "STAR" FERRY CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

TWENTY-SIXTE ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of this Company will be held at the Oficer of Messrs. JARDINE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

from Godown on be landed, unless notice | MATHESON & CO., LTD., on FRIDAY, the 30TH |

Optional Cargo

bu been given prior to Steamer's arrival.

"AU broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tresdays scd Fridays between the hours of 10.45 4. and Noox within the free storage period. Claims

will be admitted after the Goods No have left the Steamer Codown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the atla Bay. will be subject to rent.

All Claims against the Steemer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 12th June, or they will not be recognisa

No Fire Insurance will be effectedi.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agenta

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Hongkong, ad 3lay, 1924.

MAY, 1924, at Noon, for the purpose of receiv tement of Accounts to April Joch, 1924. ing the Report of the Directors together with a Statement

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Com pany will be CLOSED from Saturday, the 24th May, 1924, to Friday, the 0th May, 1924; both days inclusivA.

:

By Onier of the Board of Directors,

W. 8. BROWN,

Secretary- Hongkong, May 16th, 1924:

NOTICE.

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Nup to 1227 for 500 shares Beg

INTIMATIONS

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The Spirit of the onion in 1921 it cannot. have been leas

Empire

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that is so

much appreciated in DEWAR'S. It is produced by the skilful blending of whiskies-old and ample-DEWAR'Sis simply a mingling of good things.

Dewar's

WHITE LABEL

and

VICTORIA VAT

as supplied to the Houses Commons. of Lords and

By Royal appointment to Ilis Majesty The King,

SOLE AGENTS :

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CO., LTD.,

Wine and Spirit Merchants

ESTABLISHED 1841.

DR

EASTERN CABLE

NEWS

[THROUGH BETTER A

The engagement is announced of Mont-FAR countries will alwaye teod to neutraliso restrictive efforts. Most people by this gomery Reader Harris, younger son of the time have been made aware by news-late Reader Harris, K.C., and Millicent Skinner paper reports from many points in the Damaris, unly daughter of

SUN PHOTOGRAPHED. interior of China that cultivation is now and Lndy Turner. being carried on in Chinn on sery There was a small outbreak of fire re-

SHANGHAI, Mar Pith. extensive scale The President of the

parted last night from No. 100, Wanchai

The North-Lina Daily Yeur has olm Anti-Opium Association estimates that if Road, second Boor, but when the Brigade tained a photograph of the reception of In 1903 te hefure Prohibition) Chingarived from the Wanchait sulestation the Eapt hoist at Canton which appeari produced approximately 20.000 tons of

outbreak had heer put out by the inmates show Dr. Sua Yat Sen.

than half, this quantity. In 1921, he says, every province in China but one, namely Shansi, had not only free and unrestrain ed opium cultivation and use, but in many provinces cultivation was compul sory under heavy taxation and traffic in everse way encouraged. Bishop Noarts speaks of the enormous revenues derived from this trafic, and describes the fact as a blight upad China's civilisn

Sie. Ronahi Macleay A. Minister-to- Peking, returned to the Capital last week from a short hunting expedition in com- pany with Mr. Vercker, and Mr. F. W F. Collins, Lady Macleay, who has been on holiday in Japan, has also returned to Peking

The Philippine National Bank bas spent about P.73,000 in aling its reegut enses

This is taken to be conc

fidencel that Dr. Sun Yat Sen was not dead at that time.

PEKING

APPOINTMENTS.

PEKING, May nl. A mandate is to be issued shortly ap pointing:

Yan Song tali and Teng Shi Hou Civ Governor of Szechuen, z.

tion because these revenues have been for recovery of hig amounts lent hy the Liuh Siang tapau of Szechuan and the mostly used for the maintenance of the Concepcion directorate to, sugar centrale, Tibetan-Funpan borders.

Liu Tseng Hou tap-of the Szechuen- provincial armies, and the production of companies and other firms, and the inter-provincial wars, and us be rightly three cases against seven of its former Sensei border, and

directors, according to best informed per-Tien Sung Pao assistant director, DE adds, only by the revenues of opin taxation could these armies be kept from ons. The expenses include court feexmilitary affairs of Szechach.

RUSSO JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS. insurrection. A calculation has been deposits and attorney's feen.

Rida, May Eird. made that there are no less than four. It irrported in the Shaighai Neg inillion acres of land in Chins, now under Tins & Russian journal, that Jews son-

A message from Moscow states that Sous of the things tinue to teave Russia in a state of punic official Russo-Japanese, negotiations have opium cultivation. that the Anti-Opium Association has Recently, over 20 families have arrived

begun.

Toxro, May 24th. gleaned in the course of its investiga in Shangbai from Vladivostock, bringing tions is that Yunnan disposes of several news that trains and steamers arriving

Reports from Peking of the satisfac hundred tons of opium yearly that from East Russia are crowded with Jowish tory progress of negotiations are con $20,000,000 worth of Fukien opium was refugees, hurrying away from the country Ermed. here. Officials admit that a satis muggled into neighbouring provinces in in consequences of the increasing antifactory end to the negotiations to p proaching, though, they are not prepared 1925 by military authorites that Jewish feeling $500.000 was collected in opium taxes

A fire at Shangbai last week completely to endorse the report that they will be is a little over a month by the Jout

gutted the officer of Mr. Elliott Hazzard, concluded with the current month.

An official communique from Vladivo Army Office at Tchang that over architect, Mr. Chris Wingrove, and the $5,000,000 - per annum is collected in

China Dry Kiln and Woodworking Co. on stock says that the Japanese prisoners opium taxes by the Kiangai monopoly the upper floor of No. 5. Avenue Edenard were released on the 23rd inxt. that about $1,000,000 is collected on opium VII. Most of the contents are a total in transit at Nanning, in Kwangsi prolong The physical properties were in- vince; that $15,000,000 was raised by the sured, but many architectural plans and taxation on opium in Shensi in 1923 that blue prints belonging to Mr. Hazzard in the province of Anhui over $3,000,000 were either ruined by fire or water. was raised by the taxation of opium ; that

In announcing the coming departure for

JAPAN AND

May th Mission, headed by General Izurata, arrives to-morrow to study the Polish military organisation, and afterwards will proceed to Britain and America

A Japanese the AND

BRITISH WORLD FLIGHT.

-MACLAREN. COMES DOWN.

HANGGON, May 5th.

the harbour. “

the Government Monopoly at Amoy is England of Mr. F. H. Bugbird, the general expected to rise $500,000 a month on manager in Japan of Messrs. Jardine, taxation and licenses and that the Matheson & Co., Ltd., who has been a Fukien militarists plaaned to raise resident in Japan for the past 30 years, $13,000,000 in opium taxes in 1921, the Japan Turs announces that on his

These," says the President, are but departure the head offer of the firm will p A few substantiated items converaing he moved from Yokohama to Kohe. Mr.

A message from Akyab states that revenue arising out of the traffic and and Mrs. Bugbird are due to leave ou Major Maclaren started for Rangoon form but a small fraction of the whole." June 7th by the Empress of Russia and this morning but made a forced land, us We observe that the Association has will not return." COTTON ME Lenjin the name of Mr. EZRA

failed so far to learn the attitude of the

Command Orders contains the follow ABRAHAM of Hongkong together with a

Chinese Government towards the cunning ing it has come to notice that three daly executed transfi deed purporting to

Opium Conference ́nt Geneva,or their asdgn the said share läs been Lost:

The said shares are the property of

intentions with regard to China. In view cases have been admitted to Hospital and Undersigned and application has been duly SAMATTIE-At Shanghai, on May 21st, to of the foregoing facts we are not suz-several have attended the Medical Inapes

to the Company for the sate

issue ofi

tion Rooms suffering from effects of heat prised. The Chinese Government is

dae to prolonged exposure, to the sun Duplicato Scrip

The public is therefore warned against deal-

manifestly powerless to fulfil its oblign- with the said Shares without reference to

when bathing. Officers Commanding CHEATER, in. conorction wita abore

Caits or: Detachineäts will warn all ranke Steamer are hereby informed that their the Undersigned. Any person having say London Office: 131, Fleet Street, E.C.tins, under The Hague Convention. Coods with the exception of Opinm, Treasure knowledge to the whereabouts of the said and Valuables are being landed and stored at rip is salced to communicate with the Under-

kigned. their rink into the Godown of the Hongkong- Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon,

2017) whence delivery may be obtained immediately After

5.S. SI-KIANG."

SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

NOTICE.

MONSIGNEES of Cargo from DUNKIRK, ANTWERP, LONDON MAN-

Caro.will be forwarded on nnless

is received from the Consignees before Noos, To-way, requesting it to be landed

here,

ELLIS & CO.

No. Ice House Street.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

Endersigned

the

la of Lading will be countersigned by the T from the red lave received instructions

Undersigned. Goods remaining neelimed after WARREN, to Sell by Public Auction, the 29th instant, at Noon, will be rabject

to rent and landing charges.

the

All Claims must be sent in to me on or before. 2nd Jane, 1924, or they will not be

• dassaged packages will be examined an Wednesday, the 28th bastant, st 10 s.m., by --Messrs. Goddard & Douglas,

No Fire insurance has been effected.

R. RODENFUSEL,

Acting Agent.

Hongkong, 22nd May, 1924...

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LANE," CRAWFORD, "LTD...

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the A SECOND ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLD ERS will be held at the Hoverone. Hores, an MONDAY, 2018 MAY, 1924, at Noo

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED, from 19th May, 1924, to 26th May, 1924, both days inclusive.

Directors, By Order of the Board of

S.-J. JORDAIN,

Secretary,

Hongkong, 7th May, 1924.

(7637

PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.

TOTIGE IS

IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the HONGKONG. Hark, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the

MAY, 1924, at 11.00)

00 ... for the purpose

of receiving thy Report of the Directors logether with a Statement of Accounts for the anded 30th April, 1924.

The TRANSFER BOOKS ot the Сотраду

will be CLOSED from Wednesday,

Wednesday,

nclusive

THURSDAY and FRIDAY,

the 20th and 30-MAY, 1924, commencing Each day at 251 mM., at the "TOWERS,” 20, Broadwood Road,

LA QUANTITY OF VERY VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

•Comprung

BIRTH

Mr. and Mrs. G. SARATTLE, A SOU.

Hongkong Office: 11, Chater Boad.

The Daily Press.

HoxGICKO, MAY 26ru, 1924,

GENEVA AND CHINA.

Ia view of the Opium Conference to be held at Genera in the antuinn of this year some interesting and valuable in formation has been made available by the recent publication of the official report we reproduced last week as to the extensive snaggling which takes place in Hongkong, and the equally valu

It is officially notified that the name of Mr. M. F. B. Scott has been added to the list of authorised architects in the Colony.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Redmond and Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Logan were passengers for Home on the P. & D. Kashmir which left on Saturday. -

A Russian woman who owned the Pasay Hotel, Manila, committed suicide last week by drinking lysol. No reason for the act is known.

MACHINE BADLY. DAMAGED."

LATER

A later telegram from Akyab states that Major MacLaren's machine is badly damaged.

CHINESE ITINERARY.

PEKING, May 25th.

under their command against the danger Major MacLaren will enter China by of this practice, Hospital accommodation way of Pakhoi, and go out by way of is senree and all preventable diseases must be reduced to a

Minimu

Shanghai...

The route will be: Haiphong, Hong- his mechanic. Sergeant Vesin. were enter-

The French aviator, Captain Doisy, and kong, Foochaw, Shanghai, and Kako

U.S. WORLD FLIGHT.

taited by members of the Cercle Sportif alima He was due at Haiphong on the Francais at Shanghai last week and the 26th and Shanghai on the 30th inst.

None of the aviators were injured French Consul General presented Captain Doisy, with a beautiful jade vase pur chased out of a fund of 87,000 contributed when MacLaren crashed. hy French residents, and seven hoxes of valuable silks and natius. To Sergeant | Vesin. the Consul-General presented a

Toxyo, May 2ith. rare Bronze Buddha and three hoxes of si Mr. Douglas Fleming, on behalf of The American airuca's future plans British admirers, also warmly welcomed are uncertain until their new motors. havo been tried ont but it is expected, they the aviators.

will hop off from Kushimoto on Wednes Mr. F. W. Carey, Commissioner-design | day or Thursday, ate of Custoras at Swatow, was given a most enthusiastic send-off on kis leaving

TOKYO, May Sath There were o oficers and other ranks

The American world fier, Lieat M-T. Carved Blackwood Tables, M.-T. Sideable report which has just been issued Table and Stools, 31-T. Stands, Chesterfield by the International Anti-Opium soon parade when Major General Sir John Ning to take up his new appointment. Smith, in a message to Reuter's describ Sofas and Arma-chairs, Standard" Lampe,

in connection with famine relief work battle against terrible weather and Braze, Curios, Rugs, Large Carpets, Large ciation in Peking containing the results Fowler made his inspection of the Sbang Mr. Carey's outstandingly brilliant worked the trans Facile flight as an unceasing uade his departure a real blow to Ningpo continuous effort to preserve the ma Enziarl Baths, Porcelain Wash Basing, of au investigation the Association has hai Volunteer Corps last week- ·

nrad the big famine-affected districts of chines from danger. Wardrobe, Double and Single Iron Beds,

HE. The Governor, has appointed Mr. this part of the province of Chekiang, Crockery Linen, Bookcases, Meat Sales recently roade regarding the cultivation

He does not believed that the north. The W. I Lensk to be a member of the notables who assembled to bid Mr. Carey in flying with the present type of The large numbers of Chinese officials and Pacific route is practicable, for commer Cupboards, Tennis Net and Poler, Blankets, and traffic, in opium in China Orients and General Hanschot Stundrie

Hongkong report tells us that the opium Authorised Architects Committee ens farewell were it suficient criterion of the smuggled into Hongkong is mostly of the absence of Mr. A., Denison.. Chinese origin and “that a conservative estimate in-

Atro

1 Steinway Glaul Pínuo, 14"* Aeolian Orchestrally" Organ and Bolis, and about 900 Plaats zad Pots

On Vie TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY

(27тn and 28 May)

N.D. The TOWERS and No BROADWOOD ROAD are for Sale Privately.

"Teras:-Cash on Delivery,

HUGHES & HOUGE, LTD., Be Auctioneer, Hongkong, 20th May; 1924.

1808

TO DAY

5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 P.M.

With the exception of a petty larveny.

value of his public work here during the machine. last three and a half years.

A notifiention by the Harbour Master.

Gomerament Gazette contains the far- lished in the current issue of the rangements made for the protection of

FRENCE

FLIGHT.

DOIST'S NEW MACHINE trodance of the amount successfully ive case and several minor uffences proved.

SHANGHAI, May 24th: onths would be in the neighbourhood against hawkers, there were no other 1 of 1,200,000, tels We are told that charges dealt with at the Central Magis

Capt. Doisy has chosen a Breguet No. life and property in the harbour during XIV.300 horsepower machine from the tracy on Saturday.. during last year Canton, Kongmoon,

typhoon weather. When there are im Swatex, Aney and Shanghai, as well na

Even the nature of Dr. Sun Yat Sex's mediate prospects of weather conditions aeroplanes offered him by General La KATER-A places in Mira Bny were supplied with political will came to be knows, ntberoming so had a to place the native Yung Hainag

craft in the harbour in danger of being

Doisy has postponed his departure, for Chinese ouma, cafecially the popular Peking following the reports of the unable to make shelter on their own

Peking antis Monday morning. Yunnan product, by dealers working from Generalissimo's alleged death. The will crint, a Rod Ensign will be hoist [An account of on interview with Capt.

the Harbour Office indicating that two) Hongkong An impression commonly was alleged to have named as his weaval tuge will be available to tow such Doisy at Shanghai is publislied on paga prevails abroad that the opium sugar Dr. C. C. Wu or Mr. Tang Shao-yi? gling business. at Hongkong is in foreign opium which unscrupulous foreign mer. The fusing of an electric wire caused

small outbreak, of fire on the srennd four chants are bent on forcing upon the poor

raft to shelter. The Notißentions: acts14) out the arrangements in detail and gives a table of towing charges

MR. DINSMORE: BURIED.

Foocrow, May 25th.

Mr. Frank Allen who left for Home by OTHER FOREIGNER STILL CAPTIVE, Chinese That is quito an erroneous iden verandah of the Eastern Extension Telede mn Audre Leban, yesterday, after As the information given in the latest Kraph Company's office at o'clock on nearly 30 years residence in Hongkong, 21st May, to 28th May, 1996, both days PETER B. KYNE'S official report clearly shows. Hongkong Friday night. The outbreak was success in this matter gets a good deal of in fully dealt with hefore the arrival of the

Fire Brigade.

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.. Hongng, 17th May, 1924,

1785

HONGKONG WEEKLY

PRESS.

CONTAINING ALL THE WEEKS

LOCAL NEWB.

Tika Panar to'sand Home.

FAMOUS STORY OF THE NORTHWEST

KINDRED OF THE DUST.

arrived in Hongkong in 1995, as a Marine The funeral of Mr. Dinsmord took pinen. Officer but after two years service on yesterday. The Civil Governor, escorted various constal vessels he joined the the remains from the Bund to the Sanitary Department and for many years grave,

deserved blame, but we are "glad to see

he has been in charge of the cemeteries Mr. Mackay and the Chinese are still that the International Anti-Opium Asso

As the Hon. Mr. H. E Pollock, F Cant Happy Valley. He was one of the captives in spite of British and American ciation in Peking now recognises that "it is shortly" leaving the Colmay for the founders of the Civil Service Cricket Clils Consular pressure is dilicult to see what the monopolies amer, an election by the Justices of ent accomplish in the way of restriction the Pence of a Justice of the Peace to so long as China maintains universal and serve on the Legislative Council during unrestricted cultivation," and that it his absence is to take place on Juos ath. recognises also that "the smuggling of Nominations have to be in by Baturday THE CORONET. Chinese cheap opium into the monopoly next.

and was alsd an ardent supporter of the The Yeping mulitary, apparently have Crnigengower Cricket Cluh. From the not yet been instructed by the Fonts Indian Recreation Club Mr. Allen was Nothing is known of the whereabouts the recipient of a memento which tuck or welfare of the captives the form of cigaretta ense suitably in sribed, in recognition of bin seprices to the Club in looking after the Clubs grounds,

Mr. Carroll, of the local Lutuber Com pany, left Yenping to-day. A military escort for the Shashien Tull represen tative left Fodchow, to-day for Shashie