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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

HONGKONG TRAMWAYS, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Seventy A

five cents Per Share has been Declared and will be PAYABLE ON AND AFTER WEDNESDAY, THE 20TH AUGUST, whes Dividend Warrants may be obtained upen Application at the Offices of the Company.

The SHARE REGISTERS of the Company will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, HTM AUGUST, to TUESDAY, 19ru AUGUST, 1924, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board,

W. E ROBERTS,

Secretary

Hongkong, H1st July, 1924

FOR SALE.

21094

PERAMBULATOR Ahost New.

Apply MARNING,

The Vicarage,

INTIMATIONS

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JULY 22ND, 1924.

WStord to our KOWLOON BRANCH, No. TE Have REMOVED or Hongkong

94, NATHAN ROAD.

Customers are kindly Requested to com- municate for their Reprints at our New

and Faid.

INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG; CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED,

Addreas where Accounts will also be rooted A

CASSUM AHMED & CO...

[1044 Hongkong, 7th July, 1924,

THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

MEMBERS

tatton EMBEES are hereby Notified that the Griffins will CLOSE on the 31st JULY.

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BOOK.

AXPERIENCED CHINESE

KEEFER, with Fit Claw References, now emploved In Charge of Complete Set of Book, DESTRES PUSITION with Good Втопрестя,

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Kowloox.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

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THE

PROBATE JURISDICTION.

In the Goods of HAROLD DAY late of the HONGKON ELECTRIC Co., LTD.. Electrical Engineer, deceased. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court ham, by virtue of Section 59 of the Probate Ordinance 1897. made An Under limiting the Time for sending in Claims against the above Ertate to the 19 may OP AUGUST, 1924.

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All Cr-litars are accordingly herty Requirel to send in their Claims to the Gpdesigned on That-Date

Dated this 21st day of July, 1924,

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

Prince's Bailing,

1055)

Ice Hoge Street, Hongkong, Solicitor for the Administrator.

SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

SILVER LOAN 1924.

SUZ OF DEBENTURES FOR SHANGHAI Tazis

1,250,000

THE SHANGHAI MUNICIPAL GOUN- CIL hereby Invites Applications for Debentures in the Nivea Lois or 1924. RÁTE OF INTEREST per cent. per aanum, Payable on June 30th and December

Bt in Each-Icar

Please apply

Box No. 1048, ajo The Fongkong Daily Press.

HONGKONG, AND KOWLOON

TAXICAB CO., LTD.

NOTICE OF CALL. ¿

İssor'ov 49,000 Shares of THE NOMETAL VALUE OF SIC EACH.

(S PAID UP.)

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN" that the 3RD CALL of $2.50 Per Share on Esch of

the 40,000 was allotund on the 19th day of May,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

DOLLAR Per Share for the Six Months INTERIM DIVIDEND of "ONE ending 30th June, 1924, will be PAYABLE on WEDNESDAY, oru AUGUST, on which Date Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Company's Office,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Thunday, 14th July, (both Jays inch- to Wednesday, 8th Angust Shares can be registered. sive), during which period na Transfer of By Order of the Board of Directors,

JOHN ARNOLD,

Secretary. Hongkong, 9th July; 1924

NOTICE.

A'S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

NE CERTIFICATE for 75 Shares Nos. ON

58105/56129 (25 shares) A Nos. 58180/36299 (50 shares) in this Company stand. ing in the Name of CHOW PENG, deceased. han boen LOST, and if at the expiration of One Menth from the date hereof, the above docu- ment be not forthcoming, other Certificate for the said shares will be ismod by the Company. and thereafter no other will be acknowledged. A. S. WATSON & COFLIMITED. Hongkong, 24th June, 1924.

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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

CANTON, LTD.”

THE Certificate No. 1291 for One Silver

Thero ar now converted Inc Fire

7 1923, has been made by the Company, Gold Shares in this Society standing in the and that each Call will be Payable to the Name of DIKRAN MOURADIAN has been Company Ba

any's Bankers, The HONGKONG and SANG Declared LOST, and it at the Expimtion of One HAT BANKING CORPORATION in Hongkong on or Month from the Date hereof the slave. Docu- Before the 13TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1924.

ment be not forthcoming the said Certificate will be deemed Cancelled and of No Effect, and Certificate for the Five Gold Shares will be Inaued in its steal by the Society.

PAUL LAUDER,

General Manager. .. [1019

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 7th to 14th Augusts 1924, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. H. ROWE.

Hausging-Director. Dated this 19th day of July, 1924. · [1045

1917. for

Hongkong, July 12th, 1924.

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

CANTON, LTD.

INTIMATIONS

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WHISKY

A Skilful, blend of the

Finest matured Highland

Whiskies. A happy result

of long years of ex-

perience in distilling and

а fine blending; with

flavour that cannot fail to

assure appreciation from the most discriminating

palate.

"

BOTTLED in SCOTLAND.

SOLE AGENTS:

THE Certificate No. 848 for One Silver AS WATSON

.CO. LTD.,

Wine and Spirit Merchants

ESTABLISHED & Yea

Parliament, it may possibly ment that representations will he made in London to this effect Possibly this resolution by the Cabinet was inspired from some source in London, for it was admitted by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs

SHAMEEN SITUATION.

SETTLEMENT. PROSPECTS:

No definite news, of a settlement is yet. to hand. ነ

According to yesterday's. Canton

through Gurette,

the mediation of

in the House of Commons 'recently that Mesirs. Ma Shin Chun, and Tam Lai the suggestion had been communicated Ting, the British and French Consule, to the Foreign Office from an unofficial and Col. Grus several meetings with the Strike Union's representatives were held source that the money should be devoted on Saturday and Sunday. Our contem to railway construction in Chinn. Doubt pornry states that it was agreed that the less it will now he officially communicated new Shameen Regulations should be before Parliament is invited to approve entirely withdrawn and that no restric the Committee's amendment to the, Bill tion abould be put upon Chinese entering specifically earmarking some part of it and tearing Shameen before 11 o'clock

in the evenink.- at least for education." Education!!

The questions now pending settlement). may be a very elastic term, but it would it said, are: (1) with regard to the de need, considerable stretching to make it mand that no deduction in salaries sħall include "education by means of railway be made for the days the strike were on travel." Yet we recollect that this was and, (2) that none of the Chinese en one of the aspects of the matter men-ployés shall be dismissed by their em tioned by Sir ROBERT Ho Texa in the ployers on account of their joining, the

strike.. outline of his scheme twenty-four or

To the latter two questions the Britis twenty-five years ago, Railways, he urged, would do more to enlarge the and French Consuls could not give `d before obtaining thi perspective of the Chinese than any other opinions of all the Shameen hongs a one agency They would induce the private residences which are neithe people of the interior to travel and French nor English. The whole of the r acquire the breadth of view which comes (sidents of the Shaneen were to hold a con from contact with the world, and so forth. ference yesterday forenoon and a definit We have seen no full statement of the reply would be forwarded to the Strik. views of Marshat We Pere, but as henion in the afternoon and the natur of this comuñunication would decid apparently limits it to the use of the whether the strike could he settled in British portion of the Indemnity, it re-mediately or not.

angwer definite

The Gazette reporter was told at t presents a very attenuated idea of Sir ROBERT HO TUNG's original scheme. The offices of the strikers Union that if

were. not reache hatter contemplated the devation & the defnite settlement

well as tI whole amount of the Tademnity-some yesterday the area, as £10,000,000 sterling, to the purposes of phere of the strike" would be extende and that preparations were in progre railway construction, Marshal W P-

Several labour organis to that end. Fu's proposal is apparently limited to lions had expressed their sympathy an

& less than a fourth of that sum. All the promised every assistance."

BITH NOBLE-At Shanghai, em July 14th, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Nou, twins (boys), one still-born.

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Share No. 119 now converted into Five Certificate NS 0269 dated Hongkong Gold Shares in this Society standing in the 25th April,, 1917, for 10 Shares nambored Name of TARATA &.CO., Han Bean Declared 86666/66673, 53984 and 36124, and Certificate LOST, and if at the expiration of One Month NS 4066 dated Hongkong, 25th April, 1917, far from the Date hereof the shore Document be 10 Shares of this Bank hambered 53136/53145 not forthcoming the Hall Certificate will be PRICE OF 1880E-Shai. Tix. 974 per cent.

inclusive Bath rugistered in the Name of deemed Cancelled and of No Efects and a REDEMPTION on December 1st, 1964, at MR. ELIZABETH HANNAH HADLEY Certificate for the Five Gold Shares will be

par, under the operation of a Sinking Fan MITCHELL and Certificate NS 3465 dated inued in its stead by the Society. The Debentures may, however, be Redeemed Hongkong, 25th April, 1917, for *, Shares

PAUL LAUDER, Council in whole or in part on numbered

and Certificate 27851/2766 incl

inclusive and

General Manager. by the

NS "Urcemara 31st, 1904, or on any Subsequent

2564 dated Hongkong 25th

April

Hongkong, 3rd July, 1914.

(978 Date, abject to the Council giving Six 16 Sharea numbered 4569/42570, 33583/33590, Calendar Mouths, Notice in the Muni 14487/14492, 30431/30435, 20416 and Certificate face and Public Press of Shanghai. In the NS 4065 dated Hongkong, 25th April, 1917, vent of Partial Redemption of the Lean, for 15 Shares of this Bank numbered 53176, HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD. the Numbers of Debentures to be Redesmal 50627/50838, 63134/53135 all Three

IN LIQUIDATION, registered will be decided by Drawing

the Name of

of ML. WILLIAM FOOT

(ISOCRPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM) SCRIP will be issued in Dominations of MITCHELL have been

DESTROYED

ED by FIRE, should there Certificates not be produced to the Bank before the 2ME JULY,

LOST SHARE CERTIFICATES.

1924, New Certificates For the Shares vill be

HE Administratrix of the Estate of insed, and the aforesaid Certificates Nos. NST GEORGE HOWARD MAY Deceased 0269, NS.4066, NS 2463, NB 3564 and NS 1065, will be thereafter treated by this Corporate effect the Issue of Scrip for the Shares in has riquested the Liquidator of this Company the HONGKONG TRAMWAYA, LAMITen, to which, ander the Terms of the Ligauintion, the Decessed is entitled by virtue of the holding of 200 Shares is thin.

a.Company withent production of Certificates Nos. EP 20, FP 010 and 671 177976 representing the said 200 Shares No. DOUGLAS ́STEAMSHIP COMPANY, | to 178075, and 69549 to 69643, upon the state. ment that the said Certificates Nor. FF 929, : LIMITED.

FP 230 and 617 Have Been LOST or TICKETS &wing the for

TUCKETS will be issued for ROUND DESTROYED, AND NOTICE IS HEREBY Hongkong Othee: 1a, Chater Boad.

GIVEN that if within 30 Days from the Data. SEPTEMBER, from Hosesong to Foochow hereef No Claim or Representation in respect London Office: 131, Fleet Street, (Pagoda Anchorage) and Return

thereof be made at This Office the said Calling

'Tix.

Shai T, COO, Shai that and Shai Th. 100 to suit the convenience of Applicants. APPLICATION FORMS can

outuined from the Lost Orging of the HONGKONG

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AND SHANSUAL BANKING CORPORATION Orton as Nail and Void. from the TaIASURER AD COMPTROLLER, SHENEBAI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL," Administra tion Building, Shanghai, to whom all En quiries should be addressed.

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

#..

CO., LTD.

CONS

ONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer

ABRASTUS

at

L

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By Order of the Court of Directora,

A. EL BARLOW,

Acting Chief Manager.

TO

at Swaro and AMOY on both the Upward Certificates will thereafter be deemed Cancelled" and Downward Voyage, by the Company's and of No Effect

Fant Well-appointed Steamer New, "HAI-NING

NING" at the

the Reduced Rate of $80. for the Rond Voyage, including Meals while the Steamer is in Port.

are hereby notified that the Cargo will be di charged into Holt's Wharf, Kowloon, where it will lie a Consignees risk and subject to terms and conditions of storage at Holt's

These Special Tickets will be available for Wharf The Cargo will be ready for delivery Return ONLY by this Steamer, either by the from Godown on and after 21st July.

Voyage for whi

for which it is immed or by her follow- Optional, Cargo will be landed, unless Notice ing Salling from Fuochow. Duration af. Stay

prior to Steamer's arrival,

at hours. Goods are and damaged.

bra,

to

All broken. chafed and

The Trip occupies 8 to 9 days and the be left in the Godowns, where they will be Steamer will Leave HONGKONG from the Com

azamined on any Tuesdays an

the hours of 10.45 1.M. and between pany's Wharf at 5 pm. Ammying at Daylight |

within the free storage period. No Claims will

be admitted after the Goods have left the Steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 28th July. will be subject to Rent.

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 11th August, or they will not be recognised

No Fire Insurance will be effected

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRD,

Agents.

[1051- Hongkong, 21st July, 1924.

on her Beturn (Weather

ther permitting).

to

The Company's Steam Launch will convey passengers from PAGO Аистовая Foochow Crry, if

if required. For further Farticulars and Dates of Sailing Apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,

General Managers, DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP Co., LTD. Hongkong, 17th Jane, 1924.

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PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE

of a

situate and being.

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL | VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY

STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

STEAMER FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG, COLOMBO AND BOMBAY

THROUGH

BILLS

OF LADING ISSUED FOR EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN AND CONTINENTAL PORTS

AND LONDON, "

THE Steamship

"JEYPORE”.

carrying His Majesty's Maila, will be despatch' ed from this Port at Nocs, on TUESDAY, the 29 Justaking Cargo for the above Ports.

Silk and Valuable Cargo for Italy, France and London (urler arrangement) will be con- veyed by this Steamer proceeding to Bombay and there transhipped to the on-carrying Steamer for Marseilles and London.

Parcels will be received at the Office unti 5... on the Day previous to Sailing. The contents and value of all packages ist be declared.

For Further Particulars, Apply to

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO,"

Agents. Hongkong, 2nd July, 1924,

.

Rural Building Lot No, 54 and Kellett Lodge, No. 180, The Peak

situate thereon

to be Bold under the Instruction of The Executor of the Will of the Hen, Mr.

· ARTHDE BYLANDS Lowe, dncossed

BI

PUBLIC AUCTION

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от

WEDNESDAY,

the 2nd Day of JULY, 1924, at 3 OʻGLOCK EX. Subject to a Reserve Price

Messi. LAMMELT BROTHERS Auctioneers,

*

At their Auction Rooms in Duddell Street.

For further particulars and condition of

1006

- sale apply to —— MEMES, DEACONS,

Solicitors for the Executor,

1, Den Vaux Bond Central, or to ... "MEMIA, LAMMERT BEOS.,

the AuctioneeTE, -

Duddell Street.

DEATHS.

Sitas-At Los Gatos, California, on June 4th, CECILIA, the beloved wife of MENA D. SILAS, Shanghai, aged 35 years

CANDLIN.At Peitaibo, on July 18th, the Rev. G. T. CANDLES, United Methodist Mission, Peking, aged GREENWOOD.-At Shanghai, on July 13th,

ARTHUR T. Gregswood.

PARSER At Mokanshan, on July 15th, Captain JAMES HENRY PAHTELUGE PARKER, aged 82.

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W. E. ROBERTS, Attorney for the Liquidator. Hongkong, 28th June, 1924.

The Daily Press.

(954

Hoxezone, JULY 9ixo, 1924

other Powers are left froe to devate by We learn that an unofficial meetin far the intger portion of the Indemnity was held on Sunday of all the principl to education and· “cultural work" of European residents on Shameen, in ord their own designing. Sir ROBERT Hu that a vote might be taken on the que

tion of the payment to the strikers: Toxo's proposal was that the railways wages for the time during which the and other internal improvements made had been on strikt with this money should be under the joint control of the. Powers, to be oper. ated by them until the full amount of the investment is returned, and, until China is in a position to become, by purchase, the sole owner of the improvements. It

The result is stated to have been under:

For

Against

150

40

KWANGTUNG FLOODS.

GOVERNMENT.

war on the Ince of it an attractive APPEAL MADE TO THE HONGKONG scheme, promising a rapid and rich development of trade, but the Powers

As the result of a meeting held at the would not look at the scheine at that Tung: Wab Hospital on Sunday after time, and we doubt if the British Parlia-noon for the purpose of raising funds! ment would seriously consider the muti to alleviate distress enused in the

approved" by the Peking Government. lated scheme which is now unanimously Kwangtung Province by the floods, i

WALS decided that the two unofficia Chinese members of the Legislativ Council be asked to approach the Hong kong Government with a view to obtai The Hongkong. Tramways, Ltd., 12171 ing the Government's sympathy an nonce an interim dividend of seventy-asaistance

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five cents per share payable August 20th. Yesterday as the result of this decisini the Hon. Mr. R. H. Kotwall (was, whi Among the

passengera who passed unavoidably prevented from attendin through on the MM. Porthos were Mr. Sanday's meeting but who in a letter de Fleuriau (French Minister at Peking) to the meeting strongly expressed himself Mr. Sipant (Alent General of the Messa-in favour of an appeal being made, to

HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD. CHINA'S DESIRE FOR MORE geries Maritimes), and the Rev. Father the Government) and the Hon. Mr. Chau

IN LIQUIDATION.. (IFCORPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM).

LOST SHARE CERTIFICATE.

the

100

W. E. ROBERTS,

Attorney for the Liquidator. Hongkong, 9th July, 1924,

[1005.

the

RAILWAYS.

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Batcop..

Shiu Ki, together with other prominent Chinese residents paid a -special, visit toi The Shangbai Municipal „Council,, by the Secretary for Chincs Affairs, ta In our comment yesterday on the amend advertisement in another column, invites whom they rande a strong appeal for ment, in Committee, of the Bill now applications for debentures in their Silver help. THE Lquidator of this Company has before the British Parliament relating to Loan of 1921. The issue price is 573 per

requested by M. DAVID SAUL

The matter was considered at some LEVY of 12, Ties DONG ROAD, SHANGHA to the application of the outstanding portion cent, and the rate of interest 65 per cent. length and it was finally decided that. effect the lease of Scrip for the Shaves in the

efore anything could be done in the HONGKONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED, to which, as of the Boxer Indemnity, whereby one per annum, the Registered Proprietor of

matter of would be best to wait for the Shares of this! Company, he is entitled auler portion of it is definitely earmarked for

Captain N. Hjorth of the Drufur was report of the Chinese committee (Blusara_ Liquidation, without production of Certificato the purposes of education, we hazarded" No. 903 representing the said 100 Shares Nos. 181180 to

the the opinion that the amendment had been recently admitted to the Nursing Home You Yi Chau, lai Mai Wai and Chow 131279 pon statement that the

at Bangkok with feveri Pilot Alh. Tak Tim) who left for Canton yesterday said Certificate No. 303 Has Been LOST or prompted by the movement which appears Petersen was appointed pro tem master to investigate conditions in the various DESTROYED, AND NOTICE IS HEREBY

districts affected by the floods, Directly GIVEN that if within 30 days from the Date to be developing in China to secure this of the Drifor, and the vessel left for this report is received it was sent. hereof no Claim or Hejresentation in respect

with the appeal to the Government for thereof be made at this Office the said Certificatency for railway construction. We re laihow.

consideration.. will thereafter be deemed Cancelled and of No called the fact that Sir ROBERT HU TONO,

The hearing was began at the U.S. Up to the regent a large sum of money Effect

at the time the Indemnity was exacted, put forward a suggestion that the Powers Court fessions, Tientsin, last week, of has been coffed amongst the Chines an action by Miss Susie Chow, daughter for relief purpoaid on Sunday night a bank draft 410,000 wax despatched should agree to apply the Indemnity to of the late Mr. Chow Tzu-chi, a former to the, Canton Merchants Volunteer that object, and we mentioned that linister of Finance, and his executors Corps, who organising relief

nures: in" „Cijuton. Marsha! W Per-Fu had Intely been to recover $10,000 from the Asia Banking spansoring the suggestion. What we did. Corporation, which sum was alleged to not know until yesterday was that at have been deposited at the bank. The the first Cabinet meeting held in Peking ease was adjourned, following mening

charged before Mr. Lurton at the U.S. recently under the Oficiating Premier statements, by counsel for both sides.

Commissioner's Court at Shanghai st week with polluting the Huangyo with, ship of Dr. WELLINGTON KOO, General,

Our Shanghai contemporary, the N. 6. fuel oil and was fined $100 gold with We Pa-ro's suggestion that the British Daily News, in a note on the Hongkong costs, The Copilssioner in the course Boxer Indemnity moneys should be used Government's shipping"profits and the of a written judgment said The defen

dant bas pleaded guilty and the facts of for railway and road construction was revelation that the sum of $2,220,483.91 the cap show that this is an offence of a "unanimously approved." This informa- i still shown in the monthly financial very grave nad serious character due to

city of Shanghai becoming seriously im tion was communicated to the statements under the heading of "Ship the danger to the water supply of the hing Control Account," expressica " won-paired. It also shows that the discharge Daily News by its Peking correspondent derment that so large a sum can be car of oil in the river would seriously menace who inferred that, as this resolution had ried on the books of the Colony inte- the shipping of the port, due to the fact that there is a possibility of oil enjohing been taken before the return of the funds unitely." The wonderment is very widely on fire and being carried to the sunszels

in this port has been finally sanctioned by the British shared in Hongkong.

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TO-DAY, 3.15 & 9:15 pm, LAST PERFORMANCES 0% RUDOLHP VALENTINO and ÁGNES AYRES - in

THE SHEIK. Increased Price$2.00 & $1.00,

Today only, at 230 & 7.15. in CHARLES BAY "NINETEEN & PHYLLIS"

THE CORONET.

الله

Capt. Jones Pendleburg, master of the Dollar Line sarraiden! Adams, was