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THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON TAXICAB CO., LTD.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND

INTIMATIONS

NOTICE.

"R. ABTUB ONDERWYSER and the

UNTERMANS

INTIMATIONS

NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN tast the Firm of BERENBON UNIMAN To Connoisseurs

FIRST ORDINARY YEARLY

MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS of the FONGKONG AND KOWLOON TAXIOAB CO., LTD., will be held at ita Office, Aatarie LDING, CULIR' Road, on THURSDAY, the 30ṛx day of OCTOBER, 1924, 115 r.m. for the purpose of recairing the Report of the Board of Directors and a Statement of

Accounts for the Year ended 30th April, 1924, and of aleating Directors and Aulitors. Whe REGISTER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 2 to the 30TH OCTOBER, 1924 (both day inclusive), during which No Transfer of Sharen will be registered.

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By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. E. ROWE

Managing-Dimetar. Hongkong, 21st October, 1994.

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CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO..

LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that with referenca to the Special Revolution passed and confirmed at EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS of the above Com- pany held on the 3RD and 20TH DAYS OF OCTO BER, 1924, regarding the division of the above Share Capital from Shares of the

his Own Account..

From the 411 OCTOBER, 1924, Mr. OPKWYKR will no longer represent the said Firm but will in future carry on Business on

ARTUR ONDERWYSER, BEBENSON UNTERMANS

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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

RAFT PROGRAMMES and ENTRY

DVORMS for The SIXTH EXTRA BAO

MEETING to be held on SATURDAY, S7 NOVEMBER, 1924 (weather permitting), may be obtained at the Race Course, Hong- KONG CLUM and Causeway BAY STABLES

Entries will Close at 12 O'CLOCK Noax on SATURDAY, 25th Octosur, 1904.

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MISS DORIS WOODS HONGKONG'S POPULAR TEACHER OF DANCING,

is due to Arrive Early in NovaMEEK İTOM LONDON. where She has been for Sir months studying

DANCING,

Campion of $100.00 each into Shares of the Latest BALL-ROOM & CHILDREN'S

the Denomination asclution to be carried of $25.00 each. in onler to stabla anch Special into effect it is necessary that Shareholders holder benid forthwith forward to the Unde gned the Share Certificatos in respect of their re spective boldings of Shares in the Company in exchange wherefor the Undersigned "will, upon recript of auch Share Certificates, forward to the respective holders thereof written acknow. ledgments of the receipt thereof.

When the New Cërtisckten in respect of the Division of the Shares into Share of the Denomination to $25.00 ench as aforesaid ara ready, Notice thereof will be given to Share- bolder, and such New Certificates will be obtainable by Shareholders upon application to the Undersigned at the Company Registered Ofice, Penca STREET, Victoris, Hongkong, in exchange for the above-mentioned Acknowledg

wants.

Dated this 22nd day of October, 1924. JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., General Agents,

CHINA SUGAR REFINING Co., Ltd. 1395)

ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY

OCTOBER 31st

AT

THE OITY HALL

at 5:30 PM.

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Under the Distinguished" l'a'zonage of H.E. The Governor, SIK BEGINALD STUB, K.C.M.G.

GRAND. RECITAL

Mi: DALLAS FRASER, The brillant English Cellist

and

MR. HARRY ORE Composer and Pianist.

MISS WOODS attended the 0ONVENTION of DANCING TEACHERS (from all parts of the World) held from the 1st to the on af SEPTEMBIL

Fall particulars will be duly announced. STUDIO-3, BEACONSFIELD ARCADE,

TEL CENTRAL 3128."

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BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

PROPERTIES

Situate at TAI, KOK TSUI in the Colony of Hongkong,

To be Sold by AUCTION, Subject to a Reserve Price

од WEDNESDAY,

the 29TH DAY or OCTOBER, 1924, at 3,00 P.M.

In ONE LOT

M LAMMERT BROTHERS, Auctioneers,

In their Auction Rooms in Duddall Street.

The Properties consist of →→

ALL THOSE Pisces or Parcels of Ground situste at Taikoktxui and registered in the Land Office Section A of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 888 and Kowloon Inland Lot No. 891 together with the Meandges, Erections and Buildings thereon (if any)...

Particulars and Conditions of Sale may be obtained from==

ME JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

Prince's Buildings, Solicitors,

or from Mama. LAMMERT BROTHERS,

BOOKING Now Open at THE ANDERSON MUSIC CO.

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"NOTICE.

HONGKONG SHAREBROKERS

ASSOCIATION.

HE following are Members of the bere

Association

A. EL CARROLL M. A. RazicK

J. W. Kr

O. KITCHELL

YI YUNG PAL

F. M. L. SOARES

H. E. EDWARTA

J. F. GROSS

V. YVANCYICH

A. F. GREATES

HARRY O. ODELJ.

Soo P SHAD

WEJ, GARROLL

P. M., HODGSON M. P. Lo

دگیر دور

F. X. V. RIBEIRO

LAU TAK PO

A. A. Lorzs

F. X. D'AIXADA

REMEDIOS

M. H. EMAIL JACK BEHAR

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By Order of the Committee.

of the W. KEW,

Hongkong, 12th May, 1924 Secretar 1774

NOTICË,

HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE,

THE following are Members of the above

Exchange-

ABRAHAM, EZBA Alvis, & A. BAGRAM, J. T. BENJAMIN, V. BILLETT, EL.- Caz, M. J. CROUCuza, N. V ̈Ä. ELLIS, F. M. GOULD I. GUTTERALE, A A KIT, FARD, LAMZET, GEĎ. P.

LAXMIT, H. A. LOGAN, W. MATIZAON, R. T. NISSIM, A PAXXT, L. 8. PZSTONIL, B POTT, G10, H., POTIS, P. Q. BATHORY, E. H Siva, P. M. N. da SETTE, F. R. TESTER, P.

NISSIM,

Secretary.

By Order of the Committee,

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Hongkong, 6th May, 1924.

Auctioneers.

GOVERNESS.

"INGLISH GOVERNESS, Catholic pre-

ferred, with knowledge of French, to take Entire Charge Two Girls, aged 7 and 8 years. Wanted by English Family at Manila, Good References Required. Reply stating

Qualifications and Termûs to-

Box No. 1370, 1870) e/o Hongkong Daily Prea Offios.

FOR SALE.

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Three men armed with daggers held up a girl on the Pokfulam Road at 230 yesterday afternoon, and took from her a small quantity of money and jewellery.

TRAFALGAR DAY.

CELEBRATIONS IN HONGKONG.

The official statement regarding the results of the terrible events of the 15th inst. increases the bewilderment of the public who read it with knowledge of the statements made on the rebel "side, While the official statement tells as that very few, if any, non-combatants were hart the information in Volunteer appeared into the waters, was picked up League had worked zealously for a con-

The body of the Chinese who slipped

THEATRE ROYAL CONCERT,

Yesterday was Trafalgar Day, and Hongkong, essentially a patriotic Colony, while walking up a gangway to a launche observed it whole-heartedly.

The local Committee of the Navy

at Kowloon on the 17th inat, and dis-

siderable time prior to the great day, arranging for Atting celebrations, and their labours were attended with tom- plete success.

Their main efforts were centred on s Queen's Rond Central, on Wednesday, Flag Day and Concert in aid of the fami October 22nd, at 5.45. p.in. All are wellies of members of the Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine who died in the Great come-ADVT.

Wac What has come to be known as the At an early hour yesterday morning, "solicitors clerks case" was resumed the streets of Hongkong and Kowloon

were heightened by the appearance of a before Mr. I. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon, when He number of very charming ladies who car- ried baskets of Union Jacka which they Sai Lok, son of the complainant, con-

sold (the flags, not the baskets) to all The hearing wai tinued his evidence.

and sundry. adjourned until to-morrow.

Not only in the streets did they dis- The "Silver. Stars," the East Surreys pense their little patriotic emblems, but regimental concert party, are to give a ciany of the more daring boldly invaded performance at the R.E. Theatre, Well-business offices, hotels, and restaurants, where they sold lurge numbers of flags ington Barracks, at 8.30 p.m. to-morrow,

to willing buyers. the proceeds being devoted to the depen- dents of the late Signaller Skinner, Royal Corps of Signals.

circles is that the ** casualties **

among in the Harbour last evening. non-combatants ran into thousands, and

"Control of Mind and Building of we have received statements of the bar barity practised by the Government forces Character will be the subject of this towards non-combatanta that have seemed weeks public lecture of the. Hongkong to us too incredible to publish, though Lodge of the Theosophical Society, 16, we suppose they cannot be entirely imaginary. It is admitted in the official statement that “unfortunately some loot ing took place both by bad characters and by soldiers." Evidence abounds, in fact, that the looting was on a very large scale, and we may be sure that the non- combatants who naturally endeavoured to protect their property met with short shrift at

the hands of the looting soldiery. Those who were caught with loot were promptly shot," says the official statement, but it omits to say how many shared that fate. "This drastic measure bad an immediate salutary effect," the official report says. Other reports, while admitting the truth of this, afirm that it was belated action, like shutting the

Following the theft of a gramaphone stable door after the horses had bolted. Still, it is satisfactory to know that there and records at the Anderson Music Com were commanders who realised the pany's shop a few days ago, the Bruns heinousness of the crime and, sooner or wick shop was visited on Monday after. later, took the appropriate action to put noon by a man who is believed to be the He asked the. Inily shop a stop to it. It has been reported that same man.

ixty or seventy looters were summarily assistant to wrap him up some recordsy shot. Official statements on such subjects and whilst ber attention was taken up as these the casualties and, the extent with a customer he calmly walked out of & of the looting-are, however, never likely the shop with the records in his posses to approximately agree with the generalion, and was out of sight before being

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Wine and Spirit Merchants.

Phone 616.

WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT." The wedding arranged between Mr. H. U. IRELAND and Misa E. A. MACHIN TOSH will take place at the Union.

news we

missed.

EFREM ZIMBALIST IN

HONGKONG."

CONCERT AT THE QUEEN'S

ence.

THEATRE.

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The success of their efforts may be gauged from the fact that by tiBu-time a very keen eye indred would have been required to desery a man--or" vonian- without a Union Jack.

The Chinese population, indeed, fell victius in force to the persuasions of the.

trams, ferry- lady Ang-sellers, and on boats, 'buses and in the streets, proudly Haunted the Red, White, and Blue pinned in their ilk raiment,

A Daily Press representative was in- formed by a member of the Committee yesterday afternoon that the sale of flags had produced the gratifying total of

$2,600.

unofficial impressions. There is not even

The names of the fair and eager, work- any trustworthy information available

ers in the cause of patriotig charity were. yet as to the extent of the damage caused

as under: Miss Jean Airey, Miss Annie by incendiary fires, though any organiza

Miller, Miss Joyce Holyoak, Miss Dorothy tion which sets itself to the task should

Holyoak, Miss Harston, Miss B. Harston, be able to obtain definite information on

Misa Ram, Miss E. Macintosh, Miss Peggy such a subject. We have had an estimate

While the attendance at the concert Bird, Miss Hollingsworth, Miss K. Mur- from Volunteer sources that upwards of

given by Mr. Efrem Zimbalist was slightly phy, Mrs F. M. Crawford, Mrs. J. M. 2.000 houses were either wholly or parti affected by the other attraction in the Gordon, Mrs. Hollingsworth, Mr. C. B ally destroyed. The offcial statement form of the Navy League concert, the Brown, Mrs. H. E. Hollands, Mra. W. B. well Cornaby, Mrs. KE. Greig, Mrs. E F tells us that according to police reports Queen's Theatre, Hongkong, was

Aucott, Mrs. T. E. Pearce, Mrs. P. 8. about 490 houses were burnt. Our Chi-filled last night. nese correspondent in the

Undoubtedly one of the most notable Cassidy, Mrs. C. B. Dunnett, Mrs. F visitors to the Colony for some time, McD. Courtney, Mrs. D. M. Ross, Misa Church, Kennedy Road at 3.30 p.m. published from him yesterday said the Zimbalist, the well-known violinist, gave Cornell, Miss Matheson, Mr. Grossman, on Friday, November 7th, 1924, No Fire Brigade had compiled a list of 387 a most enjoyable programme of varied Mrs. E. J. R. Mitchell, Mrs. C. Edge- invitations are being issued, but all friends will be welcome both at the houses, but these were in streets out selections to a very appreciative audicumbe, Mrs. W. Logan, Miss Dunbar, ceremony and at the reception to be of 34 in which the incendaries worked.

Mias Stonham, Miss Tirrell, Mrs. Buck- held afterwards at 1, St. John's Place.

The programine, which was divided berrough, 31rs. Hurley, Mrs. Haywood, There appears to be some prospect of getting fall official lists, for, yesterday's into three parts, included selections from Mrs. Davison, and Mrs. Marcel

Handel, Hubay and Hayda Zimbalist's Canton Gazette states that "Orders have efforts throughout were delightful, and cert was held at the Theatre Royal. After

In the evening, a highly successful con recently been issued by General Tx-CHEN he was ably accompanied on the piano by an overture," Plymouth Hoe," by the Wu, Chief of Police, to the various police Emil Bay.

band of the 1st Battalion, the East Sur-, wards in Saikwan to make a complete The programme was as follows: Sonata rey Regiment, Malini, the famous survey of the extent of damage to life (Handel) Adagio Cantabile, Allegre, juror, aroused enthusiastic applause by and property in consequence of, the recent Largo, Allegro Non Troppo; Concerto bis remarkable feats of legerdemain.

Songs, "The Toilers," and The revolt of the Merchant Volunteers. The (Hubay) Introduction, Scherzo, Adagio, Chiefs of the Police Wards and the Fire Finale; Franzosisches Lied (18th Cen-Fisheriden of England," sung by Mrs. W. Brigade bave already been instructed to try); Anglaise (Dittersdorf); Muscito Harold Perry and Mr. G. H. Piercy re- (Bamean); Les Papillous (Couperin); spectively were well received, and were two pianoforte pieces, Tur apologia of the Canton Government report the number of persous killed and vivace (Haydn); Molly on the Shore followed by

Dvorak's Humoreske," und Liszt's for the massacre and bolocaust at Canton wounded, in their respective wards, at the Irish reel (Gramger); La Gitons (reis- The Nightingale," admirably played by on October 15th, which we publish to-day, same time specifying the number of males ler); Liebsleid (Kreisler); Improvisation Madude Bonentent..

Mr. Charles Olive was heartily applaud-' entirely evades the real cause of the and females. Reports of those who were on a Japanese Tune (Zimbalist); Jotaled for his character sketch of the famous

"The responsibility for trouble.

the killed of looting (sic) and of the ap Navarre (Sarasate), and Fantaisie Faust Mr. Scrooge from Dickens Christmas

(Wieniawski).

Carol, as was Mrs. N. Mathieson for her suffering and damage," it says, must proximate amount in damage to property,

song "The Enchanted Forest." fall on those who, regardless of the are required to be minutely filled out

An apt item, just before the interval, was the fantasia "Trafalgar," played by warnings of the Government, and reck and dubmitted the Police Headquarters

the East Surreys' band. less of the consequences to the citizens, within a certain date."

Hongkong Office: 14, Chater Road. London Öffice: 111, Flant Street, E.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, OCTO, 1924,

THE CANTON TRAGEDY.

TOFF BINGO, No 14/18. had pursued their political plots in

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After the resumption a one-act farce "Another Pair of Spectacles," by Victor Bridgers, in which the three parts were taken by Miss Alyce Brennan, Mr. I M A District Court Martial was held ats. Lloyd, and Mr. A. N. Lucey was given

To most people standing During last week only two cases of the Whitfield Barracks yesterday morning, All three performers showed a. outside tho aroma of the strike, it typhoid were reported in the Colony-on James Element, Acting Bombardier, seeria that the responsibility must rest one Chinese and one imported Russian aath Heavy Battery, R.A., who was tried upon the Government that provoked this case armed resistance itself by the tyranny

Mr. Chan Siu Ki has forwarded a fur: and appression it has ceaselessly exerted ther sum of $1,000 to the Hon. Treasurer upon the people in order to raise the

of the Alice Memorial and Aliated

mendable knowledge of the actor's art and a word of praise must be bestowed on Mr. Rupert Foster, whose efforts a on two charges, first for absenting "him producer contributed in no small degree self from uis post without leave, and to the good reception accorded to the

little play. second for assaulting a superior, while, the

"Nirvana,” by Mr. A. Hyde À song tatter was performing his duty. Lay followed and was loudly applauded. The Court was composed of Major J. A very pretty song, "Break o Day charmingly sung by Mrs. C. Mancin

huge sums of money it has squandered Hospitals, representing twelve donations/F. Drake, East Surrey Regt, President; gave the audience much pleasure..

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collected by him from Chinese frienda

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on senseless warfare. The merchant class

[Capt. B. S. Hey, 2/4th Bombay Grena Then came the item in the evoning's diers (K.E.O.), and Lieut. J. Gellings, entertainment for which everybody had of China do not care a åg for political parties. The only politics that interest For the posscasion of 4 taels of non-Lieut. H. L. C. Hall for the accused.

ILA., appeared for the prosecution and been waiting with high interest, to wit the "cello pieces played by Miss Dallas Fraser, the young British musician of them are politics that will give them peace Government opium, a Chinese who ap

Accused, stated that he was not even

whom such glowing accounts had reached. the Colony. and good government in order that they peared before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the man mentioned in the charges. Evi- The two pieces which she played, the may pursue their business avocations with Kowloon yesterday, was fined $480, with dence was given to the effect that, accused“ Aria." Irom “Orpheus" and Fopper's the sense of accurity which is essential the alternative of six months' hard labour. had attacked Sergeant Diamond, letusiasm by the audience; and a positive "Gavotte" was received with great en-

to their prosperity and happiness. In so

Battalion East Surrey Regiment when the furore rewarded Mrs. Mancini's singing latter ordered him off & tram-car in of Elgar's "Land of Hope and Glory, Arsenal Road. Accused said he was not accompanied by the entire band of in Hongkong on the day in question, but East Surrey Regt. was with a friend at a picture show in Xowloon

far as the Government has failed to The first Musicale of the season will take secure that for the great industrious mass place at the Helena May Institute on of the population it has forfeited their Thursday, October 30th, at 5.30 pan Tea confidence and provoked them to open will be served from 4.30 Tickets, to be hostility. There is no other intelligible had in advance from the Secretary, 50 reading of the situation.

ccats each-ADVE

The Court took the evidence under can sideration, and the finding will be an- nounced later.

Among a number of performers so close. together in merit, it is difficult to make a distinction, but it is safe to say that Mrs. Mancini mado a noticeable populaz appeal,