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NOTICE.

WING to the Death of SIR EDWARD OBASSOON. BALL, This Office will be CLOSED TO DAY (FRIDAY), STE DEO "EMBER, 1924

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NOTICE.

rise as Stock, Share E, "the Undersigned, have THIS DAY

and General Brokers under the Firm Name of **HODGSON AND HARRIMAN" with Ofcom situated in the Bank or CHina Building, Tor FLOOX,

F. L HODGSON. G..A. HARRIMAN,

Mamber. Hongkong Sharebrokers

Ansociation.

Hongkong, December 4th, 1924.

£1568

THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO. (1918), LTD.

purpose of receiving a

NED SIXTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING DE SHABEHOLDERS THE be held at the Offices of the Compsay. St. Groman's BUILDING, Chater Road, Victoris, Hongkong on the TE DECEMBER, 1924, at 11.30 o'clock in the Forzsoon, for the Statement of Accounta and the Beport of the General Managers for the year ended 30th September, 1994, and electing & Consulting Committee and Auditors.

TRANSFER BOOKS, of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the Ori DECIM8, 1924, until SarorDAT, the Deceag, 1924, both days inclusive.

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SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Manageru.

HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.

-ST. ANDREW'8" v. ".ST. GEORGE'S

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FANLING

SUNDAY, 291 DECEMBER

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INTIMATONS

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER OTH. 1924

I DEORMBEE. 1994, My Office will be on 8TH FLO PEDDER BUILDING, No. 12, PARDEX STREET: TELL OF 4887, 07. 1803,

beg to state that On and After 1st

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A. W. GRAHAM-BROWN, ARIBA., F.S.A. (Boot.),

Azeritzer & SURVIVOR.

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG TUG ♣ LIGHTER CO. LTD.

E beg to give Notice that A Call of W80 Per Share has been made upon All Members holding Shares upon which only $4.00 has been paid, and that the Same will bo Payable to the Bankers of the Company, Taz HONGKONG AND SHANGWAT BANKING CORPORA- TION at Hongkong, 00 or before, the 10TH JANUARY, 1995.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. General Managers.

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO, LTD.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO.,

LIMITED,

N and After Ist DECEMBER, 1924, Our

Address ill be as follows

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NEW P. & 0.. BUILDING.

NOTICE.

SCRIP Na. 7896

100 SHALEN

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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK CO, LTD.,

Non, 58544/63, 27569/93, 4193/96, 55627/636, 5959/68, 52381/390, 51667/76, 55695/94, IN THE NAME or Ma. NG CHEUNG.

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above-mentioned Scrip the property of Ma. A. A. LOPES, of ALEXANDRA BUILDING,

Iquested to Enter their Names on Lists Hongkong, Share broker, has been obtained from posted at FANLING, HONGKONG CLs, or Exopsgress' INSTITVTL.

Entries Close ca ST INSTANT,

A. RITCHIE,

Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 3rd December, 1924 [1264

SHAMEEN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL (BRITISH CONCESSION.)

ENDERS ARE HEREBY INVITED

for the Supply of the following: (1)-One (1) Hand drawn Motor Fire Engine capable of delivering 150 English Ŏmi- lons of Water per minute. Pump to throw two (2) Jets to a vertical height of 75 to 80 fest with 2 inch Internal Diamuster H. and 3/4 inch nozzles at

of an average pressure wycare iach. Pump mounted GE Carriage baving Steal Springs and Steel Wheels with either solid Rabber or Foeumatic Tyres. To be com plete with the necessary Fuel Tank, Water Tank feet of Suction Hose, Suction Bose, il necessary Tools and Accessories. (2) Twenty-eight (23)_length of 2 inch internal diameter Canvas Fire Hose to suit above-mentioned

pressare, lengths of Fifty (50) feet.

to be

in

(3)--Sereaty (70) Automatic Couplings fur

Hose, 5 of which are to be fitted to the.

9 lengths of Hous. Six (6) Nozzles to

him by false pretences and that any Parson to whom the same is offered for Purchase should before purchasing the same A, Once" com- municate with M., A. A. LOPES at his Office, ALEXANDRA BUILDING, or st.

at him Residence, No. 3, PRATT BUILDING, Kowloon.

Dated the 27th day of November, 1924. 1545]

AAA. LOPES. "

FOR ATTENTION OF MASTERS OF NORTH-BOUND STEAMERS.

AS. During the North East Monsoon there is always a possibility of North-bound Steamers Running Short

This

OF BUNKER COAL,

to Inform Ton that TAIT & CO., AXOY (A Well-protected Port with Good Anchorage) have Stocks of

GOOD JAPANESE BUNKER GOALS

AT REASONABLE PRICES.

- Wireless Messages via Hongkong or Formcas are Be-transmitted by the GEBAY NORTHERN TELEGLA Co., and a Wire, to "TAIT OF COALBUNKER" AMOY, will Receive their Prompt Attention.

Bentley's Complete-Phrase Code äsed.

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HOUSE" No. 1, Mar BOAD,

INTIMATIONS

DEWAR'S

clear later, that the Japanese were For stowing away on board the sa responsible, as the Russians allege, for President Jackson from Manila, tro similar incidents during the operations Filipinos were yesterday sentenced to | of Japanese troops in Siberia. In regard ons month's hard labour each by Mr. to Sagbalien, Russia requires that Japan E. W. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magis

shall, withdraw her troops. from the tracy.

northern half of that island within two

THE TOUCHSTONE weeks after the Agreement comes into

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DEWAR'S.

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White Label" and,

"Victoria Vat."

As supplied to the Houses

of Lords and Commons.

By Royal Appointment His Majesty The King.

SOLE AGENTS

A S WATSON

CO., LTD., Wine and Spirit Merchants.

ESTABLISHED 1841..."

YING WAH GIRLS' SCHOOL.

SALE OF WORK OPENED BY

LADY SEVERN.

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There was a large and attractivo die- play of all kinds of goods at à sale of work beld at the Union Church yesterday Miss Wong Yin Hoog, of No. 21, Old | afternoon, in aid of the Ying Wab Girls" the London Missionary force. Japan does not profess to want Bailey, has reported to the police that School and the island; and, indeed, there are intera diamond ring, valued at 8800, which Society. national reasons why no such professions she placed on a washstand while washing should be made, for the United States her hands in a Chinese restaurant has Government in 1921 mildly prótested to been atolen." Japan against her continued occupation Just missing the Yaumali ferry bout of the strategic centres of Eastern on Wednesday, a Chiness tried to gain Siberia; intimated that the United States the vessel's deck by jumping. Failing, could "not recognise as valid any claims he was severely injured in the legs, and school, of which sum the Government has or titles arising out of that occupationis now an inmate of the Government promised half. or control, nor acquiesce in any action Civil Hospital.

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without her knowledge.

In connection with the Missionary Society it is proposed to erect a school building in Bonham Road, the site for which has been given by the Society. The site is valued at Balf million dollars, and it is estimated that $100,000 will be required for the new

The Rev. J. Kirkc Maconachie, who pre-

way she laboured is the interests of her Before a District Court Martial held pupils.

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taken by the Government of Japan which Another European lady who has been sided at the sale, sail that there was might impair existing treaty rights or the robbed in the street is Miss Patterson/many educational institutions in Hong political or territorial integrity of Russia of the Home for the Blind at Kowloon kong, but he did not think there was one that had a better claim for assistance and finally the United States Government

City. She was walking in Wellington reiterated the hope that Japan would Street on Wednesday, when a pickpocket tribute to the work of Miss Holen Davis, than the Ying Wah School Fo paid a find it possible to carry out within the abstracted a watch from her hand-hag the manageress of the School, for the near future her expressed intention of at last terminating the Siberian expedi tion, and of restoring Saghalian to the Russian people. Japan has since evacuat Murray Barracks yesterday, Private

E. V. Woodyard, of the 1st Battalion, Year, and now it was found necessary to ated the territory she temporarily can- trolled in Eastern Siberia, but retains the East Surrey Regiment, was found build new premises. New premises in

superior officer. her occupation of the northern half guilty of striking a

She is now, appareatly, Sentence will be promulgated in due of Saghalien: prepared

this territory course. on condition that she is granted 60

to

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abandon

The institution had extended of late

Hongkong were An expensive item. Already 820,000 had been spart in pre- paring the ground, and $100,000 was

needed. He did not know how much they

A posthumous anniversary was held at would collect that afternoon, but he per cent of the oil resources in the the Mun Kwok Restaurant, West Point, hoped that their contribution would be territory in which Japanese interests are last night, by the descendants of the something which would justify the effort. The male was brought about by the already engaged, and also the same per oldest family of Hongkong to celebrate ladies of the Union Church and the centage in a much larger area, extending the occasion of the late Hon, Mr. Woog's ladies of the Congregational Church in over a thousand versts, which has yet to Shing's 101 birthday. It will be remem. Kowloon. A year ago they were some- be exploited. Rusia is willing to allow bered by old residents of the Colony that what in trouble over the building of a Japan 40 per cent in the smaller con- the late Hon. Mr. Wong Shing was the Chinese school in their vicinity, and the cession, and is also prepared to grant first Chinese member of the Legislative impression that seemed to have got about a Congregational the same percentage in respect of the Council and was one of the founders of was that they, as &larger area desired, but limits this con- the Tung Wah Hospital and Po Leung school. "This effort he hoped would go to Church, were unfriendly to Chinesa cession to five years. The Soviet news Hook. During his life time Mr. Wong show that they had nothing clac but good- agency in Peking represents that the

Shing was very popular amongst his will towards Chinese schools. Japanese Naval Ministry, which is in-

colleagues and friends. The happy. Lady Severn, who opened the izle, said terested in ensuring oil supplics for the fleet, considera the Soviet eher accept.party, composed of 54 of his direct male that the chairman had said what thero and so female descendants, spent a most was to be said about the nature and able and is pressing the Government to

enjoyable evening together with a number object of the sale. She went through a sign the agreement, while on the other of relatives and friends.municated. Girls' School a year and a half ago and hand private interests are urging the

found it very interesting. She hoped the Government to adhere to its demands

Hongkong Office: LA, Chater Road London Office: 131, Fleet Street, EC."

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, Decumana 57¤, 1924.

RUSSIAN TREATY-MAKING WITH CHINA AND JAPAN.

auit Home Couplings, 3/4 inch, with Cop "AVA 1, 1925. Furnished Russia has not been very successful to

House, 4 Bathrooms, Hot sad Cold Water, Tennis Court, and Garden

Apply to ARRATOÓN “V, APCAR, Prince's Building-

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Jet Pipe completa. Two (2) Two-Seven-roomed per way Cansections. (4)-Two (2) Ligh: "Hose Beels for Fire Hose mounted on either steel or Wood Wheels Habbog Tyrod, with... Springs, Accessories and Tool Box. (5)-One (1) Chemical Fire Extinguisher of about 35 to 40 gallon capacity, mounted on Wheels and having about 200 feet of Howe, about 3/4 inch diameter, with the Usual Nozzle and Shut Of

Price for Delivery at the Fire Station Shameon,

Tenders should be Bealed and Marked "FIRE DEPARTMENT" and delivered at the COUNCIL ROOM, BRITISH Condesator, SHANTEN, Canton, on or before SATURDAY, 20TH INSTANT.

The Council does not bind itself to accept the Lowest or any Tender and Reserves to itself the right to accept the whole or part of any Trader.

incurred in tandering.

(Signed) CHAB. E. WATSON,

Secretary, COUNCIL BOOK.

Shamsen, 2ad December, 1924.

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PACIOUS OFFICES, in Pow's BUILD. IG, 12, Da Yaux Boan (Central Posi- tion). Vacanti Jandart lar, 1925,

Apply MANAGING DIRECTOR, Wx. POWELL, Lau.

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building of the new school.

The various stalls were in charge of the following ladies:-

The Shanghai Municipal Council nas sale would be a great success, and would for 60 per cent. Whether it is a fact that agreed to a revision of the telephone sub-help is to small way the fund for the the Japanese Admiralty considers 40 per acriptions from January 1st vent, acceptable we do not know, but the follows: (1) Rates for residential tele Government's demand is still for to per phones to be increased from Tis. 15 to Tis. 52 per annam; (2) Bates for business cent, and the "decisive development in the Soviet-Japanese negotiations," which telephones to be increased from T. 05 the Soviet news agency led the public to to Tis. 78 per annum; (3) 70/100 Line expect three weeks ago, has not yet witchboards to be increased in rental to

arrived.

Tla 100 and Tis. 150 per annum, respec- tively; (4) All restaurants, clubs, hotels, tea shops, ele, to be placed on the mes far in her efforts to re-establish Treaty The members of the Victoria Recreange rate baris instead of, as at present, relations with the Powera Even in tion Club are having a dance to-morrow the flat rate, the charges to be as speci- China, though a Preliminary Agree-night.

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ment was successfully negotiated, and," after much deldy, duly signed in the month of March last, the Conference for the purpose of concluding detailed ar- rangements with a view to drawing up

à Commercial Treaty has not yet been convened, though it was stipulated that the Conference would be convened within one month from the date of siguing the | Preliminary Agreement The political

A dinner was given last night at the Yacht Club to Commodore Grace, who is shortly leaving the Colony.

fed in the letter from the Company pro- posing the revision.

News was received by cable yesterday of the death in London of Sir Edward Elias Sassoon, Bart, formerly the senior

The Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak and partner in the firm of Messrs. E. D. Miss Joyce. Holyoak left on the Empress Sassoon & Co. The late baronet was the

General Stall.-Mesdames Hamilton,

and Cloyn. Milne, Gerrard, Craig, 'Cubey, Dalgetty

Refreshment Stall-Mesdames

Price and McMurray. chell, Muir, Horn, Thorburn, Drummond,

Mit-

Children's Stali and Bran Tuk Mesdames Macerichie, Purves, Collett, Blair, Ironside and B. Brown.

Sweet Stal-Miss Annie Miller, Misa Phyllis Brown-

School Stall-Miss Davis..

Mrs. J. B. Ross was the hon. treamerC and Mrs. Mackenzie hon. secretary.

EXPENSIVE MEDALLION.

CHINESE WHO TOOK IT GOES TO GAOL.

A Chinese chief appeared before Mr.

N. L. Smith at the Central Magistracy

of Australia on a visit to Shanghai and father of the late Mr. Hector Samooz, will return on the lector on the 15th who, for a few years before his death yesterday on two charges.

in London this year, was in charge of stole a fox fur belonging to Mrs. Craw

inst

In the first case it was alleged that he

Neither does the Council Lind itself to pay FOR FLOOR, No. 14/18 instability at Peking in recent months

Eun over by her own truck coming the firm's interests in Hongkong. The ford, and in the second he was charged. any axpenses which the Tenderers may have

to Mr. R. J. Brown. is, perhaps, a sufficient explanation of down Morrison Hill Cap on Wesnesday, late Sir Edward Bassoon was bimself with stealing a gold medallion belonging head of the firm in Hongkong in the On the latter charged he was sentenced China's failure to fulfil the obligation a coolie woman was found to be dead

the Government Civil early eighties. He retired from the firm to 14 days hard labour, and the other Incidentally, this is probably a subon arrival- at

when it was converted into a limited count was put back for the evidence of ject on which the Soviet Ambas- Hospital.

liability company, a few years ago. Sir Mrs. Crawford. sador at Peking has views which can hardly be reconciled with bis attitude towards the other Foreign Powers who complain of China's growing disregard of her Treaty obligations. The returns on the Blue Farrel liner Hector

on the 15th instant. Russian negotiations with Japan still

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LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N, CO. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

The Steamship "ROSANDRAZ

FROM TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDISL FORT BAID, MASSAJA, ADEN, COLOMBO, PENANG AND SINGAPORE.

ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby inform

that all. Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., at Kow- | loos, whence and/or from the wharves delivory

be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless

Notice Zut intact.

TO LET.

FIIQE ROOMS în Oxnxnax Potom Apply LINSTEAD & DAVIS, *Alexandra Buildings.

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"PREPAID “ WANTED

ADVERTISEMENTS

Lettres are lying at this Offias for Bozzen AB, IL, XB, YL, 39, 40, 51, 880, 979, 1890,

to the contrary be given before Claims will be admitted after the Goods FOR have left the Goldwas, and

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Sir Henry Gollan, the Chief Justice, Edward succeeded his brother in the baronetcy in 1916. The present head of left on the Empress of Australia for Mears. E. D. BASSOON & Co., Ltd., Bhanghai to sit in an appeal case He amely, Captain Ellice Victor Sassoon,

formerly of the R.A.F., Roceeds to the

title. As a mark of respect to the me- mory of the deceased baronet, the local hang fire also. According to the Soviet Of six defendants who appeared at the office of the Company will be closed news agency in Peking "while the prin- Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon, to-day. The late baronet was 71 years of cipal questions at isene belare the open-charged with running a lottery at a house

ST. JOAN.

ing of the parley were those of the old Jervois Street, one was fined $600 and debts and the Nikolaievesk affair I

Is the rest discharged. massacre of Japanese), to-day Japan has

The Marine Detachment of the H.MS. 5-SEATER suddenly linked the fate of friendship SALE - DODGE Apply — Cowxonore's Orica, Royal with the Soviet Goverment with the Diomede, who have been policing the out Goods Naval Dockyard,

question of Saghalien oil. It would skirts of Bhangbai during the recent appear to be true that substantial agree trouble there, are expected to return Monday, the 15th inst, at 9 a.m. “St. meat has been reached on all questions to-day on the H.M.S. Ambro

undelivered after the 7th instant,

remaining will be subject to Kent.

All Claims against the Steamer must beRITISH ACCOUNTANT WANTS presented to the Undersigned on or before B WORK. Pero Year Experience and the 17th inst., or they will not be recognized.

BIG OPIUM FINE.

MAGISTRATE'S CONSIDERATION FOR WOMAN OFFENDER,

4 fire of $2,400 was imposed by Mr. Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday on a Chinese woman convicted of the unlawful possession of 120 lacis of

raw opium

In fixing the alternative term of hard Inhour at six months, - His Worship observed that but for the deferdant's sex it would have been a year.

DISCOVERY OF ARMS. ORDER FOR CONFISCATION.

Mr. E. W Hamilton at the Kowloom.

A.D.C.'S FORTHCOMING PRODUCTION.

Booking for the A.D.C.'s production of Bernard Shaw's “ St. Joan," under the personal direction of Mr. W. Sinclair, opens at the Anderson Music Store (on

Joan,” which" is a chronicle play in six scenes and an epilogue, is rightly de Magistracy made a confiscation order cribed as the most brilliant drama of yesterday in respect of 33 automatic Mr. Bertram Giles, who has been act the century and is also a great his pistols, 5 Mauser pistols and 5,000 rounds torical pageant. It will be found to be of ammunition, found or board the . In regard to the latter question Russia ing as Consul-General at Carton during the A.D.G. most ambitious production Rosandra and unclaimed. FOR SALE Taland, British

Columbia Desirable BUILDING PLOTS is willing to make an apology for the the absence on leave of Sir James Jamie and a play which certainly should not be A similar order was made in connection for Residential House City and Country outrage, but demands that Japan stall son, leit Hongkong, accompanied by Mrmed. The evening performances will with five cases of empty cartridge-enses commence at 0 p.m. sharp, the matineo at which was discovered on November 14th 11.30 p.m.

in the No. 1 hold of the n Phranang also agree to express regrets if it becomes Giles, on the Empresa of Australia,

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to gwreign Exchange and General Accomat be left in the Godowns, where they will be Write Box No. 68, c/o Hongkong Desily examined on the 6th instant, at 10.

mby

Prem

our Surveyors, Messre, GODDARD & DOUGLAL

No Fire Insurance has been affected.

Eills of Lading will be countersigned by

DOD WELL & CO. UTD Eongkong, Lat December, 1924

Agents

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save this one of the oil concessions, and

possibly also the Nikolaievesk outrage.

Kiso Farm Lots. Apply-Box No. $5, cfa Long- ja

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