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"DECOLITE'

FIRE-RESISTING FLOORING

(Awarded Gold Medal Franco-British Exhibition)

JOINTLESS. HYGIENIC & NON-SLIPPING Laid by Our Own "Workmen, en

STEEL. WOOD OR CONCRETE.

"THE - HONGKONG DAHLAY" PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH

THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LTD.

Tel. Jautral 286.

4, Queen's Buildings.

QUEEN'S THEATRE:

To-day till Saturday, March 26th to 29th,

at 2.30 pm, 5.15 p.m. 7.45 p.m. & 9.13 p.m.

AN ALL COMEDY

PROGRAMME.

METRO PICTURE CORPORATION

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PRESENTS

BUSTER KEATON

In His Latest Comedy

"THREE

AGES"

His First Feature Length Comedy. Funniest Feature Ever Made.

"BE

Six Reels of Furious Fun

ALSO

REASONABLE"

A New Mack Sennett Comedy in 2 Parts.

PRICES OF ADMISSION:

At 5.15 p.m.-$1.20. 80 Ots, & 40 Cts. At 9.15 p.m.-$1.50, $1.00 & 60 Cts.

WORLD THEATRE. TO-DAY TILL SATURDAY, 5:15 pm. & 9.15 p.m. THE BIGGEST LITTLE SCREEN STAR IN THE WORLD BABY PEGGY

IN

HELEN'S BABIES"

With CLARA BOW, EDWARD EVERETT HORTON, CLAIRE

ADAMS RICHARD TUCKER & OTHERS. RELEASED IN DECEMBER, 1924. IT'S BABY PEGGTS LATEST SUBEEN 80CCESS WHERE SHE APPEARS SUPPORTED BY ONE OF THE BRILLIANT CASTS.

WITH SPECIAL MUSICAL SETTING AT ORDINARY PRICES.

COMING.

• COMING.

COMING.

A WONDERFUL DRAMA OF RESTLESS WIVES AND DISCONTENTED HUSBANDS

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TEMPTATION

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WITH A DISTINGUISHED ALL STAR CAST INCLUDING

BRYANT WASHBURN, EVA NOVAK, JUNE ELVIDGE.

PHILLIPS SMALLEY, VERNON STEELE, KTC. ALSO JACK DEMPSEY

"FIGHT & WIN"

(SECOND SERIES).

WATCH FOR ITS OPENING DATE.

WORLD THEATRE.

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FOUNDATIONS

PROMPT AND EFFICIENT SERVICE ENSURED, BY ADOPTING

THE FRANKI" PILING SYSTEM

EXAMPLES

CONTRACT No. 40 GODOWN (3 Btorers High) for THE CHINA PROVIDEST LOAN & MOET- GAGE CO., LTD., WEST POINT. TOTAL WEIGHT OF FOUNDATION... 12,000 Tons TOVEDATIONS STARTED......15th Oct 1924 FOUNDATIONS COMPLETED ...15th Dec., 1924. (Time-52 Actual Working Days.)

CONTRACT No. 440- GODOWN (4 Storeys High) for THE WING ON CO. LTD., at WEST POINT. TOTAL WZJGBZON FOUNDATIONS.11,664 Tons FOUNDATIONS STARTED CONTRACT SIGSED FOUNDATIONS COMPLETED

...17th Dec, 1924 ...25th Dec, 1924 ...28rd Feb, 1925

(Tizoe-35 Actual Working Days.)

Ask for lastrated Booklet and fall information from the

HONGKONG ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.

ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, CHATER EQAD Telephone Central 4581 (Two Lines):

PIANOS FOR SALE OR HIRE.

Tu. 4648.

TSANG FOOK PIANO CO.,

No. 8, Des Vaux BOLD CENTRiz (Entrance Ico Hanes Stroot.)

COMPANY MEETING.

LAOU KUNG NOW, COTTON CO.

The annual general meeting of the Laow Kung How Cotton Spinning and Weaving Company was held at Shanghai on March 18th. Sir Edward Pearce presided.

In the course of his speech the Chair- man said: The cotton spinning industry during the last year has been one of great disappointment, and it is with great regret that your Board have such a poor report to lay before you today. The first six months of the year due to the high. price of cotton and the very unsatisfactory rates obtained for your products, caused your Board to view out losses covering that period with grava "concern, your Directors being placed in such that they had to take into most careful position consideration the advisability of continu ing work at a loss or to close down the works until better times. The question of expenses to be incurred through clos- ing down a gone into. The decision. eventually arrived at, view of our heavy overdraft with our more especially in bankers, was that we sheuki lose less By oasing work altogether rather than to increase our fast accumulating stocks.. Your mill, therefore, was cloned down on July 1st, and continued so far. the follow- ing four and a half months; during this peried, as you are all aware, hostilities broke out in our immediate neighbour- hoed, causing an almost complete cessa- tion of all business.

The result of the year's working, as shown in the sccounts, is a loss of is. 279,286.5%, to which has to be added the debit standing at profit and loss account at the end of 1993 of Th.. 88,056.57, show- ing an amount standing at the debit of this account at the end of 1924 of Tis. 583,543.24, and I much regret to say with no reserves to meet this figure. Owing to our lack of capital, we have had to pay our tankers no less than Tls. 71,719.70 for interest on our current account during year, practically speaking 9 per cent. on our capital. In these regrettable eir- cumstances your Board are unable to de preciate either your buildings or plant, All your available reserves having been. already utlized to meet previous years' loages.

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The report and accounts, as presented. were passed.

FRESH CAPITAL SOUGHT.

An extraordinary meeting was then beld for the purpose of considering the follow jag resolutions:-

26TE, 1925

Obtainable at LANE CRAWFORD LTD Tabaqueria Filipina, Greco Egyptian Tobacco Store,

and all high-class Tobacconists, At 95 cents per tip of 50

Millinery,

Summer Dresses,

Bathing Suits.

MAUDE BRENNAN,

2ND FLOOR, ASIATIO BUILDING.

BURNETTS

a

FAMOUS

London DRY GIN

That the capital of the company be increased to Ths. 1,600,000 Shanghai aycee by the creation of 80,000 new shares of Tla. 10 each ranking tor dividend and in all other respects pari

pasan with the existing shares in the company. -That the said 80,000 additional shares be offered at par to the shareholders in the company in proportion to the existing shares held by them respec- tively, and upon the footing that the full amount of each share taken shall be paid to the company on ac- ceptance of the offer, and that such offer be made by native specifying the number of shares to which each share- holder is entitled, and limiting a time. within which the offer if not repled. by payment will be deemed to be. declined, and that the Directors' he empowered to dispose of the shares not taken in response to such ofer as they consider expedient in the interests of the company,

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RESOLUTION LOST.

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On the resolution being put to the meeting one of those present voted in favour, while the majority voted against and the Chairman cordingly declared the resolution lost, adding: In view of the result of your zot passing the resolu tion to raise fresh capital, your Board will meet as soon as possible to discuss! the advisability of convening, without delay, an extraordinary general meeting of the company to consider a resolution for the voluntary winding up of the com pany, of which meeting due notice will be given by advertisement:

The meeting then adjourned,

MR. COCHRAN'S LOSSES.

In the London Bankruptcy Court last month Mr. Charles Blake Cochran, the theatrical producer, attended for public examination His statement of affairs' showed liabilities at £100,284, of which 06,339 are expected to rank, and assets valued at £1,318.

Mr. Cochran aid his total the New Oxford Theatre was £38,000.

Los over Since 1920 he had also lost considerable sumas on exhibition dances at the Pic-

cadilly Hotel, the French season and Kussian ballet as the Prince's Theatre, and the Music Box" Palace Theatre.

Dox" revue at the He attributed his insolvency to heavy. depreciation of shares and debentures various theatrical and other, companies and to "the loss of moneys advanced to them

He estimated that £100,000 had been sunk in the venture at the Nav Oxford Theatre.

The examination was concludel./

RUBBER POSSIBILITIES IN CHINA,

Mr. Knox, the Rubber Propagandist, who went to China recently in connection with the FM.S. Propaganda scheme, stated on his return to Kuala Lumpur that he is convinced that a good market for rubber sad rubber goods could be developed in China. His impressions, however, as regards the immediate fa ture, are not very sanguine, but, as he says. "we cannot suddenly wave a magic wand and create a market. I think there are great possibilities in China if we can produce a sandal that can com pete with the existing form of straw sandals, which are made right through- out China, and are practically a home industry.'

SIR-ROBERT BURNETT & C

ONDON DRY

LONDON

EASURE 12 BOTTLES CONTAN 62 64

TWO GALLONS EQUAL. É GILES

Gives that Distinctive Excellence to a Cocktail.

SOLE AGENTS :-

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

WINE AND SPikit MerchaNIE.

BARDINET LIQUEURS

A Neal incumplets without it,

Only for Connoisseurs

Of course, air, tastes differ. Some people have judgment and others have none. But I've more respect, sit, for the man who smokes always an inferior cigarette than the man who amokes good ones one day and just anything the next. Yes, sir, I can say it posi- tively hurts to hand Kensitas to such smokers. Kensitas were not intended for such poor judges because Kensits are too good to waste. No, sir, they were made for you and all good judges of good cigar-,

ettes.

"Jenkin

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Kensitas

at 2.30.

the preferred cigarette

TO-NIGHT,

p.m., 5.15 p.m.,

7.15 p.m. & 9.15 p.m..

ERNST LUBITSCH

director of

Passion,'

ร

“One Arabian Night '

**"Rosita

presents

MAY MCAVOY, PAULINE FREDERICK, MARIE PREVOST and

în

LEW CODY

His lastest and greatest problem play

Three Women

THE

CORONET

STAR THEATRE

TO-DAY, at 9.15 p.m.

THEATRICAL ENTERPRISES

Present

MADELINE ROSSITER

and

HER NEW LONDON COMPANY

March 26th-

PIERROT PIE

A Comedy Balad with Musical Dressing, Specially Berved. One continuous rear of laughter.

March 27th

FLARES & FLASHES

Introducing Madeline Rossiter's latest dance creation, "Dance-o-Mania, na featured at the hambra

Theatre, London,

March 28th-

FLASHLIGHTS

Introducing New Songs, New Dances, New Burlesques,

A Comedy Show that will keep you screaming,

March 29th

STROLLER LAND

A most excellent curandy bill with laughter galore.

Prices $3 $2 & $1.

CHINA AUCTION

OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE OR

SOLE AGESTE

My wife's temper has greatly improved BUTTONJER & SON.

since she had ber hair bobbed-A man at Marylebone County Court

ROOMS.

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CHINA AUCTION ROOMS,

China Building,

Grand Floor,

Moutrie's

FOR ZUROPH AND AMERICA INDIA, AUSTRAIZA, ***

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ONGKONG WEEKLY PRASI

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