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HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB. TENNIS TOURNAMENT. TEATHER Permitting TO-DAY st

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4.30 PM.

FINAL OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP SINGLES

(RED TICKETS).

Reserved Senta at $1.50 exch. Booking at Messrs. MOUTRIE & CO. 2213]

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB. VISIT OF JAPANESE TENNIS PLAYERS.

WEATHER and Ground Permitting it is

programme:

to carry out the following

SINGLES Bast of 3 neta. Doubts Gant of 5 At 4,13 ench day. (Singles first).

27

MAY-

TOBA C. O'CALLAGHAN. KOBAYASHI & YOSHIDA

S. A. & H. D. RUMJAHN,

28TH MAY-

ОНТА

T. HONDA. KOBAYASHI & YOSHIDA

NG SZE KWONG & C. D'CALLAGHAN,

RESERVED SEATS $1 each MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS of the Clab may Now Book Seatr at the PAVILION REDUCED Prices Booking will CLOSE st the Pavilion on SATURDAY, Ban May, after which Date Hooking will be at Mess, MOUTELY & Cc.

INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 21ST,

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

CANTON, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. MTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that N°

the FIFTY-SECOND ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Sociary will be held at the Head Office. UNION BUILDING, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, 9TH MAY, 1925, at Noon, for the purpose of recurring the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1924, and of declaring Dividends, ato.

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from MAY 16TH to Mar 29th both days inclusiva.

By Order of the Board,

PAUL LAUDER.

General Manager. Hongkong, May 8th, 1925.

(219)

BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that

the FIFTY-NINTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at ita Head Office. USION BUILDING, Hongkong, ot FBIDAY, 29 MAY, 1925, at 1215 P for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directory and the Statements of Account to Bist December, 1924 and of declar ing Dividends, etc.

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MAY 16TH to Mar 29, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Boaril.

PAUL LAUDER,

General Manager.

-219) Hongkong, May, 8th 1923.

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

12214NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTH-SIXTH ORDINARY will YEARLY MEETING of the Company be held at its Head Office, UNION BUILDING, FRIDAY, 29 MAY, 1925, Hengkong, on.

the

THE PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.

STEAMER FOR STRAITS, COLOMBO, AUSTRALIA, BOMBAY, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS & LONDON.

THROUGH BILLS OF LADING ISSUED FOR BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF, CONTINENTAL, AMERICAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.

THE Stentnship

Captain

G.

"SOUDAN

G.

RANDELL

sanying His Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this Port on or about THURSDAY, the OTH MAX, 1925, at Noox, laking Pas. sengers and Cargo for the above Parts.

Bilk, Valuables and Tea for Italy, France and London (under arrangement) will be fran shipped at Bombay into the Mail Steamer proceeding direct to Marseilles and London.

Parcels will be received at this Office until The contente

r, the day before Saba declared. and value of all packages

For further Particulars, Apply i

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong, 21st Blay, 185,

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

COMPANIES (WINDING UP).

No. 3 or 1925.

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES

ORDINANCE 1911

UND

12.30 r., for the ритрове of receiving

Beport of the Director and the Statements of Account to 1st December, 1994, and of declar. ing Dividends, etc.

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MAY 16TH to MAY 2978, both days inclusive.

INTIMATIONS

DEWAR'S

WHITE

LABEL

FINEST

SCOTCH WHISKY

:

OF GREAT AGE.

10

"AWARDED 50. GOLD AND PRIZE NEDALS.

66

1925

IN

CHINA.

The Hon. Mr E. S. He, C.M.G. POLITICAL, SITUATION in the disturbances wero concerned minors-the blind tools of older men Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, has been appointed to administer the Government of the Straits Settlements and to be High Commissioner for the Malay States during the absence on leave of His Excellency Sir Laurenes Nunas Guillemard, K.C.B., K.C.M.G,

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$17.

CANTON NEWS: [FROM OUT CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.

[FROM THE 'DAILY BULLETIN."] gently chides them for interfering in

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, "matters beyond their reach," and asks, How could the Government fail to

MER CHANG IS DETERMINED have pity on them!" He admonishes

TO RESIGN... them henceforth to devote their youthful

PERINO, May 19th, days to school studies and so prepare

Three robbers went aboard a coal ligh

Chang Shin Chao, Acting Minister of. themselves to take their proper place in

Education, who proceeded to. Tientsin. due time in their family life as well as inter, lying alongside the Tài Koo Sugar the public life of the nation and of the Reäacry. Wharf, Quarry Bay, at 4 a.m.

on the 20th inst., under the pretence of last night, still insists, upon resigning, world at large. The mandate seeks to inipress the students with the fact that searching for arms. The three occupants; but, the Government is endeavouring to..

It is understood that. Chang Shih Chaa Government means firmly to check all were bound, gagged and thrown into persuade him to remain in vilice. tendencies to disorder among them, and the hold with their hands pinioned with intimates that it is, the duty of the wire and a robber was posted guard is dissatisfied with the Government's

over them The crew were robbed of policy regarding the students. Ministry of Education to impress upon students generally, in the strongest

Miss Margaret Amy Brockett, danghj manner possible, that it is their duty

ter of the late Mr. Brockett and Mrs. while at school to study school subjects,"

Brockett of Foochow, and Mr. Charles and leave politics to maturer minds. The Frederick Gower Jackson, son of Mr. mandate apparently was A prelude to and Mrs. F. E. Jackson, formerly of the release of the imprisoned students the Chinese Customs, were married at "an act of leniency ** on the part the Holy Trinity, Cathedral, Shanghai, of Government; provided suretics were last Saturday, by the Sub-Dean, the Rev. forthcoming for their good behaviour in A. C. S. Trivett, M.A, in the presence the future. It is to be hoped that the of a number of friends

Mr. Mc. Callum, Chief Engineer of Mandate will have a permanent in- Buence, not only in Peking but through the seo flex, has reported to the criminal libel on "public officials. It is protest out the nation. We may well doubt if police that between 3 p.m. on Sunday fears that the Latchers of this city will it will, however, in these days when little and 6am on Monday, "while-the-hoat declare another strike as a ur no respect for "mandates" is shown was on the way frem Hongkong to Can-against the Department of Public Health. anywhere in China, and political agitato, some person stole $350, from a The butchers are complaining that a tors of the Bolshevic typo are finding the drawer in the captain's cabin and the public health, commissioner has no right schools such fruitful soil for their sum of $100 from the Chief Officer's cabin, to arrest a resident and hold him in bis a. total of $430. A cabin boy who had own custody without co-operation of the WHISKY insidious propaganda. One recognises sinco absconded in Canton, is suspected Police or the District Procurator.

DEWAR'S

'VICTORIA VAT"

THE VERY FINEST OLD

SCOTCH

As supplied to the Houses of Lords and Commons.

Pirates, travelling in, two haunches, attacked the tow-boat, Krong the, on the San Cheung and Canton run, in the "vicinity of Kau Tee Sha, Son Wu District,

IRATE BUTCHERS. -

For having addressed complaints: to. the Civil Governor in Canton discredi ting the action of certain meat inspec

in: Canton, has arrested the Chairman tors, the Commissioner of Publie Health

of the Butchers Guild, charging him with

KWANGTUNG ARSENAL STRIKE

Generals Yang Hsi Mín and Liu.Cher Hun, two leading militarists of Canton, are still in Hongkong en a visit; and re-..

the need for cultivating among the of being the thief. people of the so-called Republic of China, a more intelligent and. more active interest in the government of the country, but it is unnecessary that this should begin in the elementary schools

at 8.a., on the 13th inst. Fortunately, port says that the Kwangtung Arsenal.. or even in the higher colleges at least the boat was, well-arried and put up a in the farm in which it has been cultis great fight. However, it was not until their return to Canton personally to, WATSON vated in recent years. Political agita, a party of village, volunteers and a gun- direct the affairs of the Arsenal of which

By Order of the Beard,

PAUL LAUDER,

General Manager, [21918 Hongkong, May 8th, 1925.

SOLE AGENTS:-

A.

S.

& CO.,

LTD.

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION

LTD. CO.,

Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON &

GENERAL MEETING of the Com- THE FORTY-FOURTH "ORDINARY pany will be held at the Ofices of the Gezeral Managers, Mesra rece Hongkont, on Hongkong Office: 14, Chater Road. WEDNESDAY, the 10TE JUNE 193, at London Office: 131, Fleet Street, ZC. 11 o'clock in the Morning, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, passing the Accounts, and electing Directors and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 3RD to 24 Jose, 1025, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board. JARDINĖ, MATHESON & CO., LTD., General Managers.

[82120 Hongkong, 19th May, 1925

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. PUBLIC AUCTION VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

OF

*PROPERTY.

The Daily Pre

Press.

HONGKONG, May 21st, 1925.

CHINESE STUDENTS AND POLITICS.

tions run well be left to adults. In this boat hove in sight that the pirates con- Connection, wa note with much interest sidered that discretion was the better

China after

workers strike cannot be settled without.

the Yunnanese and the Kwangsi-ites art.

EXPENSIVE" WEDDING joint control

30 announcement that a political reform part of valour and brat a hasty retreat.

Wong Yu Chong, a petty official in the club has been established in Peking.. The return of notifiable diseases for

Canton Government, was on May 9th the membership of which is to be cop the week ended on May 18th shows ! fined to students who have returned to fatal case of small-pox (Indian), 1 fatal and $200 by the Police for having attend- completing educational English case of diphtheria, 4 Chinese ed a feast during the period of generat. a. Chinese cases of enteric fever, 2 of which resulted mourning for the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen courses in foreign countries. paper gave to the announcement the in death, and 3 fatal Chinese cases of His fine was small, compared so that of cerebrospinal fever. The return for the Wong Yih Poa, the Canton gambling caption" Returned Students playing at

24 hours.ended on May 18th shows. 1 king, who was fined $100,000 for getting Politics, but we ought to be able to

English case of diphtheria. During the married just seven days after the death count upon an organisation of this 24 hours.ended on May 19th Chinese of the Kuomintang chief.

AT BLOW

FRENCH CATHOLICS character exerting a far more serious and ease of small-pox and Japanese case

The latest act of the Bolshevistşsin. beneficial influence upon the polities of of enteric fever were reported.

Canton worty of mention is a proposal. the country than is ever likely to be "demonstra

now before their Central Executive Come exerted through political

mittee to withdraw from the French tions by bays still in the schools, of the country,

An old China Hand," being asked for the name of the noisiest and most active political group in China, unhesitatingly answered: The student organisation.” The party the questioner doubtless bad in mind was the Kuomintang: but the

NITUATE at YAUMAT: in the DEPENDENCY of KOWLOON and COLONY of ENG KONG and known as the Remaining Portion of Kow-answer given to the question can hardly THE MATTER OF THE CHEN KWONG loon Inland Lot No. 629, together with the be seriously challenged. Certainly there

Are Messages Erections and Buildings thereon. in course of construction.

CO., LTD.

.

TOTIDE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition for the Winding Up of the above named Company by the SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG WAS on the 470 DAY of MAY, 1925, presented to the said Court by HONGKONG TEADING CO., LTD., JOHN D. HUTCHISON & CO.

W. G. HUMPIKEYS HARRY WICKING & Co., W. G.

RADING CO., LTD., S. C. Lar Ca, SIEMSSEN & CO., FRANCO-CHINESE TRADING Co. LTD., KUNG Woo, Getz BanTHERS & Co., XAVIER BROS,, LTD., BRING KEZ, MING KEZ sad Yoxx Shine, all of Victoria in the Colony of Houghong,

Co

And that the said Petition is directed to be hoard before the Court sitting at the Courts of Justice, Victoria aforesaid, on the 2678 DAY OF MA 1995, at 10.30 ., and any Creditor or Contributory of the said Company desirous to support or oppose the making of an Order on the ssid Petition may appear at the Time of Hearing by himself or his Counsel for that purpose and a copy of the Petition will be furnished to any Creditor or Contributory at the said Company, requiring the same by the Undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

Dated the 18th day of May, 1995.

GEO K. HALL BRUTTON & CO., Holicitors for all the Petitioners,

Bt. Cleorge's Building,

Hongkong

NOTE-Any Ferson who intends to Post the hearing of the asid Petition must serve on or word by Post to the above- named notice in writing of bis intention - to do.

The Notica mast state the Name and Address of the Person, or, if a Firm. the Name and Address of the Firm, and must be signed by the Person or Firm, or their Solicitor (if any) and must

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be served, or, if posted, must be sent by post in suficient time to reach the abavezamei Not Later Than 6 O'CLOCK in the AFTERxoox of the TH DAY OF MAT, 1995.

PREPAID

Area: 7,175 Square feat. Annual Crown Rent: $34.25. Term of Crown Lease! 75 years From the 27th day of December, 1894.

IN ONE LOT

HY"

M. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA, Auctioneer, AT

THE CHINA AUCTION ROOMS, China Building.

02.

TUESDAY,

THE 26TH DAY OF MAY, 1925, AT 3 CLOCK PM.

For farther Particulars and Conditions of Safe, Apply to: M. JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER, Mortgage's Solicitor

Prince's Buildings,

or to

Ice House Street, Hongkong, Ma. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA, The Auctioneer.""

China Building, Queen's Bead Central, Hongkong.

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new-n-days never political moviment

in

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Ching OF demonstration in which we do not find students."

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Prince George is expected to arrive in Singapore to-morrow.

Among the arrivals on the Empress of Rangi from Shanghai yesterday was Mr. J. S. Gubbay."

The United States Navy will make a attempt, to reach Manila by aeroplane from the United States this summer: A glant Boeing scout plane is now under construction at Seattle, which will be Catbolic Mission some 3,600, cheng, oỀ leased to the squrting point, with Manila, ns the land in this city, which were objective. Lieut. Commander, J. H. the Mission at different times during the” Strong will be in command of the flight.last 50 years for religious and education. .--..

purposes. The lensis, which is in He will be assisted by Lieut. Eugene al Barkett, navigator; Lieutenant Ricco Bott engineer; Chief E., C. Sullivan, perpetuity amounts to a sale, and only a pilot; and Chief E. D., Thornton, wire nominal rent is annually paid by the Less operator:

French to the Chinese Government. The The Indian Constable, Khalik. whagrounds fer the withdrawal are that the was attacked by two Chinese near No. 3

-boys" in their tens prciinently Among the passengers who arrived in the picture. We observe that the Colony by the Empress of Russia H.E. THE CHI EXECUTIVE (Marshal yesterday were Mr. and Mrs, Ho Kom TEAN CHI JUI) has just issued a mandate Tong... sternly reproving the students of the Capital for their Humiliation Day" escapades. In Peking, other centres of China where the anniver. from business trip in Shanghai on the cover, as he is making favourable pro the construction of memorial buildings

Railway Bridge, Dear Hung Hom, on Mission is using the premises not wholly Tuesday afternoon, and was stabbed for religious "and educational purposes by a dagger in the hand and also re- caired two bullet wounds, in the body, but albe for commerce, that it has ereet- still

the lies in Government Civil ed office buildings on the "grounds for Mr. W. H. Perry, manager of the Hospital in a very precarious condition rent. A Bolshevist has suggested that

sary

however, it is probable that he will re the grounds reclaimed 'may be used for as in Canton and Hongkong Hotel, 'retarned yesterday Despite the seriousness of his, wounds,

vi the presentation of Japan's

Empress of Russia,

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"Twenty-one Demands" to China in A Chinese belonging to Yaumati was 1915, was observed, students, both this sent to the Kwong Wah, Hospital, on year and last year, were the principal Tuesday, suffering from injuries received demonstrators. It was significant of the through scalding himself by upsetting source of their inspiration this year that a-pot of boiling water. the "demonstrations" were not sa, much against Japan as against alt foreign imperialism." The efforts of the Peking. authorities to suppress these demon- Some Oki Second Hand WCARPETS for Packing Purposes, Nostrations culminated in a riot in which Matter How Old but Must be Clean

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had no connection with the affair.

PEKING CHAMPIONS. HONGKONG RESIDENT WINS"

THIRD PRIZE.

gress considering the nature of his in- juries. Another man was arrested year honour of the Inte Dr. Sun Yat Sen, terday but was subsequently released, he having been able to prove that he an advocate of anti-imperialism. For the present, it is not believed that, anything could be done against the Catholics, who have all the moral and legal grounds and backings to carry out their good works in Canton. The Mission, aside from the Capt. and Mrs. W. E. Clarke return- |

large and well-designed Cathedral," which ed yesterday by the Empress of Russia

Forest Fire, which finished third in the should be a pride to the city, "has on them. from Shanghai, where they had been

raa: for the Champions at Peking, on on a holiday, Capt. Clarke, now living May 10th, has won $520 for the holder grounds buildingu for regular boys and Hongkong. No, 84 drew Bengal, the in retirement, was formerly secretary of of ticket No. 388, which was sold it girls schools, an orphanage, a home for winner, who has earned $3,637 for Mr. foundlings, workhouse for the aged and "the students wrecked the residence of the Macao Steamboat Co. the Minister of Education. A conflict

Mr. A. J. Osmund, amateur billiards Jorgensen and Major Dockray, who had inarm, and quarters for the several boly

Bengal is the ticket in partnership. with the police and the arrest of about

champion of Hongkong, with his Portu-owned, by Messrs. Fraser and Donald. orders for brothers and sisters and other priests and officers of the service. To a score of the unruly students resulted,

guese friends who comprised the billiards His time for the 1 miles was: 32;

1.03.1-5; 1.37; 2.09.2-5; 2.41.2-5. followed by an agitation for the uncon

which

Hongkong team

represented.

Forest Fire is the property of Count support the extensive work the Mission These

ie undertaking, the St. Peter's, the BL ditional release of the students.

against the Shanghai Fortuguese a week de Martel, the French Minister to

Peking

of Bengal arc both John's, and other buildings are let to the The owners were the circumstances that led to the

ego, returned on the Empress of Russia

journalista Mr. David Fraser is the Times

public for business or residential pur issue of the mandate by the Caiz yesterday..

correspondent in Peking. Mr. W. H. EXECUTIVE. In it he deplores the steady

Donald who was formerly on the staff poses just as other Christian Mission the Economie Bulletin, issued by the and other parts of Canton. Connected with the Mission and on the grounds Peking Government.

It is understood that the deep sea fish. weakening of the moral tone of the ing competition which is to be held of the China Jail, is now in charge ofaro doing with structures along the Bund general body of students, as evidenced under the auspices of the Hongkong OFFICE in UNION BUILDING TWO by the frequency of dass strikes, and Angling Club, has been postponed until the pronounced preference for political the first week in June, as the water at agitation to claas study. His Excellency present is considered too cold to cang noting the fact that most of the studenta out a successful contest.

BOOMS on FOURTH FLOOK

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Apply UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.

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Some months ago, an offer was made which the Bolshevists are trying to re racing men. The price set upon the pony of the largest schools in Canton on the for Bengal by one of Hongkong's leading claim is the Sacred Heart College, one was $10,000. He will probably win the point of number. It has more than

800 students. Tientsia Champions run to day.