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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

BANY HOLIDAY.

IN Accordance with Ordizanes No. 5 of 1912. TRA` MICHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the Tramction of PUBLHO BUSINESS

012 MONDAY, the 12 OCT, 1925,

Hongkang, 7th October, 1925.

FUROPEA

FOR SALE

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PUROPEAN HOUSE, 19, MACDONNELL Roan (Aria: 28,400 sq. ft., with Tennis

Court

Apply

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P: 0.,Box 649,

(Paоnz C. 976).

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HONGKONG

& TERRITORIAL ESTATES, LIMITED.

NOTICE OF CALLI

Isus or 100,000 SULKES OF THE NOMINAL VALUE OF $10, EACH (35 PAID Ur.)

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Final Call of 35 per share on each of the above 100,000 shares has been made by the Company and that such Call will be payable to the Company's Bankers, Taz BONGKONG AND Shanghai Banning Corporatíos, on or before tha 15TH OCTOBER, 1923,

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

General Manag

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GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 1925

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

HONGKONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED,

HAPPY VALLEY SERVICE.

No Frum BATURDAY, OCT. 10TH, The HAPPY VALLEY CABS WI ENTER the VALLET vis BowRINGTON_ROAD.

They will Leave the Vattay via Try Lor Lawn as Canal.

L. C, F. BELLAMY,

General Manager,

**TREVESSA ** TROPHY.

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NHE FOURTH BL-ANNUAL RACE For SHIPS LIFEBOATS will be SALLO on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH NIT, Starting 21 4 3.

Fach Ship may Enter Not More Than Two Bonte

Cearn:-Start from CHANNEL, Rocks, Kow- LOON ROCK (P), MARK BOAT OFF YACHT ÛLUS Rock Gas Buoy (P). Finish at

(9). Cum Roof Line West to East.

Competing Fonts should be in. Position st the Starting Line by 3.3)

Ships proposing to Enter Boats are Re- quested to Nolly the HON. SECRETARY, ROTAL HONGKONT YACHT Con Not Later Than $777 ISHTANT,

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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

NOTICE IS HELST EXTRA RACE

MEETING of the Besson advertised for the STE DAT OF DECEMBER. 1925, will be held on IS" NOVEMBER NEXT instead.”

By Order, EL GREENWOOD.

Acting Secretary,

NOTICE.

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TENDERS for SPECIE and MEXICANAS From the 5 AUGUST, 1925, JR.

DOLLARS current in this Colony, for

JOHN ROBERTSON CEASED to Talegraphic Transfer, en the Lords Commis be a PARTNEE in our Firm.

W. A. HANNIBAL & CO...

HONGKONG & CANTON, " [2715

sioners of His Majesty's Treasury, London, up

to and for the Sam of £20,000, will be

Received by the TREASURY CHEST

OFFICER, COMMAND PAY OFFICE, ma til

11

CLOCK M., on the Hes

The Tenders to

to state

1925,

Amount (in

Pounds sterling). No

VI Tranater

will be

be made for less than £100,

NOTICE.

The Tenders to be in Duplicate, and in Sealed I, The Undersigned Have THIS DAY

addressed to the TREASURY CHEST

Cover &

and endorsed "TENDERS FOR GOVERN

MENT BILLS, Eta."

The right to accept or reject any or all of the

Tenders in reserved.

Copies of Forms of Tender can be had on

Persons

Notif

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tandering for (Bills) are heroby

no

ESTABLISHED Myself as A STOCK, SHARE and GENERAL BROKER under

Temporary Address: ėjo HONGKONG CLUB.

R.T. MATHESON. Hongkong, 1st October, 1925.

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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB..

THE SIXTH EXTRA RACE MEET- ING will be held (weather permitting) at Harry VALLET on SATURDAY, 10TH OCT. and MONDAY, 19TH OCT, 1925.

that, having regard to the provisions of Acta 12 George II, Cap. 40 and 41, George IL Cap. 62, the scceptance of any such Tender in subject to

THE express condition that Member of the British House of Commons shall be

be admitted to any share or part in or 10 any beneft to from the Contract thereby made for the allotment of such (Bills),"

“The provisions in question do not apply 10 Contract entered into by any Incorporated Company in its corporated capacity

made and

for the general benefit of the Company.”

R. A DOBBIN, L-Col,

Treasury Chest Officer, R.A.P.C.

His Majesty's Treasury Office,

Hongkong, 7th October, 1325.

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THE PENINSULAR AND 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 PORTE.

THE Steamably

THE

"SOUDAN"

Captain G. G. BANDEL, carrying Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this Fort on or about WEDNESDAY, the 14 OCTOBER, 1925, at Noor, taking Passengers and Cargo for the stori Porta.

Bilk. Valuables and Tes for Italy, France and London (under arrangement) will be kanshipped at Bombay into the Mail SteamST proceeding direct to Marseilles and Loudon.

Parcels will be received at this Office unti 6. the Day before Sailing. The contents and value of all

must be declared,

For farther. Particulars, Apply te-

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE & CO.,

Agenta. Hongkong, 8th October, 1995,

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with

IN QUARTS, PINTS & SPLITS.

Assuming that the seizure was intended to be a reprisal, or a measure of coa- straint short of war, it is definitely illegal-even it it had been committed

by an independent state; for such mea. sures", of "constraint -are only permitted in so far as they do not materially injure the rights of third parties. This, in an embargo, of a pacific blockade," only the ships of the offending party may be "scized and sequestrated. On the other hand, if General CRAN KWING Mise wishes this get to be construed as an act of war against Canton, it would perma that he ought first to have given de£nite notice to the vessels at Swatów, for bidding them to procecil. This would be a normal incident of a blockade which, after the experieners of the recent war,

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THE BUDGET.

DRASTIC CURTAILMENT OF EXPENDITURE.

ESTIMATES FOR 1926 MORE THAN SIX MILLIONS BELOW THOSE OF 1925,

1

HE the Governor will make his eager. anticipated speech on the estimates för 1990 at the meeting of the Legis lative Council this afternoon,

The Colonial Secretary" will move the first reading of a Bill intituled, an Ordinance to apply a sum not exceeding $18,787.777 to the Public Service of the year: 19281..

FAR

EASTERN CABLE

NEWS.

THROUGH RIUTKE'S AGENCY:]

SHANGHAI QUMMISSION.

JUDICIAL ENQUIRY OPENED AT TOWN HALL

CHINESE PRESS INTREEST.

SHANGHAI, October 7th. The Judicial Enquiry into the incidents. of May 30th opened at the Town Hall. this morning."

The Commission's duty was to collect relevant evidence, prepare a report of the facts and base their conclusions there-

For 1995, the estimated expenditure The procedure "having been decided, was $95,978,183. For 1928 it is, as stated the Commission adjourned until Tuesday $18,767,27,The following table which neit, when the Municipal Council will gives the estimates since 1918, shows how present statement of the whole caEN the expenditure of the Colony has grown. and call witnesses. After this indepen-

dent-witnesses will be heard.

10.10

Then His Exceliency will deal with the The American Judge, Mr. Justice estimates in detail, after which it is Finley Johnson, who presided, emphasis customary to adjourn the Council for aed that proceedings would approximate fortnight..At the following meeting, on an ordinary trial as far as possible, but October 22nd, the Finance Bill will be not in all respects; for, according to the is permitted by international law to be read a second time and the Government's Commission's understanding, there was maintained (as the Allied blockade of policy will be open to the comment and no prosreistor and no defendant..

Unofficial Members. Germany was) from a considerable diacriticism of the tance, providing that it is effective. But When such comment and criticism has here again, General CaN KWING MING been made and considered the Bill Will would fail to establish his case for it be read a third time and passed. can scarcely be said that bis blockeda of a port over sixty miles up a river is effective, when a regular service is being maintained batween that port and Hong kong Alternatively, he could have de- tained the ships, even if there were no Blockade, if they had been carrying con traband-but it would seem that they were carrying nothing likely to be of direct military value to the Bolsheviks.

All these privileges of belligerency would only have been open to General CHAS KING MING assuming that the war in progress was regarded by outside powers as a genuine civil war. For this, two definite sides would be necessary, and the object of their struggle would he the suppression of one side, and the establishment of a single unified Govern- ment Inder these circumstances, the Canton Government would occupy fairly completely the position of a revolting section of the community, similar, for

$9,081.200 5,605,105 8.368,910

1917

19:18

199

10,608,345

190

11,173,228

1031

14,084,869

1009

18,430,131

17,880,018

10,807,302,

25,275,133

1,8,767.777

$681 +

1928

1926

The Chinese ignored the proceedings but Chinese pressmen attended.

A strong police guard was drawn, around the hall..

DE. W. W. YER.

The above "ums do not include any IS APPOINTED, AS MINISTER TO amount for the Imperial military con tribution.

CANTON STRIKERS' TERMS. LOCAL GUILDS REFUSE TO CONSIDER THEM.

LABOUR UNION FORMED,

A joint meeting of the Hongkong

The First Boll will be Bong at 2.45 2. A. S. WATSON example, to the Southern States in the Labour Guilds was held last evening, in

cách dạy

The Charge for Admission to the Fublic Enclosure will be $1.

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform, Half Price. Members are advised that they must show their Season Tickets to obtain Admission to the Members". Enclosure.

Each Member has the right of introducing 2 Non-Members to the Members' Enclosure, Tickets for whom can be obtained from Messrs. LIMITAD & Davis at $5.00 each day up to- FRIDAY, OCTOBE&ST, 1925.

The Stewards invite the Ladies of Hongkong to be provent

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HONGKONG SMALL INVESTORS' SHARE AND REAL ESTATES CO. HOUSES, FLATS, BUILDING-LOTS,

ESTATES Negotiated for RENT, AUCTION, or PRIVATE SALE. Manage ment arranged for Clients, proceeding abroad. TELEPHONE C. 4530. SMALL INVESTORS, 10, De Vosur Road.

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or About MARCEL-1926. WHOLE FLAT or. PACIOUS, SUITE "of OFFICES in the FRENCH BUILDING"

VICTORIA BUILDING," No. 5, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (between CHARIZ BANK and MERCANTILE BANE).

Apply to BANQUE DE 1INDOCHINE,

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The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, OCTOBER 8TH, 1995,

SEIZURE: OF NORWEGIAN

SHIPS AT SWATOW.

COURT OF ST. JAMES.

PERING, October 7th. A mandate, appointing Dr. W. W. Yen Minister to London, with the courtesy title of Ambassador, is being issued to- night or to-morrow)

EXTRA-TEERITORIALITY PARLEY

BELGIAN MEMBERS APPOINTED.

BarSSELS, October 6th..

American Civil War, and sinee General which the Chinese Engineers' Guild, "the CHAN KWING Mina's enterprise has been Seamen's Guild, the Tung, Tak Carge M de Ruelle, the 'Director of Juridicat approved by the Peking Government, Coolies" Guild, the Fruit and Vegetables Affairs at the Foreign Ministry, will re- belligerent rights can be undoubtedly Guild, the Fresh Fish Guild, the Labour present Belgium, and M. van Cutsem, the assigned to him. A possible further Maintenance Association and other guilds Consul-General af Tientsin, will act pe complication might be introduced into were represented. The meeting was con- an additional Belgiam representative on the situation, however, by remembering vened to raise strong opposition to the the Extin territoriality Commission in that Norway has adhered to the Washing terms and conditions suggested by the China.

ton treaties, and that the General's Canton strikers. Especially is exception action thus constitutes an infringement taken to Condition No. 14 which requires

of

the principle of Equality of the dismissal of all workinen who have Opportunity" for trade in China, which remained at their posta, and the rein- was there established; hut these treaties statement of the strikers.

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"LITTLE" ESQ.

GOING TO AMERICA

PARIS, October 8th. "Little " Hsu and the members of the have heen completely violated by the One of the audience said that he be Canton- Government during the summer,lieved that the terms and conditions band. America on October 7th for a short stay. Chinese Mission are proceeding to and only the chief Joser, Great Britain,ed to the delegation which vizited Canton From there they will go to Japan and then has protested. They need not be re- were formulated without the unanimous garded seriously, therefore, in connexion consent of the strikers; and, were dictat- with this incident.

ed by members of the Strike. Committee. All things considered, it would seem

The terms and conditions, continued the that unless General' CHAN KWING MING speaker, were impossible and could never is prepared to blockade Canton (a step classes of strikers, he said, one is the.

lead to

a settlement. There are two which he is presumably unable to take high class who dresses and lives in

fr is as yet too early to say deinitely at the present time), his proper course whether General CHAN "KWING MING would be to disavow the action of his authorised the seizure of the two Nor-subordinates, and to allow the Norwegian wegian vessels hound for Canton at ships to proceed. Swatow. If he did not, it

be may 12728 CODE, A, Das Torre Road Gauza presumed that he will quickly repudiate

LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N. CO. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. The Steama "ROBANDRA."

From TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDISI,"

MARSOWAB, PORT SAID, ADEN, COLOMBO, PENANG AND SINGAPORE

TONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby inform- ed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd. st Kowloon, whenes and/or from the wharves Delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be fearded unles Notice to the contrary be given before the 7th

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods here left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining ndelivered after the 18th inst, will be subject to Bent.

All Claims

ims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned, on or before Che 23rd inst, or they will not be recognized

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods nice. to be left in the Godowns, where they will be eramined on the 13th ist, at 10a.m.; by car Bareyors Mentre. GODDARD & DOUGLAM

No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by -

DODWELL & CO.LTD,

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the unauthorised setion of his subordi nates, committed during his absence, the Peking Government will formally regret the occurrence to the Norwegian Minis ter, and the ships will be released. If,

According to Reuter, Mr. Henry Mor- Howard's stud at Oxton. riss has arranged to send Manna to Mr.

The last extra meeting of the Hong-

December 5th; as previously announced,

return to China.

*

TARIFE CONFERENCE,

MR

BROOKE SMITH. TO BE. TECHNICAL ADVISER,

LONDON, October età. It is understood that Mr. A. Brooke poorly clad and poorly fed. It is a pity Shanghai), has been appointed an addi princely style: whilst the other class are Smith (of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson, that the latter have walked into the trap

ence.

of their leadera They have been longtional technical adviser to the British ing to return to Hongkong' but are pre. Delegation to the Chiosas Tariff Confer vented from doing so.

The speaker felt certain that the pre sent terms would never be considered by the Hongkong Guilds. After a deal of discussion, it was decided to form a Labour Union,

agrees to this suggestion. no progress is possible until Canton

ODOWNS in ALEXANDRA BUILD bowever, the seizure took place in con- kong Jockey Club has been altered to in drafting any terma towards a settle- The feeling of the meeting was, that GINGE (Basement).

Hongkong workinen must have a band sequence of definite orders issued by take place on November 28th, instead of meat with Hongkong. In eonsequence, CHAN KRING MING, and the action in not repudiated, some interesting inter national questions will arise.. I CHAN To celebrate the 14th Anniversary of KWING MING and the Bolsheviks at the Chiness Republic, a concert, under Canton were two independent states at the auspices of the Tutorial Institute of war with one another and the General

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THERE BOOMS, 2 Fra Flock FFICES, in UNION BUILDING—

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CANTON, LTD.

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EUROPEAN'S PLUCKY ACT. THRILLING MOMENTS ON "STAR" FERRY

NATHAN ROAD BUS MISHAP

EUROPEAN LADY INJURED.

accident which befell a European Indy Police reports yesterday mentioned an

while alighting from a bus opposite the Dairy Farm Company's premises Nathan Rond, Kowlood, on Tuesday.

It appears that the bus was proceedy. jog from

Shamshuipe to the "Star"* was effectively blockading Canton, the Hongkong, is to be given in the Queen's

ferry when the lady asked the conductor legality of the seizure could not be con Theatre on Sunday morning, commencing

to stop the vehicle. The whistle was tested for a moment. The anti-Red at 11.30.

The passengers on the 8.45 Elar " ferry from Hongkong to Kowloon last blown, but before the bus could come to General and the Bolsheviks at Canton,

night had a thrilling experience, when standstill the Indy attempted to alight. however, are not two independent states

The sa Patthan, which was placed on Chinese passenger jumped, overboard.

about half way across the harbour a

In doing so she was thrown on to the at the most they are two rival factions

the Hongkong Canton run on Tuesday, The ferry was immediately stopped, and roadway und sustained injuries to her to add to the excitement a EuropeRo in a single state, contesting for supre returned from her first trip yesterday passenger on the ferry crossing from face. She was assisted by the conductor macy-and although hostile nets have afternoon. The steamer brought sixty Kowloon, dived overboard in an attempt to the Kowloon Dispensary, where she 10 LET, Tortion of Third Floor of

to save the unfortunate man. He was STEPREME BUILDING.

Suitable for been committed on both sides, it in passengers. The Honom left, for Canton ansuccessful, however, and although received treatraest Two Large Offices or Several Smaller Onex exceedingly doubtful whether they are yesterday morning, taking up 300 paesan lights no trace of this man was dis- Well Ehted

police launches assisted with their search- -DECOS, Prince's Bailding

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The name and address of the lady was not disclosed to the conductor.