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MENTS.
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1.
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INTIMATIONS.
THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
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NTRIES for the FORTHCOM ING RACES CLOSE on SATUR DAY, AND JANUARY, 1927, at 3 r., and must be send to the SECRETARY c/o Linstead à Davis, Alamod
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bo OPEN to TRAFFIC from 8 AM to 1 AM. DAILY.
E. D. C. WOLFE,
Capt Bapt of Police. Hong Kong, 10th January, 1957.
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HONG KONG PHILHARMONIC
SOCIETY.
DEHEARSALS of H.M.S. PINA- FORE will o take place at the CATHEDRAL Hal
|
Entry Forms Ars now ready and ## can be had at the Jockey Clos STABLES, HACK COUS, HONGKONG OLTEN LINSTRAD DATIS,
NOTICE.
OF
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N and After MONDAY, JANU- ARY 10, 1927, the Offices of
ON
the SECRETARIAT FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS will be on the FIRST
INTIMATIONS.
DEWAR'S
WHITE
LABEL
FINEST
ELUOI, of the NEW GOVERNMENT SCOTCH WHISKY
BUILDING ICONMAVORT ROAD
E. R. HALLIFAX. Becretary for Chinese Affairs Hong Kong, 8th January, 1997
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o M_NDAYS at 5.30 P... and 1HURSDAYS CENTRA 8.45 r. commencing on MONDAY NE, JANUARY 1750, There are a Few Vacancies in the Chorus for ai Voices, and Ladies and Gentlewen wishing to take part should attend at the above Times."
H. J. BEST,
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Hon. Seerotary.
HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION..
HE Directors of the HONG KONG THE BRANDHAL BANKING CORPORA TIOX Announce that subject to Andit, the DIVIDEND and BUNUS for the Half Year Ending 31st Decza, 1926,
will be 1-
Dividend £3 For Share.
Bonus in Addition, to Dividend
Per Share.
Add to Silver Reserve Fund $650,000. Write off Bank Premises $1,000,000. Carry forward to Next Year about
$8,400,000
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THE HONG KONG LAND IN- VESTMENT AND AGENCY
that
COMPANY, LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the THIRTY NINTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Com- pany will be held at the Offices of
Messrs. JARSINE, MASHESON & Co., Lim, on THURSDAY, 7TH JANUARY, 1927
at Noow, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the Year ending 31st DecembeR
1926.
The
REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will to CLOSED from FRIDAY, 14r JANUARY, tà THURSDAY, 27TH JANUARY, both days inclusive, during which period No Transfer of Shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors, L. 8. GREEN HITAL,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 6th January, 1927,
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THE STAR FERRY "CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE TO 8`AREHOLDERS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the TWENTY-NINTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of this Company will be held at the Office of Mezará JARDISE, MATH2>0€ & Co., Lim, on FRIDAY. the 28tu JANUARY, 1927, at 11.00, for the purpose" of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 31st DESTYMER,
1926.
The REG
REGISTER of SHARES + the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the 18TH JANUARY, 1927, to FRIDAY, the 28TH JANU- ARY, 1927, both days incluzive.
By Order of the Board of Directors, F. H. UBAPNELL
Acting Socitary.
Hong Kong, January 11th, 1997.
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HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE. ASSOCIATION.
DINNER DANCE 8:19 P, JANUARY 21st, 1927.
Main their Tickets on and EMBERS may book their Tales after MONDAY, 10ra IST, at MESKS. HOUTRIE', where a Plan of the Seating Arrangements may be seen.
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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY
OF CANTON, LTD. - : THE CERTIFICATE No 7879 fo Shares, £5 Ear Shame. Paid Up Numbered 62091/2066 and 85605/83606 this Society standing in the Name
Fin
of Mns. MARIA WU DA SILTA, of
CANTON, has been declared LOST, and if at the Expiration of One Month from the Date hereof the bore Document Той not forthcoming the said Certificate will be deemed CANCELLED and of No: Eat, and a NEW CERTIFICATE for the 8. Share will be issued in its stead by the Society.
PAUL LAUDER,
General Manager. Hong Kong, 6th January, 1927,
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OF GREAT AGE.
Awarded 50 Gold and Prize Medals.
12th, 1927.
We mention these facts as clear from the Manchurian wilds to indications that China har now be Canton and from the Pacife to the come a subject of first-class import-confitios of Turkestan. And in all ance. Thore, is kron desire on the that area the civilisation had part of the public in general to general character that could be in get at the truth of things-to stantly recognised as. Chinese. But understand the zood of the trouble, there was little sense of nations!ity. And thereafter. If it be possible, China to most Chinese was the to find a remedy. It is interesting earth, the land, and not the and instructive to try and grasp Fatherland, The Nationalists, are the point of view of people at now engaged on the task-stupen home. In the last analysis public dous in view of the difficulties of opinion will exert à profound in-
language and education-of foster. uence on the finsi settlement. We
ing something which shall resemble can rule out the view of the
the marked pational spirit of the Japanese. We quote this extract
The case in which a well-dressed CORRESPONDENCE. Chinese was charged with obtaining
pair of gold bangles from his landlady, after having gained the DISAPPOINTING DECISION. confidence of her and her husband,
was concluded on Monday after [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG neon at the Central Magistracy, before Mr. F. E Lindsell. The de- fendant was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour."
DAILY PRESE."]
SIR, I cannot refrain from-com- menting on the decision of the fight, last Saturday night, between Lead-
A copy of the December numbering Seaman Hall and Stoker of The Silver Wol, the official Reynolds which was scheduled for organ. of the Boy Scouts Associaton rounds tion of Hong Kong, has reached us
This was most promising bout Its contents are as varied and read and the little that was seen of it, able as in previous numbers, and and the referee's sudden decision are cleanly printed and brightly to stop the fight after the third illustrated. All interested in the round, proved most disappointing movement should not fail to pro to what would have been the best
bout of the evening.
Socialists, both in and out of Parliament, because they have pre-
from a great popular paper which cure a copy. On sale at Messrs. budged the ease. They have de
I had the opportunity of seeing does not specially represent any Brower & Co.'s store, Pedder
Hall after the fight and the alleged clared that British policy in China
political party point of view on the Street. is of a militaristic character.
badly cut lip" proved to be problem of Chins, because it' pre-
At Centre Street on Monday a nothing more than a slight abrasion Nobody in Great Britain today
sents a fair, average statement of meter dusteart got out of the con- of the skin on the chin believes that kind of fatuous non- the trend of thought, which is met trol of the driver and did a good. Leading Seaman Hall was fight senac, not even the Socialists them with in the Press and in the con- deal of damage. A coole in attending splendidly against his clever selves, "although it serves their versation of educated people at the ance on the vehicle was knocked opponent and the unsatisfactory down, then the vehicle bent a lamp-decision certainly gave him no purpose to take that line because present time in England.
post and,continuing down the chance to show his abilities. Yours strest, it was brought to a stand- | truly,
"FIGHT FAN." still against a wall, having knocked
Hong Kong January 11th, 1997. over two rickshas-The only casualty was the sanitary coolis who was subsequently removed to THE TRAMWAY CO. AND
"BAD COIN." the Government Civil Hospital with leg injuries.
VICTORIA it pleases their friends in Moscow.
VAT"
THE VERY FINEST OLD
SCOTCH WHISKY
As supplied to the Houses of Lords and Commons.
SOLE AGENTS:
THE INTERNATIONAL RACE A. S. WATSON
AND RECREATION CLUB.
OF MACAO, LIMITED, MACAO.
NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the INAUGURAL BACE MEETING FOR CHINA PONIES of This Club will
will take place at MACAO on the 67 FEBRUARY, 1927
NEXT, Weather Permits. There will be Only One Event at This Meeting, "THE TRIAL STAKES.“
The FIEST ANNUAL SPRING MEETING FOR CHINA PONIES
is Scheduled to take place on the LUTE,
& CO., LTD
HONG KONG DISPENSARY.
150
17TH, 18TH and 24TH APRIL 1927 Hong Kong Office: 11, Chater Rdď
Then there are the second-rate politicians, busy-bodies and notos ciety-seekers, who, affect to regard the menace to British lives and property as deliberate exaggeration, designed to pave the way to inter- vention by the Powers in Chinese
nobody, because it is evident to
The accountant of the Aberdeen Moter Bus Company, has reported to the police that a thief entered his effice on Monday, and stole money and jewellery to the value of 8040.
He
The Chairman and Directors of
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONG KONG DAILY PRESS."]
S-Referring to Mr. Lindsell's '
the Tung Wan Hospital are giving a dinner at the Kam Ling Hotel, comments on the " Bad Coin" cas West Point, this evening in honour
The are thought makes injuries, which recessitated his re- A Chinese pedestrian stained
dignation. But the pose deceives Hospital yesterday morning them purple with righteous in-moval to the Government Civil
of the Hon. Dr. R. E. Kowall, the early duty conductors - this to-day, I attended the Pay-in byr. was knocked down by a pushon the occasion of the conferment afternoon. The shroffs discarded 3 the meanest intelligence that inter- bicycle.
on him of the C.M.G. by his
coins. One was vention in the scree in which the
a good Chinese Three Chinese women were charga speech of welcome and congratula but otherwise perfectly good silver Majesty the King. There will be
silver dollar. Two were "chopped" word has hitherto been understood ed before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, ation by Mr. Tam Woon Tung, of
ir relation to China is a mere
bogey.
the Central Magistracy, yesterday morning, with creating a distat ance in the street, and were fined
I each.
This brings us to another section of the public at home, who have no axes to grind, and are forta- The 20th ordinary annual meet- nately without any political, oring of shareholders of the "Star " religions bees in their bonnets. Ferry Co., Ltd., is to be held st the office of Messrs. Jardine, Mathe- They are the average level-minded";
son & Co., Ltd., on Friday, January students of affairs-who-are, first of
28th, at 11 am all, determined to uphold British prestige, and maintain Britain interests in China, even though it should become a case a "damn the consequçaces," as the late Lord MINER might any. This body of
The CHAMPION SWEEPSTAKE London Office: 131, Fleet St., E.Copinion is represented in the Press will be Bun on the 18TH APRIL, the
525 Day of the Meeting.
No
By Order
E. W. CHENG,
Secretary.
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ABOAD, KOWLOON. CHINESE REPUBLIC 5% GOLD HUMPHREYS STATE & FINANCE
BONDS, 1925. (BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE BONDS).
VINHE HALF YEARLY INTEREST
THE
sentation of Coupon No. 4, and the
10 LET.
andarmentioned BONDS. Drain on the No. 4, DUDDELL STREET.
1st DICE, 126, will be Paid ff at Pari 1927, at the Offices of the BANQUE Fayment will be
on a
a and siter the 1571- JANUARY
BANCONE, PRINCI'S BUILD
floxa
Tunde in Hong Kong collars at the Dema Buying Rate of Exchange a NEW YORK on the Day of Presentation
Interest and Redeemed Bands will also
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TO LET-Füruished HOUSE on
The Daily Press.
HONG KONG, JANUARY 1978, 1927.
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BRITISH PUBLIC OPINION AND CHINA.
THERE is no doubt that public opinion in England thoroughly alive to the importance of the issues, which are confronting the foreign communities, in China The columns of the leading news papers published in London and
Mr. Montague Ede, of No. 196; The Peak, has reported to the police, the theft of a grey leather case in which were contained & gold cigarette cose and a gold match-box, of the total value of
200.
the Tung Wah Hospital, and Dr. 10-cent pieces, one was an apparent- Kotesall will reply. A number aty good 10-ecat piece but was what prominent Chinese gentlemen will the shroff called "amooth," and the be present and a few Government fast was a doubtful 10-sent piece." officials have also been juvited.
The practice is to hand back to conductors all doubtful coins and of this almost infinitesimal number
FISHING BOAT PIRATED.only a very small percentage was
EIGHT MEMBERS OF CREW
KIDNAPPED:
Very meagre details reached the Colony Yesterday regarding the piracy of a Hong Kong fishing boat and kidnapping of members of the
стеж,
Up to Inst evening only a very brief report had been made of the affair, by, it is believed, the master of the fishing boat, who is said to have swum ashore and made his way to Tai O
•
by sound Conservative newspapers."| Their desire is to do the right! thing, but the position in China Helena May Institute on Thursday, ever, it appears that the fishing
- A musicale will be held at the
January 20, at 5.30 p.m. Tickets including tea, 60 cents each, must he booked at the Secretary's office before noon on the 19th inst
is bewildering. The principal stumbling block in the way of knowledge is that there is no clear Conception of all the implications ADTT of "extra territoriality"; for it is
As the programme merited, there surprising, but nevertheless true, was a better attendance at the that vast numbers of educated second performance of the HM.S. people at home cannot, for instance, Hautine concert party at the bring themselves, to believe that it Theatre Royal last night. The is impossible to obtain strict justice third and last performance will be in a Chinees Court of Law. So given to-night. iso in regard to the so-called unequal treaties. Fortunately of late numerous articles in the
At the Kowloon Magistracy Jes- terday, Sergeant Goodwin applied for an order for the confiscation
bad The conductors know it, is useless to try to pass bad coins off on to the experienced shroffs! That explains why we get so few. Any obviously spurious coins that are handed in should be destroyed and the straffs have been instructed ac cordingly.-Yours faithfully,
HONG KONG TRAMWAYS, LIMITED,
L. CF. BELLAMY, General Manager.
"Hong Kong, January 11th, 1997.
DISPOSAL OF REFUSE.
...
A full report is expected to-day. From what could be learned, bow. SANITARY BOARD MEETING. boat left Hong Kong on Sunday for Sheki, and was overtaken and coded by pirates near Lin Tin, in MINUTE BY THE PRESIDENT, Chinese waters, the same day.
It is stated that there were about A meeting of the Sanitary Board twenty pirates, and that the boat was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. and property, valued altogether at N. I Smuth (President) being in about $1,195 were stolen. In ad the chair.. Others present were Dr. dition eight of the people on the fishing junk were kidnapped, and McGowan, Dr. S. C. Ho, Mr. taken away as captives, apparently Officer of Health) and Mr. D. Davies JP. Braga, Dr. Pope (Medical to do held for ransom.
(Secretary) N
·GIN DRINKERS' BAY INCIDENT.
DEFENDANTS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
There was no business of import- ance before the meeting, the only |matter brought forward being tha laying on the table of the following minute by the President relative to- refuse disposal.
ander
The minute rend as
"It will be remembered that the
The case against the four Chinese in the Spring of 1928 to consider Committee of the Board appointed
the great provincial cities shew newspapers have set forth the facta of 38 revolvers, found unclaimed who are held on charges arising the question of refuse destruction
in the steerage quarters on the 8.a. that the subject is engaging close in regard to these and other points, President Grant. Mr. T. W. Ains.
the nation with interests in the reasons for stating that the educa Far East are following every phase tion of public opinion is proceeding of the situation as it develops with | apace." the utmost concern. A group of
There is another consideration
from the attempted robbery at Kai
Cheung. New Territories, near the recommended the carrying out. ci Gin Drinkers Bay, on December further experiments with Boats at
yesterday at the Kowloon Magis experiments have now been com A Chinese suspected of being contracy, before Mr. T. W. Ainsworth. pleted with the co-operation of the It will be recalled that about Harbour Master, who considered cerned in the robbery committed at twenty men, all armed, went to at that they should not be made unti No. 6 Temple Street, Kowloon, tack the Wo Lung distillery on the thirty days from the middle of
after the typhoon season.
Fol on December 4th, was arrested by day in question, but the proprietor November to the middle of Decem was informed in advance, and ber fifty marked and numbered Inspector Fallon of the
Prix. All Modern Conveniences Members of Parliament formed as deserving of noticer in this effort the Taumati Police, who recovered Police protection was Rosts were released under European.
Apply Box No. 4421 e/o Hongkong BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE and Daily Press. im NEW YORK at the BANGA COM-
B
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MERCIALE ITALIANA, and at J. HENRY SOBRODER BANKING CORPORATION. “
The following are the Redeemed Ponds; TO LET-Near MAY ROAD STATION Two-FLATS in the New Bund
All Numbery ouding with
085. 545. 886. $81.
096; 660. 918.
05
300. 791, 253.
333. from 000394 to 038393. 183393 to 87739)
000849 to 198849,
Committer some".
some time back to
watch avente in China have enden- voured to obtain an insight into the working of Ministerial minds by questions in the House of Com-
to sketch broadly the effects of a gold watch and zing rained recent developments in Chins on $240. The man is to be charged be- British public opinion. This is the fore Mr. T. W. Ainsworth at the
Kewloon Magistracy. idea which is spreading very rapidly that it is useless to attribute all
INGS with all Modern Conveniences mons But Government spokesmen; events to Russian inspiration. The
a
Andrews of the Water Police and afternoon a careful record being. Police Station and Sub-Inspector supervision each forenoon and each number of Chinese detectives pro kept of the exact time and of the ceeded to the distillery and there weather conditions. Notification of waited for the rabbers. At about this had previously been made to ten o'clock at night, the robbers shipping fras, Government depart made their appearance and on seements having launches and (in Chi ing Police officers, they drew their 20se) to masters of junks and sam
pans. The Police Inspector at Police. The Police returned the fre, and in the course of the skir-ructed to watch the beach there.
is one of the robbers was killed outright and four seriously wounded.
Moderate Bents--Apply A. V. APCAR have been purposely non-committal sinister activities of the Soviet are quantity of optometrical instru-revolvers and opened fire at the Cheung Chiu was in particular in- d'Co., L., 1, Des Voeux Hood Central Efforts to induce the Government
The case in which two Chinese were charged with receiving"?
ments alleged to have been stolen by accepted, and the motives behind a shareholder in the National there manifestations is understood; Optics) Co., Ltd., Queen's Road but there is now a firm belief that Central, was again before Mr. W real spirit of nationslism is work. 5. Schofield at the Central Magia ing throughout Chins. There can McCallum defending the two tracy Monday afternoon, Mr. Dun- writers at home who hold that it accused It will be recalled that is now largely a case of the third man, who, it was alleged, Chinese Nationalists using the Bol- removed the goods from the optical
were
Of the three thousand flosta re leased not one has been recovered."
defendant said that be was forced THE S.S. 766819 to 877848- only,
B-The Premises of the Hong Kong Branch of the BANQUE FRANCO - CHINOISE, hara been recently Transferred to PRINCE' BOILDING Comer of Ice House Breet sad Chater Rond."
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of Government Honas, Repaire
(4315 to grant facilities for a debate be fore Parliament rose for the Christ PREPAID WANTED" mas holidays were likewise unavail ADVERTISEMENTS. ing. Mr. BALDWIN declined & day, and no doubt he felt justified in doing so because of difficulties of me, and, moreover, & Parliamen
10
LET From Im FEBRUARY
SUNNING."
At yesterday's hearing the No.1
place and that on arrival there, the RESUMES HER BUN NEX by the robbers to row them to the robbets went on shora sad told him
to mind the boat, then
MONTH
A Chinese witness called by the The sa Sunning, which has been same defendant said that the accus
Boomed BUNGALOW,Two Bath tury debato might not be wholly shevists than of being themselves establishment, was originally charge is a classman of his and that in Taikou. Dockyard since she was
cently
No. 2 NORTH VIEW: Fire
Rooms, Servants' • Querias, and Be
he could not say whether the der towed back to Hong Kong on Nov Extensively Repaired-Apply useful at the present juncture. The marionettes moved by Moscow.ed with larceny, but failed to put fendant's character good or bad, smber, 17th, is still undergoing ex- DEACONS, Prince's Buildiso,
Chinese problem -is clearly not of "However, imbecile the central in an appearance at the last because witness had not soon him tensive repairs. The damage dona
hearing, forfeiting his bail of $500 could do for him,
for a long time. The only thing he by fire and plundering of the vessel the kind that can be settled, or authority at Peking might some- The two defendants were discharged was to write a letter to defendant'
witness added, by the piratte aze, said to be very
serions.
The Sunning is expected to leave 1- The four accuseds were committed the dock in anather, three weeks, Evening under the orders of the absconded for trial st the February Sessions time, and will resume her usual run Standard," it did control China party and had no guilty knowledge. at the Supreme Court.
in the latter part of February
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