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NEW ADVERTISE- MENTS.

GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.

TENDERS for

INTIMATIONS.

NOTICE.

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 6th, 1927.

WE JOSEPH BURTON ETHERINGTON to Sign the Name of sur Firm For Procuration.

TE Have THIS DAY Authorised

ARNHOLD & CO., LTD. Shameen, July 2nd, 1927,

(5094

THE CHINESE ENGINEERING & MINING COMPANY, LTD.

SPECIE and MEXICAN DOLLARS current In this Colony, for Telegraphic Transfer, on the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, London, up to and for the Sum of £30,000, will be Received by the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, COMMAND PAY OFFICE, until 11 O'CLOCK AM, on the Gru JULY, 1927.

Ja Amount The Tendere to state the Total (in Pounde Storing). No Telegraphic Transfer will be made for leas than £100.0%

The Tonders to be in Duplicate, and in Sealed Lovers, addressed to the TREA SURY CHEST OFFICER COM

PAY OFFICE, and endorsed MAND "TENDERS FOR UVERNMENT BILLS. Eto."

The right to accept or reject any or all of the Teadors je coserved.

Coples of Forms of Tender can be bad on

on application;

"Persons tendering for (Bills) are hereby Nofifled that, having regard to the provisions of abe Aste 22 George III., Cap. 45 and 41, Coorgs 111. Cap. 62, the acceptance of any such Tonder is subject to the express condition that no Member of the British Hous

Commons of shall be admitted to any share or part in or to any benefit to arise from the Con

traci

FIRST MORTGAGE DEBEN. TURES (KAILAN BONDS). DAYMENT of The HALF-YEARLY

INTEREST Due on 1ST JULY, 1927, will be made on presentation of Coupon No. 30 at any of the nuder- mentioned Banks, viz. :-- HONGKONG AND SHANGBAL BANKING CORPORATION.

BANE CHARTERED

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

BANQUE BE

L'INDO-CHINE.. Banque Belaz rouR

L'ETRANOER

OV

At Tientsin, Shanzhai

or

Hont Kok. Tientsin and Hong Kong only. Tientsin and Shanghai only.

The Interest, loss Income Tax at 4/

anch (Bad for the allotment of in the £, will be

"The

provisions in question do not

apply to Contracte entered into by any incorporated Company in its corporated capacity and made for the general benefit of the Company."

H. G. RILEY, Lient-Colonel, Treasury Chant Offloor, R.A.P.U. His Majesty's Treasury Office,

Hong Kong, 5th July, 1927. 5101

CHINA UNDERWRITERS, LIMITED.

TOTICE 18 BEREBY GIVEN that by a Remolation of the General Managers of the Company made on the 9TH INSTANT, a Call of $1.00 Per Shure has been made tipon the Mumbers of the Company payable on or before the 12TH HAY BY AUGUST, 1927, to the Company's Barkers, THE HONG KONG, & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Dated this 11th day of May, 1927.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers.

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INDO CHINA STEAM-NAVIGA-

TION CO., LIMITED.

THE FORTY-SIXTH ORDINARY TGENERAL MEETING, of the Company will be held at the Offices of the General Managers, Messrs. JAHTINE, MATHESON & CO., LT, Fedder Streat Hong Kong, on MONDAY, the 25T JULY, 1927, at 11.00 A., for the par pose of receiving the Report of the Directora, passing the Accounts, and

Directors and Auditors.

ON £20, DEDENTURES I Per Coupon (GroSK) Tear Tai at 4 in the

Net Amount Payable

ON 2100 DEBENTURES I

Per Coupon (Gross) Les Tax at 4/ in the £.

B: d. 12. 0. 22. 4.4/5

9. 7. 1/5

23. 0. 0.

12. 0.

Net Amount Payable £2.8.

ON 2500 DENTURES:

£15 0. 0. Per Coupon (Gross)

0. 0. Less Tax at 4 in the £3

Net Amount Payable £12 0. 0.

Payment will be made in Local Currency at the Demand Buying Rate of Exchange of the Day the Coupon is presented.

By Order,

THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION,

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E. J. NATHAN. Acting General Manager,

FOR SALE OR TO BE LET

- UNFURNISHED.

INTIMATIONS.

WATSON'S

LAVENDER WATER

The most refreshing of

all perfumes in the

hot weather.

Has the true fragrance

of

ENGLISH LAVENDER.]

In Elegant Green

Flasks

Each $4.00, $2.25,

$1 25.

No. 27, PEAK, LEGARD ROAD: A. S. WATSON

LIGHT Boomed

HOUSE, with E

Central Heating, Five Bedrooms, Four Ballirooron, Three Drying Rooms, Modurn Sanitation, Grass Tennis Court and Gardens Possession May

& DAVIS, Apply: LINSTEAD ALEXANDEL BUILDINGS.

[4778

FOR SALE OR TO LET ON LEASE..

THANSKER ROOKS of the INFURNISHED or Partly Furni Company will be CLOSED from these Boomto HOUSE 20 18TH JULY to 1 AUGUST, 1927, PAK at MAGAZINE GAP, clone to Both Days inclusive.

MOTOR ROAD, from 1ST NOVEMBER.

By Order of the Board,

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,

General Managers.

Hong Kong, 24th June, 1997. [5072

Apply

5099}

A. S. MACKICHAN..

Merers Lin & ORANGE, P&. Building.

TO LET.

ROUND FLOOR, Three Riomed

HONG KONG & SHANGHAI GOLA in PRAT BUILDINGS, with

BANKING CORPORATION.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Nthat Cortificate No. 5/NS 2595 dated Hong Kong, 14th Ooroses, 1913, for 5 Shares anmbered 14623/14627, inclusive, and Certificate No. 5/NS 2896 dated Bloog Kong 14th Ocross, 1913, for છે. Bhares numbered 62432 and $3736/38730 inclusive, all registered in the Name of LI SING KON, have been LOST or STOLEN, and

and should these Certificates not be produced to the Bank Now before the 28TH JULY, 1997, Certificates for the Shares will be issued and the aforesaid Certificaten Nos. 5/NS 2896 and 5/NS 2896 will be thereafter trented by this Corporation as Null and Void.

By Order of the Court of Directora,

A. C. HYNES,

Acting Chief Manager.

Flash and Sanitary Conveniences

5061)

Apply to.. SPANISH DOMINICAN

PROCURATION.

TO LET.

IVE ROOMED HOUSE in GRAN- VILLE ROAD, ROWLODY, with Flash and Sanitary Convenience

GROUND FLOOR Three Roomed FLAT in PRAT BUILDINGS, with Flush and

Sanitary Conveniences.

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Apply to: SPANISH DOMINICAN PROCURATION.

LET-No. 1, KELLETT HOUSE,

& CO., LTD.

HONG KONG DISPENSARY.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

on

the

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

TO-MORROW'S MEETING.

THE C.N.C. STRIKE. --

NO CHANGE IN POSITION.

They are working insidiously and But it is shown clearly enough that' with considerable cunning, but their if the Council enforce their order object is plain. It is to bring they have to face the possibility of Shanghai, as far as its administra-world-wide propaganda tion is concerned, down to the pre-asis probably of "no taxation

At the meeting of the Legislative

There was no material change sent level of Hankow and if some without representation." This cry Council to-morrow

(Thursday) yesterday, in the position as regards strong action is not taken to com- might be sympathetically received afternoon, the Bill for amending the the strike of the officers and engine

It is in countries abroad, because the bat then they will succeed.

circuntstanees would not be under law relating to illegal strikes anders of the China Navigation Com recognised, of course, that the pre-

stood, As the North China Daily Jack-outs will be again considered. sence of large armed forces will

News points out there would be The Bill was read a first time at As far as can be ascertained 'it' prevent the International Settle-

one to explain that "repre- the last meeting of the Council is now presumably simply a case of ment from being over-run by a mob, sentation" at this juncture can To-morrow, it is anticipated, that writing. The head offices of the but there are more ways than one

of

reaching the goal. Moh violence

is not being attempted, but accord- ing to the serious statement made' by our Northern contemporary, the North China Daily News, joint Nationalist campaigns for the col lection of a percentage of rents paid by Chinese tenants in the Settlement and for the organis tion of resistance among Chinese ratepayers to 指 two per cent.

not

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пісал nothing but interference it will be read a second and third

time and passed.

with administration, making life unbearable for the foreigner and reducing Shanghai's 900,000 Chineae

pany.

Guilda are in Shanghai and pos

sibly negotiations may be proceed.

ing there. In Hong Kong, how-

sented and mercilessly taxed citi to the level of the wholly anrepre- PICKETS AGAIN ACTIVE INéver, nothing is known or at ady

zens of any native community.

This briefly is the outline of the

problem with which the Shanghai. Municipal Council are confronted. If they give away, their authority

is gone. I they stand fast they

will have to meet anti-foreign pre-

CANTON.

ANTI-JAPANESE · BOYCOTT

FULL FORCE.

IN

The same contingent of pickets who were employed against the

rate the inforination is not vouch-

enfed.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY:] Officera Withdrawn From Ships' At Shanghai,

SHANOWA July 5th.

increase in rates are in full swing, As is pointed out, this is merely a question of the "thin edge of the wedge."" If the Nationalists once establish a right to collect taxes in the Settlement or show that they can successfully can adopt. But in the light of prevent the payment by their these events what value can be directed against the British, but they are prepared for a prolonged-

The Guilds have withdrawn the paganda as, virulent as any that British, and who had been out officers from B. & S. ships the same With wardly inactive since the British as at Hong Kong, only a dozen re- has appeared in the past.

now maining on board. the example of Hankow before boycott was called off, are

Suitable shore accommodation has them there is only one course they once more, employed,

Their activities this time are not been provided and the officers assert

placed on Nationalist proclama-against the next' tions? They are plotting always dog "-Japan. against the foreigner, even under

countrymen of rates levied by the Municipal Council, the whole wedge. will be driven home. The authority of the Council will be gone and they might as well resign and depart. And the Auny would have nothing to do but to pack its tents and depart with them.

There appears to be absolutely quickly taken to prevent it.

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doulit that these Nationalist schernes have official backing. It has been openly announced that the

Nationalists will enforce the coll tion of a percentage of rents paid by Chinese tenants and that they will use the new Provisional Court to

"Imperialistic

The pickets are now to be seen

struggle.

Over 30 Ships Laid up At...

Shanghal.

In Shanghai there are over thirty

the shadow of the British army. all over Canton, and in the same It is the general opinion in the old uniform of blue and straw North that there is little hope yet sandals. At all the wharves these vessels laid up, including the strs: Shantung, Sinkiang, of any peace. On the contrary, it men gather and all incoming pas-Changsha,

sengers are subjected to

rigid Nanking,

Wenchow, is considered that more serious

Wachang, search. trouble is ahead unless steps. ure

Whangpu, Shengking, Shasi, Kian,

The manager of the Jervois. Street silk shop, has reported that his partner absconded on June 30th with $10,000 belonging to the firm.

Falling from the second floor verandah of No. 57, Connaught

Ford Central, a Chinese fractured

inflict penalties upon those who defy their authority. The Provi: sional Court is the Court presided a leg. He was taken to the Govern over by Chinese judge before ment Civil Hospital. which most Chinese cases are taken. Its

Its conduct has become notorious and the charge, has often [50❘ been made that it is bringing the work of the Municipal Police into contempt. The judge, it is stated, imposes himself between

the

To our many friends who bave criminal and the law. In this con- by word and deed shown their nection we would recommend our great sympathy to us in this our hour of bereavement, we readers to peruse the report of wish to express our sincere and the "legal" proceedings given in heartfelt thanks, Sorrow such

as ours would be unbearable but another cohan where the firza of for loving and willing friends. Messrs, Lester, Johnson & Morriss Be sure that none of you will sued for rent due from a tenant ever forgotten. HERDERT A STOUT AND ROBERT in the North Ching Daily News

[$102

building. The newspaper itself was vot concerned in the case, but the judge coming to the conclusion that it might benefit indirectly through. the rent collection refused-even to hear the opening statement of the plaintiff's solicitors. He resented

Hong Kong Office: 14, Chater Rd. London Office: 21, Bride Lane,

Fleet Street, E.O. 4.

The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, JULY 6TH, 1927.

THE MENACE · TO :: SHANGHAI,

Fo

Some of the moro energetic ple-

kets go so far as to make a shop Chinking, Chasan, Ninghai, Sián- to shop search for Japanese goods. Į tan, Jain Peking, Taming, Shausi,

The pickets from the Chinese Payung, Chengts, Linan, Naur, Seamen's Caion. are still preventing thang, Taugehaw and the Hanyang, Chinese from embarking on any of

In Hong Kong the mid-up the Hong Kong, Canton & Macao Steunboat Co.'s vessels. The re-

steaners are the Kalyan, Liang, gular pickets do not interfere with chur, Szechuan, Tean, Fatshan, them beyond stationing a few men Kueichow, Kweiyang, Kingyuan,

In the Company's wharves search incoming passengers."

to

Kwangtung, Yingchow, “Anhuip

| Ichung, Sonchow, Changchow, and Kiangsu, The Nanking, Newchwang

The twenty-sixth ordinary general REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES. and upch-are held up at Swatow.

meeting of William Powell, Ltd., is to be held to-day at noon at the offices of Messrs. Lane. Crawford, Ltd., Exchange Building.

attended.

FROM APMED ROBBER TO

-CHICKEN THIEF.

THE BANTRY CURSE IN

ANHUI.

THE AUTHORITIES. ·

CHENGYANGHUAN, An., June 10th..

A brown chow dog owned by Mr. Banished for life from Singa- THIRTEEN MEN EXECUTED BY Henderson of The Peak, has beca pore and Johore, a Chinese with sent to Kennedy Town for observa record of seven years' jail for armed robbery and six months for tion. The animal bit Mr. Hender

larceny at Singapore, was. yester-. son, who is now being medicallyday morning convicted by Mr.

All is quiet here, the great ac. ́ ́ | R. E.. Lindsell on the charge of cumulation of soldiers of two weeks stealing a chicken in Centre Street,ago having largely moved on. The Weat Point.

authorities are dealing sternly with Remarking that the accused had the banditry that is everywhere. gone down in life from an armed robber to a chicken stealer, his rife on a comparatively small scale. Worship sentenced the man to Bandits get no mercy when caught. three months' hard labour.

Thirteen were executed yesterday."

A small fire broke out in the cock loft of a rattan shop in Shamshui- Po, shortly after 1.30 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Two fire appliances were sent from the Kowloon Station, the fire being quickly extinguished.

When the rope on which a large As a Singapore banishment auto Considering the merciless character stone was being carried by several natically applies in Hong Kong of the bandits themselves, this is coolics at Taikoo broke on Monday, the prisoner will be banished from not too severe, provided those the stone rolled on one of the men the Colony for life upon comple- caught are really the guilty ones. whose leg was broken. He is now tion of his jail term. in the Government Civil Hospital in a serious condition.

An 8-year-old Chinese woman was taken to the Government Civil Hospital from No. 4, Woo Hing Street, suffering from scalds on the body. It appeared the woman was asleep in bed when a pot of boiling

ENTERIC FEVER..

TEN CASES NOTIFIED LAST WEEK.

There were seven deaths in the

After a very wet autumn, winter and spring, we have had a very dry. carly summer. This facilitated the maturing and harvesting of the wheat, and now that the wheat barveat is over we have had three. days of good rain, making possible. the sowing of the beans and the planting of the rice, and also,, - -

during the week ended July 2nd, drought. killed. This weather is A quarrel between rival gangs of

from small-pox, four from providential, God forbid that there coolies resulted in a street fight in enteric fever and two from cerebro. should be famiae or food scarcity Salisbury Road, Kowloon, at about spinal fever. There was also one at the same time with civil war.- one o'clock yesterday afternoon. Bamboos, and poles were used, and death from influenza, which is not North China Daily News.

a notifiable disease. several of the coolies were injured. Hicksha traffic was interfered with. Several arrests were made.

Hong Kong, veth June, 1927. [5086 THE PEAK, Four Rooms, Flush farcical reports of fighting in the cipal Authorities have to rely for tea accidentally upset on her from Colony from notifiable diseases saving the kaoliang from being

SHOPS TO LET

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OFFICES TO LET

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AND

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(5092

a table by the bed.

ress. the criticism of the Court which had appeared in our-Northern contemporary and vented his spleen in this way. We cannot give any relief to the North China Daily News," he said," while it comes here reeking with the blood of its THE foreign community in China own offences against this Court would be well advised to ignore no, not until it is purged." This for the time being the somewhat is the judge upon whom the Muni-

North and to concentrate their enforcing the law. No wonder it attention upon the sinister anti-is complained that the Court is a "misfit", which should be abolish, foreign movement which is being

But these complaints are of engineered in Shanghai,

Theod. Nationalist armies will never no-little value. The unfortunate fact compah, the unification of China is that the Court is functioning in or bring peace to the country. the Settlement, and how can it be They have shown no sign yet of closed now without raising again any real patriotic feeling or of any the storm of anti-foreign pro desire other than that of despoil. paganda 1 ing the foreigner of the fruits of As far as

as the opposition to the his labour and enterprise. Through rates levied by the Municipal combination of intrigue, pro- Council is concerned, the Nation paganda and compromise they may alists calmly announce that this is win their way to Peking, but such a spontaneous movement and they success will certainly not mean the advise against attempt to colpusation. establishment of an orderly and lost the rates as it would raise responsible government to which the whate question of the status all nationalitice may look with con of the Settlement. Such is the HONG KONG HANBARD REfidence for justice. We must not velled threat. No one knows bet PORTS of the MEETING Judge the Nationalists by their ter than the Nationalists that the of the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL for the Session 1926. : •

proclamations, but by their policy Chinese, who reside in the Settle and that policy in Shanghai atment for their own convenience, the moment is to undermine the would willingly meet the calls Hong Kong. DAILY PRE OHIO. authority of the Municipal Council.nfade upon thom if left alone.

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Revised by Membera.

PRICE

one

Altogether 14 casos of disease were reported, ten being of enteric

formerly in the employ of Inspector British, one Indian, eight Chinese

Two mahs, mother and daughter fever, among which were W. MoWalter of the Shamshuipo and one imported case.. Police Station, were charged before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon There were two cases of enteric Magistracy yesterday morning with fever among Chinese reported on leaving their employment without Monday.. and the daughter. $10, the fince to

notice. The mother was fined 85

be paid to the complainant as com

WEATHER REPORT.

SPOOKS."

CAPITAL MYSTERY

COMEDY.

The Wilbur Players, at the Star Theatre last night, produced **Spooks," a "mystery comedy written by Robert Sherman and produced under the personal direc tion of Mr. N. Anthony Baker. The annual general meeting of

Mystery reigned. from the riso of the Hong Kong Football Associa

Yesterday's weather report, fore the curtain until the denouement tion, whose annual report was published last week, will be held cast and remarks, issued by the at the final ring of the curtain. this evening, at 530, at Volunteer Royal Observatory at 6 p.m., Mirth, and hilarous laughter were in Headquarters. The report and balance sheet of the Association and stated- of the Interport Account will be The depression over N.E. China provided an excellent entertainmont considered, officers will be elected has deepened.

winds; for the ensuing year, and there will

"Sppoke will be repeated to- be certain alterations made to the

night. rules of the Association.

LOCAL FORECAST: B moderate, fair,

abundance and altogether the play

with plenty of thrills.

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