NEW ADVERTISE. MENTS.
INTIMATIONS.
NOTICE
RELAYING OF TRAMWAY
SUURIM NITRACK.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
DARTICULAHS & CONDITIONS
PART
of the Sale by Public Auction to be held no MUNDAY, the 2018 DAY of AUGUST, 1938, 3 r., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by ES VELUX BOAD CENTRAL Order of Hn Excalience TUR GOTT: NOR
JACKSON EUROWN LAND ROAD NOW OPEN to WEST Shamshuipo, in the Colony of Hong BOUND TRAFFIC
Kong, for farm of 75 years, commen- 1st July, os Rent from
1898, the option of renewal as a cing to be fixed by the Surveyor of Hu MAJKETY TO Koto, for one further, term of 24 youre less three days/
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
It will be CLOSED to EAST BOUND *VEHICULAE TRAFFIC from 9 A.M. on 'THURSDAY, the 16ra AUGEST antil Further Notice.
Trafic will be Diverted by Way of CHATER ROAD.
E. D. U WOLFE,
Capt. Sapt of Police.
Hong Kong, 15th Aug., 1928, (6608
ing
NOTICE.
HE Undermentioned Certificates for 300 Shares in this Cetopams stand- in the Name of JOHN MAONAB Decmaed, lata of 2, Giancalan DRIVE, FOLLOKSHIELDS, GLASGOW, have been LOST, and if at the Expiration of One Month from the Date hereof the following Share Certificates be pat forthcoming, Other Certificates for the Said Bhares will be issued by the Company and thereafter No Other will be acknowledged-
Shares.
Aur Kowloon
Inland
Lot No. 1148,
Adjoining New Kow
Sha. Wan Hold
No. 111 Cha
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Registry No.
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4822-4836
15
4882.4893
20
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22154-19203
50 63357.53406
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75
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300 Shares.
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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16th, 1928.
PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
of the Sale by Public Auction to be held on MONDAY, the 20TH DAY of AUGUST, 1928, at 3 356, at the Office ម of the Public Works Department, Order of His EXCELLENCY THE GOTERNOR, of One Lot of OROWN LAND at Shamshaipo, in the Colony of Hong Kong, for term of 75 years, commen cing from lat JDLY, 1898, with the option of inewal at a Crown Hent to be fired y the Burveyor of Hin MAIKATY THI Kaxo, for one further term of 24 years less three days.
No. of Bale 1
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Locality:
Let No. 1149. Begistry No. New KowloonJoland.
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Yan Street and
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PABLO by Public Auction to held on MONDAY, the 20TH DAT of AUGUST. 1928, at 37.M., at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of HIS EXCELLENCY FUN GOVELEOL
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In Elegant Green Flasks Bach: 84.00, $2.25. $1.25
FORTUNE FOR PROLIFIC MOTHERHOOD.
At the Kowloon Court, three £300,000 BABY RACE. residents and their property, the amount of damage being assssed Chinese were brought before Mr. W. Schofield од a charge of by a commission upon which beth
keeping pigs without liethees and Chinese and British will be repro-with barbouring the animals in sented. Admittedly the action of their dwellings Defendants were the Chinese soldiery was unpardon each fined $5. able. British officials and others were subjected to terrible treatment, but it is difficult to see how
on
WATSON'S in an undignified position. It
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For carrying 105 ducks in two crates, a Chinese was yesterday morning fined 87 by Mr. W. Scho
field at the Kowloon Magistracy. It was stated that one of the ducks had been trampled to death while others had their legs protruding
from the bottom of the crates,
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redress could be made to cover a wider field than the foregoing apology with the punishment of those primarily guilty and the pro- miss of compensation where com- pensation may be possible. On
An Indian police constable was paper, the settlement meets the
yesterday fined 850 with the need of the situation as far as it
alternative of four weeks" hard can be met, and we are glad it bas labour by Major C. Willson, "for been signed for the issue had to misconducting himself as a police be decided one way or another and officer by attempting to obtain acquiescenes in the constant "squeeze" from hawkers in Con- postponements and evasions of the naught Road Central Chinese authorities was placing us
M.A. K. Henderson, vice-pre- sident of the St. Andrew's Society, seemed absurd that the British was yesterday entertained to tifin Minister should continue to discuss by the Society. Mr. Henderson is in Peking the question of friend-leaving the Colony on retirement ly co-operation with China with to-morrow, and the tiffin was in officials who apparently were de the native of a farewell He was silver. quaích clining at the time to recognise any presented with a
suitably inscribed, and the chair- responsibility for a most wanton
man Mr. J. W. O. Bonnar made a attack on British Consulate..
brief speech expressing the good Whether the settlement will be wishes of the St. Andrew's Society carried out conscientiously or he and the regret felt by all at Mr. ther it will lead ultimately to Henderson's impending departure better relationship between our two after 32 years in the Colony. countries are questions which, at the moment, it is very difficult to
The Chinese Muslim Cultural & Fraternal Association of
CHARLIE MILLAR'S
SWEEPSTAKE.
The proverbial stork, even when
it brings twins or triplets, is to-day assured of an enthusiastic welcome in the province of Ontario, Canada, writes the Daily Express,
GREAT WELSH FESTIVAL.
INDUSTRIAL SETTING OF EISTEDDFOD.
PREMIER AND MR. LI
· GEORGE TO ATTEND.
TAZORCHY, Rhondda Valley The National Eisteddfod of
Rhondda-Valley-Glamorganshire. Wales will be held at Troorchy, from August 6th to 11th inclusive Proud fathers and happy mothers in a setting that represents the in- dustrial life of the Principality, greet the arrival of little strang nys a London paper to hand. It ers with delight. The more this a tribute to the contributions to merrier, for the parents will then Welsh music and literature made stand a better chance of winning by the miners of the valleya. "Charlie Millar's Sweepstake.”
One of the few green spots in "Charlie Millar's Sweepstako." this wilderness of coal tips has
ever been set aside for the Druidio cir is the most unusual race imagined by human brain. The cle and the huge pavilion which prize is approximately £300,000 and will bold 20,000 people. the winner will be the Ontario Year by gear the event increases woman who bears the largest num- ber of children before a date in in popularity, and, despite acute industrial depression, its NÚCCERS this year
is already sasured, a re- 'Wealthy Lawyer,
cord number of entries haring. The great race started eighteen been received for the music, arta months ago following the death of and crafts, literary and drama, Charlie Millar, a wealthy Toronto and children's competitions lawyer. He was a man with a keen A day has been set aside for sense of humour and a shrewd legal "Young Wales," and a rally will brain. He amassed a fortune by his be held of Rhondda schicol children legal work, and died mourned and in connection with the movement respected by a few close friends and to check the Anglicisation of chil-
dren. a host of acquaintances.
Exile-Visitors,
1937,
babies.
They rend bis will, and the read-
The National Eisteddfod has be ing provided a bombshell. All the
come the popular centre for Welsh details were eccentric, but none created such a stir as the clause pilgrims, and this year visitors which started the great baby race from the United States, Canada, In a few words he laid down that Australia, and New Zealand are the residue of his estate, about expected in record numbers.
The Anthracite Male Choir, £200,000, should accumulate for ten years. At the end of that time the Scrantch, Pennsylvania, United money should be handed to the States, will compete in the chief Ontario woman who was the mother male voice competition, and with their president, Col. Wartres, and Hong of the greatest number of living 600 Welsh-Americans are now on
It is estimated that the determine. The conduct of the Kong desire publicly to express lucky woman will receive approxim. their way to Wales. fifth. Plenary Session of the Kuo- their gratitude to Mr. N. Moately £300,000. mintang, from which so much was hamedaily, manager of Mesars. anticipated by the Chinese them- Sang Kee, who has kindly consent selves, fills us with diapair. These ed to dispose of the premises at conferences appear merely to accen. No. 7, Chan Tong Lee to the As tuate the differences between the sociation for religious and charit able purposes at a reduced price of political parties. In the first place
$6,000.00 net which is very much. it was impossible to form a quorum below. the present market price.
ADVT.
because members would not attend. When they were persuaded to put
A. S. WATSON in an appearance they did not
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FOO ON HERBS, CO.. of Oat Lot of CROWN LAND at 66, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, 1ST FLOOR Shamshaipe, Colony of Hong Kong,
TEL. C. 5009, for a term of 75 years, commencing from lat July, 1898, with the option of renewal at a Orown Bent to be fixed by the Burreyor of En MAJESTY THE KING, for one farther term of 24 years leas three daya.
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PARTICULAKS OF THE LOT.
No, of Sale
New Kowloon Inland
Registry No.
Locality.
TO LET.
FLATSIN HUMPHREYS and
CARNABNON BUILDINGS,
KOWLOON.
Apply to
HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND
FINANCE CO., LTD.,
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGL
'6595
3
TO LET.
and & Boomed FLATS at EAST
3 POINT TREMAGE.
3 Rooms
$100.
$120.
including Taxes,""
Also Two 4 Roomed HOUSES in
ST. GEORGE STRETT, EAST POINT. Rent: $100 including Taxes.
For Further Particulars, Apply
Junction of Cheung Sha Wan Road and Pei Ho Streck
Lot No. 1150
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London Office: 21, Bride Lane,
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The Baily Press.
HONG Kons, August 167#, 1928.
THE NANKING SETTLE-
MENT.
remain long. As soon as anything was proposed with which they did
H.M.S. ""KENT”...AND
"CASTOR '". DUE.·
CLASS CRUISERS.
The fourth of the 10,000 tons
Col. Wartres, who is a notable, figure in banking and political cir- Engaged couples who loved child- cles in America, is 76 years of age, ren hurried to the altar when the and will be Sessional President on will was revealed. Women who pre- August 10th, when the ceremony of sented their husbands with twins or welcome to the pilgrims will be the triplets a few days after Mr. day's feature. This will be the first were considered time for an American to be so Millar's death doubly blessed. They had gained a honoured.
Sir Thomas Beecham is not only good start.
the chief adjudicator but will also Catch-Phrase.
conduct the London Symphony Or "Charlie Millar's Sweepstake" is chestra in the orchestral concert on to-day a catch-phrase throughout the evening of August 8th after the Canada.
chief choral event, for which a
The "Charlie Millar was an eccentric prize of £200 is offered. bachelor," said a close personal famous orchestra is engaged for friend of his to a Daily Express the week to participate in the representative. He was not a evening concerts, practical joker He had a keen sense of humour, but even so it is hard to see what impelled him to leave so strange, a will.
.: Choir Of 609,
For the concerts a choir of 600 voices has been trained for. Elgar's Dream of Gerontius," Bach's "St. Matthew Passion," and "Elijah."
not agree they left in dudgeon, FOURTH OF THE COUNTY- from the foreigners point of view the outstanding feature of the pro- ceedings has been this coming and county-class cruisers is due here to going of the delegates. It is morrow from Home. She is the farcical. Nothing practical has H.M.S. Kent and the other ships been done. There has been no sug of the same class, the Suffolk, gestion of unity and the inevitable, Berwick, and Cumberland, are al. conclusion to which one is forced ready on the station. They each is that the unification of China carry eight 8-inch guns. will never be accomplished by these Hawkins as flagship of the Station debating the possibilities of this chief choral test, the other composi
means. This is the conviction we have always held and the reports
The Kent is to relieve H.M.S.
Another cruiser of a smaller class, H.M.8. Castor, is due here as for received of the Plenary on Sunday. She will bring reliefs Sessions" strengthens it. When the for ships on the Station." politicians realise that the country
is too large and too completely TWO HONG KONG VESSELS disorganised to be controlled by a
SOLD?
S.S. "HAI HONG.”.
"One day he discussed his will with a near friend. The friend was
The choir has bech coached "by naturally astonished when he heard the terms of it. They talked, it Mr. John Hughes, Mus. Ba, who over, and Mr. Millar decided to started work in a Wrexham pit bús change it all. Do it now, urged later gained his degree at Aberyat- in the history of the morrow will do.' He died suddenly tar his friend No,' said Charlie, to wyth. He is the youngest condac that night, and his eccentric will Eisteddfod, and further tribute is became valid.
paid to him by the inclusion of hist "Lawyers in Canada are keenly part-song" Cwyn y Gwynt in the strange legacy. There is no clausetion for this prize being "Blest Pair of Sirens" (Bir Hubert which rules out unmarried women Parry). from winning the Sweepstake??
The usual ceremonies of chair- ing and crowning the winning bards will be conducted by men- bern of the Gorsedd in the pavilion, and the Chief Druid, Redreg, pili open the week's proceedings with the picturesque procession of bards to the Druidic circle which over- TIN MUG USED AS WEAPON." looks the pavilion on the mountain
PRISONER WHO ATTACKED WARDER.
LANGUAGE DIFFICULTY CAUSES ADJOURN-
MENT.
The Chinese prisoner who attacked
ing was again brought before Major an Indian warder on Sunday morn-
small central committee; when they are willing to look facts in the face and recognise that for the time being a very large measure of It is stated that the a.. Hai Hong autonomy must be openly and cheer-formerly on the Hong Kong and Fully granted to the provincial, Foochow run has been sold. The leaders it is possible that some pro been disclosed but it is believed name of the purchasers has not
gress may be made. Until then it that a Filiping firm has bought the seems likely that conferences, wher- vessel for service in the Philippine Willeon at the Central Magis.
Islands."
tracy yesterday morning. The card, The ss. Hai Hong is a very well however, was again remanded ever held, will result in nothing but a waste of time, a waste of known vessel and prior to its owing to language difficulty. The effort and a waste of money.
purchase was owned by Messrs. Douglas Lapraik & Co. In addi- prisoner speak, the Hainan dialect tion to her usual runs between this and an interpreter was not avail port and the coast of Fukien, the blende 1.5. Hai Hong has on several becasions been chartered to arty Chinese coolies to the Narou Islands in the Pacific, just off the coast of Australia.
THE opinion expressed by the Daily Telegraph is that the Sino-British settlement of the Nanking incident The Nanking settlement has been is "not unsatisfactory." With that signed by the recognised Ministers opinion, we think, most foreign of the Nationalist Government. It residents in China will agree. The may be carried into effect because Nationalists accept responsibility the various. parties will not interest PARTICULARS & CONDITIONS for the happenings at Nanking and themselves sufficiently to oppose it, be held on MONDAY, the 20TH DAY of "express profound regret at the but it can scarcely be regarded as of the Public Works Department, by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
the by Public Auction to
6.8. Tangistan" Also Sold. A further statersent is to the
ing to Messrs H.M.H. Nemázee!
kind which is issued to all prison A much battered tin mug of the ers was produced in Court and it was stated that the prisoner had used it na a weapon with which to batter the head of the warder,
The case will be heard again this
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., AUGUST, 1928, at SF.M., at the Office indignities and injuries indicted a settlement by the Government of effect that the two vessels belong morning,
BOVAL OFFICE, PEDDER ST.
[6590
of One Lot of Crown Land at Moog
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Boundary B
Measure
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Rental.
the Country, because the conference & Co., as, Corgistan and 1.3. now in session proves conclusively Tangiston have also been sold. However, the Company only com- once again that such Government, firm that the Tangisian has been in any real sense of the term, dose sold to a Japanese Steamship Co. for the sum of £10,100.' 'The name not exists.
of the purchaser was not disclosed, but a flat denial of the rumour regarding the_s.5. Gorgietan was made by the firms principal Mr.. Nemaree
SWEDISH PAPER.
USED BY JOURNALS OF 180
COUNTRIES.
side.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, will preside on Wednes day, August 8th, and Mr. Lloyd George on August. 9th.
Everything points to a most suc cessful event, and upwards of 100,000 people are expected to at- tend during the week.
QUARANTINE FOR
GIRAFFE
MENAGERIE FETE HELD UP.
PARTS.
There is desolation in the mena gerie at the new Luna Park, the
popular Paris pleasure ground at the entrance to the Bois de Bou- logne.
The lions are morose, the tigers are quite snappy with exasperation, the sea lion has even wept, and the pelicin has lost its appetite. For the opening fête to which they had all been looking forward has been postponed.
Order of His EXCELLENOT THE GOVERNOR, upon the official representatives of
And this because of the failure of Kok Tenil, in the Colony of Hong Kong, His Majesty's Government, for the
the giraffe to keep its appointment. BE LET OR SOLD-Com- for a term of 75 years with the option of loss of property sustained by the motions
BUNGALOW at renoval at a Crown Rent to be fixed by
The animal to tell the truth, is GAP, near MOTOR ROAD: the Surveyor of His MAIESTT THE KING, British Consulate and personal in
hung up with certain odds and ende MAGAZINE Good. Garden. Private Garage-Apply, for one further term of 75 years..
of the menagerie at the frontier... juries and material damage done" Box No 8273, c/o Hong Kong Daily
It was always a bit of a problem [8973
to British residents." - They agree Pres
Newspapers in about fifty differ this giraffe. The railway people to the punishment of the guilty
ent countries are now printed en looked askance at its long neck and Swedish newsprint, according to re- said the thing would never go parties and specifically undertake
cent statistics published in Stock through the tunnels. It was found, that there will be
holm. During the past year the however, that by inducing the violence or agitation against British
total export of Swedish newsprint animal to lie down in a special kind The weather report, forecast and amounted to a value of 41,5 mil- of truck its beight came within the lives or legitimate interests. As
remarks issued by the Royal Obser- lion kroner America bought 14,1 freight regulations and the way. regards compensation, the settle- The forthcoming wedding is un-vatory, Hong Kong, at 5 p.m. yes- million kronoc's worth and the seemed clear. Then the veterinary export to Japan and British Eouth authorities came along and said the ment is in similar terms of those nounced of Mr. E. J. J. Sprad terday, state:-
A depression is situated to the Africa in 1997 rose by 1,2 and 1 beast must go into quarantine."
Also million kronor respectively. accepted by the American Minister. bery, No. 241, Nathan Road, Kow North of Hong Kong
It was this news that plunged the Full_comBentation Wifi therefore Tooff to five Pansy Spradbery
the coles of newsprint from menagerie into gloom. The pelican, Swedish mills to Australia, the it is understond, declared quite re be paid for all personal and raate Rix, who is en route to Hong Kong
Irish Free Blate and the Wert finitely that the show ought to go Indies showed some increase,
on without it resos rial damage done to the British by the sa. Morea, from England.
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Three cases of enteric (2 Chinese, of 1 Indian), and one Chinese case paratyphoid were reported on Tuesday.
WEATHER REPORT.
The typhoon remains stationary Local forecast: South-west winds, moderate, fair,
to the south-east of Oshima.
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