NEW ADVERTISE- MENTS.
·UNION WATERBOAT CO., LIMITED,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,
INTIMATIONS.
NOTICE.
HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
T
TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL GENERAL TWENTY FOURTH AN MEETING of the MEMBERS of TENUAL GENERAL METANT this Association will be held in the BOARD ROOM of Ms. JARDINE of SHAREHOLDERS will be bald in MATHESON & CO LTD. the Offices of M. DODWELL &
TUESDAY, 29 JANUARY. 1929, COMPANY LIMITED, THURS- 6.50 m., to pass and adopt the *DAY, run 31s: JANUARY, 1909, st Accounts for the Tear Ending 31st 11 M., for the purpess of receiving the BCEMBER, 1926, and to slect Officers, etc. Report of the General Managers together
By Order, with # Statement of Accounts to 31st DECEMBER 1999
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the S&D JANUARY to Sier JANUARY, 1999, Both Dates inclusive.
DODWELL & CO., LTD.,
General Managers.
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BY KIND PERMISSION OF CAPT. HOPWOOD, C.B.E.
A.D.C. AND OFFICERS THE
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G. E. S. UPSDELL,
Hon. Secretary.
THE HONG KONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY 'COMPANY, LIMITED.
NO
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FORTY-FIRST OR- DINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of 1973 JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
TUESDAY, 5TH FEBRUARY 1929, at 12.30 PM. for the purpose of receiving the Beport of the DirectoTE Statement of Accounte together with
THE HONG KONG
INTIMATIONS.
DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1929.
WEATHER REPORT."
Yesterday's weather report, fore cast and remarks, issued by the Royal Observatory at 3.33, -P«I«,
Man is happiest stated
WHEN DISPENSING GOOD
CHEER.
It calls for discriminatiou, and a real knowledge for the subtleties that make for happy
friendship.
In short, it calls for
DEWAR'S
DEWAR'S
There is little change in the anticyclone since this morning. Strong monsoon will continue along the south-east coast of China and over the N. China Sea.
Loca) Forecast:-NE- winds, fresh, fine generally.
▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Hong Kong Offer: 11, Ice House London Office: 91, Bride Lane,
Fleet Street, EQ 4
Street.
The Daily Press.
Howe Kore, Januar 18TH, 1929
HONG KONG'S MOTOR SERVICES.
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA for the Year Ending 31st Decemxxx SCOTCH WHISKY THE Colony can consider itself
21
F.M.S. HERMES
WILL PLAY SELECTIONS OF
CLASSICAL & POPULAR MUSIC
LANE, CRAWFORD'S RESTAURANT,
G3
MONDAY,.
JANUARY 214, FROM 5.15 TILL 7.16 PM
REMINDER.
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HONG KONG CRICKET CLUB.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT: ANTRIES CLOSE on SATURDAY
NEXT, 19 JANUARY.
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EN
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
* HONG KONG.
COMPANIES WINDING-UP
No. 1 or 1924
IN THE MATTER OF THE COM PANIES ORDINANCES, 1911-1995
AND
THE CHINESE MEROHANTS BANK LIMITED.
NOTICE OF DIVIDE VI,
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Nor
1923.
The REGISTER of BHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, 19TH JANUARY, to TUESDAY, 5TH FEBRUARY. Both Days inclusive, during which Period No Transfer of Shares can be Registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
" L. 8. GREENHILL,
Secretary. Hong Kong, 11th Jan. 1929, (7230
THE HONG KONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION.
NOA EXTRAORDINARY TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the HONG KONG AND SHANG HAI BANKING CORPORATION
will be held on
on SATURDAY, the 2ND. DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1929, at 19 O'CLOCK Noor at the CITY BALL Victoria, in the Colony of Hong Kong for the purpose of considering, and if thought fit, passing the following Resolution, riz:
That the Directors of the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COM. PORATION be and, they are hereby requested and authorised by and on behalf of the Shareholders of the Corporation to take all such steps as may be necessary for the intro- daction
of an Ordinance into the Legislative Council of the Colony of Hong Kong and for the enactment
of great age
"WHITE LABEL
and
As supplied to the House of Lords and House of Commons.
well served in the matter of trans port facilities. Kowloon's fleet of motor buses is one of the finest in China, both as regards speed, com- fort, and frequency of service.
The small Ford vehicles have been replaced by the larger Thorney crofts. Leylands and Vulcans, and
"VICTORIA VAT" the two main companies vie with each other in maintaining the efficiency of their respective ser- vices. It is true that a few minor criticisme are levelled by those who, accustomed by now to an extreme ly good thing, desire perfection. There is, for example, the perennial wish that the two companies could come to some arrangement by which a season-ticket would be available for either a red or a yellow bus A large proportion of the passen gere live on or very near Nathan Road with the Star Ferry as their objective. With just time to catch a ferry it is, therefore, extra-
IT NEVER
VARIES!
SOLE AGENTS:
www.c
LOCAL BANK
* VICTIMISED.
5,000 GUILDERS LOST' IN- TRANSIT..
P. & O. BANK'S LOSS.
Tests have been carried dat over Now some of the drivers patiently. and intelligently await the last the Baltic from Travemünde, with possible fare. In addition to the a giant Rohbach flying bost, which town services buses are also run to is intended to be used for trial outlying points such as the Univer- fights by the Lufthansa for their sity Felix Villas Repulse Bay, projected Vigo to South America and Castle Peak, and these routes service by way of Azores. will, no doubt, be" developed as need arises. The ride to Castle
Several summonses were heard by Peak is particularly enjoyable, and Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Row ngalust shop- can be recommended to anyone who loon Magistracy wishes to see something of the New keepers who bad stored firecrackers Territory without going to the ex-in a place other than a glass case.
A report was made to the Police penso of taking a private car for Each of the defendants was Aned the afternoon. Though the steep 810 and warned of the danger of yesterday by the P. & O. Banking hills and sharp bends preclude the practice.
Corporation Limited, to the effect shall we say fortunately f-the idea
that a parcel was sent by the Hang". of a char-a-bane service round the
The Macdona Players gave an- New Territories there is, especially other successful performance of Kong brauch of the P. & O. Bank during the summer season an open "The Doctor's Dilemma" before on January 4th, 1829 by register- ing for trips of an excursionist an appreciative audience last ever-ed mail to the N. I. E. M. Bank nature. Bathers in particular
They are presenting "You would appreciate being taken out to Never Can Tell
of Batavia-The Nederlandsch- clean and safe, beaches now acces to-morrow evening's production Indische Escompto Maatschappij- sible only to those who have their will be "Man and Superman." containing 35,585 Guilders in botes. They have received a cable,"
own cars or are able to hire one. And there is in the Colony, with
ing.
to-night and
For stealing chickens from Whit-
it larger garrison an increasing field barracks, Chinese boy was dated January 15th, from the Bank number both. of Europeans and Chinese who cannot
to run
the
sentenced yesterday to ten strokes in Batavia, stating that when the of the cane by Mr. E. W. Hamilton parcel arrived it was found that luxury of a private car but are at the Kowloon Magistracy The
willing to spend a reasonable sum for an afternoon's ride into the boy said that he was standing in 5,000 Guilders were missing.
the roadway when the chicken countryside. Small but high-power-few into his arms and got stuck ed coaches, carrying say a score of. passengers, would do a brisk busi- there"! nesa practically all the year round. if people could get to these points and back for two dollars instead of twenty.
The report to the Police is very brief and does not mention whe ther or not the parcel was found to have been broken open on de-. livery, nor does it give any sug gestion as to how the bank notes were stolen.
Another concert is to be given by the orchestra of H.M.S. Hermes on Monday, January 21st, at Messra Lane, Crawford's. Those who heard
A Recent Cass, the last recital will certainly want to hear another, and these who
Only recently a consignment of missed that opportunity should not
The resital bank notes which were printed in repeat their offence. Text Monday will be from 6.15 to the United States of America were 15, and as before a popular prosent by the 8.1. President Pierce gramme will be arranged.
Out of the 190,000 930 bank notes approximately 682 were missing.,
од
SCARE ON "TAISHAN.”.
BOY'S ESCAPADE,
caused
Some excitement
board the Taishan last she -time before
A small
some
Apart from the use of mechanical transport for pleasure purpose, there can be no doubt that motor traffic will play a large part in the industrial and general develop ment of the New Territaries. Ex perience in all parts of the world has shown that motors can give a
to the Fu Tien Bank of Yunnan. cheap and flexible service both for
A Chinese had his leg very badly They were delivered at Hong Kong passengers and freight over short
morning in
on December 18th, but on arrival distances. For long hauls and for crushed yesterday large consignments in truck-londe Queen's Road Central, when a
that during the railway can usually hold its own heavy rotor bus of the Hong Kong it was discovered
transit one of the cases had been when well managed, but where runs Hotel ran into him.. The man was are short and loads are compare carrying two tins on a baraboo pole, broken open and the contents pil- tively small, motor transport by when he was knocked down, and
the vehicle passed over one of his fered. road is much cheaper. Some fecent American figures in this connection feet. He was taken to the Govern are of interest. To operate a small meat Civil Hospital, where the leg local train & mile costs approxim- was immediately amputated. His ate $1.25 gold. To operate a motor-condition is serious. bus costs from 25 to 30 cents. The
Visiting Canton "after an inter- ratio is, thus not far from 5 to 1.
Shanghai Fuel, costs, which average 93 cents al of five years, a mile for the train, are but 3 cents business-man informas. us that he The number of em- was greatly impressed by the for the bas ployees needed in operation is, of changes to be seen in the city. New course, very much less, and wages roads and imposing buildings have per mile are but 4 cents for the made their appearance, and every-
where there is evidence of
Found bus as compared with 38 cents for
and steady progress. Conversations night the railroad train. In a survey made by the Boston and Maine with prominent merchants indicat-arrived in harbour.
ed that political conditions in Railroad: the cost of operating Canton were regarded as stable, boy Un the lower deck, in steam passenger train, without any charge for roadway or rail main- tenance, was set at $1.59 gold a line rail-cars was 72 cents a mile
he saw in the city, and came away put the fire out, but the smoke and and motor-buses 29 cents a mile, convinced that Canton. is rapidly smell caused no little alarm. Some In addition to this economy of operation, the motor bus has the ad-going ahead. vantage of not being subjected to The Lata Commander B. J any overhead investment in road
Littledale. and rails, or restrictive regulations.
Commander (E) B. 3. Littledale.
The compradore spoke to the boy RN. D.S.O., whose death from for the good of his soul, and told pneumonia was announced in yes- terday's Daily Press, was on the him that if he did it again he Hong Kong Dockyard staff for a would be handed over to the Can- short while before being appointed as the excellent: surfaces Engineer Officer of the Yangtze ton authorities and, taken to the already available testify, and it Flotilla. He also served on the Eastern Parade ground! will be only a question of time Ching Station before the War. inaccessible thoroughfares as May Comdr. Littledale joined Osborne to motor trafic. In Hong Kong, as in other places, roads now mean not only more motor traffic but also the construction of more houses, and we have our problems in this direc. port will bely, to solve.
and our informant also found that trying to steal cranges from a case, business, was generally good Alto set the packing alight by dropping gether, the Shanghai visiter was
of the me by the Governor of A. S. WAISON Lordinarily exasperating for those mile. The cost of operating a very favourably impressed by what match. A bucket of water soon
Hong Kong with the advice and consent of
of the Legislative Council
thereof, in the terms of a print which, for the purposes of identi fication, has been signed by the Chief Manager of the Corporation, in substitution for the existing Or dinances (except as in such print is mentioned) and Deed of Settlement of the Corporation.
& CO., LTD.
SHAMEEN MUNICIPAL
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COUNCIL (BRITISH CONCESSION). ENDERS Hereby Invited for
who look after the pennies" to see a solitary "red" bus on the horizon if one's season-ticket is for the yellow bus, and to be presented
with the alternative of either wast- ing ten cents or a wait of ten or fifteen minutes on the Star Ferry Pier. On the other hand, such au agreement would eliminate the com. petition which has achieved such
The motor habit is growing all over the world, and here in Hong Kong the need already is for now motor roads. The Public Works Depart ment is aaturally fully aware of
this.
of the passengers, according to the
S
AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that A FURTHER E TRAORDINARY MEETING of the COR- SHAREHOLDERS of the PORATION will be held on SATUR- DAY, the 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY, that it is intended to declare 1928, at 1245 in the AFTERNOON, at the the SUPPLY of the following:excellent results from the public's when' such pleasant, but at present when he was a sub-lieutenan
Place, for the purpose of re- A THIRD DIVIDEND in the above Same Place,
ONE (1) Hand Drawn MOTOR FIRE point of view. Moreover, most of of the above men- matter, and Creditors, WHO HAVE ceiving
Report NOT ALREADY DONE SO are tionce and of considering, ENGINE, mounted on Two-wheeled required on or before the TWENTY and, if NINTE DAY OF JANUARY, 1999, to above Resolution in accordance with send their Names and Add-ears, and Article 60 of the Corporation's Deed the particulars of their Debte or Claims of Settlement. and the Names and Addresses of their Datel this 1st day of January, 1829
By Order of the Directors, Solicitors, the Liquidator of the sa
if any
to the UNDER SIGNED Company, and are also required by their Bolicitors or Personsly to come in and
their said Debts or Claims at prove
the Ofice of the OFFCIAL REDRIVER, Supreme Court, between the Hours of 10 AM. 4.M. or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any Distribution made before such Debi are proved.
tioned Mght it, confirming the LR. Tyred Carriage, Capable of De. the buses go by in convoys of about Road and Bowen Road will be open Naval College in 1904 and was one!
Dated this 15th day of Janusry, 1929,
JOHN FLEMING, GA,
Liquidator,
c/o LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS,
S, Queen's Brad Central,
Hong Kong.
NOTICE.
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E have pleasure in aan 'nucing
Wthe Appointment of Mrsans.
The long intervals between the.
and Suction Lift of 5 Feet: Pamp conveys are also a minor cause of tion which improved means of trans White Russing leader, in the Volga
livering Seventy-five (75) English Gallons half a dozen at a time, well judged of Water at a Pressure of 110 Pound to catch the ferry in comfort. Fer Square Inch and Nozzle PressuIL of 70 Pounds with 4-inch Diameter Nozzle through 1,000 FEET of Hose Delivery to be for Standard Size 2-inch PRICE to include 20 Fest SUCTION HOSE and Fittings, such as Foot Valve, Suction Bose and Connections and also One "Y" BRANCH PIECE State Time Required to fulfil Contract from Date of Order.
A. C. HYNES,
Chief Manager. NOTA Copy of the proposed New Ordinance can be seen during the Venal Banking Hours (SUNDAYE, PORLIC and BANK
HOLIDAYS cepted) in Flong. Kong at the Head Office of the CORPORATION
FRIOE for Delivery at FIRE STA- Ofices of Mesera. JOHNSON, STOKES TION, BRITISH CONCESSION, SHAMEEN,
MASTER Prince's Building, So. CARTON. licitors to the said Corporation, and
or at the
grumbling, but the predominating. part played by cross-harbour traffic has to be remembered when the arrangement of motor bus traffic is considered. Most of the passengers have either left or are going to the ferry. Another common grievance
News and Views.
The 4th annual general meeting of Union Waterboat Co., Ltd. will be held in the office of Messrs Dodwell & Co., Ltd. on Thursday,
in Shanghai at the Office of the NDERS should be Sealed and is that. "I miss about three ferries January 31st et:11 a.m.
CORPORATION, from the Date hereof until the Date of the above men- tioned Confirmatory Meeting
17172.
G.
R.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
ARTICULARS & CONDITIONS
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., HORG PA the Suie by Public Anction to
Konto and CANTON, as Our SOLE AGENTS in Hego Koro and Serra be held on MONDAY, the 21st Day of
UNIA for the Sale of :--
"VALDURA" Asphalt Paint,
"U-IN-TAHI" Eest Resisting Paint,
"AMASCO" Plaster Bond.
V.A" Metal Primer,
パ
V-A" pecial Paints,
"BALTAZ" Belt Dressing.
and Allied Producia."
THE AMERICAN ASPHALT
FAINT CO. Chicago,,,
W. T. MULOAHY.
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THE HONG KONG JOCKEY
CLUB,
ANNUAL RACE MEETING.
26TH, 2015, 2771 FEBRUARY,
AND 280 MARCH, 1929.
DRAENTRY FORMB are
BAFT PROGRAMMES
Ready and may be obtained at the RACE COURSE HONG KONG OLUX and CAUEWAY BAY STABLE,
Hong Kong 15th DE INPR-109“
and
Now
JANUARY,
1929, at SF.M., at the
Oficer of the Public
ablic Works Department, by
Order of Bin EXCELLEBOY THE GOYZZIOR,
of One Lot of CROWN LAND ́at:
Bbam haipo, in
in the Colony of Hong
"FIRE ENGINE" and
a day because the bus takes me half- COUNCIL BOOK delivered at BRITISH CONCESSION, SEANERA, CANTON, way back to Shainsbuipo." But on of
Before SATURDAY, JANUARY
this is the fault of the whole lay-out 26TH, 1929.
The Council does not bind itself to of the Star Ferry approach. Traffic accept the Lowest or any Tender. Neither does the Council bind itself to congestion and general confusion pay any Expenses which the Tenderers would increase and not diminish may have incurred in Tendering.
if every bus stopped and discharged CHAS. E. WATSON,..
Secretary.ite passengers opposite the entrance COUNCIL ROOM, SEMKEN,
to the pier. In actual fact the buses, CANTĀM,
except a few stragglers, as already January 8th, 1829.
pointed out, meet the ferries and draw up just as the bost is coming alongside, leaving plenty of time to stroll on board at the leisurely gait
Kong, for a term of 75 years commencing FANLING from 1st July, 1898. with the option of renewal at a Crown Bent to be fixed by the Surveyor of Bis Margar! The Kino,
for one further teson of 24 years less
three days.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No. of Sale.
New Kowloon
Adjoining New Kowloon |
Inland Lot No. 1184, land Lot No: 1199.
Rozistry
Locality.
Cheung Sha Wan Road,
Shamsbuipo.
Boundary
Mesapro.
ments.
B. B. E. W
St. ft. ft. ft.
As per
vale plan
Contenta in
Fquare feet
Aungal
Rental.
an! Uplat Price
About
068'S
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HUNT
STEEPLECHASES.
SATURDAY, 19TH JANUARY.
FIRST RACE -3.00 PM.
ADMISSION
TO PUBLIC ENCLOSURE:-$1.00. (Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform- HALF PRICE.)
-CARS PARKED ON THE COVESE
$10.00 EACH.
SPECIAL TRAIN: Lester KowLOOM : 1,50 P.M. Returns: 5.40 r.M.
FIRST CLASS RETUBE FARE including ADMISSION TO PUBLIC ENCLOSURE:-$2.00. FREE PARKING FOR CARS.
Fourteen cases of small-pox, 3 from Victoria and 11 from Kow- loon were reported on Wednesday There was also one case of enteric All patients were Chinese.
The
tenth Netherlands India annual Fair will be held at Ban- doeng, Java, from the 22nd of June till the 7th of July. One of the more important sections will deal with minerals.
"Bolshevik" Salvationists,
purser, evidently feared a repeti- tion of the Hsia Wah wreck.
BROKERS' ESTATES.
FORTUNE OF OVER A MILLION TAELS.
of the comparitively few "New Scheme Officers" to specialise in Engineering. He had an adventur us career and was for a time on the staff of General Denikin, the
"Estate in Shanghai to
a total Valley district. A man of splendid physique, genial and kindhearted, value of Tacis 1,003,002.65, was left his sudden death has been a great by the late Mr. Benison. Aarón shock, to his friends. He leaves, wf Somekh, who died on December. understand, a widow and twb young children."
27th, 1927, at his residence in Avenue Joffre, Shanghai,“ s
Estate duty stamps paid on this "General" Booth having decided estate amounted to £15,742 185. not to take the hiat given him to retire, the Bolshevika" in the Deceased's property in Hong Kong Salvation Army have resolved that only amounted to $900, and re-seal- ho be gently but firmly removeding of the probate and codicils of from office. The decision of the High Council is another indication the will has been granted to Mr. of the trend of the times. The Sal-W. E. Shenton, of Messrs. vation Army conducts its activities Deacons, who is the attorney of Mr. ander & discipline as rigid-and as Reuben David Abraham, to whom |usfeeling-as any military
ganization. There have been a few the probate has been granted by cases of insubordination, but they H.B.M. Supreme Court for China, were swiftly dealt with in such manner as to intimidate all but the very boldest from expressing or and had been a resident of Shang- showing any dissatisfaction with hai for many years. He was well- the rigorous administrative: methods
or-
The late Mr. Bomekh was a broker
laid down by the founder of the known on the turf and during his A Concert of French Modern Army. For years there has been life time gave large sums to charity. Music organised by Mrs. Har growing restiveness at the auto greaves-Browne will be given at the cratic system under which the Sal-
Another Broker's Estate. Helena May on Thursday, January 24th at 5.30 p.m. Tables for tes must be booked by Wednesday,
January 23rd,
crisis.
vation Army operates, and friction! Another broker, Mr. James Mc between the British and American Millan, late of Whitecote, London headquarters has more tous Lane, Bromley, Kent, who died on suited to the climate. If any doubt
threatened to bring about a serious. September 24th, last year, left. is feit the station clock beamis down
The grave illness of the estate in England amounting to An accident occurred at the inne present "General" who at one £6,795 and property in the Colony reassuringly, and a good deal oftion of Garden Road and Queen's time was not expected to recover to the value of $2,300. perturbation would be avoided by Road yesterday afternoon at 3 p.m.-brought up the vexed question of
when a Chinese named Kam Fan nomination to the supreme com- Mr. James McMillan was a ship memorising the fact that the ferries was knocked down by Taxi-cab No. and. Even Salvationists realise and insurance broker. His widow leave every ten minutes, from the 569. He was rushed to the Govern that a system more in keeping with Mra. E. J. McMillan is the sole adis modern ideas of democratic ad- executrix, and re-sealing of the. hour, except during the five-minute ment Civil Hospital with
located shoulder and a fractured ministration is necessary in order probate has been granted to Mr. W. service during the tifin-hour rush, left thigh. He is progressing as to keep pace with the progress of E. L. Shenton; who is her attorney..
the times, but the présent and after 9 p.m. when the boats go well as can be expected.
"General is one of the old school, every quarter of an hour.
Over on the Island the Tramway Company's bus drivers are slowly learning to synchronise their arrival and departure with the ferry. Not long ago the drivers evidently aimed at quietly slipping off when they heard the gangway clatter on the pier, or, better still, just as the head of the emerging column of hurrying PLAARDECIR DAAeed the bookstall
A Chinese girl, employed at Yuk and proudly and stubbornly re-
Po Restaurant, Des Voeux Road fuses to bow to the inevitable. It Lady Dorothy Mills has sailed Central reported to the Police last is reported that the struggle be for West Africa, where she will night that she had been assaulted tween the old and new schools of study witchcraft as it exists among by four or five members of a secret Salvationists will be carried to the the natives. Lady Dorothy states society at 11,p.m. at Hollywood Courts. If it is, there will be some she would leave for the hinterland Road. She had been asked to join fat" briefs distributed, for the as soon as possible, and would the society but had refused. The material interests at stake are travel without any other white. men inflicted such injuries to her enormous, and a lively battle will companion, but would take two mouth, eyes and back that it was be seen if the legal profesion is servants and necessary carriers. found necessary to send her to the called upon to take part in the She will visit French and Porta- Government Cleû Hospital- controversy.
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