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CHINESE CUSTOMS"
NOTIFICATION
INHE Ofear and Stations of the
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J. W. STEPHENSON, Commissioner of Chinese Curtains,
Kowloon and DISTRION,
YoAX BUILDING
Hong Kong, 18th June, 1931, [863
THE EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA & CHINA
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8. LACE,
UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
THE
NOTICE.
MATRICULATION EXAMINATION,
NOVEMBER, 1991,
HE following Scholarships will be Awarded on the Homnlts of the MATRICULATION EXAMINA- TION to be held in NOVEMBER, 1931:
1. One Hong Kong Government Educational Scholarship, open' to, GIRL.candidates from Hong Kong Schools,
Ona Hong Kong Government Educational Boholarship, open to BOY candidates from Hong Kong Bchools.
15th June, 1931.
W. B. FINNIGAN, Registrar,
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
HONG KONG
The Matter OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN D. WISHART, LATE or 8.8, BUL BANG", 8D "EXGINEER, DECLARED, -
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has, by virtue of Section 58 of the Probates Ordinance 1697 (No. 9 of 1897), made an Order Limiting the Time for sending in Claim to or against the above Estate to the BTH DAY OF JULY, 1931.
Oraditors and Claimants are hereby required to send their Claims to the Undersigned by the above Dato,
Dated this 15th day of June, 1931.
E. P. H. LANG,
Official Administrator.
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.PEAK CLUB...
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Members will be hold at the PEAK OLUB, oa THURS DAY, 28TH June, 1881; at 6 r.Ma
D. L. NEWBIGGING;
Hon, Becretary.
WM. POWELL, LTD,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 80я 'ORDINAHY GENERAL MEETING of SHARE.' HOLDERS, will be, held EXCHANGE BUILDING,ón WEDNESDAY, 17 JUNE, 1931, at 11.30 AM., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts for the Year ended 28th FEBRUARY, 1981.
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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the ST JUNE to the 17TH JUNE, Both Days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
7. E. SKINNER,
Acting Secretary Hong Kong, 2nd June, 1981; [818
INDO.CHINA STEAM NAVIGA.
TION CO., LIMITED S
HE FIFTIETH ORDINARY TGEN
GENERAL MEETING of the Company ill be beld at the Oloos of the General Managers, *: Mzsons; JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD, PEDDER STRENT, Hong
Kong
on WEDNESDAY, the 17TH JUNE, 1831, at NOON for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, piming the Accounts, and alsoting - Directors and Auditor
{The TRANSTER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 10TH JUNE to 1ST JULT, 1881, Bo Daya incluzive
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The Idiot!
Bir John Du Cane,
Sho: “ I didn't do the courting. The termination of General Sir
You were craty to marry me? He
I agree, I must have been an idiot."
In Canton, at the present time, there are hardly any beggars on the streets. There is an admirable. institution to which beggars are taked by the police. They are clothed, fed, taught a trade and
ado to work. If there is ono Here, we can't have you whist thing that a beggar Bates and fears | ling while you work," said the fore- it is an institution of that kind man to the new boy taken on during
Short spells in prison he does not mind, but permanent incarceration, with its attendant discipline, is a thing to avoid at all costs. At any rato the Canton Institution, which
The 'Defende..
the rush. But I was only whist ling,” explained the boy.
Racing Driver Engaged.
John Du Cane's military career, co- incident with his retirement from the Governorship of Malta, marka the conclusion of a chapter in the history of the British Army which might never have been written had anything hotter avor turned up." For that, in his own words, des
ribes why Sir John stayed on in the Army and came to be one of its most distinguished commandera. His was the kind of brain that found work easy, and, because no- thing else turned up, he passed] along without effort from one pro- motion to another. Among the more cool, competent commander. British Armies you could find no
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Local and Far East.
"The Poseidon Fund." Page Round the local cinemas. Page 5. Police Reserve orders. Page 7. Varsity events, social and sport- ing
Page 10. Meeting of Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
Page 7 Poak Tramway Co.'s annual meeting,
Page 11. Hong Kong Stock Market: Crou cher & Co.'s daily report Page 7. sword-duel in Wanchai on Sunday.
Six Japanese were engaged in a
Page 7 Recent fracas pt. Lsichikok Gaol
prisoner's inquiry regarding death:
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To-day's wireless programme
Mr. William Berkeley Scott, the is not very large, is sufficient to 37-year-old Cambridge Rugby Blus frighten the whole fraternity of and holder of 18 world's motor beggars from the City of Rams racing, international class records, Perhaps the Hong Kong Govern is engaged to Miss Ruth Me | A Queer Dish, ment might look into the matter.Kechney, aged 24, daughter of Mr. Lion flesh is among the de- This is not the time for starting and Mrs. McKechney, of Murray Colonel Exhibition in Paris. It exponsive Institutions but in this road, Wimbledon, SW. "I met will, I fancy, create more curiosity
very little one," might Miss McKechney & year ago," Mr.then enjoyment, says n writer in reported on
case
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