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NOTICE.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, and JOHN MORRISON, practising

"Dan BLACK, BALEAN, KOCH and MORRISON" has been dissolved a from the 17th day of Noveuss, 1931, sa far as concerns the said Dr. JOHN MORRISON who retires from the, asid firm.

under the style or Brm of

Dated the 17th day of Nov. 1931.

(3.) G. D. R. BLACK.

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H. BALEAN,

W. V. M. KOCE,

THE CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED.

(IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION.) NOTICE OF DIVIDEND. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that it is intended to declaro & First and Final Dividend and Return of Capital to Shareholders of the abore Company, and Creditors. of the Company, who have not already done so, are required, oa or before the TWENTY EIGHTH DAY or DECEMBER, 1981, to send particulars of their Debts or Claime to tho undersigned, the joint liquidators in this matter, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the Beneft of any Distribution winde before such Dabts are proved.

Dated this. 20th day of November, *1981.

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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LIMITED.

JOHN FLEMING,,C. A. "Padder Street, Hong Kong...

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

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All members are cordially invited to attend, and participate in any discussion which may unsue,

By Order of the Stewards, C. B. BROWN,

Bocrotary.

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Hong Kong, 12th Nov., 1991.

HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY, LIMITED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a MEETING of the KONG DIRECTORS at BONG

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THE RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN QUEENSLAND). NOTICE OF DECLARATION OF SECOND INTERIM DIVIDEND.

TOTICE HEREBY

NECOND INTERIM

on

HAI BANKING CORTORA' Fondat

1981, Call of $2.50 per share DIVIDEND of TWO SHILLINGS made upon all the members holding per share on account of the financial Shares upon which only $5.00 per share has been he payable to the Bunkers of the been declared by the Directors of the paid, and that such Cail will rear ending 81st Mauce, 1939, hus Company, The Hove. KONG & BEANG- Company in Brisbane, payable to at their Sharobolders the Registers Head Office, or Konr, on the TUFSDAY, 15TH

Brisbane and Singapore on. DECEMBER, Central, Victoria Hou 21ST DAY of DECEMBER, 1981,

The TRANSFER BOOKS the Company will be CLO8FD from the 6ra DECEMBER to the 9rn DEURM. BER, 1831, Both Days inclusive.

By Order of the Beard,

W. L. MCKENZIE, Secretary, Hong Kong, 28th Get., 1931.

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NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the SINGAPORE TRANSFER REGISTERS will be CLOSED from TUESDAY. 818 DECEMBER to TUESDAY, 15TH DECEMBER, 1931 (Both Days inclusive) for the preparation of Dividend Warrants,

By Order of the Board,

DERRICK & CO., Chartered Accountants,

Local Secretarios. Hong Kong Bank Chambers, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SINGAPORE, 7th Nov., 1981.

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HEREBY NOTIFIED that

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ORIENT." MORTGAGE BANK" AND ESTATE AGENTE,

"PEAK MANSIONS " fix-roomed & Five-roomed Apartments PRINCE EDWARD ROAD, KOWLOON,

I'SEALED TENDERS in Triplicate, CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME. which should be olearly marked Tendor for Kowloon Quarry Lot No. 2, will be received at the Colonial Beurotary's Office until Noon of MON. DAY, the 3 day of NOVEMBER, 1931, for the occupation for 4 period commencing from the distry of notifien tion of acceptance of tender and ending piece on 31st Decentior, 1934, of the

shown coloured ground 19 or porcol rad on placi signed by the Director of Public Works and dated 9th Nov-mber, 1951, and subject to the conditions which can be necertained at the office of tho Director of Public Works. Upset anaus! fes $4,980. Each tender must by accompanied by a receipt to the effect that the tenderer has deposited in the Colonial Treasury sum of 3100 ús a pledge of i the buna fides of his offer, which gam shall be forfeited to the Crown in tho evont of the tenderer, whose tender is accepted, refnuing to carry oak the terms and conditious of his tender.

On the sessplanes of a tender the deposits of ungaocessful ten 'erors will be returned to them,

Form of tender and further particu lars can be obtained from the office of the Director of Public Works.

The Government does not bind itself

to accept the highest or any tender. HAROLD T. CREARY.

13th November, 1931,

Director of Public Works

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Detached and Semi-detached Villar Modern Construction with Garage,

CAMBAY BUILDINGS". Tlate with Modern Convenisgoes.

MACAO RACES.

* SUNDAY, 22nd NOVEMBER

FIRST RACE AT 1,80 p.m."

Admission to Public Enclosure

Centa 40. * 4* Munibers MUST show their badgo to gain Admittance.

Tin can be procured at-tho Raccocorso @ 81.50.

"Refer to Advertisment re Race Steamors,

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1931.

mattor of tarifa, has meroly boon

GILMAN'S exploited had this inevitable renc

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| tion must now be faced.

The last minute effort to dipp goods into Britain has been sune

HILLMANSmarily stopped, and a one hundred Tale of the Day!

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CATON-LONG.-On Monday, Nov. ember 9, at Shanghai, FRANCER JULIA Love of Regina, Sask, Canada, to VERNON. I. CATON Of New York City. MONCHATRE-GUBBAry-On Thursday..

November 18, at Shanghai JEAN RENE, only son of Mr. and M JAMES A. MONCHATZE of Paris, and ANTOINETTE (Tony), younger daughter of Mr. and Mra. A Holzurag of Shanghai,

per cent. duty will keep out a lot of fancy rubbish of the kind that

News and Views

"What is Hood-lighting. Bill. "Well, I don't 'rightly" know, people will always buy, even if they Marba iba got northing to do with

cannot afford it and do not need.

it.

It israrkable how the "Free Trade front" in Britain has collapsed. Sir WALTER RENGIMAS, shipping magnate, bunker and life long Free Trader has led the attack "with the ardour of a concert, and

has warned his own country in particular, and the world in general, that it is no use taking half inensures." Mr. F. C. GOOD. ESQUAR, Chairman of Barclay's Bank, another pillar of FreeTrade, has also admitted" Wie necessity for tariffs, and there is hardly a"per sonality who counts in either busi ness or polities to challenge this ziew

At the same time British people

Aik lumps."

Miss England's " Pilot. Mr. Kaye Don is looking forward to "r bit of a holiday.”.

He is at the moment clearing ap' various business affairs which ne cumminsed during bi

trip

to

America with Miss England II Thereafter he says he hopes to go away.

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It may seem ridiculous," he said, "for me to talk about "hali- day when most people think I have been away having a lovely time in. Ambrica. But, in fact, few people realise what hard work this racing

business is."

He was asked whether he thought Miss England had been materially damaged in the accident at Detroit, and he replied that it would not be possible to determine that until

It is, of course, possible that the boat may have sustained a nasty twist in turning over.

Explorers In Sudan.

Typhoid for Longevity.

Technical details are not yet avkil-

Mr. F. Tennyson Cole, the purable, but one gathers that il, works trait painter-among his sitters have than like pressure-gauge. for been King Edward, Joseph Cham-tyres. No doubt the ingenious it- berlain, Cecil Rhoden and Lard ventor will prepare a series of Allonby-puts forward an usual tables, with numbers, to show ap- explanation as to why at 70 years of Fropriate degrees of tenderness for

different forms of steak. age he is so fit and alert.

"While I was in India," he said,

"I Had typhoid fever. India has doctors with unexhmplied experi Cence of typhoid. If you come through it properly you are like mechanism that has been ever- hauled and renewed. You can ex poet an extra ten years' ease of life...

Wire from the Air.

• Those who observe that the French Air Union, which runs ser vices between London and Paris in competition with Imperial Air ways, has institution agystem

whereby passengers en te may send wireless telegrams at sid. per word, will wonder who are these passengers whose business is so pressing.

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The sophisticated cater, presum· ably, will carry his steak-tester in his pocket, and tell the waiter to have his steak checked up for 35. units of tenderness, just na | tells i gange to check one's tyres, 1-

The principle on which it works is the resisting power" of the athak. This, of course. is much more humane than the old-fashion- ed method of testing steaks by the resisting powers of the enter.

Europe's Largest Hotel.

Europe's largest hotel, which is being built at the Marble Arch, and which is sponsored by Messrs. J. Lyons & Co., will, when completed in 1933, have 2,000 bed-rooms, ench self-contained with its own bath room and lobby.

Employment will be given to 2,500 |- persons:

The Racing Chariot,

not forget that tariffs are to be regarded as a means to an end- and that and is world Free, Trade, 1 ook many centuries for stites

Two hours, and sometimes less, to realise that internal customs, most careful examination had bern is the time occupied in the actual fight, wot the company, is appears, were a hindrance to commerce and] mado. prosperity. China to-day is still

expect "that the service will be of great utility to business people. 'struggling to free, herself from the

One is inclined to be very It is pleasant to think that they likia vḍuties that are one of the

sceptical. There are few mensages have unearthed a specimen of a real which suddenly present themselves Roman racing chariot M Pompeii. great obstacles to peace and union

to the mind while in mid-air so. im- The world is awaiting with great (in the Republje. RICHARD CODES

internst further technical details of portant that they will not wait for

how the Romans supercharged their was perfectly right when he spoke

despatch until the time of arrival. The trans-African expedition sens

charlots when they were out for of free trade ns" the law of god "---

out by the Ethnoradera, France, £1,000,000 in Wages.

speed records. for by that he meant that the last May reports satisfactory pro- Commander C.. W. Craven, manag abolition of customs would lend to grege in the earlier stages of iving director of Vickers Armstrong, greater prosperity for all and long journey across the Dark Con-speaking at Newcastle, said that closer understanding between the tinent from west to east. The mis the construction of the new iner, Monarch of Bermuda, now complet nations. But RICHARD COUDEN higion is now making a study of the ing on the Tyne, had meant nearly self admitted. in a letter recently peoples of the French Sadan, with £1,000,000 in direct wages to work pablished in the London Morning Bamako as its temporary headquar men engaged upon her. Post, that tariffs were a perfectly

On the trek from Dakar The Greatest Draw. Editorial and Business Offices: thegitimate weapon against alive where the expedition landed to own produce. We are sure that Bamako, which required most of the grent Victorian evohomish June and alf of July," about 900 would see equally clearly, were he specimens of ethnographical interest alive today, "blint tariffs might be were collected for the muleum, and needed as a protection against pro- [about 500 photographs taken. duce fostered by subsidies and sheltered by exorbitant taxation of rivola.

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The Daily Press.

HONG KONG, NOVEMBER 20, 1931.

BRITAIN'S "NO!". TO

DUMPING.

NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

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ters.

Going Red,

It is reported that fashionable women, particularly those with long hair, are adopting a reddish tinge.

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One would imagine that the acope of the chariot-maker in tuning up.. his racing model must have been strictly limited There WE ball-bearings, fifter all, und the choice of lubricants must have been small. Perhaps the speed-kings of those days concentrated on tuning

up the horseN

Daughter for Hebe Daniels,

The marriage was, one recalls, n sensational one, not only because

An instance of economy comes

Miss Bebe Daniels, the film star, from an important girls' school on has present her husband, Mr. Ben Die South Const. A very unous Lyon, with a daughter. musician, gave a concert. Ordinarily for tuck & concert there would be a demand from this school for about 280 tickets. On this occasion the bride's dress cost £2,000 and the wedding presents of diamonds the tickets taken nambered only had to be put under an extra police guard, so great was their value, but because eight famous film stars? acted as bridesmaids. Among them were Miss Marion Davies, Miss Constance Talmadge, and Miss Betty Compson."

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Kreisler remains the biggest draw of all musicians. He is able to de mand a guarantee of £700 und a proportion of further profts before ha undertakes to give a recital

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For once in a way the women are behind the times. Britain's long-ingenuity is the steak-tester" been sent ppiarned sweets. Such

haired men have been going red for same time.

The Steak-Tester.

The latest example of American gadget for determining the degrau of tenderness of a steak,

Not long ago Miss Daniele was seriously injured while making film, and more than once she hits are the penaltive of Hollywood fame.

Local Notes and Events ★

R. Abbit' Cricket. Notes are uni- avoidably held over till to-morrow.

Two cases of typhoid and one of diphtheria were reported On Wednesday.

Charged before the Magistrate yesterday with bringing an unre gistered mai-tsar into the Colony, a Chinese named Yiu Lai-chuen was fined $10.

The mistress of, a jeweller's shop at 1, Shelley Street, has made a report to the police to the effect that jewellary to the value of $150, had a workman, to whom she entrusted

The Hong Kong dollar remained unchanged yesterday, the offieini quotation being 193-9/18d on demand.

From the files.

Looking Back 25 Years.

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THERE is news from the Burgundian vineyards of a gesture of unusual generosity and bouquets. Most of the French vintages have suffered THE Abnormal Importations, Bill | from the bad summer, and the Bun- passed through its firul stages in gundy is reckoned by its producers | the House of Commons yesterday, Leo far below the usual standard of and the formal approval of the that stalwart and renowned wine. Lords and the King will be com- That being so, the wine-growers of "pleted this week This is Britain's Beanne and Nuits St. Georges have Brsh blow of retaliation against the officially suggested to the Minister. tariff-wall system of other nations, of Agriculture that it would be n and the attack is causing some mistake to call this year's vintage anxious heart searchings. Die from their districts Burgundy"

Among passengers arriving here interested neighbours on the Con-[it would disappoint the public and

resterday by the s.s. Corfu were tincat of Europe have, apukom to [reflect on the better wines of past

Mr. and Mrs. Miss Owen Hughes,

The series of fortnightly dances Great Britain for her own good and future years.

Capt. P. Burgers. Mr. 1. Durden, This is com-

Mr. E. H. Gorden, Mr. and Mrs, ut Kowloon Dork was opened for sines the proposal first became prae- meree approached fame of the

Hunter, Mr. A. Harboard, Mr. R. the season on Saturday. There was tical politics, and our countrymen hun arts; a great wine is matched

Humphreys. Rev. W Johnston, & goodly company and the pro have been soldmply askred that by a grand manner on the part of

Capt. Jackson, Mrs. McAneh, Mr. gramme proved most enjoyable. K. Mackenzie, Mr. S. Row, Mr. G. great damago will be done to Great those who produce it. If this does

Mr. C.. T. Studd, the famous | Stewart, Mr. J. Sutherland, Capt. Britain, and all the world, if not shame the occasional miscreants

Scott, Mrs, 4, Sheldon, and Mrs. Cricketer, who has been engaged in missionary work in China, had this lust outpost of Free Trade is in other parts of Europe who pur

and Miss Whitham.

something to say about bis fav-.. abandoned. A somewhat cynical anything into a bottle and label it

A notification issued at the Hay, ourite game when speaking fast phrase night, he applied to these “Baune," nothing will. It may be absconded.

bour Office states that a hydropra month at Victoria Park Baptist rebukes from nationa the reverse of } true that the demand for wine uti

phical survey will be carried out Church. Mr. Studd remarked that With the Senior Naval Officer of within the following, area. -Bound- the making of a century was one | sinless in this matter of tariffs, and al: aorta is decrpacing, so that it the American South China Fabre, ed to the north by lat. 2 deg, 18 N. of the great joys in the material British people are tired of being might be no bad thing to write off Captain C. Early on board, the to the south by lat 2 deg. 17-2/2 world, but he declared that it was the the whole yield of a bad year in the 6.8. Mindanao arrived in port N: to the cast by long. 114 deg, as nothing compared with the for reminded of their duty to world, by nations who rightly fend interests of the better vintages, but at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. 1/3 and to the west by the enstern resulting from successful evange

She fired a salute of seventeen guns coast line of the Kowloon Peninsula.listic work. for themselves, and put their own the attitude of the Burgundian which was returned by H.M.S. Kent. The survey will be conducted in a

A meeting of Justices of the interests decisvely first. Our own growers remains a remarkable ex-

sories of aquare, whose sides will The following unclaimed vele-run N. and S: E. and W. Sides Peace will held at the Magistracy offers to cancel war debts all round aniple of commercial candour and grams are lying at the office of the of squares will be 1.000 it. Corners on Tuesday, November 27, to culi did not meet with much enthucourage. Would that it were EE. Telegraph Company :-Felipe of squares will be marked by sam- sider applications from Samuel sisam, though there has been no copied by others to bring the case Chey, Roont Empress Hotel, pans flying red flags Bampana Jones for a publican's licence for Salcius, with red fags will also be stationed the Praya East Hotel, and from Inck of reminders as to where a good deal nearer home, how splen-Poste Restante from Brooklyn; 0.1 at intervals along two of the sides, P. Wissing for a publican's licence Britain should show generosity and did (but how unexpected) would Wells, Peninsula Hotel, from Shipping is requested to give mark for the German Tavern.-Ilong

ed, squares a wide berth."

| Kong Daily Presi, „November, 90, how she should remomber the sacri-bo the attitude of the farmer who Shanghai...

1908. Écs, Jones, and daima of others, maid, "This checks is not good

The case in which two Chinoer are In fact, for the last 'thirteen years, | enough to be called Cheshire-charged, before the Kowloon Magi- much sickness, and a proof of the Looking Back 50 Years. Britain has been the world's good-shall not offer it ne such." In the strate with an armed robbery at,

The Hon. Hugh Low, H.M. Be natured

long run such candour ought to Kat Hang Village, Kowloon City advantages of adhering to gentleman and Our

pag--for it is to be noted that the district, the evening of October der is to be found in the case of sident at Perak, who accomplished" the Modeste. During the whole of His Excellency the Governor and ultruisca has brought us to the brink men of Burgundy proclaim their 10, was again up for hearing yes her four and a half years commis Lady Hennessy to Peking and has

confidence not only in the wine terday afternoon when, after further of ruin.

which they provide but in the dis evidence had been taken, the de-sion the issue of condensed whiter is front Perhaps the change of

carument of those who drink it, fandants were remanded antil Tues only, for the use of the crew, has since remained in Hong Kong, left heen strictly carried out under the by the French mail yesterday for

Singapore. a little abrupt, and no doubt we They do not argue that if it were day. November 24.

supervision of the medical officer, shall be reminded of our tradi-labelled " Besune" it would always

be drunk as such; they assume that Mr. Dwight P. Davis, the Gov- who has had the satisfaction of eco-

The Army and Navy Garetle tional perfidy. Bat that is the their customers would recognise the crnor-General of the Philippines,acing the result in a perfect freedom worst" of good natured people, inferior article without referenes companied by Miss Cynthia Davis, from dysentry, not a single caso says:Some time ago we called When they turn they are apt to to the label on the bottle, and, hav-is due to arrive in the Colony on having occurred in the ship. This attention to occasional breaches of surprise everyone, including them been once deceivad, would be Monday on his way back to the in such long commission on the the China Station order against again distrustful. This is inderdUnited States on a six months holi-China, Station, is exceptional, and the use on board of Her Majesty'n the day. Mr. Davis and his daughter we hope it will prove the value of ships of any but condensed water, selves. A generous policy in reduca graceful compliment to

had good reason then for pointing tion of annaments, in payment of curtomer who may well return it will spend the night in the Colonyan order which ships are sometimes except for washing purposça. our own debts, in our attitude to thinking more highly than ever of us E. E. Sir William Peel's guests; tempted to break through.-Hough such a breach as the cause of

Kong Daily Press, November 20, an honest wine so subtly record and will continue their voyage on I'wards our debtors, and in this mended by such honest men.

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