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Antimation,

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY DECEMBER 30 1909

difference that whereas Chien in split up into a darin management in the interior. The scheme number of semi-independant Provinces which in fact, magnificent though it may be, is simply have to be treated separately, and without a soup babbls; its only value is the indication reference to one another, Japan is administered it affords of how Chlaga officials are striving

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

As one homogeneous whole, and the co-opera-might and mais to oust the hard-working for tion of all the islands is secured by their eigner and to regain for themselves that power S. WATSON & CO., mutual interests. At any rate let us do what over the lives and purses of the Chiness pro this schema of redemption meads so far as tetariat which they exercised la the days be China is concerned. In the latest edition of fore the foreigner had appeared on the scene. Hazell's Annual; the outstanding abilities of the Chinese Government amounted to a total of £123,685,730, but in reality, if the redemp. tion fails, the total amount paid by China on account of the japanese and Boxer wars will, by 1949, have amounted to roughly 250,000,000, to say nothing of other and earlier commitments. The proposal, therefore, to men who know China is one that sounds so extraordinary a to rank with the impossible. We have hed long experience of China and her customs, remarks a contemporary in the North, of the Kaspicion with which her people, bave viewed all and every suggestion of her authorities

AERATED WATER

MANUFACTURERS.

SPECIALITIES ;

DRY GINGER ALE.

LIME FRUIT

PAGNE.

NEW PENANG "SIBAMER.

LAUNCHED AT HUNGHOM,

yard of Messrs. Kwong Tack Cheong the so

At 9 o'clock last evening, 29th iáut, at the cond steamer built to the order of the Eastern Shipping Co., Penang, was successfully launch of and as the vessel glided down the ways she was christened Pangkor,

The ceremony was gracefully performed by Miss Minnie Lambert, daughter of the popular surveyor for Lloyd's in Hongkong...

The vossal is a replica of the Kedah recently

& CHINAMAN was this morning awarded four-launched from the same yard.

trousers, ... teen days' hard labour for stealing a pair of

SIX months' hard labour and four hours' stocks was the punishment meted out to a Chinese st the Magistracy this morning for retuming from banishment.

THE P. and D. Company once again issues its combined diary, almanac, atlas, and compend- iam of general information, which is always uneful when travelling about the China. coast

or even farther afield.

ه اید

THE youth Dame Gutierrez who was charged the other day with causing grievous bodily harm to a Chinaman by shooting at him with a saloon rifle, thereby causing a ballet-headed left thigh, was this morning Good Sto and cap to pasmtrate three inches into his victim's

ordered to pay $25 compensation.

A number of visitors was present and success to the vessel and the health of the builders was enthusiastically drunk, by the gathering.

GONBOAT "RIO'LIMA,”,

THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER

COMPANY, LTD.

China Light and Power Company, Ltd. was EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING.

held in the offices of the general managers, Ao extraordinary general meeting of the

Mesara Shewan Tomes & Co. 5%, George's Buildings, this afternoon. Mr. Robert Shewan presided and those present included:--Messrs H. P. White, of the consulting committes, A. "Babinton, G. G. Gordon, E. W. Terray, A. G. Gordon, H. F. Campbell, J. A. Young, A. A Cordeiro. R. Unsworth, P. M. Hodgson and D. H. Young, secretary.

meeting..

The secretary read the notice calling the

Mr. Tarrey seconded,.

The revolution was unanimously adopted.

fourteen days

The Chairman: That is all the business, gentleman. These resolutions will bava, of course, to be confirmed at manting within

CANTON DAY BY DAY,

STAMP DUTY.

[From Our Own Correspondent,]

Canton, 29th December.

PRACY.

will soon be enforced in the city of Canton, It appears certain that the stamp duty taxation

The Chairman sajd:-The object of the for distribution 7,500,000 stemps of the follow- The local authorities have received from Poking”, resolution before the meeting is solely for the ing denominations -4,025,000 of so cash, purpose of enabling the Company to return,100,000 of too cash and 1,275,000 of 1,900 capitaland pay undivided profits to sbarebolders cash. These stamps have been handed to the BOUGHT IN BY PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES. ing 55 per share to the holders of the 50,000

to the extent of $500,000 altogether. By rature-Provincial Treasurer for distribution. The obsolete Portuguesa gunboat:Rio Lima shares of 55 each and we shall make an ⚫quiva Sto sheres we shall reduce that capital to 50,000 by Messrs Hushes and Hough, this after share to the holders of the 50,000 special St was put up for sale by public auction. leat payment in the shape of a bonus of $5 per noon, acting under instructions from the shares. The paid up capital will then be Portuguese naval authorities. A large num$300,000 in 50,000 shares of $5 e-ch and 50,000 ber of intending Chinese purchasers - attend.

shares of St each and 50,000 shares of St each queace, very spirited. The first offer made armed until an interval of fourteen iliys from was one of $10,000 which advanced by to-day has elapsed will give us power to bid of $500 to $19,500, at which price it was

day held up by a gang of pirates at Sha How andise coming from Fatihan was the other A cargo-boat fully leden with sundry merch-

and the goods on board to the value of over $10,000 were removed. The owner of the vessel has reported the matter to the local authorities, PROVINCIAL TREASURER.

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Treasurer Chan Kwai Lin arrived bare at noon The Canton newly-appointed Provincial

This new official will take over the seal of office on the 1st january next. '

bought in by the Portuguese caval official modify the right of any class of shares by a yesterday on board the guabant Krsang Yuen,

present,

The dimensions of the Rio Lims are:-

Extreme Length 169 ft. 6 in. Length on Water Line......soft 3-ius,' Extreme Breadth

....................... 27 lì. 7 ins. Displacement ...

..635 tops. Draught Forward............ 1oft, o in. Drought Aft

some semper. It ft. 2 ius..

when such suggestion meant the transierence of current coin from the pockets of the peopie to the coffers of the mandarins or the central THE Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Co.'s government is all that experience to go for ladach (2" has been sold to the Cantos-ed the sale and bidding was, in cous: The present resolution which enact ba cob nothing? We are quite ready to believe that Kowloon Railway, administration (Imperial there has beso a great awakening, perhape wo'

Chinese section). We believe the launch left CHAM- ought to say a great, creation of native patrio-

for Cauton to-day.

lism, but will it run to the production of sa vast sa amount? Is the money really forthcoming whatever the patriotism? Is the world to ba astonished in 1910 as it was in 1871, when the French milliards came rolling in at the call of the Republic? It is impossible to say, We are quite prepared to believe that there are vast hoards in China; we have little doubt but that the £111,000,000 might be found if there ware sufficient extractive power, but is there, and if there were, would it be advisable to em-. play it? Threatened with an alien contre of revenue and expenditure we can easily under-like. It is too rich for wordwand has only to stand the intense desire of the raling classes to

be seen once to be thoroughly appreciated. avoid such a bumiliation at any cost, and there

ORANGE CHAMPAGNE.

STONE GINGER BEER.

PALATABLE

Watson's

1+1

AND

THOSE who enjoy something that reminds them of the old " penny gaffa" at home should and witness the autics of the Wing Sun troope." take a trip to the Hongkong Cinematograph

It gives one a glimpse of the days long gone' by, but we refuse to disclose what the show is

of them were discharged while the ex-com- stable was fined $500 or in default three

months' hard labour.

FIRE AT QUARRY BAY.

STOCKS OF ASHES ADLAZE.

SALT MONOPOLY.

special resolution passed in coaformity with an agreement made with a trustee acting on behalf of the bolders of the class of shares in question provided such agreement in ratified by an ex-

It was not until yesterday that H.E. Viceroy traordinary resolution On the confirmation of the present résoluilon fifteen days hence the merchants Chan Po Shum and others for the Yuan Shu Houd accepted the application of the company will enter into the agreements referred sait monopoly of the Liang Kwang provinces, to and wasbult call meetings of each class of as well as the provinces of Kwangiang, at an shareholders to pass the extraordinary resoldasoat rental of 11,000,000 taois, in stead of ties, to ratify these agreements. When that $13,000,000 as previously reported. The mona is done we shall, on the same day (us an ex- | polists have been ordered by the Viceroy to traordinary resolution does not require to be deposit a sum of 100,000 taols in the Imperial confirmed) propose the special resolution to

Government Tai Ching Bank in the pature of return and pay the $500,000 which resolution. wilt have to be confirmed after another in.

40 advance. terval of fourteen days. We shall then be in

A DRASTIC PROPOSALI position to apply to the Couit for permission

For some time past, it has been the intention of I: E. Viceroy Yuan' to abolish the gambling

I beg to move the first resolution:- That the Articles of Association of the Company be altered.

1. By inserting therain immediately after

at follows

the loss of revenue by the increased rental of the new salt monopoly. However, a telegram has been received from the Ministry of Finance at Poking with lostructions that the annual cal- '

be remitted to that Ministry. The Cabion public feel greatly agitated over the prospect.

What at first sight app red to be a serious ́conflagration broke out in the neighbourhood of Quarry Bay this forendon. It was at first is beyond the humiliation another considera. THREK men, of whom one is an ex-excise foarad that the Taikoo Sugar works were ablaze to make the return of capitel and pay'the bonus. monopolies in Kwangtung, and to make good REFRESHING.on. Were there say foreign control worth quartermasters, were yesterday arrested on

officer and an ex-constable, the others being and indeed that was the rumour which went, round the city. Fortunately that sto y proved the game, the peculations of the multitude of board the 3.5, Suveric with thirty tacle of pre-toba & canard, but nevertan.ess the fire was of

ceived they would have to account. This would ❘ed at the Magistracy this morning, when two any serious damage will resalt from its effects, paragraph 4 of Clause Vili, a new paragrapa lection of rentaf from the salt monopoly should mandarins would cease. For every dollar re-pated opium in their possession. They appear amali proportions although it is dnubifal if Near the water front'os ground which we under-. great stacks of cinders, slag and coal refuse are stand belongs to Messe Butterfield and Swire

THE latest published accounts for the London suddenly broke out into open flame. At any piled and it is believed that one of these stacks, which had probably been smouldering for days and Lancashire Fire.losurance Company and rate, when the smoke was observed'rising from, the Royal Exchange Assurance Company have the heap of disused material, the fire-extinguish- been issued, from which it appears that the ing plant of the firm was quickly brought to bear total sett income of the former for the year ending 31st December, 1908, was £2,126,460.7.5 directed to the scans and rendered efficent ser

on the red-hot mass. The fire float was also' with assots.aggregating £2,980,659.12.3 while vice throwing tons of water on the concentrated period was £1,619,907.14.8 with funds aggrere engines and the fire float at work pouring an gating £5.447,899.18.5. Masurs, Butterfield and immense supply of sea water on the burning Swire are the agents,

FRUIT SYRUPS

mixed with aerated or plain water

make excellent refreshing beverages,

ba terrible from their polot ef view, but what about the taxpayer? What of the ninety-aine per cent, who are not officials in any way? ould they not raiker welcome such a refor? continues the Mercury. We think they would. and if the matter were put before them thus: rand out every tael you have hoarded up in or er that our oid system may be preserved we are inclined to think that they would in-

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Guaranteed to be made from the quire as to the alternative, and if they learnt the total net income of the latter for the same heap of red flamo. Altogether there were four

pure juice of sound ripe fruit.

HONGKONG and KOWLOON.

Hongkong, 15th July, 1977...

NOTICE.

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Teim-tsa-tani, appeared in the Police Court this, TWELVE gamblers' from 27, Canton Road, morning. The keeper of the establishment was contribute $4 to the Government Treasury fined $100 while five of the men had each to

stack. It is said there were about four thou

pliances from the city were sent out to help bat sand tons of this practically useless material in a state of almost white-beat. Three fire ap

can never be extinguished by throwing water Experienced engineers say that this sort of fire what the result, was we have not yet fearned,

on it. What must be dose is to turn over the

The rest were remanded. One of the men at the time of the raid deliberately upset a kero-whole mound of debris and so get the the Police, as a result of which the room was similar outbreak occurred at Singapore some sine lamp on the for with a view to hafing fire at bit by bit. It is related that a ignited in several places. Daring, the scaffle which ensued, sixty of the gamblers succeeded be in the state of a volcano on the point of years ago when a stack of ashes was found to in making good their escape.

sruption. It took five thousand coolies six weekt to extinguish the outbreak, According to our information there is no danger at Quarry

FROM Messrs. Butterfield and Swire we have'

that it was foreign, and therefore strictly bogast control, woul; pister to keep their hoard, take advantage of foreign integrity, and let the bad old system disappear. In a word, we shall be much surprised if the new-boru patriotism of Chion will be found equal to this task. Bat for 'the sake of t A. S. WATSON & CO.,| will, and that the whole of the sum required is ument, let us suppose that it

forthcoming. What interest will be asked? Everybody knows that the value of money in LIMITED.

China is far greater than it is in the richer west England can borrow at less than å per cent. and most great powers at less than five. But interest amongst the Chinese suns from 10 per cent upward, while the Chinese govern- mast can command far better rates from for eiga sources All communication Intendat for publication in

The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH“, should being at all, therefore, it will be at much greater address to The Editor, 1. Tee Hope Road, and cost than at present. But it may be argued should be accompanied by the Writer's Name and that the interest would remain in the country, There is something in that, especially for the bondholder, the five or ten per cent. minority of the people. - "What of the aizety-fivo mulcted lo enrich that minority? Our calive coatem poraries tell un the people are enthusiastic over the new scheme. Possibly they are But our contemporaries do not tell us that the people understand either the scheme or its con- sequences. If they did, and when they do, there will be a different story to tell per The daily issue is delivered free when the addrhaps. We doubt if there is any national

accesible to messenger., Fosk subscribers can have debt anywhere exclusively held by the parple the latter was this morning placed in the dock thair coples delivered at their residences without of the land that owes it. Suppose the conver-before Mr. J. R. Wood for being accessory, be any extra charge.. On copies sent by post an

I the money is to be forthcom. received a tremendous number of New Year Bay. The damage will be comparatively

Addrow,

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Onlinary bowloom communicationé ancld be address*

to The Manager...

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The Baltor will not undertake be responsible for any rejected M8.. nor to retam any Contribution,

SUBSCRIPTION RATES (IN ADVANCE). DAILY-886 par an.

WEEKLY $18 per annum

The rates per quarter and per mensem, proportio

Baberiptions for any period in than one minth * will be charged as for a full mouth..

world la 50 cents per quarter. Bigle Copies, Daily, sen conta. Waekly, twenty-

five cents (for cash only),

Jongkang Telegraph

pad with refills from the London and Lan- calendars and sundries. There is a blotting

cashire Insurance Company; a hoody savica of blotters and a letter-file all from the same Company, The Royal Exchange Assuranca, also issues a desk calendar and a blotter. The bave issued a neat leather diary. The Royal Ofeat Fire lasurance Company in represented by its old familiar wall calendar. For all those insurance companies Meism, B. & S. are the local agents,

Francis Ritchie was yesterday sentenced to six ARISING out of the case in which a man named

wenke hard labour for obtaining the sum of 542 by means of false pretences from a Chinese woman named Fah Tima Bahi, the husband of

fore the fact. The offence alleged against the obtain the sum in question from his concubine. Babeas corpus proceedings are to be instituted for the purpose of securing Ritchie as přincipal witness against the defendant.

– additional $1,80 per-quarter-is charged for portare sion of the Chinese debt complated, what is 10- defendant is that he had-instructed Ritchie to The postage on the weekly lens to any part of the prevent foreigners from buying the stock? It will have to be marketable as British Consols and French Rentes are marketable. Auybody may bay them. And as Chiam would bave to offer a high rate of interest to get the required money, there would be all the grantor tempts tlon to, the forelga financier to come in, It will be seen from these reflections that the difficutita in the way of realising the enormous task of redeeming China's dablu are slmost in- superabin. There can be no doubt whatever that the people of Chios if they willed It could advance the money, for despite all that has been said and writton au the subject China is not a poor country. Poverty there is but it is pever that grlading poverty which characterises the large centres of the west ; as for wealth no-

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1907.

A Chinese RaDEMPTION

SCHEME,

According to the Shanghai voroncúlar paper the Chinese Board of Finance is sugaged in the consideration of the best method to secure

the redemption of all the outstanding lizbilities- body has yet dared to formulate an idea of the of the Empire to the foreign world. · Here is a hidden hoards of the country. If these bourds

ONE wonder how many people there are, who, being of average courage and calm temperament, do not indulge in the festive cigarette? The number must be exceedingly small but it would probably be greater if one were not taxed to discover which is really the best Urand. There are people in Hongkong who are experimenting all the time. To them we would suggest that they should try the Ardath cigarette known as the "Winifred " or, if that is too delicate, let them havo a shot at the "Chief Whip. Of course, the vary name of Ardath carries its own recommendation, but there are some folks who never will be coo ing in the dark for a cigarette that will just suit vinced. We feel sure that the man who is gròp-,

his fancy will select one of these two breade we have mentioned as his final choice.

atifing..

KITCHENER'S NARRÓW ESCAPE.

mid Java to Saurabaya, had a narrow sacape,on Lord Kitchener, when travelling by rail from leaving Solo. The train was being backed out of the station there, when by some means or another the front coach in which His Lordship. was seated, became derailed and overturned. Lord Kitchener crept out of the vehicle anhust. soon hooked on to the engine. The journey. was continued, and Lord Kitchener arrived at and got safely into another coach which was

Sourabaya on December 11, where he embark. ed on board the steamer Van Outhoorn for Port Darwin,

GRIGEHT

HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB 18, UNITED SERVICES.

5. Whenavar the Capital of the Company is divided into several Classes of Shares all or any of the rights and privileges attached to any Class may be modified altered sub-divided re-arranged or dealt with by Special Resolution of the Company passed pursuant to an Agreement is writing made between the Company and some member of the Clan purporting to contract on behalf of the members of the Class' provided such agreement shall before the Spe- cial Resolution is passed be, ratified by Extraordinary, Resolution passed at a separate Meeting of the Class, or by writing under the band of the holders of at least two-thirds of the shares of iba Class and it shall be no objection to any such Agreement that it pro vidos for a reduction of Capital other wise thao io accordance with the legal rights of the holders of obaras, of the Class or for the payment of a dividend or bonus otherwise than in accordance with the rights of the Holders of the shares of the Class or for the allot- ment of shares credited as fully or partly paid up in satisfaction or part satisfaction of such dividend or bonus and for the purposes of this Clause a Resolation shall be an Extraordinary Resolution when it has been passed by a majority of not less than two- thirds of such members of the Class entitled to volé as are présent to person or by proxy at a separate Gen. eral Meeting of the Class of which Notice specifying the intention to propose the Resolution as an Extraor dinary Resolution has been duly given and so that the quorum of any such Meeting shall be three members at least of the Class and so that the Meeting shall be called in accordance with the provisions hereof.

Mr. H. P. White seconded. The resolution was unanimously adopted. The Chairman; I beg to move the second resolution:-

of Divid

other

than In

ends

2. By lasarting immediately after paragraph' -7-of-Clause-XVI::a naw paragraph as follow

8. Any General Meeting declaring a Dividend may direct payment of such Payment Dividend wholly or in part by the distribution of specific asasts and in particular of paid op shares Deben. tures or Debenture stock of the Com: pany or of soy olker Company or is any one or more of such, ways and the General Managers shall giva èf. fect to, such direction and where any difficulty arives in regard to the distribution they may settle the same

and Monday, the 1st and 3rd January,

The following will represent the Hongkong Cricket Club es, United Services on Saturday Cash

Bird, R. E, H. Oliver, R. D. Hutchison, A, C. W. C. D. Temer, T. E. Pearce, R. E. O. E. Elborough, H. D. Sharpen, A. H. Young, A. A. Claxton, J. Hall and W. Manning,

Play to start at jo am. each day.

SHIPPING AND MÁILS'

MAILS DUE.'

Indian (Arration Apcar) 3rd prox. American (Asia) žih prox, Canadian (Amprezz of China} 6is prox. - colossal scheme-which is worthy the attention": "werato be drawn upon the redemptionof the Em-

The P. & A. Cossa. Käight of St.George of a Rothschild or a Pierpont Morgan, but pire's liabilities would be assured, but there is hare sampled both sorts and find difficulty in and may be expected at this port on 29th prax. We left Astoria en route to Hongkong on zgth inst., Ohlins was opted for its grandiose ideas something lacking to fre the imagination in a deciding to which should be assigned the bal which flutter the air for a time and then redemption scheme. It has no tangible forms; The cigarettes are chaap, the aroma is delicious ance of favour-it is sach to his own, taste, passed. It will be worngulsed that in proposing there is nothing but bonds to show for the out- and they can be had either in tins of fifty or to redeem the foreign flabilities, China is in lays it does not appeal to the pairiot and it packets of twenty, Hess, Frice & Co, following the exempla of Japas certainly would fail to obtain the support of Queen's Road Citral, are representing dan

war, but there fo' always: ihla ̧, the ladividual accustomed to the ways of man" | Ardath people.

and Affiliated Hospitals begs to acknowledge THE Bar. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial with thanks the following donations to the fends of the hospitals:

Hon. Mr. A. W, Brewis Ho A Test

$ 10:

22 10

BOYS' OWN CLUB.

OPENING OF NEW PREMISES.

The Committee of the Boys' Own Club are at present working hard' for the inauguration of the Club's New premises on Monday, 3rd January. The grouted is situated at East Folat, at the corner of Jardine's Building, Leighton Hill Road, and opposite No. 1, Police Station.

A small programme of sporte bas been ar ranged for the entertainment of the visitora, Machado's String Band will be in attendance. The programme for the sports is appended.

Mri, W. J. Gresson bas kindly consented to open the Club-House and present the prison at the conclusion of the sports,

The programme for the sports in as follows zum

THREE-LEGGED RACE,

go yards Ladies' Race.

ço yards Girls' Race.

50 yards Pony Race, LADIES' NOMINATION. RACE.

75 yards Boys' Race. 30 yards Hopping Race.

BAND PROGRAMME.

2. Marchi Captian"

Selectos" Walts Dream", Straum. 3. Two Step..."NavabonV. Alatyna, ValuChorister Philipe Belection Geisha". Jooms. Two Step" Anona *. *.... Korek.

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• Valse........ "Venus on Earth". Like, * Selection .... "Country Olel"Monckton. Berenade...." La Paloma "...Degradier. Galoper

God Save the Xing,

John Pra).

SANDYOROFT RUBBER ÇO.

A special general meeting of Sandycroft Rubber Company was held recently at which it was resolved to divide the existing shares of Stoo each into fifty shares of $2 each. This resolution was confirmed on. Dec; as,

THE WEATHER.

The following report is from Mr. F.G:=FIRE”. Director of the Hongkong Observatory s—- risen moderately at Wladivostok and in N.E. On the 30th at 13.10 p.The barometer has Japan, and fallen moderately chewhere.

The depression lying to the North, of Japan yesterday, has moved away over the Pacifc The other depression remains over the Yangtze valley...

of Japan.

Pressure in highest over the Faciuc to the S.E

Formats Channel, and moderate monsoon OVIT Light variable winde may be expected in the as they think expedient and in particu- the N. part of the China Sea. lar may isans fractional Certificates and may fix the value for distribution. of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cath payments shall be made to any mom bere upon the facting of the valus se fixed in order to adjust the rights of all parties and máy vest, say such spo cific atseid In Trustees upon such trust for the persons entitled to the Dividend as may, scem expedient to the General Mangoen.' 'Where' so- quisite « proper contract shall be fled

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 hours ending

at 10 am, to-lay, Qda inches,

FORECAST.. 1.-Hongkong and Neighbourhood, B. winds: rain later. moderate or light; fale at first, probably some

2-Formosa Channel, Variable winds, light, and Lamocki, sama an Nocturn

s-South coast of Chios between Hongkong

and Hainan, same as Notre

-South coast of China between Hongkon

in accordance with Section 7 of the A THEFT, bu been reported st Companies Act 1900' and the General barracks, from which place eighty blan Managers may appolet any person to ■ value of £50 were stolen bet sign such contract on behalf of the and 27th fnstant. The Police persons Batitled to the Dividend and the matter, but so far the thieves have such appointment shall be effective, traped