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NOTICES. -
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.
THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting Abe Society will be held at the registered office of the Society. Queen's ding. Hongkong, on Thursday the fich day of April, 1913, at 12 o'clock meon, when the subjuned, resolutians will by proposed a extraordinary resel...
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That the metal alter capital at the Society existing whet this traduttu ja ventirmed as a special resolution be converted inte sterling and that such capital so converted be creased beyond the stering equivalens où much silver capital when such conversio
SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1919.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
ALLEGED PLOT ON
PIG IRON MARKET.
There were few transactions on the pig-iron market of Japan in the first half of March and the market was in a chaotic condition. Y.130 to Y.140 per ton was quoted but it is hard to do any business, 6.837 is quoted for C.S pigston, April shipment, British
PRESIDENT WILSON.
FOURTEEN SPANIARDS
JAILED.
New York, Monday, Feb. 24.— Spanish anarchists had agreed to Acting on information that two Kill the President and would
El Corsairo is a weekly paper which has a circulation of 1,400. After the arrest of Grau, the editor of this paper. his corres. pondence was seized and packed in two valises and taken to police headquarters. The letters were in Spanish, most of them from Boston, Philadelphia and Buffalo. Besides being the editor of this
and a half that he has been in publication, Grau during the year
America has been an organizer
takes place to the sum of £2,000,000 Starting divided into Moni | According to the latest despatcA arrive in this city yesterday on of the Spanish branch of the I.
shares of the seminal value of £10, cach
That each of the paed she shares of the society of the Hentie value of $250 cad, with the sum of $100 paid up there on te saxerted in a stores of the nominal value of £10 eat with the sterling equivalent of $20 Hongkong currency at the open
į mg TT rate u vachange on the date this readation is conarmed as a special resolution credited as paid up thereou and according's that 12 100 shares ont of 20,000 zhares of the nominal value of £ each antituting the capital of the Society so converted and increased be distriated by the Board to the persons who are registered as barchalders of the iets n the date this rasulubion is creamed as a special resolution as rachange for the silver abanı then held by them. 3 That the Articles of Astwiation be altered in manner following
namely:-
By the insertion alter Article No. 107 of the following Article
EMPLOYMENT OF RESERVE FUNDA
the way from Philadelphis to W W had made trips to various and Indian pig-iron being reported Boston, secret service operatives cities in its interests, and is the raided two resort of Spanish assistant treasurer of its organizas to be much cheaper.
radicals and arrested fourteention here.
JAPAN'S - DRÐN INDUSTRY.
mell.
At 122 Lexington Ave. the Federal attorneys and segret secret service men found several It is reported that the Chugoku service men are examining the other addresses of Spaniards. Ironworks, the Higashi-nari Iron-personal effects and papers of They went to 415 W. 53rd St., works, and the Nippon Forestry the men, members of Industrial where in a room they arrested Products and Tronworks have Workers of the World, The four more. They were:
Elario Crestissa, 2640 Norris memorialised the Japanese prisoners are being held without Government as follows:-) That bail on a general charge of St. Philadelphia, 39 years of age. import duties be raised to Y.30 violation of the espionage act born in Spain, in this country (2) Than subsidies based on their having in their nine mouths, a labourer; Federico per ton.
alleged seditious Madini, 415 W. 53rd St., 23 years amounting to Sper cent, of the in- possession - rested capital be granted. (3) That literature.
obil. born in Spain. here three years, a machinist: Placido Santa 1.20 per ton he granted as subsidy for the encouragement of the iron taken from their cells at police Maria, 415 W. 53rd St., 29 years manufacturing industry in Japan. headquarters today and placed. been in this country two (41 That 5,200 tons as mention in the police line-up, but noners, born, in Spain, a kitchen and maintaining any of the property of the Society, fed in Article 2 of the Encourage of the men was recognized by the Florin Madini, a brother otherwise in the business of the Society, and is or for ach
free? Law for the Irondetectives us having been arrested of Federico, 2640 Norris St., other purposes as the Board thall in its discretion blak conducive
Philadelphia. 21. machinist to the interests of the Society and in regard to any such employ Manufacturing Industry as the here before. The police said no ment as aforesaid the Beard shall not be bound to keep mich fande minimum subsidised prisduction | weapons were found on any of
and a student of chemistry in separate from the other assets,"
be altered to 1,500 tons..
the International Correspondence School horn in Spain, here a year and a half.
100 The Band may amply the fands of the Society which have been established parsuant to the provisions of Article 107 er any of them or ally portion thereof and that whether such funds orch portion 24 is proposed to be dealt with were set aside for sha special purpose to which they are proposed to be applied or say other purpose or not in or for all or any of the following parposes, that is to say, in meeting contingencies, is equalizing dividends in paying special dividends or bonuses, in repairing improving a
By the insertion of the following Articles after Article No. 10€
2008.
BONUN MAY BE FIT OFF AGAINST CALL.
**108 10). Any general meeting at which a dividend or bonus i declared or sauctioned may make a call on the members of angl amcust as the meeting Exes but so that the call on each membe
cotwithaanding the prikisings of Articles 19. 20 and 21 the rall may The paraba at the same time at the dividend o berg vir th
The making of a cal
and and exceed the dividend or bunny payable to him and so that
divided er bonas me, if arranged betwn the Society and
the member, be met off against the call.
under this Artide shall he deemed ordinary business of an ordinar
dividend.
general meeting which declares 12. After any resolution has been fatted under the proviskey al
paragraph of this Article the Beard may arrange on behal of the Society for the dividend of bonas to be set off again the call be authorizing any person on behalf of the members from whom wich call is due du cater into an Agreement with the Society presiding the wich dividend araberas to be set.cf acai sach call it any agrerters made ander such authority that to
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effective
It shall be an allen till by Aly resolution male under paragraph ths of this article or to any call or arrangement, that wich relation was named on much call on arrangement was made at the meeting at which the resletion introducing this Article and Articles 137 5 was confirmed as a special rexelikim provided that das notion of the series to probose such first mentioned relation and tr Berlare each dll Weed a ben and to make such call what have
Solifemar my meeting aforesaid.
BATE OF ENGRASAP DOA DOVEste patante is HONGKONG.
Evde me te mud ja Podods Currency at wagh rate
same or, indie case of, interim dividends, ar the Band may deter
of feelance at the free Martin declare of sareting the
theold the share hostatinns be saved by the requisite majority they wil
be submitted for nonFunstrin as special per litroen to a mani pira minars
eating which will be wiksennently convene t
Dated the 22% hy of Mal., 1919.
Er Order of the Board.
C MONTAGUE EDE.
General Manager
BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN stal an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the registered odor of the Company, Queen's Building. Hongkong, on Thursday, the 10th day of April, 1919. xt 5 o'clock pa, when the subjoined gesolutions will be proposed sa extraurēitary reinda
1. That the nominal silver capital of the Company as existing when this resolution is confirmed as a special resolusion be contacted ist- sterling and bat sarà capitat a convertel by increased bevond the starling equivalent of such river capital when sub ronze takes place to the sum of £1.000.000 Sterling divided into 350.000
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shares of the nominal value of £5 sach.
That each of the issued miver mbaren of the Company of the
os be converted into three sharwe and two niche of one share of the cominal value of 25 each with the sterling equivalent of $7.35
date this reclution is confirmed as a special renciation credited
sominal value of $83.33 each with the sam of $25.00 said an there
CVAL..
The fourteen Spaniards were
the inen.
are
Two of those arrested suspected of being the pair who were pledged to attempt the life 27. Messrs. Wheelock & Co. re-to have arrived in this city res For the fortnight ended March of the President. They were said port on the local coal marketas Herday from Philadelphia and to follows: Japan Coal: We have have planned to leave last night another very quiet fortnight to for Baxton report in this market and there is service agents who uncovered the absolutely no change in the situa plot and planned the raids refused tion since last writing. The coal
to give details, it was learned that market in Japan continues as
a thorough search of the two Strong as ever, and this is handly
While the secret
at the pre-
Soar of the hen wade ans A Dun- printed in the English language protest at their arrest, ber of clippings from newspapers were found at the club-rooms, telling of the recent shipment of Bity-four members of the I. W. W.,
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QUEEN'S BUILDING, CHATER ROAD, HONGKONG.
places which were raider was be under a when the made for a bomb which was to petorns to or ruani THE EASTERN ASBESTOS COMPANY, siders the large quantities of have been th w bunkericna! required forsidential party today if the plat the ever-increasing number of had been carried ont Japanese and foreign ocean faily. gong steamers which have
been released by the Home
Gowerment
nine armis-
ice was signed and are now returning to trade in Far Eastern waterthu Fu-kun Coals - No change. Kuiping Coal: -Owing Japan there is a strong demand
to the firmness of the market in
anarchists, and other aliens who were being sent from Western eities to this port to be deported and explaining that under the
helongs an organization which advocates the destruction. of property is thereby liable to: deportation... În one of the , toms So bomb was found in this city. Liebknecht
a picture of the late Karl Secret service agents, who are at
The fourteen en were taken work in Boston and Philadelphia.
to police headquarters, where were said to have been seeking to
Captain trace the bombel-ewirere. Many they were locked up. are said to be in the en-piracy
Rubane, appearing as the com- and special precautions will be plainant against them, made a President' proclamation of cir. taken to-day to guard the Pre-technical charge of violating the
case others should
sident, in
plan- of the two men, who have beer arrested.
at Chinwangta for coal ship-attempt to take the place the culating seditions literature. ments throughout The East
Application will be made to-day consequently prices remain firm,
for federal warrants charging Stocks are below the average and the demand for better grades is by Captain Rubans of the secret which provide for sending to the Ten of the arrests were made them with being subject todeport
stion ander the federal statutes much above the supply. Total service with eight men and Sergt. coal arrivals in Shanghai for the James G. Gegan and Detectiveuntries from which they came fortnight, from all sources, areJ. F. McCoy in charge of mom-
ali aliens belonging to organiza. given as 43,937 tons; this.com.
bers of the police bomb squad, at}
tions advocating sabotage or re- 1722 Lexington. Ave. while the
volution.
pares with 37,524 tons for the previous fortnight.
FREIGHTS
four others were arrested at 413 W. 53rd St. All of those arrested ure charged with seditious acts in finlution of the President's proclamation of May 11, 1917.
None of the prisoners are
Two of the nien arrested came From Philadelphia, on Saturday und with them were seized parts of a machine which the police think was to have been used in manu- facturing bombs.
WILLIAM C. JACK -
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WHATEVER IS WORTH DOING IS
WORTH DOING WELL
Is the motto of our Wanchal Workshops
They are equipped for:
General Engineering and Electrical Work Electro silver and nickle Hating
Tinnlog. lacquering and Bronzing
Repair work of any description*
And above all our prices are right and we can give prompt delivery. ".
HONGKONG TAILORING CO.
One of the LADIES AND GENTS TAILORING,
of two houses in Boston which strongholds and with the federal authorities in that city have started to investigate..
the police think are anarchist
The theory of the plot as evolr-
Messrs. Wheelock and Co.'s fortnightly freight market report dated March #7 states-The situation in Homeward freight citizens. All of them ate Spani-Philadelphia men admitted being.
an expert chemist and machinist. On the person of one of the men markers is as follows: To Unitedards and nearly alkhave come to Kingdom and Continent: We this country in the last year and
arrested were found the addresses have a slightly improved state of a half. Many of them, according affairs to report in this market to the police, have spent must of and the nex: steamers loading on their time since their arrival here in promoting the I. W. W. move- this berth are meeting with a moderate amount of support.ment and in working with the Hongkong currency at the noening T.T. rate of exchange on the although the delays experienced several radical groups which are! as paid up thereon and aerordingly that 61.600 shares not of thein exchanging cables with home welded into one body by the 300.000 shares of the nominal valss of £5 each constituting the are greatly hampering business Bolshevist idea. Steps will be capital of the Company so converted and increased be distributed and we are afraid these delays taken to-day to deport all who by the Board to the persons who are registered as shareholders of
are likely to be prolonged for escape a more serious charge. the Company on the date this relation is confirmed Al 2
some time to come. To United The police and secret service realation in atchanza for the silver shares then beld by them.
States via Pacific and Panama: agents first entered the place on -There is still nothing Lexington Avenue at 9.30 in the on either of these berths and morning. where they arrested there is practically no cargo radical club which occupies the three men found in a Spanish moving except & little ilk across
Pacific. Coastwise-The ground door. ports of Newchwang and Antung
special
3. That the Articles of Aviation be altered in mancer following
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By the Lasertion after Article No. 106 of the following Article.
KUIPIDEMENT OF THESERVE FUNDA
rise in the businwax of the Company, and in 'er for mei
the
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The following are the ten re-
"106 (a The Ear man employ the funds of the Company whist Laro been established paracant to the provisions of Article 17% or any of them or any portion thereof (and that whether each fand or sach portion as is proposed to dealt with were at side for the special purpose in which they are proposed to be sanlied or for are now open and a certain rested at the Lexington address any other purpose or not) in or for all or any of the fallaxing precor. that is to say, in meeting contingencias, in annalizing amobat of business has been done in the order of their arrest: dividends, in paving abecial dividenda ne bonnes, in remaining from there, otherwise there is no Joseph, R. Fernandez, 21, born in improving and maintaining any of the property of the Company, change to report in our northern Spain, been in this country a year
market. The Hongkong market purposes as the Frard shall in its discretion think mondivis in a very depressed state. ment as aforesaid the Roand shall not be bound to keep such fand which seems to have been brought about by a number of an- scrupulous charterers who made time fixtures some time ago when rates were good and who are
now that rates have slumped."
otherwise
to the interests of the Company and in regard to ane agch amniow
separate frog the nther arzete"
By the insertion of the following Articles after Article No. 107.
RONTA MAT RE SET OTT AGAINST CALL.
1071 Any general meeting at which a dividend or bonga la declared or esneti-nad mar make a call me the mambara nỉ með
ed by the authorition is that the two men fram Philadelphia were sent to this city to make the bomb, and the man was to be selected here to go to Boston last shielded while in that city by
night or this
comrades there.
Fourning, being
JAPANESE COTTON YARN.
HIT BY FOREIGN NEWS. Tokyo. March 21-There was
DRAPERS, &c.,
No. ic. D'Aguilar Street, Central.
HONG KONG.
TEL. 2880.
JUST ARRIVED
The undersigned beg to inform the Public that we have just received a New Shipment of Chocolates, Bonbons and Crystallized Fruits, as follows;~~~
Extra in fancy box
Fruits Glaces- Bonbons Chocolat Caramels Fourres Nougat
Bonbons to bottle
and
St. Holland Herrings in 10`ib kegs.
THE FRENCH STORE.
amount as the meeting Axes but so that the cell am each member repudiating their engagements born in Spain, a cigarmaker, one in visible cargo struck the people that the efforts on the part of deeply and their ranks got much
shall not exceed the dividend ne bonos payable to him and so that notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 19 12 and 20 the call man he parable at the same time as the Rividend or bonne and the dividend or bonga may if any arranged between the Company and the member. he not off against the call, -The makier at a cel ander this Article shall be deemed ordinary business of an ordina
dividend. general meeting which declaren a (2). After any resintim has been passed under the negrisions of
paragraph (1) of this Article the Board may arranza"
at the Company for the dividend or bonus to be set off xesind
the call by authorizing any person on behalf of the members from
!!
PADDINGTON POLICEWOMEN.
and a half, lived at 61 Broadway, a sharp stamp yesterday in the Elizabethport, J. a labourer: cotton yarn market in Osaka and Jose Alicer, 22, born in Spain, a Tokyo. Because of its sudden- cigarmaker, has been in this news and the lack of apparent country one year, Joseph Micezer, causes the change in the market
As an additional factor to dis-, the ground of the shortage in 20, born in Spain. a clerk, a year condition which liad been well and a half in this country: Raphael maintained and strong on the courage the bulls, a report was to floating cargo, but the downfall of Acosta, 24, 68 E. 122nd St., ground of the extreme shortage hand yesterday morning stating the bulls in Osaka impressed them rear and two-months in this in the line with surprise. The British and American cotton mills thinner at noon. The majority of country: Alemanero Malcono, declines in Osaka amounted to to gain again their market the deserters turned sellers and 341 E, 7th St., 20. born in Spain, Y13 in March while in Tokyo all in China, Siberia and other parts soon the market was flooded with in the Far East have produced a their sales. At the outset of the pantryman. one year and two months fell away by Y7 to 18, months in this country: Cellestino In Osaka yesterday morning tangible result, Already Man- sale March still maintained the Grenado 22. born in Spain, a the bears who had watched for a chester millers have succeeded in level of yen 448, but rapidly fell
too, rapidly. At the annual meeting of the cigarmaker, been here three chance started an intense opera. making contracts for the sale of away. Futures,
In the afternoon the slump Paddington Policewomen's Com-years: Rogelio Garcia, 1644 Park tion as they saw the leaders of 25,000 bales with Chinese buyers declined, reaching Yen 324,30 at mittee, held recently at the Ave.. 26, born in Spain a the bull camp growing more and the prices they offer are noon. residence of Lady Hamilton. cigarmaker, here a year and a timid at the report of a decline stated to be much lower than developed further and March ench call and any Agreement made under rach authority shall Hyde Park-gardens, a resolu-half; Ramon Sanchez, 1888 Lex-in raw cotton from New York. those ruling in Japan at present, closed at yen 429.90, which was a tion was unanimously adopted ington Ave., 23; born in Spain, a They had also an excellent peg The alarm of the after-war rivalry decline of roughly yen 20. Other 2) of this article or to any call or arrangement that such relatior urging
Commis- cigarmaker, here two years; Pedro to hang their new tactics on in in the Far Eastern cotton market months also fell away by yen 7. wis named or such call or arrangement was made at the meeting sioner to appoint experienced Martin. 1722 Lexington Ave., the form of Manchester's new caused the bulls to be blue as they to yen & August thus reaching got the news just when the bears yen 322 a decline of yen 10 as policewomen with legal powers 29, born in Spain, here one year activity in China.
A New York cable yesterday were reported to have secured compared with the opening. equal to male officers. The Rev. and one month, assistant editor
In the Tokyo spot bargain... --
Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Corsairo; Jose Grau, editor of El stantial drop in
alf months end of this month.
The liquidations in Osaka in- grew much worse and all months the Rev. R. C. Gillie, the leading | Corsairo, in which he writes under at
Tuesday the "close of
creased and reached the climax and qualities fell away by yan 3 West End Presbyterian, Dr. the name of Arnaldo Sapolano, which brought down May to Nolan, Chairman of the Padding-1722' Lexington Ave., been here a 24.30 cents per pound and October at noon yesterday when March to yen 5. The volume of business with the decline of Y19.60 reached also fell off very much and at ton Beach, and Councillor Miss year and a half.
to 21.30 cents per pound. Raw
August Leigh Browne spoke in favour of
reached noon only two minor transać Pedro Martin confessed,accord-| cotton importers and holdersyen 407.
quoted at you the proposal. A communication ing to the police, that he had been were disgusted by this change Y316.50 with decline of Y11.40. tions were
Nimei 20 count were was received from the Paddington arrested in Spain for circulating in the raw
Other months, too, dropped by yen 1,015. situation,
reported. Otori 80 count justices expressing their high anarchist publications before he although no cause was given for 4 to yen 6. appreciation of the work of the came to this country, but asserted the new turn. They began to In Tokyo yesterday the balls was quoted at yen 445.-Japan Paddington policewomen.
still maintained their boosting on Advertiser. that he had not been convicted. ! liquidate.
whom such all is due to enter into an Agreement with the Com pany providing for och dividend or banua to be set off sine
#festive.
. It shall be no objection to any remintion made poder paracrani
at which the resolution introducing this Article and Articles 106 (
Was confirmed as a special resolution provides that Bna notien of the intention to propoes much first mentioned rearintion and declare much dividend or bones and to make much call shall have
been given prior to the Confirmatory meeting storesaid. FATE OF KICHANGE YOR DIVIDENDS PATANEM IN HONGKONG, 207 (b). Dividende may be paid in Hongkong Corrency at woch rata of exchange as the General Meeting declaring or sanctioning the Bazsa or, in the case of interim dividenda, as the Board may deter mine. Should the above resolutions be passed by the requisite majority they will webmitted for emmfrmation as special remilations to a second extraordinary making which will he subsequently enrerned.
Dated the 28th day of March, 1912.
By Order of the Board,
U. MONTAGUE EDE,
General Manage.
the
Chief
H. M. Bate, M.M., Vicar of and business manager of El morning reported quite a sub-enough cargo for delivery at the. market, too, the market tope
cotton
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