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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

NOTICE.

OUR IMPERIAL POLICY.

MOTOR SPEED LIMITS.

"CANNOT POLICE THE WHOLE WORLD.”

SOME MANILA OBJECTIONS,

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.

Artillery Company 6.15 p.m.

Monday, 10th May. Engineer Company 6.15 pm.

Tuesday, 11th May. Machine Gun Company &15 pm. Wednesday, 12th May Infantry and Light Infantry

Companies 6.15 p.m. That day, 13th Mar Scottish Company 6.15 pm.

The Prime Minister made in Objecting to a number-of-er-{-- the House of Commons recently captions made by the municipal Members are reminded that the Af important statement unboard in its ordinance dxing the Nomination for Officers And foreign policy. It was delivered speed limits for motor vehicles, | N.C.Os, having now been received. in reply to a request by Mr. within the city limits. Mayar Balloting for the various Com Clynes for information.

Fernandez of Manila has vetoed panies will take place at Head- Mr. Lloyd George said his the ordinance and sent it back to quarters on the following dates, auswer to the questions put to the board. The ordinance enacted) and times. Ballo: papers will be, him would not merely indicate by the board makes it unlawful to issued at Headquarters. British policy, but Allied policy.drive motor vehicles within the Dealing with conditions ineity limits at a speed greater than fermany, he said the attempted 20 miles per hour, this speed to be military coup d'etat bad failed, | reduced to not more than 10 miles which was a matter for satisfac- per hour when turning corners or tion.

going down a bridge. In the The Spartarist rising, which fottlinance, however, the board has followed, did not seem to have made exceptions in the case of succeeded either, but they had no vehicles of the police and fire de- definite information on the point.partments, traffic emergency re-

It was a fact, however, that pair wagons, ambulances, automie) order was being gradually reator-biles of physicians and govern-] ed. Nothing, however, was carpment mail vehicles. clear, and what would happen While conceding that the ex- next in Germany was very dith- | ceptions were in most cases just! cult to prediet,

and necessary, Mayor Fernandezi With regard to the question of contended that he saw no neces- the Turkish Empire, the Primesity for including the government. Minister agreed that the delay is] mail vehicles and automobiles of completing the Peace Treaty was physicians among those excepted regrettable, but it was inevitable from the provisions of the ordin under the circumstances.

The Allies in Europe had hopes that America would undertake the mandate for supervising the affairs in Turkey. That would have got then out of a great difficulty.

~

ance. Mail vehicles, according to the mayor, do not have to break the speed limit inasmuch as the limit, of twenty miles per hour being quite fast enough for their purpose of distributing and collecting mail. without The supervision of the Turkish fdangering human lives. “Empiro would strain the resources | With regards to the physicians"

uf the Allies to the atmost.

automobiles, Mayor Fernandez is An Hon. Member: What ground of the opinion that their examp had you e haping that Americation would be a cause of abuse by would accept the mandate? them.

Thursday, 13th May Mounted Infantry Coy. 615

pan. Thursday, 13th May Reserve Company 6.15 pm

Friday, 14th May.

G. F. E. RAPSON, H.T., Major

Adjutant. Hongkong Volunteer Defence

Corps. Hongkong, 3rd May, 1920.

NOTICE.

TUESDAY, MAY 11. 1930,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

By order of the Mortgagees Mr. Geo. P. Lammert has received

instructions to sell by"

PUBLIC AUCTION

An FRIDAY

The 21st day of May, 1920.

at 3 pm

at his Sales Room, Daddəli Street, Victoria, Hongkong.

NEW ADVERTISEMEMENTS

NOTICE

P. & 0, BANKING CORPORA- TION.

Capital

£5,000,000 in 10 Shares. Present Issue- 250,000 Shares

at £10 - 2 - 6. Lists close in London on or before 12th May, 1920.

Lists

порь open. Payments

The following valuable Lease bold property situate at Victoria in the Cotony of Hongkong, viz-1-0-0 on application, £3-0-0 ALL THAT piece or parcel of an allotment, £4×3-6 on 1st July ground situate at Victoria afore

1920. said and known and registered in the Land Office as SUB SECTION 1 of SECTION U OF INLAND LOT No. 1417 Together with the messuage erected there- on known as No. 20 Aberdeen

applications will be received by Failing. Nominees in London the undersigned who expect Lists closed. telegraphic information when

Full allotment cana

Street Vittoria aforesaid. Termuranteed. 999 years created by a Crows

be

ADVERTISE YOUR WANTS.

WHAT YOU WANT SOMEONE HAS—WHAT YOU "DON'T WANT SOMEONE ELSE DOES.

ONE CENT PER WORD PER INSERTION

Two Cents If not Prepaid.

A SMALL ADVERTISEMENT IN THESA COLUMNS WILL BE PRODUCTIVE OF MANY ENQUIRIES REPLIES AWAIT BOX No.:- 346 317 352-&

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. 311⁄2 inch Astrone-

Telescope: Equatorial

FOR SALE.-Steel Motor Lighter, length 20 ft. beam 15 ft. depth of hold 3 it. Cargo capacity Payment by telegraphic tranSe

65 tons, hatch 10×6” x 7, 50 .P.mical receipts here. Kerosene Motor loaded; speed:

| Lease dated the 16th day of June | fer against

1893. Proportion of Annual Crown | certificates issued London. rent $5,50. Area about 952 Square

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE feet.

& COMPANY. Agents,

For further particulars and randitions of sale apply to JOHNSON STOKES & MASTER Prince Building, Ice House

Street, Hongkong Solicitors for the Mortgagees,

Mr. GEO. P. LAMMERT.

The Auctioneer.

THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

Yearly Meeting if shareholders The thirty-ninth Ordinary The ordinance as now will be held at the Offices of the The Prime Minister: Realit, I worded allows a physician's auto-undersigned on Tuesday the 25th Hongkong, 7th May, 1920., cannot answer that question, but mobile to travel at a speed gresier May 1928 at 11.30 a.mfl. the House may take it from me than 20 miles per hour even if the that we had grounds for hoping physician is not on a professional That "America vld undertake trip. The exception STA

Proceeding, the Prime Minister would make it dificult to enforce said the Allies could not proceed the ordinance as it would not be with the Treaty until President easy to distinguish a physician's Wilson had had the oppportunity | autossetule from others. of laying the prupa-al béfice the American Senate.

this

gister of Merabers of the Campany

The Transfer Books and Be

will be elused from the 11th May

the mandate (Hear, hear. Tease. Mayor Fernandez contends the 25th May, both days in-

ine the country, and that the AN INDIOUS STER

themselves. peuple

the Arabs.j Now they hart had definit-hould, govern themselves. He indication of the attitude of the should certainly insist that treat! United States in reference to the Britain should be the mandatory | Turkish Treaty, but, if the Eur- Power for Mesopotamia include opean Allies, instead of offering|ins Mosul. Hear, hear. 1 the mandate to the United States, i

had proceed to partition Turkish

CENTRAL SUBME

territory among themselves, at Alming to the pussition in Cen would have been a most injudi Ettal Hurope, Mr. Lloyd George)

rious step to have taker.

Delay was bel, as it had added

to the unrest in Turkey, but those

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asked what had the demand for Opparation was toda with it. Did Mr. fynes mean that we should handon reparation? If not, what did he mean

He used Mr.

Mones tugjook)

gils were better than that the should have athused the sust picions of the United States, fizi that would have been at Frange, add in the war déb: ofl politiral Hunden that would have are the

P

Germany

of reparation had serious consequences,

and reconstruction, and take the Tatil America had, therefore,pulation of the two countries.

France and definitely decided that she would;

they not take part in the mandate fee would find that unless France Turkey, the Allies were bound sut something from Germang,| postpone the further considerery Frenchman would have to tion ad the Turkish Treaty.

pay £2 for every £1 that woulsi be I: was

due to the Alles paid by Germany, and for a war make the explanation. Her for which France herzalf was not

P

¦responsible. It'ireers.*

How eald we see

to Francel and sag. Ove up reparation "

clusive.

JARDINE MATHESON &

CO. LTD.

General Agents. Hongkong. 3rd May, 1920.

ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL

MONDAY

NEXT

ORGAN

· RECITAL

AT

6 P.M.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

instructions to sell by PuMie Auction ou

TH

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have received instructions from Messrs. Thoresen & Co, to sell by Public Auction on

Tuesday, the 18th May, 1920,

commencing at 3 p.m. their Sale Rooms, Dudde!!

Street.

The Steamer "DAGMAR **

as the nuw lies in the Menam River, Bangkok. with all her marinbery, gear and appurten-

antes etc.

1457 ton- gruss Reg

21 pas ne: Reg. 1ste tone deadweight city 7 feet mean draft Speed 10 knots

This steamer went ashore in the Gulf of Sisu, was solved, and towed to Bangkok, where she was dry docked and patched up.

Inspection orders on application to the East Astatic Co. Ltd., Bangkok.

The steamer to be at purchasers risk after Tall of hammer, whenį

For full particular apply to LAMMERT BROS.

hear.!

The Allied acupation an stantinople was

hasing 3 very! good effect.

He grew wreed THE Undersigned have received Papise money is to be paid. With regard to America, he had that at the present 15 DATATIZ nothing to add to what had beenHermang could not pay when she already said in that House. They was unable to feed her population. had had no signs from America take Th responsibility.

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large troet d ritory.untainous and wild country. but they were hoge

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3 very

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15%

We were taking that into go! meant. We had repeatedly allowe

dermang credits, which caine! an iront of reparation in order to

and her to get a start. Mr. Aspurth bat said that the i ing that France would undertakuftime had come for revising the the responsibility, fear, hear) Pane terins,

We had our natin. responsi

There was no need for revisión. bilities, and we could not takefiermany under the clauses of the too much upon our shoulders. Versailles Treaty could estimate thedamage.could estimate her own We were prepared to take A certain amount of responsi-rapority, and make her own ofer. tility in the matter, but wel

The Prime Minister said he was! really did not police the whole against shy podies of trampling world.

Jon Germany by levying re The Armenians could paise an parations which she could not army of 40,000, and it would be meet, but begund that she must be perhaps, better for the Allies to made to make good the damage sh equip that army and let the had done to France and Belgium. Armenian defend themselves) rather than that they should look

to others to defend them.

Monday, the 16th. May, 1920.

ennunin ngang 5 10 a.m.

at their Sale Ricamos, & De bleh

Street

3 masks Soft Soap

4 buss Sola Ash

1 Baten Sliver

*

要

cases Imitating Vermillion

lartels Ship Varnish

drums Brigh:

Red Anti-

fouling Composition Paint

rases Pickle

cases Jelly-

Teema: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers.

THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public

If ferming wanted a loan, let her put her case before the Com- wission. It would be favourably considered. because it was to the Auction on MR. ASQUITH'S MISTAKE interest of the Allies that German) With regard to Mesopotamia, industries should be set going. be understood the view of Mr.

There was, however, a great! Asquith to be that we shoubi difference between that and our confine our occupation to the letting Germany off. Hear.

Wednesday, the roth. May 1920 commencing at 11. 8.m.

at their Sales Roorns, 6 Duddell Street,

Three Star

MerLaren's Dry Ginj

Old Tom

Merveille's Peppermint -Sherry

20

Gin

20

7

Burgundy

3

Creme de Menthe

province of Basra and abandon | hear.) There must be an in- 100 cases Salamander E. V. P. the province of Baglad and dication on ber part that Germany Brandy

Mosul.

really meant to discharge her 10 He the Prime Minister liabilities under the Treaty, and Brandy thought that would bela mistake, Germany would be fairly and 20 as Baara s no sufficiently equitably dealt with. She had wealthy to maintain itælf with not done so yet. Hear, hear.) out the other parts of Mesopot To place the question of Ger- -in-

many's--indemnities under-the-23 But beyund that, to evacuate League of Nations would wreck. Bagdad and Mosul would be to that body. (Heer, hear.) If the band those territories over to German Government came to anarchy and desolation.

the Allies and said she was will-i The view of the British Governing to carry out the terms of the meat was not that they should Treaty, but was unable to do so govern Mesopotamia as a part of without assistance, he the Empire, but that they should fabe would receive reasonable and accept the mandate for supervisĮ generous treatment. (Cheers.)

WAS BUTS

12

Jamaica Rum

Angostura Bitters

Champagne

Biscuits

Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMME IT BROS

Auctioneers.

Auctioneers.

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Mers. THORESEN & CO. Hongkong.

P.&O. S. N. COY. Hongkong, 10th May, 1920. 22, Des Vœur Road.

NOTICE.

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB.

The 3rd GYMKHANA MEET- ING of the season will be held at HAPPY VALLEY on SATUR. DAY, the 15th inst. commencing; at 3.30 p.m.

The Charge of Admission will be $1.00 for others than Membersi of the Hongkong Jockey Club or i Gymkhana Club.

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Hali Price.

The

Committee invite the Ladies of Hongkong to be present.

Hoogkong, 7th May, 1920.

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG TUTORIAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE

43. Bonham Road. Opposite the University Tel. No. 733 P.O. Box. 593. Principal

JOHN P. JONES, B.Sc., M.E. Min.

&

The Institute and Special Pre- paration (Class and Fritate. Day and Evening. Drst and CorresponČELIH 1 | fe University Matriculation Degree Examinations.

and!

New Session has now commented. Tuorial Ulasses are being conducted

about 612 M. P. H. Practically Mounting: Divided circles ; Driv-, new; inspection invited. Applying Clock: Universal Latitude Box 356 c/o "Hongkong Tele graph."

Adjustment: Photographic At- achment with correcting lens; Several eyepieces, including solar

TO BE LET.

TO BE LET-A five-roomed house at

Peak, fully furnished and stellar diagonals: Wedg and conveniently situated to be Photometer: &e &e:. All in lat from beginning of June far {three-four months,-rent $250 per perfect condition. Apply Harbour-----

month. Apply P.O. Box No. 6.

Department.

NOTICE.

COMPANY LIMITED.

NOTICE.

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY

OF CANTON LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the 47th ORDINARY

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVESİ that the 51st ORDINARY YEAR- LY MEETING of the Company that

ill be beld at its Head Office, EARLY MEETING of the Nos. 3 and 4 Queer's Buildings an Society will be held at its Head FRIDAY 21: MAY, 1920 at Office, Nos. 3 and 4 Queen's 1230 p.m., for the purpose of re Buildings, Hongkong. on FRI. ceiving the Report of the Direc-DAY 21st May 1920, at Noon, for tors together with the Statements the purpose of receiving the of Account to 31st December 1919 Report of the Directors together with the Statements of Account (and of declaring Dividends etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of

the Company will be CLOSED from 8th May to 21s: May, both [days inclusive

By Order of the Board.

C. H. P. HAY, Deputy General Manager. Hongtong 4th May, 1920,

NOTICE.

It is hereby notified that un the 21st May, at the Treasury of in Englist, Mathematics. Trigonome-invited by verbal competition for Matao. at 3 p.a. tenders are wy, Mechanics, Physics Chemistry; the Monopoly of Opium, for the Bates. Cerapy.

Latin and

French. Hongkong University from 1st August 1920 to 31st period of three years. commencing July Examinativas.

July 1923.

Prime Tuition can also de bal in beer subjects,

Pepectus of application.

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to 31st December 1919, and of.

declaring Dividends, etc.

the Society will be CLOSED from The TRANSFER BOOKS of 8th May 21st May, both days. inclusive

By Order of the Board,

C. H. P. Hay. Deputy General Manager. Hongkong, 4th May, 1920.

NOTICE.

BRITISH TRADERS' INSUR-

ANCE CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN All the terms and conditions for that

the 54b ORDINARY the tender can be obtained on YEARLY MEETING of the application at the Portuguese Company will be held at its Head Consulate in Hongkong, or at Office. Nos. 3 and 4 Queen's the Treasurer's Department in Buildings. Hongkong, on Friday. Maro

214 MAY 1928, at 12.45 p.g., for PLINIO TINOCO.

the purpose of receiving the Re- Treasurer. port of the Directors together Treasurer's Office of Macao, with the Statements of Account 22nd April, 1920,

to 31st December 1919 and of. declaring Dividends, etc.

NOTICE.

ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE BRANCH, KOWLOON.

Pitman's Shorthand Evening Classes.

A class for young men will commence on Monday, 3rd May. Fur particulars apply by letter to the above address.

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITED.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED · from 8th May to 21st May, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

C. H. P. HAY, Deputy General Manager. +Hoogkit May-1990.~

NOTICE.

REPULSE BAY HOTEL

THE MISSES DE VINE AND TERREY

SOCIETY ENTERTAINERS

will introduce

HARMONY AND SONG at the usual DANSANT AND DINNER

DANCE

Notice is hereby given that the Thirty-First Ordinary General Meeting will be hed at the Com- pany's Offices, St. George's Build- ings. on Saturday. 22nd May 1920, at 11.30 a.m. for the purpose TEA of presenting the Report of the Directors together with a State- ment of Accounts to 29th Febru- ary 1920, and electing-Directors and Auditors The Transter Books of the Comany will be closed from the 15th to the 22nd

| May 1920, both days incisive.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

GIBB, LIVINGTON & CO.

Agents.

Hongkong, 4th May, 1920.

to be held

оп

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12th.~~ and

SATURDAY, MAY 15th.-

SUNDAY, MAY 16th.~~-

Orchestral Concerte during Tio and Afternoon.