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MACAO INCIDENT.

No Water or Vegetables.

FIREMEN BUSY.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1921.

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO.,.LTD.

and

Three Calls Yesterday. Damage to the extent of $300

The Thirty-Seventh Ordinary Inhabitants of Macao residing was caused by a fire at Huk Lo along the praya of the inner Taun (Near Kowloon City) yes Annual Meeting of Shareholders barbour suffered considerable in-terday. One bouse was destroy-in the above Company will be convenience on the 26th ult. from ed. The outbreak is not known. held at St. George's Building, The Brigade received a call to Chater Road, Victoria, on Thurs the fact that they were deprived of their fresh water supply. Kon Yuan Street East yesterday. day the 3rd March 1921, at 11. which they usually obtain from it was found that a mosquito o'clock a.m. for the purpose of Lappa Island, whilst Macao in curtain of one of the inmates of receiving a Statement of Accounts supplies of the second floor had caught and the report of the General general bad no vegetable from the adjacent fire from a naked light.. The Managers for the year ending threatened catastrophe WBB31st December 1920, and electing villages.

averted by the prompt measures а Consulting Committee As to the origin of the trouble, of the tenants and the firemen. Auditors. it appears that four fully-armed

A large haystack on the fore- Chinese soldiers from thebattalion shore at Shaukiwon East caught stationed on the island, which is fire last night, and, in spite of the boarded Battention of the Brigade, burnt opposite Macao, Chinese boat and forced the occu- for two hours before it was sub pants to convey them to a certain dued. The value of the stack is desnation. Being indignant at estimated at $150. the attitude of the soldiers, the boatpeople deliberately steered the boat as near to the Macao side as possible and when passing the gunboat Patrin it was stopped by the Water Police and the

SHANGHAI SHARE REPORT. soldiers wore arrested for being

Messra, A. D. Anderson & Co, The Directors of the above fully-armed in l'ortuguese waters. ghanghai in their report dated Company have declared an In- com-19th February, state-We last terim Dividend on Deferred The Chinese battalion mander, whilst demanding the addressed you on 5th instant, Shares for the year 1920 at the release of the soldiers, stopped all and while the week immediately rate of 6- per share. tho

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from Saturday the 26th February 1921 to Thursday the 3rd March 1921, both days inclusive.

SHEWAN TOMES & CO.

General Managers.

THE INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

waterboats and also the was devoid of business owing to Dividends for Shareholders on supplies of vegetables, but after the Chinese New Year holidays, the Colonial Register are free of negotiations between the that just concluded has been a Income Tax and will be paid at

Commissioner busy one on our local stock ox-the rate of 2/10 per dollar.

Dividend Warrante will be ob Government change. As we pointed out in our the soldiers were handed over to last issue the drop in sterling tainable on and after Saturday, a representative of their com- exchange, by putting a period to 26th February, 1921, at the Com- mander along with their arms on the drain on investment funda, pany's Office.

Intercourse and

the

the 27th ult, and the waterboats has offected an appreciation in Transfer Books of the Company have now resumed their servico all our more serious securities. will be closed from 19th February and the supply of vegetables is While Cottons, in view of the to 26th February, both days in-

recently published satisfactory |clusive. again assured.

results and at the reduced prices at which shares are now standing, appear tempting, the market WARWICK COMEDY CO. appears to fear that any appreci-

"Arms And The Man

To-night.

ation in rates 'would be quickly swamped by the large blocks of shares beld under loan. Rubbers have not become the medium of much busine owing to owners being encouraged to hold by the The Warwick Comedy Com-sonicwhat better prospecte held! pany opens its short return season out by the New Year. Among to-night at the Theatre Royal these may be reckoned the drop with Bernard Shaw's amusing in sterling exchange, the possibi play" Arms and the Man". It is lity of the re-opening of trade with the not often that we in Hongkong Russia, the demand for are afforded the opportunity of cheaper qualities of rabbar in Holland supposedly for Germany seeing Bernard Shaw the stage-in fact, we do and estimated at 100 tons a day, in- not remember such an eventcreased activity in ty co manufac- tories, the drop in tho cost of rice having occurred Most of us have read the brand freight, and fall of the rupee. To-day's opening rate for TT satirist's plays in book form, butf

*VOT

it is a well known fact thon London was 3/3, the Dollar nard Shaw 'plays" better than rate being 71.9. Debentures.-- he "reads" ani the brisk booking There is a good demand for all at Moutrie's testifies to the inter-classes of debentures, but the est that is being taken in the market is quite destitute of sup- plies and it would look as if a production.

large sum of money will have to

we

are

.to

JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD

General Managers. Hongkong, 26th January, 1921.

St. John's Cathedral Monday, March 7th

At 9,15 PM.

ORGAN RECITAL

to

Vocalist Miss B. Meischke.

THEATRE ROYAL

1

EDGAR WARWICK

announces a

SHORT FAREWELL SEASON of the

WARWICK COMEDY CO.

TO-NIGHT!

COMMENCING

TO-NIGHT! WITH BERNARD SHAW'S ANTI-ROMANTIC COSTUME PLAY

ARWS AND THE AW

N. & J. Thorpe-Mayne's Mystery Play THE LAST ACT

Hubert Henry Davies's Witty Comedy CAPTAIN DREW

WEDNESDAY, March 2nd THURSDAY, March 3rd FRIDAY. March 4th SATURDAY, March 5th

BOOK BEFORE YOU SLEEP.

THEATRE

H. V. Esmond's Delightful Comedy of Youth WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE By General Request BROWN SUGAR

Plans at MOUTRIE'S.

ROYAL.

Commencing Monday 7th March at 9.15 p.m. W. BANVARD

will present his new

LONDON MUSICAL COMEDY CO' 1921 assisted by the

LONDON BEAUTY CHORUS

in the latest

LONDON & NEW YORK SUCCESSES.

Mon. & Tues. 7th & 8th

Wed. & Thurs.

9th & 10th

Fri, & Sat. 11th & 12th Sat. 12th nt 4.30 p.m.

The Popular Musical Comedy

"' PLUMS FOR PICKING”

A New, Mirthful Musical Melange "GIRLS & GIGGLES"

A Bright, Breezy, Musical Comedy "CASTLES IN SPAIN." Reduced Price Matinee **CASTLES IN SPAIN"

PLANS AT MOUTRIE'S

Matinee $3, $2 & 1. Prices $4, $2 & 1.

Sailors, Soldiers & Children Half Price to Matinees only.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on

Saturday, the 5th March, 1921 commencing at 11 am,

at No. 18 Godown of the Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd., Kowloon

(for account of the concerned)

4936 Bags Salted Salmon.

Terms: Cash on delivery

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers.

WAR MEMORIAL.

SUBSCRIPTION LIST.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

▶HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on

Friday, the 4th. March 1920.

commencing at 2.30 p.m.

at their Sales Rooms, Duddell

Street

A Quantity of Valuable HousE-

hoid Furniture.

Comprising :-.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

NEW

THE BLUE FUNNEL L'NE,

Ó.S.S. CO. LTD. & C.M.9.N. CO. LTD.,

The Steamship

"TEIRÈSIAS"

will be despatched to Singapore on Tuesday March 1st, at noon.

WANTED.

WANTED. -Ship's 'Sargson for voyage to Australia only. Steamer to asil from Hongkong about 18th March. Apply to BUTTERFIELD &- SWIRE Agents, Australian Oriental Line.

WANTED-To purchase,' Bathing shed at Repulse Bay. This vessel' offers excellent Apply stating price eto to Box cabin accommodation for saloon | No. 521 olo Hongkong Telo- passengers.

graph."

For passages apply to:--- BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents,

Telephone No. 36.

NOTICE.

SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE,

· HONGKONG.

The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held in the City Hall on Friday, 11th March at 5.30 p.m, for the following ригровен

(a) To receive the report of the of Committee and statement accounts for the past year.

(b) To elect the Officers and Committee for the ensuing year.

(c) To consider the manner in which next St. George's Day sball be celebrated.

(d) To transact any other bu-1 siness of which due notice has been given.

All members are requested to attend.

C. BLAKER, Hon. Secretary, Hongkong, 1st March, 1921.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL,

M. J. D. STEPHENS, Solicitor.

The Office has been REMOVED to 1st Floor, No. 15, Connaught Road, Central, (beyond the Post Office).

Hongkong, March 1st, 1921.

NOTICE.

Messrs. Little, Adams & Wood have removed their offices to the New Building on Murray Battery, Lower Albert Road.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

Dr. Jos. W. Noble and Dr. P. Rees Daugherty announce that heretofore Blackwood chairs, flower stands, their dental office stocis, & table, Chesterfield couch, located in the Babk Building, easy chairs, teak overmantels, will be moved on March 1st to the teak desks and bookcases, pic. 4th Floor, Hotel Mansions: tures, carpet, rugs, etc. etc.

Teak dining tables and chairs, teak sideboards, dinner waggons,

ice chest, cutlery, electro-plated & glass ware etc. etc.

REPULSE BAY HOTEL.

The Dining and Dancing ac- Double brass & teak bedsteads,commodation is fully booked for teak wardrobes with bevelled the night of WEDNESDAY, 9th mirrors, teak dressing tables, March, 1921. washstands, chest of drawers, etc.

The season here is limited remain uninvested until March, to five nights. To-morrow there when the new Municipal Loan,The Annual Meeting will take is to be another interest- which we understand will be an place on 15th proximo The ing theatrical event, for unprecedently large one, will be profit for the year is given as NEO the issued. Hongkong and Shanghai Tls. 720,046.88, of which the production of a play here in Bank.---The annual meeting will interim dividend of Tis. 3 and Hongkong before London has the be held in Hongkong on 26th inst.: proposed final of Ts. 10 will chance to criticise it. "The Last it is rumoured that a suggestion together absorb Tle. 468,000, to Act" (written by two of the will be made thereat that the Repairs and Renewals, Tis, 60,000, members of the company, N. and issue price for the new shares be to Special Repairs, Tis. 75,000, to Joan Thorpe-Mayne) has been £60 instead of £70 as originally Equalization of Dividend, Tis. secured by Mr. Aubrey Smith for proposed. Shanghai Tuga. The 50,000, Depreciation. Tie. presentation in London during annual general meeting is to take 50,000, pay a bonus to Staff, Tle. the coming season. The event place on 8th proximo, when the 8,266.50, and carry forward Fle. will therefore bo doubly note- Directors will recommend the 8,780.38. Shanghai Lands. For the erection by Public

final dividend of the payment of a final dividend of A worthy, for we shall see authors themselves playing in 31% on the "preference" and a cent. (making 12 per cent, for Subscription, of a building to be "War Memorial their own play. "The Last Act "final of Tle, 4. (making 24 the year) will be recommended ruu on Y. M. C. A. lines, to be car created a tremendous impression on the ordinary" shares at the annual meeting to be called the in Shanghai, and the plans were New Engineering and Ship-advertised later: accounts not Institute" and to be managed for Wei Hai Wei the joint use of the Navy, the ail booked out days before the building works. The profit for yet to band. production.

the year ended 31st December Lands.-The meeting is to take Army and Civilians by a Joint 22nd inst.

on 22nd instant. The last is given as Tls 1,226,472.16, place For the remaining three nights which with the amount brought balance at credit of Profit and A portion of the sum raised will of the season Mr. Warwick is forward from the previous year Loss is given as TIs. 4.596.82, of be devoted to the erection of a per- presenting "Captain Drew,"

is to be manent stone memorial which Hubert Henry Davies's most sucgives a total of Tls.1,263,554.39 which Tls. 2,304.40

for divison, and this the Directors absorbed in the p-yment of a 3 will be put in hand at an early cessful comedy, "When We will reccomend to be dealt with per cent. dividend, and Tls. dato. were twentyone," H. V. Esmond's. delightful comedy of youth, and as follows: payment of a final 2.392.42 carried forward., Laou-

dividend of Tis. I, which with the Kung-Mow Mill.-The

Bual.

7

per

annual

for the farewell performance on interim, already paid, will absorb meeting is to take place on Saturday a repetition of that T. 300,000; Bonus of Tls. 3,7th proximo and therafter an ex- highly entertaining play that Tis. 450,000 to Depreciation The traordinary meeting will be held made such a great success bere 25,000: to Charities Tls. 325,000 to consider a resolution for split- when the company played it on and carry forward Tls. 55,554.39 ting each of the present shares their first season, Brown

The Reserve fund will then into ton of Tls. 10. each. The Sugar."

stand at Tis. 1,525,000 and it is balance standing at credit of The plans are at Mouttie's as proposed to capitalize one and a Profit and Loss is shown as Tls. half millions of this by the issue 737;882.86 after payment of in- of two 8% oumulative preference terim dividend of Tls. 15. It will shares (Tls. 5. paid up) in respect be proposed to pay a final of Tis, of each ordinary share at present 50, Tls, 400.000; place to Deprecia- held. It is also proposed to issue tion, Tis. 61,000; to Development, 6,000 ordinary shares at a promium Tls. 140,000; to Dividend Reserve, The Pops has sent to newly of Tla. 5 per share at the rate Tla 40,000: pay a Bonus to foreign baptised Hereditary Grand Duke of two new for five old, staff, Tls. 5,650; Donations. Tls. John of Luxemburg a copy of the final dividend and bonus 6,500; General Managers' Com- and Raphael's Madonna Della Sedia being thus paid in shares. mission, The. 80,294.08 in mosaic.

Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf | carry

PAPAL GIFT TO GRAND BUCAL INFANT,

VALSPAR

forvard Tls... 4.438.78.

Board of Directors.

Lists may be found at:- Messre. Lane Crawford Messrs. Kelly & Walsh Messrs. Moutrie Messrs. Wm. Powell Ltd. The Hongkong Club The Hongkong Cricket Club The Club Lusitano The Engineers' Institute The Victoria Recreation Club The Kowloon Cricket Club The Kowloon Bowling Club The Peak Club

The Club de Recreio The Craigengower ( lub

M. J. BREEN.

Hon. Secretary War Memorial

Committee, --

►

BRONZE

etc.

1 Indian Motor Cycle with side

2 Grand Pianos

REPULSE BAY HOTEL

WANTED. - Englishman, 15 years in China, at present free seeks any position of trust, Good salesman and. correspondent, knowledge of Imports and Gen. eral Office Routine. Can produce excellent credentials. Apply Box No. 522 c/o Hongkong Tele- graph."

WANTED.-Britishor desires one or two furnished rooms, with or without board. Central dis- trint preferred. Reply with terms to Box 512 0/0 "Hongkong Tele- graph."

TO BE LET.

TO LET.-On monthly tenancy an office on the 2nd floor in 11, Queen's Road Central. Apply to David Sassoon & Co. Ltd., 8a, Des, Vœux Road Central.

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.-Wolf Motor Cycle, good Condition $275, Box: 519 c/o Hongkong Telegraph."

FOR SALE. -Coach uilt Sidecar $100. Box 520 c/o “Hong- kong Telegraph."

FOR SALE. MILNER'S SAFES

APPLY TO

LAMMERT BROS..

Duddell Street.

FOR SALE.

One Hornsby Ackroyd Oil Engine 34 Horse Power. Fuel: Kerosene. Complete with cooling Japparatus; in good condition. May

be viewed by appointment at

GUN CLUB HILL BARRACKS

KOWLOON.

Apply to the undersigned.

LAMMERT BROS.

CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY LIMITED.

NOTICE.

The Forty-Third Ordinary Annual Meeting of the Bhare- holders of the above Company will ta beld at the Offices of the General Agents. Pedder's Street,. on Friday the 18th March at 11.00 a m. for the purpose of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December 1920.

The approach roads to the The Transfer Books of the above Hotel are closed tem- Company will be closed from the On view from Tuesday, the porarily for the purpose of 4th to 18th March, both days

Catalogue will be issued. Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers.

THE

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HEUndersigned have received instructions to sell by Publio Auction on

Friday, the 4th. March, 1971.

commencing at 2.30 p.m./

at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street

6 Water Colour Sketches On view Now,

Terms: Cash on delivery:

a

JARDINE, MATHESON

regrading. Patrons are, therefore, inclusive. kindly requested to use the steps opposite the main entrance until completion of such work.

NOTICE.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

The Final Dividend declared for the year ending 31st. Decem- ber, 1920, at the rate of Three Pounds Sterling together with a Bonus of Two Pounds Sterling per share is payable on after Monday the 28th day of February. 1921, at the Offices of the Cor poration, whero abareholders are requested to apply for warrants.

By Order of the Court of Directors

A. G. STEPHEN,

Chief Manager Auctioneers. Hongkong 26th. February 1921

LAMMERT BROS.,

BOTTOM

A PERFECT ANTI-FOULING

SOLE AGENTS:-

COMPOUND,

& C, LTD

General Agents. Hongkong, 18th February, 1921.

HONGKONG HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Annual FLOWER SHOW

in the BOTANIC GARDENS WEDNESDAY 2nd MARCH

2 to 6 p.m.

ONE DAY ONLY. Tea on the ground. LADY STUBBS will distribute Prises

at 5 p.m. Admission

Children half price.

PAINT

HOLLAND

PACIFIC

TRADING

COMPANY,

LTD...

HONGKONG.