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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

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THE STEAM LAUNDRY COMPANY LIMITED.

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FRIDAY

THE HONGKONG ‘HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED,

OCTOBER 29. 1991.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB

NEW FRENCH LO N.

The half yearly meeting of the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN | Jockey Club will be held in the that an Fxtraordinary General hat an Extraordinary General Jockey Club rooms Hangkong Meeting of the Steam Laundry Meeting of the Hongkong Hotel Cub Annexe, on Thursday 27th Company Limited will be held at Company Limited will be held at Oc.ober at 12 noon. NOTICE.

the Register d Office of the the Registered 0°ce of the Cim

the Hongkong Hotel, Particulars and Conditions of Company Alexandra Building, pany, Best of fate letting by Public Auction Vitoria, Hongkong, on Monday. Pedder Street, Victoria, Hong, compderation if house suitable. Sale, to be held on Monday, the the 14th day of November 1941, kong, on Monday, the 14th day of 31-t day of October, 1921. at 3 at 12 o'clock noon for the purpose November 1921. at Eleven o'clock! Appy box 616 care of this paper.

pm, at the Offices of the Public of considering and if thought in the forenoon Works Department, by Order of passing as Extraordinary Resolu His Exe-laney the Governor, oftions the following, namely - An experienced lady atenolone Lat of Crown Land adjoining typist witha good knowledge of Villa Miramere, Pokfolum in the English and well acquainted with Colony of Hongkong, for a term fling, cabling etc. seeks position. of 75 yours, with the option of Will entertain any reasonable renewal at a Crown Rent to be offer-Apply Box Na 619, cojixed by the. Surveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further Hougkong Tel graph."

term of 75 years. PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

TO BE LET.

TO LET.--One office in No. 4' Queen's Road Central to be let For particulars apply to Bank of) China

FOR SALE.

FOR SALE. Lightweight Motor Cycle in good Conchition, $170 Apply Rox No. 617 d'o

Hongkong Telegraph."

FOD S LF.-Complete edition o'ILLUSTRATED WARN, WS, 1914-198 with covers for bid- ing. In good condition. Cost $120. will accept $50 or nearest offer. Apply Box No: 6:00] "Hongtung Telexraph."

THE HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED.

The harus of $1,000,000 author- ised by the Special Resolations of the abuse Cmpany passed and car firmed on the 13th and 3 st days of August 1921 respectivele will be distributed to those per anns who are registered on the 12th day of November 1911 as helders of the issued shares of the Compang

Such bonce ill pursuant to the Agreeme: t which the Board of Directors of the Company has been authorised to enter into, be satisfied he the allement out of

the unissued capital of the Com- pany to the above persons of one new share of $10 credited as fully paid up.

The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from the 12th November 19 '1 to the 15th No. ven.ber 1921 both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board, H. N. BEAUREPAIRE

Secretary. Dated the 28th October, 1921.

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE COFPS.

Crders by Lieut-Colonel L. G. Bird, 1.S. 0,

Administrative Commandant.

Hongkong. 25th October, 1821. I. Parades. Field Day Sunday, 30th.

HOSTS Museuremynze.

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+ per sale pian.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

THEUndersigned have received Auction oD

Wednesday, the and Nov., 1921

instructions to sell by Publi

commencing at 11 am.

at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street

A Selection of High Grade Cash- mere and Tweed Sult Lengths Superior Overcoating etc. Also

One case Talcum Powder Terms-Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS. Auctioneers.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD.

I have this day resumed charge of the Company,

By Order of the Board of

Directors.

MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE.

Secretary,

Hongkong, 26th October, 1921.

THE MONGKONG JOCKEY

CLUB.

The next Gymkhana has been fited for Saturday 5th November 1921. Programmes can be obtain- ed at the Hongkong Club, be Racecourse and the Jockey Club rables. Entries close on Uctober 25:h.

extra A further

Gymkhana meeting will be held on 26th Noven:ber in aid of the British Legion.

THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

5th Gymkhana. Saturday, 5th, November 1931.

round

Mount defentry Parade al The 3rd. Race, once Ster Ferry Kowloon at 8:30 a.m. | handicap, is open for winners at Dress: Order (Helmers) any distance, and in the event of with Hvorecks and Water there bing sufficient entries they toles, Bindalier..

will will be divided in A & B chegas, the latter taking the place of the Wacht-en-Beetje Race.

Hongkong, October, 22nd 1921

Infantry and Machine Gun toons parade at Blake Pier at 8.30 a.m.

Dress: Thaki jacket (Helme's' Shorts, or K Be. Belts, Braces and Pouches,

Haversacks ard Water-bottles. Riffer and Sidearms. tires'coa's shruld be taken and left on the launch for use on the return journey.

Haversack ration and Blank Ammarition will be issued at Elak- Pier

2. Recrui's Drills will be held at Headquarters on Monday, 31st instant, and Kowloon Docks of Frids, 4 h November, at 5.30 p.m.

Dress Fain Clothes.

3. Promotion.

No. 25% Pie. W. D. Fiddes. Wi1

For, Mounted Infantry Soc io, thi

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT

CLUB.

The Acting Commodore and Committee of the Club will be At: Home to members and their fri-nds at the Club House, North 'hint on Saturday 29th inst from 3.00 p.m.

A. T. LAMPLUG Hon. Secretary.

KOMOR & KOMOR,

be Lance Corpl. dated 28tb inst... ART AND CURIO EXPERTS.

4 Reversion.

No. 166 Lance Corp. & G. Simpson, M.C. Brottish Car. Headers. is permitted to revert to the rak of Piver at his own request dated 28 10.21.

5 Cadet Company.

The Company will parade at Headquarters on Monday, 31st instant, at 5.30 pm.

Dress: Drill Order with Car- bines.

U. F. E. RAPSON BL-Major

Adjutant, H. V. D. Corps.

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CREDIT NATIONAL.

To consider and if thought &t

Issue of Bonds fa: 300- to pass an Extraordinary ResoluInterest 6 free from income

Price fs: 192. 50 not to the following effect

Interest payable story

6 months from 1st of May 19 Reimbursement by 4 yearly drawings comprising

7,200 prizes amounting to fre 13,000,000 Subscription closing on the 10th November.

For subscription apply to

Bynque de l' Indo Chine.

THE PROBLEM OF CHILD LABOUR.

The Commission's Recommendations.

voluntary workers sä wall as Government servante,

We feel that an explanation is neaded of the serious raspon-... ibility that we have taken upon ourraters in recommending, for chlidren, a scale of hours of labour considerably in excess of that of In March His Excellency the male adult workers in Europe. Governor appointed a commission Our proposals are indeed a comp

o inquire into the conditions of promise between the present labour in the Culony. Visitaissez-fairo" attitude, and the were paid to a number of the more drastic method of removing largest works and factories, as children immediately from the the result of which the commia | factoris. Of these two extremos taxion formulated a series of recon- the former is onthinkable, and we ¡mendations as indicated below are not prepared to recommend WORK IN FACTORIES. ith latter without also recom- That the elitia val Agres- |

That all employers of children) manding some extensive scheme ment submitted to the meeting for the amalgamation with this

be compelled to registr them. of social reform. This recommendation is meant to The feasibility of compulsory Company of the Steam Laundry the

apply not only to factorias and education has been examined, Company Limited upon

workshops but when practicable but owing to the difference of terms (inter alia) of the acqui-i-

opinion on the question it has to employers of casual labour tion by this Company of the

That no child (Chinese) under mot been found possible to come complete undertaking, business

the age of eleven (11) years to any unanimous conclusion. good ill and property of the Laundry Company

be employed in any factory. Difficulties are real, but at the Steam

for ia ang form of casual) same time the opinion may be Limited in return for the issue

labor, and that in any case hazarded that they are inherent to that Company of 8,000 (Eight

arising under this legislation, the in every scheme of compulsory thousand) shares of this Com-1

onus of proving the age of the education, and that as they have pany of the nominal value of

heen overcome to other countries. $10 each credited as fully raid

One of the Commissioners, the they could, if the community bad up and the payment of $10,000 HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.child be upon the employer.

Rev. Mr. Walls, wishes the age the will to do so, be overcome in by this Company to Messrs.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to be thirteen (13) and not eleven Hongkong Davis the and Li- stead

We do not agree with the General Managers of the Steam THAT with reference to the (11) as above, and wishes the age Laundry Company Limited by Special Resolution passed and isbour to be increased by one

soar every succeeding gear, or as an ext-nsion of 6.Bcational way of benue and compensation confirmed at Extraordinary Gen for loss of office as Generaleral Meetings of the above Com-soon as possible, until child labour facilities in Ilongkong would be followed by a rush of people from Managers of the Steam Laun-pany held on 15th and 31st daşa)

This recommendation does not the interior to cake advantage of dry Company Limited by reason of August, 1921, regarding the of the transier of the business, division of the above Company apply to children engaged in them. It is common experience prop rs and undertaking of Share apital f on shares of gnuire domestic work, ut, it of countries that have adopred the Stram Laundry Company denomination of $50 each into does apply to children employed compulsory education that opposi

carrying paraphernalia inion may be expected from those Lomind to this Company and shares of the denominat o of$0 in cora deration of the payment ach: NW CERTIFICATE Chinese processiors.

for whose benefit the scheme is That the hours of work for chil-intended. to Edward John Chapman, the elatine to the above are now

dren do not exceed fifty-four (54) In view of the fact that many Director of the ready and can be ubta ned, i Managing

sch-nee for the written acknaw. Seam

per week, that children be pro-children muat earn their living Company Laundry

alteady issued elements

hibited from working at any time by manual labour, it is sugested Limited or $1,000 to Willian. Samuel Brown, a Director of respect of the ull serir, upon more than five (5) hours consecu hat stepa be taken to provide an the Steam Laundry Company application to the anders gelatively, and that they be ensured a nucation for them suited to their Limited of $1.000 and Charles the ompany's Registral Offierne day's rest in every seven (7) special neels. Bernard Brown, the Secretary in the Hongkon Hotel. Pedder of the Stram La-ntry Company Street, Victoria, Hongkong. Limited of $1,000 by way of HONG KONG HOTEL CO. LTD

H. N. BEAUREPAIRE, bonus and compens tion fr their love of office as Managin Diretor, Diretor and Secretary respectively by tea on of the aforesaid amalgamation, be and ON THE WATERFRONT

(1) That it is expedient totion eff et an amalgamation of this Company with the Hongkong Hotel Company Limited and witha view thereto this Com- pany ba wound up voluntarily Bernard that Charles and Brown of Messrs, Linstead and Davis b and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the! purpose of such winding up.

conditions! (2) That the

the Agreement submitted to meeting for the amalgamation of this Company with the Hong- kong Hotel Company Limited upon the terms, inter alia) off the acquisition by the Hong- keng Hotel Company Limit d of the complete undertaking, business. good ill and property of this Company in return for the issue to this Company of 8,000. (Eight thousand) shares of the Hongkong Hotel Com pany Limited of the nominal value of $10 each credited as fully paid up and the paymen of $10,000 by the Hongkong Hotel Compiny Limited Messrs. Linstead and Davis The General Managers of thi Company by way of bonus and compensation for loss of offe. as tieneral Managers of this Company by Tra-on of the transfer of the business, pro- perty and undertaking of this: Company to the Hougkone | Hotel Company Limited and in consideration of the payment to Edward John Chapman, the Managing Director of this Com- pany of $1,000 to William Samuel Brown, & Director of this Company of $1.000 and to Charles Bernard Brown, the Secretary of this Company of $1.000 by way of bonus and compensation for their loss of office as Manazing Director. Director and Secretary respec- tively by reason of the aforesaid amalgamation be and the same is hereby approved and the Liquidator be and he is hereby authorised pursuant to Section 185 of the Companies Ordin- Ance 1911 to a lop: the said Agreement and carry the far- into effect with such (if ang)] modifications either before or after the execution thereof as the said Liquidator may think expedient

(3) The aforesaid 8.000 shares | of the Hongkong Hotel Com-1 pany Limited all in pur- suance of clause of the afore- said Agreemen: be allotted to shareholders on the register of shareholders of the Steam Laudry Company Limited oni the 30th day of November 1921. Should the above Resolutions be passed by the required majuri y they will be submitted to con firmation as Special resolutions Extraordinary a g-cond General Meeting which will be subsequently convened.

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Dated the 26th day of October, 1921.

By Order of the Board. C. BERNARD BROWN,

Secretary,

FOR SALE BY TENDER.

NEW Y BUILT INFORCED COX- CRETE SE-GOING MOTOR

POWERED LIGHTER

70'

17'

9' 6'

Length Breadth. Depth Draft loaded Deadweight Tonnage......80T

Miller heavy duty Kerosene Motor 400 HP and acces ories in working condition.

Orders for inspection can be

obtained from ETABLISSEMENTS · BROSSARD MOPIN King's Building. Tel. 2566 BEG to inform their Cns'nmer! that the Sale at their RETAIL and tenders to be sent under WILL BE sealed cover to the same address URIO STORE OLOSED at 5 p.m. on SATUR- on or before November 5th 1921. DAY the 5th of November. 1921,

Tenders may be seat for lighter od thank th ir many patrons and motor separately the latter for their support and goodwill being easily removed. during more than half a century's No obligation by this firm to business in the Colony,

For the Last Week of the Sale the Store will be open every day until 6 p.m.

KOMOR & KOMOR,

Alexandra Hpdiber

accept any lower tender than that within a reasonable price.

L. GAIN, Branch Manager. Hongkong, October 21, 1921,

the same is here be approvesi and that the Directors be and they are hereby authorised to carry the said Agreement inre! effect with such (if any)] modifications aither betere p- after the xecation thereof as they may think it"

Dated the 25 h day of October, 1921.

By Order of the Board. H. N. BEAUREPAIRE,

Secretary.

FOR HAIPHONG AND HOIHOW.

azines and Saiphung ers03

abermale Fonday.

The favourite parenger meer YAMUN

Secretary.

A Large Consignment of Tinplates.

IT

Just over a month ago Reuter zired out the information that the largest consignment of tin

is entirely abolished.

Int

days.

frequently expressed opinion that

Such an education would com- prise training io mancal work in "primary addition to at least a

dignity of

Tost children be ant employed between the hours of 7 pm, and 6 a.m. No question of overtime education."

The

or night shifis should be allowed manual labour should be em- To override this ruling lail down phasized and the besting of in sub-section (3).

intellect op manual work ex- should be encouraged and ths-

We think that half time work plained.

In the course of time we hope children should be educated dar-that adult labour will replace ing the other half time if p ssible that of children in factories, so Even if childen have not teen that the Government should be working during the day they asked either to undertake the should not be employed between necessary industrial training or the hours of p.m. and 6 am, to encourage private enterprise The intermittent sleep, which is in this direction. Meanwhile

ulates and ivanised sheer the coal lot of workers on night schools for belt timer," such" which had lef Swansea for | shifts, is especially harmful to the those which have be 800- twelve months had been cleared physique of children.

cessfully started in India, might be tried.

CHILDREN EMPLOYED IN CASUAL LABOUR.

for the Far East, the consignment One of the Commissioners, Mr. totalling, 9.000 tons. We leem Chow Shou Son, is of the opinion that this is largely carried by the hat children over fourteen Big Funnel steamers Orestes and Mentor. The Mesto: i due her ✓ ork between the hours of from Sinzapose on tat br29, bu 7 pm, and 9 p.m. provided that patside factories in casual and unskilled work, and especially in the Orestex goes from Sinapot they have done no work during burden bearing, is the

(13) should be permitted to The employment of children

direct to Moji. The calvanised the day she-t industry is in a healthier alato then it has been

| Sonie time

'nately

past, but this dom

unfor

not

MAL'

most

That for the reasons given in difficult problem which we have for Section 5 (3) children be not had to face. Reliable information is extremely difficult to procure, mployed in gla's factories.

That for the reasons given in the work is done by the poorest any rev vil of th parent industry section 5 (3) children be noembers of the community, who Hugonog via Hoppm at Nokia, ¿e Nov. 1 21.)—that of p its manufactur, &-mployed in engineering work/lave often no fixed place of

Capt Charles E. Page",

The Flaman" legve Hongkong

Appi. True Cana and Samen P His Ta

134 W Lok Street

SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE. HONGKONG.

Smoking Concert-Armistice

Night.

the great bulk of the shert works that have he n

TPS'arted ir Britain have been able to do 8/ onds 83 u-ing formigo, spelter. The prices of tuplata acording t dice from homme, ne'u lly fal below the pee of pednerian

Proposed Wages Reduction On China Coast.

on the work of boil r chipping.

abode, and the place of work is One of the Commissioners, Mr. constantly being changed. The ere of Earopean inhabitants are Chow Shou Ser, thinks that oynatorally drawn to those who over fourteen (14) should be pr

carry bricks and other materials mitted to work at boil-r chipping the Peak and Hill Districte,

their physics condition astis-

but the same kind of labour 5- the Inspectors.

i carried on all That children be not employed the Colony. Children are freely nda gerous trader.

A rumour is abroad that the

That employers be compelled to employed in this work; and in With reference to the Circular China Coast shipowners panos provida accommodato, which agization has shown that even an be used by workers during those as young as seven or eight the fieneral to ra luce the wires of offiser recently is-n-d Committee bare dcided that and engineers osing to the falmaal hours, and as a rest hou Tears are not exempted. The

onl is Theatre accommodation willin fr-ight. That

or children taken to factories by physical condition of many of the women who have been long What is true, we heir motherB. allow Members to invite twoartially ine. additional vests each to thejar adid. is that the Ship

That Inspectors be appointed engaged in this work is even worse than that of the chilean, Armistice Night Concert, and the owners Prot c'ian Society pre-for all class of child labour, and jaging from this we are +xtra ticke z cay be obtainest on psed such reliction to the he regulations proposed

friven to the conclusion that no application

Engineer bviously dependent on a system form of work exercises such 10 the Honorary Cost Officers and Ireasurer.

Guilds and rbat both rejected the of inspection. Our intention is A. H. K. COBB,

Sogestion. The Coast Officer to avoid introducing a series o degrading effect upon the Guild held a meeting in Shang-factory regulations which will workers as labour of thia kind.,.

We are Duable to suggest Hon. Secretary.

hai last week when a let er was merely trat on the one hand to

will a regulations which Hongkong, October, 251h 1921, read from tha shipowners. Th-queeze," and on the other to udice to alter this state of things.

Guild was unanimous in rej-ct- Police Court prasecatione; and it ing the proposal.. Only the is, therefore. essential tha

re

and in our opinion the real

Mechanical Transport. A xf

THE COWIE HARBOUR COAL officers and engineers employed Inspectors should be persone of solution of the question lies in

hy, the smaller companies-what | standing,

COMPANY LIMITED.

SILIMPOPON COAL

are popolarly called the "outside We think that the ranks of the interim measure the commission companies would be affected Inspectors should include Chinese suggests a

granted

by the reduction Ore well-representatives as well as British, weights for the children.

masier describes the women as well as men, and known

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The undersigned are prepare o quote prices for best qualis proposal freshly mined SILIMPOPO§ faster and ways it will be dropped COAL. trimmed into Bankers at now that the raids have rejected SANDARAN Heroes the length, indeed, of SEBATTIK or

binting that one firm is behind the !British North Borneo) or to contract for regular Bunker Sup- suggestion,ning the other's on.

Personal. olies for 6 or 12 months at favour- ible rates.

Mr. Norman P-nson has gone Steamers calling at SEBATTIEster of the Hocan in place of or SANDAKAN exclusively for Mr. Harris Waiker. Bonkers are exempt from pay. Mr. Frederick White Thompson nent of ordinary Port Cha gas. Ross has serred his second en the minimum draft of water gineer's cert fi-ite.

longside the Company's Whart

Empress of China.

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of

SHROPSHIRE BISHOPRIC. turning veras). There is no

Over one-third of the sum re- kelihood meantime of the Em quired for the proposed press of China being placed on Diocese of Salop has been already the Pacific run.

*aited

any without making

The Bishop of rnal "appeal.

Dumped Coal

The mistrong of a fishing punk Hereford has offered to transfer was charged, at the Marine Court the hishopric on Its creation this morning, with throws from £400 a year from his official in a licensed boat articles into the come. harbour for the purpose of pre-

CHEAP MONEY | Inasmuch Chan Bong ve-ting seizure.

s the Chinese it Bebattik is 2 feet at low water The statement made some time P.C., said that while on duty Government is in die straits The Ministry of Spring Tides. Charts of Cowicago that the C.P.8. were to place tes erday he saw several rowing financially, Bay (Sebattik Harbour) and any the passenger ship Empress of hosts leaving the Leung Wind Finance bas repeatedly sent out required information concerning China of 17.000 tons (formerly Wharf. Each bad about 20 tags enormous amount of bouds-to the port can be had on applica Prinz Frederick Wilhelm) can of coal on board and be arrested Shanghai for money, According now be contradicted. The Em-two. When defendent saw this to information from the Banking" press of Chin is to be placed she dumped her coal into the Group, national bonds amounting tion to

BRADLEY & CO. LTD.

o the

TUB and babour. Defendant denied this, to more than ten million francN Agents,

will, for a time at least, but the charge was found proved have been taken to Shanghai ra- The COWIE HARBOUR COAL take the place of the Aquitanis and $10 or 14 days was the cently and pledged to two foreign

banks at ball prie:-Min Poo CO. LTD.

which is being fitted out as an oil penalty.

Atlantid