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ADVERTISEMENTS.

TO BE LET.

TO LET- About March next, aly rooted house in the Bowen Road. Can be divided, into two self contained Bats, Apply J. Caer Clark, architect, 14 Queen's Road Central.

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

Chins

FOR SALE. FOR SALE, HUDSON SPEED. STER CAR 1920 model, four Seater wire wheels, with two extra wheels and tyres, spot light, two electric horns: Magneto ignition, very powerful bill climber Price $5000-Apply Speedster co "Hongkong Tele- graph"

converted to

FOR SALE.-7. SEATER CADILLAC CAR. Splendid Condition-Going a Real Bargain. -Apply Box No 524, Hongkong Telegraph.

LOST.

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ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CUB

Notice is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at the Club House, North Point, on Saturday Novem ber 19th a; 5.30 p.m. to confirm the resolutions passed at the last Extraordinary General Meeting. The meeting will take place at about 5.30.p.m.. or immediately after conclusion of the day's racing.

A. G. LAMPLUGH.

Hoo. Secretary.

THE STEAM LAUNDRY CO., LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Steam Laundry Company Limited will be held at the Rezistered Office of the Com- pany. Alexandra Building. Vic- toria Hongkong, on Wednesday' the 30th day of November 1921 immediately after the previous Extraordinary General Meeting of this Company convened for the same date when the sub-joined resolution will be submitted for the purpose of considering and if thought fit passing as an Ordinary Resolution, the following, name- Ty S

That in the event of any of the 8,000 shares of the Hong- konz Hotel Company Limited of the nominal value of $10 each credited as fully paid the subject matter of the Special Resolution of this Company passed on the 14th day of November 1921 and confirmed this day being unallotted by reason of any of the share- hoid-rs of this Company hold- ing such a number of shares as

THE STEAM LAUNDRY

COMPANY LIMITED.

THE HONGKONG

NOTICE HEREBY GIVEN that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Steam Laundry Company Limited will be held at the Registered Office of the Company Alexandra Buildi. g. Victoria, Hongkong, on Wednes day, the Thirtieth day of Now, 1921, at noon, when the subjoined Resolutions which were passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the Fourteenth day of November for 1921, will be submitted confirmation as Special Resolu- tions --

(1) That it is expedient to effect an amalgamation of this Company with the Hongkong Hotel Company Limited and with a view thereto this Com pany be wound up voluntarily and

Charles Bernard that Brown of Messrs. Linstead and

Davis be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purpose of such winding up.

FOR SALE or TO LET.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1921.

TELEGRAPH.

THE BUDGET.

THE RESIDENCE "KERL`5,**

military establishments, and the] uncertainty as to what areas would be required. As regards the largo sum spent on providing quarters for (Continued from lage s.)

Government officials I cannot quite At Mount Kellet, Peak. Ares estimate was obtained The an-

follow the hon. member, either in his 12.956 Square Feet. Possession,wer given was that "the Govern

statement or.in his request to the Ist.January 1922-ApplyBox No.

ment is not prepared to take such

Government at the end of it The 3rfo" Hongkong Telegraph =

“A” referendum us is suggestnil_be- cause the construction of the road) touses that are being buil, are re has been approved by the Legisla.sive. They are being very well undoubtedly tive Council The road will be of built, because it has

been proved that to build houses the greatest value Do only as means of access to all parts of the good material which will require Peak eventually by motor vehicles only a very small outlay annually but also it will reduce the cost of in repairs is a far better policy than materials to at least one-half the to pas op houses which will always

FOR HAIPHONG AND HONOW. Haile for laghont and Hespalog Every

The favourite passangue nEKRET

BAI-XON

(Capt Charles E. Page).

The Haizena “ will leave Bunghong

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NOTICE

The OCEAN Accident & Guarantes Corpora-

tion, Ltd, of London, England, beg to announce that they bare appointed

Messrs DODWELL & Co. Ltd. 2. Queen's Buildings, að Principal Agents to the Corporation in Hongkong.

The OCEAN Corporation is prepared to entortain proposaİS for MOTOR CAR (Private & Commercial), MOTOR CYCLE, PER- SONAL ACCID › NT, PERSONAL AUCIDENT & SICKNESS, FIDELITY QUARANTEES, EMPLOYEES BENEFIT, BURGLARY, LIFT, GENER- AL. THIRD PARTY, FLIGHT RISES, 610,

£ 7,400,000 £15,000,000

The OCEAN Assets exceed Claims Paid exceed.

İlan Hechow at Noon, 11 SO4, 15. † present price." I would ask the be a heavy expense. Some of the Eastern Head Office Chartered Bant Chambers, SINGAPORE

12, Wang Lok Streek.

PUBLIC AUCTIONS.

hon, member to note that "I may houses we have put up may be con also have the desirable results offsidered rather too large, and in lessening considerably the emplog-some cases I think that is 10: but and children in I consider it not a bad thing to ment of TomeD carrying burdens to the Fiil disferr a little on the side of being too trict" I would ask the hon. mem large. Besides, they are built in a that also. The situation and in such a manner nå THE Undersigned hase received her

of alignment

the road to ensure the bealth of public of instructions to sell by Public new

will make it possible con.icers, and that possibly will make Auction on

branch roads connecting it unnecessary for ocers to take Monday. Tuesday and Wednes-stract

other portions of the Hill district lease as frequently as they have day the 14th, 15th and tóth, November 19at.

with the lower levels." It was far owing to reasons of bealth As re

(the oldest curio store ia Hongkong) Company Their Entire Stock of Japanese

Limited of the complete under- taking, business, goodwill, and property of this Company in return for the

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and Chinese Art Goods-Ancient and Modern consisting of

to

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Scers until we have housed the whole service. 1 do not follow the jhon member's argument at all

The Hon. Mr. Pollock: May I have an opportunity answering.

commenting each day at 11am.ther stated that the Public Works gards the Government building the Council, at A quarters not already; rojestol, 1 (with a riffin interval from 12.30 Committee of

October 5, 1920. Jean give no guarantee because there to 2.30 p.m.)

meeting beld on (2) That the conditional Agreement submitted to the at the Alexandra Buildings, Des unanimously recommended the con-fare a good many officers who have struction of this road at an esti no quarters at the present time. Voeux Road, Central, the pre- meeting for the amalgamation

mated cost of $46,950 At a further The policy of building quarters was Company with of this

mises of Messrs. Komor & the

meeting of the Committee, hell en started on the suggestion of the Komor. Hongkong Hotel Company

January 13, 1981, a change in the Secretary of State iar the Colonies, Limited upon the terms (inter)

route was recommended at a revis and we embarked upon a; and with alia) of the acquisition by the Hongkong Hotel

ed estimate of $115.000. Since then the bossing ditheulty arising since the Unofficial members of the Coun-I do not think there la any questi de cil have considered moss carriolyfiles are available, that we shall' the continuation of the road go un builling quarters for pablic Victoria ap and have approved Company of 8,000 Eight Ivoryware, Suverware, Bronzes, that being done. I consider i:! 1007and) shares of the Flong-Lacquerware, Cloisonses. Porce-sential that we should have this!

ior the road, we only kong Hotel Company Limited loins, Woodcarvings. Embolde- of the nominal value of $10

already given in that answHT, TOSI each credited as fully paid up

thr for other reasook There is and the payment of $10,000 by

will question of access to the Peak dur the Hongkong Hotel Company Limited to Messrs. Linstead please note that all the lots willing hours the Peak Tram is

712 which and Davis, the General Man-be on view on Thursday, Friday runing, urgent cases agers of this Company by way and Saturday the 10th 11th, and doctors are required and the tre.

by the hoa of bonus and compensation for 12th, November 1921, after which mendous help it would be in remorgard to buildings in the New Ter- loss of office 4.5 General latter date many of the large ng baggage up and down the Peak ritories referred to Managers of this Company by pieces will be removed until such at a very much lower rate than a member, very simple regulations. reason of the transfer of the time as they are actually put up the present time. I consider, that have been business, property and under for sale. This is to enable the in view of the report on child labour thing we desire to do is to barrass taking of the Company to the auctioneers to reserve the entire recently presented, the removal of the people there; but if a

than tho Hotel Hongkong

Company floor space of the store for the building material to the Peak at a mills a house more Limited and in consideration seating accommodation of intend-very low rate and getting rid of the storeys high we have some duty to of the payment to Edwarding parchasers.

child laboor used for its transports those who live in the house to see John Chapman, the Managing

tion is one of the chief reasons why that it does not fall down Director of this Company of

this road is going to be of great $1,000

Samuel to William

public beazEt Every day shown iti Brown a Director of this Com-

is going to be a far more valuable pany of $1,000 and to Charles

asset to the Colony than it was ever Bernard Brown, the Secretary

ries and Furniture, etc, etc. A unique opportunity for collectors.

purchasers

Intending

Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,

Auctioneers.

instructions to sell by Public

Auction on

Thursday, the 17th Nov., 1921 commencing at 11 am.

at their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street

3 cases Black Cali 4 bales Brown Calf

2 bales Sole Leather

Cheung Chau's Needs.

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His Excellency the Governor:

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& column for the Danger of Kowloon Rifle Range. (1921; and

Colonel Davy: The Hon. Mr. Bird estimated expenditure for 1922. as drawn attention to the danger A very short exercise in the two of using the Koro: Rifle Range primary rules of arithmetic will enable hon. members to discover and has given instances of certain Pipe Across the Harbour.

Hay, per-whether these two SumS One point which Hon. Mr. Bird Haps, be a relief to those concerned last column are greater or referred to related to the water sup-in the neighbourhood to learn than, or equal to, the sums in the

two days ago the General column of revised estimates.

Hon. Mr. Pollock: That is so THE Ladersigned have received thought or suggested it would be sly and the necessity of bringing a that

pipe across the harbour. The time Officer Commanding gave orders The hon. member referred to tiny cume when that may arise. that as far as the regular troops in where the revised estimates are vote of $500 for District Officer hope the hon. member will anz sux-his Command were concerned no given. South and suggested it should test that the use of the rider mainsaring should take place on

member has rightly observed. increased to $1000 for expenditure the Western district is the orange. Of course, if the Colonial It is perfectly true, as the hon. forestalling me, that in page 81 the n the island of Cheung (hauny shortage of water supply. We Folunteer troops continue to

have an abundant water supply, but the range, it will be on their revised estimate is blank through-

of responsibility. Ar regards Mr. Bird's

That can be accounted for in to the vote of the District Oct: so happens that the means

one of two ways. Either the re- Norts in telping to carry into ef getting water to that particular dis suggestion, what it might be pos

listrict when it was wanted were lack-sible to divert the range to climvised estimate is the same as the feet small public works.

The question of hriazing nate this element of danger, the

original estimate, in which case ve of a very special kind and sing dealt out in quite small amounts. Water from the mainland may have problem has not really been consider it is unnecessary, or it is impossi Ia It is of great help to them when to be considered in a few years, as from that point of view, but I know ble to give secuente águres, small work has be carried His Excellency stated in bis speech the locality pretty well and I think that case it will be equally impos 115 dozen Gothic Handles and with their own labour and on the estimates.

am nght in saying that that sugges sible to give a satisfactory figure Roses

The removal of the Dairy Farmotion is impracticable. The fact is that in the additional-column request- As regards not under supervision. Cheunz Chau, I appreciate very is, I think, not a practical possibilia rifle range in King's Park now ised. I think, therefore, much what has been done by the ty. There are many reasons why i tantamount to a rifle range in Re-order not to overload the page it few foreign residents there in the is inadvisable to remove the Dairy gent's Park, London It is quite will be better to leave it matter making of paths and improsing Farm from the island where there out of place. The fact that as it is.

The University. that portion of the island in which is sach a V population, and actual fatalities have occurred is

The next paragraph deals with 50 due to the fact shat until quite re- they live, and if it should appear where it has been carried on

public fand, necessary to use

however, ently the area behind the butts has the question of the University. to satisfactorily. We may. supplement their efforts, that can get considerable areas at Pokfalur heen sparsely inhabited; but the The Hon. Colonial Treasurer has area dealt with the $600,000, but I be considered and a special vote for building without injuring the recent developments in that tak-n-for the amount required work of the Dairy Farm in any way have created a situation which was should like to refer to the matter

3 cases Cotton Thread 160% 100 dozen Caps

50 dozen Felt Hats

ca-es Needles

of this Company of $1,000 by way of bonus and compensa- tion for their loss of office as Managing Director. Director and Secretary respectively by reason of the aforesaid amalga mation be and the same is hereby

and the approved Liquidator be and he is hereby authorised pursuant to Section 185 of the Companies Ordinance 1911 to adopt the said Agree. ment and carry the same into effect with such (if any) modifications either before or after the execution thereof as the said Liquidator may think expedient.

aforesaid 8,000 (3) The shares of the Hongkong Hotel Company Limited shall in pursuance of clause 7 of the aforesaid Agreement be allotted to shareholders on the register of shareholders of the Steam Laundry Company Limited on the Thirtieth day of November 1921. The Transfer Books of the IN THE

would entitle such shareholder Company will be closed from the to a fraction of a share of the 30th day of November 1921, to Hongkong Hotel Company the 6th day of December 1921. Limited only had fractional both days inclusive. certificates been provided for Dated the 15th day of Nov. 1921. then and in that event sucb

By Order of the Board. unallotted shares of the Hong- kong Hotel Company Limited shall be sold by the Liquidator of this Company and the net proceeds gball be divided amongst those members of this Company who would have been entitled to such fractions in due proportions.",

C. BERNARD BROWN,

Secretary,

NOTICE.

1 case Envelopes

70 dozen Lifting Handles

50 dozen Escutcheons

3 dozen Shovels Terms: Cash on delivery

LAMMERT BROS.,

Auctioneers..

THE

MATTER OF HONGKONG MERCANTILE CO., LTD IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF

MEETING.

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The next question the hop, mem-

International Recreation Club. ber referred to was the running of

The question of removing the site the ferries to Shamsuipo and iau of Kowloon cemetery will be el

that in

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again and to express my hearty nut contemplated before.

support of the sentiment that no The Governor's Speech. His Excellency the Governor: farther additional financial assis- mati, and he wanted to know whequired into. The hon. member re- After the full discussion which tance from the revenue of ther the Government was getting presenting the Chamber of Com-has taken place, it may perhaps.be Colony will be required by the

enough from those ferries Sham-

the Alice Memorial and Affiliated but there

are one or two points

the

shall be asked to expend further In pursuance of Section 187(2)of tipo ferry is a very considerable merce referred to the possible in unnecessary for me to deal very University. I confess that I fear the Companies Ordinances 1911.une, but before the period of the crease of the Government grant to fally with any of the questions; that during the next few years we the present time I should be re- 1915, notice is hereby given that present lease expires, which will be Hospitals. That will be considered upon which I should like to make suma for the Cniversity but st a meeting of creditors in the fourteen months hence, the whole It will probably be better if the few remarks. With regard to above matter will be held at question will have to be very care-hospital makes an application up the statement read by the Hon. lactant to recommend a further MRS. ECCLES, who studied Queen's Road Central, Hong-ully considered. When the ferry ported by figures. The question of Mr. Pollock for himself and his large expenditure from the public prepared to give a limited number of December, 1921, at twelve was started quite a short lense was Dated this 15th. day of Nov., 1921. of lessons in singing and Training o'clock noon, at which the Liquiranted in order that the GovernLittle Hongkong is being dealt with tional column headed "Estimated shown more generosity than they for opera or concert in English,dator will lay before the meeting ment might have a free, and when very fully by the Government. Thejexpenditure to complete work," it have so far. The University is for French, German. Particulars and an account of his acts and des- the experiment had shown what promotors of the enterprise have seems to me that the page would the benefit of the commanity as a

By Order of the Board.

C. BERNARD BROWN,

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Secretary.

TO NIGHT } THEATRE ROYAL.

GRAND GUIGNOL

3 SHORT COMEDIES & A THRILL'

in Paris Berlin and Milan, is

terms,-Apply, Peak Hotel.

TO NIGHTI THEATRE ROYAL

GRAND GUIGNOL

3 SHORT COMEDIES & A THRIL.

kong on Monday the Tweith day

year.

an international recreation club at colleagues, re inserting an addi- funds

the

until the community have

ings and of the conduct of the was necessary in the future.

got all the information before them be somewhat overloaded if we as-whole, and is a proper object for ex-generosity on the part of wealthy ceded

wishes to winding-up during the preceding

King's Park Building Sites. end it is now for them to say whe

pressed. I think, cr reflecmen. I acknowledge with grati hon. member willtude some considerable donations The hon. member mentioned the ther they will go on with it or not tion, the M. FERNANDEZ.

opening of King's Park building I think it will be an excellent plan, agree it is not necessary. The from members of the community, Liquidator.

sites. It was proposed to build but it will require considerable ex-page already contains a column but I think the sums that we have Hongkong, 12th Nov., 1921.

about 40 bouses, but the project penditure which I do not think wa for revised estimates, and also a received are not a fair proportion

(Continued on Page &.) Other Advertisements Continued had to be dropped owing to the contemplated when they formulated column for the total estimated ex-of what we have a right to expect.

penditure to the 21st December, on Page 7.)

Larger question of the transfer of the "scheme.-

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