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NOTICE TO MEMBERS.

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WANTED. Immediately, competent Lady Typist with good knowledge of Stenography for 2/3 Months. Please apply to Box No. 709 c/o "Hongkong Telegraph."

TO BE LET.

To Let.-One new biz OFFICE ROOM in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation new premises. Apply SANG KEE c/o Compradore Depart- ruent, Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

SANG KEE Hongkong, 29th. April, 1923.

TO LET.Furnished Flat in good locality, lower level. apply Box No. 703 co Hong- kong Telegraph.”

TO LET.-Offices top floor Prince's Buildings. Apply Harry Wicking & Co.

FOR SALE.

ABSOLUTELY NEW

(1) Two 0 BHP. Single Cylin- der Bolinder Oil Engines. Revs. 225 per minute.

two cylinder

Bolinder Oil Engines direct

Constables.

Such returns should be made as soon as possible.

C. G. PERDUE, 2nd Assistant Superintendent

of Police.

Police Headquarters Hongkong. 8th. May, 19??.

FOR SALE.

STEAM LAUNCH.

Dimensions: Length Overall 63ft, Beam 10 ft, Depth 5 ft. inches. Hull of Hardwood underwater with Teak top sides. and deck. Frames of Ipol

THE HONGKONG® TELEGRAPH.

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ty

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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1922.

THE CANTON INSURANCE

OFFICE LIMITED..

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

MILLIONS OUT IN NAVY FINANCE

"Proper Budget Control Not Possible."

The Forty-first Ordinary Ganer- al Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the Criticism is directed against undersigned on Friday, the 19th, the financial methods of the Ad- May, 1922, at Noon, for the miralty in a White Paper dealing purpose of receiving the Report with the Navy Appropriation [of the General Agents, together Account for 1920-21.

with a statement of Accounts for In aarding the account to tha the year ended the 3181, Decem. Treasury for consideration on ber, 1921.

December 23 last, the Secretary

The Share Register and Trans to the Admiralty disclosed a net for Books will be closed from the deficiency of £1,632,990 8s. Ed., 5th to the 19th. May 1922, bothļarrived at as follows —— days inclusive.

At this Meeting a Resolution will be proposed dealing with the| remuneration to the Consulting Committee.

JARDIN, MATHESON

& CO., LTD. Hongkong, 291b. April, 1922.

Excess of actual

grons

ovar

estimated gross Expenditure.£7,510,527 19 9 Excess of notual over estimated receipts in aid... 5,877,537 11 3)

Deficit ...£1,632,990 8 61 “My lords much regret this un- fortunate result, which repenta the experience of the previous! year's accounts," the letter added. After pointing out the abnormal; conditions produced by the war and the sudden declaration of the Harston's Armistice the Admiralty consider

thar-

NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

We have this day, removed our NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN office to No. 1, Des Voeux Road that the Forty-ninth Ordinary Looker, Deacon

Central, above Messrs. Deacon, Yearly Meeting of the Society ofice. will be held at its Head Office, ARRATOON V. APCAR & Co. Nos. 3 & 4, Queen's Buildings.

Hongkong, 1st May, 1992. Hongkong, on Friday, 13th May,. 1922, at noon. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Boiler 4 ft. 9 inches dia, 6 ft. Accounts to 31st. December, 1921, 6 inches long. Speed 9 knots.and of declaring Dividends, etc. For further particulars apply to P.O. Box No. 474, Hongkong.

TH

Engines of

o'

PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction on Saturday, the 13th. May, 1922, commencing at 11 am.

at No. 400 Canton Road,

Mongkoktsui ...

One Steam Engine

(from ss. Hongkong)

-1400

H. P..

Cylinders

Stroke

-28, 33, 34 -40′′

Also

The TRANSFER BOOK of the Society will be CLOSED from April agth. to May sath.. both daya inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

General Manager. Hongkong, 21st. April, 1922.

47′′ UNIONS DESERT THE ENGINEERS.

Sensational Development in

The results are not, on the whole, unsatisfactory, when allowance is made for the fact that naval post-war policy as a whole is necessar ly still in a transitional stage.

EXPLANATION NT GOOD

ENOUGH.

even

AS

the Great Lock.out.

To this the Treasury replied, re- A dramatic change in the on-calling the fact that, for the second gineering crisis took place on the year running, Naval expenditure 4th ult.

bad been under-estimated by very After conversations with the substantial

**and that Prime Minister, and prolonged in this case. conferences amongst themselves, late as May 1921-two months the 47 unions comprised in the after the close of the financial; Shipbuilding. Foundry Workers, year-the Lords Commissioners and General Workers' Federa- of the Admiralty clearly remained tions broke away from the es.under the impression that,so far: geers, and decided to reopen from an excess. there was negotiations with the employers saving of over £1,200,000 on the on the agreed basis.

Admiralty Votes, 1920-21. Another day of conferences "My Lords (of the Treasury)." NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. preceded the secession. Mr. Lloyd the reply continues, "cannot NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN | George's intervention resulted in accept the general explanation

bas that the Fifty-third · Ordinary conversations between him and of excesses which

been Yearly Meeting of the Company representatives of both sides at furnished to them as an excuse

be

beld

Head 10, Downing-street. The Premier for this very unsatisfactory result. Ofice, Queen's Buildings, Hong- also, saw Sir Allan Smith, the kong, on Friday, 12th May, employers'chairman.

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

3 Shafts (no tail) and I gearing will

shaft

6 Lengths Anchor chain 1 Donker Pump 6 Davits

etc.. etc. Inspection orders on application.

TermsCash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

etc.

Auctioneers.

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVI- GATION COMPANY LIMITED.

(2) Two 30 BHP.

to

25 KW115

The Forty-first Ordinary Geber- Meeting of the Company will be

connected

Volt direct curteat (com- held at the offices of the General wound) dynamos Managers, Megara. Jardine,

Found

at

its

By Order of the Board.

C. MONTAGUE EDE

General Manager. Hongkong, 21st April 1922.

HONGKONG HOTEL STORES

COMPRADORE DEPARTMENT Te'ephone 489

OPEN DAILY

(SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS INCLUDED)

From 7.30 am, to 10 p.m.

BUTTER

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CHEESE

CANADIAN FANCY CREAM CANADIAN TWIN McLARENS (large size)

$1.00 per lb.

.35 1.00

2.00 per jar

BACON

"SHAMROCK" BRAND .. PINEAPPLE BRAND

1.00 per lb.

1.00

FISH

SALMON

BLOATERS

KIPPERED HERRINGS HADDOCK

HONEY IN COMB CYRSTALIZED FRUIT CANADIAN POTATOES AUSTRALIAN ORANGES GRAPE FRUIT

ANOTHER

.65

.50

50

.50

2287

.90 per box 1.50

Us per Ibe

.16 .35

each

NEGLIGE DANCE

AT

KOWLOON THEATRE

TO-NIGHT

NEGLIGE

means

"It is obvious that prope: Parliamentary and Budget cop- 1922, at 12.30 p.m., for the purpose: It is understood that the trol cannot be exercised when: of receiving the Report of the Premier placed certain proposals Departments have so little Directors and the Statement of before the four groups, and that: knowledge of receipts and ex- Accounts to 31st. December, 1921. while three of them were willing penditure as is revealed in this and of declaring Dividends. etc. to accept, the fourth, comprising

Case." The TRANSFER BOOKS of the engineers, declined to do so, Among irrecoverable balances Soon after representatives of and abandoned claims, is the the Company will be CLOSED from April 20th. to May 13th.the 47 unions returned from their waiver of recovery of overpaymen: both days inclusive.

final visit to Downing-street, Mr. of war gratuity to a Vice-Admiral Brownlie. the

a genuine misunder engineers Owing to president, left the conference. standing, it is stated, the gratuity Before leaving the building he was assessed on the basis of a made the following statement: rank higher than that held by him The negotiating committee on full pay during the period of have had several interviews bis active War service. with the Prime Minister to-day, received £170 in excess of the sum in which the position of the he was entitled to. representative groups was ex- "FONEST MISUNDERSTANDING." plained to bim.

Again, during the period from The Prime Minister after-December 1, 1919, to January 3, wards interviewed the em. 1920. officers of the Baltic mise- ployers, and explained to them sweeping flotilla received an the point of view of the unions.

Thereupon the unions' con- This amount has been abandoned erroneous payment of £3,516 15. ference considered the inernos "the error was due to an honest andum of April 1, signed by Sir misunderstanding by the officer The New Spirit in Commerce. Allan Smith and Mr. Arthur authorising the payments, which Henderson in their respective were received in good faith." conferences, with the result

complete with back of board Matheson and Co., Ltd., Fedder BRITISH TRADERS INSUR Seld rheostat for each ma-Street, Hongkong on Tuesday;|

chine.

(3) Two oil fuel tanks capacity

of each 20 tons.

Apply to Bolinders, c/o this Paper.

23rd. May. 1922, at noon, for the.

ANCE COMPANY, LTD.

purpose of receiving the Report NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. of the Directors, passing the] accounts, and electing Directors And Auditors

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN The Transier Book of the Yearly Meeting of the Company that the Fifty-sixth Ordinary Company will be closed from the will be held at its Head Office, 16th May to 6th June, both days Nos. 3 & 4. Queen's Buildings,

FOR SALE.-Une practically new Semi-Diesel motor 175 H.P.inclusive.

2 cylinders 275 P.P.M., together with complete set of spare parts- In perfect running order. Can be seen on application to The Far. East Oxygen & Acetylene Co. Ltd.

FOR SALE.-Bentley's com- plete phrase code, pocket edition, price $15.00. Pull size, price $20.00 per copy. Apply to S. & Co., British Post Office, Box No. 332 Shanghai.

FOR SALE. ~~ One building situated on LL. 1891, Kennedy Town. Can be used as Factory or Godown. For particulars apply to THE FAR EAST OXYGEN & ACETYLENE Co., Ltd.

NOTICE.

Lane, Crawford, Ltd. "

Just Received, er "Gleniffer "

from London, COLD STORAGE Haddocks, Kippers, Bloaters, Gorgonzols, Roquefort, Dutch,

Gruyere aud Camembert cheese

English Bacon and Hams.

FOR HAIPHONG AND HOIHOW.

Sails for Hangkong and Haiphong every

alternata Tresday,

The favourite passenger nat US

HAI-WUN.

(Capt. Charles E. Page),

Bed May, 16th May, 30th May, (at Nom.] Apply Fios. Cook and Sona se P's Ring Tai, DA, Wing Lab Strank,

By order of the Board. JARDINE, MATHESON & C). LTD.,

General Managers. Hongkong. 28th. April, 1922.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

S.S. SEIYO MARU“ From SOUTH AMERICAN PORTS via SAN FRANCISCO. HONOLULU, and JAPAN PORTS.

Hongkong, on Friday. rath May. 1932, at 12.30 p.m, for the purpose 01 receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts to 31st December, 1921. and of declaring Dividends, etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CL SED from April, 29th to May 12th. both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board.

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

General Manager- Hongkong, 21st April, 1922.

THE COWIE HARBOUR COAL COMPANY LIMITED.

SILIMPOPON COAL

He

NEGLIGE

(TENNIS DRESS or anything else that

is equally comfortable this hot weather.)

BUSINESS MORALITY.

that the spirit of service wal being revived in modern com merce. Transport, science and invention had brought a nex Mr. P. A. Best (senior manager influence into modern

com

In the stocktaking at armato Messrs. Selfridge and Co.)merce, and with the change in that the Engineering and Shipment depote, surpluses and de- gave a lecture to teachers at the the heart of industry, the in building Trades Federation, the ficiencies discovered totalled Regent-street Polytechnic, Lon-finance of old days was being National Union of Foundry £1.244,512 and £1,056,284. "These don, on "The Romance of Com- rapidly revived. The organisa Worker, and the

National discrepancies were due to various merce, which he began by tion of modern commerce, he said. Federation of General Workers canser. principally 017019 tracing the party which the was as sound as it could bel agreed to go into conference accounting and of nomenclature. Phoenicians and the Greeks bad

So that, in spite of Industrial with the employers on the basis There is no reason to suppose played in the development of Revolution," said the lecturer set out in the memorandum of that any of the deficiencies were trade. He regretted that the modern commerce is on a shond April 1

due to misappropriation."

historians of Greece had not foundation." Applied paychology The .... however, ad- hered to their previous decision, the discrepancies

The Treasury comment is that done justice to its commerce, was a real thing, he urged, and are largely which must have helped so not something merely for the namely, that as the principles due to errors of bookkeeping and materially in the creation of class-roqm. embodied in the Memorat-accounting, and have no actual ita world-wide culture.

It was something Plato that must be rackoned with in dum of April 1 were the existence in fact."

paid & tribute to it in bis Ideal business management, and the same as those contained in Loss of torpedoes and gyro-Republic, as he admitted it must sooner it was realised what the Paragraph 3 of the Memor scopes from 13 abips through be founded on the merchants; he mind of man was the sooner we andum of November 17-18, 1921, BITO18 of judgment which had been rejected on a moant to ££7,787.

only spoke, too, of the shepherd "que should be able to prevent the

ahepherd "- ballot vote of their membership.

great upheavals, we had been care of his sheep for his love of suffering in the business world. they were able to resume

the sheep. "I should like" said negotiations on such basis.

At the conclusion of the lec- be lecturer, to feel that our ture, when questions were in- business men are 'qua business vited, a teacher asked if Mr. Best men," for their love of public considered that pupil could service."

safely be encouraged to enter After paying tribute to the commercial life without having Venetian merchants and the old to lower his standard of morality. Mr. Ma Ting-liang, who has English guilds, Mr. Beet said Mr. Best replied that he could; THE SHANGHAI MIXED COURT. been acting as Chinese Charge that to-day commerce was commercial life was honest.

The representative of the A.E.U. have now left the con-- farence,

In regard to the dispate with

CHINESE STUDENTS IN JAPAN.

Clamouring for Their Allowance.

Uzm

who took

U. M. 8. AUXILIARY MEDICAL MISSION.

The above-named steamer bay. ing arrived on Tuesday, the 9th May, 1922, consignees of cargo: are hereby notified to present] their Bills of Lading for counter- signature, and take immediate

The undersigned are prepared delivery from alongside steamer to quote prices for best quality OT the Company's Godowo, freshly mined SILIMPOPON where all cargo impeding immedi- COAL, trimmed into Bakers at the A.E.U, & court of inquiry is ate discharge will be landed at SEBATTIK ΟΙ SANDAKAN consignees' risk.

(British North Borneo) or to

proceeding Storage will be assessed on contract for regular Bunker Sup- all landed

cargo remaining plies for 6 or 12 months st favour- undelivered after Tuesday, 16tb. ble rates:

The Sinuanpas declares that d'Affaire since the departure of generally judged from the Dr. W. W. Yen has proposed to the Mr. Hu Web-teh from Tokyo, is anlovely period of the Industrial May, 1922.

Steamers calling at SEBATTIK Diplomatic Corps that the Shang- having a bad time with the Revolution, and not from the All broken, chafed "and damag-

In order to increase the effici- ed packages will be landed into or BANDAKAN exclusively for hai Mixed Court be returned to Chinese students of that city, periods to which he had referred.

the Chinese Government for ad-according to reports reaching When machinery was introduced, eacy and the influence of the the Company's Godown, where Bunkers are exempt from pay-ministration, but, it adde. Sir Peking. The payments to these the owners seemed to have only medical side of the operations of same will be examined on Tues- ment of ordinary Port Cha 398. Beilby Alston, H. M. Minister, has students are so far behind that one ides in life to get rich the Chios Inland Mission in day, 16th. May, 1922, at 11 B.Tİ.

No claims will be recognised alongside the Company's Wharf declined to discuss this question many of the men are actually in quickly; and the lecturer drew a Chins, a Medical Mission Auxi after the goods have loft the at Sebattik is 28 feet at low water at the present time. This probably dizo want. For some days they sad picture of the time which liary has been set up. Its com

beep surrounding Spring Tides. Charts of Cowie Deans no more than that the have

the was, he said, a blot on the com- mitise is to consist of: Dr. E. AL steamer or godown, and non. will be entertained if presented Bay (Bebattik Harbour) and any British Minister in Feking is a Chinese Legation in large num-mercial history of our land. But Heathy, Colonel Winn, Mr. B. E later than three weeks after required information concerning favourite whipping-post at the bera, preventing the ingrees or the light of service bad again Morris, Mr. P. X. Allen, Mr. L.B. the port can be had on applica present time, because of the Sali egress of anyone, including those begun to make itself seen in Martio, Dr. T. Wilson-Smith, Dr. Gabelle Inspectorate affair. But who would bring food, and keeping commercial activity, and he was H. M. Churchill, Dr. G. Orissa BRADLEY & CO. LTD.

the present uncertain state of up such a racket at night that the glad to be able to tell them, as one Taylor, and Dr. R. M. Beston. Agents,

government in Peking is hardly Charge cannot sleep. Mr. Ma who had visited the chief cities They will advise concerning ki conducive to discussing the appeals earnestly to the Govern- of the world, that to-day we had matters relating to the service of The COWIE HARBOUR COAL Mixed Court's status Northment to let him have some just as splendid captains of in- missionary doctors and mutan

CO. LTD.

China Daily News.

[dustry as in former times, and I and to the equipment of hospital

The minimum draft of water

arrival of steamer.

No fire insurance whatever will tion to

be effected.

Y. TSUTSUMI,

Manager,

Hongkong, Way, 9th. 1922,

money.