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central district.' Hing, 10, Queen's Road,

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OLET One good-sized

To

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

UNION INSURANOR SOCIETY

OF CANTON LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the FIFTIETA ORDIN- ARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be held at its Head Office, UNION BUILD- ING, Hoogkong on FRIDAY,

25th, May, 19:3, at NOON for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the

Statements of Account to Slat December, 1923, and of declaring Dividends, etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of

the Society will be CLOSED from 11th May to 25th May both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

PAUL LAUDER, Acting General Manager. Hongkong, 5th. May, 1923.

Godown in Duddell Street.THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE Apply to Linstead. & Davis,

Alexandra Bigs.

COMPANY LIMITED

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

OFFICE Room $60.00.

NEW TIES

LATEST DESIGNS

NON-CREASEABLE

NECK-TIES

RUBBER LINED AT

SINCERE'S

WE

NOTICЕ.

E beg to announce the public that we have to-day established a bair dressing saloon

FRIDAY, MAY 4 1923.

HUGHES & HOUGH AIRSHIPS TO MAP THE

"GENERAL AUCTIONEERS

AND

BROKERS.

Instructions to

berned),

The Undersigned have received sell by Public Auction. (For Account of the Con

01 SATURDAY, the 5th May, 1923, at 10.30 am, at their Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Your Road, Corner of Ice House Street,

Household Furniture (removed to Sale Room for con- venience of sale). Comprising:

Also

Settee, &c. &c.

SATURDAY,

Casts.

L

and

WORLD.

Aviation of Fature Wil

Be Exploration Medium.

**FAMILY WAGES.”

Growing System in Europe. Some countries are developing the "family wage system,” under

CORRESPONDENCE.

(To the Editor of the “* Hongkong Taingrepd.**)

A Kowloon Danger.

Sir, I am sending you here

New York: The 180-foot which the worker's insome varies dirigible ZR-1, which is to carry according to his family respon-with copy of a letter I have American naval officers and sibilities writes an Observer cor-addressed to the Director of are over the North and South respondent Francs has so far, Public Works, the subject of Poles, according to Rear &dmiral proceeded furthest in this direc which I am sure will be of Willam A. Moffatt, Obief of the tion. No doubt the paramount

Enclosing my card.

Bureau of Aeronautics, is more reason for the support which this interest and a warning to your than three fourths built and will policy has recaived from em readers. be ready for service on July 1, ployers is the desire to en- It was learned recently at Lake- courage larger families in order hurst, N. 8. where the giant flyer to avert the threatened scarcity is under construction.

of native French labour in the

MORDA

Yours etc.

VICTIM.

Hongkong, May 4th, 1923. (Bnclosure.

Sir.-In many parts of Kow loon in the gutter ways there are

to

of

sa

be for each of my right leg went down the hole

employers

and became badly injured, and I

Thers

were 107 such

The engines are now being future. The arguments which tested by the Packard Company have hitherto been put forward in Detroit. Its 2,000,000 cubic in favour of "payment according Sideboard, Dining Table Chairs, Ice Chest, Teak Cabinets, eighteen gas bags.

feet of helium will be carried in to need bare been of a different drain traps with circular iram Single Bedsteads,

character. In France the "familyovers loosely placed over them. Chesterfield

The dirigible trip over the wage system is now advocated Thess coverseasily become shifted Sofa and Armchairs, Desks, Dress-North and South Fales is perfect-

of increasing the or displaced, either by accident ing Table, etc. etc

ly feasible and is bound to be population. The movement is a

or maliciously. Yesterday aven- made in the near future, accord. voluntary one, and the policy has 19. I was stepping from the Blackwood Cabinets, Stands and to Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the ex-been put into operation by certain on the road when I stepped on a pavement by No. 1. Almat Villam plorer and author of The Friendly employers and roupe of drain trap which tilted and I fell Aratic" and books on the far ployers. The general method [North,

appears It was the certainty that such group the 5th May, 1923, at noon, at their trips were soon to be made and contribute to Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vœux were to continue that caused Mr. fund an amount calculated on of other accidents in this connec- a compensation seriously hurt my right hand and arm in the fall I have known Road, Corner of Ice House Street, Stefansson to retire from his life his wages bill, the proceeds be

4496 lbs. of Salt Fork in 100 lbs. work of exploring and pioneering ing used to pay family allow tion.

Whilst on this subject, I might in the Arctic. The remaining |ADGES. Goods may be inspected on 3rd work of writings in the detail on funds at the end of last year, cover of drain and manhole it mention that I have seen an iron that the FIFTY-FOURTH No. 13 Ice House Street, undeling Stores at Kowloon. Plenty of light. Above Hughes ORDINARY YEARLY MEET. the arm of

world will be accomplished by with 300,000 children under four-

moved. I replaced it. photography from disrigibles and teen years of age, and the annual the explorer's occupation gone disbursement of family allow according to Mr. Stefansson.ances was about 90,000 000 francs.anhole covers appear to be simp- Scientists will continue to make If the public administrations od resting on a small rim of iron intensive surveys of little-known the private enterprises that pay in the iron fitting on which they localities. But discoveries in the family allowances, but do not be are placed.

This circumstance, I venture to few remaining unexplored regions long to a compensation fund, are are all to be accomplished in- included, the total annual dis-suggest constitutes & public dan cidentally as a byproduct of air-bureement in family allowances without delay.

ger, which should be remedied travel, according to Mr. Stefans. for the whole country is said to be some 300,000,000 francs in respect WRANGEL ISLAND A KEY POINT. of 24 million workers. It will be The explorer, who is a Canadian | seen, therefore, that the plan is and who two sears ago sent " now being carried out an'a con. party to Wrangel Island in the siderabla scala. Arctic north of Siberis to occupy "THE PRACTICE IN GERMANY. DA ROCHA'S MART it as a British air base, discussed Ia Germany the system of pay-

9A, D'Agullar 37. Phone 2932

Conveniently located, I NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN and a high Class barber shop, in and 4th May, 1923, at HM. Victual- the blank space on the map of the covering nearly a million workstu. the road by Aimai Villas quite re-

SALOON.

& Hough. 8 Des Veez Road.ING of the Company will be COLONIAL HAIR Apply any time I.T.D. 2nd floor. held at ita Head Office, UNION FUILDING. Hongkong on FRI- DAY, 25th. May, 1923, at 12.20 p.m. for the purpose of receiving

TO LET-One European Eat In "Lee Building" Wanchai Gap Road. Apply to No. 32 Kennedy Road.

the Report of the Directors and | the Statements of Account to 31sti December 1922, ond of declaring Dividends, etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will CLOSED from 11th Map to 25th May, both days

TO LET.-Seven-roomed de-inclusive,

tached house with tennis lawn and garage for two Cars: Apply to Peres Smith. Seth & Fleming

TO LET-For 3 months or

one year one five roomed house en the Peak. nicely furnished-moderate rent from 15th May Apply Box No 935 co

Hongkong Telegraph." --

T

O LET.-A. Seven roomed furnished semi detatched house, cactral situation near Kennedy Road, Tram Station for year or longer to be ar- ranged. Immediate possession apply Box 935 c/o Hongkong Telegraph."

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LOST,

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.

By Order of the Board, PAUL LAUDER, Acting General Manager.

Hongkong, 4th. May, 1923.

DRESSING

SUZUKI AND COMPANY,

NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the business heretofore carried on by Suzuki & Co. has been taken over by SUZUKI & CO. LTD., & Company establisb. ed and registered in the Empire of Japan, with a capital of Yen 80.000,000 (Yen 50,000,000 paid up).

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that Suzuki & Co., Ltd., INSUR-Will manage and continue all the business entered into by Suzuki & Co., and will be responsible for the due payment of all liabilities

BRITISH TRADERS'

ANOE COMPANY LIMITED

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEET ING of the Company will be bold

at is Head

BUILDING, Hongkong on FRI. Office, UNION

DAY, 25th May, 1923, at 12.15 p.m. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statements of Account to 31st! December, 1922. and of declaring Dividends, etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 11th May to 25th May,

LOST.Bull dog, white patch both days inclusive.

on neck, Finder rewarded. Communicate with A. L. Alves, 41, Granville Road, Kowloon, Tel. K. 210, Central, 645.

NOTICE.

AS from to-day's date and

during the absence of Mr. Frederick Charles Hall, we bave

By Order of the Board, PAUL LAUDER, Acting General Manager

Hongkong, 4tb. May, 1923.T

THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.

S M

authorised Mr. Henry William DURING my absence trom the Colony MR. EDWARD

Noon to siga Insurance Policies COCK will act as Chief Manager aa Manager of our Insurance of the Company. Department.

JARDINE, MATHESON

& CO. LTD.

Hongkong, 1st. May, 1923

BAT CUAND

King of Fertiliser

By applying Guano, you will have an early and rich crop. And will beautify your garden.

EASTERN ARCRICULTURAL

FERTILISER CO.

95, Jervois St. 3rd. floor,

Hongkong.

LANE, CRAWFORD, LID.

I

By Order of the Board.

R. M. DYER, Chief Maunger. Hongkong, 4th. May, 1923.

OFFICIAL NOTICE.

PROPOSAL TO CHANGE SHIP'S NAME.

Archibald Orr Lang, "of

Messrs. Gibb, Livingston & Co., Ltd., Hongkong, hereby give notice that, in consequence of change of ownership, I have applied to the Board of Trade, under Section 47 of the Mar-1 chants Shipping Act, 1894, in respect of the steam launch "Union" of Hongkong. Official No. 142232, of gross tonnage 35,20 tons, registered, tonnage 23.94)

of that firm.

SUZUKI & CO., LTD. By their Attorney, ICHIRO KAWAGUCHI. SUZUKI & COMPANY, LTD. By their Attorney, ICHIRO KAWAGUCHI.

THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE Forty-second Ordinary

General Meeting of Share- holders will be held at the Offices

of the undersigned on Thursday. the 10th May 1923, at. Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents. together with a statement of Accounts for the year ended the 31st December 1922.

The Share Register and Transfer Books will be closed from the 26th instant to the 10th. April 1923, both days inclusive.

JARDINE MATHESON &

CO., LTD.

General Agents. Hongkong, 19th. April, 1923,

ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY SREGEANTS MESS GAMES OLUB.

VICTORIA BARRACKS."

Usual Mess. WHIST DRIVE

will take place in the Sergeants Mess, Victoria Barracks, (Seven & Sixpenny Hill ).

OD FRIDAY 41b. May 1923. commencing at 8:30 p.m.

Terms: Canb on delivery.

HUGHES & HOUGH.

DO NOT KISS —— ROOHA'S POPULAR

AUCTION SALES

Every Tuesday Thursday

* Saturday At 1.30 p.m.

THE HONGKONG JOCKEY

CLUB.

вод.

These drain trap covers and

A STRAY FRAGMENT.

The Curious Island of Ada-Kaleh. Bucarest: A Constantinople

ite strategic value. With furthering extra allowances in respect telegram announces that in the development of dying. Mr. Ste of family responsibilities is now counter-propositions to the Laus- fansson asserted that Wrangel very widespread. The family 08 Treaty, the Angora Govern- would become the key point of wage principle has been applied ment has put in a claim to the air strategy in the Arctic. On to some extent at least in practic-island of Ads Kaleh. This news the question of transpolar air ally every trade, whilst there brings into prominence one of the commerce, Mr. Stefansson said are A number of important strangent examples of race sar- "In crossing the Atlantic the industries la which it vival in Europe, and marks

is THE Second Gymkhana Meer- dirigible or any flying craft bas to universally recognised, including dependence of an isolated tribe of another threat to the virtual in ing will be bald weather compete with ocean liners, but in the

mechanical permitting) at Happy Valley on crossing the polar area there is no engineering, and textile

Mohammedens, surrounded by in- Saturday, 5th May commencing competition with any other form dustries. In Belgium, Holland, wo Western peoples. 3.15, p m

of transport except for the possible Austria, and Czecho-Slovakia the

Ada-Kaleh is a minute island, The charge for admission to development of the submarine system is, in varying degrees, in situated in the Danube opposite the Public Enclosure will be $1.-which has been suggested by operation.

Orsova, in Roumania, with Serbia Soldiers and Sailors in uniform various writers, including Simon Broadly speaking, the pressure on the other bank. The inhabit- half price.

Lake and myself.

of the social and ecocomic pro-anta are of purely Turkish descent, 1 Members are advise that they If you look on a globe you will blems created by the rise in the and, throughout a very turbulent must show their Badges to obtain see that the shortest route between cost of living has been responsible history, have preserved their admission to the Members Great Britain and Japan is across for the growth of the movement

racial characteristios intact. They. Enclosure.

the North Polar area. The dif-in favour of the family wages

have practically no intercourse Each member bas the right ference in distance between that system. Whether it will continue with the mainland, and grow their ef intro ucing 2 700-members to route and the shortest railway permanently remains to be seen. own crops and raise their own to members enclosure, tickets for and steamer route by the Trans In the long run, of course, it will not poultry, so that during the war. whom can be obtained from Siberian railway is about 3,000 increase the waves of the workers when they were blockaded by Messrs. Linstead & Davis at miles.

as a whole. It will, however, auccessive invasions, they were "Then, in the Summers, there result in a different distribution of able to support themselves. are other advantages. Perhaps wages amongst the workers, In though with considerable diff- the most important is continual other words, workers without de salty. In spite of attempts daylight. If you leave. England pendents will get less in order by Russian, Serbian, and Austro- in the early morning, going that workers with dependants Hungarian armies to subdue them, north, you will reach the region may get more. It is clear that they have always preserved their of the midnight sun before your employers will rasiat any attempt the island

independence. In the past first sunset. You will not leave to use the acheme in such a w stronghold by the Turks for the WILE Osed 43 + the continual daylight until you as to increase labour costa for # approach Japan, so that even given amount of production. The defence of the Danube, mad relice- A Charge Many Years Old. at the

30 speed.

greater broad effect of the scheme will of ancient fortresses are still than that of the R-34 there will therefore be to re-distribute wages.

visibla there.. In England bunting for crimin-be only one night's darkness in The working of the family wage and to cross the few metres of The houses are purely Turkish, Recently the whole journey, and by careful system will be watched with inter- a woman appeared at the Central manoeuvring you would probably est in this country, but until all water that separate the island Criminal Court is London" og avoid even that.

from the mainland is to pass from charge of bigamy, to which she,

its implications have been ex- amined, it is hardly likely to be the Weat to the Orient; the pleaded guilty. She was mar-

are filled with coffee ried in 1885 to a

generally embraced. There is bazzare wan who "This will have a practical something to be said for the ones,

where the proved to be drunkard and advantage in any kind of traffi? principle in

Ents wife-beater,

sit in the shade certain deserted including tourist. The secon stances;

circom-

and but it is doubtful gossip, smoking cigarettes of their ber and left her destitute. Ten point is that the jumps are all whether capitalist industry pre-own manufacture. The women years later she married another short, the longest being less than vides those circumstances. On are all strictly veiled, and, with man with whom she had lived 400 miles between possible supply the other hand, there is a good the exception of a small military bappily ever since. Through some stations. Incidentally, an im- deal to be said against it from detachment, there are no Christ- means the police became aware portant advantage of continuous the Labour point of view.

$5 each up to Friday. 4th May

1923

of Hongkong to be present.

The Stewards invite the ladies

REMARKABLE BIGAMY

CASE.

als is not encouraged.

who

ENGINE TESTS A SUCCESS,

of the fact that there were doubts daylight is the prevention of loss

as to her first husband deing dead of gaa

and the woman was arrested, "Years from now, when Siberia

1

inhabit-

ians in Ads-Kaleh. The people lead a life of peaceful Orientalism, selling cigarettes, roses and Turk ish delight to the few summer

when she admitted having seen and Canada are colonized to which also will be treated in the visitors who disturb them. The her first husband two years before great extent, the air communica same manner as the gas bag to export of their cigarettes is the abe had married her second.”*** tion will be much more important. resist the weather. Work was one and only breach of the tobacco As the term between her having The development will be of im- started on the dirigible April 6 monopoly allowed throughout the seen her first husband and her mediate importance to Alaska, last. When completed the ZR-1 kingdom by the Roumanian aut marriage to her second was not Canada and Northern Europe and will be piloted on preliminary borities, and boats returning from sufficiënt to warrant the legal Japan,

tasts by Commander F. the island laden with suspicions

presumption that the first was Commander R. Weyerbacher, McCrary, who will in all parcels are rarely examined by dead, she was committed for trial, who is in charge of the construc-probability also pilot the airship the Orsova Customs officers. with the result that the judge tion of the dirigible at Lakehurst, on the proposed Polar expeditions.

During the way the inhabitants

tons. hitherto owned by the ROYAL & CO. the woman had not admitted factory.

Union Insurance Society of Can- tod. Ltd.. for permission to NOTICE is hereby given that change her name to "Yan Kee" the First Annual Ordinary and to have her registered in the General Meeting of Shareholders new name. at the port of Houg will be held at the Hongkong Kong, as owned by Archibald Orr Hotel on Saturday, 5th May at Lang Any objection" to the proposed change of name must. The Transfer Books of the be sent to the Registrar of Ship Company will be closed from 25th ping at Hongkong within 7 days April 1923 to 5th May 1923 both from the appearance of this ad- days inclusive.

vertisement.

доов.

By Order of the Board of Directors

S. J. JORDAIN,

Secretary,

Dated at Hongkong This 4th. day of May, 192. (9gd) ARCHIBALD ORR

LANG.

Austro-

passed a formal sentence of one said yesterday that part of the The banger in which the ran the risk of extermination day's imprisonment, which meant gasoline system had already been dirigible is being built was when the country and Ozrave that she would be released im-installed and that tests of the en-constructed especially for this was

overrun by the mediately. It appears that if gines so far had been highly satis-purpose. A German dirigible, of Hungarian troops, but they put approximately the same size as up a gallant defence against the that she had ssen her first Each of the six engines will the ZR-1, is expected to arrive invaders, and were finally left in husband a year or two before bave six cylinders. The gasoline here from Germany, as part of an isolation that almost brought she married the second the law supply tanks will be detachable, the reparations payment, on July them to disaster, as they were could not have touched her. As and additional tanks may be 1, and both airships will be housed unable

to dispone of their It was the judge thought it was a placed on the dirigible for long in this one bist hanger.

products. Under the case which should never have trips.

Officials at the Naval Air Roumanianregime they have been been brought, as it was a hunting A special composition will be Station said they Were not given a good deal of independ for criminals.

| applied to the gas, bag, structure, surprised by Rear Admiral ence, and their peculiar rights The police attempted to defend engine and gas tanks to offset air Moffett's statement that she and customs have been respected. themselves by stating that the frictional resistance.

navy would attempt a conquest The Turkish claim to sovereignty Woman was arrested because she The gas will be made of gold- of the Poles by air. They said over these islanders is a matter BOOT & SHOE MAKERS had admitted that she had seen her beaters skin made from the in-such an intimation had already of pure blaff, and based on no

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husband in 1908 and that she mar-testines of cattle, and will be been made by Naval official in political principles except a vague ried her second in 1910, but the especially treated to resist weather Washington, and expressed the dream that all Mohammedans in judge only drily remarked that he conditions. The structure of the belief that the ZR-1 would be Europe should eventually conter. thought they were living in 1923.airship will be duraluminum, fully capable of such expeditions. under Turkish rule.