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HOTELS.

THE

HONGKONG

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL Tolographic Address: "KREMLIN, HONGKONG."

AND

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE HOTEL; PALACE HOTEL;

MAJESTIC HOTEL.

Tolographic Address: "CENTRAL, SHANGHAL'

"

HOTELS.

.LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel

Dos Wagons Lits, Poking.

KING EDWARD HOTEL.

CENTRAL LOCATION

ELECTRIC LIFTS AND LIGHTING, TELEPHONE ON EACH FLOOR.

HOTEL LAUNCH MEETS ALL STEAMERE

Tolographie Address

Talophone Contral 373,"

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1926.

THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH,

BRITAIN'S MIGHT

ON

THE

SEAS.

A striking impression of the majesty of the battleships of the Atlantic Fleet which figured in the great naval display before the Dominion Premiers at Portland

ro-

! VICTORIA "

THE SANITARY BOARD,

KOWLOON HOTEL

Premier Hotel in Kowloon

RATES:- Daily" $5.00 Upwards

Monthly $120.00 do

MODERN TOILET SYSTEM Elevator and Telephones to each floor. SALOON BAR & BUFFET:

Manager's personal attention.

Tels K. 608 & K. 609. Tol. Address "KOWLOTEL" Hongkong,

Tel Address:

"Glenealy Hongkong,

GLENEALY HOTEL,

84, Glenenly.

Wm. Harold Perry,

Manager.

Telephone C. 980.

(Near Dairy Farm). Splendidly situated with-

A first class Residential and Tourlet Hotel In easy walking distance of all business centres. Largo airy rooms. Hot and Cold water. Excellent Cuisine under the personal supervision of the Proprietres. Monthly and family rates at moderate terms.

For further particulars apply to:

Tol. Kowloon No. 3

MRS. FREDERICKS, Proprietress.

PALACE HOTEL.

Tel. Address "TALACE."

. SOME IMPORTANT

QUESTIONS.

cently.

FUGA ISLAND.

A DENIAL FROM JAPAN

BİG DEFICIT.

(Continued From Page 1,),

Tokyo, Dec. 14. 159.60 was paid to Leung, Chak- The Mitsui Bussan Kaisha ex-tsun, a director of the Company. phatically denies the report from The report concluded by saying Manila "that they are attempting that the Company was insolvent

to buy Fuga island-Beuter.

and unable to pay its debts, and that there were matters which re- quired investigation, on behalf of the creditors.

A meeting of the Sanitary Board was held yesterday after- noon, Mr. N. L. Smith being in the chair. Others present were the Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, Dr. G. S. Pepe, Dr. S. W. T'so, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, Col. Boylah Smith, Dr. be but even the architect himself S. C. Ho, Mr. J. P. Braga, Mr. R.might not observe personally A. D. Forrest (secretary and Mr every process during construction. D. Davis assistant secretary). Mr. Wong went on to give was held at which Mr. J. H. Sath Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, asked the specific instance in which a license and Mr. S. H. Ross, chartered "ac- following questioris.—(1) Are ap. had not been granted for 62 days..countants, were unanimously up- plications for restaurant and ca- The chairman replied that if he pointed liquidators in place of ing house licences dealt with bcould have chapter and verse he those appointed by the Company. the Inspectors of the Department would enquire into the matter.)

Continuing, Mr. Sheldon sald on! August 4th a meeting of creditors

and if so, what check is there that Mr. Wong gave the information,That in fact did not happen, but on the same are dealt with promptly stating that application for August 13th an order was obtained (2) Are the ground surface of license was made on July 21 this. for the appointment of Messrs. and Roas as addition: 1 all premises used as restaurants year and the license was not is-Seth and eating houses for which sued until September 20. The liquidators. licences are applied for, to be chairman said he would make en- opened up, if so, what are the rea- quires. sons for 30 doing? Should not houses built after the Publis Health and Buildings Ordinance of! 1003, he exempted from such op erations?"

The 'Replies.

Not the Board's Concern.

CREDITORS' VIEWS.

On November 5th, a meeting of creditors was held, when forty- Mr. J. P. Braga asked the fol-eight were present. It was re- lowing questions(1) What solved by the meeting that, in steps, if any, have the Government their opinion, the rights of the taken to carry out the suggestion

contained in a report, incorporat creditors would be prejudiced by To the first the chairman re-ed in that of the Economic. Re-voluntary winding up, and that an plied. All applications for res- sources. Committee (1920), that application be made to the Court

Three minutes from Kowloon Wharf, Ferry and Railway Station. Entirely under English Management. Electric Light and Fans through. out. Every Room with Private Bath. Lounge, Bar and Billiard-Rooms..taurant and eating house licences both on economic grounds and as for the removal of the Chinese

Unrivalled Cuisine under the personal supervision of the proprietress. Terms' moderate. Special terms to families on application to:

Mrs. J. H. OXBERRY. Proprietress.

EUROPE

After dinner dancing every

Tuesday, Thursday

and Saturday.

Cables :-

** EUROPE "1

Singapore.

HOTEL

SINGAPORE..

Grill

THE EUROPE HOTEL. LTD. Arthur E. Odell, Managing-Director.

ASAHI BEER

BREWED BY

DAI NIPPON BREWERY

Co., Ltd.

TOKYO JAPAN

Specially Brewed for Export,

Sole Agents:- Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, Ltd.

HONGKONG.

Printed and Published for the Proprietor by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN, at 1 and 3, Wyndham Street, in the City of Victoria, Hongkong.

are referred to the Sanitary De- a matter of expediency there should liquidators. partment by the Secretary for be an earnest endeavour to make Mr. Sheldon stated that Messrs. Chinese Affairs and the Colonial this Colony self-supporting in se "Treasurer respectively. The pre-vital a commodity as pigmeat had not been served with a notice Ip Pik-chuen and Lui Mui-sang mises are then inspected by this which enters so largely in the department's District Inspectors dietary of nine-tenths of the popu-of the petition, as they were out, who report through the usual chan-lation of Hongkong and its depen of the Colony. nels and any undue delay in furn-dencies'? ishing such reports would be no- (2) a With a view to make the made the application ticed. As a further precaution, 1 Colony less dependent on outside grounds that the creditors would see personally at the end of each sources for its food supply and so

Concluding, Mr. Sheldon said he on the

month the office copies of all such as to check the tendency towards be prejudiced by a voluntary wind- applications which have been more higher cost of daily necessaries, ing up; that there was a case for than ten days, from the date of re-and to bring down (if possible) the enquiry; and that the creditors celpt from the licensing depart-high price of foodstuffs, will the were anxious for a winding up by ment to the date of their onward Government devise some scheme the Court. transmission.

n

of bonus payment or other simple His Lordship made an order for To the second Dr. G. S. Pope re-method of encouragement to set-compulsory winding up, and for plied. The ground surface of tlers in the New Territories with

such premises are always opened the object of fostering cattle and the removal of two of the Chinese up when there is any doubt whe- poultry farming, and pig-breed-liquidators. He also made an or- ther their thickness or consistency ing, and to cultivate market pra-der for liberty to apply in Cham- complies with the requirements of duce on a larger, scale? the law. The reason is that only

bers for the removal of the two that

Is the holding in the New Ter-absent liquidators, and

so can such thickness he ascer-ritory of an annual cattle and poul Messrs. Seth and Ross continue as tained. It is not considered that try show feasible; and, if so, will liquidators,

an occupation certificate of the the Government initiate and help Building Authority is sufficient to defray the cost of such shows. evidence of the adequacy of with a view to stimulate greater ground surface for this purpose. enterprise in a ricultural pursuita "The insistence upon good ground and farming within the Colony?" surfaces in premises where food is abundant is of course one of the measures aimed at the reduc tion of rats."

In reply to these questions the Chairman said these were matters with which the Board had no. direct concern, but the enquiriés had been forwarded to the Co- lonial Secretary for the informa tion of the Government.

By-Laws.

B. A. Certificates. Mr. Wong remarked that in re- ferring to the section of the Or dinance concerning these matters he saw that buildings erected af

The only other public business ter the passing of the Ordinance was an amendment to the bylaws of 1903 had to be built in nece recently made for the prevention dance with certain conditions and and mitigation of epidemic, en-) be therefore considered it ademic; contagious or infectious necessary for their floors to be diseases. They were made at the opened up. Furthermore he no-time of the cholern epidemie in ticed that under section 204 of the Shanghai and Canton and Public Health and Buildings Or-cerned mainly the sale of certain dinance certificates were issued by foods.

con-

the Bullding Authority only where The Chairman said the matter the requirements of the Ordinance of amendment had been delayed were complied with and therfore rather but it did not alter matters it was surely not neossary where much as they had escaped by a these certificates had been Issued miracle the choleri which for surfaces to be opened up. raged all round. The Board' had The chairman said he had taken agreed to the by-laws but they the mattor up with the Building thought it was a good thing ta Authority and he had replied that have them in reserve against any the fact that a certificate had been furture outbreak. The only al given to the effect that the sur teration was that the declaration face was of a crtain thickness and of the occasion on which they may consistency was not sufficient for be called into force lay with the the purposes of the Ordinance 60 Governor in Council instead of far as this particular trade was with the Sanitary Board. Col. concerned. Certificates Were Boylan Smith had a small amend given on certificates from archi-ment to make and he proposed tects but they did not have inthey consider it in committee. pectors or overseers watching to In connexion with Mr. Braga's see that the law was complied question. It is learned that tho with. Therefore the Building Au-matter of an agricultural show for thority had to rely on the arelil- the New Territories is under cun- teet's certificate which no doubt sideration, the Rev. H. R. Wells was true as far as it possibly could O.B.E., being very Interested.

Entertainments.

QUEEN'S

TO-DAY at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and

p.m.

A POWERFUL PICTURE WITH A MIGHTY CAST!

JOHN GILBERT

with

CONRAD NAGEL, NORMA SHEARER PHYLLIS HAVER, HEDDA HOPPER

in.

"THE SNOB"

together with

DICK NORTON

and his new

GLOBE TROTTERS

in

A Complete change of Programme

THE LEGEND OF THE WILLOW PATTERN PLATE

A Beautifully filmed version of the famous Chinese legend with

SPECIA MUSIC SCORE

by

VICTOR HERBERT

To-day and To-morrow

at

OTHE

5.15 and

9.15 p.m.

-Extra at 9:15:

Members of the Amateur Chinese Music Association will Assist.

WORLD

ENTER MADAME

COME TO THE FAIR!

DO NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY OF VISITING

"ORIENTAL SHOWS"

AT SALISBURY ROAD, KOWLOON.,

Now Open from 5 p.m. to II p.m. Daily for a few nights only.

FROLIC AND FUN FOR OLD AND YOUNG.

High class Amusemonts.