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PREMISES TO LET.

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TUITION.

ENGLISH LADY, experienced ten- cher, with knowledge of Chinese, has vacancy for pupil from 9.30 to 10.30 each morning. Advanced or elementary English. Would be willing to form class of two or three pupils. Particulars from Box No. 164, care of "Hongkong Telegraph."

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. LAMMERT'S

ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE,

PROSPECT PLACE, BONHAM

ROAD,

School will reopen on February 19th, Entrance Exumination for New Students on Friday, Fabru ary, 18th., at 9.30 n.m. For Pros- pectus for Boarders and Day boys, apply-

EL

AUCTIONS

PURLIC ́ ́ AUCTION.

The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auc tion,

on MONDAY,

the 14th February, 1927,

commencing at 2.45 pm.

ST, STEPHEN'S COLLEGE,

At No. 2, Waverley Terrace Prospect Place. (Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Co.,"

Ltd.) Hunghom.

THE

THE HONGKONG BENEVOLENT SOCIETY,

7TH. ANNUAL MEETING. Of the above Society. Will be held In the City Hall, on

Wednesday, 23rd. February, at 12 o'clock, (Noon).

Chairman;

Mrs. J. H. Hunt,

Secretary,

of taking charge of Mineral Wa- Hon. Sir H. E. POLLOCK, K.C., ter Bottling Plants. Good salary to right aan. Must have refer- ences. Address Isuan, Inc.. Manila, P.I. P.O. Box No. 1851.

BLIND HOME,

Kowloon City Road

KOWLOON.

Come and See our

CYMDEITHAS DEWI SANT (HONGKONG).

4

(ST. DAVID'S SOCIETY, HONGKONG,

The Annual Dinner of the Society will take place at the 47 Blind Hotel Savoy, on Tuesday, March Girls at Work and Hear Them 1st, 1927, at 7.45 p.m. Tickets $5.00 Sing, (Hours 10 to 12 a.m., 2 to each. Members are invited to at- TO LET.-, Kennedy Road: Ap-4 p.m.) They knit Socks, Shawls, tend and bring guests, and are re- ply Young, Tel. C.906 and C.551.

Jersey Suits, Cardigans, Jumpers,quested to inform the undersigned as soon as possible of the number Daintily Dressed Dolls $2.50 names and addresses of their each. Ladies' Own Wool or Silk guests, and to forward at the same knitted to Order 30 cents to $1.00 time the cost of the tickets. per oz.

LET-One Furopean FLAT Wanchal Gap Road, Hongkon z Apply to 32, Kennedy Road.

TO LET.-Once Rooma, 2nd Floor, New Hongkong Bauk Building. Apply Sang Kee, same building.

IOLET--From 1st April furnish- ed flat at the Peak, Apply Pro- perty Oce Jardins, Matheson & Co., Ltd.

TO BE LET.--Furnished house, on The Peak. All modern convert-

Etc.

K. BESWICK,

Superintendent,

20 Minutes from Star Ferry by No. 3 Bus. Telephone: K.101.

FOR SALE.

ences. Apply Box No. 167, care of | FOR SALE-English Perambula- "Hongkong Telegraph."

TO LET. No. 3, King's Park Buildings, Austin Rond, Kowloon. Modern conveniences. Apply to The Union Trading Co., Ltd. Prince's Buildings.

COMMODIOUS OFFICES to let in No. 7, Queen's Road Central, also two small offices in 1A, Chater Road. Apply E. D. Sassoon and Company, Ltd.

TO LET-European House, 1, VICTORIA VIEW, KOWLOON, near New Kowloon Hotel, three minates from ferry. Apply Tung Tak Co., China Buildings, 6th floor, Tel. C.4926.

TO LET.-"Stowford No. 2,′′ 46, Bonham Road, three stories, six rooms, five bath rooms, kitchen, servapis quarters, recently, re- paired and renovated. Apply DEACONS, Prince's Building,"

G. S. HUGH-JONES,

Hon. Secretary, 9, Queen's Road C.

THEATRE ROYAL,

FIFTH ANNUAL DANCING DISPLAY

By Miss Violet Capell and her Pupils.

Under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency the Governor

A Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture,

(Property of the late Mr. A. A. Bolton.)

Catalogues will be Jasued. On View from Sunday, the 13th February, 1927.

Terme--Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers.

PUBLIC AUCTION..

CHINA AUCTION

ROOMS.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGES

12 1927

Mesto PLAN.

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UNEQUAL TREATIES”. "There will be courses, too, in Western revolutionary movements, intensive" courses in the funda- mentals of sociology and econo- has received instructions to sell mies, with an outline of world

MR. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA

by

PUBLIC AUCTION

on FRIDAY,

the 18th day of February, 1927,

at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at the China Auction Rooms, Duddell Street, Victoria, Hongkong.

The Very, Valuable Leasehold Property,

situate at Queen's Road, West, Victoria aforesaid and registered in the Land Office as The Remain ing portion of Sub-section Two of Section B of Inland Lot No. 834. IN ONE LOT.

consists of the The property newly erected restaurant Intended

HONAN UNIONS.

SPRING UP LIKE MUSHROOMS.

HOW THE POOR SUFFER.

The Chengteh 'correspondent of the Central China Post writes as- follows:...

economics. Out of this will grow! a course in the details of the un- équal treaties and the abnormal The usual thing of the day fs. economic and political relations of "huel" (unions) and they, are like China with the rest of the world mushrooms that spring up in the resulting from them. The ex-night. It is to be hoped that they ploitation

of China during, the

past eighty years under the terms will die in a night. They are giv- of these treaties will be the sub-ing all hands all kinds of trouble ject of another course.

but it is fearod that the trouble" There will be u survey of has only begun. Shops have rais- modern constitutions, generallyed the wages from eight to thir and a course on the "Five Power" Constitution. The students will teen dollars but that is easy when be told something of the judicial ong thinks that they have raised reforma now going forward in the price of every thing, and that China and there will be courses they call the putting down the in the women'e movements, the

peasant, workers, merchants Capitalist, but it seems now to be and youth movements. There oppressing the poor as the cost of will be special emphasis on the every thing has increased so. course in the women's movement because it is hoped, in the new

Labour has also almost doubled

movement: throughout China.

that it has not paid as all that SPECIAL LECTURES. The area of the property is

A final Item on the list is "spe- do not really need to build are 14,662 square feet or thereabouts tal lectures". Under this head not doing so as the coat 48 so and the Crown Rent payable in ing considerable latitude is left, high, and they respect thereof is $37.16 per an-in which Mme. Sun expects to find

The Undersigned have received to be used by the Chung Kwok school, to develop leaders for that and now they all are realizing

instructions to sell by Public Auc- Restaurant. tlop,

on THURSDAY. the 17th February, 1927, commen ing at 2.45 p.m.

At No. 86, Nathan Road (Ground floor), Kowloon.

A Quantity of Valuable Household Furniture.

(Full particulare-from catalogue.) On view from Wednesday, the 16th February, 1927.

Catalogues will be lasued. Terms: Cash on delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers

CHURCH NOTICES.

A CHARGE OF ONE DOLLAR IS MADE FOR NOTICES UNDER THIS BEADING

Part of the proceeds to be given to First Church of Christ, Scientist,

THE LONDON HOSPITAL.

tor, little used, in excellent condi- SIR CECIL CLEMENTI, K.C.M.G. tion $45. please apply to Box No. 168, care of "Hongkong Telo- graph."

To be held on:-Wednesday, 23rd

February, at 5.15 p.m. Saturday, 26th February, at 9.15 p.m. Monday, 28th February,

at 5.15 pm. tickets may be exchanged at ANDERSONS,

FOR SALE.-Singer 10/26 · H.; four seater 1926 Model. Condi- tion as new. Owner left Colony, Complete with Cushion $1700, Apply Box No. 165, "Hong-Advanced kong Telegraph."

covers

FÖR SALE.—4 h.p. Triumph (S.D. Mode) and Montgomery sports sidecar. excellent condition and mechanically perfect. Apply Box No. 169, care of "Hongkong Tel- graph."

THE HONGKONG CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

es from 14th February, Dress Circle $3.00 Stalls $3.00. Pit stalls and Pit $2.00 & $1.00.'

Children, Half Price, to Matinec only.

THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF & GODOWN CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

፡፡

THE FORTIETH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE- will be held at the THE ONE HUNDRED AND HOLDERS SEVENTH ORDINARY MEET- Office of Messrs. Jardine, Mathe- TO LET-Prat Building, 1stING of SHAREHOLDERS in the son & Co., Ltd., on THURSDAY, March, 3 roomed Top FLAT re- Company will be held at the Office February 24th, 1927, at NOON, cently renovated. Geyser, flush. of the Company, No. 4u, Des Voeux for the purpose of receiving the enclosed verandah, servants' quur-Road, on TUESDAY, 22nd FEBRU-Repert of the Directors and the ters and all conveniences. Apply ARY, 1927, at Noon for the pur- Statement of Accounts for the Box No. 179, cure of "Hongkong," pose of receiving a report of the year ended December 31st, 1926,

TO LET"No. 2 North View," North Point, five roomed. bun- galow, two bath rooms, servants quartera, and recently extensively repaired. Apply DEACONS, Prince's Building.

TO LET SHIPPING OFFICES in Connaught Road Central, Nos. 16, 18 & 19, Ground Floors; Noa. 16, 17 & 18, First Floor; No. 18, Second Floor. Please apply S. K. Trust Ltd., 29, Connaught Road, Central.

GB,

Directors and Auditors.

Directors, together with a State. THE TRANSFER BOOKS of ment of Accounts, and electing the Company will be CLOSED from Monday, February 14th, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the 1927, to Thursday, February 24th, Company will be closed from 1927, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE, ‹‹ WEDNESDAY, 9th FEBRUARY,

By Order

to TUESDAY, 22nd FEBRUARY, 1027, both days inclusive, during! which Period No Transfer of Shares can be registered.

By Order,

of the Board of Directors,

JOHN ARNOLD,

Secretary.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

of the Board of Directors,

F. H. CRAPNELL

Acting Secretary. Hongkong, February 5th, 1927.

Macdonnell Road; below Bowen Sunday Road, Tram Station. Service: at 11.15 a.m. Subject: "Soul." Wednesday: Evening Meeting at 5.30 p.m. Reading Rooth at above address open: Tuesday and Friday: 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Monday and Thurs day: 5 to 7 p.m. The Public is cordially invited to attend the Services and visit the Reading Room.

St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong, February 13th, 1927. Septuage sima Sunday Holy Com- muion, 8 .3.M.. choral; Matins, 11 a.m.

Preach- er: Rev. R. Cannell; Evensong, p.m., Preacher: Rev. F. Yates, C.F.; Wednesday, 16th Dedica- tion of Re-Constructed Organ at 5.45 pm. Organ Recital, Fri- day 18th at 5.45 p.m. HONGKONG HORTICULTURÁL

SOCIETY.

The Annual Show of Flowers and Vegetables will be held at Volunteer Headquarters on Thurs- day, 10th March, 1927.

Entries will definitely close at p.m. on Monday, 28th February, 1927, at the Hon. Secretary's Office, but intending Exhibitors are re- quested to SEND IN THEIR ENTRIES AS EARLY AS POS- SIBLE.

Schedules are being prepared and will be sent to all membera who have paid their subscription for the current year.

Members who have not yet paid their subscription and ALL THOSE who wish to join the SOCIETY are requested to send $5 immediately to, the Hon. Secre- tary, Mr. E. B. C. HORNELL, care of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.

Hongkong, 9th Feb., 1927.

Pawtucket,

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO, LTD.

TO LET-Furnished, March for

The undermentioned Certificates 12 months, a very desirable four

for Shares in this Company have zoomed top flat, all modern con-

been declared LOST and if at the veniences, good kitchen and ser "vants' quarters. Apply

NOTICE is hereby given that expiration of ONE MONTH from Armend Buildings, Kimberly Road, the Ordinary Yearly Meeting" of the date hereof the documents are Kowloon. Tel. K.60,

the Shareholders in this Corpora- not forthcoming the said Certifi tion will be held at City Hall,cates will be deemed CANCELLED

B.I., Jan 19. FLATS, three, four and five room- Hongkong, on Saturday, the 26th and of no effect and new Certl-

America's oldest cotton mill may ed, nindern bathroom, flush, etc. February, 1927, at noon, for the ficates will be issued by the Com-sooft be transformed into a mus- Also one two roomed and one purpose of receiving the Report of pany. three room d Bungalow on way to the Court of Directors together Repulse Bay and Fanling. respec- with a statement of accounts for fively 'fur rent or Bala on easy the year ending 31st December,

Small Investor's Tel. 1920.

Tho Register of Shares of the Corporation will be CLOSED from Monday, the 14th February to Saturday, the 26th February, 1927, (both days inclusive) during: which period no transfer of share! can be registered.

terms.

.4630.

TO LET-At moderate rental, Two semi-detached houses on in- lund Lot 2425, Hatton Road, Each Comprises a basemont and two floors above and contains Dining and Drawing Rooms, Three Bed "rooms and two Bath rooms; The Basement:"contains Garage, Kit- chon and two Servants' rooms. Flushed Drainage provided. Apply La Tao Fong, Bank of East Asia,

By Order

of the Court of Directors.

́A. H. BARLOW,

Chief Manager, Hongkong, 7th February, 1927.

eum. The mill, erected in 1791 Certificate No. 1639-100 Shares as the first of its kind in the coun-

Nos. 58710/58809.

try, will house relics of the Loxtile industry if plans of Rhode Island Certificate No. 2748-150 Shares industrialists are put into effect.

Nos. 149756/149905.

Already, $23,000 of the $25,000 fund required for the project has Certificate. No, 58-83 Shares been subscribed under direction

Nos. 154006/154088.

of Charles Dexter, president of thủ Old Slater Mill Association. De- All in the name of Mrs. Yeung tails of the plan have been submit- Kwai Shim..

ted to Henry Ford, who has shown keen interest in Now England'a historic features. The mill, founded 186 years ago by Samual Slater, is located on North Main street, overlooking the Pawtucket River."

FOR THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., General Managers. Hongkong, 11th Feb., 1927.

num.

are finding that

opportunity to work out some spe- many are without work, For further particulars and con- cial ideas about the things which ditions of sale apply to

she believes should be brought home to the women of China.

MESSRS. DEACONS, ·

1. Dès Vooux Road, Central,

Vendor's Solicitors, or to

MR. E. V. M. R. DE SOUSA, The Auctioneer. Hongkong, Jan. 22, 1927.

PICKETS AD LIB.

'I expect to hear much criticism For a while the pickets were about this" she said, "but I want seen every day running here and to develop some women who can there forcing people into the some fights took go to the women of China and unions, but as teach them the fundamentale of place and some were killed in the home sanitation. Nothing.la more strife it has put a damper on the needed in the interior, as I have force and things have Improved had occasion to find out recently say one per cent. Many are be in my overland trip with the Na-ginning to see the red light ahead tionalist Government officials but some feel that there is no across Kiangsi."

way out but to run ahead even though there is danger, as they seemingly feel there is greater danger to stop now,

The school will be a mere nucleus SHARE PRICES. for what, it is hoped, will be a very large institution in coming

True the Nationalists are try TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,

years. The women's movement, Mme. Sun, considers, is just being to use the people and to union The following is the list of local ginning in China. The women of them all in these ways and at the share notatione issued to-day-China, she believes, must get into expense of others, but they too are step with the modern march, of seeing that it will not be all modern-minded men.

Banks,

Hongkong, $1,090/5 sa.

Chartored, Bank, £21

D.

Mercantile A. & B., £32 n.

11.

n.

a.

Mercantile C., £13) P. and O., 991 b. East Asia, $84

Marine Ins Canton Ins., $655 b. China Underwriters, $.90 bi North China, Tis. 145 n. Union Ins., $285 .. b. Yangtsze Ins., $40 1.

Fire Ins. China Fires, $200 Hongkong Fire, $615 b.

Shipping Douglases, $30 b.. Steamboats, $231 s. Tugs, $1.10 Indo-Chinas, (Prof.) 830s. Shell Trans., 98/- b. Star Ferries, $55 b. Waterboats, $141 I.

Refineries. China Sugars, $22 Malabons, $34. n.

Mining. Benguets, $1.30 Kailans, 38/- 1. Langkats, Tls. 25 S'hai Exploration, Tle. 4.50 n. Shanghai Loans, Tle. 8.00 n. Raubs, $39 Tronohs, 21/- b. Ural Caspiane, 8/- n.

Docks, etc. Kowloon Wharyoe, $1121 b. Whampoa Docks, $40 Hongkews, Tls. 165 Now Engineeringe, Tls. 5. n. Shanghai Docks Tie. 101 b. Lands, Hotela, etc,

8.

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H. and B. Hotels, #71 s. H.K. Lande, $57% n. Realtys, $54. b. Territorials, $21 s. Humphreys, $13.60 b. Princes Bldgs, $89 Д Rural Lands, $11_n.

Cottons. Ewos Cottons, Tis. 81 Orientals, Tls, 24. n. S'hai Cottons, Tie. 531 Buses, Trams. China Buses, Tis. 9 b.

b. Tramways, $221 Poak Trame, fold) $15 b. S'pore Tractions 13/- s. Taxis, $18.

b.

B.

6.

b.

Miscellaneous, Amusements; $17.50 Canton Icos, 85 m. Coments (Comb.) $8 China Lighte, $14 b. China Prov., $53 Constructions, $2.10 Dairy Farms, $17. Dor A. Wing, $6_n. H'kong Electrica, 859 Macao Electrics, $35. n. Ropes (Old) 810 Lane Crawfords, $8 Mackintosh, $198 m. Sinceros, 891 a. United Asbestos, $20. Watsons $121. b: "Powolle, 86 n."

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St

BANK RETURNS.

THE FIGURES FOR JANUARY.

The returns of the 'average amount of bank notes in circulation, and, of

specic in reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st January, 1927, as certified by the Managers of the respective banks are: Chartered

Bank of

India, Aus-

smooth running for them in the fature, and as one officer said to me not long ago it was as the proverb says, "Ch'i hu hsia puh leh pel" (Riding the tiger's back and cannot come down). He said that was where Chang Kai-shek was too, and his only salvation was to keep the tiger going for as soon as he stopped it would be death to him. Sad it is to see things going like this but good that some of those in the inner circle is beginning to see what is before them and it is hoped that soon some one will not only have the courage but also the

Ching... $10,038,444 $5,800,000 power to take a stand that will

Shang-

tralia and

and

Hong Kong

hai Banking

Correration 63,048,700 85,700,000 jr

Bank of

India Limit- ted...

In addition Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,252,000.

mean the salvation of the whole nation.

USUAL PROCLAMATION.

The city is well covered with proclamations now saying that the

ex-

1,744,568 580,0008 | life and property of foreigners is to be protected, and that the anti- Total...$72,831,721 $42,080,000

christian movement will have to be stopped, the later is not pected at all but there are signs that the property and lives of the missionaries are not in any dan- ger, at least it is thought by the thinking people that the danger of life is past. Of course, if any trouble broke out with other na- tions there would be all kinds of. trouble for us in the inland.

In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at £3,108,097.

In addition Securities deposited with the "Crown Agents valued at £130,000

New York-Heart disease ranks first today among "the causes of

The foreign community both death, and if nothing is done to missionary and business have check the present situation it will been presented with a letter from claim as its victims one-fifth of the "Foreign labour union" which the present population. These wore reads as follows-"At the pre- the figures given recently by a

sent time the cost of living has physician who has examined thou risen very high and we are find- sands of people for a

leading tr

ing it difficult to live on what we Eurance company.

get and as the three principles of the Sun Uen place us on equal- ity we are asking that the follow- ing will be carefully looked over and answered within three days, and if it is not we will have to take steps."

01900 IN MES HERVICE ING.

If a fellow promises to bo, faithful to the last, the girl wants to know who the others wore,

Philadelphia, Capt. John Peter- Bon, veteran Sandy Hook pilot, tells this one: Once while his pilot ship was cruising about waiting for inbound liners, lions were re- |ported off the port bow. Then tigers! Then giraffes and hippon t Captain Johnny, saw it with his own eyes, and so did the rest of the pop-eyed crew. Next day Johnny. read In the paper of a merry-go- 'round being washed away to sea by a storm on the Jersey coast.

TO-DAY

Dollar on demand Lighting-up

2/1/16 6.19 p.m

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