It Is only fair to music loyers ho were unable to attend the frst performance of "Hiawatha" at the Lyceum Theatre to remind them of the final performance and to inform them, from all sides, the Society's rendering of the orator! 19 has been enthusiastically common fed. The work which the Society does is fully deserving of encouragement and its exceptionally fine rei formance of Coleridge-Taylor's fame composition should help greatly to consolidate fs position among the important cultural amenities of Shenghai.
This hint is given primarily to protect the music loving public against the disappointment which might accrue, from a failure to attend a most competent choral ente tainment As these lines were written Professor Aldred Barker's el quent tribute published _elsewher re was received.
It bears out fully the Impressions generally reported of the Society's admirable performance. Thi at organization has deservedly taken its place as one of the important sources of international contact in this city. Over a dozen nationalities are repr (Continued on page 8.) connection, directly or Indirectly, with the Austrian Phoenix of Vien-B.W.A. MEMBERSHIP—na, which is reported to be in ditficulties.
The ordinary general_meeting of shareholders of the Shanghai Gas Ca,, to be held on April 2, will be followed immediately by an extra ordinary general meeting to approve of certain changes in the Articles of Association, Ina Customs Notifr-tion whart companies are informed that the movement of landed non-duty-pald foreign Imports from one place of storage to another fs not allowed un-ess Customs permission lo do so has first been obtained.
At an extraordinary general meet Ing of the shareholders of James Hamilton, Ltd, held on March 21, 1036, it was decided to wind the company up and to appoint Messrs, Turner and W. H, Sturrock as Messrs, Probst, Hanbury (China), Ltd, (in' voluntary liquidation) _announce the transfer as from April 1 of their interests In. the public storfage business carried on under the style "The Kung Ping Godowns" to Messrs, G, E, Marden & Ca., Ltd, 'The following companies have been struck off the Register of British Companies in China:—Dombey Son, Ltd; Shroff, Son & Ca. (China), Lid; Covers Lid; G. N. Marshall Ca,' Ltd; China 'Inland' Sales, Ltd. Shanghai Sharebrokers Association; and The Frederick Large & Ca.
this connection Messrs. Dombey & Son, of 893 Bubbling Well Road, announce that they have no connection whatsoever with the aforementioned firm of Dombey & Son, The annual general meeting of the New Engineering & Shipbuilding Works, Ltd, will be held on Tucsday, April 21, at the Metropole Hotel. This Is to be followed immediately by an extraordinary general meeting. to [consider an addition to the Company's Memorandum of AssociatiGn provid ing "as an independent main object of the Company to take or otherwise acquire and hold shares in any other company having objects altogether for in part similar to those of this Company or carrying on any business capable. of being conducted directly or indirectly to benefit this Company."
'A further extraordinary general meeting is called: for May 28 to consider a resolution providing that the Company under powers contained in fis Memorandum of Association enter into a contract of sale with Barrie Vaughan Wilkinson and Harry Edward Arhold as agents of a company to be incorporated under the Hongkong Ordinance 1932 as a private company under the name of Shanghai Dockyards, Lid.
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