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HEWLETT-On January 2, 1911, at! Fairhohne, Walmer, Kent, the wife of W. MEYRICK HEWLETT, of H.B.M. Consular Service, China, of a daughter.
Sous-On January 11, 1911, ht 502 Avenue Paul Bruna, Shanghai, to Mr and
Mrs B. A. Soveau, à son.,
BELL-On January 22, 1911, at Ga Hongkong Road, Shanghai, to Mr and
Mr HAYLEY BELL, a daughter.
MEMOS FOR TO-MORROW.
Accession of King of Denmark, 1900,
MEMOS FOR MONDAY.- Chinese New Year's Day. Bank Holiday.
General Memoranda.
TUESDAY, January 31 ---
Bank Holiday.
The China Mail.
HONGKONG, SATUrday, January 28, 1911.
One thing is certain, Hongkong is: fully prepared to take advantage at all opportunities presented in the course of the coming year. The long cycle of restricted trade and depressed commerce has taught her merchants many useful lessons which will, we imagine, be applied to murked advnü- tage in the inmedinte future. Tho mistakes of the days that are past are not likely to be repented, for they have left far too painful memories behind; neither are we anticipating that prudence and foresight will be lacking in taking up and developing new propositions which the year may disclose to view. The merchant of Hongkong is among the finest type of his class to be found anywhere: shrewd, progressive, accomodating, sions and a capacity for striking out with a mind receptive of new impres
PRESENTS TO COLONIAL OFFICERS.
Imperial Government's Disapproval.
The following despatch from the Secretary at state to the Colonies (Right Hon. Mr L. V. Hareourt) appers in the Hongkong Government Gazette:-
Eir,I have the honour to inform you that my attention has been called to the increasing frequency of applications for exemption from Colonial Regulation No. 46, respecting the acceptance by Culonial Officers of valuable presents.
COMPANY MEETING.-
The China Provident Loan and Mortgago, Co., Ltd..
The fourteenth onlinary annual meeting.|| of shareholders inthe China Provident Loan and Mortgage Co, Ltil, was held at the Offices of the Company, St. Qoargo's Building to-day,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1911.
[COPTRIGUT.]
SHANGHAI BROKER CHARGED FERJURY.
SHANGHAI, January 28. (From our Shanghai Correspondent.) Mr J. R. Michael, share and general broker here, was charged at the Police Court to-day with perjury committed during the trial of the Michael-Car- michael caso on 4th October 1910.
Mr R. huwan presided and there were present Mussa H. P. White. Dr J. W Noble, consulting caminittes; C. Klinck,
Note: The case referred to mis the E. W Terry, J. McCubbin, J. M. Efirst of the Jans rubber Settlement casos Machado, T. F. Hough, A. M.da Silen, D. and was commenced in the supreme Court, Gazdar, M. A. Figureds, Fung Sua Wah, Shanghai, on 4th, October 1st. The case
wan treated as a toxt case.-ED 0.26.1 and the acting secretary, Mr R.. Hancock.. The secretary rend the notice couveuing the meeting.
2. That Regulation was based on motives of sound policy; and it must be obvious
COMPANY REPORTS. that it would be detrimental to the best interests of the Public Service if a regular The Chairman said Gentlemen-Copies practice of offering presents to public officers of the report and accounts for 1910 havo Hongkong, Canton and Macao
Steamboat Company, Ltd' were established. Whether the prosents been in your hands for some days, so with came from official or unofficial sources there your permission we will now take them as
The following is the report of the board of dievutors to the ordinary half-yearly would be the same probability of the im- read. The not result is slightly less than putation of ulterior motives; and there that of the previous year, but we propose meeting of shareholders, to be held at the would be constant impression that officials to pay our usual dividend of 80 cents per
SOCIAL AND, PERSONAL Tomorrow is the fieb univerary of the accession of His Majesty the King of Donmak
21st February, at 12 o'clock, soon -----
The directors beg to schmit to the share- holders. the report and statement of accounts for the half-gene ending 31st December last.
[CormIGHT
JAPANESE POLITICS.
COMPROMISE ARRIVED AT.
Railway Improvement
Sacrificed.
Independent News Agency's Service to the China Mail)
Toxo, January 23,
A compromise has boon arrived at between the Government and the Saiy kai regarding various proposals in the Budget..
The Government has abandoned its scheme of converting the milways of Japan, to the wide guage, and the Saiyukai have consequently agreed to withdraw all opposition to the rest of the Badget and will sanction the plans proposed for the future government of Chosen.
EXCLUSION HAR TO BE REMOVED.
After paying running expenses, salaries,| {Reuter's Servics to the China Mail.)
Losnoy, January 28, premia of insurance, repairs and all other
The New York Times learns from a charges, thore remains, including 318,026,21
rustworthy source that America brought forward from last account, the sum or 8126,344:33 at credit of profit and loss account. From this amount the proposes to negotiato for a new Treats directors recommend that a dividend for with Jagas which shit variate the the half year of oue dollar and twenty-five exclusion clause at present opemting cente per sbaco, $103,000.00, be paid to shareholders; 26,344,38 be written oft book against the Japanese, value of wharvas, properties and lighters,
than those which stone should weigh with account is a distinct improvement on were influenced by considerations other share, as in almost every other item tolles of the Company, on Tuesday, the AMERICA AND JAPAN. new lines. of action for himself and them in the discharge of their duties, ... that of last year's figures. The best feature his Hong. Another, and the printo clearly understood thint applications for
3. In these circumstancea I desire it to is that our earnings from interest eipal factor in the situation, is the exemption from the Regulation will not be and storage are considerably greater than increasing cordiality of intercourse entertained unless they are made in very ever before, but last year wu did not hare
exceptional circumstances.
the-benefit of a profit on the sale of staires, between the European-and-the Chin
which we had in the previous account, while ese sections of the community. Both
our income from investments, was lower. Nevertheless, on a smaller turnover we sce better than was perhaps possible in days gone by that their interesis are"
have cared wire baxa reduced our bar mutual and that the greatest advain
rowings, are owel mure by sundry debtors, and our investments in shares stand in our tages are to be reaped by thorough
books at an unusually safe figure. Nond of the items in the balance sheet require cooperation and sincerity of purpose
special comment or explanation, for, leaving a balance of $20,000.00 to be KOREAN EX-MINISTERS' as I have said, were there is any carried forward to new account.
The usual Government survey and change it is mostly for the bettor. This is a particulary gratifying state genoml'overtuul of the steamers Kinshan, of things to us, because after the Sui An sad Sui Tai hare been effected troublous times we have passed through during the half-year. Thes.s. Heungshas and which I hope and believe are now well has had four new boilers installed at a cost Two former secretaries of the British ever-it would not have been very sur- Lega ion in Peking have received appoint. prising if considering the extent of uur ments as Ministers, Plenipotentiary name-business, we had had some heavy losses to
The notifications appearing in the Hong: long Government Gazette are preceded by the signature of Mr Cecil Clementi, in
the absence of Colonial Secretary."
The Rav. Otto Schultzo has been in all business and trading trans-recognised as President in Hongkong of the
Basel Evangelical Missionary Society. Confidence is, of course, a actions. plant of slow growth, but we do not "think that we are drawing upon the imagination when we assert that in Hongkong this most essential business quality has leveloped such a sturdiness of character that the most DOUBTING Tuouis must feel the times are ripe with good auguries. As any rate, we shall be profoundly disappointed if the outturn of the year does not, from a commercial puint of view, considerably better the records of the twelvemonth nOW EO rapidly drawing to a close.
CHINA NEW YEAR,
Owing to Monday being Chinese New Year Day, there will be no issue of the China Mail that evening.
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NEWS OF THE DAY.
Professor Grossi and Male Rene gavo an interesting performance in the magic art at the Club Lusitano on Friday night.
CHINA NEW YEAR.
THERE is no denying the fact that a spirit of cheerful optimism pervadea
The Chinese Engineering and Mining the Colony to-day. The China New
Company. Limited, report that the total Year settlements are closing most
output of the Company's three "mincs for satisfactorily and the
financing the week ending 14th January, amounted to complications which many feared 28,210.79 tons and the sales during the two months ago have not eventuated. period to 30,357,42 tons. In fact, only one fallure is to be re-
corded, and that.. of an outport Chi- The King will open Parliament ca ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. nese firm of only minor importance February 2. The House of Lords Velo
Now Showing
A
OF
the Government during the session.
SUICIDE.
(Reuter's Service to the China: Woll).
Losos, January 27,
A St. Petersburg telegrun, reports that Prince Chin, formerly the Korean
of 852,000.00 which amount has boca Minister to the Russian capital, has charged to the book value of the tamer been found banged at his residence. Special repairs to double-i ottom in the
Mr W. P. Townley to Bacharest, and face. In one or two cases we had to fore-boiler spaco and cost of maltheid eerering
fr Reginald Tower to Buenos. Ayres.
ITEMS AT THE COURTS.
A man found ment Taikoo Dockyard with five tsels of prepared opium in his posses sion was ordered to pay a fine of $225. He mid he found the stuff fosting in the
harbour.
At the Supreme Court this morning Mr Justice Hazeland gave judgment for defend ant in the case in which Lo Kwsi sued Taci Ping to recover 859.50, principal and interest dua for money lont
He left a letter to the ex-Emperor of
THE FAR EASTERN OUTLOOK.
on hurricane deck, costing $7,257.88 have Korea and 2,500 ronbles. been debited to special repairs fund. Tho vessel has passed her usual Government surray and is now working very satis. factorily. Under ordinary circumstances the charges for this steamor's docking and LORD CURZON'S PERTINENT repairs would have appeared in the next half-year's accounts, hence the coat of repairs for period under review appears heavier than usual.
elose a mortgage but so far we have kept very clear of any loss beyond some un- important shortages which are of course provided for. The worst that has happened has been that, owing to the depressed condition of thereal estate market, wo have land to be content with less revenue from reats than what we had previously received for interest, so when this is taken into consideration, it will be recognised that
Mr. J..W. Bando resigned his soat on our presont showing is, still better than it leaving Colony, and Mr G. Friesland was appears. We have again had to deplete nominated by the Directors to 6ll the our reserve fund te weet dopreciation on vacancy, subject to confirmation by the stocks, but there are no new undertakings shareholders as this meeting. like ours that are not had to do the same The retiring auditors, Messrs 3. O'D. of late, and when chouls have fallen below Gourdin and W. Hutton Potts, offer them The rebearing of a case in which an 80 and one of the best managed banks at selves for re-election." Indian watchman employed by Messrs home has just had to put aside £50,000 to Price and Co. was charged with disorderly cower the fell in the value of its holdings, our behaviour was concluded to-day. Mr E. Rcompany cannot expect to escape entirely. Halifax upholding bis" previous sentence Practically everything has depreciated, and whatever wo might have bought, of ten days' hard labour.
whether rond estate or stocks, wo should have find to Eno more or less shrinkage. It'any proof were required of the lack of money for investment, it may be found in the fact that good stocks have been offering as prices so lose that on the dividends they are paying, they bring back a return to the investor of ten per cent, and over. This of course, will not last, and as confidence is restored after the recent disasters, the money market will recover and rates return
Last night Chief Oplum Excise Officer Hogarth arrested a man in Belcher Street for selling 250 boxes of prepared opium, for applying a false trade description to the drug in imitation of the Opium Farmer's mark and also for being in possession of a I quantity of falze labels and chops. He was brought before Mr E R Hallifax to-day and sent to prison for six months."
OPIUM SMOKING IN HONGKONG.
Government's Latest Step.
Hongkong Rope Manufacturing
Co. Limited,
QUERY.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mad.) Losos, January 27. Lord Curzon, addressing the students af Glasgow University, said the dismem berment of Chinn appears to have been
atreated and the question is: Will she unite with Japan and share. the leader- ship in the Far East?"
GERMAN CONSULAR
SERVICE
COMMERCIAL KNOWLEDGE
REQUIRED.
The following is the report. for presenta tion to shareholders at the twenty-seventh ordinary general meeting to be held at the clica of the general managers on Saturday (Heater's Service to the China Mail)
LONDON, January 27. Uth February, at 11:30 a'clock's, sn. :-
Annexed we have the pleasure to lay be.
At a conference in Berlin between.
face shareholders a statement of accounts reprisentatives of commercial interesta made up to 31st December, 1910.
and the Foreign Office, it was decided The balance at credit of profit and fons account is 876,321,25 which it is proposed that in future candidates for the to appropriate as follows:--
Consular Service must have a practical To place to Reserye Fund 23,000.00 knowledge of commerce, industry and 800,000.00 shipping.
813,321.21 AMERICA AND CANADA.
Auditors. The accounts have becz audited by Messrs W. H. Potts and A. re-election. O'D. Gurdin, who are recommended for
TERMS OF RECIPROCITY "AGREEMENT.
(Reuter's Service to the China Mail.)
Lewton, January 27. Details of the Reciprocity Agreement between the United States and Canada are published
to more normal figures. As for tho. To pay a Dividend of $1.00 per
Bbaro......... prospects for this coming year, so far no To carry forward to the credit of Money is plentiful; indeed, the cry Bill and the Labourers' Invalidity and
this company is concerned, we sce good next year's account rosen to hope and note for anristy. Consulting Committes:In accordance with in local banking circles is that, if Non-employment Insurance Hill will be
Business is slowly recovering from the Articles of Association, Messrs H. P. the effects anything, it a little too plentiful the principal measures to be introduced by
of over speculation, and White, D. W. Craddock and Dr. J. W. And that the need of the moment is
An important amendment of the con- the lesson learned last year will doubtless Noble retire, but offer themselves for
re-electini. ditions which apply to eating honan licences be productive of good, and bring about for opportunities for its profitable
A proposal of Friuce Pu Lan to open in the Colony appears in the current isso sounder conditions and a moro substantial employment. With trade booming in
the Chinese Parliament is the Spring off of the Gazette. By it a clause has been CHARMING SELECTION England, with tranquility more or
1013, instead of in the Autamon, has been added to the effect that "No opium amok basis for trade in future. Last year opened lese assured in all the principal overruled by the
Constitutional Pre-ing shall be permitted on the promises, well, and both for imports and exports tha
THE OBINESE CHURCH. producing and absorbing centres of paration Burosa on the ground of the while the warning contained in Form 18 in demand was quite good, but much money the First Schedule to the Liquor Licences was sent out of the Colony and sunk in the world, with credit gradually impossibility of the accomplishment of the Ordiandce, prescribing the form of licence other enterprises, and ordinary trade chan
for eating houses, has been amended by the nels suffered accordingly. Inter by on the Vandag best boing, the Chinese New addition of the following words: Or crash in Shanghai the demoralisation of most Fear day, a special service will be held and by Canada $2,560,000. can be forgiven for taking a more hopeful view of the immediate future A proclamation by His Majesty the Permit any opium smoking whatsoever on of the nuitive banks and other financial at St. Stephen's Church, West Point, st institutions were reflected down her and a 11 a.m. With the exception of the sermor,
NOT THE ORDINARY KIND, It will, he remembered that when the great stringency of money naturally follow which will be preached by the Bishop of than one did this time a year ago. King determining the new designs for geld
·HAMBERLAIN'S Cough Remedy ir Except for the plague outbreak and bronze eins issued on January 1st public opium divans of the Colony were ed, which curtailed Chinese business for the Diocess, everything will be couducted
not a common, every-day cough in the Hongkong Government suppressed a year ago the Government was the time being. But if it should result in by the Chinese Clergy and Choristers. We mixture. It is a meritorious remedy for in the North, which has temporarily Gate. The coins to which the new confronted with a new problem as a result more conservative methods of doing busi-are saked to say that Europeans will all the troublesome and dangerous com- checked the bean trade in Man-designs are applied are Fivo-Found Piece, of facilities provided for the smoking of the news and in putting an and to the welcome at this interesting and plications resulting from cold in the head, choria-now a very considerable Two-Pound Piece, Sovereign, Hali-Sover drug in the licensed eating bones of the system of lavish credit which has been the
throat, chest or lungs For sale by "all. Colony. There was reason to believe that
Chemists and Storekeepers. item in Far Eastern commerce it sign, Penny, Half-penny and Farthing, must be admitted-and the famine
NEW MILLINERY strengthening throughout China, one preparations is time.
JUST ARRIVED,
PRICES MOST
REASONABLE.
appears
•
such premises."
the price of tea and comestibles was, in base of trade all over China the lomia crossed so as to enable the licensees to give suffered will not liave been all in vain, and," their customers the privilege of a smoke of as always happpens such time of stress oplum without makinganyadditional charge, and trin, out of evil good, will have come.
in Anhwei and North Kiangsi, The representatives of the Nestle and China enters upon the New Year with Angle wins Condensed Milk Co. send us a Wm. Powell, Ld, fairly cheerful prospects aliead of her. fow Chinese calendars. The design is rather The point then arose as to whether this There is ample businos for us all with this
ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.
EMPIRE':
clusracteri-tic service.
The total amount of the duties rewit ted by the United States is $4,850,000,
IMPORTANT NOTICE
To Kowloon Residents,
unique. On the one side is portrayed a Increased price could be legally regarded great country at our doors, for its people The political situation in the capital Chinese boy who has been brought up a fee or its equivalent", a divan beingskoen traders, who are beginning to is less tense than it was a few months an Milkmaid," whlist & representation of dood by Ordinance as a place where the appreciate the benefits to be derived from back, while down in the teeming South-a lean looking, starving boy site directly smoking of opiam takes place and in which opening up their land by means of railways On the 1st EEBRUARY we will OPEN a Branch of our Wine
etc. to intercourse with other nations. An two boys is amusing. The lens youth can test case was taken before Mr E. R. Hallifax
must continue to increase in greater ratio
A
and Spirit Business at
| land dominated by the big city of Can-opposite. The conversation between the fee or its equivalent is charged. A these railways progress, their foreign trade
No. 63, HAIPHONG ROAD, KOWLOON. fenses to being fed on skimmed milk and at the Magistroy, but his Worship hald than ever before, and of this tmde wo nuy ton, the advent ofa young and vigourous CINEMATOGRAPH THEATRE, Viceroy seems to point to a revival duly receives admonition from the fat in that the increased price for comestibles be sure that Hongkong, by its commanding for the convenience of our customers and the residents generally Ta PIONEER HALL OF THE COLONY of better times. If His Excellency dividual who has wisely confined" "his could not be so regarded. This was a meat osition, its unrivalled harbour, and..its
can put down brigandage and piracy, attentions to Makmaid,
DES YEUX ROAD CENTRAL
Opposito Central Market..!
2 Performances -7.15 to 9 and
TONIGHT!
goes, will ever control' an important part.
There being no questions the chairman proposed the adoption of the report and
important decision so far as the Government fins facilities for handling ships and ear, were concerned, for it practically tolars can abolish the licensed gambling
a state of affairs which defeated the ends monopoly without increasing the At the Pavitary Board meeting sought to be attained by the suppression of 9.15 to 11.30.murden of taxation very seriously Thursday afternoon the orders of the day the divans. Now the Government has taken inclade Reply from Siz May, K.OMG cozy decided step, which should at any TO-NIGHT and inaugurate some other pressing to the Board to the resolution adopted by rate resule in the complete disappearance
reforms, then Kwanting should see the Board on the 17th day of January, of pubilo smoking of opiuin in the Colony
distinct revival of trade within the 111; reply from Government relative to
salaris at Shaukiwan; raport of the com
The Great Dramatic Filin' Lizz, ROSE, RN, and the ARABIAN
SPY BELAXDID PROGRAMPULS.
DANGER FROM CROUP,
accounts,
Mr T Hough secunded and the motion Whis cried.
Oh the proposition of Mr A. Klinck seconded, by Mir Fang Sus Wah, Dr. WJ, Nobie, Mr. P. White and U Pol On coming twelvemonth. Stocks up mites belative to an outbreak of foot and
A few minutes delay in treating sore word re-elected to the consulting committee. | Mr Machado - proposed, and Mr. Terry country are low all round, crops mouth disease at No. 12 shed. So Acases of croup, even the length of have been good, money is compar Villa: correspondence relative to malaria time it takes to go for a doctor, often proves second and it was agreed that Mesars A atively easy, and the confidence at tanley correspondence relative to dangerous. The safest way is to keep OD. Gourdin, and W. H. S. Potts be
Trim Sha Toui market limits; application Chamberlain's Cough Bemedy in the home,ro-elected auditor
The Chairronn-That in all the businous and at the first indication of croup give the which was so andly shinken during to erect 20 water closets and 10 urinn's at and done. Plensant to take and Always gentlemen t I am much obliged for your the years of depression through which the University in Bonham, Rond and Puk cures For sale by all Chemists and attendance, Digilend warrants are forn-
Storskropem. Mr DENNIS CARNLY, we have been passing scems to be falam Rost.
the Holidays, including the Films Daring
Manon Lescant Foolhead in the Ligne Don Tittle Sharlock Holmes
and Boy Scouts.""
Miss DOLLY SWIFT,
Miss SADIE MELROSE
in Kowloon..
ALL OF OUR WELL-KNOWN SPECIALITIES, INCLUDING DRAUGHT ALE & STOUT IN JARS will be obtainable at the same prices as at our Hend. Qffice. Telephoned orders will always receive prompt attention. Don't forget the address.
63, Haiphong Road. H. Price & Co., Ltd.
Hongkong,
12, Queen's Road Central, "Hongkong
and Kowloon