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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1918
THE WAR.
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.
(Reuter's Service to the China Maik}
HOLLAND "AND THE SUBMARINE
WAR.
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THE CHINA MAIL.
SHANGHAI AND HONGKEW WHIRF.
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ANNUM GENERAL. JEFTINOJ The annual general meeting of the Shanghal and Hongkew Wharf Co., Ltd., was held on the 15th inst. at the board
of the general agents, Mears, Jardine Mathiwa & Co. End, Shanghai The following directors were present: Mr. John Johnature (Chairman), Mr. H, A. 5. Muuray, My, C. W. Wrightwon. nd Mr. E. Rahards. Among other shares holders present were motel: Mr. We 7. Clark, Mr. A: H. Wilson, Mr.Krefooty Mr. R. F. Kahorie, Mr. R. I. Ellas -Mr. f. 1. Elias, Mr. C. H. C, Plate, Alt.
B. A. Clarke und Mr. A.. Brooke-Smièla.--| The secretary, Mr. J. J. Dunne, having bound for Iusbeck, has arrived at and the auditors' report, the Chirmun The Norwegian steamer Kongiage, eoid the usual mistice calling the meeting! Frederiksbava (Denmark) with a prize haid. crew of six from British abmaring
BRITISH SEIZE A NORWEGIAN STEAMER.
LONDON, March 21.
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be reflected directors-proponed by M. bollars to the fact that the question of H. Platt mad seconded by Mr.greating a mötür parage in Astor House Brodie Az Clázke.
Road and the purchase of a. cAT `EAN, NADIS That Mr. G. R. Wingrove as Marshal Es expressed the hope that the re tioned before Capt. Morton came to Shang- Love, nghai and Matthews be elected election of Mr MaDowell and Mr Ea auditors for the ensuing year-proposed would take place. by Dr. Y. Macleod and seconded by relative to the purchase of the matur car A. I Anderson.,
That a dividend of The. 3 per share bo declared for the year 1915-proposed by the Chairman and sounded by Mr. Wrightson.
The meeting the terminatal
CENTRAL STORES, LIMITED.
SHANGHAI."
APPOINTMENT OF A MANAGING “DIEKUTOR CRITICISED. "
The CHAIRMAN axid that when the papers
the cheque signed. Habjected to that reached him thai bi bad bean, bought and and it had been his own brochar he would not have stood for it ra
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Mr. Eana, Mr. Karoor and Ma Ditor having again spoken the motion toys sect Mr. McDowell was pas to the meeting ani
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Mr. EZRA thereupon withdraw bia. consination,
The following ether resolutions were pamed;-
That the appointment of Mr. Heury Elrington Morton as a Director of this Company be confirmed."--Froposed by kir Isen, seconded by Mr. Ez
“That Menses Lora, Bingham & Mat thewk #cooon asta aud'Auditors de re elected for the ensuing per at fea of The annual renent meeting of the share-dollars, one thoumud Proposed by the
CHADSELT, HOOD DGai by Mr Ezu was held inst work'st sha" "Palace Hotel
THE HAGUR, Mar. 22. The Foreign Office denies the raport published by the Neues ran don Day that the Government has monk 4, most severe Nope to Cremeny which examined the ship's papers at the the ordinary business of, this meeting.I when Mr Brodis & Clarke presided. He disposal of the Diretors for the foreign
· Edenblemen,-Before proceeding withholdne in the Cental Stores Ld, Shanghal Thai a aurn of moriny be pisced it the regarding the sinking of the Tuban | Castegar and ordered the stormer to think it is only right that some men- was supported by Mosers J MoDawall,, | atacaqusito teo percent of Mair eslaries. so they completed the supply by making tion should be made to the loss the share W. Daldy. J Inch, E. LEs and Proposed by Capt. MCCRACKER wounded for Frederikshavo.
holders have sustained through the death. E. Marion, directors Man R N by the Churrasta
Macleod, F. Milchews and J. Harvey in setion of Captain Loftus Jones w Looghurst secrata The douginge has left Frederikshavn for the debétard holders.
along with Mr. Pearce, acted as trusted for Laith.
fid) but five Ministers, inclling the Mittston of Foreign Affairs, conferred să nou touhy with representatives of the Shipping Compantes.
AMSTERDAM-Yu. 2.
It is reportal that the Rotter Jainsite Floyd äd Nederland Com- panies are considering the suspension
go to Leith, but the coal was insuficient
LATER.
MORE VESSELS BUNK MY SUBMARINES.
We do not stand alone in this respect da there are many other local companies in which Captain Loftus Tobes was in terested bath in a private and official capacity and I think I will voice the
of their services till Germany's inter- ONE BEITISH AND TWO NEUTRAL general opinion of these present here tions are clarified
The Prins der Nederlanden, "and
the Tamara, homeward board from Ja,,, have been ondered to await instructions at Falmouth
EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
UNSUCCESSFUL GERMAN ATTEMPT TO ENLARGE FRONT.
ATTACK ACCOMPANIED BY LIGTH
FABE
PARIS, March
-communiquer stater Our artillery wrecked enemy treucher in Argoone, and also destroyer gas reservoirs, velenaing loads of rul phuroya ganes. We vigorously bom harded the sector, of Arocourt and Malheurt, and dispersed enemy gatherings north of Bole and Mont faneou during the day.
The Germans, after an intense som bardment with beavy shalls, attempted to enlarge the front weit af the Mouse. A fresh Division was brought up from s remote part of the front, and they nade a most violent attack, which war accompanied by squirts of liquid fare, between Avocourt and Malancourt. Our curtain of infantry and machine," gun fre auished the attack with heavy Zones.
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There has been intermittent artillery bctivity east of the Mouss
Our aeroplanes bombarded the rail way station at Duc-sur-Mease, where there were considerable concentrations of troope
Ad enemy aeroplane was brought down in the region of Verdun,
FIGHT FOR BOMBING FOST ON BRITISH FRONT.
LONDON, March 21,
A communique states that thers har been considerable mutual artillery activity about Loos, Hohenzollern sad north of Ypres.
At Boesingbe the enemy, after heavy bombardment, rushed a bombing post, which was immediately regained by a doubter attack."
TURKS ENTRENCHING IN ASIA MINOR.
BRINGING GUNS FROM DARDANELLES,
PETROGRAD, March 20.
A communique states: The Russians are carenty miles west
of Ezzeram, and the Tarks, under
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LONDON, March 21. |
The British steamer Port Dalhousie and the Norwegian steamer Angeli have been runk,
Seven survivors of the former, and sixteen of the latter have been landeds The Danish steamer Skoushorg has been ask, three being drowned.
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DUTCH STEAMSHIP LINES TO SUSPEND SERVICES,
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spoeiated.
The accounts showed the balance at credit to be $7.3MX: against $37,513, 11mt year, and the daictors recommended a dividend of 43 coats per share, spil to per cent on the epiest After making there semained to be carried forward, to apprpriations for reserves at 148,000 math year's account #23,683.
of
HOCTEFEULER OFFER TO CHINA
NISSION.
EPISCOPAL BOARD INSISTS-UTON | COMPLETE CONTROL OF INSTITUTIONS ABROAD."
the Aw York Herald of February 10th, There was lively debate yesterday, says at a meeting of the Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church held at the Church Missions House, No. 231 Fourth avenue, on the question whether the Episcopal Church should accept offered
fram the Rookefeller
MA DALDY explained that the illness roslay when I ask that we minta the cash balance. If it had at Lean for the the diridend entirely due to the deep sense of ions we feel in the death payment to the Allor House Hotel of of Captain' Loitus Jones. A friend of months. 50,000 they would have had a
4 credit with when we are pronat to have been of us, munka gullins British,, gentleman halsace of $49,0′0 in the bank.
Mr. Ezna said, that ho entirely i
tirely moroved the payment of
of 8 per cent. dividend jand
of the Astor House Hotel had resulted in have appointed Mr. MisNeill, who ledly a press of $22,000 neh. His on for goo-nted take the position rendered apparing the dividend was thit, during vacant by the death of Captain Laitus the year, some condiderable improvement Jupes as trustee for the debestrze "hold, would have to be made at the Astor House John's University, Shang
We will now continue with the ordinary pat them in a postion to pay a larger Ja el. A smaller dividend this your would Platsitress of the raveting."
dividend next year and onwards. Gentlemen-Tae report and accomta- have been in your hands for some days und with your permission. E will take them:
I would mention that "vour Directors i polated out that four months working. Foundation in carrying on its two lading
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institutions in China. One of these is St. Luke's Hospital, Shanghai, the largest. hospital in the Orient, and the other is St. the largest Christan allege in the
The Rockefeller Foundation, being about to start a new mediest: school is Chins, hat offered financial aid anually to the hospital the Pundation making co tuin. sppoint and sollege if they will agree to comment to ments to their staff. It was this string
„Me Kzaroor did not believe in doing too ought to hays what was going. It as all much for posterity, the present shareholders very well to put reserves to one side but still and the should let each stand by fuiftind to the gifts one Bi-hop put it
int the shareholders of that year beach bich caused the discord. Sexual members accrstingly
to the Board, thought they saw a purpose The CHAIRMAN .printed out that they
the part of the Foundation to get everything they had to import to make the wore faced with the very high prices of possession of the hospital and aniversity.
After rooms suitable for tests, such as sarpete. Fassed:
loog discussion this resolution was
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ANITREDAM, March 21. Dutch steamship lines contemplates real. the-stopping-of-services-pending an aiding my schuimur last announcement regarding Germany's that mig I conduded with the intenticni.
remark that was impossible at that date to make any reliable forecast as the prospects of 1915 and that I could only express the hope that we wightete, but if the warttopp dont of the Jabe's and Sr. Luke's be asked to prepare experienerių considerable improvement."all hoped it would, and the first half of the
The wished-for ingrowergent, gentle-year was good, the directors would not detailed staterparts of the amounts needed men, bus. I regret to say, the berg forth fobing and your fúrectors have found it necessary to remmend a reduction in the dividend to there tools.
MOTOR AMBULANCE BOATS.
FOR TESOPOTA MELA.
· LONDON, March 21. The Red Cross Society have now fifty motor ambulance boats ready for Mesopotamia.
NORWAY PURCHASES MOTOR
STEAMERS.
COPENHAGEN, Mar, 21. Norway has purchased three motor steamers from the East Asiatic Com- pany for half a million sterling.
BRITISH SHIP AFIRE.
LONDON, March 21.
A serious fre has occurred on the Tilbury from Calcutta: The vorsel left steamor Cadee, which has arrived at Calepita on January 28th,
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CHINESE AFFAIRS.
(Wak Tox" Yet Pole Service.)
THE REVOLT IN CHINA..
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The European war has been, and fear will continge to by, the case of falling in the earnings of trang com panies and to this war and the many. side issues that it has brought in. we may attribute the falling off in our car
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As you are all well aware we depend Bratly on the bathingles Bearers and secondly on storage, curninga, to,peation the two quin sources "cf- revenue in the order in which they hely the earnings of Qe company?
TE is perosis decent for me to the number of ocean-going vessels coming point out to you the general shortage in
to the Fast, in a measure due to requist tides made by our Home Goverment for national purposes, and to" the highly remunerative rates which trump steamer could compund elsewhere. To quote
gures in support of these remarks. I would agation that we berthed 16 ocean going and 111 coasting and tramp vein less this year than fast,
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doubt sea what to paying an interim dividend.
what they could, do with regard |
Bir Daldy the report and accosta as On the Chairman's proposti seconded by submitted were accepted and passed. seconded, and it was rried that a dirilend The Chairman proponend and M. DALDY of 43 canta per sbars un 34,958 ordinry shares be declared is payable.
Mr. Lack proposed and Mr. E Eze arconded that Mr. McDowell be rem elected a director of the company.
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Resolved. That the authorities of S
to enable these institutions to render the suggested service, which statements, if approved by the Board of Missions, shall be forwarded to the chirman of the Chin Medical Board of the Rockefeller Founda suggested help does not interfore it any tion, provided that the acceptance of the way, with cur own cuatrol'uf our church institutions,
To-day's Advertisements
HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARF
& GODOWN CO., LTD.
URING my Absence from the Colony, will actus Secretary to the ove Company. M. PHILIP ROBERT WULFF
By Order of the Board of Directors.
BROWN, » Secretary,
Hongkong, March 20, 1915.
DEEP WATER BAY COURSE.
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Mr DALBY and he regretted to have to ask the directors to sppose the resolation before them and he would also have to them nos to confirm the appointments of Mars Fz and Morton. He did this on the ground that the policy of running the company being paraud by the mjenty of their directors was got for the beseft of the shareholders and he would ask them to support the policy of scenomy, which had
Morton as a managing director at a salary been followed for soup years. Now she majority of
of the board bad appointed Capt. of 8000 per month, ik board and lodging, which would mean a payment, by the con pay of $12,000 year, equal to four and a luxury which they could nos afford and he balf per cent. on their spital. It was a failed to see how this action was going to
MIXED FOURSUMES COMPETT bring in any extra profit, to justify theATION will be held on SATURDAY expense.
and SUNDAY, 8th and 9th April. The speaker also mentioned that three CONDITIONS:-27 holes against Bogey weeks ago a motor car was brought for Tis..
ander
handicap. 2,300 for the use of the managing director,
The Bogey score and table of
holes at With regard to sluagh earnings I would as that he might visit their three hotels which strokes are to be taken will be fixed reink that the Enemy Trading Ordi-daily. He did not know who had ordered.
later." The Government has ordered the nice which game into force on August the car, but the cheque in payment wais
Entrance fee $2.00 per couple. military governor of Namking to dis-15. 1913, had the effes of curtailing our signed by two of the directors before the
Competitors must arrange ther owD patch one of his regiments in Pakortings to an appreciable extent for the After the two years hard work that Mr. to send their names to the noderaigned or others had been consulted. He thought there and opponents and are requested to be stationed at Kicking.
reases that all emany-owned ear had Longhurst bad put is that it would be a to peat same on the boards at Happy be removed by a certain dare other. short sighted policy to push his side Valley, Fan Lung or the Hongkong Club Negotiations are in progross with wise it would have been held up. A con now that prosprous times were ahead. before the 5th April. 3 certain Fower for a long lines are silerable quantity of good pairing a House Hotel, the company w w aines the acquisition of the Astor
T. W. HILL........ to be mortgaged as security.
was therefore reused from our goods au important British concern and he hoped
Acting Hon Secretary. The Government has sanctioned and we thus lost a certain, income in they would agree with him that they ought
Hongkong, March 12, 1916, - Lung Chai Kong's request to enlist ten motely"Tis. 10 per month.-3
storage charges amounting to approx.to have British subject as maniger on
account of the complex state of Intern UNIVERSITY OF HONGKONG. thousand new soldiers and recommends
Further than these explanation ferie. tional Law in the Settlement.
Mr Kraroor agreed certain gantry to assist in the matter. men. the Recounts themselves call for
With Mr Dally's MATRICUL LETON, SENIOR AND opposition to the General Ngai Chib (who was one of the comment. The seat sut aside Merton is managing director, and said that pointment of Capt
HAJUNIOR EXAMÍNATIONS, for repairs. last year hus, you will notice, unless the shareholders get from the direc
NOTICE IS HERESY GIVEN, that DAD-
the MATRICOLATI N. BENIUR
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· German 'dficere, are reported to be the officers of Tuan Shin Kai's model been more than" required in keeping thetors so assursnes that two cap they and JUNIOR LOCAL YXAMINATIONS. hastily entrenching along the line form- army in Chibli) has arrived in Peking various properties and stock of the Com: Agers would be engaged be rast they will be held on the following datei par
Chi
would rote
-ed by Kiresin, Karachiseer and. Tivas. Tens of thousands of civilians bara
A Mandate appointa Lung Kanpany in good order, and it is proposed to were brought
the motions when Doen impressed into service by the Kwong (brother of the Military Govor truster a like amount (s. 45.000 this McDowzzz si pressed his surprise at
HARDY BJULY 10-15тa, 1918. military for work on the gone, which nor of Canton) to be Superintendent of year to repairs, account.
what had happened at the meeting sad aid they are bringing from the Dardanelles,Military Affairs and Acting Governor of lys, 1915, hit te hard and we have found him unprepared Me Mellowell theniselresenta
Arpagnenta, will be made to hold the You will also notice at the typhoon that he had had no indication of any kind. Traminsons at any town where We captured to more guns in the of Yunnan,
of what was coming and is consequently sufficient number of candidates offer district of Mamabatan,
had to make good damage to your pro-dafanded the appointment of Capt. Mostes. [Lung Kar Kwong some time ago passed perty, ashore and adcst, the extent of man like him who isd been coming to forms with the fee, to the Bazistrar, Carlisler mast send in their catry through Keampki at the head of an army 11, 20,87.47 out of this year's working. Shanghai bor twenty years and was known University, Hongkong, not later than CARDINAL MERCIER THREATENED. of Youcanese troops from Kangtang, to
Join in the suppression of the result in at
throughout the world. By the traveling AMSTERDAM, March 20,
Fannan province.)
only after careful consideration that they I public would be a good manager and it was god, 1915. SASA General von Bissing has, written a A Mandate appoints Ling Fook
decided they ought to have man like long and threatening latter against the Fang, Tsoi Nai Wong, and Li Eor
Capt Marton, Mr McDowell, then recited dinal Motion contained in Car Fac, ausistant directors of the military
spoke of the service he had readend Mercier's pastoral letters. Ha detence of Kwangtang ways—i—is quite inexcusable-for Cardinal Mercier to raise unjustified hope regarding the issue of the war, and warar Cardinal Morcier that fur ther political activity will be staraly prosecuted:
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NEW YORK March, 20. Mr. Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, in an important interview with representative of the Associated Prew (of America) announced that a forth coming Order-ja.Council would prohibit the importation into the United King don of numerous luxuries from a
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repire a person with good deal more Claire than £ poess to endeavour to foreaan the prospects for 1918 and Capt Morton and detailed the manusc in 200 a year each, for Ave years, Lanable MT E supported the appointment of Two King Edward VII Scholarships of prefer therefore, to give a opinion, but which the matter was brought before him only by British subjoo, who must be IYER RUNING (F.M.S.) RUBBER before concluding I would like to explain a thought it was in the best intertata of ander the age of the 10th July, 1910 Lift we are in negotiation for the sale their hotels under the same management deliver to the Registrar, on or before the the shareholder that they should have a candidate who shes to complete wast of a part of our property. I prefix sot They were very listed with Me first day of the Examination, certificate The restoms have decided to laue the to enter into any details of the proposed Longhast, but at the same, Line be of eligibility: in the form specified by the remaining capital of the Company, wou-ano, as, negotiations are not yet definitely himself bad pointed out many times that Requicians Das Scholarship will be sisting of 10,000 shares of £1 each, and concluded and will fly any that if it proper, competent additional management tenable in the Faculty of Arts, the they are now offering these shares to the goes through it will be of considerable say that they should have women shareholders on the Company's Lenster, benefit to both buyers and sellers. but I was better get one good ding Currency) year for Ave years, for subscription at par, a, the rate of I do not think is if necessary for me, one this two who are medio Casable by studenta of Chinese Nationality one new shore for ovary complete set of to any anything more regarding the If they wanted the undertakin toho qust be ander the age of 21 ou the twelve shares held in the Company at accoun this date.
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