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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
CHINA TRADERS IN-URANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
JOTICE IS HE 'EBY GIVEN that.
HE THIRTEENTHE YEABLY MERTINTI 66SHAREHOLDERS MEETING of the China Teniers Insur
of the above Company will be held at ance Campany. Limitol, wil be held tha Head Offer of the Comping, 8, 4, the Company's Qtley, St. George's Duill Concaught Road Victoris in the Colony, at 11.30 AM, on MONDAY the
FACRAORDIS WILL CHNERAL
of Hongkong, FRIDAY, the 5th day ay, bite to regeive a Statement of of May, 1919, at Now, when the saints to the list Themdeg. 18, ed Revelativa, which was passed as un and the Report of the General Manager to Flert Extraordinary Resolution at the Extra Consulting Committee and ordinary General Meeting of the idolting Committee and Auditor Jumping hell on the 18 h day of April, be closed from the th May to the The Trasfer Boks of the Conepazy
22nd May, boshyciaga inelusives
1916 will be submit el fut contiisaation ** |
■Special Resolution. :--
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This the na of the Comasny be "Changed to the British Tradors
Insurance Company, Limited,"
Duted this 18th day of Afrik. 15IK
By Order of the Bond,"
C MONTAGUE EDE.
Gener Manager:
INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
"
TERAL WERTING of the THE THIRTY-FIFTH ORDINARY]
Company will be held at the tiers of the feral Managers, Messrs Jardine, Mathesoni znaku Bander Des Voeux Road Hongkong on SATURDAY, the ith May
er's luck
AM. for the purpose of the
Report of the Pint passing the acevan, mal electing Directors and Andiros,
Ting
The TRANSPER BOOKS of the Com pany will be CLOSHIgfron, the let May to the 20th May inelarsive
By Older of the Bank JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.. Err.
General Manager I Hongkong April . 196
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is hereby notified thand have this
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F. MIRAYMOND Alesunda Basingst Hongkong, May 1, 1914
NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that the 3. partnership heretofore schwisting between GarFREY (ABLE Masos, 'JOHN WILLEM TAYLOR, anak Krow.ant
MAURICE RAYMOND carrying on business.
Victoria Hongkong as Shaurebrokers under the style or tiem Moxos an TAYLOR- has been
been dissolved by the ješłukiam of time as from the 30th April
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1918, so far as concerns the at EDWARD SIMPLIFICATION OF THE CHINESE this style of characters in the newspaper MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA
Mariner Baymont who has
from the sail Art The said GEOFFREY
THE "CANTON U SURANCE OFFICE CHARLES Moxos marl doiIN WILLIYAT
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1 EXTRAORDINARY GENER MEETING of the Catton Dsurance eilee, Limitovi, will is bell at the tic
J. W. TAYLOR »E. M. RAYMOND,
Houtkong. May 2, 1914,
of tours, Jardine, Mathéen & Co, Ltd.” No. 16. Bider Street. Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, in FAEDAY, 19th Mey at Noon when the subigined Resolu tions which were based at the Extra-
linary Meeting held sad instant 54% RUSSIAN INTERNAL SHORT will smittet
fintignis | TERMED LOAN OF 1318,
special resolutions, vige
In
That the provisions of the fam pany's Mensahenior Association with
resparet to its objects beaðrewed i so as to read us in the Print sized by the Chairman of This Meeting the purposes of identification, That the Articles of Association of Company healtered in: aktar followin
Tant the following Article -hall ix sutstitutal for Article 44,
mely
LANGUAGE.
REPORN POHDIS
anak in" uit oficial documents and correspondence, educators believe the , simpler form of writing would readily be. popularized together with the simple"
darlized vocabulary,
STORY OF THE "EMDEN."
HOW. CAPTAIN TOOK A GREEK SHIP'S COAL
TIMELY SBELIS ACROSS BOW FROT RUKE YAEMOUTH
(MITSUBISHI 00.)
COAL DEPARTMENT,
|OLE PROPRIE PORS of TAKA.
SOLE
SIMA OCHT, MUTABE, YO- SHINOTANI, KISHIDAKE, HOJO, KANADA, NAMAZUTA, SAYO, SHINNEW and KAMIYAMADA Collarios.
Progressive Chinese'sellars and states- men are proposing a "ran marblessy through the diairets and võenbalaries of china and PV
residue of five thousand words for universal, ne in the Eastern Republic, This proposal is by gruppoudiens et the New York
tilobe" in green with the approval o President Yuun hill-kai and the Minister"," of Education and to be under getura, H.M.ruiser Farmouth's arrival of AGENTS 0 SAKITO, & DIUBARI- discussion in the. Chinese press, One of the Dutch colonial island of Gilolo just the inunense gains of Sheba simplifications and standardization of Chinese textbooks would be to bring the various proviren The loan is entirely free of lacume Tastier, whereas at present, tur and
of other taxation. The
Fox Ras. 200.00 900,
EBSCRIPTION to the above LOAN will be opened from 29th March, till 5th May inclusively.
The price af gue is 90%.
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Greck ship captured by the Endea being relieved of the rest of her cuego of "com.. was described in the Alairalty Court London, recently.
This was a claim for prize salvage asiat the owners of the Greek steamer For the defenec it was claimed that the Fontopores, 4,000 tone, valued £4000. ship was not salved from any, danger, as the German captain
the rewel salled from Calcutta with a her after taking her coi
My Laing sai that in September 1014
an
intended to release
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HEAD OFFICE :—TOKYO.
BRANCH OFFICES Nagasaki Moji, Karatau, Wakamatsu, Otaru, 'MurOTNIK, Hakodate, Kobe, Osaka, Kure,
· Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoja Teurnga, Shanghai, Hongkong. North-West Railway of India---
Hankow, Peking. doubtedly & Government destination. On September 10 she was captured by the Eater, whose commander put an ADDERSEA for abors: IWASAKI expthin to his enbin. The captors Ahn Codes: A1, ABU 5th Ed., Western Gulvm,
un baggul and confined pat upa
notice in German, English, setting forth that the crew of the Pontopurof were subject to German martial law, and grave penalties for any hostile attempt.
the
and
AGENCIES: CHINKIANG: Messrs Gearing &
the "unlettered post of the population go, loan is redeemable at par on 1st thes are vizaval Dvigners one another. February, 1996, Rusulin style, without Evention is experts to make great and for the Russia dovernment to rapid tride under such a reform, and convert it at an earlier date. 1. The menbes of the Com- remitter shall be paid out of 1st February and 1st August. Russiansed appropriation for its purposes Coupons are payable bali yearly on the temps the fovernment to make an the funds of the 'orapany style. ~`such memineration ay may
Just now the money, devoted to education As terest on the abare loan rup Be or have been detrained from 1st/14th February the interest
is suld be about one-fiftieth of the of 50 tons of coal, intended for anytime be nuy General
Accrued date of sub-cription must be an expended annually for the upkeep Muting of the County til taken into consideration and is to be added
of the Army and Savy. We read: such remmeration is altered to the price of issue.
The sentiment throughout thine is by any submergand fieneral
The Rasso-Asiatic Bank in Bokong is that more names misthe weed for dues Meeting of the Chiny, ready to accept applications for the above on. With a proper system of taxation Such sum shall be livisiblen med lao. amongst the menders of the Special favourable rates wit Cubitter" inch propor for Russian exchange.
Cild can realize sufficient money to be quoted
maintains dehals, “but educational experts Bions as the Committed or majurit thereof shall
Payment may also be made in Roubles are universally agreed that adequate Applications will be wired to Petrogradesnits can not be attained in Chinese ***determine."
free of telegraphic charges and commission.
40% only of the coat the Bonia may chools until the written language of the be paid on application, the hilace to be Chinese is standardized and simplified. paid on receipt of the Bonde,
Prominentednestors recectly suggested the creation of a board for the uccom- facility to subscribers in the shape of plishment of this work. They would
have auch n board lify the present the Greek ship the Emden left her with
Having taken 500 tons of coal from SINGAPORE: Mears Borneo Co. G. TISDALL,
Harid" style of composition and put the a prize crew on board. The Markomannia Manager.
Chime classics that is, the better took a further 500 tons of coal from the Rongkong, March 30, 1916.
486 known works of Confucius-inte simple. Pontoporus. The master, who was not a language with siaplised characters. This stated to the captain of the Pontoporos
German naval officer, was said to have edention would take frúru the Mandarin You will be released in a day or two. diabet us used in Peking, which is the You work away, and get us full of coal language of scholars, possibly 3,000 Chinese characters, sumcient for ordinary expresion. This would be the standard vocabulary for all China.
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later this 3rd day of May, 1915. JARDINE. MATHESON & Co., LS,
General & genis..
THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE
LIMITED...
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Canton Insurance Office Limited will be held at the Offices of Mesurs JARDEZ, MATHESON & Co. Ltd. No. 16 Pudder Street, Victoria in the Coisany of Hongkong on, FRIDAY the 10th day of May, 1916 at 12.10 in the afternion for the
purpose of considering, and if thought t passing AS DD CX- traordinary resolution the following,
viz.
+36
The Bank is also ready to give every
advances against the scrips.
SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK).
•COAL,
THE Undersigned having been appointed AGzsis for the CUWIE HARBOUR COAL CO., LTD., are prepared to quote prices for best quality SILIMPOPON
KIGHT BRITISH,SHIPS BUNK. The Emden was accompanied by the.. German supply ship Markomannis. During the short time the three vessels MANILA. Messa Macondray & were together the Emden sank eight British ships with their cargoes.
TARMOUTH HOVE. IN SIGHT.
On October 12 the Yarmouth appeared on the horizon and bath vessels steamed as fast as they could towards the land, with the object of getting within the would be standardized in such a way that across their bows and brought them up. The pronunciation of the characters three-mile limit, but the Yarmouth fired TIK OF SANDAKAN (British North the written and spoken words would ne
Markomannia
promptly son Under the impression that the Emden exactly the same in every provincu
The educators get that this was likely to return the Yarmouth wait ed about a little time, but she did not
AL; trimmed inte Bunkera at SEBAT
the BMPOFON COAL compares favour.
That the remuneration of
nizing Committee be fixed at
of 19,000 per annum as from "first day of January 1916." Dated this third day of May, 1916.
JARDINE MATHESON & Co., Ltd.
General Agents, The Canton Insurance Office Limited
THE HONGKONO ELECTRIC COMPANY, LTD.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTY SEVENTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Company's Offices St George's Buildings on SATURDAY the 20th May, 1918, at 12 o'cipes Noor for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 20th February, 1018, and electing. Directory and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from the 8th May to the 9th May, both days inclusive
By Order of the Board of Directors.
GIER LIVINGSTON & Co.
Agenda Hongkong May 2, 1916.
HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY, LTD.
REDUCTION IN PRICE
FROM Mt May 1910, the price of
Current for Lighting and Fans will
de reduced to 20 cents per unit,
Discounts will remnia as before."
GIBB LIVINGSTON & CO.
Agenta,
Hongkong, May 1, 1016,
006
you happen to be late your gili wil be Cartouzly and Fromy thy served
UBA CARA
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- For particulars, apply to
K. KATO,
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No. & PIDDIX Örsart,
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SINGON & CO.
POTAWLAKIKU. A.D, 1880.
ably with the better grades of Japanese reform-board would make text-books und return Coal and gives good results on stictionaries containing the 5,000 words us moderate comsumption.
The Pontoporos was taken to Singapore Steamers lling at SEBATTIK or haracters adequate to cover the firm five and prize proceedings were instituted on BANDAKAN exclusively for BILIMFO-year of prinwy school work. PON COAL (either go or Bunkers)
ground that she had been guilty of. are axempt from payment of all Portrd that as the vital basis for educa clismissed and the vessel was restored to TBUS BTEEL METAL and HARD
anneutral service. These charges were charges.
tinn-reform in China, and suggest that her owners. If the had been brought WARE MERCHANTE, :. Wholamle At Sobattik Steamers as berthed along-core elaborate dictionarien and standard before a German prize court the ship sad and Babel Insongers. Pig Irver and side the Company's wharf where de a last-books could easily be worked out so cargo would have been condemned on keepers and Salpahandlers. 85 and | Foundry Coăn Importers. General Store- minimum depth of 27 to 28 feet
as to put education, even in the universe ground that her cargo was under 57, Hine Louse Saaz, (and Strest, work water Spring Tiden,
German law, absolute contraband, destined for the British Government. when he fell in with the Pontoporce he Captain Henry Cochrane said that was. searching for the Emden. prisoners to the military authorities. Penang he handed over the 60 Germani
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Charts of Bioako Bay (Sobatik Harsities, upon the sume basis in all Ching. Bour), Prican and all other information concerning the Porter he had on Chinese characters la different in practi. At present the pronunciation of application to the Agenta,
cally every province. A Canton man is BRADLEY & CO., LTD., absolutely able to understand the Agents Cowle Harbour Coal language of the Pekingese until he has Company, Limited.. studied the prouinciation. The samne is Hongkong, Dec. 1915, 1027 true of men from adjacent provinces in
either the north or south of China.
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It is estimated that the plan for standardizing Chinese would bring about univeral language in China in less than forty years, if compulsory education were adopted, and the Mandarin disloct, or the dialect of the educated plass, were taught in' all schools. Missionaries, and othe Foreigners who have lived in China: for: pany years, are alroost unanimousin and varied language of the Chinese is the thair belief that the extremely difficult
greatest barrier to Chiu's progresi. Written and spoken Chiness are in such hopeless complexity that there are very faw Chinese scholars who bave been able to taster all the dialects even in a long. lifetime of continuous study
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