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NOTICE.
Н
I heard instar, and until further TT is hereby notified that, on and after notion, the Bad from Deep Water Bay to Repulse Bay will be Linsed to horse and vehicular traffic in order to admit of certain improvements being effected
thereto.
W. CHATHAM, Discogr of Public Works.
Public Works fice. Hangkong, March 20, 1917.
1,600
HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY LIMITED.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom).
INTIMATIONS
THE ASSOCIATION OF EXPORTERS AND DEALERS OF HONGKONG.
To the Members of the THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEET- ASSOCIATION OF EXPORTERS AND hold a TUESDAY, the 27th March, DEALERS OF HONGKONG will be 1917, at 4 r. precisely, in the CHAM HER OF COMMERCE ROOM, New GOVERNMENT: BUILDING, for the following purposes:-
(1) To receive the Report and Accounts of the Committee for the year ended 11st Decathber, 1918 "(2) Tu elect a Now Committee.
(3) To transact any General Business.
By Crder, N
E. AM, WILLIAMS,
Secretary.
Hongkong, March 17, 1917.
1688
NCOLONIAL (Hongkong) REGIS
is hereby givan, that the DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY
TER of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, 27th MARCH, 1917, to WEDNESDAY, 25th Aran, 1917, both daya inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Director, W. E. ROBERTS,
Secretary, Hongkong, March 19, 1917. -
1591
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY," LIMITED & REDUCED.
THETWENTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY,
ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Offices of the Company, St George's Buillings, hater, Rond, Victoria, Horch, lips at 11.50 A... or TUESDAY, the for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Raport of the Directors for the year ending 31st
declaring December, 1918, Dividend.
47th day of
LIMITED.
NOTICE
INTERIM DIVIDEND of FIVE DOLLARS per Share has been Declared and will be Payable at the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corpora tion on or after WEDNESDAY the 4th April
The REGISTER of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, 31st March to WEDNESDAY, 4th April, both days inclusive, during which days no Transfer of Shares can be made.
DIVIDEND WARRANTS will be ready on WEDNESDAY the 4th April and may be obtained on application."
DOUGLAS LAPRAJE & CO.
General Managers. Hongkong. March 21, 1917.
1601
i
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By Order of
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 1535 Hongkong, March 6, 1917.
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT. COMPANY, LIMFTEN & REDUCED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, 1st March to SATURDAY, 31st March, 1917, both lays inclusive.
The return of Capital of $2.50 per share will be paid to Shareholders on and after the 15th March 1917, on presentation of Share Certificates for endorsement.
By Order of THE BOARD OF DIRECTORY Rongkong. Feb. 22, 1977.
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160
THE HONGKONG A WHAMIOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the ORDINARY YEARLY MEET ING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the Office of the Company. 2. Oneen's Buildings, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, with March, 1917 nt. 12 Noos for eonsideration of the Directors Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1916.
The SHARE REGISTER and TRANS FER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 21st to the 27th instant, both days
nclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
R. M. DYER,
Chief Mannger.
Hongkong, March 17, 1917.
HONGKONG TUE COMPANY, LIMITED.
HONGKONG CLUB.
NOTICE.
YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the RONGKONG CLUB will be held in the CLUB Rotax on THURSDAY, the 29th March, 1917, at 5.30 P.M.
By Order,
THE THIRTY-FIRST
E. DES VOEUX,
"scretory, Hongkong, Mar 18, 1917,
1583
THE TONGKONG ELECTRIC, CO.,
"FIMITED.
NOTICE.
TEE cal attration, of the Public is directed to the undermentioned ions which form part of the Hegulations made by tre Conseil under Section 3 of the Electricity Supply Ordinance, 1811, on the 15th
March 1917.
1587
"
THIRTY-SIXTH TANNUAL GINING OR DIARY HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the General Managers at 11.30
making any addi- 33-Any person
tion to any electrical installation connected to the Company's main without obwining the written consant of the company thereto "ahall be liable to a penalty not ex 8100 for every, such i 34: Any consumer upon whose Fremises any such addition shall be found shall be liable to penalty not exceeding $100 for every day or part of a day during which such addition shall have been in existence. In this regula person tion "consumer" means the in whose name the contract for the Aupply of electricity to
Pises was made with, the Com pany, or if there be no such person, the principal tenant or person in actual occupation of the premiser in which such addition shall be found."
such
Having regard to the possibility of a breakdown of the Company's present plant through unauthorised additions to existing installations the Public is
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An affecting and,, bernic story of the dister which overtook H.M. auxiliary, cruiser Zaureatie off the Irish coast was told at the coroner's inquest on 74 of the dead.
Captaip Reginald Arthur Norton, RN., the principal witness, said his ship carried a complement of 470. At 6.55 p.m. the witness was on the ship's bridge: There was a violent explosion abreast of the foremast on the port side outside the ship, followed 20sec. later by
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DELIVERING UP TO HOARDS OF GOLL
2,000 SOVEREIGNTAID OVER BANK COUTER.
LADY MAXWELL ZEST THIRD OF HER INCOI
weight of
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SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTEL;
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of eye strain you should consult us. eyes scientifically and filt glasses to individual re-
quirements.
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MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA
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TAKASHIMA, OCHI, MUTAKE, KISHIDAKE YOSHINOTANI, AHOJO, NAMAZUTA. SAYO,KANADA,
n dumped it SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA,, FIBAI
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Staggering under large leather bag. down on the floor benah of the Londo e South Western Bank and modestly rned the cashier that he wanted to les £2,000 in the war Loan
The money was oft in sovereigna,
a similar explosion abreast of the engine-but the man offers eflanation as to bhw such an exprdinary quantity of zoom on the port.side..
다.
He saw nothing in the water. The gold carne to be fa possession), sad the ship was steaming full speed ahead and bank oficials did inquire. graph "Full speed'astern," fired a rocket, gave the order to turn out the boats and tried to send a wireless call for help, hut found it could not be done owing to the seconden plosion, which occurred in the engine room, having stoppal the dynamo and left the ship in darkness..
To four official of the bank's head had to "The Day Chronicle "recenthat at this bank during the last th three times an mar gaid was paka as in any of the preceding six month
a
From all oYPE t country, agu The Coroner: How many survivors London contempod overes and have you?.
ball-sovereigns arepping in to the Witness: One hundred and twenty,eal War Savingommittees, from to the best of my knowledge. All the people who have felt any special me got away safely in the boats. compunction up the present about In answer to other questions by the Riding them, but whow say that they coroner. witness sail the best of onder are not going to it German success prevailed after the explosion. Officers for want of their libit. and men lived up to the best traditions of the Navy. About 45 minutes after the explosion, witness continued, before leaving the ship, he went round the vessel below in company with Mr Porter, the chief steward, who had an electric torch, and satisfied himself there vere no more men on the ship.
TRAWLERS TO THS RESCUE...
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Head Office from MARUNQUCBI, TOKYO
BRANCH OFFICES Nagasaki, Moji, Kafatiu, Wakamatia, Otara, Maroran, Hakodata, Kobe,, Osaka, Kere, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Tamuga. Vladivostock, Izakay Paking.. : Landon, Now Yox, Spid Eonetone, Hiphong
and Carbo
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AGENCIES:- CHINKIANG: Mesars Gearing &
...Co.
Lady Maxwell. of Lient. General MANILA Sir John Maxwell, affered the State
is
Messrs Macondray &
Co.
.Ltd. #
the use of a third or capital free of SINGAPORE: Messrs Burneo Co. interest for the durf of the war. This equivalent to a gi£1,75) a year. Altogather the pers to lend the Government £35,00 her contribution towards the cost of war.
In a letter to the Minister Lady
The Coroner: Were there any poople Maxwell says:-
earnestly requested to, cooperate with killed on board t the Company by bringing to the Com pany's notice any contraventions of the above regulations.
Dated this 20th day of March, 1917.
GIBE, LIVINGSTON & CO.
Agenta,
WEDNESDAY, 28th instant, to receive a Statement of the Company' Accounts to 1st December, 1910 and" she report of the General Managers.
The TRANSFER BOJKS of the 1509] Company will be CLOSED frost the 14th to Esth instant bort days inclusive. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. LTD.
General Manager's. Hongkong March 8, 1917.
1562
HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTION TO SHARKHOLDERS,
THE FORTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the Undoraigned at Noo%, 20 WEDNESDAY. the 28th instant.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from thei 14th to the 29th instant, both days! inclusive.
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JARDINE, MATHESON & Co, Li COLUMBIA
General Managers.
Hongkong Fire Insurance Company Ltd
Hozackung, March 8, 1917.
CHINA SUGAR REFINING
COMPANY I.IMITED.
"NOTICE.
1559
on
0935
THE THIRTY-NENTH ORDINARY 6107
FANNUAL MEETING the SHAREHOLDERS of the above Com pany will be held at the Offices of the gong General Agents, Pedder's Stroet, FRIDAY the 30th instant at Noon for the purpose of fscriving the Report and Slatement of Accounts for the year
1018.
the BOOKS The
AMER OLOST
Witness: It is possible that someone? was killed in the engine room, but I have not been able to ascertain owing to there being no survivors from the men on watch. I know that all the men got up from the stakehold. The men died from exposure owing to the coldness of the aight.
Kozmen
There is so that wa can do, hot I kthat one of the chief factors of viķis money; there. fore I am writingfer the Govern ment, through third of my capital tree of allest whatever for the duration of th The
GLASGOW, Meeers A B Brown, McFarlane & Co., Ltd.
For Particular, apply to
K. KATO,
Manager.
No. 2 PROPER - STRIGT,
KONGKONG.
money gratefully SINGON & CO.
accepted. A certifiill be given to Lady Maxwell ontiter to repayment three months after ende,
A WIDO
He paid a tribute to the kindesa shown to the survivors by the masters of the several trawlers which went to their
At the other end le a widow rescue, and mentioned that his own bont which was then almost full of water, was who has sent to the Waz Savings picked up by's trawler at 1 o'clock the Committee a 106. Ty note and a following morning. All the men in the portal, order for us. offering what boat survived.
Another boat, said witness, contained she truly calls her Mite. this Aive survivors, although this had been patriotic citizen caution to the exposed to the bitterly cold weather for money which might eated in War
about 23 hours.
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The foreman naked if any person was Loan if only womenboney at their asleep on the ship at the time of the disposal would put before foshins, disaster! The captain, said he thought
Dot
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list but He was got away. There was
plenty of time, though some of the men
Birmingham, sta Birmingham
did not wait put on proper attire "Daily Post," has cxed £8,270,326 Forty-five minutes elapsed from the time to the War Loan, of Es,
of the explosion until witness left the new money-
ship, "and naturally," he added, "I want
the last to leave"
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in every case was due to shock following
exposure.
The chief naval officer of the district said he believed there would have been more survivors had it not been for the cold night, and instanced the case of one boat picked up the afternoon following the disaster containing 17 frozen bodies. Another boat contained five survivors
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The jury returned a verdict that deceased came to their death on the high sese on the night of January 25 or the of the 20th, and that the cano morning of death was shock and exposure. The coroner asked the sentor officer to convey to the Admiralty their Violin and core sorrow at the loss of such galikat liyes in the service of their King "and country and also an expression Suzy's admiration of the gallant of the path and other officers. **The foremnt of the Captain had acted very ber had done everything possi
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