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INTIMATIONS
INSURANCES
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 61a, 1907.
S. MOUTRIE THE GOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY
& CO., LTD., ESTABLISHED 1875..
BABY GRANDS
BY
RACHELS,
PLEYEL,
KEMMLER
AND ROSENKRANZ. PRICES PROM $750.
OF HAMBURG.
THE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Baton
CARLOWITZ & Co. 99 Hongkong, 18th August 1906.
`AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN
SURANCE CO.
OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.
!sh
HF Undersigned, baring been appointed THE
AGENTS for the above Company, ar prepared to ACCEPT BISES against FIRE at Current Eston
REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.
Agente. Hor gtong, 21st April, 1897.
114
NOTE RURANCE COMPANY.
TORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN TOTAL FUNDS AT 31er Daomas, 1905 217,897,119.
FOR LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH, QUALITY OF TONE, AND DURABILITY, THESE PIANOS L
ARE UNRIVALLED.
GUARANTEE FOR A TEST
Authorised CAPITAL... £6,000,000 SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL... 2,760,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL.
687,500 00 TI. FIRE FUNDS...
3,588,720 L9 8 bow
The Undersigned, AGENTS for the against FIRE at Current
PERIOD OF TWO YEARS Comp. The reared to ACCEPT BIKE GIVEN WITH EACH INSTRU-
MENT.
SOLE AGENTS :.
INSPECTION Invited.
S. MOUTRIE & CO, LTD.,"
York Building, Chater Boad.
Hongkong, 30th Jaly, 1906.
138.2
MIDU BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI,
CODE WORD: "DOCK,"
A.1, A.B.C., and Engineering Code Used NEW DOOK NOW OPEN,
DOCK No. 3
Extreme Length...
Length on Blooks
a
BLY
Width of Entrance on Top
Width of Batranoa on Bottom,...
722 feet,
714
961
H
Water on Blocks at Spring Tide 344
DOCK No. 1,
Extreme Langtă...
10/
Longth on Blocks
Width of Fatrance on Top
Width of Entrance on Bottom... Wster on Blocks at Spring Tide
$23 Leat $18
130
L
27
DOCK No. 2,
Extreme Langth...
+++
371 feet.
Length on Blooks
***
+
Width of Entrance on Top
66
Width of Entrance on Bottom...
Water on Blocks at Spring Tide
53 22
PATENT SLIP.
Suitable for veselu up to 1,000 -
HE WORKS are well equipped with LATEST PLANTS PL ANCES to undertake BUILDING or REPAIRING SHIPS, ENGINES, and BOILERS, and also ELECTRICAL WORK.
A LARGE STOCK of MATERIAL is always kept on hand.
The COMPANY has the powerful steamer OBRA-MARU" (712 tons, 700 LEP specially bailt for SALVAGE PURPOSES equipped with somary gear. 'always rend
199 Shorf Notice
THORNE'S
PER
CASE
-OLD VAT
$14
1236 VAT WAS STARTED BY THE ATE ROBERT TYORKE
OF GREENOCK AND HAS BEEN SOLD AS No4 SINCE 1853
SCOTCH WHISKY.
SOLE AGENTS IN
HONG KONG, CHINA, & MANILLA. A. S. WATSON & CO,LTD.
1763
THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY
TRADE THERAPION
MARK
Chis quareful and highly popular remedy, used in the Contraintal Hospituls by Rizard, Rostan, Jobert, Valposu and others, combines all the desiderata to be sought is a medicine of the kind, and surpasses, everything hitherto
play:
in ro
THERAPION NO.1
short time, often atew daysonty, removes all discharges from thearnary organs, flortuzily supersedinginjections, theuke of which does irreparabio harta by laying the foundation of stricture and oilor serious diseases. lo dysentery, pílsaj irritation of the lower bowel, cough, Inonchitis, aithrea, and some of the more trying complaints of this kind, it willbe round astonishingly efficacious, allerding prompt-rellef whore other well-tried remedios bave heen powerless.
parity of
THERAPION No 2
the black searvy, pimples, spota, blatches, painrand awal- songs the jointa secondary symptoms, gout, rhamatiem, and diseases for which it has been too much a fashion taping mercury, sarsaparillà, ke.. to the destruction of utters touth and ruin of bealth. This preparation Parifies the whole system through the blood, and thoroughly Pliminatoi every poisonous matter from the body.
THERAPION NO.3
For
haustion, impaired vitality, steeplessauss, and all the isuessing consequences of early error, caress, residence in hot, urhealthy climaten, ke, Itpassensus exipriting pare -in-restoring strength and vigor to the debilitated.
is sold by the pro- cinal Chemists and
THERAPION
&
Merchants throughout the world. Fire in England 4. To ordering, state which of the three smbers 'is ro quired, and observe ouve Trade Mark, which lea fac- simile of word "Dianarios “an it apears on the Heitink Governinent. Stamp (in white letters una red ground) affail to every package by order of B Majesty's Hou Comissladers, and without which it is a forgery.
Sold by all Principal Chomists.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO., Agent.
1441 Hongkong, 27th April, 1907,
FOR SALE
ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE. FROM 18T TILL 30TH NOVEMBER,
CHI
~HINESE, JAPANESE AND INDIAN SILKS, CRAPES, CANTON LINEN, EMBROIDERIES, SHAWLS, LACES, CARPETS, BOGS, DRAPERY, FANCY GOODS, &c., &o. BARGAINS!
BARGAINS!
BARGAINS! Kindly note that the above Articles are suit- able for presents for Christmas and New Year.
Inspection earnestly solicited.
D. CHELLARAM,
2, D'Aguilar Street. Hongkong, 1st November, 1907. 1740
FOR SALE.
INLAND LOT No. 1708, CITUATE at North Point, Shaukiwan Road, Hongkong, (next to the Metropole Hotel).
The property contains by admeasurement 103,950 square feet. Crown Hent, 3238.00 per
annum,
For further partionlars, apply to
GOLDRING & BARLOW, Solicitora, 10. Queen's Eoad Central. Hongkong, 12th September 1907.
STORAGE.
FOR GOAL, TIMBER, &c.
1494
TO NORTH POINT, Suitable for above Parpos. EXTENSIVE WATER FRONT. DEEP WATER,
BE LET, & Portion of MARINE LOT
Aino FOR SALE.
Portiolis of MARINE LOTS Nos. 31 & 38 on PRAYA EAST. Approximate AREA 43,000 SQUARE FT. 999 YEARS LEASE.
For Particulars, apply-
GEO. FENWICK & Co., Ian. [106 Hongkong, 8th Jane, 1906.
COLLECTIONS OF
POSTAGE
STAMPS
USED
IN PACKETS,
ASIATIC STAMPS,
MIXED STAMPA,
100 for $0.80
-500 for $ 3,00
150
1.75
200
3,50
1000 » :1500..
1000
25,00
230.. 5,75
95.00
9.00
95.00
13
2000 275
3000 Also Stamps in bags; sota, &o, $o. ARTISTIC FICTORIAL POSTCARDS & all other Philatelic Goods. Inspection invited.
GRACA & Co, 1145..
Hongkong Hotel Corridor.
HONGKONG
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BOOKBINDING.
"DAILY PRESS" OFFICE.
The only office in China having European taught workmen Equal to Home
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and
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Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and also wolouring Photos and relet Photos, Views of China and Manik. Work dane for Amateurs; Ho. Ba, Qason's
Road Central. Good Panorama Tiaws of Hongkong, recently taken, on sale.
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(First-floor)
COLD STORAGE.
THE HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD. have now 40,000 Cabic Feet of Cold Storage available at EAST POINT. Stores will be Open at 10 a.. and P.M. daily, Snaday sxcepted, to receive and deliver perishable goods.
WM. FARLANE, Manager. Hongkong, 18th November, 1901
AMERICAN CITIZENS KESIDENT ABROAD: AMENDED CONSULAR REGULATIONS.
Certain amendmente in American Consular Regulations which profoundly affost citizens of the United States resident abroad came into forve, on July 1, 1907, as a result of resout American legislation, and their scope and boar ing would appear to be imperfectly known to those whom they concern, even if in a very large number of instances they sro known al all I propose to mention the salient features in these important changes, as I gather them from authoritative official sources.
Naturally, the ordinary Americans on tour are not affected by them, those who during the summer and early antaman spend a few months in this country or as the Continent. The regulations have to do with Americans who for one reason or another, are long resident abroad, Every American citizen resident abroad is. now required to register each year at the principal United States Consular office in his neighbour. hood. The cerfideata of registration will costala a raristy of facts about him, his date of birth, his place of birth, whether he is a citizen of the United States by birth or naturalization, and the number, the names, and date of birth of his children. Any American in the United Kingdom who wishes to esorne the incidence of the English death duties will do well to bear all this in min, The fast of the regia ration is inmelistely cartified to the American Embassy or Legation.
Then, again,
when an American women has married
a foraigner and he dies, or they are absolutely divorced, in order to resume her rights as an American citizen she must register with su Américan Consulate within one year after the termination of the marital relation, Whenever, moreover, any foreign woman has acquired American citizenship through her marriage, upon the death of her husband or upon their absolute divorce she must, if she is abroad and desires to retain her American citizenship, register as an American citizen before a United States Consul within one year after the termination of the marital relation while all minor children born of American parents outside the United States must, if they wish to receive the protection of the United States Government, record, at the age of 18 years, their intention, at Ba American Consulate, to become residents and re- main citizens of the United States. Upon reaching their majority they are further required to take the oath of allegiance to the United States The declaration demanded of the children of American citizens born abroad, when between the ages of 18 and 9, rans as follows:-
"L, AB, born inon of parents who were at the time of my birth American citizens, do solemnly declare that it is my intention and desire to remain a citizen of the United States and to become a cesident thereof. My father acquired citizenship through birth (or naturaliza tipa)
(if by birth, state where the father was born; if by usturalization, state who record evidence of such naturalization)." and where he was naturalized, as shown by Between the ཋཱgཆ ་ of 21 and 22 the following oath or sirmation must be taken before a
convenient Consul
IA.B., do solemnly swear for affirm) tha I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies. foreign and domestio; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I take this obligation freely without suy mental reserva. tion or purpose of evasion. Bo help me God.”
Important, too, is the regulation dealing with expatriation. It runs as follows:-
When Bay
"An American citizen shall be deemed to astutalised in any forsign State in conformity have expatriated himself when he has besa with its laws, or when he has taken an oath of allegiance to any foreign State. nafuralized citizen shall have resided for bro years in the foreign State from which he came or five years in any other forsign Sinte, it shall be presumed that he bas ceased to be an Ameri can citizen, and his place of general abode aball be deemed his place of residence during the said years; provided that sadi presumption may be overcome on the presentation-of-satisfactory evidence to a diplomatic or Consular officer of the United States under such rules and re- gulations as the Department of Stato. may presoribs.
Further, An American citizen shall not bỡ allowed to expatriate himself wen this country' is at war.".
How stringently this regulation is enforced may be judged from the following copy of a letter to an American Consul in England beaded "Department of State, Washington," and dated Feptember 7, 1907; ~
*Sir,The department has received your despatch of August 24 relative to the registra tion of Mr. It appears that Mr. Wag born in England and naturalized as a citizen of the United States November 30, 1891, and that he has been residing in England since August 13, 1900, He states in an affidavit made before you that his residenes is for the purpose of attending to his business as an oil merchant, and that he intends, eventualy to return to the United States.
"You are referred to the department's circular instruction of April 19, 1907, sutitled that the presumption of expatriation on the part Expatriation, from which you will perceive
of one who has returned to the country of bis origin may be overcome by the presentation of proof establishing (7) that bis reudenca abroad is solely as a representative of American trade and commeren, and that he intends eventually to return to the United States permanently to reside; or (b) that his residence abroad is in good faith for reasons of health or for aducation, and that he istands eventually to retura to the United States to reside; or (c) that some unforeseen and controlling sxigency has prevented his return to the United States, and that the evidence to overcome the presumption must be of the specific facts and circumstances to bring the alleged citizen under ons of the forogning heads, and that mere assertions, even ander oath, will not be accepted as sufficient.
Applying the forsigolog regulation to Mr. case, you are instructed to requira sa additional circumstantial affidavit from him, sed unless you are walished that statements are correct, he should be required to produce evidence to support his allegations. The state. ment which you submitted is not in the opinion of the Department sufficient by itself to over- come the presumption of expatriation recited by the law, especially as it has not beau tande to appear that Mremorcantile parauits are connected with American trade and commerce,"
EL
It is to be borne in mind, however, that in the view of the Department of State, Washington," there is no fixed period of residence abroad of a native citizen which works expatriation." Each case must be judged by the circumstances surrounding it and by the evidence of the intent to return to the United
States
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Among the questions of perplexed Cusula which the Department of State has had to answer is the following:-Cán an American woman who married a foreigner from whom she of a divorced before the passage of the Act March 2 1907, revert to bar. Amerioso nationality by registering with a Consul of And the answer the United States " given is:It is the Department's opinion
do 50. In the particular that she may case which you cite the determining question ees to be whether the woman has been absolutely divorced from her husband."
There are farther amendments of regulations with regard to frauduleut naturalisation and
the
issaauce of passports, but these do not touch matters of such generat interest or common occurrezos as the rest. It behoves Amerisant long residout abroad, however, to inform them- selves at their nearest Consular 'offen just where they stant, since the new regulations are to bo stringently enforced.
WHEN DEATH IS WELCOME..
We have all heard of the theories of the great man of the Pastour Institute in Paris, Professor Metehnikoff, on the prolongation of life. In the World's Work" for October, Dr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S., explains the extension of these theories in a new book by Matchnikoff shortly to be published in England. In this work it is contended that our old enemy, Death, is really a stranger, that he came as a friend. At the present time, death comes in the vast majority of cases by some accident of disease or degeners- tion, and cannot be regarded as in any way natural. We havo, as yet, almost no information as to what would be the natural limit of human life, but it may be set down us, at the least, considerably more than a century. As it nearly always comes too soon, and as the result of morbid prosasen, we are ignoment is to what patural death would be. Metehnikoff, however, has collected information from a fow rare cases which leads him to suppose that if it came in Its proper season death would be as welcome as any other normal phase of the sycle of life. As life went on, the sense of life, or instinct of life, would grow stronger and stronger, but in the end would be replaced by what" Metehaikoff ca'is the instinet of death. This would come, not as the wish to be free from pain, bat us a gençle noquiascapes of the mind and the emotions in the natural procesest of this body. It is doubtful if truly usiural death ever does occur amongst human being', and there is no direct evidence as to ita osure. It is practically certain that it is not the result, as has been supposed, of a failure in the power of the constituent calls of the body to grow and reprodues, and general considerations drawn from study of animals and plants confirm this view. The most probable theory is that it is the result of a grainal anmumniation within the body of narcotic by-products of cellular activity, and that it is directly comparable with sleep, and that the last sleep would be received as gratefully by the permsuently tired body as temporary sleep is received by the temporarily tirad body.
A BROKER'S ADVICE TO TIMED INVESTORS.
Don't lose heart beoxuse the shares
You've just bought have gagged away. Who would be the millionaires,
If such trifas brought dismay? Ride na on an Arab steed.
Over failure might and main; If at first you don't succeed,
Bay, buy, buy again!
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BOVRIL
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BOVRIL is liquid life.
Make no Mistake about it!
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