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NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
HE P. & O. S. N. Co's Steamer.
THE
"ARCADIA,"
FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND
STRAITS.
"Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vassal are hereby informed that their goods are being landed and placod AT THEIR RISK in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godówn Company's Godowas at Kowloon, where each Donsignment will be sorted bat mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Goods are lauded.
This vessel brings on Cargo.
From London & ex as. Mooltan. Frora Persian Gulf or B. I. 8. N. and
B. & P. B. N. Co.'s Steamers. Optional goods will be landed here noless nstructions are giron to the contrary within 6 hours.
Goods not cleared by the 4th June, at 4 r., -will be subjout to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatever.
Damaged packages must be left in the Go- downs-for-examination by the Consignees and the Company's representatives at an appointed hour All Claims must be presented within ten days of tho steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognized. No Claims will be admitted after the goods Imre left the Godowns...
F. J. ABBOTT, Acting Saperintendent. Hongkong, 28th May, 1908.
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TILE EAST ASIATIC CO., LD.. COPENHAGEN.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
HC Steamship
“SIAM **
having arrived, Consigness of Carge are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Trosaurs and Valuables, are being landed and stored at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong- kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
Company Limited, Kowloon, whence delivery
may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods baro left the Godot us, and all beds remaining usdelivered after the th June, will be subject to rent
All broken, chafed; and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 9th June, at 9,80A.M.
All Claims must reach its before the 13th June, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the undersigned.
THE EAST ASIATIC COLD.
MELCHERS & Co.,
Agents.
Hongkong, 2nd June, 1908,.
FROM EUROPE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
HE HAL. Steamship
THE
"DORTMUND,"
Captain Malekow, having arrivedl, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in. their Bills of Lading for soontersignature by the Undersigned, and to take immediata delivery of their goods from alongside.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary bo given before To-DAY.
Any Cargo impeding ber discharge will be: landed at Consignees risk into the hazardons and/or extra hazardous Godowne of the Hong. kong and Kowloon Wharf, and Godown Company, Limited, and stored at Consignees risk and expenso
All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival hore after which date they cannot be recognised.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goode remaining undelivered, after the 911 inst will be subject to rent.
All broken, obafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowas, where they will be
xamined on the 9th inst, at 3.P.X.
No Firo Insur noo has been effected,
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
Hongkong Oftine.
Hongkong, 2nd June, 1908.
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NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE
NOTICE TO-CONSIGNEES.
HE Steamship
THE
"KLEIST,"
having arrived, Consignees of cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opine Teasure and Valuables, are being landed and stored at their risk into the hazardous and for extra hazardons Godowne of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and
Co Godown Ltd, Kowloon whence delivery may be obtaineL
Nqolaims will be admitted affor the Goode have left the Godowns and all goode remaining undelivered after the 9th inst, will be subject. to ront.
All broken chafed, and damaged Goods are. to be left in the Godowns, where they will
be examined on the 9th inst at 9.30 AM,
All claims must reach us bafore the 18th inst.,
or they will not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the
undersigned.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
MELCHERS & CO.,
Hongkong, 2ad Juos, 198
Agents.
PRIVATE BOARD. AND RESIDENCE
MRS.
GTLLANDERS
"CLAREMONT,"
2 & 4, KENNEDY ROAD,
Hongkong, 9th February, 1907.
STORAGE.
For COAL, TIMEBE, 20,
L68
O BE LET, a Portion of MARINE LOT THE LEAD POINT, Suitable
for above Parposo, EXTENSIVE WATER FRONT. DEEP WATER
Also FOR SALE.
Fortious of MALINE LOTS Nos. 31 & 36 on PRAYA EAST. Approximate AREA 48,000 SQUARE FT. YEARS' LEASE.
For. Particulars; apply-
GEO. FENWICK Co., LTD. Hongkong, Sth June, 1906
184
INSURANCES
TORTH BRITISH
"TOTAL FUNDS AT 81ar DsonKSNE, 1908
£17,887,110.
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AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 SCRRORIBED CAPITAL.... 2,750,000 FAID-UP CAPITA............................. 687,500 # [}. - FIRD FUNDS „peng 3,386,720 14 €
The Undersigned, AGENTS for the abose Company, are propared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRB at Carrant Rates.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO
Agenta. Hongkong, 27th April, 1907,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1908,
soll to some wild menaces against the exist i FINE GERMAN SHIP LOST.
ing fiscal system. Bill we have indicated Lord Grimthorpe, in a letter to the "Times," the possibility, which will easily develope AND MERCAN.describes how the North Germas Lloyd liner into a certainty, cause being shown of the NILE INSURANCE COMPANY. Hohenzollern grounded of Sardinia in an effort Debenture-holders or the stock-holders hold- to lead Admiral Tirpitz, the German Ministering the Crown Agente, in the first instance, liable for any defect in the security, in the of Marine, at his country seat in that island,
When we left Marseilles (writes Lord goneral revenues of the Colony, on which Grimthorpe) the sea was smooth. At bedtime they were at first Induced to invest in the the night was clone. In the smoking room it Loan issue of this Colony. When the esti was reported by those who heard sustohea of mated ravenas of the Colony for 1909 is put their conversation that the admiral and explain at $9,083,332, and the astimate revenus Igrowth from opium is put at very nearly half of discussed with complacency the state and of the German Nary and of the German marine that namely $4,505.000, it will be understood generally, and that, as the evening wore on, that any substantial reductise of the latter their visions swelled and expanded until they source of revenue will mean a sorións tam parted for the night, their heads fall of the days pering with the security on which the Crown to come when the pride of place hitherto hold by Agents went into the money market, and England should be sorionely challenged, if not asked for investments in the Straits Settle- altogether overthrows, by the might.and power monts Loan. A very large number of in- reet rain that loan will take the gravest of Germany
The morning broke fair and calm. @bortly objection to any action that will cut down after the Bret "bugle. this ship was their neurity by half, if such be attempted aground. We rushed on deck. A strange coast by the Imperial Government. We have onls. mat our eyes. It was Alguar, a small, auris. this to say, that if the investing public had ited town on the north-west coast of Sardinia, had the Imet idea of the worthlessness of the "How on earth did we gone to be there?"eaked security, as a result of the fad-inspired. the bewildered passengers. The answer came in action of the Home Government, there would the shape of a bost, garnished with red carpets, have been few found to be fool ouongh BO treacherous which put out from the port, and was intended to trust their money on to receive the aagnat person of Admiral Tirpitz, guarantee that implied by the "Im- who descended into her with his family with perial Government's itch to muddle with somewhat gloomy air, attended by the captain, what, ginally, is altogether as proper a who
was obviously no longer the man of yester eonroe of rerenne as is the orcise ravenne in day, and who bado him farawell in a pervour, the United Kingdom-Singapore Free Press: perturbed, deprecating manor, relating, no doubt, that it mea passible to pay toc highly for the bonour of haring sach distinguished per-
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THE CLORUS INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HAMBURG. r.
THE Undersigned, having ben oppolated AGENT8 for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRF at Current Ratar.
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CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkong, 13th August 1906 AACHER AND MUNICH FIRE IN-
-SURANCE CO.
OF ATX LA-CHAPELLE.
ME Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the Wore Compans are By Area ACCEPT RISKE against FIRE at Current Rates.
REUTER, BROCKELMANN & 00.
B.goats,
114 Borgkong, 21st April, 1897, a
DR. M. CHAUN,.
Ropages on board.
The fret was that, without giving any notice to the passengers, the ship had been directed, or permitted, to deciate widely from her, course in order to laud Admiral Tirpitz at his country seat in Sardinia, and that in endeavouring in make bis journey to the shore by boat my short as possible, the captain had ran the ship aground. Of course, this proceeding will be made the subject of an inquiry, at which er
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desire to judge hit harshly, it coomed as if no possible excuse or justification could be found.
Lord Grimthorpy asks if every precaution was taken and risk avoided. A pilot was signalled for, but instead of waiting for his arrival wo continued to approach the shore. The pilot told me that, directly ha pat out, he signalled the ship as well as he could, and told them to
"You see, it is just like this! You must have step and put back; but his signals were not regarded; probably they were not seen. seeing how near we wore, to the shore, and how food or you cannot live. You know that. And near we were to the bottom, the passengers wore when you have eaten the food you must be able to digest it and get the nourishment out of it, of, again, you cannot live. Undigested food is utterly unable to understand why we ventured in so close as desire to shorten the journey to
of ne more use to you in your stomach than ou the landing-place for a high naval dignitary by
of it-indeed, for a time you would be anch 200 or 300 yarde a hardly be accepted as a
we do ust mean to say that with indigestion sufficient reason for running such a palpakle better off with an empty stomach! Of course, Jisk. The captain-said that the rising sun shons in his eyes, and that he believed we were you altogether lose the power to digest; not two miles away. The Italian fishermen say that quite so bad as that at first. But you los, it to some extent, and the more soufe the allock when the ship stranded she was barely a
the more you loss the power to digest. That kilometra away. It seems strange that an. experienced seaman could have so greatly mis-menus partial starvation, and not only fat, but pain and misery and partial seit poisoning as lolated the distance,
well. For the undigested food decomposes, and the impurities which result ente: your blood and poison your whole system.
Next day an Italian cruiser tried to heal the Hohenzollern off, but in vain. Later the passengers had troubles owing to the absence
HUNGARY'S PROKINAT APERIENT WATER of nommodation in the island. Two ladies,
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of goodly dimensions, one French and one American, returned to the ship, complaining that they had been told they must share one bed, which would hardly contain the moisty of one of them; and a German gentleman also returned, saying that when he had asked for a light he had bean teld that he must go to bed by the light of the moon, as no other could be provided. The following day another North German Lloyd ship called and landed the passengers Naples on Tuesday evening, their proper time of arrival being tus previous Friday morning.”
(The "Hohenzollern" is now understood to be considered as a total loss, and is abandoned).
ANOTHER RESULT OF ANTI-OPIUM LEGISLATION.
Miss Alico Ingram, of Kiddemore Green, cer Brewood, Staffs, used to suffer greatly. with ndigestion, impura blood, and skin But now, she says, "My skin is troubles delightfully clear and my blood puga. I bara had no return of the indigestion, but am as well as it is possible for anyone to b. All this. is dus to Mother Seigel's Sprup."
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BOLNISH BABY PRINCE'S FIRST ROYAL FUNCTION.
The celebration of the centenary of the War of Independence bagu May Lad in Madrid, says "Morning Leader telegram, with a fi-quien Mass for those who fell ia the struggle against. the French,
Then followed a brilliant historical pageant depicting events in the war, at this head of which marched King Alfons on Evota ast thayim.“ measly pleased the thousands of pet stora, who chored-Lim ell along the line of route.
A number of the old, tattered, ballstriddled bauvers belonging to regimia's which foaght.
the here of the war, who fell fighting o 18, at the head of his company, all the off pers of the garriam placed wreaths. Muy thon sands of people silently defiled before the
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The procession then moved on to the obelisk, where many of the soldiers were buried and here more wraaths were placed.
On May 3rd there was a procession of school children in the square, adde Reuter. When the sildren had marched past the stand, which was occupied by members of the royal family, King Alfonsa, carrying the little Prince of Agtárias, left the stand, and made his heir embrace the dag of the Brigade of Waifs and Strags.
Just over a year ago, in London, the Crown Agents for the Colonies, on behalf of the Govern unt of the Straits Settlements, advertised the particulars of the issue of £4 per cent. five year convertible bonds enfficient to raise £5,000,000. This issue was authorised by Ordinace No. 4 of 1907. The bonds were declared to be convertible at the option of the holders during their cara reney in to Straits Settlements £3 per cent. Inscribed Stock 1937 1967 on terms mentioned further on in the advertisement. It was also. deolared that The Geferament of the Streits Settlements having complied with the require ments of the Colonial Stock Act, 193, as announced in the London (tazatte" of the 23rd September, 192, trustees are authorised to invest in this Stock, subject to the restric. tions est forth in the Trustee Act 1893 V. It in the war aroused intense enthusiasm, and were was also stated that be Loan is raised for the respectfully luted by the crowd as they ware payment of the Award and Costs-E3,390,000-borne along. At the moment to Lisut. Ruiz, in connection with the expropriation by the
May, Colonial Government of the Tanjong Pegar Docks, and for providing the funds, for the improvement and extension of such docks, and for carrying out various other Pablic Works in the Colony Aud, finally, it was elated-that "The loan is secured on the General Levenue and Assets of the Government of the Straits Settlements' and will be raised in the form of De bentures representing £1,000, £5,00%, and 100 respectively, bearing interest at the rate of £4 per cent per annum, payable half-yearly on the 15th of May and 15th of November in cash year," Now the essential point in the undertakings by the Crown Agents, acting for the Government of this Colony is that the investing pablio has been invited to pizce their funds in the Straits Settlements Government Lean on the declaration that the General Rereanos.
The Indian Daily News of Caloutta says:- and Assets of the Colony at the time of Apropos of the reduction of the Sugar Daly, investment were so much in amount and of involving a ascrifice of revenus of nearly thras such a usture, and these investora wore given no
and a half millions or nearly one-half of the reason to think that any other influence would entire coatoms revenue from this source, it is considerable be brought to bear on the validity of these interesting to note the fact that s securities than such as could be traced in action rise in the value of sugar has taken place in the in the regolar ananal financial statemente of world's markets. Brocks were low last year and the Colony for a series of years preceeding. If, the onticok was for higher prices. The London then, at the instance of the Imperial Govern-price of raw sugar has advanced by about 17 mert a casks quite external to the ordinary
cent. In New York, the prices were roughly fastore of our revenue and expenditure, the Per cent. and that of rebued sugas by 9 per general revenue of the Colony come to be thrant32 per cent higher. This has been brought wide-spread shortage of cans ened through interference with the excise
A Router iaformed us last Bir section of these revenues, the public who have about by a
A. Horne, who has been investigating the invested in our Loan Beade on the strength of that element in the revenue remaining as in subject in Cuba, rsports an immenes shortage former years, will have a good alaim against-the- of crop, involving a loss of five millions. The Crown Agente for the shrinkage in the security shorings in other cane producing countries, for their investments, which will hage, in the British India, Mauritius, Argentine, Brazil arent of any reduction of cur opium revenue, to
Louissa and Java, is also omino's. The Times suffer corresponding lose in stability, and
Commercial Supplement calculates, that the marketable value. It will be seen that trustees total cane sigar crap is from 800,000 to 230,000 will have been invited, in that event, to risk tons below expectations. While prodaction la that trust funds upon what, by the notion thas shown to be desreasing the consumption of the Imperial Government in suy restric- tion of opian revenue, would not be less of sugar in Europe and America is incressing. Amerion, where cane sugar in fancied, is baying than fraudulent representations, the fraud
up beat angar extensively, but it is anticipstad baing the work of the Imperial Government. that the fature of the market for the remainder
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NOTICE.
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As an additional protection, all purchasora of BORDENS EAGLE” BRAND MILK are requested to note that every tiu' of same bears the situaturs of GAIL BORDEN, the original manufacturer, on the label: BORDEN'S EAGLE" BRAND MILK has the enviable reputation of being the milk par excellenes and without a rival in polat, of view of quality and parity.
Owing to BOLDER's special and exclusive process of susuufictars both their "EARL" and "GOOD SEAL" Brands are specially recommended for u30 la tropical climates, they being guaranteed to keep better than any other Condensed Milk offered to the public.
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CONNELL BROS. COMPANY,
Sole Representatives in Hongkong.
Hongkong, 25th May, 1908.
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Extreme Length...
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729 feet.
714
88
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DOCK No. 1,
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It is true that the cansa for action has not of this season will depend upon the prospecta specially built for BALVAGE PURPOSES yet arisen, although the Under Secretary of of the European crop, which are by no means State for the Colonies has committed h
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