INSURANCES
AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN BURANCE CO.
OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE,
THE Undersigned, having been appolated AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Bates.
WM MEYERINK & CO., Agents,
Hongkong, 6th September, 1908.
114
TORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN
TILE INSURANCE COMPANY,
TOTAL FUNDS AT 81ST DECEMBER, 1907 - £19,114,624,
I. Anthorised Capital
Subscribed Capital
Paid-up Capital
IL, Fire Funds
£3,000,000
2,750,000
887,500 0 0
3,065,374 15 7
The Undersigned, AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS
against FIRE at Current Rates,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
Á gents.
Hongkong, 1st July, 1903,
1019
THE GLORUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
THE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company are propared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE st Carran! Rates.
CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkeur. 19th August 1996:
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
"BEN LINE OF STEAMERS. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEÈS,
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S.§. "BENVENUE," FROM MIDDLESBRO, ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.
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ONSIGNEES of Cargoare hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their. into the hazardous andjor extra. hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong aud Kowloon Wharf and Godora Company, Ltd., whence andjor from the wharvos delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowne, and all Goods remaining andelivered after the 10th inst, will be subject to rent.
All Claims against the Steamer must be pre- sented to the Undersigned on or before the 17th inst., or they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are
to be left in the Godowns, where they will be,
examined on the 10th inat, at H.
No-Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.
Agente.
Hongxong, 3rd Feptember, 1903.
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ITALIANA
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Florio and Rabattine United Companies).
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM BOMBAY AND SINGAPORE. HE Steamship.
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of the Hong whenew delivery may bo Godown Co., obtained. Perishable Goods to be taken delivery of immediately.
All Claims must be sent to the Office of the undersigned before Noos on the 15th inst.,
or they will not be recognised.
AU Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining andel vered after the 12th inst., will be subject to reat.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 14th inst, at 9.30 A
No Fire Insurance has beou effected.
CARLOWITZ & CO.,
Agents.
Hongkong, 7th September, 1963,
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BANKING SYSTEMS,
WHY THE SCOTTISH DEATS THE ENGLISK. The following article in from the Cosmopo- litan Financier
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Englishmen know very little about Scotch banking, and would be surprised to learn that it differs in any organio way from English methode, even the late Sir William Harcourt lived to be Chancellor of the Exche quer before he discovered any differences, for he once related to a public meeting how astonished he was to receive interest on the balance of email account be opened with a Scotch bank, Sir William wag Vacation in the Highlands, Part of his autumn
and purely for his tem porary convenience he opened a drawing account with the nearest bank With finally with drawing his balance on his departure, he also received a sum for interest on the account during the few weeks of its existence. How is it done?" naked Sir William, and other people bare asked the same question. We all know the olasio joke made by Punch in explanation of a long series of Scotch success at the old Wimbledon rifle meetings, that the Scorehmen knew how to make a little metal ge a very long way; but the trae reasons are more deep-seated than Punch's enter at Sootohmen's parsimonions habits would justify
LA QUEEN FOR THE UNITED STATES!
HELEN OF-NEW YORK.
crowned Queen Helen of the United States of Within three years this lady will be
terrible civil wars the world has over 1881," Amerion at Washington after one of the most
aftable pletter of wholesale bloodshed I have The speaker was quite the nicest and most ever met (writes a "Daily Chronicle" repra Boulative). He waved a toothpick as he uttered this staggering prophecy, and smiled pleasantly. The interview was the outcome of the fellow. ing sgouy ad which appeared in a London
newspaper-
THE ROYALISTS of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA, organised for the purpose of securing REAL LIBERTY and to crown Halen of Now York Queen,
who can place our cause before their respective We desire the AID of Royalists of the. World Sovereigns and secure their practical support.
LOUIS & GOURDAIN.
The whole thing suggested an atmosphere of
Suite 704, Savoy Botal. secrecy, with awords and cloaks and mysterioas passwords, and I was sadly conscious of my aupteturesque appearance as I was ushered into Br. Gourdain's
presence.
I fopad the advertiser a tall, dark, olsan- shaven American, with black piercing eyes FOUNDED AT AN ENGLISHMAT, In 1895, John Holland, an Englishman, Only the roar of traffle from the Strand float-
very like the
general idea of Sherlock Holmen, Landed the Bank of Sootland as a private jointing in at the window reminded me that I was stock bank, gaite independent of Government.not an Anthony Hope character, plotting Since that date the record of Beottish banks against the throne of Reritanis has been uniformly creditable, with one excep. tion, which we shall note later. It has often ducing and after banks falled in
want.a obsage over in American
The fact is," said Mr. Gourdals,we badly You think we're a free country, but we're not. Why, the Ras fan, who's supposed to be down-trod
been pointed out that The great den, wouldn't stand the state of things in the
the Napoleonic ware, great numbers;
country" bank failures of 1799, 1814, 1815, 1816, and in 1825-6, spread ruin and misery for greater than the South Bea. Bubble be the failure of the Mississippi saheme in swindlea, France. From 1800 to 1820, over three kundred bansa suspended in England, while not single Scottish bank failed or closed its doors. Until 1815, bank notes were isoned in Scotland freely, but since that date the note issue above a Cecilia amount must be covered by gold and silver reserves 10 the Bank vaults Notes are isaned for £1 5k, and upwards, and Bootlieb currency bas never sunk below par, and no de positor Las aver lost a penny sinse 1765 Even when the only Scottish back failure of import abow, the City of Glasgow Bank, cloned its doors and ruined its sharehe ders not a depositor or
States for twenty-four hours, and you English wouldn't stard them for sixty seconds.
here: I was up in your Hyde Park the other. "Give you a definite instance? Well, see ey ning, and heard a wau talking Socialism in connection with what be called Hanger Marchers Why, that man wouldn't be allowed. to speak in such a strain for a minute fa è - called free America.
THE PLOTTERS.
Thon, look at our justies! There's the Thaw case stiil dragging on. Over bore you'd bara banged or liberated Thaw in for week". feeling of insecurity that a constant change of And our financial state is ali retten, with the ral-c
note-holder lost a penny. The shareholders had rings. Wa neither rale ourselves nor
to find it all. In 1826 a committee of the House of Loris enquired into the position of the Seotch Banks, and 1 reported that
an antoorile to rate us We're just between the two.
"It was in 1903 that some of ne decided that
a monarch was what our country winted. So." in a quiet way we begin pushing our ideas till to-ing with A feel the time is ripe to go ahead. 7,000,000 people, spread over all the States, we total following of nearly
it was proved by the evidence and by the decuments that the banks whether obartered or joint-stook companies, or of Scotland, private establistapis, had-for more than a century exibited a stability which the Com-
Seven of on came over in the Lusitania on mittee believed to
tor of banking.
to be anexampled in the
Jaue
23. My colleague are now in different history of
conntries on the Contineat, and I am trying to THE BASES REST ON THE PROPLY
organise British opinion. The reasons for this remarkable position and aniform
record of sucosa ara many. First is the fact that the unmber of the stockholders of Soottish banks is very large. One of the amallest banks-has-cror-three thousand share holders, and the banks trist upra. the
*peoplo, who
in turn are loyal and fair to the banka. The interests of the two-banks and our tomers (stockholders included are identical. In Scotland all load is registered, and as laud can be attached for debt in Scotland, it easy for creditor of
a bank to ascertain the exact land-awving arrears of the bank abareholders, Tha
--foot,-of-
course, lan alability to the banks, and increases the confid ence of traders and customers. Another feature is the piling up of reserves in Government and other first-olour securities, which are always easily convertible in o casi
in:o
the
1
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"It is naturally impossible to say what stepr taking to sure the sympathy of King ward, but that is what I am aiming at. "Now you want to know about Helen, af Now York, Well, we thought it would rouse lera antagonism If we sat a woman on the throne, to this lady was selected. I way not give you her full name, as publicity would be premature, but I may say she is a handsome, intellected, young single woman, of queenly bearing, regards her marriage, which will be necessary to secure an heir to the throne, tla, will he left to her; but of course, we would rather she married & European prince then an American atreat-ewesper. She will
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will be arsisted in her rule by a House own, sad there will be a nobility, the State of Lords and a House of Commons like your
basser, governors and mayors, becoming dake and wbe to-day practically elect the oarle. You may take it from me that len
"
on traes Bay dascent from Europesa Royal
ties, and that she will properly fill her high position. Only under a monarchy on all the different race that make up the Americas people be welded into a nation.
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"The movement is being ron by practica) men-I myself am a successful-organistar-and BN are not visionarise we do not expect to attain our ends without boodshed. Bat within thres years we look to see Helen crowned Que at Washingion." posted as to those stirring ovels, and took my
I secured Taare, hoping for a front plass in the battles, promise that I would be kept well
a presentation at Quen Helen's Court Audio the Strand a number of A marionn tourists ware gazing idly into shop windows, and tas policeman regulating traffic at Wellington- street seemed utterly ignorant of the gigantis upheaval being arranged to close at hand.
and
A ROYAL ROMANCE.
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Scotland is rich in banks. There are branches ever, where, in villagesmall that one wonders how they manage to secure profitable business. AVCORSAR &
SON 8 There are ten banks in Bootland with capitals and reserves exceeding sixteen millions, with above 100 branobes Everyone opens a beaking account. and adds to it pound by pound. The people are educated in
banking ways, and Consequently there is very litla hoarding of money, it al pours in to the where the smallest deposita
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mátually helpful sod mata lig-seuure. LOANS ON CREDIT... There is oao other peculiar feature-the system of cash credits. In England, especially elugo the disappearance of the old privato bsuks, it is impossible to obtain leans on credit, st any rale, for pores peuple. Our banka are merely big pawabroking institutions; you must deposit collateral security for your lean, and guarantee to keep up a fair margin, A Parliamentary Committee enquired into Scotch credit system, anaonoces the patting up of the beans of A Bocrsen Courier telegram from Zürick reported as followe
Prinse Josobim Albracht of Prussin and the When a person applies for cash account divorced Barouosa von Liebenberg. From thie which is not to be an immediate advance it would appear that the
money by the bank to him, but, opening a passed through many strange vicissitudes, in to
which credit or privilege of drawing on the bank by brought to the conventions!! to the amount specified, the person proposes before the altar. The Prino, who is grandson I happy conclusion two or more sureties; a bond is made ont, sud he draws on the bank as cocasion requires,"
of the brother of the first
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of Brunswick, Regent That is to say, a cash credit ie an overdraft of a William Hoh
napba or of Count Tohonan and cousin of the present certain specifled amount secured by bondsmen. Emperor, wana coaple of years agoa familiar Some of the evidence given before the Committee figure in Berlin He was su oficer in one of the showed that many young man who were in s Gaand regiments which form the garrison of the low station of life, but bad conducted themselves ospital, and was on wall, had risen to positions of farmers and Count Caso von Moltke when the Bargom ster at the watch house with. SINGON & CO.
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of Marie Sulzer, a young ste-desetin step of dismissing him from the ompany
her fascinations. Finally, actress attached to the Trianon Theatre,
the Emperor took stemmed, and the establishment of branches diminative playhouse which specialisee. in Army without tha of our all-absorbing joint stook banks in rural adaptations from Feadh faros. Tas lady
to wear us forms. distriate, where every application for less is in question, it should be mentioned, enjoyed disconeseted, and went off travelling with his sent up to the head offoe, are uneasy factors great estem among her colleagues, and Baroness Meanwhile, unanticipated obstacles for bank shareholders. The country customer.
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dislikes the joint stock band, with its customer rathar raad by a certain sweetues of disposition, to the divorce had presented themselves. Bath ANGLO-OHINESE CALENDAR methods. Yet, for shareholders in some Beotch meetings with the Prince became more frequent,ing of Catholic faith, they were excluded irritation of the lower bogel cough, brouchists, arthak an
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日匯英中年十五 banks there is su unpleasant incident drising and one day it was lesent that she had been to Austrian citizens, from the possibility of divorce,
from the mad speculation of few years ago Londou with him, and had there ben married The only thing to be done was for the bind THERAPION No.2 punt of I mean the immense stores of whisky which in his presenes to Barou von Liebenberg, su Are now in the hands of the Darkers as collatis Jopeunions Austria tableau. security, Eleven years ago the Scoton
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