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TOTAL FUNDS AT 31st. DaoиMBER, 1907
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II. Fire Funds
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687,500 0 0 3,065,374 15 7
The Undersigned, AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Carront Rates.
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Agents.
(1019 Hongkong, 21st July, 1908
THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
THE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the abere Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH, 1909.
THE LAST PHASE OF THE SAILING SHIP.
IS A REVIVAL POSSIBLE!
[BY A SHIPOWNER.]
otrestatades Has forood its prométern to abandon Now the Press is trying to solve the problem their poutions d one by one. The base error by †why Mr Green, after so much justast, at last in the presumption that a certain proportion of gave her consent. The Bride's parent is noted for the world's trade must be carried by sail That her frankness, and she hersel told Mr. Wiks hing granted, it followed that a mutual agree that he was too old for Sylvis, and also that he mand to adhere to the union rates, which were had got gout. Wilks sailingly took Mrs. ixed just above starvation point, would ensure Green's solicitude in good part, securing her steady, if not very remunerative, employment that he was young in heart if somewhat mature to the dwindling sailing feet. But the cours of in years, and, he to the gout, his physician did events has proved that the sailing ship, being not regard it seriously. Mr. Wilks himself is no longer a factor by herself, can lay down norepated to be worth £400,000, and he has a five conditions. She is powerless to regate com- 1 house at Galt, Ontario, from which place the Arst announcement of the engagement was petition from without
issued on February 11th.
It is always with regret that one note the dooling of an industry, especially when so much romance attaches to it, as is the case with the old-fashioned sailing vessel, the heir, in 'd sense to which the steamer cannot lay olaim, of a tong line of deep-hes adventurers. A worthy
Given a return of prosperity to the tramp old shipowner of the seventies is said to have refuses a proffered charter with the scornful steamer, who, in turn, is under the heel of the comment,Our ships weren't built to carry 1 liner, an & share of the loss desirable range of coala." But the coal-Garrylug days came in spibo employment will open automatipally to the
, and it is not easy to realise what turn wind-driven oraft. The sole element of hope the vigorous expression of his feelings would foluess in her situation is that such a return of take nowadays, when his less independent suc prosperity must come.. Were the tramp herself ressor is grateful for the opportunity of carry: Bourishing, the case would be absolutely hope- ing anything, anywhere, and at any rate of less, But the tranmis not, And it is inconceiv freight
able that prosperity should not come While the altimate extinction of the sailinger, for she is still the proponderating element in ocean commerce, and as a money-making machine she must find her level. It is hard to say what remainder of tolerated multility such revival may confer upon the sailing vessel, But vortainly not for long. She may drag out the balance of her days in out-of-the-way trades whore rustbitten and forlorn, she drudges under a foreign flag. But the grout trade routes are definitely closing to hor. From many points of view her disappearance will be regretted Mach Thermappe uses will uses with her lofty spare and widespread wings. Though that again may be illusion, for just so spoke the conservative sailor moon of the days of transition from wood to iron-Daily Mail,
ship hat become place, it is perhaps scarcely realized how parious is the actual position, and how long it is since she has ceased to count as a factor in the world's commercs. The revival of the early nineties was brief and of deplorable memory to the in- vestor. The later years of the decade witnessed PUBLIC AUCTION.
an almost complete cessation of building, tanta- mount to an admission that as a money YOdor of the Mortgages the VALU-making machine the sailing ship had outlivod BY MorE PROPERTY and hot cocord sine then, with brief situate at Vistoria, Hongkong, and known as glimpses of prosperity, has only acountnated the No. 19, JERVOLS STREET (MARINE LOT fact that she lags suportions on the commercial No. 6A) will be offered for Sale by Mn. stage. The output of the French yardsup to 1903, GEO. LAMMERT, Austienser, at his fostered by an extravagant scale of bounties, may Homs, Dallell Street, Vietoris, Hong-Lostinesgarded as a frons resulting from the ill- tong, on WEDNESDAY, the 31st March, 1909, directal efforts of a paternal Government to ut 12 o'clock (Noor).
impossible conditions. In the long run For particulars of the property and Conditions no one benefited from the experiment, not even of Sale apply to the Auctioneer or to Mt. the shipbuilder whoso netivities wore diverted H. K. HOLMES, Solicitor, 54, Queen's Road to a fruitless issue, and least of all the can- Central.
tions French investor who land reluctantly Hongkong, 20th March, 1909.
risked his savinge on the uncertain sos. But as a result the last straw of an unfair competi- tion was added to the groaning back of the British sailing-ship orner."
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HETTY GREEN'S DAUGHTER MARRIED. The New York correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph sent the following message ou the 23rd ultime
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*TERIAL FINANCES.
BUMOURS OF A "COMPROMISE.”
The main outcome of the svaret debates of compromiso sub-commition of the Reichs. tag says, the Times Berlin correspondent, appears to be that the Conservative and Lot party are prepared to advocate a kind of Imperial instruction to the States: impose at tax upon- some future date an undefined property," upon condition that all iden of death duties or other Imperial imposte upon proporty or capital is definitely abandoned. It i understood that the sub-committee will invite the committee to recommend the Reichstag, first; to socept the principle that "taxation. of property is necessary; secondly, te in- crease the annual amount of matricular con tribution to a total of £7,500,555; and, thelly, to require the States to make arrange ments by which the increased constributions
eventually (say from the year 1912) bo from taxes on "property." The cog mittee would then proceed with the discussion of indirect taxation.
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This curious arrangement was adroitly launched by its chief authors as going the long eagerly weloomed and advertised by numerous expected solution of the whole problem, and was journals which are now engaged in bewildering attempts to explain the now cure and their
The Government, for its part, pacitancy. is stated in the North German Gazelle that the Imperial Treasury is not a party to tha and that it would have been ex. "agreement
impossible for the Treasury ofReials to announce their consent to an arrangement which involves the abandonment of the position which the Federal Council has adopted hitherto. Never- theless, the Centro party Pross doclares that tho On the other hand, the National Laborals have Government is friendly to the scheme. already officially proclaimed that the whole dangerous manoeuvre" and, proposal is while the attitude of most Radical journals is cautions, all competent and independent writers agree that the scheme is in itself qalte illusory.
After a hot chase Miss Sylvia Greon, dangh ter of Mrs. Hetty Green, America's richest woman, was married to-day to Mr. Matthew The few ressels launched since then have been Asther Wilks, a 55-year-old millionaire, who the product of ultra-conservatism or of senti- has been her persistant wooer for more than : mant, and must have preved costly playthings to decade. Mrs. Hetty Green, is the feminine their owners, who have now ruefully to contam-plained in previous message, plate accumulated debit balances and an almost counterpart of the late Mr. Russell Bage. She unrealisable property. For losing voyages have is a shrewd elderly, resourceful, and exceed. Popular esti- been the order of the day, and to show a profit ingly thrifty woman-financier. it would be necessary to act upon the principle iste places her fortune at £12,000,000, and of the firm of ship managers of whom it used as popular estimate on this side of the Atlantic to be said that they charged outward expenses seldom exceeds the reality by more than two- be safely assumed that she has dards, it to capital and inward expense to the next voy. age. It is true that from time to time a tiroid at least £4,000,000, which aus Miss Bylvia nots of optimism has been sounded. The in- and her namarried brother will be ultimately oreazel cost of fuel has, on paper at least, pro- the sole beneficiaries. mised to prevent or delay the steamer's triumph- ant progress. The huge cargoes lifted by the modern tramp have been asserted to be difficult to market, and therefore audesirable from the merchant's point of view. The lengthy passages discharge of sailing craft lave and leisurely seemed favoumble to the speculative shipper of certain bulk commodities.
But, in spite of all theory to the contrary, the steamer las persisted in bankering at what ap. peared to be prohibitive prices; shippers have found the increase of capacity to be only com parative in the stream of an inevitable tendency, and speculative merchants have reckoned the loss of
opportunity to sell and resell on 's protracted larity of shipment and arrival. It is not surpris. ing that owners, crippled by accumulated, losses, ausble to see in any direction an out-and-home тоуде which would square yards, have thrown their meriting seots on a reluctant market. The question with them has been not so much at what price shall we sell, but at what price can we induce a buyer to relieve na of our property. The depletion of the British register instances forcing the pace.
This record of wealth and the fact that all the
The Centre-Conservativo "compromise" rans parties in today's caroniony had deliberately planned to keep the nuptials secret was a direct counter to overy expert German opinion re incentive to the hot chase already mentioned. garding the financial problems of the German The Greens have lived in a modest little flat at Empire. Although Princo Bülow, from the Hoboken, which holds about the same relation point of view of his Parliamentary difficulties, ship to New York as Bermondsey does to may be inclined to look upon it with some favour London, Reporters had camped upon the trail. It is doubtful whether Herr Sydon, whose patient of the Grema over since it leaked out that labourshave earned little gratitude in resetionary Miss Sylvia, who is 35 years of age, would wed, quarters, possesses the agility necesary to adept despite the opposition of her septuagenarian it and carry it through The Conservatives, mother. They organised day and night watches however, seem to consider that their victory is in Hoboken. They drew a cordon, as it were, complete, and the annual Agrarlon week round the Greens modest flat; in a word, Berlin, which is new beginning, will celebrate they staked their "
against jonrual says, "the grave political and social as nevegetters passage to be more than compensatoďˇby, regu- | ness, and reputation ericace, resourceful.not langt the fact that, as the leading Agrarian
the statement of the beleaguered ladles that danger of death duties has been averted?” they would not allow a word about the wedding
THE SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT to go lato the newspapers
IN ENGLAND.
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NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES
COMPANY LIMITED. INDO-CHINA SERAM NAVIGATION
FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPOEE,
THE Company's Steamship
"FOOKSANG,"
having arrived from the abors Parts Consignees of Cargo by her are heroby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongsie
Cargo, impeding the discharge er remaining on board after 4 r. the 26th inst, vill be
No Fire Instrates will be effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by landed at Consignes's risk and expense.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. Em.
General Managers.
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Hongkong, 24th March, 1909.
"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES
S.6. NE BENDORAN," ̈ MIDDLESBRO. LONDON AND STRAITS YONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby in- their risk into the hazardons and/or extra hazardens Gotowns of the Hongkong at Kowloon Wharf and Golown Company, Ltd.,
bo obtained. whence and/or from the wharves delivery may No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining pilelivered after the 26th Inst., will be subject to rent.
The COMPANY has the powerful steamer proceeds rapidly, financial pressare in manyance, eager and willing to take up the parent, dated February 25th 835-Refusing to give formed that all Goods are being Inuled at
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Sentiment would fain decide otherwise, but it is Ricult to avoid the conclusion that the sailing ship can perfectly well be done without There is not a trade operation which would be disturbed more than temporarily by her removal Harbour facilities are improved all over the world. Ports which formerly were barred to vesels of extreme burden have marched with the times or have been their trade pass to com- petitors. The coastal links from the great maritime entrepôts have ouabled large cargoes to be carried in one bottom and distributed at will. The strongholds of the old fashioned craft have been invaded one by one, until there is no trade route in which the ubiquitous tramp has not found a footing and, haring found it, has retained it.
It was a losing fight for the Greens from the fest day, and at six o'clock this morning, when Miss Bylvia Green stepped blithely into four. wheeler outakia her home, closely, followed by the agile Mr. Green, a score of New York's
A London talegram to the American papers, journalistic leathhounds were in close attend- The Greens sab was well horsed, and it dashed security for their future good behaviour, the away towards the railway station at a gallop. woman tiragists who were arrested last night Three millearts were at hand, and these were while attempting to rosch Premier Asquith to commandeered by the journalistic flying present him a petition in the interests of the squadron. Over the cobble stones the Greens cause, were to-day sentenced to imprisonment. rattled in their four-wheeler, and less than 20 Most of the tornis were for one month,
in An exception was made in the case of Mrs. yards behind trailed the milkearts. Persons
the has and ery. "Stop Pothick Lawrence, who, having a previons the street took there!" some of them cried, while others conviction against her, was sentenced to cheered without knowing why. The police two months imprisonment. Miss Lawless was hold up the milk wagons for a few seconds, but i among those given one month Lady onstance in response to the information that "Hetty Lytton, sister of Lord Lytton and daughter of Green's daughter is going to be married, and the former Viceroy of India, warned her friends we must be there," they released the reporters that if they secured her rolosso by providing so like so many hot potatoes. In New York at curity she would repeat her offence. least the police have been taught by many bitter lessons that the liberty of the Prese under all cirenmstances inmust be respected.-
Sentences were imposed on about thirty women, including, in addition to the foregoing, Miss Stratford Dngdale, daughter of Com mander Dugdale and cousin of Hon. William B. W. Pent, who was elected Tuesday in a by-
for Taautons Catherine Elizabeth Corbett, an aristocratic supporter of the movement. All these women aro of high social standing.
Most of the twenty-eight women sentenced took their panishment in dignified silence. All of the women were committed to the second division," which in the case of the present hatch of prisoners, who belong mostly to the educated classes, entaila drastic changes in food and method of living. They all will be garbel in the rough and uncouth prison dress.
The Greens arrived at the station first. An WILL THE AUXILIARY ENGINE HELP? Bone faith has been pinned to the adoption express for Morristown, consisting of ons of a system of auxiliary engine power, of which private car, was waiting with steam up. In-election as a member of the Hongs of Commous the German fire master B. C. Bickmers is the the long accounts printet here describing to most recent and successful example. Un-day's marrings no writer fails to explain that doubtedly there is room for development here never before his Mrs. Green beer guilty of if a sabloiently trustworthy and simple motor hiring, even for a brief journey, a special system can be applied. But its development is railway car. That Mrs. Green and fier daughter much more likely to be towards an increasing were attired in rusty block is equally matter of reliance upon the motor propulsien, with the agreement,
The reporters followed them to Morristown by anal outcome, as in the case of the early steamers, of the discarding of the unnecessary sail power, the next train, which arrived in time to enable And in any case there is no available system them to assist ut the wedding which was con- capable of adoption by the existing fleet. It ducted with great simplicity. would seem that the steel or from sailer is con- fronted with the same fate as the wooden oraft which she herself eusted. The last days of the old Quebec fleet supply a striking parallel. For time foreigners bought them freely and employed them in the trades which their former owners kad relinquished. Then, finding it beyond even their power to make ends meet, they resalately lightened their parse strings and refused to bo farther persiaded.
One factor which hastened the exit of the wooden vessel presses equally upon her succes- BOY. Rates of insurance had become prohibitive.
Annual premiums ran
ranging up to twenty guineas per cent, were exacted on vessels engaged in the timber carrying trade. If the toll af the modera
it in' underwriter is dot in appearance so heavy almost, so in fact, when the infisted values are considered on which premiums are calculated. And it seems worthy of consideration whether the shipowner would not be wiser to face things as they are, write off his lost capital once for all, and
a nominally calmired rate on the Atual volio of his property
It is not the Insurance on hull, which pinches so much na the insurance on cargo. A full cargo of grain may be covered from Australia to Europe by tramp steamer st. 10s. per cent, against 40s, for ship mant by sail. With both carriera competing at approximately the same rate of freight the effect of the discrimination against the miler is obvious. And in the light of the working results of existing mutual insurance clube, cooperativo' underwriting, though often proposed as a remedy would be likely to prove more fatal than the disease itself.
THE TRIUMPHANT RIVAL.
In one direction a serious effort has been made of late years to apply co-operative, principies to
SCOTCH WHISKY the business. Much was hoped from the In-
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All broken, chofed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 26th instant, at 11 A.. No Fire Insurance has been affected Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co,
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[500 Hongkong, 2041 March, 1909,
"SHIRE" LINE OF STEAMERS, LTD.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM HAMBURG, MIDDLESBROUGH, LONDON, COLOMBO AND STRAITS. THE Company's Steamship
- MONMOUTHSHIRE," having arrived from the above Parts, Consignees. of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Good are being landel AT THEIR is in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's, hazarions and or extes basar- dous Godowns at Kowloon, where each consigament will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as BOOM AN the goods are landed.
Goods not cleared by the 27th March, 9 A.x., will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effectail.
All damaged packages must be left in the Godowns, and certificate of the damage obtained from the Godown Company within ten days after the vessel's arrival here, after which no claims will be recognized.
Optional Goods will be landed here unles instructions are given to the contrary before NOON, TO DAT,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. Agents.
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Hongkong, 20th March, 1909.
BANK LINE, LIMITED. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
STEAMSHIP KUMERIC,”
·FROM TACOMA, VICTORIA, YOKO- HAMA, KOBE AND MOJIA
HE above Steamer having arrived, -Con-
Tsignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Billa of Lading for countersigna. ture and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees riale and expense
No Fire Insurases will be effected by us in any case whatever.
& Co., LTD
DODWELL
Agents.
Hongkong, 24th March, 1909,