atler Falmer &&
The Wine Merchant of the East
NAPIER JOHNSTONE'S
“SQUARE BOTTLE "
WHISKY.
UNVARIED FOR OVER
150 YEARS.
THE SAME TO-DAY AS IN 1745.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
SOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG
LANE CRAWFORD & CO. and from ALL WINE MERCHANTS,
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TO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
MORITA, CERTIFICATED MMASSEUSE (with diploma in Physiology and Anatomy), will be pleased to give Message, under medical supervision. Addres NOMURA HOTEL,
15, 16 and 17, Connaught Road, Telephone No, 400,
Hongkong, 80th July, 1914,
SINGON & CO.
TRON
ESTABLISHED A.D 1880.
1993
RON, Steel, Motal and Hardware Mar chante, Wholesale and Retail Iron mongers, Pig Iron and Foundry Coke Importers, General Storekeepers and Ship chandlers Nos. 35 and 37, HING LOORG STEET (2nd Bt. West of Central Market).
Telephone No 515,
Over 30 years ago the hie Lord Beaconsfeld testified to the henette be received from H1 MROD'S CURE, and every pent brings similar letters to-day.
HIMROD'S
CURE for
ASTHMA
FAMED FOR 40 YEARS,
Sold in tips by all Chemists and Stores throughout the Country.
Beware of loitations,
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APIOLINE
(CHAPOTEAUT)
SAFE
LADIES D
For tuccitonal troubles, delay, pain and those irregularities peculiar to the sex.
Prescribed by the highest French dical authorities and superior to Tnsey, steel Drops and Peray royal. CHAPOTEAUT, 8, rue Vivienne, Poria. Sold by Chimesta.
123-3
THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY: THERAPION No. 1
CUIZS DISCHARGES, KITHER SEX WITHOUTINIECTIONE,
THERAPION No. 2 THERAPION No. 3
CURES BLOOD POISON, BAD LEOS SKIN ERUPTIONS.
CDMONTON, DAS. LÖSTVIGORAC
PERCEIR ENGLAND,28
LOCKRES ANVELOPE FOR A CURE OK TO DR. LECLERC MED.CO.1
LONDON, FOR YOU
HAVERSTOCK
THY NEW DRAN ELESPARNUS VARY TO TALE THERAPION
BAFR AND
ZASTINGCUAR
"THESAFION" ON
SEE THAT TRADE MARKED WOLL GENGINE PACKETS
ON HAVING
BRIT.GOVT, STAMP AFFIXED T
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
960-1
P.M. 8.S. "CHINA," TEOM SAN FRANCISCO, JAPAN FORTS AND MANILA.
Tousigures of Carge am hereby notified THE above-mentioned Vessel having arrived, to send in their Dills-of-Lading for counter- signature and take immediate delivery of Cargo from alongside. Carge impeding disalarge will be landed immediately at Consignees' sirk and expense.
Cargo remaining on board after 22 d Oct., at No.2, will be subject to laading charge, and if undelivered 2: th Cer, at Noon, will be sabject to both linding and storage charges.
No Fire Insurance whatever will be efeated. All chafed and otherwise damaged Cargo will be examined at the above Company's Godown on MONDAY, 26th Dot, at 10.
་
No Claims will be entertained unless accom
ексер by short delivery note or list of panied tions taken at the time of delivery to Consignees and signed for and on Lehalf of the Proffic Mail 8.3. Co.
or before All Claims must be filed on
19th Nov,, otherwise they will not be recognized,
R. C. MORTON, Hongkong, 19th October, 1914.
Agent
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COMPANY REPORT.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OUTOBER 21ør, 1914.
THE NORTH CHINA INSURANCE. CO., LTD.
For presentation at the eleventh ordinary general meeting of shareholders, to be held at the affices of the Company, No. 6, Kiukiang Road, Shanghai, on Tuesday, the 27th October, 1914, at 4.30 p.m.
The Directors have pleasure in submit Ling, for the information of shareholders, the annexed duly audited statenient of the Company's accounts to the 30th June, 1914.
1913. The balance nt credit of this accomm is T1s. 265,284.40 and, after deducting an interim dividend of 12) per cent aggregating Tls, 47,713.73 paid on 1st May last, there remains a sun of Tls. 237,370,09, which the Directors recommend should be appropriated in the following mauner:-A final dividend of 121 per cent. on the paid-up capital, making 25 per cent for the year. A bonus of 15 per cent, upon. contributory premium. £10,000 trans forred to sterling reserve, bringing that) fund up to £100,000. And the balance to be transferred to underwriting reserve account, closing the account for 1913.-
101. The balance at credit of working. account to 30th June amounts to. Tls. -304,088.60.
Directors. During the year. Mr. D. M. Nissim resigned his seat on the Board owing to his retirement from business and Mr. Hans Tiefenbacher also resigned. Mr. C. M. Bain was invited to a seat on the Board and accepted. In accordance with the provisions of the Articles of Association, the Directors all retire, but, being eligible, offer themselves for re section.
Audit. The accounts have been andited-
WM.
SOLE
POWELL, LTD.
TELEPHONE 346.
DISTRIBUTERS
OF THE
SAXONE
FOOTJOY
Are you
BOOTS
AND
SHOES
wearer
FOOTIOY
of SAXONE FOOTJOY?
If not! Why not? means REAL COMFORT.
Try our Service at this time.
SOLE AGENTS: SAXONE SHOE CO.
by Mr. F. N. Matthews, Mr. Wingrove INDO-CHINA being absent on leave. Messrs. Wingrove and Matthews again tender their services to the shareholders.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
H. G. SIMMS, Secretary, Shanghai, 7th October, 1914.
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BRICKS. TILES. PIPES
COMPANY, LIMITED. BEST FIRE BRICKS PATENTED
AND FIRE · OLAY ROOFING TILES.
Guaranteed against Typhoon and Leakago.
MORE THAN TEN MILLIONS IN USE IN THE FAR EAST. SAMPLES AND FULL PARTICULARS FROM
P: SOFFIETTI & Co., 14, DES VEUX ROAD TEL 289. ALWAYS IN STOCK.
BALANCE BIKET-30711 JUNE, 1914. To Capital Account;
To Sterling Reserve Fund
£150,000 at 2/6 510) To Siker Reserve Fund To Underwriting Reserve A/C To Exchange and Investmeat
Fetuation Account ..
10,000 shares at £5-£50,000
at 2/65-16.
T}s
395,876.29
1,187,628:87 870,000.00 385,420.27.
90,523.07
Lens Due to
Sundries
Interim Dividend 47,713.72
237,570.08
s. d. £
3,191 2
£164,717 11
To Working Account 1914:
-Anionut brought forward from
below
304,068.60 17,679,01
Add Landon Freehold Pro mises
38,307 3 T
To Warking Account 1913: Tl Amount brought for-
ward from below. 295,281.40 Deduct
To Sundry Creditors ....... (Ex. 2/6 3-16 per Tuel)
2377,001 2s. 11d. Tls: 2,080,066.70
By Cash on Deposit and Current
Accounts in Shanghai
By Chinese Imperial Government Lan of 1886 (E. Listie)....
By Shanghai Municipal Loans... By Shanghai Land Investment "Co., Ltd.'s 5. Debentures... By Shanghai Land. Investment. Co., Ltd.'s 6% Debentures... By Anglo-French Land Invest- ment Co., Ltd's 6% Debtrs. By Shanghai Waterworks Co., Ltd.'s & Debentures......... Be Shanghai & Hongkew Wharf Co. Ltd.'s & Debentures.... By Shanghai Gas Co., Ltd.'s G
Debentures...............
By Shanghai Mutual Telephone
C Ltd., Shares
By laternational Cotton Mfg
Co, Pref. Shares
By French Municipal Conseil 6.
Debentures
By Mortgages on Property in
Shanghai
By Japanese Government 4
Sterling Loan 1809
By Balances at Brauches Be Furniture at Head Office and
Branches By Sundry Dehtors..
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MOUTRIE PIANOS
are BACKED
GUARANTEE
for FIVE YEARS.
PRICES FROM $385
EASY TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED.
EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS:
S. Moutrie&Co., Ltd.
USE ONLY
151-2
DUTT'S “MANGO" BRAND CHUTNEYS AND CURRY STUFFS
AND
"EAST INDIAN CONDIMENT CO.” BRAND INDIAN CONDIMENTS. SREEKISSEN DUTT &
CALCUTTA,
THE PREMIER CONDIMENT HOUSE IN INDIA.
CO.,
A. B. MOULDER & CO., LTD., SOLE AGENTS FOR HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA,
Hongkong, 18th June, 1914.
THE TAIKOO D
DOCKYARD
AND ENGINEERING CO. OF HONGKONG, LTD. LA MODEL CHINESE ARMY CORPS.
TAIKOO DOCKYARD. HONGKONG. Owing to the inadequate strength of the regular troops stationed in the metropoli- tan capital and its neighbourhood, as SHIPBUILDERS: SALVORS AND REPAIRERS, BOILERMAKERS, order to recruit and form a model Army
BRASS AND IRON FOUNDERS, CONSTRUCTIONAL. Corps was issued by the President some 1,607,459,77 time ago. The full strength of this Corps,
ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. 84,269.32-Bays a Chinese contemporary, will be
composed of four divisions. Up to the WELDING AND CUTTING OF METALS BY OXY-ACETYLENE 8,275.05 present, only one Mixed Sub-Division has
AND ELECTRIC SYSTEMS, 56,454.25 been formed, and the new troops are offered and are being trained by officers
-
Boilers, Railway Rolling Stock, Bridges, and all Classes
of Engineering, Iran and Wood Work,
GRAVING DOCK-787' by 88' by 34′ 6′′
Tts.
and corporals selected and transferred Estimates given for quick construction and repair of Ships, Engines, (@Ex. 2/6 5-16 per Tael),
£377,0012, 11d-Tis 2,989,666.70 from the Fourth Division of the regular Army, the main portion of which force 162,811.12
6,250.00 WORKING ACCOUNT, 1913-30TH JUNE, 1914 has been transferred to Shanghai and Tls. Sungkiang as a result of last year's 737,039.56 rebellion. President Yuan has testified 200,378.00 Ta Net Preis...
107,864.98, his eager desire to see this Corps attain To Interest....
54.00 its full strength as soon as possible by 20,545,00
To Transfer Fecs
having just appointed Field Marshal 644,978,54 Wang Shi cheng to be Commander of its 1st Division, the Hon. Yuan Koting, his Tls. son, Commander of its 2nd Division, General Lu Chin, Commander of its 3rd Division, and General Chang Chi-yao, Commander of its 4th Division.
99,340.00
Tis.
23,300.00
35,250.00
38,000.00
Be Commissions and Charges at Heźd Office, Branches and Agencies.
By Directors and Auditors' Fees By Income Tax
10,000.00 By Depreciation Furniture A/c. By Losses and Claims;
1,050.00 By Balance carried forward
Ths.
162,578.02 6,400,00
A circular telegram informing the pro 4.918.14
vincial authorities of these appointments 355.77 has reached Admiral Taeng Ju-cheng, our 880,400.21
military Governor. 285,284.40-
841,078,54
WORKING ACCOUNT, 1914-30TH JUNE, 1914.
-7,500.00
22,400.00
141,000.00
03.9-10.37
To. Net Premia. To Interest. To Transfer Fres:
By Japanese. Government 4
Railway Purchase Loan 1908
·(Ven 15,200)
12,814.00
By New York City 41% Bonds
(6. $239,070)
$89,731.71
By London Branch Balance,
Mis-
A
Cash at Bankers.. 15,494 17.11 British Govern
ment Securities 7,472 10 0 Indian Govern-
ment Securities 18,420 10
Colonia! Govern-
ment Securities 23,87€ 185
Foreign Govern-
ment Securities 37,425.
City of Osaka 5
Bonds 3,800.00
City of Bombay-
Improvement
Trust 4 Loan 1,961 6 0 City of Montreal
4 Stock ... 2,481 11 G English Railway
Securities... 6,670 5 1 Indian & Colonial Railway Securi ties
Chinese Railway
27,032 16 8
Securities ... 13,700 0 Manila Railway
Securities 3,320 0 0 Pennsylvania Rail
mand Co. 4 Mort. Bonds Humber Commer- cial Railway &
954 19
Dock Co. Shares 1,850 0 0
£159,56:2
91.19 0
Furniture, 4/0.m London & Man chester Premia outstand- ing Bills Ro ceivable, Poliny Stamps, Drafts of collection, etc. 8,263 196
in
course
By Commissions and Charges at Head Office, Branches and Agencies...
By Directors' and Auditors' Feek
By Losses and Claims
By Income Tax........
By Balance carried forward
JAS. N. JAMESON
FREDE. A. FAIRCHILD Directors. A HIDE
CANTON-HANKOW RAILWAY.
Pumps Empty Dock in 2-3/4 hours.
THREE PATENT SLIPWAYS taking vessels up to 3,000 tons displacement, providing.
conditions for painting ships with most efficient results.
100-Ton ELECTRIC CRANE ON QUAY-ELECTRIC OVERHEAD CRANES
throughout the Shops ranging to 100 Tons. 50-Ton Hydranlie TESTING MACHINE for Chains, Wire Ropes, Rivots, ote.
AGENTS FOR—
JOHN I. THORNYOROFT & CO., LTD.
PETROL and KEROSENE MARINE MOTORS 7-1/2 to 160 B.H.P.
As supplied to the British Admiralty and War Office..
MOTOR VESSELS, LIGHT DRAFT CARRIERS, GUNBOATS, LAUNCHES
HOUSEBOATS and PLEASURE CRAFT OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, MOTOR PUMPING and LIGHTING SETS, MOTOR VEHICLES, ETC. Dockyard Managers, can be seen between the hours of 11 and 12 Noon
at the Town Office.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.
It is reported that arrangements have Tis been made whereby funds for the construc- 439,788.99tion work of the Canton-Hankow Railway 59,245.28 have become available. Some little 10.00 difficulty was experienced, as the proceeds of the loan were under the control of the 499,033.27 original. Quadruple Group and it was TELEPHONE NO. 212.
necessary to obtain section for the use of the funds from each individual member of the Group. Now that this has been obtained the work will progress as 88,399.57 rapidly as possible under the direction of 3,200.00 Dr. Jeme Tion-yu-Far Eastern Review. 1,447,97
Tis:
301,043.13 304,958.60 100,053.27
H. G. SIMS, Secretary, AUDITOR'S REPORT.
RELIEF FUNDS FOR KUANGTUNG.
The Government has received a telegram from the Governor of Kuanglung to the effect that an account of the recall of paper money from the market, the pro- vincial government has incurred lossss of more than 82,000,000, and on account of 1 hare examined the foregoing balance the recent flood disasters funds are needed sheet and accounts with the hooks and in every quarter. Every available means vouchers of the Company in Shanghai, and has been resorted to, but the officials of Therefore it is hereby requested with the audited accounts received from the that province have met with grent dif- various branches and have obtained all the culty, information and explanations I have required, that a sum of $7,000,000 be at once grant lu my opinion the above balance sheet is for the relief of the financial distress properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true of the province. The above lelegram has and correct view of the state of the Company's been referred to the Ministry of Finance
for consideration. affairs according to the best of my informa tion and the explanations given to me and as shown by the hooks of the Company.
FN. MATTHEWS, A.C.A., Auditor. Shaughai, 1st October, 1914.
HONG KONG VOLUNTEER
RESERVES.
ODDERS BY MAJOR WAERMAN, O.C.H.K.Y.B.
1. Recruits with no previous service will attend at the LR. A Miniatury Kange on Saturday, the 24th instant, at 2.30 p.m. or Sunday, the 25th instant, at 9.80-a.m.
Rifles and Ammannition will be pro- vided on the Range.
2.—Parades on Tuesday and Thursday as
ordered
L. G. Band, Capt.,
Adjutant, H.K.YE.
£161,908 14 1
20th October, 1914.
Did
HONGKONG, CHINA, AND JAPAN, AGENTS. Telegraphic Address:-"TAIKOO DOCK.”
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP
150
CO
PROPOSED SAILING HONGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN PEDRO LOS ANGELES).
S.S. "HAZEL DOLLAR."
Captain M. Ridley, on
or about November 10th,
For Freight Rates and space apply to
PHONE 792.
Hongkong, 10th October, 1814.,
you get
VAN HOUTEN'S
THE ROBERT DOLLAR Co., 3, QUEEN'S BUILDING,
COCOA?
I dont
Of course I did Mums · like any other kind – An dont
make the forget it when you
V. M. SMITH,
MANAGER.
(1238
Choc's this time
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