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THE HONGKONG DAILY FREES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 1915.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
THE WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LIMITED.
INTIMATION
A fund has been organised by the Royal Navy League of Siam for the purchase of scout cruiser. The Fund now amounts to Ticals 018,554.
mentioned Address for the Sale of the British TWENTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY A. S. WATSON which the countries at war are able to Cemeteries Committees of the Sanitary
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Co., LTD., and Others,
THE CENTRAL AGENCY, LTD. Connaught Road,
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STOCKBROKERS' ASSOCIATION
OF HONGKONG.
NOTICE.
THE COMMITTEE has decided that the following shall be the SETTLEMENT
DAYS for the year 1916 ::
THURSDAY, 29th January,
20th Febrsary. 26th March.
FRIDAY,
FRIDAY,
WEDNESDAY, 28th April,
FRIDAY,
FRIDAY,
28th May.
25th June.
WEDNESDAY, 28th July.
FRIDAY, 27th August
28th September. TUESDAY,
WEDNESDAY, 27th October.
FRIDAY
20th November.
WEDNESDAY, 2nd December.
By Order of the Committes, :
EDWARD RAYMOND, Secretary.
Hongkong, 26th January, 1915.
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THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
NOTICE.
GOVERNOR'S CUP.
THE Closing Date of the Competition for
31st just
Any additional entries must be lodged with the Undersigned befors that date.
The First round to be played by the 14th inst.
29th
Second,
Third
Fourth
Semi-Final Final
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21st
is
4th prox. 11th 216 K. M. CUMMING,
Hom, Secretary,
R. H. G. G. Hongkong, 26th January, 1915.
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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Office of Mara JARDINE. MATHESON & COMPANY LIMITED, on TUESDAY, the 2nd February, 1915, ai 11.30 for the purpose of receiving the Report of Directors together with a Statement
& CO., LTD.
CORRESPONDENCE.
CONSCRIPTION FOR HONGKONG.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]
SIB,—If your 'Irish" contributor cau Owing to the intensely cold weather afford to spend two nights out of every President Yuan Shih-kai ordered the thres in working searchlights, transact officials in his office to set aside their frock his business as usual," and find leisure to turn out such lengthy screeds as those
of Accounts for the year ending 31st WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. fully-trained men, of whom he estimated costs temporarily and wear fur costs.
1914
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, 22nd January, to TUESDAY, 2nd February, 1910 (both days Inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered. By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER, de Secretary to the
HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY
Co., LTD.,
General Agents for the WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LTD. Hongkong, 13th January, 1915. (160
THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE,
NOTICE
LIMITED.
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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIRST ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offoes of ABAT. JALDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY, LIMITED, TUESDAY, the 2nd February, 1916, at 11:45 AM, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the State. ment of Accounts for the year ending. Slat December, 1914.
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, | 22nd January, to TUESDAY 2nd February,. 1015 (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered, By Order of the Board of Directors.
THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE, LTD.,
A SHELTON HOOPER,
Beoretary to
THE GENERAL MANAGERS,
Hongkong, 13th January, 1915,
Per
We regret to learn that Mr. A. R. which ho has inflicted upon us, the con- Linton, manager of the Hongkong Branch clusion appears irresistible that he earns of the Mercantile Bank of India, is at the his daily bread much more easily than Peak Hospital, suffering from an attack most of us can.
He seems mentally incapable of taking. of typhoid fever.
told that the Landatrum force now available is about 7,000,000 men, between the ages of 39 and 45 years and youths between 17 and 20 years. Nothing however, is more bewildering than the
Mr. P. W. Goldring has been appointed computations which are constantly being made as to the number of fighting men a member of the Cattle Disease and put into the field. The military corros Board, site Mr., F. B. L. Bowley. pondent of the Times has been showing. recently that Germany began the war with a total in round numbers of 4,900,000
that approximately 3,000,000 wore in the field, and after a detailed examination of the German recruiting statistics ke reached the conclusion that Germany has at her disposal a further 4,000,000 un trained men. He says it is not safe to
up a pen without annihilating two put the figuro down at anything los. The wedding will be solemniced at an
columns of your space, and even then he That would give Germany a total strength | early date of Lieutenant Villiers Gordon fails to meet the criticisms directed of just on 9,000,000 men. In this connec Smyth, of the R.G.A., Hongkong, to Miss 2.00
tion it is interesting to consider some Veronique Walker, who is journeying to against him. Sentiment usurps the place
the subject which have the Colony on the P. &O. Namur, speculations on
Let me in fairness, cite one illustra 8.00 appeared in a New York paper. The
An interesting lantern lecture will be tion of this. I asked, among other things, method of computing Germany's possible maximum which the writer has adopted given in St. Andrew's Church Hall “If a man is not a member of the local commencing at 9 Valunteer force wherein lies the sin of to-morrow evening, brings him to conclusions which meko the German report of a Landstrum force o'clcek, by the Rov. N. C. Pope, M.A., playing golf And this is the sort of that I get -- The Bin -it certainly isn sin to thirk at the call of of seven million men for service in the subject being A visit to Cornwall." the field appear wildly extravagant.
And then wo dash off into heroics The New York paper tells us that,
The sentence I have quoted is 4.03 in any country, the male population
neither serse, nor English; for lack of a between the ages of 20 and 15 is between
better name we will call it "Irish.” thirty-five and forty per cent. of the total 4.55 male population. Now the population of Germany is about 03,000,000, or it was
The Japanese Home Office has decided in 1910. Possibly it is now about 69,090,000, of which about one-half would to spend the sum of Y00,000 on sanitary be the male population. Three-eighths improvements in Tokyo and Kyoto in about connection with the Coronation ceremony of 36,000,000 would give us 13,000,000 as the number of male Germans to be held in the latter city in the coming between 20 and 45 years of uge, and about Autumn. half this number would represent the
A mischievous rumour was circulated in 9.85 maximum available for the field. But
BRANDY.
Per Case of 1 dos.
Bot.
A. SUPERIOR PALE $30.40
$2.65
B. SUPERIOR"
OLD
COGNAC
38.70
WATSON'S
XXX
COGNAC ...
84.80
WATSON'S
COGNAC Half bottles
2 doz.
27.00
C. SUPERIOR OLD LIQUEUE COGNAC, Gold Capsule
40.30
D. VERY FINE OLD PALE LIQUEUR COGNAC
46.90.
BOUTELLEAU'S CHAMPAGNE LIQUEUE... 52.40
E. FINEST OLD BROWN
BRANDY
-1.60
3.45
53.50
4.55
MARTE BRIZARD and-
BOGER'S FINE PALE COGNAC 31.60
99'3
£150
8. V. F., V. O. COGNAC 79.70
6.65
V: 0, 11, 60 Yuna Old ...119.30
UNITED VINEYARD PROPRIETORS, 75 Year Old
157.50
13.15
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT AND AGENCY CO.,
LIMITED E
NOTWENTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Ofoes of Messrs," JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY, LIMITED,
of sense.
answer
The marriage will take place shortly of duty. the Rev. Noel Brodrick Slater, of the again. London Missionary Society, who is stationed at Amoy, to Miss Marthe Ann Shirley, of Stoke Prior, Worcestershire; England.
Your contributor socks to turn the laugh. against me by saying that I should funk the two nights out of three on the search- lights. Unfortunately, in my case busi- mere sido issue as, apparently, it is with your contributor. ness is not a
the possibility of taking the step indicated, My ordinary duties absolutely preclude
and have probably kept me out of bed more nights than your contributor has
that would be to allow only one man at Canton on Sunday, that London had spent in anything but rest and recreation. home to sustain one man in the field, and been attacked, and that a Dutch fleet from But if I had undertaken the duties, which one man at home is not enough. Much Java was menacing Hongkong. The effect it is only charitable to assume that he is
These Brandies bottled by / of the work ordinarily done by men can of this rumour was that Hongkong bank discharging-though, be it noted, he has for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Spirit and of Pot Still Distillation Women cannot mine coal nor iron, for coin to 7 per cent. below their par value I hope I should have pluck enough to on TUESDAY, 2nd February, 1915, at NeoN, ourselves are guaranteed Grane be done by women, but not all of it. notes full from 19 per cent. in subsidiary never committed himself on the point-
Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December,
DIRECTOR of a Large British Trading 1914.
A concern baring world wide connections will be visiting Hongkong and Carton boat Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, A. S. WATSON & CO.. two men at home for one in the field, and
February and is desirous of getting in touch with any Firm of standing wishing to be
Canada. Represented in Great Britain
Address----
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TIRELESS OPERATOR for sea
Wvoyage.
"BHIPPING,”
Apply
"Care of "Daily Pro" Offon. Hongkong, 26th January, 1916.
WANTED.
EXPERIENCED English speaking AMAH, from March, for one Child of two, at outport. Needlework sssential.
Reply
Care of "Daily Pries" Ooo. [203 Hongkong, 26th January, 1915.
THE NATIONAL LOAN
OF THE
OF
THIRD YEAR
THE
REPUBLIC OF CHINA. SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($16,000,000).
NUBSCRIBERS to the abors LOAN are
horoby notified that, in accordance with Article V. of the Loan Regulations, the fall amount of Dellans Nine Hundred and Bixty Thousand ($960,000), being the amount of interest on the Loan for ons year, has been duly raised by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications, and has been deposited by the Undersigned in the following. Foreigu Banks, namely, THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING Corporation and THE BYB50-ASIAZIO BANK,
permanent guarantee for the interest on the Loan,
F. A. AGLEN, Inspector General of Customs, and Vice-Chairman of the Bureau of
National Loans.
BA ..
Inspectorate General of Customs, Peking, 18th January, 1915.
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WAR DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS
EALED TENDERS will be received at the Headquarters Offoe, Victoria Barracks, Hongkong, until 18 Noor on the. Under mentioned Dates for the following Services
Monday, 1st Feb, 1915. Monday, 8th Feb, 1915.
--Forage ...
Mest
Fuel (Coal, etc.).
General Supplies A Thursday, 11th Feb,
1915 General Supplies B
Hospital Supplies... Monday, 15th Feb,
1915. Washing
Thursday, 18th Feb. 1 1915.
Transport
The REGISTER of SHARES of the 22nd January, to TUESDAY, 2nd February 1915 (both days Inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Begistered. By Order of the Board of Directors,
A SHELTON HOOPEE,
Becretary,
[168 Hongkong, 18th January, 1916.
instance. Then we must deduct the men while Hongkong subsidiary coin was being who are physically unfit, mentally unfit, refused. Telegrams sent up from Hong or in prison, and we must therefore allow kong later in the day satisfied the Chinese that they had been duped once this would give the fighting strongth of more and the currency values were the German Empire us somewhere in the quickly restored. neighourbood of five million men." This corresponds fairly closely with
by recently estimate made English
writer. His reckoning of the maximum of possibility for the Irving, brother of Mr. John and Mr. forces actually in the field" at the time James Bell-Irving who were successively Ronggung Orsion: 104, Das Vaux Road C. of writing gave Germany 3,000,000 and in charge of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson's TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that LONDON ORICH | 151, Frapy Breast, EC Austria 1,000,000; against an Allied force interests in Hongkong. Mrs. Bell-Irving |
THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA-
·TION CO., LTD.
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Memes. JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY, LTD, on TUESDAY, the 2nd February, 1915, at 12 15 PM, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of 31st December, Accounts for the year ending
1914.
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will to CLOSED from TUESDAY, 26th January, to TUESDAY, 2nd February 1915 (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered. By Order of the Board of Directors,
MOWBRAY S NORTHCOTE, Secretary, Hongkong, 15th January, 1915.
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HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAC STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,
E NINETY-FIFTH ORDINARY YEAELY MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Office of the Company, Hotel Mansions, on TUESDAY, the 9th February, 1915, at 19 o'clock Noon, for the purpose of receiving Report of the Direstora, together with a Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend and electing Directors and Anditora.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 20th January to the 9th February, 1915, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
W. E. CLARKE Secretary. Hongkong, 19th January, 1915.
NOTICE.
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THE EAST INDIA SEA AND FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
WE HAVE taken over the Agency of the W above Company in Hongkong and are now prepared to grant policies of Insurance, at the most favourable ratesting ag
THE CHINA COMMERCIAL Co..
3. Duddell Street. Hongkong, 16th Janaury, 1015.
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HONGKONG AND CHINA.
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The Baily Press.
HongKonu, January 27.H, 1915,
THE STRENGTH OF THE BELLIGERENTS.
THOUGH the time is near when
an
of 5,300,000, made up as follows: France, 2,000,000; Russia, 2,000,000; Great Britain 250,000; 300,000.
this
We learn that among the injured at Scarborough in
in the recent raid was Mrs. Bell-Irving, wife of Mr. David Bell-
perform them without erving out for. others to come to my rescue.
But your contributor is clearly a beru grumbler. Even though he affects un- bounded admiration for Dr. Harston's patriotism in volunteering five times for the front, he uses it merely as a cover for No doubt, however, Dr. attack. Harston is well able to look after himself, and the public are not likely to bas influenced in their estimate of him by "Irish "distortions.
I wonder if your aggressive contributor
additional men conscription would was on a visit to Scarborough and was has ever stopped to ask himself how many staying on the Esplanade, South Cliff,, a
and which came in for particular atten- I fancy, that it would not be worth while Unquestionably says writer, all the combatant nations have tion from the German ships. A shell robbing the voluntary workers of the credit large Mserves, still available, but by uo struck the house and burst inside, causing which they can claim under existing con- means the millions that are found in general havoc to the fabric and the ditions. What he really wants, though he furniture, and Mrs. Bell-Irving and Miss does not seem to know it, is to convert Artillery, Scouts, and Rezerves into
SHIRKER. Engineers. Yours, etc.,
Hongkong, 6th January, 1915.
the least 2,000,000
various patriotic estimates Germany can without question pat 1,500,000 now troops Lee, another visitor, were so terribly in in the field; France, 1,000,000; Russia at jured that in each case the amputation All these are trained of a leg was necessary. Both are progress- British forces at the front are te be troops. Behind this Russie has inexhausing favourably. greatly strengthened by the new Service. tible resources of untrained men.⠀⠀ France, battalions which have been in training outside of native troops, has relatively during the past six months, it is note
few Austria, her first lins being
KIDNAPPED WOMAN'S
ADVENTURES.
HONGKONG
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE
DALLY FRESS,""]
SIR,Your correspondent "Irish" seems to be inclined to altach too much importance to the class of young men who have not voluntarily come forward to do their bit in the defence of their country.
For the most part the class described as
worthy that anticipations of an early end exhausted, will probably be the worst off
STORY OF A VILLAGE MURDER. of the war are not endorsed by those best of all. He concludes that, if these
Before Mr. F. A. Hazeland at the situated for guiding public opinion in the figures have any basis in fact, then the matter. For example the Eye-witness arrival of KITCHENER's million early in Magistracy yesterday, the Crown Solicitor
applica present with the British Headquarters 1915, with the subsequent arrival of the (Mr. P. M. Hodgson) made an a recently had this to say on the subject: second million by the Autumn, must have tion for the extradition of a man named This war is going to be one of exhaus a tremendous menning, particularly as Lin Ah Mui, formerly of Canton, on a tion; and after the regular armies of the the contest teads more and more to become requisition by the Civil Governor of Shirkers are only feather brained dudes belligerents have done their work, it will one of mere endurance.
durance On these Kwangtang Province courging the pet who would be of little or no use either at be upon the measures taken to prepare calculations, if the new troops are all soner with the murder of a Chinese in the the lights or in the trenches, and one has and utilise the raw material of the man called up by the Autumn, the Allies would Chan Ka Hang village, Fok Lo district. only to look at the healthy ruddy counten- hood of the countries concerned that finnd then have in the field a total of 9,250,000 The Crown Solicitor explained that the ances of the boys and elderly men who success will depend. This implies trained as against a German possible maximum alleged murder arose out of a robbery form the Cadets, Volunteers, and Reserves men-hundreds of thousands of trained of 5,000,000, From these figures, of which took place at a house in the Chan to see what drill and discipline have done and disciplined men." We do not know course, must be deducted the casualties, Ka Hang village on the 10th October, for them as well as having formed an whether these words can be regarded as which are believed to have been much 1914, when a man named Wong Ah Fat esprit de corps and camaraderie amongst representing “the deliberate opinion of heavier in the case of Germany and was shot and stabbed. Among the all classes in the Colony which did not
JOHN FRENCH," as a leader writer in Austria than in that of the Allies; evidenco ho would call would be that of formerly exist. one of the Homo papers assumes is the case and to these figures, be say the widow, who was living in the house Consider the lantern-jawed, yellow, pale from the fact that the Commander-in- Chief has permitted these views to find must be added the fact that the with her husband at the time of the faces of these knute," and one can well expression in the semi-official reports absolits and final maximum for Germany put coular night two robbers broke into guns, either hiding behind mother or the represents the murder. She would say that on this imagine them at the first round of the which are forwarded to the British Press
́ ́maximum possible"
by the only authorised correspondent at and Austria, while it means the maximum the house and asked for tes. Both men landlady, if not under the bed or in the the front in the Western theatre of the only for this year with such Allies as were known to the deceased and his wife nearest convenient wardrobe.
Conscription for them is unnecessary, a view Great Britain and Russia, who have While the husband was making this tea In any case, it is war." which has much to support it if the illimitable stores of men on which to draw, the defendant came in, being evidently should they be wanted the law of the The three Colony can turn them out to enjoy the German official news agencies faith- and who will undoubtedly draw upon one of the gang of robbers, L'UNION FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD., fully represent to world the them and train them against contingencies men attacked Wong, killed him, and took spicy breeze which float over Hongkong's
preparations which Germany is making until the enemy's exhaustion is assured away articles belonging to him and to hrs isle in the early hours of the morning.- for the continuance of the war.
NOTICE.
OF PARIS.
VE HAVE taken over the Agency of the Wote Company formerly held by Messrs. BIEMSSEN & CO., and are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS from this date,”
CREDIT FONCIER D'EXTREME
FOLIENT. Prince's Buildings,
NOTICE
Forms and other particulars may be obtained personally between the hours of 10 M. and 1.M, or by letter to the D.A.D. of Supplies and Transport, Victoris Barracks, Hongkong.
Tender Forms raust be properly filled up, signed and dated and no tender will be consider e unler made out on the proper Form and Hongkong, 20th January, 1916. delivered by 12 Noon on the shove dates in a closed envelope marked Tender for Forage, etc. Each Tender must be accompanied by a deposit of 510 be forfeited to the State if the Tanderer $10) as garantee of good faith. Susk refuses to coopt Contract allotted to him, or to attend at Headquarter Ofoe when called прод
The right to reject all, or sny, Tenders in specially reserved.
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THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED
that we have taken over the Stock-in trade and Business premises lately occupied by KEUSE & Co, and will in fature carry on the Business of Merchants, Commission Agents Tobacconists under the name of w
HONGKONG CIGAR STORE" 199 Hongkong 22nd January, 1915.
the
The
Times Military Correspondent says it is
apparently Germany's intention, since the trained armies have failed to provoke whole manhood a decision, to call up the of the country, to set every available industry at work upon the manufacture
wife. They also carried away the widow,
In the meanwhile, leave them to their who was quite a young girl, and her young own devices and amusements, and in the Amail for Europe via Siberia eloses child. Mr. Hodgson related the extra-words of the poet whose anniversary took
to to-day at 4 p.m.
Dr. Francis Clark will go on months leaves in April,
To-day is the birthday of the Emperor
of arms, ammunition and equipment, and
in the Spring to crash of Germany. He is 35 years of age. the woman was traced to Macao. A man
to prepare
yesterday, dismiss them with Wha will be a traitor krava, Wha can all a coward's grave, Whi sae base as be a slavej: Let him turn and fee"
OLD CHINA HAND. Hongkong, 20th January, 1915.
ordinary peregrinations from village. village of the robbers with the stolen place ten woman and child, and said that eventually
the child was sold. Afterwards the pri soner, and the women came down to Hong- kong by train from Tai Po, and, later, named Lau Cheong who had been employed by the police to find the woman took her back to Hongkong, but prisoner came to Hongkong and took her away again, this
Tv Be The number of Old Merchant Taylors' Evidence was called, and the case schoolboys known to be on active servicgs time to Tai Wan
remanded.
is now well over 550,
the Allied Armies or perish in the
It is stated that Mr. H. F. Merrill attempt.. An Item of news,
that the KAISER intends to return to China in March or Washington, states has called out the Landsturm through April and to go back into the Customs out the German Empire.
We are service again.