PUBLIC COMPANIES
THE WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
TWENTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs JABDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY, LIMITED en TUESDAY, the 2nd February, 1915, at 11.30 A.M., for the purpose of receiving the Report of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1914
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, 22nd Jaunary, to TUESDAY, 2nd February, 1910 (both days inclualve), during which period. no Transfer of Shares can be. Registered. By Order of the Board of Director,
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Secretary to the
HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY
Co., LTD,
General Agents for the
WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LTD.
Hongkong, 18th January, 1915.
[160
THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE,
LIMITED
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
NOTIONARY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDIVE, MATHESON & · COMPANE, LIMITED -00 TUESDAY, the 2nd February, 1015, at 11.45 AM for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the State ment of Accounts for the year.
anding Slat December, 1914, S
The REGISTER of SHARES of the
Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, 22nd 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."
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 1915.
HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
A meeting of the Hongkong Legislative Council was held yesterday at the Council Chaamber.
The following were present:
HIS EXCELLENCY A GOVERNOR, SIR FRANCIS HENRY MAY, KOM.GWA
H1B EXCELLENOY MAJOR GENERAL F. H. KELLY C.B. (General Officer Command- ing Troops),
Hon Mr. CLAUD SEVERN (Colonial Secretary).
Hon Mr. J. H.
KEMP (Attorney General).
Hon. Mr. E. D. C. WOLFE (Colonial Treasurer).
of Public Works).
Hon. Mr. W. CHATHAM, C.M.G. (Director
Hon. Mr. S. B C Ross (Secretary for Chinese Affairs).
Hon. Mr. C. McI. Messa (Captain Superintendent of Police).
Hon. Mr. WEI Yux, C.M.G. Hon. Mr. H. E. POLLOCK, K.C. Hon. Mr. E. A. HEWETT, C.M.G. Hon, Mr. D. LANDALE. Hon, ir. E. SHELLIN. Hon. Mr. LAU CHU PAK.
Mr. M. J. BREEN (Clerk of Councils),
MINUTES.
ZETLAND HALLAN
Council then went into Committed to STORIES FROM TSINGTAU consider the Bill clause by cla
Upon Council resuming,
clause.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAC reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment, and he moved that
it be read a third time.
Tho COLONIAL SECRETARY Scided, and the Bill was read a third time and pussed.
MILITARY STORES,
THE BOMBARDMENT. The following extracts from letters bave recently appeared in The Times from off Tsingtau
A naval officer writes early in November
INTIMATIONS
LANE
CRAWFORD & Co.
JUST RECEIVED:
ANGLO-ORIENT
SEAMLESS REVERSIBLE
CARPETS
On October 29th we opened a devil of a bonbardment on certain of the enemy's positions and kept it up more or less con- tinuously for four days. On the morning of the 31st the Army siego guns started and bamped big shell all over the place, We Thy ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the all have been trying to knock out a certain second reading of the Bill intituled, fort which annoys both us and the Army, but so far have made but little impression.. "An Ordinance to amend the Military I fancy its fate must wait until some heavy Stores (Exportation) Ordinances, 1862 guns can be got a little nearer their posi- and 1914. In doing so he said Thore tions. It's a devil of a business, and goes are three clauses, to this Bill one which incessantly all day and night--flash is formal, and two which are substantive. has become very cold, with strong wind here, fash there. Meanwhile the weather The object of the first of the substantive and heavy rain.. I fear they must be clauses is to define the word “export," having a very thin time in the trenches. It is defined in a very wide manner, but We have not heard what our casualties
powers in order to deal with exceptional have rattled a few and killed many and it is perfectly necessary to take these wide are been, but under such a storm of fire I fear they must be high, but I fancy wo cases as they occur. Of course, the fast cripsized a few guns. I fancied I could thing which the Government would wish two Gin. guns knocked sideways, to do would be to interfere with any distance is too great to be certain; never- through my glasses the other day, but the normal trade. The second clauso oftheless, for the last three days those gues substance, clause 3, provides a definite have not fired, whereas formerly they and express penalty for the contravention new trick, have heeled the ship 5deg, and used to fire incessantly. We are up to . of any proclamations issued under the calculated new night strips to a groat principal Ordinance, or in the Order in range, which enables us to lay off and Council of her late Majesty Queen to get at as. I think the German hates a bombard them, without their being able Victoria of the 26th October, 1993. I beg more than the Japanese, for hd always DURABLE
to move the second reading.
The minutes of the previous meeting The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and all short and only one hit, but one is quits fires his 12in. at us. So far 25 projectiles, wero confirmed.
the Bill was read a second time.
enough. The Japanese have repaired our mast splendidly, and are Council them wens into Committee to splendidly over the whole campaign. The behaving Japanese Crown Prinde cent us a message encouraging us to Press the enemy, braving all hardships''; so we now call bombardment Pressing the enemy.
The Hon. Mr. SHELLIM moved the first
Upon Council resuming,
reading of a Bill intituled, An Ordi:sider the Bill clause by clause. mance to provide for the incorporation of the Trustees of Inland Lot No. 31 and the buildings thereon known as Zalland
THE HONGKONG CENTRAL HALLANDALE seconded, and
ESTATE, LTD..
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Secretary to
THE GENERAL MANAGERS,
Hongkong, 13th January, 1915,
[159
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AND AGENDY CO.," LIMITED.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Messre, JARDINE MATHESON & COMPANY, LIMITED, on TUESDAY, 2nd February, 1815, at Noor
The purpose of ouriving the Report of the
Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for tho
for the year ending 31st December, 1914.
The Hon.
The Lodge is desirous of avoiding these disadvantages and of having the Trustees incorporated so that they may not in future
the Bill had passed through Committee The ATTORNEY-GENERAL reported that
without amendment, and he moved that the Bill be read a third time.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY Seconded, and the Bill was read a third time and passed,
The
the Bill was read a first time.
The objecta and reasons state that Zesland Hall is the property of the Zetland
WINDING UP ALIEN ENEMIES. Lodge. of Freemasons, No. 525 E. C, of Hongkong. The property is vested in five
ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the members of the Lodge as Trustees for the second reading of the Bill intituled, Lodge. Particular Trustees from time to An Ordinance to amend the Alien time leave the Colony or die, whereby con- Enemies (Winding up) Ordinance, 1914. siderable expense is entailed owing to the In doing so he said:—It is only intended fresh documents which it is necessary" to
·make out Casos of absence result in to proceed with the second reading of inconvenience and dolny owing to the diff the Bill at this meeting of the Council culty of communicating with the absent The Committed stage will be taken at Tristoca and, sometimes, of ascertaining
& later meeting of the Council. The their whereabouts.
object of the second clause of this Bill is to prevent actions being brought unnecessarily Y against.
liquidators in respect of the affairs of the alien enemies is clearly undesirable that anyone crediter should be able, by taking pro cedings, to secure priority over other creditors, and it is undesirable that the estate should be saddled with the costs of such action, so this clause provides that no action shall be brought against any liquidator without the permission of the Governor. Of:
coures, it is not intended under that section to refuse permission for any notion which is intended to try any matten of dispute
be subject to them.
Application for incorporated the preen
the Government
FINE JAPANESE GUNNERY. An officer in the RA.M.C writes from Tsingtau on November 12th-
You have probably seen in the paper rendered on the 7th. The Japanese bom that this place has been taken: It sur bardment with 150 guns commenced at dawn on October 31st (the Emperor's birthday). I got up at 4 am. and went
on a hill overlooking Tsingtan and a wonderful sight, and the Japanese shoot- waited for the beginning. It really was ing was magnificent. With one of the
AND RUGS.
TWO WEARING SURFACES INSTEAD OF ONE
IN CHARMING COLOURINGS AND DESIGNS.
THEY ARE OF
BRITISH MANUFACTURE
AND
BOTH
AND INEXPENSIVE.
WE HAVE THEM IN
EQUARES 3 by 21 3 by 3 and 3 by 4 Yards.
CORRIDOR, HEARTH, SOFA,
AND
BEDSIDE
RUGS.
COLOURED LITHOS ON APPLICATION.
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
12:2
1st shells they set fire to enormous ail REMINGTON JUNIOR.
tanks, which made a tremendous blaze, redoubts. Every shell seemed to find the and then they started on the forts and mark, and now that one can actually see the shell marks most people think that has ever been reen. There is hardly a stick PORTABLE TYPEWRITER FOR TRAVELLERS, SMALL RETAILERS the shooting was probably the best that left in the forts and redoubts-conerete platforms, trenches, guns, and barbed wire
DOCTORS, CLERGYMEN AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL MEN,
Ero., Etc. during that time the Japanese and our bardment continued for a week, and
SPECIAL FEATURES: selves dug trenches till they were right Simplicity, Compactnem, Durabilily, Fortability. Weight 16 1., in leather travelling case 21 lbs up to and half round the German forts; then the squarcheads put up the white flag when they saw a chance of getting
hance of abayanet stuck in them.T
"A LONG FELT WANT SUPPLIED AT LAST.”
THE REMINGTON JUNIOR."
of SHARES of the Bill gives offect to the desire of the Lodge. whose affairs they are winding up. It entanglements blown to atoms. The bom-
The REGISTER Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, Bend January, to TUESDAY, 2nd February.
1016 (both days inclusive), daring which period no Transfer of Shares can bo Registered. By Order of the Board of Director.
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Senretary. Hongkong, 18th January, 1915. [158
THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA
TION CO., LTD.
STAMP. ORDINANCE, 1901,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved the second reading of the Bill intituled, An Ordinance to amend the Stamp Ordi nnace, 1001. In doing so he said: The principal object of this Bill, Sir, is to give the Governor-in-Council power to authorise, in exceptional circum stances, the stamping, before excu tion, of documents which stamped after extention under the exist
It is not intended that the
cannot be
Nthe FOURTEENTH ORDINARY power will be used so was once where there between the intending plaintiff and the
1014.
There is no doubt the Japanese aro wonderful soldiers. Our little force (con- sisting of the South Wales Borderers and 36th Sikhs and the usual details) did their fall share. We had 12 men killed and 33 officers and men wounded. Most of the wounds occurred in the last couple of days, man alone, who was hit in three places by and we had a busy time. Some of the wounds were shockingly severe, and one shell fragiconts, took me 24 hours to dress, However, we did not lose a single case, hospital ship three days afterwards. We and I put all the severe cases (37) on a have lost only one man from disease (dysentery), so I think, the whole, we
any action that the Germans lost about 400,
had about 1,400 casualties, and they say The Japanese have treated the Germans awfully, well
is no intention to evade the revenue, or liquidator. It is to prevent action being where there is no practical possibility of brought where claims are undisputed. substituting a new document properly and where it would be really waste of stamped. Cases may occur in which the money to bring the action. This provi- execution of a now document, properly sion, Sir, is based on the precedent of stamped, is practically impossible, and the Bankruptcy Law, where, of
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ing law.
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Mears, JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY, LTD. on TUESDAY, the 2nd February, 1915, at 12-15 F, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ending 21st December, The REGISTER of SHARES of the 26th January, to TUESDAY and February, 1913 (both days inclusive), during which period no Traster of Sharee can be Registered. By Order of the Board of Directors,
MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE, Secretary, Hongkong, 15th January, 1915.
The Remington "JUNIOR" is Typewriter of trus Remington qualify, but is smaller, lighter and more compact and portable than the Standard Remington Model I em bodies the latest Remington ideas in Remington constraction, visible writing, back spacer. automatio ribbor movement, improved paper food, and release, sto., eto.
It is awifi and easy,
beautiful work and is so simple in constructions that its skilled operation in quickly learned by anybody. No lessons needed. Though, just as well made as any of the regular models, It's prios is only about half of the Standard Models.
Company, will be CLOSED from TUESDAY where there is no intention, at the time of is impossible to bring course, it have done very well. The Japanese have havə (always needed one, but who would not get the Standard Models because their requirements
[179
HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS:
THE NINETY-FIFTH ORDINARY TEARLY MEETING SHARE.
·HOLDERS in the Company will be kolů, už the Office of the Company. Hotel Mansions, TUESDAY, the nth February, 1915, at
of
GERMAN OUTRAGES. COMMITTEE APPOINTED.
On September 15th last the Prime Minister announced in the House of Commons that he had asked: the Home Secretary and the Attorney-General to
dence obtainable in this country of accusa- take such stens as seemed best adapted to provide for the investigation from evi- tions of outrage and breaches of the laws. of war on the part of Germany
execution, to evade revenue. The Bill is against a bankrupt, if a receiving crder to give power in dealing with such cases. has been made, without leave of the It also provides that the somewhat Court Under this Bil, Sir, your per- obsolete consent of the Attorney-General, mission is substituted for that of the which does not appear to be necessary Court, because the whole scheme of the for prosecutions under the Ordinance, winding-up under the principal Ordi should be abrogated. The requirement nonec is a winding up, not in a Court, of the consent of the Attorney-General but under the supervision the to prosecute under the Ordinance dates Governor. That scheme has several back to a good many years in our Ordi- cheaper, and it has more elasticity, and advantages It is quicker, and it is ance, and it does not appear to have any that scheme is carried out in the present practical basis or necessity. I beg, Sir, Bill. The section, Sir, also provides that to move the second reading.
even after permission has been given to with this object have been vigorously During the last three months inquiries The COLONIAL SECRETARY Seconded.
bring action against the liquidator to pursued (says the Daily Telegraph), and Council then resolved itself into a try a disputed claim, no execution shali the cases brought under review have been sider the Bill clause by clause.
Upon Council resuming,
12 dolook Noox, for the purpose of receiving Committee of the whole Council to con- be levied on any judgment given a such examined in detail by a number of mein-
Beport of the Directors, together with a Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend and electing Directors and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 20th January to
the 8th February, 1815, both days inclusive.
-By Order of the Board of Directors,
W. E. CLARKE, Secretary. Hongkong, 19th January, 1915
188
THE KOWLOÓN LAND & BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED.
The ATTORNEY GENERAL. Teported that) the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment, and he moved that it be read a third time
The COLONIAL SECRETARY seconded, and the Bill was rod a third time and passed..
Bay
bera of the English Bar who have put their and by the staff of the Director of Public services at the disposal of the authorities, Prosecutions. Some hundreds of detailed statements have now been collected, and a Committee has been appointed to consider
The Committed is constituted
action without your permission, the object being again to prevent any priority being haired by the successful plaintiff over the other unsecured creditors. I may that under the recent Trading with the Enemy Act which has been passed in these materials. England it provides for a custodian to follows whom money payable to an alien cuersy may be paid, and by whom property is POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR.
izvested, and it provides that The ATTORNEY-GENERAL noved the execution at all of any kind can be issued second reading of the Bill intituled; "An against auch property. This Bill does Ordinance to remove doubts as to the hot go quite so far as that, but provides Power of the Governor to appoint Deputy that no execution can be issued without Official Receivers and as to the validity sormimion of the Governor,
no
The Bill
ENTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTY-SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Company's Officer, of the acts of persons appointed to be also proposes to provide that actions Fotoris Buildings, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th February, 1915, at Noon, for the purpose Deputy Official Receivers or to act as against liquidators shall be binding qu of receiving the Report of the together with Statement of Accounts for the the office of the Oficial Receiver before It also proposes to give to the Suprem Directors Deputy Official Receivers or attached to the alien enemies whom they represent year cading 31st December, 1914.
The REGISTER of SHARES of the the commencement of this Ordinance." Court power to stay any action brought Company will be CLOSED from WEDNES-In doing so he said: The object of this against the liquidator or against alien DAY, 3rd February, to WEDNESDAY, 10th February, 1915 (both days inclusive), during Bill, Sir, is to give you express power anemies directly in any case where it which period-no-Transfer of Shares can be to appoint such persons, and to remove appears to the Court recessary and registered.
certain doubts which have arisen as to desirable in the intercats of justice, it your power to appoint such persons 30 being impossible
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER,:.
Secretary to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTALENT &
AGENCY CO., LTD, Arents for THE KOWLOON LAND & BUILDING CO., LTD, Hongkong, 27th January, 1915.
[291.
done by them when so appointed. I beg to move the second reading.
The Right Hon. Viscount Bryce, O.M.
(Chairman) The Right Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock,
Bt.
A
The Right Hon. Sir Edward Clark, K.C. Sir Alfred Hopkinson, K.C Professor H. AL Fisher. Mr. Harold Cox..
TAXATION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
persons engaged exclusively in the sale A Bill to amend the emergency tax law of the Philippines by providing that of rice and meats, whether native products or imported at retail in the public markets, shall be exempted from the pay the Assembly. ment of taxation, has been introduced into
The purpose of the Bill is, as is expressed
ta obtain proper by its author, to prevent the raising of
the past, and as to the validity of acts information from the alien enemy in the price of articles of prime necessity question owing to the existence of a state the greater part of the rice and meat. as a result of the imposition of the tax,
especially the former, being imported His EXCELLENCY-Council stands ad from foreign countries and hence subject journed sine die.
to taxation,
the Bill was read a second time.
The COLONIAL SECRETARY Seconded, and
of war.
It is built for the non-user, for the immense army of people who need a Typewriter and are different. In one word, it is built for people who will operate their own Machine
For further particulars, catalogue, eta, apply—
REMINGTON TYPEWRITER CO.
(INCORFORATED), NEW YORK HONGKONG AGENOT, QUEEN'S BUILDINUS.
Hongkong, 80th November, 1914;
A BREWERY CO. L'o
NOTICE.
WE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED SOLE AGENTS
(50
IN HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA FOR
SAKURA BEER
BREWED AND BOTTLED BY
THE TEIKOKU BREWERY
CO., LTD..
MOJI, JAPAN.
This is an Excellent Beer
and moreover CHEAP.
PRICES, ETC., ON APPLICATION TO-
DONNELLY & WHYTE, WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
TEL. 636.
Hosgieng, 30th November, 1914.
[49