NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES
THE INDRA LINE, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEÈS.
PROM NEW YORK.
THE Stormship
"INDRA,"
having arrived from the above Port, Consignees Bf Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being lauded AT THEIR RISK into the hazardous and or extra hazardous Godowna of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained
Goods und cleared by the 5th July, at 5 PM will be subject to rent.
All broken, chafed and damaged packages aro to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined 00 5th July, at 9.30 AM. Claims against the steamer must be presented within 10 days of arrival. otherwise they will not be recognized,
No Fire Insurance will be affected by na in
ar pasy whatever,
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD., Agent
Hongkong, 28th June, 1915.
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CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY'S ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
SS MONTEAGLE,"
Sabore mentioned Steamer having arrived THE ANCOUVER, VICTORIA and
from JAPAN PORTS, Consignes of Cargo are hereby notified that their Goods with the exception of Parcels, Treasure and Valuables, are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.'s Kowloon Godowns, where delivery can be nbtained..
Goods on hand after the 8th July, 1915, will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be affecled,
All damaged packages are to be left in the Godens and this Ofles notified, when arrange- ments will be made for examination. No Claims will bo admitted after the Goods have left the GlodowDR.
D. W.. CRADDOCK,
General Trac Agent, 723
Hongkong, lat Jaly, 1915,
9.8. VILLE DE TA CIOTAT." COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
NOTICE.
ONBIGNEES of Cargo from London
in connection with above Steamar are hereby informed that their Goods with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being landed and stored at their risks into the hasardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf sad Godown CO Lid, at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after loading.
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on ualem intimation is received from the Cansignos before Noox To-Par requesting it to be landed hero.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned. Goods remaining unclaimed after the 7th July, at Noon, will be subject to rent and landing charges
All Claims must be sent in to me on or before the 10th July. er they will not be recognised.
All damaged packages will be examined en 7th July, at 10A.M.
No Fire Insurance has bosa effested.
Farmer &
•Wine Merchany of the last
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IMITATIONS
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LANE CRAWFORD & CO.
and from Axx. WINE MERCHANTS.
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-Look at that pair of skinuy scarecrows! Why don't they try Sargot?”
AN EASY WAY TO GET FAT AND BE STRONG.
This trouble with most thir folks who wish to gain weight is divit they insist on drugging their stomach or stulling it with greasy foods; rubbing on useless flesh creams," or following some foolish physical culture stunt, while the rept.cause of thinness goes untouched. You cannot get fat until your digestive tract assimilates the food you eat.
Thanks to a remarkable new scientific discovery, it is, now possible to combine into simple form the very elements needed by the digestive organs to help them convert food into rich, fat-laden blood. This master-stroke of modern chemistry is called Sargol and has been termed the greatest of flesh-laulders, Sargol aims through its re-generative, reconstructive powers to coas the stomach and intestines to literally soak up the fattening elements of your food and pass them into the blood, where they are carried to every starved, broken-down celt and tissue of your body. You can readily picture the result when this amazing transformation has taken place and you notice how your cheeks fill out, hollows about your neck, shoulders and bust disappear and you take on from 10 to 20 pounds of solid, healthy flesh. Sargol is absolutely harmless, inexpensive, eficient. A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD., VICTORIA DISPENSARY, THE PHARMACY, QUEEN'S DISPENSARY, THE EDxARD DISPENSARY, and all other first class Chemists in Hongkong have it in stock.
“Don't Worry--Take Sargot:"
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SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE .CO.. LTD.
ANNUAL MEETING.
The tenth annual meeting of the abare- holders of the Shanghai Life Insurance) Co., Ltd., was held at the offices of the Company, No. 24. Klangse Road, Shang- hai on June 26th.
There were present: Messrs. Chow Tsing- sug (Chairman), Robert H. Parker (Managing Director), Arthur J. Iarge! (Director), and shareholders, representing 19,000 shares.
follows:--
** PRINCESS IRENE."
TERRIBLE EFFECTS OF THE EXPLOSION.
LUY THE
DEATH ROLL-270.
SHEENESS IN MOURNING.
DAILY TELEGRAPH'S."' SPITAL
CORRESPONDENT.]
EFFECTS OF THE EXPLOSION. The town of Sheornoss was practically unaffected by the explosion, although, curiously enough, Minster, some seven miles away, suffered somewhat soverely. The workhouse, situated on the top of the bill, was shaken to its foundations, much to the alarm of the inhabitants and the fixed windows of the board-rooni of the Sheppey Board of Guardians were torn out Bodily. Just below the workhouse, other windows were broken, and vases. in the school wore thrown on the floor, while at Eastchurch the ceiling of UPPOR room in a farmhouse collapsed.
H
SHEEUNESA, May 29th Sheerness to-day lay under a dark cloud of sorrow. The tragically sudden destruc- A packet of butter which is supposed to tion of His Majesty's auxiliary ship have come from the vessel was found in The Secretary road the notice couvening Princess Trane on Thursday morning, a garden at Newington, which is abuit the meeting and the auditor's report whilst lying in the peaceful waters of the eight miles as the orow flies from Sheer- Aledway, his brought bereavement upon pass, and at the same place two towels I have andited the above balance sheet many homes in the town, It is How bearing the words Allan Line" were with the books, accounts and vouchers of the believed that the total death roll numbers picked up, together with a piece of limber Company at the head office. Shanghai, and about 270, and of these seventy-six are bearing marks which indicated that it with the signed statements received from the definitely known to have belonged to belonged to the Irene. In places as far agencies.
I have cbtained all the informe-Sheerness, as they were members of a distant as Southend and Maidstone the ting and explanations that I have required. working party sent from the Royal Docks explosion made itself distinctly folt, while I have examined the deeds and securities, yard to assist in preparing, the ship for houses in villages nearer Sheerness were certificates, etc. representing the investa contemplated early departure to sea. As visibly shaken by the concussion, ments, loans and bank balances set out in a matter of fact, it is stated that she was Great sympathy is felt in Sheerness for. the above account and certify that with the to laro sailed either to-day or to-morrow,
Mr. W. G. Cole, Chief Constructor at the In the absence of official information, Dockyard, who lost his only exception of the funds deposited with the
This young High Court (England) and the Comptroller the precise number of the crew cannot be Assistant Payminster Cole. Goueral (Calcutta) for which I have seen given, but it is understood to have been officer volunteered for service after war acknowledgments, the said deeds and securi- about 200. Three men were ashore at the broke out, living previously been employ ties were in possession and anfe custody on time the ship blew up, and there is one ed in a bank, and he had been serving March 31st, 1916. The balance sheet, ju my survivor of the disaster-Stoker David in the Princess Irene for some months. opinion; is a full and fair one and is properly Wills--who now lies in the Naval Hospital There are, as is inevitable in a disaster
Chatham, suffering from drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct ut
severo of this magnitude, many sad cases of view of the state of the Company's affairs injuries. It has not yet been possible to bereavement. according to the best of my information and ascertain bow many members of the crew explanations given me and as shown by the lived in Chatham and Sheerness, but it is books of the Company. E. MontiER RE probable that some of them were connected Auditor.]
with the district. Residents say that nerer in the history of Sheerness, whore, one is told, there has been a dockyard in existence for over two centuries, has fate dealt the town so hard a blow.
In moving the passing of the accounts. the CHAIRMAN called attention to the general progress of the Company, whic notwithstanding the depression in busincha on account of the European war, showed an increase in income and interist carn- ings and a decrease in expenses, had also been a substantial decrease in the total of claims paid during the your under review, although the total at risk was greater.
A Glasgow message says:-The steke.' hold was manned entirely by Glasgow There were twenty-six of then, wod men. with the exception of James Thomson, steward, they are all presumed to have perished. They were in Glasgow a week ago on furlough, and spoke most highly of the vessel and conditions of life at sca Many of the men were married.
THE LOST OFFICERS.
the Admiralty Secretary of announces that the following officers were killed in-the-explosion on board Elis Majesty's ship Princess Frene:
BLOWN INTO FRAGMENTA. The Princess Irene, a three-funnelled ship of fine proportions, was stationed for. some days off Sheerness Pier, but on Wednesday she moved to new moorings higher up the river, about midway between Slicerness and Chathan. The buoy to which she was moored is from half to mile way from three-quartors of the spot where a few months ago the Heill-fated Bulwerk was shattered and
sunk as the result of an internal explo gion.
The There
ni
Captain-Mervyn II Cobbe. Commander-Thomas H. M. Maurice Lieutenant-Commander Humphrey R.
U. Cottrell-Dormer.
Lieutenant-Colin G. Harper. Lieutenant, R.N.R-Charles B. Windt. Tempy. Ch. Engr., R.N.R. Wallace.
James:
Tempy Shr. Engrs, R.N.R.---Henry J. Shee and Standley Reed.
The total of new business for the year was considerably below the previous year which was a natural consequence of business depression due to the war. was pleased to state that there had been a considerable improvement in new busines, during the past few months, and they were All Sheerness, and, indeed, the neigh- almost back to the figures of the previous bourhood for some miles around was year. The total of new business for the startled by the loud boora of the explosion
Tempy. Engrs., R.N.B.-Peter Stewart.. Fear amounted to Tls. 4.320,055, and the which destroyed the Princess Irene. The business in foros as at March 31st, 1915, noise was much greater than that caused W. W. Rennie, and William Galletly. to Tls. 16,806,656,44-
Surgeon Frederick W. Quirk. The income from by the firing of a heavy gun, and the
Acting Mates-William B. Sinclair and premiums, interest and profits on invest-violent concussion which shook the whole ments total Tls. 1,628,102.
district leck people to fear instantly that Robert Newbigging. assets amount to Ths. a The total
disaster had happened. They had Tempy. Sub-Lient., R.N.R.Jacob 0. 3,158,368.28. being an increase of Tia encountered a similar experience when Roe.
Tempy. Asst. Engrs., R.N.R- Alex: 761,878.54 over the preceding year, and the the Bulwark was lot, and it was still fresh Insurance Reserve Fund, inclusive of un in their minds Persons who actually Paterson, Robert Macdonald, Frank J. James Carmichael, Donald called subscribed capital, is equal to the witnessed the tragedy were impressed. Grierson, sum of Tis. 3,550,401,91. The average rate above all, by the terrific force of the explo Campbell, Hon. C. F. Deane Morgan, of interest earned for the year is sion. The ship, they say, was literally George W. Rees, Percy Limond, and
It eqivalent to 0.37 per cent of the mean blown into fragments.
happened as Alexander Mackie
was the Acting Asst. Paymr. Albert D. Stal- assurance fund, which is a very satisfac
Ilard. tors showing in view of the fact that a quick as a flash of lightning
"description given by one eye-witness.
Tempy, Asst. Payme, R.N.R-Sidney considerable portion of this fund is unheard a dull roar, and then I saw the invested.
vessel enveloped in a cloud of whitish L. F. Cole,
Gunner-Angus B. KutnerIVEÚ- During the year the Company obtained smoke, with which were mingled masses of
Gunner (T.)-Edward W. Pearn. registration in the Straits Settlements flamo. The smoke rose in a huge pillar
Acting Gunner (T.)-R. Wray. ander the Life Assurance Companies' a height of fully 300ft, and then slowly
Carpenter--Perey A. E. Pratt Ordinance (1914).
dispersed. After it bad vanished I locked for the ship. There was no trace of her Captain Mervyn Hugh Cobbe was pro- except scraps of wreckage floating like moted in December, 1911. He had previ bits of firewood in the river. It was ously been in command of the Nand, a terrible scene; one I shall not easily light cruiser, to which he was appointed-
carly in 1914. forget?
The official report of the Admiralty Maurice was promoted in December, 1908. Commander Thomas Hector Molesworth ascribes the disaster to an accident, and Last January he was in command of the as the vessel carried highly explosive war
The report and accounts were adopted. Mr. A. J. Israel was re-elected a diree tor of the company, and Mr. E. Mortimer Reid was re-elected auditor.
KWONG
YIK BANK LIQUIDATION.
The liquidators of the Kwong Yik Bank ing Company at Singapore have issued their report and accounts for the first year of the liquidation-from date of liquida- tion to December 17th, 1914.
The port announces that a first dividend of 20 per cent, on daims admitted was declared D July 25th, 1914, payable from August 4th to 7th, 1914, and a second dividend of
to
material the opinion expressed generally minglaying cruiser Latona. in Sheerness is that some unfortunate
EXTORTION,
mishap must have occurred on board. GERMAN CONFISCATION AND There is us has been said, only one sur viver. Whether he will be able to throw any light on the cause of the explosion remains to be seen. At present he is understood to be too ill to make any statement
SCENE IN THE RIVER.
Within a very few minutes of the dis-
at
The Eye-Witness" the British Headquarters in a communication dated May 25th said:--
The Germans are missing no oppor
appearance of the ship the river swarmed tunity of extracting the utmost from the per cent, has been declared since the close
with Government tugs and naval boats of the yaar, viz., on December 31st, 1914.
proceeding at their highest speed to the country of which they are in occupation. At one town they have confiscated all the spot. payable from January 25th to 28th, 1915.
The rescue
Parties
hoped to find available malt, under the pretext that the In a concluding paragraph, the liquida-
They were able to save: away survivors. tars (Messrs, Lim Pen Siang, Leow Chia only Stoker Wills. We rushed like madwar contribution has not been paid, and Heng and W. L. Lowther Kemp) say:- to the place where the Princess Irene had have sold it to local brewers for cash, with a stipulation that one-third of all the beer The liquidators have to report that hes her station," said one who helped to search brewed is to be reserved for the use of found the books of the bank in very bail. the river, but it was not long before we order and the general business of the bank had to come to the sad conclusion that the the German troops, being paid for in They have similarly disaster had wiped out all the ship's com-requisition notes. appears to have been conducted in an ex-
The result pany-that is, all except one, who was commandeered all the wines and spirits, tremely irregular manner. has been that the liquidators have had the pulled out of the water in a very grievous and then gold them to certain dealers, You cannot comprehend how amongst them being the original owners, greatest difficulty in settling the different condition. questions which have arisen and it has completely the ship was brou up. The who thus have to pay for their own been necessary to resort to costly litigation "reckage we saw was like a lot of splin property, in order to enforce the claims of the bank ters. The biggest piece we noticed was a spar about 10ft. long. Everything seemed in a great number of cases, which has add-
to have been smashed to atoms.” ed materially to the expenses of the liqui- dation,"
THE
RECENT SHIPPING ACCIDENT OFF ALGIERS.
THE INSURANCE.
Another methods of squeezing money out of the inhabitants of the occupied coun tries has been disclosed by a prisoner. Since yesterday morning a continuous The Germans affect to see spics every where setre has been in progress to recover the who the use of communicating with bodies of victims, but up till this evening the Allies. For these imaginary only three, which were badly mutilated, which they fail to bring home to any had been landed at Sheerness. They were individuals, they impose contributions on conveyed to the mortuary at Sheerness the towns in the neighbourhood. At Lens, Dockyard, and to-day one of them was recently, six shells fell on the station, so identified as that of George T. Turner, a the town was fined 3,000 marks (£160) per shipwright, who was employed at the dock.projectile, or 18,000 marks (£800) in all. yard. The other two bodies have been A part of this sum was distributed among removed to Chatham, to await the the soldiers, each of whom received 7 coroner's inquest,
marks 50pf. (78. 8d.) prize-money. Other prizes, the results of similar extortions, are noted in the men's pay books.
That some of the enemy, at least, are. not enjoying themselves in Flanders is
KILLED BY FLYING DEDITS.
Further particulars re the insurance money for the s.s. Fawata Muru, owned by the Yamashita Steamship Co., Tokyo,
Injuries were caused by falling debris and chartered by Messrs. Kodera & Co to the occupants of many boats which were Daire, which recently collided with the in the neighbourhood of the ship. In one O.S.K. s.s. Malay Maru and sank off case the result was fatal. A piece of boiler shown by the following message, which Algerian coast, as reported previously, plate which had been hurled high into the was recently flung into our trenches:---
We are ton flew to attack, too many to follow :-
air descended on a ship moored a coneider- Kull insurance 1.100,000 Insured with able distance away from the Princess retire, and too proud to surrender; but we Freight
Tokyo Marine Trene. Two of thes vien-were-huit. One all want to go homa" Cargo
Insurance Co. of them. Victor Potter, an engineer, was And a few days ago a kito made of news- Out of the above, amounts of re-insur-struck on the head and died today in the paper was flown over our lines. On it was ances follows:-
naval sick ward at Sheernees Dockyard. written :-
Please send this back when the wind is 130.000 Nippon Marine Insurance Co. It is believed that two barges were lying arourable. Wouldn't you like to come over
!
Y;125,000 Y.910,000
Y. 40,000...Kobe Fire
do.
Y. 44,000. New Zealand Insurance Co. 1400,000...a foreign insurance company.
at
alongside the ship and that they were
roll.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS; Friday, 0th July:---
blown up with her. If so this means that here, as you have no more ships left? Won't The total net loss to the above insurance other names will have to be added to the you give up soon? We, too, do not like it
It is, however, difficult to any longer." obtain precise information on the subject. Similar overtures have been made at companies is estimated roughly Y.080,000 all combined, whilst Messrs.
The disaster elaimed one victim of very different points of our line. Kodera & Co., the charterers and snip tender years. Playing in garden on the.. pers, suffer no loss at all, A Japanese Isle of Grain was a little girl named contemporary says:-The shipowners will Hilda Johnson, 9 years of age, who was he the parties to feel the loss most key spending a holiday with some relatives. The charter rate is unprecedentedly stiff Immediately after the explosion she was at present and the Company might have picked up dead. A piece of iron flung carned a large profit from her charter for with tremendous force, as the distance it two or three years longer.
had traversed from the ship showed, had struck her on the head. Her relatives were prostrated with grief. Later & work man named George Bradley, aged 47, was discovered dead in a potato field on the Lale of Grain. The shock of the explosion is supposed to have killed bim.
A report from Copenhagen announces that the German loan for Türkey amounts already to £50,000,000.
4. p.m.-A Snowball Bag Sale In id of the
Belgiare, in the Grounds of Government- House.
Monday, 12th July-
Noon-Hongkong General Chamber of Com. merce Extraordinary General Meeting in the Chamber of Commerce Boom, New Government Building.