NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
TO LET-FURNISHED.
FORA. From September. TOREBANK EAST, No. 100, THE PEAE.
No. 18, Apply-
Care of "Daily Pross" Office. [670 Hongkong, 18th August, 1916.
WANTED,
APANESE, 31 years of age, Married, Seeks position as General Work Assistant or Bookkeeper. Experience on Accounting Staff of Bank and as Clerk of Shipyard. Fuli investigation carted. Balary to be settled. after trial..
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No, 11, D'Aguilar Street, [871 Hongkong, 18th August, 1910.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. S..TAMON MARU No. 1."
FROM MOJI AND KOBE.
CONSIGNEER of Cargoare hereby informed that all Goods are being handed at their risk into the Godown of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd, whence delivery may be obtained.
No Claime will be admitted after the Goods have left the Stater or Godowns,
All Claims aguast the Steamer must be pre- sented to the Undersigned on or before the 24th Arg, or they will not be recognized.
All broken, chafel, and damaged Gooits are-
to be left in the Godowns, where they will examined,
No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
SNOWMAN & Co., Agents.
1873 Hoaukong, 174: Angust, 1915.
"BEN LINE OF STEAMERS. NOTICE TO (UNSIONEER.
8.8. BEAVENUE,"
Feon MIDDLES-RY, LONDON AND STRAITS,
ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informe that all Goods are heing landed at thai. risk into the hardous and/or extra hasarlar Godowas of the Hongkong and Kowison Wear and Godowa Co., Ltd, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods bave left the Godowns, and ali Goode remsining undelivered after the 24th inst, will be subjsa to rent,
All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the Undersigned on or before the 31st ist., or they will not be recognised.
All broken, chafed and damaged Goosis are to be left in the Godowne, where they will be exs nined on the 24th inst, at ila
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., Agente. Hongkong, 17th August, 1915
G.
R.
NOTICE.
874
NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asistio of Indias
A desiring to leave the Colony should apply ia writing for permission to do so to the Captain SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, at leas 48 hours before the intended hour of departure, giring name, nationality, age, sex, holg and occupation of the applicant, and stating the name of the steamer or other vessel or the hour of the train by which the applicant withes to
leave. Applicants should spply in person for their passes at the CENTRAL POLICE STATION. between the hours of 9 AM to 10P.M. and ? P.M. to 4 P.M. daily.
Hongkong, 10th July, 1915.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 181, 1915.
HONGKONG. AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
THE DIVIDEND DECLARED for the Half-Year ending 30th June, 1915, at the Rate of TWO POUNDS THREE SHILLINGS STERLING per Share, is Payable on and after MONDAY, the 10th day of August, Carreat, at the Offices of the Corporation where Shareholders sro requested to apply for Warrants.
By Order of the Court of Directors.
N. J. STABE,
Chief Manager. 1834 Hongkong 14th August, 1915. HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD. NOTICE,
IN wit of cision the
TN Accordance with to Provisions of No.
General Managers have This Day declared an INTERIM DIVIDEND for the alt-year ended 30th June, 1915, of TWO DOLLARS PER SHARE
DIVIDEND WARRANTS may be obtained of application at the Utice of the Company en and aftor TUESDAY, 241k instant.
Tho TRANSFER BOOFS f-the Company will be CLOSED from the Igth to 23rd instant, both daya i elusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 9th August, 1915.
66
HOUSES TO LET
TO LET FURNISHED.
LEMISH." No. 98, THE PEAK, from
1st September.
Apply
MESSRS. HASTINGS & HASTINGS.
· *[656 ·· Hongkong, 12th August, 1915,
TO LET.
ROM 1st September, that part of the building known as "STONEHENGE
No 5, Robinson Road, now in the occupation of the Nippon Yasen Kaisha, particularly suitable for a Boarding House,
Apply to-
DAVID SASSOON & Co., LTD. 1837 Hongkong, 10th August, 1915.
TO LET.
BRITISH CONCESSION, SHAMEEN, «
NE THREE-ROOMED FLAT, also Good
Apply
and Godown acumulation.
T. E. GRIFFITH, LTD,
Cantor,
[798 Canton, 3th July, 1915. -
TO LET
849
FROM
AND
THE SHANGHAI BUILDING
INVESTMENT CO., LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
IS CERRIFIC B
tet September next, desirable SIX Bad EIGHT BOOMED Residences in Broadwood and Wong-Not-Chong Boads, the latter commanding a Fine View of the Bact Contg.
For terms and particulas, apply to—--
INTIMATION
WATSON'S
E
LIQUEUR
SCOTCH
IS A
WHISKY
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST THAT
MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD.
[767 Hongkong, 16th July, 1915.
the name of Cause Tszusa Chu (NZ) late of 47, Connaught Rand, Hongkong for Forty (40) Partially Paid Up Shares Nos. 1701 to 1740 in this C mpy, has been declared toH be LOBT, and the public are warned against noretisting same.
In the event of the above-menti mod Certi ficato not belug recovered on or before the. 11th September, 195 a new Certificate will bo. issued, and the abare-montioned C-rtificate will be cancelled forthwith.
By Order of the Directors,
J. A. WATTIE & Co., LTD., Saereta ios and General M nagara.
(857
HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE.
THE ORDINARY
TO LET.
"OUSES in LYEEMOON VILLAS and TORRES BUILDINGS, ready for occupation from the 1st August next,
Apply to
SPANISH DOMINICAN PROCURATION Hongkong, 18th July, 1915.
NOTICE.
[501
TO LET A HOUSE at Observatory Villas
Apply to
"ARBATOON V. APCAR & Co. [789 Hongkong, 6th July, 1915.
TO LET.
HALF-YEARLY WRoad,
XTHOLE or PART SHOP in Chile! T MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS
Apply will be held at the Company's Hotel on SATURDAY, the oath August, 1915, at Noos, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts of the Company to the 30th June, 1915, with the Report of the Directors, and to discuss any mater that may be competently brought before the Meeting.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 21et to 28th August, 1915, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board,
J. H. TAGGART,
Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 16th August, 1915.
SH
WANTED.
$889
HIP'S SURGEON WANTED. 'Box No. 17; Reply to
Care of "Dally Press Office. [868 Hongkong, 17th August, 1915.
SAVE
YOUR BLADES
1738
75 C
per
Dozen
IN THE MATTER OF THE ALIEN
(WINDING UP) ENEMIES
ORDINANCE, 1914,
AND
IN THE MATTER OF BEEN MEYER & COMPANY, LIMITED, AN ENEMY COMPANY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SAID ORDINANCE. OF SALE NOTICE
ΟΣ
FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD LANDS
AND HOUSES.
SITUATE AT Collyer Qusy, De Souza Street, Prinse Street, Robertson Quay, Kankaah Marion Road, Mohamed Salton Road and Grange Road, Singapore.
TO BE SOLD
PRIVATE TENDER.
The 31st August, 1915, he been fixed as the last day for the scceptance of tenders
Copies of the Particulars and Conditions of Sale and form of Tender can be obtained on and after the 25th Jane, from the Liquidator at No. 4, Collyer Quay, Singapore, or from the Undersigned.
818SON & DELAT, MINIM 16P, CHANOX ALLEY, Singapore, Solicitors for the Liquidator,
[768 Singapore, let July, 1915.
ON BALR.
T THE
GIVE YOUR RAZOR A NEW LEASE OF LIFE. Bementber we do all kinds of grinding and edge making. We sharpen Clippers, Shaars, Scissors, Pocket Knives, Surgical Instru ments, etc. WE SHARPEN EVERYTHING. CAMPBELL, MOORE & Co., LTD.
[667 Hongkong, 22nd July, 1916: "
DRINK
ALLSOPP'S
BRITISH PILSENER
BEER.
SOLE AGENTS
CALDBECK,
HONGKONG DAILY PRESE MACGREGOR&C.
OFFICE.
NEW AND UP-TO-DATE
PLANS OF THE SI-KIANG.
WEST RIVER.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR
TLADE
A.
CLARK & Co., Opticians
[705
Hongkong, 29th Jano, 1915, TO LET.
ND FLOOR NO. 1, DUDDELL STREET,
for Office or Dwellings. Apply within Hongkong. 1st June, 1915.
Fo
TO LET
!616
TOUR-ROOMED FLATS in Hanoi Road, Kowloon, and MAY ROAD, Hongkong, with possession in October Eaglish Baths and Kitchen Ranges, Hot and Cold Water, Electric Light. Firat Ciser Modern Appointments throughout, including Water Carriage System,
"PENYRHEW" Minden Bow, Kowloon, 8-Roomed House, with Tonnis Court.
MINDEN VILLAS, Kowloos, 5-Roomed House with Tennis Court.
FOUR-BOOMED HOUSES in Gordas Terrace and Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon. FLATS in Nathan Boad. Kowloom.
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A FLAT in Hamphrey's Buildings, Kowloon Apply to
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
CO., LTD., Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong, 17th July, 1916,
TO LIE OUSES la CLIFTON|| GARDENS, Handals Road
OFFICES, facing the Harbour between the Hongkong Clab and Pork Office.
68. THE PEAK THE RETREAT." 21, WONG-NET-CHONG ROAD. GODOWNS, New Praya, Kennedy Town. GODOWNE, Li Wonshni Zond. Apply, eto,
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD.
(88 Hongkong, let Apell, 1915.
TO ENT
FFICES Sr. Grozer's BUILDING
Immediate possession.
Apply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Hongkong, 3rd December, 1914.
TO. LET
HOUSE in Knutsford
Oond Floor, Overlooking Harbour
189
Тохтам
WILL
WITH
YOU.
Mics Innes, matron of the Matilda Hospitel, has reported to the police chat sometime during the last week some por
on stole from her office in the hospital very old chatelaine in the form of four
substantial decline in the Chinese popula tion of the Colony, and as, also, the mein land has been peaceful and free from those grave political disturbances which have boon only too common in Canton in recent years, there have been no sudden migra-old silver Maltees coins, bearing the date The chatelaine was a family tions of thousands of the population of of 1750. the southern metropolis into Hongkong, as heirloom.. was the onse, for example, in 1911 and
The Shanghai Mercury says:-A very again in 1913. Consequently, the plague rolf has been a light one. We cannot well Scottish resident with fearfully Scottish prevent Hongkong becoming a great refuge name has received the following letter from camp when alarming political disturbances the secretary of a British Company:-.
"Dear Sir, You are undoubled'y, aware do occur in China: but experience may that under the new Proclamation of H.B.M.'s Government having regard to
now be said to have taught us the contul these disturbances to the public health at this Colony, and we have, therefore, this Enemy trading in China we are precluded Further interest in earnestly hoping that from paying-dividends to enemy subjects, we have seen the last of revolutionary out and as we are doubtful as to your nation. breaks in China, at any rate for many ality we shall esteem it a great favour if years to come. Given freedom from these will assist us by producing your great and sudden accessions to the popula-papers for registration in this office. Our contemporary does not tell us what Mac sion of the Colony, the Sanitary authori
suid on reading the request. - ties, by practical lessons in the principles. of hygiene in the improvement of housing conditions, supported by the theoretical instruction given in the schools, should b. able to keep these annual epidemics well under.control.
.
In this connection it may not be in appropriate to add that the communities AGREE of the Far Eas; are able to congratulate themesives that so far there has been to justification of the fear that was enter tained in sonte quarters that the opening
MARK
The Municipal Council of Shanghai has
sanctioned a proposal mads by the Captain- Superintendent of Police for the reduction of the number of licensed ricshás tó 10.000, the reduction being made gradually at the rate of, say. 500 reshas a month. The reduction in the mumber of licensed vehicles will be effected by a process f elimination, unserviceable richas being feally condemned instead of being repair-
of the Panama Canal might have thed and re licensed as heretofors With effect of í troducing to the Far East the regard to frequent complaints as to the terrible scourge of yellow fever, which is condition of the cooles, often mere buys an i even more to be dreaded than bubonio very poorly clad, the report indicates tha plague. We have never been much impress when the number has been reduced to 6,000 od by these alarms in regard to yellow fever, it will be possible to introduce "a register for it is well known that trade for many check of riesha coolies. How many ric years has been carried on between Far has are now licensed is not stated in the Eastern ports and the yellow fever coun- report, but apparently the mumber is in the tries of Central and South America, and neighbourhood of 9,000. we believe we are correct in saying that not a single case of yellow favor has been reported or discovered in the Far East, notwithstanding the fret that some
S. WATSON hundreds of Chinese and Japanese coolies
& CO., LTD.,
HONGKONG.
must have returned to their homes after a period of service in countries where yellow fever is epidemic. However, it is well that the authorities at the various ports of Asia should have had thei
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, attention specially called to the increased possibilities of danger from the greater volume of traffic certain to be developed by the opening of the Panama Canal, and the fact that not a single case has been report ed or discovered in the Far East, so far as we are aware, is very reassuring when we remember that the Panama Canal was formally opened to traffic just twelve
DEATHS-
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BASTO.-On August 8th. at Chinking,
NORTON BASTo, 9 months old, son Mr. and Mrs. Basto. BENNETT-On August 19th, at Shanghai,
GEORGE W. BENNETT GUTTENKES-On August 12th, at Shanghai, DANTEL MARIA GUTTERKES, in his 68th year. WALKER-Killed in actin at the Dar- GORDON danelles, CHARLES NICEL WALKER. (By Telegram.)
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HONGKONG OFrics:10, Dze Vaux Road C. LONDON OFFICE: 181, FLEST STREET, E.C.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, August 18TH, 1915.
TROPICAL DISEASE.
We are practically at the end of the Plague season in Hongkong this year, and the total number of cases to date since the beginning of the year has boca but 121, which is in striking contrast to last year's total, which was 2,141: These figures must be regarded as affording further proof of the soundness of the views set forth by Dr. FRANCIS CLARK in his Memorandum on the incidence of plague submitted to the Sanitary Board eighteen. months ago, in which he argued that the on the housing greater the pressure
Colony, the larger accommodation of the became the rat population and consequent ly the greater the danger from plague which is spread by the rat fear Whenever political disturbances, on the mainland have led t~a great infing of people into the Colony from the Canton, this has been invariably followed by a bad plaque “The number of rats in any ***Forea, Dr. CLARE wrote, " is almost wholly
APPLE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-
MENT & AGENCY Co., In Hongkong, 1st March, 1913
N°
TO LET.
TO_4 #FAIRVIEW," Nathan Road,
Kowloon. HAZELDENE" No. 53, Hobiusan Road, 5 ROOMS with Garden and Tennis Court
No 3, "THE ALBANY,”
Street ROOMS, in Daddall
ROSENEATH," Hankow Ed. Kowloon, No. 6, BELILIOS TERRACE No. 25, BELILIOS TERRACE, with season.
months ago.
A mail for Europe riú Siberia closes do-morrow at 3 p.m.
A Tokyo paper says Dr. Sun Yat-soil, who has been, staying at Kowakidani for
returned to Tokyo. some time, has now
The death is announced of Captain A Fisher, of Kobe, a well-known Inland Sea pilot. He had beer 35 years in Japan.
Mr. Harry Campbell, assistant chief neconstant of the Mania Bureau of Education, has been appointed vice Consul at Singapore.
Mr. Claude Eymard, a well-known French resident of Yokohama, has recently been mentioned-in-regimental order and awarded the war medal for bravery in the field,
The Amateur Golf Championship of Japan has been won by Mr.-H. E. Daunt, of Kohe, who just managed to beat Mr. A- T. White by one stroke in the 28 holes. The match was played at Rokkosan,
The British auxiliary cruiser fadiu, v cently reported as
having been sunk in the North Sea, was the P. and O. ship of that name built in 1896, of 7,000 tons, Swedish steamer saved eighty of her crew.
A
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE GERMAN FLAG ON SHAMEEN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE " BONGKONG · DAILY PRESS.1
SIR-Could you enlighten me as to
why the German consular flag is allowed to fly over the British Concession n Canton while there are no Germa flags flying on the French Concession f
Is it consular weakness?.
If ships at a flying the German rag can be captured, why not a German build- ing on a British concession? puzzled, I remaia,
SUMMER
As one
BRITISHER.
TENNIS
TOURNAMENT.
LARGE ENTRY FOR HONGKONG CLUB'S MEN'S DOUBLES.
At a recent meeting the Hongkong 0.0. decided to try an experiment in the way of rauning a men's doubles handicap in the summer. As will be gear by the list
of entries given below, this has proved highly successful, and many names have Quite a number of the been given in Club's best players figure among the com- petitors, and play should be keen and of a high order throughout. The result of the draw for the first round was as follow:-
BYTS-G. W. Sewell and C. C. Stark (rec. 1/6); T. A. Loughlin and S. Beving- Donald (scratch): H. E. Muriel and E. ton (rec. 3/6); W. J. Hodge and J. Mo L. Sim (ree. 1/0); S. E. Green and Dr. Lindsay Woods (owe 15/3); W. J. Merrison and N. J. Austin (scratch); J. McL. Walker and G. Maltby (roc. 3/6).
TO PLAY, J. F. de Bome and E. B. Reed (owe 3/6), versus T. W. Hill and A.
Hill, and H. Crew (re. 3/0); W. G. Worcester and S. B. Moore (owe 2/6), versus R. Ham- cock and R. P. Thursfeld (owe 30); G. Miskin and R. St. Amory (owe 476), versus J. R. Wood and E. J. Mitchell (owe 2/6); F. Sutton and A. Biden (owe 1/8), versus H. Hancock and P. Leigh Bennett (owe 15/1); N. E. Kent and W N. Ford (owe 15/4), versus H A. Nisbet Word has been received in Japan that and E. Ormiston (owe 15/3); A. L. Gage Mr. E. P. Carter, who for a couple of years and A A. Claxton (ove 3/0), versus K. was managing director in Tokyo of Messrs. Brayshay and N. L. Smith (scratch); 0. Samuel Samuel & Co., has been wounded Thorne and P. P J Wodehouse (owe Flanders. Mr. Carter volunteered for 2/6), rereus E. E. Abraham and W. H.
15/3) L N. mission as Lieutenant in the Berkshire Whitmarsh (owe 16), vermus (1. J. Hewitt No. 2 BELILIOS TERRACE with dependent upon the available food-apply service some months ago, and held a com- Vivcach (owe 3/9); R. F. Hall and ☎.
and M. M. Mans (owo, 15/3) entrance in Conduit Road In very good order.
Regiment,
Murphy and F. W. Cary (owo 15/3), ONE GODOWN, No. 8, Burrows Street, for these animals, and the most obvious result of human overcrowding when carried
All who knew him in Hongkong vill versus Dr. Forsyth and Colonel Crisp TWO GODOWNS, in Duddell Street,
to excess is a marked increase in the "WOODBURY," No. 4, Hankow Road,
amount of waste food, both in the houses regret to read the announcement that Mr. y (owo 15). (..
The best of three sets will be played. Kowloon, HE
and in the yards and lanes adjacent C. N. G. Walker, of Messra, Gilman & Co., thereto, and the crowding of much unnecce has been killed in action in the Dar- The first round has to be played off by into thedanelles. Mr. Welker went Home on leave August 25th; the second round by sary furniture and baggage houses, thus providing hiding places for about September, and straightway joined September 3rd, and the third round has ROKO TALI PEAL (O CAMERON VILLAR?! Since the war began and brought the 10th South Staffordshires as Lisuter to be completed by September 10th Hall For a shert while he acted asend Whitmarsh will meet Hewitt und at to the Battalion, de
WINE&ISPIRIT MERCHANTS, entrance on Conduit Road.
15 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
TO LET
From 18 March, 000WN, NO € Doddall Street.
A. B. AVASTA,
Care of E. PABANKT,
No. 1, Daidall Street. from CANTON W WUCHOW? Milyev Hongkong, 2nd February, 1813 sata[264
Giving all the Important Tawas co tenné - amazon
WESTWARD HO Bonham Bod
*** MERION, "No:6, Tas Faix, Untarnished (& Rooms
BOGATE, Austin Erad, Kowloon ANGA, DES VEUX VILLAR, 51,
PRAX
Apply to ANSTEAD & DAVIS
Red Floor, Alorradea Falklands. *Hongkong, 16th August, 1915,
in its train general stagnation of trade in ent.
is safe conclude that there has been a adju
Mass on August 23rd