INTIMATIONS
WANTED.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19TH, 1915.
HOUSES TO LEI
OFFICES TO LET.
JAPANESE 31 years of age, Married,
Seoks position as General Work Assistant HE DIVIDEND DECLARED for the NO. 6 DES VEUX ROAD, lai Floor,
or Bookkeopor. Experience on Accounting Staff of Back and an Clerk of Shipyard. Full investigation suited. Balary to be settled after trial.
O, SAKAI,
Write
No. 11, D'Aguilar Street. Hongkong, 18th August, 1915,
Reply to
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Box No. 17, Care of "Daily Press " Office. Hongkong, 17th August, 1915.
WARNING.
· LE PETIT CHAT" SAVON,
EXTRA FIN
1868
("Cat" MARK BRAND OF PERFUMED SOAP),
́ESSUS. C. FERRIER & Co., the
Mpropriators and Manufacturers of this well known Perfamed Soap; have ascertained that Soap made by other Manufactagers is being placed on the market ander a mark which is a grose twoitation of the registered “Dr PETIT CHAT" mark belonging to Meaars, C FEENIEL & Co. Such manufacturers are warned that Mesars, C. FERRIER & Co, will
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Half-Year ending 30th June, 1915, at the Rate of TWO POUNDS THREE BHILLINGS STERLING per Share, is Payable on and after MONDAY, the 10th day of August. Current, at the Offices of the Corporation where Shareholders aro, requested to apply for Warrants,
By Order of the Court of Director,
N. J. STABB,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 14th August, 1915.
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HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD.
IN
NOTICE.
N Accordance with the Provisions of No. 111 of the Articles of Associa fon the General Managers have This Day declared an INTERIM DIVIDEND for the half-year ended 30th Jane, 1918, of TWO DOLLARS PER SHARE.
DIVIDEND WARRANTS may be obtained on application at the Office of the Company on and after TUESDAY, 24th instant.
Apply --
JOSEPH BROTHERS. Hongkong, 17th August, 1015.
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TO LET-FURNISHED. FOREBANK EAST, No. 166, THE PEAS.
Tennis Court. From September. Apply
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TO LET FURNISHED,
66 CLEMISH" No. 98, Tas PEAK, from
OLE
1st September..
Apply-
MRSERS. HASTINGS & HASTINGS. Hongkong, 12th August, 1916,
TO' LET.
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TROM 14 September, that part of the
building known as STONEHENGE The FRANSFER BOOKS of the Company No. 5, Robinson Read, now in the occupation will be CLOBED from the 19th to 23rd of the Nippon Yasen Kaisha, particularly instant, both days ir claxive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD..
General Managers. Hongkong, Sth August, 1915,
1640-
not hesitate to take all stops open to them to THE SHANGHAI BUILDING · AND atop such fraudulent competition.
And sil merchants and shopkeeper are warned that steps will be inkon without nolos against
INVESTMENT CO., LTD.
suitable for a Boarding House,
Apply to-
DAVID SASSOON & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 10th August, 1915. 1947
TO LET.
BRITISH CONCESSION, SHAMEEN.
NE THREE ROOMED FLAT, also Good Apply
any persons found selling or in the possessionNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that offico and Godown accommodation..
of soup bearing a mark which is an imitation of LE PETIT CHAT" mark of Merre. C. FERRIER & Co. The sole representative of Messrs. C. FERRIER & Co, in Hearkong is Mr. R. NEGRE" of the firm of L NEILE, 33, Rus de is Republique, Marseille.
NOTICE.
R.
·1810
NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatic or Indian
A desiring to leave the Colony should apply
in writing for permission to do so to the Captain SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, at least
48 hours before the intended hoor of departure, giving name, nationality, age, sex, height and occupation of the applicant, and stating the name of the steamer or other vessel or the hour of the train by which the applicani wishes to leare. Applicants should apply in person for their passes at the CENTEAL POLICE STATION between the hours of 9 A X. to 1 P.M. and
P.M. to 4 P.. daily, Hongkong, 10th July, 1915.
1738
IN THE MATTER OF THE ALIEN ENEMIES (WINDING-UP) ORDINANCE, 1914,
AND
IN THE MATTER OF BEHN MEYER & COMPANY, LIMITED, AN ENEMY COMPANY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SAID ORDINANCE.
NOTICE OF SALE
FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD LANDS AND HOUSES. SITUATE AT
Collpor Qany, Do Soans Street, Prince Street, Robertson Quay, Kanisah Merican Boad, Mahamed Saltsu Road and Grange Road, Singapore.
TO BE SOLD
BY
PRIVATE TENDER.
The 31st August, 1915, has been fixed as the last day for the accopianos of tanders.
Coples of the Particulars and Conditions of Sale and form of Tender can be obtained on and after the 26th June, from the Liquidator at No. 4, Collyer Quay, Singapore, or from the Undersigned.
SISSON & DELAY,
188, CHANGE ALLEY, Singapore, Solicitors for the Lignidator.. Singapore, let July, 1915.
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JUST RECEIVED:
FLOWER, VEGETABLE AND GRASS
SEEDS.
GRACA & CO..
No. 11a, CAINE ROAD, Hongkong. Hongkong, 18th August, 1815.
(725
G GIVE YOUR RAZOR A
ISAVE
NEW LEASE OF LIFE.
YOUR
Remember we do all kinds of
BLADES
grinding and edge making. We
*75 Cla
per
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Dozen.
sharpen Clipper, Shears, Scissors, Pocket Knives, Surgical Instru- mants, etc.
WE SHARPEN EVERYTHING. CAMPBELL, MOORE & Co., Læd. Hongkong, 22 July, 1915,
A LING & CO..
19, QUEEN'S Boad Cantral,
NURNITURE
“ND PHOTO GOODS STORE
Photographis Goods of Every Description in Stook..
Developing, Printing and Enlarging.
Canton Marbles in Variona Sindar.
TELEPHOSE 1219.
Hongkong, 4th February, 1915.
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SHARE CERTIFICATE No. 32 in
the name of CHEUNG TREUSO CHI (R) late of 41. Connaught Road, Hongkong, for Forty (40) Partially Fold Up Shares Nos. 1701- to 1740 in this Compay, has been declared to bo LOST, and the public are warned against negotiating ssDIO.
In the event of the above-mentioned Corti- toate not being recovered on or before the 11th September, 1915, a new Certificate will be fasued, and the above-mentioned Certificate will be cancelled forthwith.
By Order of the Directors,
J. A. WATTIE & Co., LTD., -Secretarios and General Manager.
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HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LIMITED. NOTICE.
THE ORDINARY
HALF-YEARLY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Company's. Ilotel on SATURDAY, the 28th August, 1915, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving Statement of Accounts of the Company to the 30th June, 1915, with the Report of the Directore, and to discuss any matter that may be competently |_ brought before the Meeting.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 21st to 28th August, 1915, both das inclusive.
By Order of the Board.
J. B. TAGGART,
Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 16th August, 1915.
FRENCH LESSONS
G. MOUSSION.
15, Monnison WILL ROAD.
NEW CARTRIDGES.
Bin Bores and Sizes,
popnlar English
TO LET.
INTIMATION
WATSON'S
E
LIQUEUR
SCOTCH
to
from the reports coming from the Eastern front that the great armies of Austria and Germany will be able to: entirely maintain themselves on tha conquered territory, though the land will doubtless provide food for the aray extent which will somewhat relieva tag pressure on the available supplies for the civil populations in Germany and Austria. Figures pablished in a recent issue of the Board of Trade Gazette show that while the price of food, in the United Kingdom had increased
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE GERMAN FLAG ON. SHAMEEN.
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Hongkong, 19th August SIR,-Referring to Britisher's letter in your issue of yesterday, it is impossible to enlighten him as to why the German Flag is allowed to fly over the British Concession at Couston. If Britisher comes 35-per-cont.—since the begmaning of the war, the rise in Berlin has been 65 per mystified, for he will see the German ⠀
down to Hongkong he will be further cent, and in Vienna eggs, bacon, lard, rice, beans, margarine, and beer have
Coat of Arms emblazziod all over (not in one place but in a dozen) a prominent geurs up 100 per cent, With the entire nomy fighting and largely maintaining building in Queen's Road, and this is itself in conquered territory it is possible
à British Colony. These emblems of t that prices of food in Germany and grossly dishonourably for nire allowed to Austria will crase for a time to rise, ut rain exposed to full view of the public, and this while thousands of our young perhaps even may fall a little. But it will
men are being done to death, or wrecked he only for a time. We know that the war cannot end until the invader, east
for life, by gas and burning liquid, oar and west has been driven back within his women and children murdered by bombs own territory, which may them be called dropped from Zeppelinen the. East upon ↔ support the invading armies of Coast of Fugland, by order of the prond Eugland, Fettuce, Russia, Belgium, and
owner of thes? Imperial Arms which we Ifsly, as well as what by that time will as so carefully preserving. It certainly remnia of the once formidable army of is ant the wish of the ordinary resident in the Teuton Alliance. How soon this may
Hongkong to see these amblems dvily. WILL AGREE come about must be left to time to
would sugges to the British firm who is MSWNT. When that stago is reached the unfortunate enough to have offices in "end of the was will not be fais off." This building that they hang Union Jacks,
these Arms, the most loathsoni
IS A
WHISKY
THAT
WITH
T. E GRIFFITH, LTD.,
Canton, Canton, 25th July, 1915.
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YOU.
TRADE
鮮肉
MARK
1787
ROM at September next, desirable BIX and EIGHT ROOMED Residences in Broadwood and Wong-Nel Chong Roads, the laitor commanding Fine View of the Race Course
For terms and particulas, apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co, LaD. Hongkong, 18th July, 1915.
TO LET.
ETOUSES in LYEEMOON VILLAS and
occupation from the 1st August next.
Apply to-
SPANISH DOMINICAN
H TORRES BUILDINGS, ready for
PROCURATION. Hongkong, 18th July, 1815.
NOTION
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TORA HOUSE Observatory Villa
Kowloon Apply t
ARRATOON V. APCAR & Co. Hongkong, 6th July, 1915.
(729
(809
WE
TO LET.
17KOLE or PART SHOP: in Chater
Road. Apply.
CLARK & Co., Opticians, Hongzang, 29th June, 1915.
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TO LET.
По
Manufacturers.
SMOKELESS POWDER and OHILLET 3BOT. From No. 10 to 8880. at $5, $7 and 17.50 per 100, SPORTING REQUISITES and AIKIGUNS in Variety.
Inspection Invited.
WM, SCHMIDT & Co..
Hongkong, 4th February, 1915.
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DRINK
ALLSOPP'S
BRITISH PILSENER
BEER
SOLE AGENTS;
CALDBECK,
ND FLOOR No. 1, DUDDELL STREET,
For Office or Dweilings. Apply within, Hongkong, 1st June, 1915.
TO LET
الساتة
possession in
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NOUR-BOOMED FLATS in Hanoi Road, with
Kowloon, and MAY ROAD, Hongkong English Baths and Kitchen Ranges, Hot and
October nar Cold Water, Electric Light, First Cs Modern Appointments throughout, including Water Carriage System.
"PENTRREW," Minden Row, Kowloon, 6-Boomed House, with Tennis Court.
2 MINDEN VILLAS, Kowloon, 5.Roomed House with Tennis Court.
FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES In Gordon Terrace and Ballsbury Avenue, Kowloon, FLATS in Naiban Road, Kowloon.
A FLAT in Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon Apply to
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
Co., LTD.. Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, 17th July, 1918.
TO LEE
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68, THE PEAK "THE RETREAT." 21, WONG-NEL CHONG ROAD. GODOWNS, New Prays, Kennedy Town. GODOWNS, Wanchal Road. Apply, sio,
A. S. WATSON
& CO., LTD.,
OVER
1
A mat for Europe via Síbería clogs wentcheons the world has ever had the to-day at 3 p.,
misfortune to see.
The Emperor Francis Josef of Austria reached the 85th year of his age yesterday
The Tsingtau-Tsinan railway is now re-opened to passinger traffic, but there are still breaches in the line.
Mr. Murray Stewart was elected a resident Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute at a meeting of the Council held last month.
Mr. J. H. de Reus, who has been the Consul General for the Netherlands in
Hongkong for the past five years, loft by the Siberia to take up his new appoint. ment at Shanghai.
Three Filipinos charged with being. stowaways on the 8.8. Chiyo Moru from
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, Manila to Hongkong were sentenced to six welky' hard labour cach by Mr. Wood at the Magistracy yesterday
HONGKONG.
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Hondrong Orion: 104, Das Vœux ROAD C. chow station, as a reminder to the people LONDON Orries: 181, FLEET STREET, E..of its ten years of faithful work!
The Daily Press.
· HONGKONG, AUGUST 19TH, 1916.
STRATEGY SUITED TO THE
SEASON.
RAUBS.
D.C.
Messrs. Vernon & Smyth, shurebrokers, were informed by telegraph yesterday from their Singapore agents that the output of Raub for the past four weeks is 1,282 ounces as compared with 1,170 for the preceding period.
Messrs. Benjamin & Potts inform us that they are in receipt of telegraphic- advising that the returns of the Raub Advice from their Singapore agents
Australian Gold Mining Company for the last month are as follows:--10.378 tons yielding 1,282 ounces,
MINING INCANTON PROVINCE.
The Acting British Consul at Canton reports that no progress was made in the development of thn mining resources of The Cheking Railway Company has the Province during 1914. Owing to the decided to build a memorial in Pagoda exceive caution of the Chinese it is. style in the Public Garden wear the Hang-but the most cursory examination of pro very difficult for foreigners to make any perties said to contain ores. Reports of the existence of valuable deposite must. therefore be received with scepticism unti confirmed by experts. Owing to the high price of antimony a certain amount has bem coming down from the Hunan border. Good steam coal is said to have been found on the North River, but not in sufficient quantity to make the laying down of large plant proltable, as trans- port facilities are at present lacking.
The hearing of the charge against four -Chinese-of-being-in-possession of 1,800 taels of raw opium in a cargo boat in the barbour was concluded yesterday, the Magistrate reserving bis decision.
We learn that Mr. W. H. Church, for- merly of the Asiatic Petroleum Company's staff in Hongkong, has been granted a ONE of the Press Correspondents in commission in the 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, in which regi- Northern France recently pointed out
ment his father is a major. that Germany had studiously timed her offensive for July and August, not because the weather was more favourable to the hold of as much land as possible in operations, but with the idea of getting
harvest time. Their strategy, he said,
make war is timed to the season. They endeavour 18 far as possible self-
The special cars of the Hongkong Tram- way Company conveyed a very large uum- ing, for the usual mid-weekly band per- ber of residents to North Pointi last eveu-
formance off the beach The Band and Pipers of the 74th Punjabis played
supporting. We know how, with this pleasing selections of music, which were object in view, the enemy has been evidently much appreciated. multiplying fines and devising now one in the conquered towns and districts.
as
.
has
wired
The Peking Government has been reported from Menin that the notifying the despatch by the National It instructions to the Governors of provinces,
Germans there have descended even to Employment Commission of delegates to penny fines for such high treason faults the provinces in conduct economic inventi- as looking disespectfully at a German gations. Each province is to have one saldier! With a view to make the war two special officials defailed to assist the
far possible self-supporting, delegates in their investigation. Germany knew how important it was that she should get possession of the iron
The driatic, Daily News of Peking has TOUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS,dustries of Belgium and the coal and published in its largest type an assertion H
Conduit Road, OFFICES, facing the Harbour between the iron mines of France, and the constant alleged to have been made by Mr. Good Hongkong Club and Port Office,
fighting in the neighbourhood of Sonohez now, the American Adviser on constitu- shows her anxiety to secure the beet. tional law to the Chinese Government, to growing country. She struck her blow the effect that the monarchical form st at the Russians in Galicia in time to government, would really better suit the preserve for her. Allies and herself the present conditions in China. than the great wheat-growing plains of Hungary, republican form, while, judging from the and she has conducted her great offensive general situation, to select a successor to all along the Eastern frontier with the fill the very important and responsible capture of the fields of corn ripe unto Presidential Chair in the future would be harvest, as one of the main objects in an extremely difficult task Mr. Goodnow But the masterly character of the is represented as having dwelt upon the Russian retreat has largely defeated this inadvisability of China attempting to fall object. The enemy's advance has not into exact line with the United States by been as rapid as he had calculated it the adoption of the latter's form of would be and the retreating acty has government, found time to destroy not only the crops. but much else that was likely to prove of value to the invading army.
And now
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD. Hongkong, in April, 1915.
faa
TO LEA
OFFICES IN ST. GEORGY'S BUILDING
Second Floor, Owlooking Harboni immediate possesion,
Apply to
SHEWAN, TOMES & 06.
MACGREGOR&C, Hongkong, Bri Desember, 1914,
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
15 QUEEN'S "Road Central,
Kowloon,
TO LEE
In Knutsford, Terrnan
A HOUSE
Apply
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENOT CO, IAD. Hongkong, 1st March, 1915
£45
view.
the corn in the districts of Poland where
fighting is still proceeding is over-ripe and the grains fall at the slightest touch" so that the crops are practically past harvesting. Thus, it does not socm
TYPHOON WARNING. The telegram quoted below was received from the Manila Observatory, at 10.30
yesterday:--- more than 300 miles distant, direction Cyclone or typhoon east of Luzon, unknown.
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DEARTH
SHIPBUILDING
OF MATERIALS.
All the shipbuilding yards of Japan now keenly feel the dearth of shipbuilding materials, says a Japanese paper.
England having been practically blocked Owing to the import of materials from
either the by the European War, the home yards have had to depend for such supplies upon Edamitsu, or
Government Steel Works, the Enited States of America.
For instance, out of altogether 3,000 tons stoel required for two vessels, each of 7,500
tons class, now building at the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Yard, Nagasaki, only 000 teas were supplied by England and the
June 7th lest, and the work is making remainder by the Steel Works.
The keels of these vessels were laid na rapid headway.
...
The Osaka Iron Works and the Kawa- amount of steel from the Steel Works, saki Dockyard Co. have rdered a large which, however, is unable to meet the increasing requirements.
In consequence, these Companies have already contracted with American steel works for the necessary supply,
The current price of American steel has,
by the way, risen remarkably of late, and is quoted at P.130 por ton for delivery at Kobe, showing a rise of V.30 over that quoted a year before.
IMPORT OF SUGAR FROM JAPAN.
The export of refined sugar, to China from Japan for the first half of this year was $83,000 piculs, valued at Y 5,528,000 showing a decrease of 130,000 picals, or Y.010,000 in valay as compared with the corresponding period of last year. The following is the list of exports of sugar to responding period last year and the year, China in the first half of this and the cor- before last:-
1913
1914
1915
piculs. 898,807
690,046
yen. 8,455,324
6,438,366
.... 563,322 5,528,333 for the term in question is the general rise The cause of the decrease in the export in the price of sugar and the firm stand taken by exporters, Another reason is that boycott occurred in Chian and reduced the toward the end of the term in question, the Texport of sugar to a certain extent.