NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
TO LET.
TORMAN COTTAGE, No. 2, Peak Road,
N
sion.
Apply
PUBLIC COMPANIES
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20тi, 1915.
4 GOOD ROOMS. Immediate persen-HE DIVIDEND DECLARED for the
PERCY SMITH, SETH & PLEMING, Hongkong, th August, 1914
TO LET.
(875
ARPERVILLE. Garden Road, SEVEN
HROOMS, Very Large Dining Room,
immediate pasion, house is excellent order. Tennis Court and Garden.
Apply-
PERCY SMITH, SETH A FLEMING. Hongkong, Wh Augast, 1915.
WANTED.
[978
JAPANUSH 11 Youre of Work Assistant
or Bookkeeper. Experience ou Accounting Staff -of-Book-and-a-Clark of Shipyard. Full investigation courted. Balury to be settled
after trial.
Write
U. SAKAI, No. 11, D'Aguilar Street. 1871 Hongkong, 19th August, 1916.
G.
It
NOTICE.
THE
Half Year ending 30th June, 1915, at the Bate of TWO POUNDS THREE SHILLINGS STERLING por Share, is Payable on and after MONDAY, the 16th day of August, Carrent, it the Offices of the Corporation where Shareholders are requested to apply for Warrants.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
N. J. STABB,
Chief Manager. Hongkong. 14th August, 1915.
HOUSES TO LET
TO LET-FURNISHED.
FOREBANE EAST, No. 166, THE PEAK.
Tennis Court. From September, Apply
No. 18, Care of Daily Press" Ofoe.. (870 Hongkong, 18th August, 1915.
INTIMATION
FOR
TO LET FURNISHED,"
THE
1964
66 CLEMISH," Now, THE PEAK, from
1st Septembar. Apply
MESSES. HASTINGS & HASTINGS. Hongkong, 12th August, 1916,
MORNING
[860
AFTER
THE
NIGHT
BEFORE
HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD:
NOTICE.
IN Accordance with the Provisions of No. INA the Articles of Assocation, the General Managers have This Day destored an INTERIM DIVIDEND for the half-year
ended 30th J, 191, at TWO DOLLARS
PER SHARE
DIVIDEND WARRANTS may be obtained. on application at the (iffics of the Company on
and after TUESDAY. 24th instant.
TO LET.
ROM 1st September, that part of the building known as STONEHENGE," No. 6, Robinson Road, now in the occupation of the Nippon Yurso Kaisha, particularly anitable for a Boarding House
Apply to-
DAVID SASSOON & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 10th August, 1816... (847
__TO_LET
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company | BRITISH CONCESSION, SHAMEEN. will be CLOSED from the 12th to 23rd instant, both days frolasive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,
General Managers.
Hoogkong 9th Angust, 1915.
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HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE.
ONE THREE-ROOMED Good
Office and Godown accommodation, Apply-
T. E. GRIFFITH, LTD.,
Canton. Canton, 29th July, 1915.
(798
F
TO LET.
ANY EUROPEAN, NOU-Ashould apply MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS Broadwood and Wong-Noi Chong Roads the
to the Colony
in writing for permission to do so to the Captain SurgaINNDENT OF POLICE, at leasi 48 hours before the intended haur of departure, giving same, antionality, age, sex," height and occupation of the applicant, and stating the name of the steamer or other vossal or the hour of the train by which the applicant wishes to leave. Applicants should apply in person for their passes at the CENTRAL POLICE STATION between the hours of 9 AM. to 1 P.3. and 2 P.M. to 4 P.12 daily.
Hongkong, luth July, 1916.
1738
IN THE MATTER OF THE ALIEN ENEMIES (WINDING-UP) ORDINANCE, 1914,
AND
THE MATTER OF BEEN MEYER
THE ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY will be held at the Company's Hotel on SATURDAY, the 28th August. 1915, at Nock. for the purpose of reciting & Statement of Accounts of the Company to the 30th Juse, 1915, with the Report of the Director, 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 dara inclusive,
TROM 185 September next, desirable SIX nd EIGHT ROOMED Residences in
latter commanding & Fine View of the Conte.
For terms and particnias, apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD. Hongkong, 16th July, 1915,
[787
TO LET.
B
[869
TORRES BUILDINGS, ready for occupation from the 1st August bəri,
Apply to
By Order of the Board:
J. H. TAGGART.
Acting Secretary, Hengkong, 16th August, 1915.
NEW
CARTRIDGES.
Y
English popular
IN COMPANY LIMITED, AN ENEMY B1, lores and sizes,
COMPANY WITHIN THE MEANING
OF THE SAID ORDINANCE. NOTICE OF SALE.
FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD LANDS AND HOUSES. SITUATE AT Collyer Quay, De Souza Street, Prince Street, Robertson Quay, Kanisah Merican Road, Mohamed Sultan Road and Grange Road, Singapore
TO BE SOLD" BY
PRIVATE TENDER.
The 31st August, 1915, bas been fixed as the last day for the acceptance of tenders.
Copies of the Particulars and Conditions, of Sale and form of Tender can be sltained on and after the 25th Jane, from the Liquidator st No. 4, Collyer Quay, Singapore, or from the Undersigned.
SISSON & DELAY,
18, CHANGE ALLEY, Singapore, Solicitors for this Liquidator.
[766 Singapore, 1st July, 1915.
JUST RECEIVED:
FLOWER, VEGETABLE AND GRASS
SEEDS.
GRACA & CO..
No. 11A, CAINE ROAD, Kongkong, Hongkong, 18th August, 1915,
Manufacturers
SMOKELESS POWDER and CHILLET 3BOT. From No. 10 to 8S8G. st $6, 67 and (7,53 per 100. SPORTING REQUISITES and AIK:GUNS in Variety,
Inspection Invited,
TAKE
WATSON'S
LIVER SALT
PGIMGADAČKI JE ALL ORTANCEMENTE OF THE BIGNACH
CHIN SHOW ENELÇİ
cotion, and the rise in price is on -A ship's engineer named Johann Gusser, indication of the urgency of the demand. Ewiss, was charged with stowing away on Yet while everybody else scenu to bo the Jara-China-Japan Lijn steamer recognising that cotton going intoilijan, from Macassar Defendant, wh Germany means shells, no less дл
said he had formerly served us engineer of authority than Mr...W. F. Rem, a past an interned Gennan steamer in Macassar, President of the Society of Chemical was remanded in police custody. Industry, and the inventor of the process by which smokeless powders re made, has recently made the astonishing de claration that the whole thing is su great frund.
It has been stated in some
Mr. F. Howell, who for thirty-two years was a bailiff of the Supreme Court, retiring on pension about three yours ago, left for Home yesterday, travelling Ho took a great interest in 11 well-known
papers," said. that cotton is vin Seattle.
of
CR
by
nizici
HONGKONG MAN AT THE FRONT.
FOOTBALL-BEHIND-THE-FIRING LINE.
absolutely necessary for the production horticulture of high explosive shells, and you will | exhibitor at the Horticultural Society's hardly believe me when i say that there shows, and has latterly heon Secretary of is practically no Botton used in the Society. manufacture of high explosives, The whole thing is a great fraud; There may be some rate of cotton in the explosive, but the bulk of it is woul products. Eminent scientists have much. erroneous" statements on the subject, ̧· If propic associated with science wond? only speak of the branches with which
Und date the 9th July, Lec. Corp. they are connected the advantage would Cyril Wilkie, writing from the front je a be very great. When experts differ personal Criend in, Hongkong, says: who shall decide? Elsewhere in today's I have done no actual serapping yet, issue we reproduey at letter on the sub- | as I think. I have written to you before- jeet by Six Wirajam Ramsay, "who is it's Trench warfare. - When in the trenches admittedly one of the leading chemists you may occasionally fire over a shot or twe,
Great Britain. It will be seen that
or have a few rounds at a plunk that you he has absolutely no doubt of the vital
might see sticking up. I have not seen importues of cotton to Germany and in
a German yet. The Hongkong follows in his letter explains why substitutes are of little use
He declares unhesitating this Company are:-lapsly (Sergl.), Gumprecht, Wilson, Vietor, Evers, Briggs that we have undoubtedly been supply-
inyself (Lunes-Corporals) ing our enemies with the 'nies of dial
Soares, Good, and Moying ar troops ever since the begin Braga (Private). ning of the war." This is clearly the Dean have been killed, and. Sherratt We have had a long rest risw taken of the subje the badly wounded. Governments of the Allied nations, (twelve days) our of the trenches this tim and that Cutton has dul, been indiand have three or four more days yet, Hud contraband long go
only Is a Platoon Footbaft League, concerts, awī, attributed to a desire not to add to the a little swimming," tension with
Answering an enquiry as to whether it is. America regarding our blockade policy. The Times corres not dangerous playing football a mile or vi pondent at Washington month ago eloss behind the trenches, Lee, Corpl. indicatel a line of procedure which the Wilkie writes, "As you say, when we are Allies now appear to have followed. su close to the firing line, when out of *** Thy American objection to my treat- | the trenches, we may get hit, as quite m -ment of cotton,” he wrote, “is that it is fow stray shots polni over, hut guni haya illegal because the blockade is net effee-as much chance of being hit doing tive and potton is not contraband. But nothing as if you are playing football,” derlare cotton contraband --, as the Mr. Cyril Wikie is in the 2nd Battalion, America vise of the warlike properties Middlesex Regt. of cotton cnunciated after the Boxer rebellion stems to allow us to do-aud the legal objection to our seizing cotton consigned direct to Germany disappears. As for cotton indirectly destined Gepmany through neutral countries, we should then, according to the precedants
for sizing it whenever we could prove that those countries were getting moré than their normal share. For they equally necessary femoval of the prac tical difficultis involved by the sudden eurtailment of the market of American planters we have ninother American precedent.. By having Il-t. any rate enough of Germany's normal quota ti Kowloon, and MAY ROAD, Hongkong, the manufacture of shells in Germany steady the price, we should merely be with possession in October peis entirely dependent upou supplies of paying back with interent the action of English Bathe and Kitchen Ranges, Hot and Cold Water, Elsairio Light. First Class cutton being forthcoming from abroad, it the North in Lancashire whom the block- Modern Appointments throughout, including is very surprising that the Allies who ade of the South had reduced to strava Water Carriage System.
are fighting her have delayed so long tion. to declare cotton contraband of war.
SPANISH DOMINICAN
PROCURATION. Hongkong, 16th July, 1915.
NOTICE.
50%
Kowloon, TO LET-A HOUSE al Observatory Villas
Apply to
ARRATOON V. APCAB & Co. Hongkong. 6th July, 1015.
(729
WHO
TO LET.
THOLE or PART SHOP in Chatar
Road. Apply
1509
CLARK & Co., Opticians.
[705 Hongkong, 29th June, 1915,
TO LET.
WM. SCHMIDT & Co.
Hongkong, 4th February, 1918.
DRINK
ALLSOPP'S
BRITISH PILSENER
BEER.
SOLE AGENTS:
(735
CALDBECK,
MACGREGOR&C.
GIVE YOUR ‘RAZOR A
SAVE
NEW LEASE OF LIFE.
YOUR
Remember we do all kinds of
BLADES
grinding sud odge making. We WINE&ESPÍRIT MERCHANTS.
75 Ots,
sharpen Clippers, Shears, Scissors,
per
Fooket Knives, Sargical Instru- ments, etc,
15 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Dozen.
WE SHARPEN EVERYTHING. CAMPBELL, MOORE & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 22nd July, 1915.
[667
TO LET,
ND FLOOR No. 1, DUDDELL STREET,
for Office or Dwellings. Apply within. Hongkong, 1st June, 1915.
TO LET.
1618
TOUR-ROOMED FLATS in Hanoi Road,
For
"PENYREEW" Minden Bow, Kowloon, 6-Roomed House, with Tennis Court,
2. MINDEN VILLAS, Kowloon, 5-Roomed House with Tennis Court.
FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES In Gordon Terrnos and Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon
FLATS in Nathan Boad. Kowloon,
A FLAT in Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon, Apply to "HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
Co., LTD. Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, 17th July, 1915.
TO LET. From 1st March.
GODOWN, No. 6, Doddall Street.
Apply
{859
A. B. AVASIA,
Care of EL PABANKY,
No. 1, Duddali Street. [244 Hongkong, 2nd February, 1016.
TO LEA
15 Conduit Bond.
TOUBES CLIFTONT GARDENS, OFFICES, facing the Harbour between the Hongkong Clab and Post Offion.
TO. 4, "FAIRVIEW," Nathan Road,
FRENCH LESSONS N
G. MOUSSION.
16, MORRISON HILL ROAD.
HAZELDENE," No.. 52, Robinson Road,
5 ROOMS with Gardon and Tennis Court.
No. 3.THE ALBANY."
ROOMS, in Daddell Street.
ROSENEATH,"2, Hankow Rd., Kowloon. No. 6, BELILIOS TERRACE.
1794
No. 25, BELILIOS TERRACE, with
A LING & CO.. 19, QUEEN'S ROAD ÜBNERAL.
PHOTO GOODS
FURNITURE
..ND STORE
Photographle Gods of Every Description
In Stock
Developing, Printing wed Enlarging
Canton Myrbles in Various Studios.
TELEPHONE 1219,
Hongkong, 4th Fobreary, 1916.
[515
entrance on Conduit Road.
68, THE PEAK THE RETREAT.” 21, WONG NEI-CHONG ROAD, GODOWNB, New Prays, Kennedy Town. GODOWNS, Wanobal Rosd. Apply, etc..
SOLD. ONLY BY
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,
HONGKONG AND CHINA.
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HONGKONG Orion:10a, Des Vœux ROAD C.
to
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
ASSOCIATION,
WAR FUND FOR THE WOUNDED.
Mr. E. Raighs, Hon. Secretary of thes
LONDON OFFION: 181, FLEET STREET, EC. the Civil War, have amplo justification Hongkong Centre of the St. John Ammu-
The Daily Press.
Hoxezone, AVGUST 9TH, 1915.
COTTON AND SHELLS.
Jauce Associationi, acknowledges gratefully the receipt of the sun of Two Hundred Dollars, being portion of the proceeds of a Theatrical Performance recently given by the Queen's College Dramatic Society. The amount above named is given as a donation to the War Fund for the Wounded ** which is being raised by the Association.
As an indication of the work done during the war by the Association it may be noted. the outbreak of that immediately on There are other equally impor hostilities 4,000 trained ambulance, inen It tant ways in which the parallel of the were mobilised as Hospital Orderlies in is evident that Germany has boer-Civil War-during which we were con- the Army and Nary, several thousands expecting this declaration and, with amally protesting, usually in vain, but being held in reserve. Nearly 2,000 more characteristic forethought, she has beers good-naturedly, against the same sort of Orderlies were despatched later and some providing herself with considerable stocks things that the Americans are now finding 20 Medical men and Nurses bave. Ison against "such an eventuality. Mr. LLOYD | fault with caur be used." And it would sent to the Front, while Motor Ambulaners GEORGE recently stated that Germany appear from the cables publishusd yester | have boon supplied to carry the wounded. and Austria were making a quarter of day that in taking the step of declaring from the front to the base. 150 Hospitals million shells a day. "This figure," | cotton contraband the Allies intend to us! | and Convalescent Homes have also been says the Secretary of the Conference of them, for we are told that they will take established and supplied with the noces- Chemists and Engineers, "enables us to their stand, not only on the brond ground
sary staffs. calculate the amount of cotton used by that international law authorises it, but
Quile recently the Asunciation has under- taken to provide and maintain either at home or abroad-as the War Office may. decide--a General Hospital of 625 beds, fully equipped with Staff, furniture, medicines, instruments, etc. The Asscoia-
the enemy. It cannot be less than 1,000 un that fact that the United States Every ounce of this has proclamation of 1865 made materials lone a day." to be imported, since neither Germany for the manufacture of ammunition con- nor Austria produces any, The British trabund. Government hus, of course, been making every effort, short of declaring cotton A mail for Europe vid Siberia closes to the full tits of which is."The contraband, to prevent cotton getting to to-morrow at 5 p.m. Germany, but Germany has nevertheless a fairly constant managed to obtain supply through neutral countries. Some illuminating figures were given by the President of the Board of Trade in the House of Commons about two months
agu.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST import of raw
MENT & AGENCY Co., In Hongkong, 1st April, 1915,
TO LAT.
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No. 27, BELILIOS TERRACE, with OFFICES in Br. GRAK'S BUILDING
entrance in Conduit Road. In very good order.
Floor, Overlooking Harbour ONE GODOWN, No. 8, Barrows Street, immediate posedon. Wanshar
own
tale.
Ambulance Department of the Order of Three members of the Japanese Diet Et. John of Jerusalem," H.M. the King have been sentenced to terms of imprison-being Sovereign Head and Patron of the ment varying from two to four months Order-forms part of the Red Cross Organization of Great Britain, aqually for "violation of the Election Law.”
with the British Red Cross Society,
It will be seen from the Tung Wah Hos pital's subscription list published to-day that it includes a sum of 8665-42, as being 40 per cant, of the net takings at the recont aviation meeting at Shatin,
A desperate encounter between soldiers and prisoners is reported from Kirin. The prisoners, over one hundred in number attempted to break away from gaol and put up a fierce resistance when surroundel by a cordon of soldiers. Many casualties occurred.
From January to March, 1914, the cotton into Norway, Sweden and Denmark amounted to 10,329 metric tons; in the corresponding quarter of the present year the import amounted to 64,441 bales, These figures tell their REUTER's correspondant at New York, writing on June 15th, stated that over 8,000,000 bales of cotton had gone abroad during the present season "This," he said, is 750,000 bales fewer than in the corresponding period last year; and every week reduces last year's
The police of Manila last week seized lead. The bale value has varied from £3 to £6 less than a year ago, mt the 299 sheets of Masao lottery tickets, for a great volume of exports has gone out drawing to take place next month. since cotton rose from about £7 to £10 tickets, which were those of the Santa Casa a-bale." These facts are taken to prove do Misericordia Lottery, were seized in the THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST beyond all reasonable doubt that Ger- shop of Chinaman named Li Chas Ting
many is obtaining large supplies of raw of 209, Calle Mariquins,
Apply
TWO GODOWNS, in Daddell Street. "WOODBURY, No. 4, Hankow Road,
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Hongkong, Brd December. 1914
Kowloon
WESTWARD HO," Bonham Road. MERION," No. 6, THE PHAX, Unfurnished (6 Rooms),
No.
"ROGATE," Austin Road, Kowloon.
DES VEUX VILLAS, 51, Prax (Unfurnished)
No.58, TEM PRAK (& CAMERON VILLAS, Apply to LINSTEAD & DAVIS,
Sad Floor, Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong, 18th August, 1915.
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Kaulford { | Torrsos
TO LEE
HOUSE
Kowloon
MENT & AGENOT Co, Lezo, Hongkong, Ist March, 1915
45
In addition to the amount just recsived, subscriptions as below have recently been forwarded to the Association:- H.E. Sir Henry May, K.C.M-G.....$103,00 Local Committee, St. John's Ambu-
lance Association N. J. Stabb, Esq. Sir Robert Ho Tung Ellis Kadoorie, Esq. W. Dickson, Esq. Ho Kam Tong, Esq. Catholic Women's League
TYPHOON WARNING,
.200.00
109.00
100.00
100.00
50.00
50.00-
29.70
The telegram quoted below was received
at the American Consulate-General, Hong- The kong, from the Manila. Observatory at
12.30 p.m. yesterday:—
Cyclone or typhoon E. of northern Luzon, more than 30 miles distant, moving
N.N.W. or N.