INTIMATIONS
BANK HOLIDAYS.
IN Accordance with Ordinance No. 5 of 1912,
the EXCHANGE BANKS will bo CLOSED for the Transaction of Pablic
INTIMATIONS
THEATRE
ROYAL.
HONGKONG.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6cm, 1915.
Baziness on MONDAY and WEDNESDAY, OPENING MONDAY, Nov. 8TH.
the sth and 10th instant.
Hongkong, 5th November, 1918
{1155.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY.
ALTERATIONS TO TIME-TABLE. THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that on and from NovEMBER 7th the Following Trains aro cancelled :
Train timed to louve Kowlooy at 8.55 AM.
(SUNDAYS only). Train timed to leave Kowloon at 2.12 F.M.
daily.
In place of these, Trails will leave us under:
.
From Kowloos 9.30 a.M, daily.
From Kowloon 1.48 P.M. daily..
In addition a Train will leave KOWLOON on BONDAYS Only at 8.48 A.M. for TAIPO, BHEUNGSHCL and Srušenes.
On SATURDAYS & Tift Train will leave Kowloon for SHEUNGAHVI at 1.28 P.M. (inst Ferry 1.15 r.M.). This Train is first-class only and passengers must purchase a Tiffin Ticket at the Booking Office (price $1.25) in addition to the Railway Ticket. Phasengers ure. Barnestly requested to book their scals for the Tiffin Train in advance.
MR. MAURICE E. BANDMANN |
PRESENTS
HORACE
GOLDIN
The World's Greatest Conjuror and Magician and Leading London Company of Vaudeville Artists, including MISS BARBARA BABINGTON,
London's Principal Boy. MISSE HAY AND CRAWFORD,"
Simultaneous Dancers Extraordinary. Mr. T. 00SWARD,
Italy's Leading Musical Comedian, LETWOOD AND NORELL,
Burlesque Impressionists.
And Company of 30 Artistes.
SPECIAL MATINEE! SATURDAY, November 187H, AT 4 P.N. Children Half-Price Everywhere.
BOOKING AT MOUTRIE'S. PRICES: $83, 82 & $1. Hongkong, 1st November, 1015;
HOUSES TO LET.
TO LET
TN CANTON, for immediate possession FOUR-ROOMED FLAT with Spacions Offless on Ground Floor.
Apply to
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO.
Co., LTD., Hongkong and Canton. Hongkong, 3rd November, 1915.
TO LET.
[1148
RAVENSHILL BAST, Park Boad, Servants Quarter, &c. Vacant 1st November.
U containing 8 Rooms, 3 Bath Rooms,
Apply
DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON & HARSTON, Hongkong, 18th October, 1016. (1004
TO LET.
LENSHIEL,” No. 141, Plantation Road, Peak, from 1st November, 1915. Apply
LINSTEAD & DAVIS Hongkong, 18th October, 1915.
INTIMATION
The leak Sunday School will be opened' to-morrow (Sunday), at 3 p.m., in the Peak School, kindly lent by the Director of
tried his 'prentico hand with poor auccess so pacifying the people. Bingo that time the regulations have been gradualty relaxed in deforenes to publie opinion Education, and will be held on the 1st and without any of the lamentable corise 3rd Sundays in each month. quences feared by the official mind,
One hundred tacts of opium and 161b. thus showing how unnecessarily stringent of morphina were seized by the police on they were formerly, War correspondents,board the Ful Bean on Wednesday. The
A gift that will be remembered though still under great disabilities, are goods were found in the false bottoms of permitted to be at the front, and even two cupboards in the first-class saloon. Labour leaders have been invited to visit The goods were not claimed, and formal the trenches and tell their constituents application for confiscation was made to what they have seon. The arbitrary the Magistrate yesterday.
all the year round.
methods of the Preas Bureau have been modifed, as the result of Parliamentary
The China Mutual Life Insurance. Co.
OUR CALENDAR criticism, and some, at least, of, the writes to the Singapore Frea Press to-
OF
CATHAY
*1080
[1135
TO LET.
RTOS. 1 and 6. TORRES HUILDINGS, Kowloon Moderate reat. Ready for copation.
Apply to
for 1916
By Order,
H. P... WINSLOW, Manager. Kowloon, 29th October, 1815,
SPANISH DOMINICAN CONTAINING
PROCURATION. Hongkong, 29th September, 1915.
[863
1145
G.
R.
TO LET-AT THE PEAK.
NOTICE.
PICTURES
I SALEHRENDERSI Duplicate that
NOTIFIED
FURNISHED
OF UNFURNISHED,
3, Mountain View,
H. E. POLLOCK,
Princes Buildings. Hongkong, 16th September, 1016. (1048
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
LOST,
ALLGATION OM, Lade this PPLICATION has been made to this of Hongkong Duplicate Certificates of 200 Shares in this Company or other Certificate repon statement
that the Original Certificates Nos. 8564--100 shares numbered 246039/246138 dated 16th November, 1908. Nos. 8803-50 shares numbered 197703/197727, 241680/261710; 25th March, 1909. Nos: 978650 shares unbered 0901/6950 dated 27th May, 1010. have been LOST or DESTROYED; and Notice is Hereby Given that if within 30 day's from the date hereof no Clain or Representa tion in respect of such Original Certificates is made to the Company the Undersigned will then proceed to deal with such applica- tion for Duplicates.
For the GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 23rd October, 1015. [1101
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
NOTICE.
THE DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.,
THE
at Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, Hereby Qive Notice that in consequence of
which should be clearly marked "TENDER FOR LEASE OF PART OF OLD SUPREME COURT BUILDING," will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, of November, 1915, for the LEASE of Caday until Nook of WEDNESDAY, the 17th day Rooma on the Ground Floor and in the Basement of the Old Supreme Court Building from 18 December, 1916, to 31st December, 1915, GOOD ROOMS, Mauaediate posses subject to certain conditions which can be ascertained at the Office of the Director of Public Works.
Each tender must be accompanied by a receipt to the effect that the teaderer has deposited in the Colonial Treasury and of Five Hundrod Dollars ($500) as a pledge of the bond flies of his offer, which eam shall be forfeited to the Crown if the tenderor refuser to carry out his tender and comply with the above-mentioned conditions, should the tender be accepted.
.Forms of tender and farther particulars can
be obtained from the Office of the Director of
Public Works,
the highest or any tender.
The Government does not bind itself to accept
W. CHATHAM. Director of Public Works. Pablic Works Office,
[1144 Hongkong, 2ed November, 1915.
TO LET.
FORMAN No. 2, Peak Road, on.
Apply....
PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING. Hongkong, 20th August, 1915.
O
TO LET.
[875
FFICES in ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING, Second Floor, Overlooking Harbour, immediate possession.
Apply to-
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Hongkong, 3rd December, 1814.
TO LET
139
in Knutsford Terrace,
Kowloon.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD.
[45 Hongkong, 24th October, 1915.
A HOUSE
Apply
G.
R
IN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S CONSULAR COURT AT CANTON.
PROBATE JURISDICTION.
TO LET.
the parelase by the Company of the Steam Canton, Thursday, the 28th day of October, 1915. FOUR-ROOMED and THEEE-ROOMED
skip "MOURA," it has applied to the Board
of Trade, under Section 47 of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1891 in respect of Steamship #MOURA" Oficial Number 101726, Gross
CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
Deceased.
Tonnage 2,027 Tons, Registered Toanage 1,247 In the Goods of SMOLLETT CAMPBELL, Tois, heretofore owned by the UNION STEAM- SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND, LIMITED, for permission to change bername to HAI HONG, and to have her Registered in the new name at the Port of Hongkong as owned by the DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP Co., LTD.
Any Objections to the proposed change of name must be sent to the Registrar of Shipping within seven days of the appear ance of this advertisement.
Dated at Hongkong, the First day of November, 1915,
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co, General Managers, DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP Co., LTD. [1136
THE HONGKONG CORINTHIAN
YACHT CLUB,
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Tof the Members of the above Clab will
N virtue of an Order of His Majesty's said Court, hearing date This Day, I do hereby monish and cite all and all manner of persons to appear in the said Court on or about the 28th day of November, 2015, and show cause, if any they have, why letters of administration (with the will annexed) of all and singular the goods, chattels, rights, and credits of SMOLLETT CAMPBELL, Iste of Macao, China, who died at Hongkong on August 20th, 1915, should not be granted unto ARCHIBALD SMOLLETT CAMPBELJ, Attorney for ELLA. GRACE CAMPBELL, Of 48, Brunswick Gardens, Kensington, London, England, the widow of the said toatator and the universal legates named in the will, as, in default thereof, the Court will proceed to grant the same accordingly.
(SI) R. S. PRATT, Vice-Consul and Additional Judge.
.G.
R.
[1156
FLATS in Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon, with every modern convenience. Immediate possession. FOUR-ROOMED FLATS in May Road, possession on or about 1st November next. Modern appointments throughout. including English "Baths and Kitchen Ranges, Hot Water and Water A few Flats specially Carriage System. designed to accommodate the bokstors reasonable rentals.
FOUR ROOMED HOUSES in Gordes Terraon and Barbury Avenue, Kowloon,
TWO-ROOMED FLATS in Nathan Road, Kowloon.
WINDSOR LODGE, Kowloon, Siz-Roomed House, Tennis Court. Immediate possession.
Apply 10-
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
Co., LTD., Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, 3rd Novebor, 1915.
(858
TO LET
FFICES at 2, Connaught Road.
OFFICES in King's Raildings. OFFICES in Des Voeux Road Central HOUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS, Conduit Rosd,
NEW HOUSES in Broadwood Terraco HOUSES at the Peak.
OF
8 INTERESTING
CHINA LIFE.
PRICE $2.00
& CO., LTD.,
absurdities removed by a clearer under low-It is with the sincerest regst that we inform you of the death of Melor W. standing of the Department's functions.
H. Dont, who has boen killed 'ction. From these changes Hongkong, of course, benefits in common with the rest of the On the outbreak of the war Maje Dent- Empire, so far as the local Press Censor-resigned his position with this company then a Captain in the Reservo of. Officers
ship, in the exercise of its wisdom, thinks advisable,
It was obviously impossible to apply to
a free democracy with any measure of success methods borrowed from Conti- nental countries whose circumstances are quite different. Yet for a time it was out Herod Herop, and attempted to people were driven to the expedient of buying French papers in the streets of London in order to obtain the news which they sought vainly in their own journals. Even to-doy, a Russian correspondent in The Nation assures us, the Russian periodi eals "publish articles which fould hardly be allowed to appear in free England," the Government having been obliged to make such sweeping concessions with regard to
as Superintendent of Agencies, and pro- France on September 8th and was killed ceeded home. He left Southampton for
Major Deat
about three weeks later, was well known throughout the $-8. and F.M.S., where he travelled extensively,"
Among the passengers expected by the P. & O. str. Sardinia on Sunday are Me. Arthur and Miss Preece.
Mr. Arthur Precce is a member of the firm of Consulting Engineere in Westminster, Messrs. Precoc, Cardow, Snell & Rider, and his partner, Sir John Snell, is this year President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. The firus are con sulting engineers to the Colonial Govern- ment, to the Shanghai Municipal Etricity Department, and to the Hong- kong Electricity Supply Co. also Honorary Consulting Engineers They are (London) to the University of Hongkong, and have supervised the testing aud despatch of the machinery and equipment for the University laboralories. On Mon day evening the University Engineering. Society will entertain Mr. Arthur Presco
at their first annual dinner.
The pupils of Professor E. Danenberg,
the Censorship as nobody would have over dewanded at the outest. The scvoro criti cism recently passed by Lord SELBOURNE on the Press Censorship in Great Britain has been endorsed by Lord MORLEY in the Upper House, and Lord SYDENHAM has A. S. WATSON addressed a letter to The Times expressing the earnest hope that a real effort to place the Censorship on a gane and stable basis. will now be forthcoming. The present system-his lordship declares-has wrought inestimable injury to the national canso, with the assistance of Messrs. E. J. misled the British people as regards the England, E. Aquino, and F. X. Botelho, realities of the situation, withheld informa-entertained a large and appreciative audience in the old Chamber of Commerce tion of which the enemy was in full Room at the City Hall last evening to a possession, created atmosphere. Ë
recital pianoforte
Selections were suspicion and undue optimism in some given from some of the mo¬t famous. minds, and, perhaps, exaggerated alarm composers, and the pianists, several of in others. Everybody adnits, of course, whom were very young, acquitted them- that intelligence calculated to prejudice selves exceedingly well. Those contri- our naval and military operations should buting pianoforte items were the Misses. bo suppressed, but far more than that has Connie Martin, Angel Ormiston, Alda. been attempted. We may be perfectly Basto, May Woo, Elsa Alves, Ruby, Mow sure that the exposure by The Times of Fung, Eveline Rocha, Brung d'Almada the Munitions scandal would never have been permitted by the officials of the Press Bureau of the War Office if they
HONGKONG DISPENSARY,
HONGKONG OFFICE: 104, Das Vœux Road, C. LONDON Orion: 131, Fleer Braætt, E.C.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 6TH, 1815.
THE PRESS CENSORSHIP.
123
Castro, and Sophie Bilas; Lieut. Hamilton, Master W. Mace, and Mr. Cho Man Chan. Professor Danenberg
collaborated with Miss Elfrida. Osmund.
(one of his most accomplished pupils) in "Concertstuck," and also with Mrs. F. X. V. Ribeiro in Saint Saens'. Concerte ire Ü minor, the latter the piece
being one of
fentares
Miss Camille Castro, Messrs. F. C. Eng- land, E. Aquino, and F. X. Botelho,
A mail for Europe via Siberia closes TRADING WITH THE ENEMY to-day at 5 p.m.
The Bishop of Victoria will be the on Sunday preacher at the Cathedral morning.
The Rev. H. G. H. Griffith will conduct service at the British Church, Maeso, on Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock.
ORDINANCE.
EUROPEAN FIRMS PROSECUTED.
The Crown undertook important pro- secutions of European firms at the Magistracy yesterday for offences unter the Trading with the Enemy Ordinances.
In the one case Thoresen & Co. and Karl Jetson, of 9, Queen's Road Central were summoned for trading with a -Admiral Boron Rubia de Cedin, who is reported as having lost his life on the Ita-enemy firm, namely, Pasedag & Company resident and carrying on business h in battleship Benedetto Brin, was in
Amoy.
had been consulted, and, as a consequence, our Army's offensive in the west would have remained paralysed indefinitely for Despite the repeated assurances of the lack of high explosives under the pretext Covernment that there has not been any of hiding our shortcomings from attempt to conceal the true situation f enemy: Can anyone pretend that that of the programme. Songs were given by affairs from the public, there is a steadily would have been in the Empire's interest? growing distrust of the Press Censorship in England. Introduced as soon as the Cary repressive legislation could be carried through Parliament after the aut break of war, the people accepted it in a spirit of patriotic self-sacrifice under the impression that it was essential to the overthrow of a particularly astute fos.. This attitude on the part of the nation was at once a sign of its earnestness and of its readiness to repose complete confi dence in those entrusted with the heavy burden of directing the affairs of State at a time of grave peril. But, as invart ably ppens when freedom in any form is surrendered, the new powers with China waters during 1908, as Captain of which Authority Was invested were the resuvio, abused. The nation was kept in Cimmer. can darkness as to the events which were taking place in the field of war. Newspaper correspondents were prevent ed from approaching the front, and only most colourless and laconic dis patches were assued for publication from the Commander-in-Chief. Weeks elapsed before any intelligible or connected Standing in its own Grounds, situated account of engagements found their way TAIFO, containing Four Roome, out-ofless, into print, and the heroic deeds of our MART EUROPEAN SALESMAN eto. Electric Light
Required immediately. Knowledge of For patients apply to
gallant soldiers in the greatest war that 1. To lay before the Meeting an Accourt of Chinese dialects a racommendation, but not THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.hes ever scourged the World were allowed. the acts and dashings of the Liquidator-am of
MUST HAVE SELLING
MENT & AGEAUY Co., Łrn. the conduct of the winding-np up 10 tho date essential,
to pass unhonoured and unsung," when ABILITY. Insurance mian might do. Hengkong, 30th Octol er, 1815,
(1127 of the Meeting.
opportunity for bright товл.
the narration of them would have fired Splendid
ROOM 272, HONGKONG HOTEL Hongkong, 4th November, 1915. [1149
ha held in the Clab House to receive the Committee's Report and pass the Accounts for the year ending the 31st August, 1915, on MONDAY, the 8th November, 1915, at 6 F.M.
A. D. GEE.
Hon. Secretary, Hongkong, 1st November, 1915. [1132
HONGKONG COTTON SPINNING, WEAVING & DYEING CO., LTD.
(IN VOL. LIQUIDATION),
NOTICE.
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 leat 48 hours before the intended hour of departure, giving namo, 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 applicant wishes to leave. Applicants should apply in person for iheir passes as the CENTRAL POLICE STATION between the hours of 9 AM, to 1 P.M. and
Hongkong, 10th July, 1915.
TAKE NOTICE that a MEETING of P.. to 4 P.M. daily,
Tembout the bore Company will be
held at the Once of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHBBON & Co. Lro, Hongkong, on MONDAY, the 22nd day of November, 1915,. at 12 o'clock Noon.
AGENDA.
3. To propose an extraordinary resolution Banctioning an interim return to Members as Follows:-
That an interim return by the Liquidster of One Hongkong Dollar per share to the perena who are registered as Members of the Compay on the 16th day of November, 1815, bo and the same hereby is sanoti med, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 15th November, to MONDAY, 29th November, both days inclusive,
1915.
WANTED."
Apply in person.
WANTED.
1738
HINESE SALESMAN and INTER
PRETER Required immediately. Must be well educated and have flaent Dated Hongkong, the 14th day of October, knowledge of Chinese dialects. Only those who can give proof of ability need apply. In C. BERNARD BROWN, person, ROOM 272, HONGKONG HOTELS
Liquidator.
any time after ( P..
Hongkong 4th November, 1915. [1080
(1150
No. 21, WONG-NEI-CHONG ROAD. No. 1. MORETON TERRACE, Ceway Bay.
GODOWN, of Transla
GODOWNS, at New Praja. Kenraly Town. Nos. 1. 2 and 3, WEST END TERRACE, CANTON. Apply-
at
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MEN & AGENCY Co., LTD. Hongkong, 4th November, 1916. 138
FOR SALE.
ESIRABLE COUNTRY RESIDENCE.
FOR SALE. ·
the
In the other case Thoresen & Co, weé summoned for, without the permission if
The marriage will take place oarly in the Governor, paying the sum of $179.in the new year of the Rey. F. T. Johnson, for the benefit of certain alien enomie, M.A., former Chaplain of St. John's namely, Carlowitz & Co., Arnhold, Kar- Cathedral, and Mis Gertrude Ellis, the berg & Co., and Melchers & Co. daughter of Colonel Ellis.
Mr. G. N. Orme appeared on behalf of the Crown, and the cases were adjoured to the 15th inst., al 2.15 p.m.
FUND.
The Rev. C. I. Blanchett, of the Church Misionary Society, and his family sailed yesterday on the Novara for England. KWANGTUNG FLOOD RELIEF Mr. Blanchett has gone on furlough after five years' service at Canton, where he acted as English Chaplain at Christ Church, Shameen.
The Tung Wah Hospital acknowledges with thanks the following donations to the Kwangtung Flood Relief Fund - Per Kwong Shui Hospita! at
Bangkok.....
$ 2641.50
of Quinhan, Haiphong
451.00 Chinese Chamber of Commerce Per Tsoi Sing Pui, of Queens-
land, Australia, £25.10
Lam Long Wan King
Mrs. Kennedy, of 6, Robinson Road the breasts of those at home with a noble (top floor), was summoned at the Magis- spirit of emulation and spared us the tracy yesterday for permitting a dog to be at large while not wearing a muzzle. NE 10 BH.P. HORNSBY ACKROYD indignity of the flambuoyant peture Mr. G. R. Haywood, who appeared for? OIL ENGINE Complete with and poster as an aid to recruiting. Ultimate the defendant, said that the dog had a coupled dirret in one 8 KW. Continuously, in response to the growing dissatisfac muzzle on its neck at the time, but it had Carrent Shant Wound Dynamo of 50/70 volts tion expressed in Parliament, the Primeslipped down from the mouth. An with shunt repulator.
A180 ONE SWITCHBOARD for Minister, who was probably never much Indian constable said he saw no muzzle, Ne Yuk Chin ACCUMULATORS, DYNAMO, &c., complete enamoured of the new égime, announced but Sergeant McEwen, of the Police Mis Mui Kun with instruments for 100 Amps,
the that Sir JOHN FRENCH had been instructed Reserve, supported For further particulars spply to
defendant's Miss Li Sui Lau LINSTEAD & 'DAVIS,
to send dispatches twice a week, and an version, and the Magistrate imposed a Alexandra Baildings.
Eye-witness" at General Headquarters fine of $3 only. Hongkong, 16th September, 1915. Tues
Per Mr. Au Phin Yeang of
Perak, balance of the T.A. Canton Flood Fund, $29 Straits Currency
Already acknowledged
Total
275.83
126:15
27.90
10.00
6.00
5.00
$564,559.48.
8568,104,86