REW ADVERTISEMENTS
WANTED.
EUROPEAN GIRL to assist daily with
aamall Child.
INTIMATIONS
"ER SONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND. 1916.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
PROVIDENT LOAN
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. THE CHINA
Apply to
Box 124,
Care of "Daily Press" Office. Hongkong, 22nd February, 1916,
TO-DAY
[$18
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
THE P. & G. 8. N. Co's Stommer
"NANKIN." Arrived Hongkong on 31st February, 1918,
THOM BOMBAY, COLOMBO
STRAITS.
AND
Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their goods are being landed and placed Arqamix is in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kovicon, where each Cowlgument will be sorted out Mark by Mark sad delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed.
This vessel brings on Cargo :-*.
From London, &c., 6x 8.8. Mongolia" From Persian Gulf, x 8, B. L.8. N.
and B. & P. 8. N. Co.'s Steamers. Optional Goods will be landed here nnless within Instrastions are given to the contrary 6 hours,
Goods not cleared within 8 days including date of arrival will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insuranse will be effected by me in any case whatever.
Damaged packages must be left in the Chi downs fox
for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's Surveyors, Mes GODDARD & Douglas, at 10 As en MONDAYS. and THURSDAYS. All Claims must be presented within ten days of the ateamer's striral bere, after which date they cannot be recognised, No Olaine will be admitted after the "Goods have left the Godowns.
E. V. D. PARR Acting Superintendent Hoogkong, 21st February, 1916
DIOCESAN SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE
CHOOL DUTIES will be RESUMED on
THURSDAY Morning, 24th instant. For Terms for Boarders or Day Scholars, apply to-
THE HEADMASTER. Hongkong, 18th February, 1918.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL
1312
E HAVE This Day REMOVED our WE HAVE the First Floor, PRINCE'S BUILDINGS, CHATER ROAD (lately occupied by The Nippon Yusen Kaisha)
BRADLEY & Co., Ltd. 1313 Hongkong, 21st February, 1918.
VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB
FOXING
SUBJECT to sufficient entries being received an AMATEUR BOXING COMPETITION to Hongkong will be
open held in the Gymnasium, of the V.R.C. on SATURDAY, February 26th.
CONDITIONS:
(a) 3 two winute mounds and if undecided
an extra round of one minute (b) In 3 weights: 118 lbs, 132 lbs, and 148
Tos.
(c) Competitors weigh in at V.H.C, on
night of February 24th
Entries stating weight to be addressed to
1 DRAKIN, ER care of V.R.C., before February 20th. No Entrance Fee.
No Competition if less than 18 entries. The Committee reserve the right to refuse entries.
Hongkong, 82nd January, 1918.
&
NOTICE:
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ANY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatic or Indian 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 hour of departure, giving name, nationality, age, sex, height and occupation of the applicant, and stating name of the steamer other vessel or the hour of the train by which the applicant wishes to leave. Applimats should apply in person for their pass at the CENTRAL FOLIER STATION between the hours of 9,Ą Łó 1 P.M. and 2. P.M. to 4 F.3. daily.
Hongkong, 10th July, 1915.
·,
77
BLUE CROSS
FUND.
HORSES IN WAR TIME.
THE HONGKONG AMATEUR
DRAMATI CLUB
THE
PRESENTS
RACE MEETING, 1915.
* MORTGAGE COMPANY, L'ID.
INTIMATION
will also follow the disappearance of the parasites of Society. Ostentatious riches, with the attendant vulgarity and their in- evitably debusing influence, will certainly be frowned upon for the rest of our life
tine.
RANDOM REFLECTIONS
The opponents of constitutional reform. may be trusted to point many morals from the recent Sanitary Board election. They will discover in the smaliness of the poll
In one of his flashes of genius, Mr. an evidence of apathy in public affair, at the Uffices of the Company, St. Georges HONGKONG RACE LLOYD GEORGE bas expressed the present and in the overwhelming sucose of the Building, No. 6 Connaught Read, on FRI-
Portguese candidate an indication of DAY, the anth February, 1916, at 11.30
AM
what is likely to happen if any approach to
ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE- (TUESDAY) TO-MORROW NINETEENTH
HOLDERS in the Company will be held (WEDNESDAY), AND SATURDAY (OFF-DAY), FRUARY 22ND, 23RD AND 262M, MICKETS of ADMISSION to the GRAND STAND and ENCLOSURE may be obtained from Messrs. KELLY & WALSE, LTD., or at the Gate. Price $7 for the Mesting excluding the Off-Day), or $3 per day.The BLOSED from MONDAY, the stat Tickets for the Off-Day, $2.
TICK
No one admitted without a Ticket, to be shown to the Ticket Inspector at the Gate.
T. F. HOUGH,
Clerk of the Courss. Hongkong, 16th February, 1916.
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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB HE STEWARDS request the pleasure of the presence of the LADIES at the GRAND STAND and the ENCLOSURE during the Races.
A Stand and Enclosure will be reserved for Merabers and Members Wives and Families, Tickets for which are being sent out with the
Nerabers Tickets.
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for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General Manager for the year coding 31st December, 1915, and electing Consulting Committee and Anditors.
BOOKS
MEETING.
February, 1916, until FRIDAY, the 5th MESSRS. A. 8. WATSON
.:
February, 1910, both days inclusive..
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers - Hongkong, 19th February, 1916. 1275
HONGKONG & KOWLOON: WHARF
& 00.
Invite owners of Race Stands
and others to visit their extensive & GODOWN. CO., LTD.
Wine Vaults and inspect the NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE TWENTY-NINTH ORDINARY maguncent assortment of
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE BOLDERS will be held at the Offices of WINES, SPIRITS & LIQUORS. Mesars. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., La., on
state of affairs by saying that "the ham maring of forges to-day is ringing down the church bells from one and of Europe representative government is introduced to the other." He has said that "it is na 'nto the Colony. It would be just as abeard, engineer's war and it will be you or lost of course, to argue that because the average owing to the efforts or shortcomings of Londoner, who lives outside the Metropo engineers" It is extremely fortunate for litan area, shows an utter lack of Interest our cause that private enterprise has, in in the election of the Council for the parisă the past, developed such huge establish in which his dwelling is situated, he should ments as the Armstrong and Vickers works, be deprived of a vote for the London For the last century Great Britain has County Council, the City Corporation, and been developing her. manufacturing re-
Parliament itself.
HOUTcOS, Asia has been stirred by modern
The simple truth, of course, is that the commerce because t was necessary to find Sanitary Board exercises very limited new markets for the products of Lanca-powers and that these are not of a dature shire, the Midlands and similar centres of to arouse anything like wild enthusia industry. Before the war there were signs in the breast oren of the most publis
spirited man, Moreover, at the recent elegs. that systematic organisation by the firms
at house would enable them to competo more
All Tickets must be produced to gain THURSDAY, the End March, 1916, at 11.30 The variety and number of brands favourably for the markets abroad. When tion, there was na question of policy at issue,
admission.
Special accommodation will be reserved as in recent years for Chinese Ladies and hoir Female attendants in the Stand erected on the plot of ground next to the Lusitano Club Stand.
T. F. HOUGH,
Clerk of the Course Hongkong, 18th February, 1916.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
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TO Servants will be allowed inside the
AM, for the purpose of receiving the Report
of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, therein stockea enable them 1915.
the war is over we shall have at least to twenty-six new establishments which will
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company suit the taste of the most fastidious belong to the Government. It may be new-oomer and did not evince any raak.
will be CLOSED from 21st February, to 2nd March, both days inclusivo.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
W. S. BROWN, Secretary. Hangkong, 14th February, 1976. [287
HONGKONG AND`, SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
NEOLIE the Race Course during the Race Day WITHOUT TICKETS, which can be had on application to the Undersigned. These Tickets are only avail- able for Servants while in attendancs on theirTHE FINAL DIVIDEND DECLARED employers or when on duty at the various Standa.
Any Chinese found loitering about with Serrants passes in their possession will forfeit them, and the holders thereof will be removed from the Enclosure.
T. F. HOUGH,”
Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, 16th February, 1916.
NOTICE.
WISEMAN, LTD.
·1293
IN ORDER to meet the wishes of our Customers who will be attending the RACE MEETING, we are serving hot and cold Tiffins at the Café from 11 A. on MONDAY TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, SPECIAL MENU 81.00 per head or à la Carte. Hongkong, 17th February, 1916. · [297
NOTICE.
LL Persons baving Claims against Mr. MNYRAINK & Co., am requested to file same with the Liquidators before 15th March, 1916...
ALEX ROSS & Co., Liquidators. Hongkong, 9th February, 1914.
ALUSTANUEL, Masses. WX.
NOTICE,
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as well as appeal to those to whom
price is a consideration.
For Race Orders full credit will be given for unopened bottles which for the Year ending 31st December, 1918, at the Rate of TWO POUNDS THREE customers may wish to return. SHILLINGS STERLING together with a Bonus of FIVE SHILLINGS STERLING per Share, is Payable on and after MONDAY, the 1st day of February, Current, at the Offices of the Corporation, where Share- holders are requested to apply for Warrants. A.
By Order of the Cours of Directors,
Y. J. STABB,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 19th February, 1816,
HUMPHREYS' ESTATE AND
FINANCE CO., LTD.
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HAREHOLDERS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the DIVIDEND on Account of the year 1916 of THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (35 Cents) per Share is now Payable at the HONGKONG, AND SHardnes Tagerme CORPORATION, Hongkong, on Warrants to be obtained at the Company's Office, Alexandre Buildings, Des Vaux Road, Central, Hongkong.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong, 19th February, 1916. [307
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED.
WATSON
simple enough to beat the sword into a ploughshare, but it will not be easy to pro vide work for these new factories as well as all the older ones. Adoptability is one of the best virtues of this ago, and doubt less the same genius which has enabled the British to tur bisyola factories into work shops for making aeroplanes will also help to make the transition from munitions- 200 votes
nor was either of the candidates well known to the general community. Dr. Earle is
interest in the contest, for he was not even” present when the votes were counted, Dr. Ozorio, on the other hand, had lived in the Colony all his life and made a strong appea to the Portuguese community, who appear to havo resented the suggestion that, if returned, he would watch only their par- am told, however, ticular intorests. that he did not count upon more than
this from
source, so, it be correct, he must have no- ceived considerable support from other sec tions of the electorate, It would be inter esting to know; by-the-way, how the regis tor of voters is prepared, and why the elec tions are advertised only in the Governmeng Gazette-an admirable publication of its kind, but not, it is to be feared, read as widely as it should be,
making back to ordinary commercial pro- this ducts less difficult than some of us think will be the case. The crisis will come soon after peace has been declared, As the State has thought fit to control the factories while they produce weapons of destruction, it is by no means improbable that the State will also generally supervise them when the desperate effort is made to boom trade so that the cost of the war may be met with- (out causing undue suffering and hardship. That, at all events, would appear, from a WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, cable which we publish this morning, to be the view of the Hou. E. S. MONTAGU, Secretary to the Treasury. ESTABLISHED 7% YEARS,
& CO., LTD.,
418
BIRTH. MIDDLETON BHITE-At the University, on 20th instant, to Professor and Mrs. MIDDLETON SKIтn, a daughter.
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HONGKONG UPPion: 10a, Dar Fook Roan, O. LONDON OPTION: 181, FLASE START, B..
The Daily Press.
– Honakore StND FEBRUARY, 1016.
CHARE CERTIFICATE Na. 2005, dated S THE Undersigned BANKS beg to notify 6th May, 1909, of Thirty Shares numbered Ttheir constituents, and the public 8115to 8130inglusive and 18592/18598 inclusive, generally, that on and after 1st March n standing in the Register in the name of DR. Compradores Orders other than Cash Orders JOSEPH WHITTLESEY NOBLE having issued by Banks, will be accepted in payment bean LOST, Noties is hereby given that unless of Collections or amounts due to the Banks; the said certificate be produced at the Office WAR AND THE WORKSHOPS. Compradores' Orders will not be received for of the Company, 20, Des Voeux Road, Citral, credit of Constituents' Current Accounts. Hongkong, on or before the 10th day of March, Tas last two or three centuries have given
(Signed) Tan CHARTERED BANK OF 1916, New Certificate for the said shares.
INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA, will be issued and the old Certificat will to mankind a wider ontlook, a larger
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Hongkong will give itself up to enjoy. ment this week, and very little serious business will be done beyond that which is absolutely necessary. Some of those who wrote letters to this paper protesting" Perhaps the greatest lesson of the war against the holding of the annual rasing will be the advantage of discipline. If that comes to the workshops from the new armies carnival in this time of stress will no it will make all the difference in the world doubt be greatly shocked at the scent of to the spirit animating the artisans. Those animation which Happy Valley will who have worked side by side with the British workmen tell us that at heart he present during the next few days, and, be is quite sound. Many of the troubles which fore the week is out, there will be many have led to strikes can be traced to a desireho, ruefully reviewing their finances, will for better conditions. The spread of pub-
licity by the newspapers, the universal agree with Puzzled" that gambling is education of all classes, has led the workers every bit as bad as gambolling... to expect very much more than satisfied their fathers. Haunting of wealth by those who have come
Undoubtedly the stupid A very regrettable incident, occurred at a certain place of amusement in the Colony by it quickly gave less fortunate people the impression that they were being ex the other evening owing to the bad man. ploited. It is probable that future mers of several young men who must subse generation will think that taxation was
badly arranged which did not enfores some quently have felt very much ashamed of of the sterner virtues such a thrift. If themselves. The building was crowded, the-present generation had been content and the programme, which was exceptional to live the simple lives of their fathers, it |
would have been quite possible to commence for Hongkong, was proceeding merrily, this war without the legacy of the National when some kants" in the front row, Debt left to us by the campaigns against immaculately attired in evening dress, con- NAPOLEON. We need not, however, ba
Ta HONGKONG AND SHANGHAT thereafter be held by the Company s nuli universe, than all the sixty or a hundred inherit a great deal of knowledge concern-sergeant of police and a constable appeared
BANKING CORPORATION,
Ta MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA LIMITED,
THE YOKOHAMA BESOIN BANE,
LIMITED,
THE BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE, Tas Russo-ASIATIO BANE, THE INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION,
NETHERLANDS
TRADING
N THE
SOCIETY. THE NETHERlands India COM-
MERCIAL BANK.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LÆD THE BANK OF CANTON, LAD. Hongkong, 17th February, 1916 [200
NU
WANTED ON THE PEAK. TURSE or NURSERY GOVERNESS
for one little Gi
#P.I.B.," Apply
Care of " Daily Presa" Office Hongkong, 16th February, 1916. (290
FOR SALE.
ANGEL IN MEDICAL PRACTICE for SALE in
THE HOUSE”
COMEDY IN 3 ACTS,
BY B. MACDONALD HASTINGS
AND
EDEN PHILLPOTTS,
Last Year's Great London Success...
OF SATURDAY, 4TH MARCH, 2 AT-9.30 PM.
AND MONDAY, 6TH MARCH,
BOOKING at MOUTHIE'S from FRIDAY, February 25th, at 9..
PEICES: $4, $3 AND $2.
North China-£1,000 a Year, £500 in. Contrasts, No opposition, Lovely Climate,
Addrese
Box 2, Care of "Daily Fress" Office.
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and void.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,
General Managers. Hongkong, Sth February, 1918. 254
THE HONGKONG STEAM LAUNCH TUG AND LIGHTER CO., LAD,
LOST.
APPLICATION has been made this Company to issue Duplicate Certicate
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workshops at home are well equipped, we selves by imitating badly injured cats. Ar unduly alarmed about the future. Our ceived the brilltong ides of amusing them-
centuries preceding. We consider NEWTON ing the laws of Nature which will enable
on the scene for the purpose of ejecting us to utilise materials hitherto of little one of the pioneers of Science and call him value, and there is a great increase in them, but the leading member of the per- agrest Englishman, but he could have labour-saving devices so that the output per
forming Company, with great forbearance, taught fewer new things to EUCLID than capita of the working population is greatly asked the police to stay their hands. His will need raw material and a market for multiplied. After the war the workshops. their products. China will supply both. It is not being too sanguine to believe that instead of civilisstion being wrecked by this war, it may, on the contrary, be deve loped in Asia, especially, more rapidly than would otherwise have been the case,
he right have learnt from Lord KELVIN Whence come the giant strides of the last few generationet They are due to the invention and use of mechanical appliances, which are the pillars of modern civilisation,
The whole extension of our knowledge he
generosity, unfortunately, was not appre cisted. For a time quiet was restored, but before long the young bloods, some of whom. had obviously been pouring out copious libations at the shrine of Bacchus, broke out again into vulgar buffonery. On this occasion they neither deserved nor received
Hails for Europe vid Siberia close any consideration. The police were called to-day at 11 am, and at 5 p.m.
in, the interrupters were put out, and the
Lient, C. A S. Russ, R.G.A., reported to the police that a thief or thieves stole two overcoats from the officers' mess at Lyenoon Barracks.
of Brov -Col A, A. McHardy, D.S.O., R.G.A., formerly D.A.AQ.M.G in Hong kong, has been promoted to the substantive rack of lieutenant-colonel.
A woman who had nine taels of ap um concealed in a band which she was wearing round her waist to hold up her trousers, The alternative was three months im was yesterday fined $800 by Mr. Hazeland.
prisonment.
performance proceeded. The genrenco must have been very distasteful to the other Britons present, for, to make matters
worse, one of the silly youth was wear. ing khaki at the time. It was distinctly
bad form," to say the least of it.
of 30 Shares in this Company in the nate of yond thug of the savage depends upon the YUEN CHEONG or other Certificae or means of Bupplementing by artificial Certificates in lieu thereof upon Statment methods our primitive sensee. It is the that the Original Certificate No. 39, hirty Shares numbered 7729/7758 dated 16th Agust invention and possession of toels, of delicate 1910, has been LOST or DESTROYED and instruments and mechanical constructions NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that if ithin 30 days from the date hereof no cian or of avery sort which differentiates this age of peculiar, almost representation in respect of such Olginal from the old days. It Certificate is made to the Compan, the Undersigned will then proceed to dea with pathetic, interest to reflect that many such application for duplicate.,
tho modern devices were known, in some For the HONGKONG STEAM LAUNI Tua form or other, to the ancients. We think
AND LIGHTER CO., LT
The Volunteer Reserves must be a very of the catapults of ARCHIMEDES, the force GORDON & Co."
General Manages. pamps of ancient Egypt, and the astronomy
vain lot of men. "B and "Companies Hongkong, 10th February, 1916
The torch which flamed
faced the camera, and the orden! proved of HIPPARUHUS for time in Babylon, Athens and in
extremely trying, I am told, to the most Alexandria weat out and the World was
rebust of the "o'd brigade." Some stood dark for nearly two thousard dismal years,
their ground with the stoicism born of that An enlightened civil power gave way
Inspector Gordon made application be-rigid adherence to discipline which is the ignorant and bigoted sutocracy, At the fore Mr Haz lend at the Magistracy yes- hallmark of the true soldier. There were beginning of the Christian era fanatical terday for the confiscation of 2,045 lbs of others, alasi who prolonged the agony by English Manufacturers, HE CERTIFICATE NO. 3755 Five and despotic rulers put back the hands of raw opium found in the engine room and their facial grimaces and persistent endear stokehold of a Blue Funnel steamer by the ours to secure the correct military pose at Bill Bros and Sises
THE
Shares, $100 paid up, numbered 46/10, the clock of progress. Today the Allies Chief Engineer, John McDonald. It was all costs. The more venerable of the Ho- standing in the Register in the me of
Berves appear to have proved the most try- ing to the worried photographer. It they SMOKELESS POWDER and CSILLED EUSTACE ALBAN KENYON, havi been are again fighting to save civilisation. The not entered in the manifest. The order was
declared LOST, NOTICE IS EREBY scientific organisation of industry and of made as requested.
felt that the correct posture had not been SHOT. From No to to BRSG at 36, #7 and GIVEN that unless the said Certiate is nationst resources has developed. Evil - The weekly return of communicable dissecured, up would go a hand and the pie $7.50 per 100. SPORTING REQUISITES
produced to the Society on or before le 18th
1816, A NEW CERTIFICATEOr the the origin of the war, terrible as are eases shows that during the past week four ture would be spoiled. One more word and AIR GUNS in Variety.
Baid Shares will be issued and old Certificate will thereafter be heldby the daily sufferings we have this consels. fatal cases of enteric fever were notified; regarding the Reserves, According to a
tion-ths since its outbreak a remarkable Inspection invited
unification of the whole machinery of pro- duction and distribution has been carried Hongkong, 19th February, 1:11 [200 out. It seems almost certain that there
NEW CARTRIDGES.
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WM. SOBMIDT & Co.
Hangong, 4th February, 11916,
*89
BLUE CROSS FUND. Hongkong, 15th February, 1916.
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF
CANTON, LTD.
NOTICE.
Society is null and void.
By Order of the Board of Director
C. MONTAGULLE General Manar,
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Patient was Portuguese and the rest recent notice," the new 1914 platoon dri were Chinese. There were also notified will be adopted" on March 1st, 19161 three cases of diphtheris (one Italian and Nothing like keeping well abrenat of the the rest Chinese), one being fatal; and times and showing that you are not a bade three cases of small-pox (all Asiatice), two number. terminsting fatally,
RODERICK RANDOM.