IV ADVERTISEMENTS
GODOWNS FOR MALE
NOS. 125 and 137, WANCHAI ROAD,
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., Liquidators,
Apply to
REUTER, BROCKELMANS & CO. Hongkong, 18th March, 1916. [424
MUSKETRY CONTEST. NAYAL MILITARY AND POLICE FORCES (Regular and Auxiliary).
TEAM AND CHAMPIONSHIP SHOOT,
· EASTER MONDAY, April 24th, 1916.
Teams of three from ench Branch of cach Service in the Colony,
100 yards-Grouping.
200 yards-Deliberate and Disappearing
Targets.
500 yards-Deliberate,
600 yards-Deliberate.
No Entrance Fee.
Tiffin on the Range.
SEW ADVERTISEMENTS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MARCH 18TH, 1918.
KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY. (BRITISH SECTION),
ALTERATIONS TO TIME-TABLE
ABE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED
zoth, the following Trains are Cancelled:-
Train leaving KOWLOON at 7.20 P. and arriving at Suvu CHU at 8.16 F.. daily,
Train leaving SHUM CHUN at 9.60 FM, and arriving at KowLOON at 9,52 PM. daily.
Train leaving KowLOON at 8.43 LM. and arriving SHUM ÕHUS at 9,33 A.M. (SUNDAYS only).
Ón SATURDAYS only the Train timed to leave Kowloon at 1.48 .. will leave at 125 P.M., stopping at all Stations to Baux CHUN.
By Order,
H. P. WINSLOW,
Manager. Kowloon, 17th March, 1916.
G.
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ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
the
INTIMATION
Building WATSON'S
THE HONGKONG ROPE MANU-
DUFACTURING CO., LTD., THE 32E ORDINARY ANNUAL MEET
ING of SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at Chater Bead, Victoria, on SATURDAY, the 26th March, 1916, at 11.30 o'clock in the fore- noon, for the purpose of receiving & Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for the year ending 31st December, 1915, and electing a Consulting Committee and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- pany will be CLOSED froin MONDAY, the 20th March, to SATURDAY, the 26th March, 1916, both days inclusive.
SHEVER, TOMES & Co,
General Managers. Hongkong, 11th March, 1910.
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HONGKONG IOE COMPANY, LTD.
THIRTY-FIFTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MELTING OF SHARE- HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the General Managers at 11.20 A.M. Ún Statement of the Company's Accounts to 31st December, 1915, and the Report of the General MenageTS,
Conditions and Description of 'largets will { ♬ NENDERS are invited for the Supply of TUESDAY, the 28th instant, to receive A
bo issued.
Lotters on this matter have been addressed to Commanding Officers.
F. C. JENKIN, Deputy Supt. of Police (R),
Princo's Buildings.
Hongkong, 18th March, 1916.
PAINTERS AND SCRAPERS for painting, H. M. Ships, &c., laying coating and rapid a Ships on and painting cork &c., and coating Torpedo Boats and Lighters,
to H. M. Naval Yard
Form of Tender can be obtained at the Chief Constructor's Office, H. M. Naval Yard, Hongkong, and should be filled in and returned as indicated in Tender Form not
C. D. J. BELL, Chief Constructor. Hongkong, 18th March, 1916.
THE LUZON SUGAR REFINING CO, later than Noor MONDAY, 27th March, 1916,
LIMITED,
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Nan EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING of the above-named. Company will be held at the Office of the General Agents Messrs. JARDINE, MATHE BON & CO., LTD., Hongkong, or FRI- DAY, the 31st day of March, 1010, 11.35 o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering and if thought fit passing as Extraordinary Resolutions the resolutions following, namely:-
(1.)-That it is desirable, to re-construct the Company, and accordingly that the Company be wound up volun- tarily and that Arthur Rylands Lowe, of Victoria, in the Colony, of Hongkong, Chartered Accountant, be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purpose of such winding up and that Article 124 of the Company's Articles of Associa tion be cancelled accordingly, (2).-The Messts Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., the General Agents of this Company, be authorised and request ed to procure the incorporation in the Philippine Islands of a new Company to be called the Malabon Sugar Company (of which Mossra, Smith, Bell & Co., Ltd., shall be appointed by agreement General Managers) with Articles of Incor- poration and Bye-laws in such form the General' Agents aḥail approve (3.)-That the draft Agreement sub-
G.
NOTICE,
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The TRANSFER EOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 14th to the 28th instant, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 8th March, 1916.
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HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
HE FORTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS wil
IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that SEALED No held at the Offices of the Undersigned at
NOON on TUESDAY, the 28th instant,
in Duplicate, which should be clearly marked "TENDER FOR LEASE OF OLD LAND OFFICE BUILDING, will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until Nook of MONDAY, the 3rd April, 1018, for the LEASE of the Two-Storied Building formerly occupied by the Land Office, adjoining the Old Supreme Court, from 1st May, 1018, to 31st December, 1918, subject to certain conditions which can be ascertained at the Office of the Director of Public Werks.
Each Tender must be accompanied by a recpipt to the effect that the Tenderer has deposited in the Colonial Treasury a sum of Five Hundred Dollars (8500) as a pledge of the bond fider of his offer, which sum shall be forfeited to the if the Tenderer refuses to carry out his Tender and caraply with the above-mentioned conditions, should the Tender be accepted.
Form of Teader and further particular can be obtained from the Office of the Director of Public Works.
The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any Tender.
W. CHATHAM, Director of Public Works.
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Public Works Office,
Hongkong, 16th March, 1816.
NOTICE,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 14th to the 28th instant, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.
General Managers, HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Hongkong, 2nd March, 1918, £378
OIPINA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE.
THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE- HOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the Offices of the General Agents, Pedder's Street, on WEDNESDAY, the 29th March, at 11.30 AJE, for the purpose of receiving the Report and Statement of Accounts, for the year ending 31st December, 1915.
E
THE PREMIER SCOTCH OF THE FAR EAST
FOR 25 YEARS.
WATSONS Scotch Whisky
VERY COLD LIKKIEWI
RITABLISHED
MAINTAINED ·
POPULARITY
BY ITB
EXCELLENT QUALITY,
NOT BY EXPENSIVE
WORLD-WIDE ADTERTISING.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company A.
will be CLOSED from the 14th to the 20th March, both days inclusive.
JARDINE MATHESON & Co., LTD, General Agents. Hongkong, 2nd March, 1916.
NOTICE.
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THE THIRTY-FOURTH ORDINARY
mitbed to this meeting marked "A" and expressed to be made between this Company and its Liquidator of the one part and the Malabon Suger Company of the other part be und the same is hereby approved and the matter of a Deed of Assignment for LUZON SUGAR REFINING CO., LTD
the benefit of Creditore, executed on the that the said Liquidator be and he
14th day of Oct., 1913, by A. B. MOULDER is hereby authorised pursuant to trading under the style of A. B. MOULDER Section 185 of the Companies Ordi&Co, Hongkong. hance 1911 to enter into an Agree.
The Ureditors of the above-named A. B. ment with such new Company (when MOULDER who have not already sent in their incorporated) upon the terms of the Claims are requested, on or before the 7th said draft Agreement and to carry April, 1916, to send in their names and of their Debts any) modifications as he thinks or Claims to the
under the said Deed, or in default thereof expedient. (4.) That the said Liquidator be they will be excluded from the benefit of the
authorised to obtain advances from dividend proposed to be declared.
ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE- HOLDERS of the above Company will be held at the Office of the General Agents, Podder's Street, Hengkong, on FRIDAY, the. 31st March, 1916, at 11.30 Aat, for the purpose Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1915.
the same into effect with such (if addresses and the particqued, the Trustee of receiving the Report and Statement of
Mesers, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., of any moneys requisite upon such terms as he sees fit and to mako arrangements if he thinks fit for Messrs Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., to continue managing the affairs of the Company on such terms as he thinks fit until the undertaking of the Company is. handed over to the said - Malabon Sugar Company pursuant to any Agreement. entered into by virtue of Resolution No, 3.
Dated
તા.
3rd day of March, 1936.
E. A. M. WILLIAMS, Trustee under Deed of Assignment
for the Creditors of A. B. MOULDER & Co., New Government Building,
Hongkong.
HONGKONG CLUB.
NOTICE.
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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 18th to 31st March, 1810, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co, Lin,
General Agents. - Hongkong, 12th March, 1918. 1113
HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD
́OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
S. WATSON CO., LTD.,
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, HONGKONG,
+13
Hongkong Option: 101, Dm Vaus Boad, 0, LONDON OPxon: 181, Fzare STRAST, E.C.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, 18TH MARON, 1016
YUAN SHIH-KAI AND HIS CRITICS.
In the unsettled state of affairs of this the first year of Hung-hsien, it is interest ing to examine the views of Chinese stud ents as expressed in the English Press is Shanghai. It may be premised that the COLONIAL (Hongkong) REGISTER Chinese who write letters to English papers Should the above Resolutions be passed'HE THIRTIETH YEARLY GENERAL of the Company will be closed from TUES: would not naturally be of the class that
DAY, 21st March, 1916, to. WEDNESDAY, 18th April, 1016, both days INCLUSIVE By Order of the Board of Directors,
W. E. ROBERTS,
Secretary:
1407 Hongkong, 13th March, 1918.
by the required majority they will be sub- mitted for confirmation as Special Resolu- tions to a second Extraordinary General Mooting which will be subsequently
convened
Dated the 16th day of March, 1915.. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Lrp. General Agents.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES:
THE P. & O. 8. N. Co.'s Steamer
"MALTA."
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Arrived Hongkong on 17th March, 1916, FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the store-named vanel are hereby informed that teir goods being landed and placed AT THEIR VISK in the Hongkong and Kowloos Wurf and Gotown Company's Gedowns at Kowloon, where rach Consignment will be sorted one Mark by Mar and
are landey can be obtained is the Goo
This
s vessel brings on Cargɔ ---
From London, &a.. ex 5.6. "Khies." From Persian Gulf ex xe. B. I. S. N
and B. & P. S. N Co.'s SteamOBIA. Optional Goods will be landed here unter Instinations are given to the contrary withit 6 hours.
Goods not cleared within 9 days includins date of arrival will be subject to rent
No Fire Insuranes will be affected by mr may case whatever.
Damaged package must be left in the Go downs for examination by the Consignees, and the Company's Surveyors, Meare. GODDARI & DOUGLAF, at 10 cm MONDAYS THURSDAYA AU Claims must be presented
nd
within ton dave of the steamer's arzival hare after which date they onnot be recognised No Clams will be admed fter the Good has left the flodowns
Actin Supe Mengkong, 17th March 1916
"PAKE.
bendent
MEETING of the Members of the HONGKONG CLUB will be held in the Club House, on MONDAY, the 27th March, 1916, at 5.30 P.A. By Order,
E. DES VEUX,
Secretary. Hongkong, 10th March, 1916. 1400
HONGKONG CLUB.
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG ROPE MANU- FACTURING CO., LTD.
supports old institutions; they would almost invariably be drawn from the ranks of what is known as "Young China," ant their natural bias would be all in favour of the Republican form of government uven if they are not quite clear as to all that that implies. One of these correspon Idoats went so far as to applaud the action of the German Consul at Yunnanfu in
At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese
not resign his office, therefore, hy is unât for it! A third counsellor is more moder-interpreter employed by Mesars, Helme abe in his opinions; he does not absolve the & Haywood, solicitors, was charged with President from all responsibility for the conspiring to obtain $1,000 by falso pre- present state of affairs, but he finds the tonces. The alleged conspiracy is said to- true cause of the troubles in the lack of be connected with -n certain purchase of patriotism among the people and their property. The case was remanded, baif failure to interest themselves in the poli- being fixed at $5,000. ties of the land. His romedy is the founda-
An extraordinary general meeting of tha tion of a new league that will exercies powers greater than those of any Parlia Luzon Sugar Refining Co., Ltd,, will be ment, and will settle the title ander which held at the offices of the General Agents, the head of the administration shall rule. Mrs. Janline, Matheson & Co., Ltd., on Resolved to its elements, his proposition is Friday, March 31st, in order to consider, tho winding up of the present. Company. that another referendum should be taken
and its re-construction on a different basis. ca the subject of Monarchy or Republic. It is proposed to procuro the incorpors but that on this occasion the means of contion in the Philippine Islands of a new trolling the election should be in the kands of the anti-monarchists. Even assuming that bis schɛme were adopted, it is difficult to see how it would produce a lasting settle- ment. After his position had been decided by this new league, YUAN SHIE-KAI would stand exactly where he did four years age, and events would gradually work round to reproduce the present state of affairs, The one outstanding feature in the correspondence is the failure to suggest any permanent solution. The more violent critics cry out that YUAN SRI-KAI must
company to be called the Malabon Bugar Co. The draft of the agreement to be made between the Luzon Sugar Refining Co,
and the Malabon Sugar Company will be submitted to the meeting
"Soveral changes are being made in the time table of the Kowloon-Canton rail- way. From Monday, March 2011, the following trains will be cancelled-the train leaving Kowloon at 7.20 p.m; and arriving at Shum Chun at 8:16 p.m. daily, the train leaving Shum Chun at 9.00 p.m.
be thrust from office, but they cannot sug-and arriving at Kowloon at 9.52 p.m.
daily, and the train leaving Kowloon at 8.48 am, and arriving at Shum Chun at 9.33 .n. (Sundays only). On Saturdays only the train timed to leave Kowloon at 1.46 p.m.will leave at 1.25 p.m., stopping at all stations to Shuar Chun,
gest au alternative to his rule, The moderate writers demand simply that YUAN SHIT-KAi shall remain President, but these ignore the fact that the provinces have voted unanimously for the Monarchy. Even if they cast doubts on the reliability of this referendum, it proves, at least, that.
The recently completed Shanghai Raco all the powerful authorities in the land are on one side, so that events must always Club stables were to be formally opened. tend in the same direction. The whole dis and their new tenants placed in occupation on Saturday, but ole custom "interfored cussion seems, indeed, barren and futile; there is no visible rival to YUAN SHIN-KAI, says the Dolly Neues. The w and whether he is called Emperor of Pre grateful beasts, for whom these new man. sident will make little or no difference to sion-stables had been built at the cornen his power. If a genuine plebiscite could of Bubbling Well and Mohawk Roads, bo taken, and not a voto simply of the were led with much circumstance to the vested interests on the one hand nor of the door. Then they balked; they didn't ap- highly vocal student class on the other, we prove. So a decoy was brought, an old are sure the vast majority would say,. retainer too blind or too blasé to bother "Give us a settled and efficient govern where his bone, rested. But no, the charm ment, and you can call it Republic or wouldn't work, and the evil demons of Monarchy or anything else you like.pony-spiritdom still hold stall and anger, Nine out of ten of the population care nothing at all for the question of nomencla ture, but they know that these crises and disorders paralyse trade, devastate the countryside and add to the already oppres. sive burden of taxation, It is in this connection that the postponement of the inauguration of the Monarchy is such a hopeful sign for the future of the land, as showing a
determination that whatever changes have to be made shall be proceeded with so cautioudy as to reduse, to a minimum the unsettling effects.
Mails for Europe vid Biberis close today at 11 am, and at 5 pm.
The P. & O. homeward mail steamer Khyber, with the Hongkong mail of the 11th February last. orrized at Marseilles ou the 15th inst.
We are asked to state that the Rev. Fr.. Jayme R. Martins (of Macao) will preach the Sertion of the Cross in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hongkong, on Sunday evening, after the soleman pr. cession round the Cathedral compound.
Prince Koudscheff, who succeeds M Kroupensky as Russian Minister in Peking. is at present Chief of the Chancellery of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army. He was also formerly First Scoretary of the Russian Legation at Tokio and spent a few months in Peking.
German residents in Shanghai were drinking champagne on Friday night to the
The concert committee of the Catholic Women's Lengue, ask us to state that owing to a misprint, not discovered in time, aby of the unreserved sents tickets (81) for the War Charities Concert to be held in the 22nd inst. were sent out with: Thursday instead of Wednesday printed on then. The concert programmes will bo sold for whatever people are prepared to pay for them. The following are contri buting to the two outertainments, which, are to be held at 5 p. and at 9 p.m. Mrs. Hyndman, Mrs. Maitland, Mrs. F. X. Ribeiro, the Misses Gordon, Miss Elfrida Osmand. Mlle. Thomas, the Misses Esther and Bertha Xavier. Pro- Feasor E. Danenberg. Mr. E Goulart d'Aquino and the Orchestra of the Socie- dade Philharmonica.
ALLEGED FORGERY BY CIVIL SERVANT,
At the Magistracy yesterday the case was resumed in which a Chinese clerk employed at the offices of the Eduention Department is charged on several counts with forgery.
The Hon. Captain-Superintendent of Police prosecuted and Mr. W. E. L Shenton defended.
A Chinese schoolmaster of Sayingpun. School said the signature on the pay-sheet produced was not bis, and he did not receive the sum mentioned (820). The witness later caused some surprise by affirming that u cheque which, apparently. endorsed by himself, and that he had pre- sented it at the bank,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an entering into official relations with the capture of Vaux or Daunumont, or both was supposed to have been forged, was T DRAWING OF 85 DEBENTURES THE TWENTY-NINTH HALF-YEARLY NOT
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL rebels there, for, argued this extremist, it it matters not which Any excuse, even so MEETING of THE HONGKONG ROPE really the Monarchists and YUAN BHIN- fallacious a ore as this, for drinking (1896 issue) of the HONGKONG CLUB,
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.. Payable on FRIDAY, the 31st March, 1916, will be held at St. George's Building, Chater A who are revolutionaries, while these champagne is good, unles, of course it was will be held in the Club House at 11 o'clock Road, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong. called rebels are strictly loyalists, and German champagne, says the NC. Daily AM, on FRIDAY, the 24th March, 1916.
are the true representatives of the Republic News. Bearers of Debentures are invited to attendu BATURDAY the 25th day of March, 1916, at 11.45 o'clock in the forenoon, when the Drawing,
the Sulyjoined Extraordinary Resolution will of China that was recognized by the be proposed -
By Order,
-E. DES VIEUX,
Secretary.
700 Hongkong, 10th March, 1916.
A
ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
COMPETITION will be held over the FAN LING Course commencing en 1st April for a prize kindly presented by H.E, the Governor. CONDITIONS. Match play under handicap. Limited to handicaps of 12
and over.
Entrance fee 50 cents per round, the proceeds to go to the War Charities Com- mitteo.
Intonding competitors are requested to sign their names on the boards at Happy Valley or Fan Ling or to send same in writ ing to the undersigned, c/o Messrs. Bradley &Co., Ltd., not later than the 25th inst.
STY HILLS Acting Hou, Secretary.
· [414: Hongkong, March 14th, 1916,
Sergt. Murphy suggested that the Court should treat him as a hostile witness.. but Mr. Shenton said that the fact that this was endorsed by witness was the
That the Articles of Association of the Power two or three years ago. Another Mr. James Holloway, long well-known in whole of his case. Whatever there might
the commercial life of Singapore. died in.
cheques.____
Comp
any be altered in manner following extremist argues that the only way to (a) after the word "Company" in the
18th line of Article 110 the following secure peace for China is for YUAN SEIF-London la month after a long and series be in regard to the other charges, there A to resign, on the ground that he has itness. Formerly connected with Patar was nothing in the charges concerning tho words shall ho added:
"The General Managers may also not been able to ces which way the wind son, Binong & Co., Mr. Holloway in more with the consent of the Consulting was blowing." This phrase in itself is recent years engaged in business on his "Committon pay such bonus or
own account and latterly in partnership "bonuses as the General Managers an apt illustration of the writer's grasp with his son-in-law, Mr. Newall. He was
planned just over fifty years of age,
"shall think At?
(b) That the words "Bonus or Bonuses of the essentials of the situation. It is shall be inserted immediately after the never the politician who trims his sails to wordd "Dividend in the 18th line of Article 110.
*** every shift of the breeze who brings a (c) That the words and bonuses" shall be nation through a crisis, but the statesman inserted immediately after the word who will defy obloquy so long as he is sure
Dividend" in the first line of Article
The same 116
of the rightness of his aims. writer, adduces proots of Vran Sain-KAI's
Should the above Resolution be passed by the requisite majority, it will be submitted for confirmation as a Special Resolution to a unfitxess for his post. If YUAN SHIH- further Extraordinary General Meeting KAI will not resign in the interests of which will be subsequently convened. Dated shis 11th day of March, 1916
peace and for the benefit of the people. SHEWAN, TOMES-&-Co... then he simply further proves his unsuit-
General Managers.
ability for the position "because he will
£400
A musketry contest for the Regular and Auxiliary Naval, Military and Police Forces of the Colony has been arranged. A team and championship shoot will take place on Easter Monday, April 124th when the teams will comprise three representa tives from each branch of each Service, The shooting will be at ranges of 100, 200, $00 and 600 yards. Tiffin will be provided on the range
The charge regarding this particular. cheque being withdrawn, the Magistrate called another Chinese master, uained Hon Tu-Pa and asked him whether the signa ture, purporting to be kia, on the back of a cheque produced was in fact his, and witness affirmed that it was not,
Mr. E. A. Irving (Director of Educa tion) stated that the defendant was a general clerk in his office. It was his duty to prepare the pay-shcata Defendant brought in cheques for witness to sign, and took them out again. Defendant hed charge of the cheque-book. The case was adjourned,