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THE HONGKONG DAILY FREES, THURSDAY, MARCH 23RD, 1918,
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THEATRE
ROYAL.
FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY.
MR. MAURICE D. BANDMAN PRESENTS
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NEW INSURANCE POINT. RESTRAINT OF KINGS, PRINCES AND PEOPLE.
In the House of Lords, before Larl Lore- burn, Lords Atkinson, Shaw, Parmoor, and Wirenbury the law lords recently gave judgment dismissing the appeal again an order of the Court of Appeal brought by the British and Foreiga Marine Insurance Company (Limited); the respondents being Messrs, Samuel Sanday & Co.
AUSTRALIA AND ENEMY SHAREHOLDERS.
COMMONWEALTH'S ACTION="
It was stated recently by the Prime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth, Mr. Hughes, that companies in Australia had been given three months in which to
oliminate their enemy shareholders, The statutory rules made on Jan. 20, under the War Precautions Act, which pre- scribe the regulations under which this process of "lumination is to be con ducted, are as follow. It will be seen that the rules deal particularly with share held in companies incorporated in-Australia by naturalised persons of enemy origin:
Statutory Rules, 1916, No. 13, made on Jan. 29. 1016, under the War Precautions Act, require; jungen
AUSTRIA'S GOLD RESERVES.
POSSIBLY IN VAULTS OF THE
BERLIN REICHSBANK.
It is a most remarkable fact that Aus- tria-Hungary, alone in this among the major belligerents, has published no state ment whatsoever on the subject of her metallic currency since the last week in July, 1914, on the ove of her declaration of war on Serbia. At that date the Aus tro-Hungarian State Bauk boasted gold reserves totalling roughly £50,000,000 Why, then, it may be asked, the absoluts silence maintained by the financial autho rities of the Dual Monarchy evor nincs?.
The reason is probably not unconnected with the somewhat startling increase during that same period of the gold reserves in the German Reichsbank, from roughly £30,000,000 in £190,000,000 or by about 60 per cent, and this despite heavy payments for noutral imports especially in the earlier months of the war, In fact, the opinion 1. All naturalised persons of enemy is strongly hold an outral banking as well origin, unless exempted by the Attorney-as diplomatic circles that, to allow of an General, and all entry subjects are re-impressive window-dressing by the Berlin quired to transfer to the Public Trustee, Reichsbank. Germany has assumed control before April 16 nest, shares held by them of Austria-Hungary's cash reserves in vary
The question was of very groat import- ance, and so far á concerns previous re ported decisions, an entirely norel one, Put summarily, it was whether British mer, chants who had insured with British under writers against the usual perils of a marine policy (including Restraint of Princes) upon a British ship for a voyage to n foreign port; could upon war brenging out between Great Britain and the sovereign. power of that foreign port, whereby the further prosecution of the insured yoga became by the common law illegal, give notics of abandonment of the goods to the underwriters and groover or for a construe tive total loss of the goods by Restraint of Princes though the goods oined unha ed and in the actual possession of the
2. A Public Trusteg is to be appointed When the war commenced the St. Andrew were on a voyage to Hemburg, the first to had shares for twelve months after te laden with wheat and the cond with end of the war or to sell then, at the re- linsel shipped by the respondents and inquest of the transferor or by direction of sured by them with the appellant, under the Attorney-General.
авацтой.
INTIMATIONS
8% MILITARY LOAN. REDEMPTION OF BONDS DRAWN AT SECOND DRAWING.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the NOTIC
Publio that at the Second Drawing for Repayment of the Eight Per Cont Military Loan Bonds hold on February 20th, 1918, $1,100,000 worth of Bonds have been drawn, which amount constitutes one-fifth of the Bonds recognised by this Ministry,
Numbers of Drawn Bonds will soon be published in the Government Gazette and other nowspaper Repayment of Ponds in Singapore, Batavia and the Philippine Islands will be made by the Branch Offices of the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA
tox at these places. In Culu, repaymenta will be made by the CHUNGHWA GUILD; in Yokohama by the CHINESE CONSULATE- GENERAL; in Kinagai by the KIANGSI BANK; in Fakien by the BANK OF CHINA; in Peking by the BANK OF CHINA. Besides the above cases, Repayments of Drawn Bonds will generally be unde by the BANK OF CHINA, Bords when presented Shanghai. Drawn must be accompanied by all remaining
in companies incorporated in Australia. much the same inshion as she has mobilised coupons, as all suck Bonds are not entitled for her own benefit the Hapsburg military to any further interest after the payment of the Eighth Coupon. If all remaining coupons having been excellently served inst spring when the Russian invasion of Galicia and presented together with tho Drawn Bonds, Hungary threatened to reach both Buda then the total amount represented by these pest and Vienna, and is known to have Coupons shall be deducted from the principal led to the removal from both these capitals to be repaid. Drawn Ronds must be presented
of Second Drawing, after which period of five- years such Bonds shall become null and void of large stocks of gold and State valuables for repayment within five years from the date List of Numbers of, 8 per cent, Military Bonds Drawn at the Second Drawing held on February 20th, 1916: :::
NUMBERS OF $1000 BONDS:
78
and the Orthia, both of the British ships, y the Government and is to have authority reserves; her purpose in both directionseinuing with the ninth coupon) are not
shares
HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS,
CORPS ORDERS BY LT.-COL. A CHAPMAN, V.D.
a policy containing the usual clause as to 3. The proceeds of the sale of the shares loss by Restraint of Kings, Friness, and are to be paid by the Public Trustee to the People, at and from a port on the River transferor, unless the Attorney-General-to Germany, Plate to Hamburg. On learning that war otherwise directs; dividend on had been declared between Great Britain transferred to the Public Trustee or hell. and Germany, whereby the taking of there by enemy subjects are to be paid to the goodly had become illegal, the master desist. Public Trustee, and dividends on the shares ed from the voyages, and the cargo owners of naturalised persong are to be paid so, warehoused their merchandise at Liverpool if the Attorney General requires.
4. Applications from and Glasgow where the ships had desper
to be exempted from these regulations re tively arrived in safety.
quire to be made in writing to the At- torney General accompanied by a statutory decoration giving fall particulars of tho name and address, of place and date of birth, parentage and secupation of the ap-
They gavo notice or abandonment, the undarwchers refusing to accept the notico, The action was tried before Mr. Justice Bailhache, as a commercial cause, and the ebipowners recovered under the policies
naturalised persons
THE BANDMAN OPERA & COMEDY CO..900 no for a constructive total love of plicant, and setting out a list of the names
March 30th and 31st-To-NIGHT'S
April 1st:
April 3rd:
April 4th and 5th -
NIGHT." THE
* "CINEMA STAR,"
GRUMPY." "BETTY."
STAYED WHO THE TOWN," AND PERLMUTTER.”
GIBL." PRICES:-$3.50, 93, 82 & $1. Booking Now Open at S. MOUTRIE & Co. Hongkong, 23rd March, 1916.
April 6th and 7th THE HAN April 8th:- THE WHIRL OF April 10th:-" POTASH April 11th and 12th-THE ONLY
TO LET.
FURNISHED HOU Garden
with
Living
Apply
SECRETARY, CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 90, Bonham Road,
₤435 Hongkong, 21st March, 1916,
TO LET.
TO.4, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,
First Floor.
No. 5, ROBINSON ROAD, "STONE BENGE DWELLING HOUSES contain ing Fire Rooms and Outhouses.
Apply to
DAVID SASSOON & Co., Inw
[415 Hongkong, 15th March, 1916.
TO LET.
NO.1, TOGO TERRACE, Kennedy Road.
LI FUK TBAU,
Apply
Care of Messrs. WILKINSON & GRIST,
9, Queen's Road Central Hongkong, lai March, 1916.
TO LET.
... [358
TEWLY BUILT FLATS, în SAIFEE
NTERRACE
Nathan Road,
TO LET.
AT
HOME."
[336
Central (above the Robinzon Piano Co.),
the goods by Restraint of Princes, though of companies in which he holds shares, the the goods amined unharmed and in the number and value (estimated) of the shares. actual possession of the assured. The and the grounds upon which the applica Court of Appeal by a majority (the Lordtion is based. Chief Justice and Mr. Justice BrayLord Justice Swinfon Endy disserting) upheld Tho the judgment of the trial judge, underwaters appealed,
5. The Attorney-General has absolute discretion to deal with the applications as he thinks fit,
6. As to calls on shares transferred, the Ear Lorebura said that two questions
The regulations provide that the Public Trustes. had been argued before the House. first was whether the old rule still prevail may, at the request of the tranterer, and ed, that upon an insurance on goods, sub-if directed by the Attorney-General shat! stantially in the words of these policies, pay calls out of the funds supplied by the the frustration of the adventure by an in- transferor or out of the proceeds of the sale sured peril was a loss recoverable against of some of his shares. underwriters, though the goods were not lost on the voyage, but ware safe in their owners' warehouses. The second question was whether, under the circumstances, there was here a loss by Restraint of Kings, Princes, and People, which was one of the peril insured against in these policies,
MUSKETBY.
1.-Refereres, Corps Order No. 2, dated. 21st March, 1916, the following will fire Part II, on Saturday 25th in- stant: Pte, E. Nowhouse (Left Section M G. Co.) Ptes. 0, 0. Boyd, D. G. Cheesman, H. L Deanys, A. L. Gace, F. R. Smyth, F. A Redmond, R. A. Brand. D. C. Bondel, P. Burn, G. R. Haywood, T. C. Nizon, and W. M, Reeves (Scouts Co.) The following will fire on Sunday, 26th inst at 9:30 am-Sappers C. W. Brown W. Brown, A. Smith, A. Ramsay, J. Johnstone, C. Strafford. R. Wallacey B Musso. F. Garois, and D). J. Marshal (Engineer Co.)... <
LEAVE. 2-Pte. W. Robson is granted leave of absence froin 22nd March, 1916, to 2nd April, 1916, 19
FIELD OPERATIONS; 26TH INSTANT,
3-Tho Right, Centre and Left Sections.
M. G, Co, Scouts Co, and Civil Service Co. will parade as follows;— Hongkong residenti on Cricket
Ground at 9 am,
Kowloon residents at old Forry
Wharf at 8.15 8.m. -Kowloon Dock residents at the Docks
7. After the date of the regulations any enemy subject and any naturalised person of enemy origin to whom exemption has been refurod, who sells or otherwise disposes of his shares to any person other than the Public Trustee, and any person who buys shares from any enemy subject, or any such offence against the Act and the sale or transfer shall be void, at 96,
8. "Naturalised person of enemy origin". means a person who, having been a subject of a country with which the United King- dom is now at war, austuralised British subpoct by virtue of is certificate of naturalisation issued in any part of the British Dominions to himself, father or mother, or in the case of a warried wo- man, to her husband, and includes the wife of any such naturalised personnes
9. The regulations apply to the London Register of Australian Companies equally
splendid set of OFFICE ROOMS on the First Floor of No. 10, Des Voeux Road
merely from the fact that by the declara-naturalised person, shall be guilty of an comprising Three Large and Two Small Rooms tion of the King on August 4th a number with Oathouses and Bervante Quarters. The of things previously lawful became unlaw- Premises are being thoroughly repaired and ful. Sana po renovated. Centrally located in the vicinity of the Banks and Shipping Offoes. Bent moderstood
Apply
MOW FUNG & Co, 10, De Voux Road Central. Hongkong, 18th February, 1916. [202
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DAVENSHILL EAST, Park Road,
RAVEN Rooms, 3 Bath Rooms, Bervants Quarter, &o. Vacant lat November,
Apply
DEACON, LOOKER DEACON & HÄRSTON. Hongkong, 19th October, 1915. (00
TO LIT
HOUSE in Kantaford
Terrace,
Aloon
APIE HONGKONG
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT, & AGENCY Co., LTD.
[37 Hongkong, 24th October, 1915.
TO LET
BIMILAR FLATS in Jordan Road, Kowloon OFFICES at 3, Connaught Bond,
Rents very moderate-
Electric Light and Gas installed.
Apply to
KAYAMALLY & Co., 5, D'Aguilar Street.
[366 Hongkong, 1st March, 1916.
TO LET AT THE PEAK. URNISHED, No. 3, Mountain View.
Apply
OFFICES in Klag's Buildings. OFFICES la Des Voeux Road Central, HOUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS Conduit Road.
NEW HOUSES in Broadwood Terrnos, HOUSES wi the Pink.
No 1, MORETON-TERRACE, Causeway
The conclusion he came to was that the clause insuring these goods insured their safe arrival at Hamburg, and the destruc tion of that adventure was directly eased by the King's declaration. It was, there fore, a loss within the clause which avured these goods at and from loss gainst Hestraint by Kings, Princes, or Propte The order of the Court of Appeal must be affirmed, and this appeal diarised.
The other law lords read judgments the same effect. The appeal was acording ly dismissed, with costs.
SHIPPING NOTES.
THE N.Y.K, FUSHIMI MARU?? The N.YK. Fushimi Mare met with elight mishap en January 2nd, the day sho left London on her voyage to Colombo vid the Cape. At Gravesend the ship touched * raft, which, unfortunately, disabled her propeller blades. This caused a delay of two days, and the Fushimi Alaru eventually got away on the 24th The cargo of the ressel was not affected in the least,
SHIPPING LICENSES.
An Order in Council provides that from March 1st no British steamship registered in the United Kingdom exceeding 500 tons gross tonnage, except steamships engaged in the consting trade of the United King dom, shall proceed on any voyage, unless License to do so has been granted to or Nos. 1, 2 and 7, WEST END TERRACE in favour of the owner or charterer of such CANTON,
steamship by the Licensing Committee ap- pointed by the President of the Board of Apply
Trade_
at "Wanohar
H. E POLLOCK,
Princes Buildings £333
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST||
MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD, Hongkong, 4th November 1915, 32
Kongkong, 26th February, 1916,
TO LET. FFICES, 5. Duddell Street, now in occupation of Messra. Entecker & Ca
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.
NOTICE.
WARFARE OF TO-DAY.
CHANGED CONDITIONS.
A BUSSIAN VIEW.
In the Novoye Vremya, the well-known Russian publicist, Michael Menshikoff, thus contrasts conditions of war as they were and is they are 1-
After the past year-and-a-half of war it has become quite obvious that the present struggle, in its character, is quite different from those of the past Victory will belong to the side which is quickest in understanding this and in methods which were effective then but would be dangerous now.
renouacing
"In olden days, wars were decided by armies marches, euvres, gen- oral battler victories and, first and foremost, by the valour of heroes who preferred death to defeat Nowadays, these elements have certainly changed Tastead of ariales we now have coun tring in arm, the nature of which GERMAN MENACE IN CHINA, different from that of well trained and dis. Sciplined armies. Instead of marches nuc The Imperial Merchant Service Guild strategio manœuvres, it has been found have issued a statement that members of more expedient to sit face to face in the Guild commanding and officering Bri- trenches behind wire entanglements In tish merchant steamers on the cones of stead of general battles we have exterminat. China, de well as their representative, ia ing fire from both sides, and poisonous Instead of victory thero is a NOTIFIED that SEALED the Far East, have forwarded from time gues IT IS HEREBY NOWte which hold to time reports regarding the dangers of sechanical sweeping away of the exony be clearly marked TENDER FOR LEASE Germans engaged in business there. The instead of military genius and heroism, OF OLD LAND OFFICE BUILDING," Guild have also taken up the question of oftener than anything nice calculations, and
the engineering art. NO.11, GAGE STREET, immediate possus-will be received at the Colonial Secretary's the powers exercised by German officials Office until Noor of MONDAY, the 3rd April, coployed in the Chinese Maritime Customs 1916, for the LEASE of the Two-Storled Department in boarding British ships and The Authorities in Huilding formerly occupied by the Land making inquiries, Office, adjoining the Old Supreme Court, Great Britain have been devoting careful from 1st May, 1918, to 31st December, 1918, attention to these matters. subject to certain conditions which can be Ascertained at the Office of the Director of Public Works of
Tender
Hongkong, 17th February, 1918.
TO LET.
[205
J. VINCENT BRAGA,'
Apply to
Toye Kisen Kaisha, Hongkong, 16th November, 1915, [100 TO LET,
must be accompanied by a
EASY DIVORCE IN HIGH ASIA.
"Gentus and heroism are also importaut but they are not the deciding factors, Instead of gesius, the flight of which is restrained to the uttermoet by the mechani cal system of wax, talent is quite sufficient and some mes even simple but sane, medio- crities adequately fit the roles of the engineers and stokers of battle, Such, in Pinzon, are the famous Field-Marshali Heroism is, of course, also needed now, of our enemy. Hindenburg end Mackensen as it is in poses time. (Do we not often die, or witness the deaths of our dear ones?)
English Baths and Kitchen Ranges, Hot refuses to carry out his Tender and Shouldnost, the status of the women was decidedly heroism. To the honour of mankind, it has
Water and Water Carriage System & few with the above-mentioned conditions,
Each WO BOOMED FLATS in Natiun Bond,
Kowloon
receipt to the effect that the Tenderer has Ja the course of a paper entitled Seven THREE-ECOMED FLATS in Humphrey's deposited in the Colonial Treasury a sum of Months in High-Asia, read before the Cen- Five Hundred Dollars (8500) as a pledge of ra Asian Society, Miss Ella Sykes said Baldiart, Kowloo
FOUR BOOMED FLATS in May Road, the bond fides of his offer, which sum shall be that in Kashgar, inhabited by a wild rao with every modern convenience, including forfeited to the Crown if the Tenderer of peasant cultivators and shopkeepers who e must admit, however, that this war bas comply appeared content with the ruc of the Chi- disclosed something new in the sphere of Plate spacially designed to nocommodate three the Tender bo nocepted her particular superior to that of their Persian become clear that military heroism is no
Divorce was extremely common all a rare gifts on the contrary 14 ssang anybody could be divered for the small widely spres among the nations. We have sun of 4d.and was carmed to such lengths to less than our enemies, and they, again. that quit, young girls had been married no less than we It bas also become quite several times. The custom of temporary ceas that heroism very largely depends on mariage among traders was much in vogue, outward circumstances, and chiefly in one's There were plenty of shrines reputed to faith in two things in one's weapons and
in one's leaders. eure hema maIndijos:
Bioliators at reasonable rentals. Immsədin tə ponsesion
FOUR-ECOMED HOUSES in Gordon
Terrace and Salisbury Avenue, Kowloca
Apply kom
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FIKANCE
Co., Ire Alexandra Bullings Hongkong, 28th December, Leaf,
1277
of
and
Form can be obtained from Director of Public Works Office of the The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or any Tender.
WACHATHAM, Director of Public Works. Public Works Office
Hongkong, 18th March, 1916. [420
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4233 4250 4363 4204
4324 41317 4320
4326 10478 1050011701 1170511760 11786 11868 11901 11022 11948 1216512191 12548 12574 1260212028 12764 12790 12845
12979 12871 12963
13464 13488 15014 13538 13289 13833 13064 13688.. 13898 13690.
NUMBERS OF $100 BONDS :-
63
1434 1941383
1476 1527 1544 1553. .1803 1695 1760 1780
·2008 1976
2153 2123
2247 2277 2300 2339 6562 6502 0997 7027 7059 7089 7099 7682 8531 8535 DCOX 9209 11138 11351 11450 11070 11994 12100 12315 12421 13001 13170: 13385 13491 13532 13562 13750 $13780 10428 16534 18230 18260 18282 18392 18385 18500 18568 18638 19182 19288 20145 20251 21643 21749 21857 21983- 22499 22603 92820-22926 23248 23354 31854 -31960 39059 39165 30880 39593- 39701 39807,
NUMBERS OF 810 BONDS:
12331 1992 8833. 9599 9973-10500 10823 10744 11843 11984 19026 12147 12331 1830112514 12574 12041 13001 13134 13184 13368 1349815190-16550 Dress, Arms, etc. Khaki drill jacket
1501515075: 14039 14099 14303 14053 and shorts,helmets, patties black-
15381 15441 18501-18732 10164 19174, boots (Scouts Co., brown boots), belt,
10258 19307 19491 18103 19501 19501 two pouches (small), bayonet, rifle,
47885 48281 49025 49404 51685 62001 pull through haversack and water.
56105 B2925 53204 54345 64721
55484 bottle. Field glasses to be carried by
6990463845 04224 04005 63526
64994. alt ranks in possession of enjac.
68104 69545 69924 60965 67264.69023 Note-Scouts Co, will parade at 8.4567203 A47211 A17301 447847 A30434 450475
a.to, in front of the Cricket pavilion: to be photographed.
PARADES
4-Parades for to-day."
7:00 am and 5.30 p.m. Members of Signalling Section and other Signal- lers, as detailed in Signalling Boo tion order dated 8th December, 1916 -Morss Bing and Morse lamp prae- tica at Headquarters. 5.16 p.m. No 4 Section Scouts Co. (all members)Machine Gun instruc tion at Headquarters, A 5.15 p.m. Recruits of all waits Squad
drill and Rifle exercises at Head quarters nader S. M. Higby and one N.0.0. from Right Section M. G. Co.
DETAIL 5.--On duty to-night: Centro Section.
M. G. Co Orderly Officer: Lieut. C. Smith. Next for duty: HK.V.R
450601 A50017 A50077 450700 A51201 -A51235
451454 A51571 A52031 82089 A62499 A62880 A83263 463644 464409 A65172 A65535 168930.
NUMBERS OF 85 BONDS: 1526 2581 18326 16500 68101 63140
€7693 65400 66309 66838
69478 70005. 7706271589 74758 75285 7634276869 78454 76981 79510-80037 84262 84760. 9165492181 92710 83237 95879 06405 97462 97989 99574 100101 100818 110147 181270 161790 102860 183919 164450 164079 226161 298101 526901 226029 249239 240298 249329 249368 219470 240508 249560 · 249398. 249779 249808. 9869. 249898 240080 250018 260049 250078 250319 250348 250739 250768 930799 250828 250079 251008 251069 251098 251189 251218 251747 251774 251803 251830 261887 251942 351971 251998;
G. E. BTEWART. Capt., ASAHI
Adjutant, H. K.V.C.
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE
PARADES. Thursday, March 23rd. Whole of No 4 Company, Recruits of Ambulance and of all other Companies, 5.20 p.m. Chief Inspector Mason and Staff-Inspector Mackenzie will attend, h
Friday March 24th-Route March. · All ranks and Units fall an at Volunteer Headquarters, 5.30 p.m. Uniform with Helmets.
For
DEFAULTZEA
permitting his naiform to be worn by a non-member of the Police Reserve a Po has been awarded 12 hours' Cells duty as Central
PROMOTIONS.
The Hon. C.B.P has approved of the pro- motion of the following to the rank of Inspector Crown Sergeant-Silva Netto. Crown Sergeant-Us How Far
DE TRAMCARS,
Trooper P. W Godring s transferred
from Mounted Patrols to No. 2 Pla toon, No. 1 Company
MUSESTRE, LANGE E AND F ONLY
9 am-No. 8 Company. Sunday, March 26th-Leave Blake Pier:
11.30 am-No. 3 Company.
2.30 p.m.-No. 1 Company (3rd and
4th Platoons),
*JOINED
No. 4 Company-Chang Hong She, Chan Ping Shan, Chan Siu Haag, Fung Yick Ching, Leung Shiu Mau, Ma Teun Shan Mok Hing Sum, Yung Kwai Sang, Yoen Kam Chi. Ambulance Company-Kwok Shing Kin
Wong Ying.
T. C. JENKIN,
D.S.P; (B).
DAI NIPPON BREWERY
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OBTAINABLE EVERYWHEEE
SOLE AGENTS
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