SEW ADVERTISEMENTS
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
TODAY (WEDNESDAY), at 4,30 Par
ILA NISBET NG SZE KWONG, emi-Final Championship.
Hongkong, 12th April, 1916.
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BUYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
THE
THE POSTPONED LADIES DAY and presentation of Prizes will take place at the Club House, North Point, on SATUR DAY next, April 15th, on which occasion the Commodore and Members of the Club will be 'AT HOME" to their Friends from 3 to 6 F.3. The presence of the Ladies is specially requested.
T. A. LOUGHLIN,
Hon. Sootary, Hongkong, 19th April, 1916
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THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,
THE FORTY SEVENTH MEETING of will be held at the Company's Office, SHAREHOLDERS in the Company
No. 3, Queen's Road Central, Victoria, on THURSDAY, 17th April, 1916, at 12 o'clock Noos, for the purpose of receiving a State
INTIMATIONS
THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF. OLUB
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17TH, 1816,
HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the above Club will be held in the Club House, Happy Valley, on MONDAY, the 17th April, 1910, at 6.30 P.M., for the following purposes
To receive the Report and Accents for the year ending 31st December, 191B.
To elect the Officers and Committee for To transact any other business
By order
1016.
T. W. HILL, 'Acting Hon. Erotary, Hongkong, 7th April, 1910. [025
OBINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD,
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NEXTRAORDINARY GENERAL TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that an MEETING of the CHINA TRADERS be held at the Head Office of the Company, INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, will No. 4, Connaught Road, Victor in the Colony of Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the 18th day of April, 1916, at 12.30 P for the and, if thought, fit,
Directors for the year ending 31st December, owing Resolution, that is to say:
of Accounts and the Report of the purpose of consordinary Relation the
1915.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 14th to the 27th April, both days inclusivo.
.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
C. PEMBERTON,
Secretury. Hongkong, 11th April, 1916.
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COMPANIES ORDINANCES, 1911-3915.
HR attention of Companies Registered
£12
That the name to of the Company be changed to Banish Tradres'];
S'INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED
ahore Resolution bepassed by Should the the o requisite majority, i it will be sumitted for confirmation as a Special Resolution to a Second Extraordinary General Meeting which will be subsequently convejeri.
Dated this Seventh day of Apr 1016. By Order of the Board.
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
General Manager, Hongkong, 7th April, 1928.
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41% RUSSIAN INTERNAL SHORT TERMED LOAN OF 100
for Rbls. 2,000,000,000.
under the Hongkong Companies Ordinances is called to their obligations thereunder, and in particular to the require- menta ns to filing annual return and other docaments A Company has recently paidUBSCRIPTION to the above LOAN 8500 to the Hongkong Government as a penalty for neglecting to file returns of allotments within the prescribed time. Any Company disregarding its obligations will be dealt with according to law.
HUGH A. NISBET, Registrar of Companies. Hongkong, 12th April, 1916.
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WAR DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS.
QUEALED 'TENDERS will be received at
SE
the Headquarters Offices Victoria Barracks, until Noox ou THURSDAY, the 20th day of April, 1916, for the Supply of FUEL for a period of three mouths from 1st
May, 1910.
Forms and other particulars may Even obtained personally between the hours of 10A-Xand 1 pat or by letter to the D.A.D. of S. and T., Victoria Barracks, Ilongkong.
Hongkong, 11th April, 1016 (547
CANADIAN
OCEAN
PACIFIC SERVICES.
LTD. (PACIFIC SERVICE).
THE Schip
*EMPRESS OF ASIA'
will be despatched from Hongkong at Noon on
WEDNESDAY,
19TH APRIL.
he Opened from 28th March 15th May inclusively.
The Price of issue is 95%,
The Loan is entirely free of licome Tax and of other taxatione.
The Loan is redeemable at par on Tat February 1920, Russian style, without option for the Tussian Government to convert it at an rlier ciato.
Coupons are payable half-yearly on the 1st February and 1st August Russian style. As Interest on the above loan runs fem 1st/14th February
the interest accrued on date of subscription must be taken into considera- tion and is to be added to the prey of issue. The Russo-ABIATIC BANK in Hongkong is ready to accept applications for the above- named Loan.
Special favourable rates will quoted for Russian exchange.
Payment may also be merle in Roubles, Applications will be wired to Petrograd free of telegraphic charges and conmission.
40%
only of the cost of the Bonds may be paid on application, the balance to be paid
Da receipt of the Boads.
..
The Bank is also ready to give every facility to subscribers in the shape of advances against the scrips.
G. TISBALL, Manager, Russo-ASTATIC BANK. Hougkong, 30th March, 1916. 1490
THE 6% INTERNAL LOAN OF THE 4
YEAR OF THE CHINESE REPUBLIC (1915).
[THE TUBLIC ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
Tchat site Second Payment of The 6% Internal Loan of the 4th Year of the Chinese Republic (1915) will fall due on the 12th of April of this year. The detailed regulations governing the payment of interest of the said Loan have been published in the Government Gastle. Pamphlets containing these regula. establishments
PUBLIC COMPANIES
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS..
NOT FORTY THIRD
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ORDINARY
INTIMATION
YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be. WATSON'S damage done to the railways and to the
bold at its Hoad Office, No. 4 Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the 18th April 1810, at Noos, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statements of Account to 31st December, like, and of declaring Dividends,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society: will be CLOSED from 8th April to 18th April, 1918, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE, General Manager. Hongkong, 7th April, 1918.
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OHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
NFIFTIETH ORDINARY YEARLY 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Office, No. 4, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the 18th April, 1916, at 12.15 P.M., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1915, and of declaring Dividendis, de...
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company April, bath days inclusive. will be CLOSED from 8th April to 18th.
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE, General Manager. Hongkong, 7th April, 1918,
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HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY, LIMITED.
LOST.
RANSFER RECEIPT Nod. 1817 issued
TRANS
to Mr. Lau Lu Chuno for Transfers of 760 Shares in this Company into his name, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless having been Mislaid, Lost, or Destroyed, the said Receipt is produced at this Office within 30 days froni the date hereof, the Certificates for the said Shares will be delivered to the said Mr. Lao IU CHUNG, and the Transfer Rercipt will thereafter he held. by the Company as null and void. For the HONGKONG TRAMWAY Co., LTD.,
W. E. ROBERTS,
Secretary, Hongkong, 24th March, 1916.
OLD
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UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED,
NOTICE. Certificate No. 2059 for 20Shares, 8100 paid up numbered 321 3935 and 9476/9480 Certificate No. 2860 for 20 Shares, $100 paid up
Certificate No. 2961 for 20Shares, $100 paid up, numbered 8016/0025 and 9718/9755.
numbered 6381/6360.
Certificate No. 2062 for 20Shares, 8100 paid up,
numbered 6381/6400.
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BROWN
astonishing coordination effected between the various arms and the various sectors, tho General added: "But what struck me most was, without doubt, the choice of emplacements and the dispositions of your batteries. I clossly observed the numerous
BRANDY guns abundantly supplied with ammuni-
THE
PEG O' MY HEARTA
S. WATSON CO.. LTD.,
MACAO NOTES.
FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]
·MACAO, April 10th,
mander-in-Chief of the Allied Foress, declared that to attack them the enemy would require more than six hundred thou- sand men supported by very powerful artillery. It will however, be no easy
- STILL WAITING. task to bring up heavy guns owing to the It seems that the sensation which was caused here and in Hongkong and Canton command which the Allies have of the only by the news of the arrests at Shanghai by available road. Even in the event of these the Portuguese Consul of Mr. Constancio do Silvs and others is dying down, No obstacles being overcome, there remains the difficulty of finding suitable artillery doubt among the hundreds who have taken part in the meetings of protest many are positions within effective range of our lizos, After expressing surpring at the enormous waiting the fulfilment of the proalamation amoung of work that has been done in persion of the declaration of the Portuguese
made by President Braga on the ooda fecting the defences and admiration of the Republic on the 7th October, 1910, in which he said: "This must be the beginning of an epoch of anstere morality and in maculate justico." Several weeks have passed and goon Mr. Silva will have served his sentenge, yet the Home Govern ment has not yet replied to the cable addressed to it. This is our us8] CK lion, without prejudice to your snormous munition depots in the rear. In such con
perience, though the Colony has always ditions I am no longer astonished that your boem loyal to the Mother Country, re- enemies do not attack you. You have mitting to it financial contributions and left for them to take as emplacement for helping those in distress. At the present Alteries but few points which can with moment about two hundred of the in any tase be linked up." That the attack-habitants are daily performing military service. These things seem to be overlooked." ing farce would suffer probably more
in Lisbon, severely than ang trẻops have yet suffered in th's war is evident to anyone, soya Mr. G: WARD PRICE, who stands on the hills along which our gun emplacements lie and looks down first at the tiers of trenchas that stretch like an amphitheatre along the face of the slope, then at the ever-widening | road? network of barbed wire below, and finally out across the swarupy seven-miles-wids plain across which the attackers would have to come. "They would be in the same eituation as
we were in front of Achi Baba," said a General who had been for dine months on the Gallipoli Peninsula In addition to these considerations, which
•hould be sufficient to make the enemy
&esitate to venture upon an undertaking which promises no return commensurate with the cost, there is the risk, of forcing Grocce to enter the struggle on the side of the Allies. She has already announced that WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. she will not tolerate the vilation of her
HONGKONG.
TELEPHONE 610.
IS
The Daily Press
Certificate No. 2003 for 20 Shores, 8100 paid up,HONGLONG OFFICE: 10, Dm Vœux ROAD, 0.
numbered 6401/8420 standing in the Register in the name of Lornos Onion: 181, Tram Staun, E.C. GEO. RICHARDSON & COMPANY, LTD., having been declared LOST. Notice is hereby given that unless the said Certificates are produced to the Society on or before the 3rd July, 1916, NEW CERTIFICATES for the said shares will be issued and the old Certificates will thereafter be held by the Society as null and void.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
C. MONTAGUE EDE General Manager, Hongkong, 3rd April, 1918..
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HONGKONG AND CHINA 018 · CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE.
regrets that owing to the
HONGKONG, 19TH Á‡Z 6, 1916,
torritory by Bulgarian traces, and without their aid Germany and Austria are not likely to attempt any forward movement As Greece hitherto bas placed self-interest before everything else we may expect her on this occasion to keep her word,
MISCELLANEOUS ITRÉS; Outside the city we now have good roach, straight and broad, but the Estrade. do Adolpho Loureiro is an exception, Now that the P.W.D. has plenty ground at its diaposh): why dos, it not straighten this
The tree-culting where the electric lights and telephone; wires pass is a regrettable: set of vandalis
The recent promotions in the Volunteer Corps have caused souse disantisfaction, though it should be obvious that every member cannot be given rauk; there must be some men left to carry out the com minds
The necesuries of life, such as firewood, coal, kerosene, etc., are getting derer day by day, as no bonts are coming into the harbour with supplies.
WEST RIVER COLLISION.
EVIDENCE BY THE PILOT:
The hearing was resumed me the Supreme- Court yesterday before the Chief Justice (Sir Wm Ree Davies) and Commander C. W. Beckwith, neutical assessor, of the action between, the Shiu Hing. Steamship
A mail for Europe vid Siberia closes Company, and the Standard Oil Company of New York, in which the former claim to-day at 3 p.m..
$100,000 for damages alleged to have been caused as the result of a collision between their vessel, the Shin On, and the Standard" Oil lighter Auth. The latter are counter claiming for damages to be assigsed -
The namual meeting of shareholders of the China Fire Insaranes Co., Ltd., is: advertised to be bold on the 27th inst
The postponed "Ladies' Day" and presentation of prizes in connection with, the Royal Hongkong Yocht Club is an- nounced to take place on Saturday...
of the
Replying to Mr. Polter, the No. 2 pilot caused surprise by remarking that sizco the collision ba had not been engaged by any other Company, but he had received
THE BALKAN CAMPAIGN.
SINCE the withdrawal of the Franco- British Balkan Force from Berbis in the
Lieut-Colonel (temp. Brigadier) Marra-his salary regularly. S early part of December no nowe of import Llo and Major Ogg, both ange has been received from this theatro K.O.Y.L.I.'s, were mentioned in the long of war. The invaders seem to have been list of French honours recently bestowed.
The Hon Treasurer of the Alice
for VANCOUVER via Usunt Parts of C. tions may he obtained on application, to the THE COASED COST of MATERIALS content to rest on their laurels and the
Passengera and Bagents must be on Board interest authorised for thepayment of it is compelled to make the following Altera Allies to stand on the defensive. We may Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals acknow-
not later than 10 o'clock Morning of Sailing.
For Passage Faros, Freight Hales, etc,, please
apply to→
J. H. WALLACE,
Gental Agent
Hongkong, 12th April, 1016.
NOTICE OF · REMOVAL,
1849
WE HAVE This Day REMOVED our Offices to 2nd Floor, QUIEN'S BUILD INGS, Chater Road (premises lately occupied by Messrs. Bradley & Co., Ltd.).
UNION TRADING CO. Hongkong, 8th April, 1910.
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NOTICE.
IN THE MATTER of the Estate of the late JOHN EDWARD GRESSON, deceased.
LI CREDITORS and others having Claims against the Estate of the above deceased are requested to send them in to me, the Undersigned, on or before the first day of June, 1918.
B. D. F. BEITH, Attorney for the Administratrix, Care of JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., In
Hongkong Hongkong, 10th April, 1916,
NOTICE.
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THE
THE remainder of the passengers baggage from the **CHIYO MARU has been safely landed on Tam Kan Island, Owing to the very heavy seas, this baggage connot as present bo brought to Hongkong, but same will be landed here as noon sa weather conditions permit
Passengers who have not yet received
are
their baggage an. Lendly requested to her KALRA regarding with mig baggage
furnishing the following particular:--
Description of baggage. Number of packages. Cabin Number. Forwarding Destination (I desired).
K. DOI, Acking Agent. Tas-Long. April 5th 10:0 [sts
1.
following is the ammary of
the regulations:
Payment of interest commence on 12th - of April, 1916. Interest:-
2. Organs in China authorit to pay
-All Magistrates' Yanes b.The Head and Branch Offices of the Bank of China and of the Bank of
Communications.
e-The reliable agents of the above
mentioned two Banks
3. Organs in foreign countries authorised
to pay interest
All Chinese Legation, Chinese
tions in its terms of business
The Price of Gas for all purposes will be raised to 82.50 per 1,000 cubic feet as from the 1st April. and Heating Apparatus will be continued, but Hire of Cockera, Geysers and other Cooking the Cost of Labour and Materials used in fixing these goods will bo charged to consumers. Lighting Fittings will also be charged to the The Labour and Materials used in fixing
customer.
GEORGE CURRY,
Local Secretary. Hongkong, 31st March, 1918. ---
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the cabled advice from
be ause, however, that the period of appar-ledges with thank a donation of $300 to ens inactivity has been fully employed by the funds of the hospitals from the
of hostilities, and that these have only both sides in preparation for the renewal Colonist Government,
been delayed by the formidable nature, of dance could be attempted with any pro- the obstacles to be overcome before an
spect of success. In a recent despatch Mr.
For sixteen months you have been receiv
giving #10 a month for doing nothing 7- Yes, they were keeping me for the new boat; and my salary is 360 a month
Mr. Potter-Oh, I am sorry-(laughter) but the Captain told us your salary was $40 is mouth-Yes, but the Captain knows nothing at all about it. (Laughter.)
Mr. Sharp remarked that the plaintiff's solicitor had advised that the men should
Acesterday by Mr. be retained if possible,
Singapore
W. J. Carroll, share broker, the following rubber seccles were quoted:-Ayer
G. WARD PRICE, the war correspondent, Moleks, £2.50 sales; Jeram Kuantans, $1.70 pointed ont that if the Allied army was to sales; Kodas: $3.05 sales; Kempas, $ Consulates, and all Daces of the MT. AUSTIN THEATRE, THE PEAK me the offensive it must have further saks, Malakoffs, $4.75 sud $4.50 sales; Mandai Tekongs 30-80 sales; and Pajamas, 219 sales (all Straits currency).
Chinese Resident Commissioners. b-Branch Offices of the Bank of
Communications.
#I
foreign
towns where no such branches exist, foreign banks anauthorised
to pay interest
All Chinese Chamber of Com
Guilds and Public Organs nised by Chinese
In Aid of tho VETERANS' CLUB.
CHILDREN'S PLAY "HUMPTY DUMPTY”.
for ME "THE GREEDY KNAVE" NDER the Patrounge of H.E. 8m HENRY MAY, KOMO, HE. Major-General VESTESS, Rear Admiral ANSTEUTHER, CMG
4. Method of claiming intent. When claiming interest, the bondialder must cut down the matured coupons and present theni at any da mentioned organs. The aid organs after examining the coupons will them
THURSDAY, 18TH APRIL,
MATINEE AT 5.15 P.M.
reinforcements, more mountain artillery, and a transport system suitable to a moun- tainous and roailless country. These requirements, he added, were being sup plied. The enemy have the advantage of holding such means of communication as there are, and the ground over which the Allies would have to advance is as difficult ag any that could be found, The report is, therefore, to be welcomed that a Bul-
FOOCHOW
PORTUGUESE IN
AND THE SHANGHAI INCIDENT.
[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]
Foocrow, April 4th, Even in an out-of-the-way place such
Mr. Potter-And in this case it has cost them over 8900. My opinion is that he was paid $40 a month to pilet the old
ship through the present difficulty.
A pilot on board the Hoi Ming, another
West River boat, who, at the time of the oollision was a pilot on board the Shun Lee, spoke to seeing a launch in the vicinity of the wreck, of the of lighter carrying two white vertical, or towing, Lights. The Launch was at a standstil and was laying off the wreck. He did not know whether this was the Comet or now,
Replying to a question by the Chief Justice, Mr. Foster said that the wreck was towed from the sandbank by the
interest and keep the coupons as Tickets 8 and 81. Children Half-Price garo-German offensive in Macedonia isas Foochow the Portuguese community, Camet, out of the way of passing steamers,
:
pay $10,000 bonds must not eat down the coupons
themselves, as the said bonds, must be examined first by the
organs
paid. But the holder of 81,000 bonds or
The matured coupons can be wind as cash in payment of land tax. The interest of the coupons is expressed in term of "big dollar....... and if it is required to be converted into taels or copper cash, then the rate of change for different districts will be fixed nad posted in conspicuous places by the various Financial Bureaux concerned.
The cancelled coupons (No. 1) of each bond must be cut down at the time when the coupons No. 8 18 presenter for payment he cash or in payment of land tax and to be handed over for cancelation topther with
SATURDAY, 15TH APRN,
EVENING PERFORMANCE AT 8.15 P.ML.
Tickets: 83.
obtainable).
WANTED.
as they thought,
Mr. Sharp-It was towed to the oppo
don to speak with regard to that.
The hearing was adjourned.
imminent, Presumably this course has though few in number, are not without been dictated solely by political considera- their sense of fair-play and justice. No Gallery Lounge Tickets 33 (Betrealimentations, Harried on the Russian front, sconer had the news reached this port from Tickets at 8. MOUTELE & Co. Seats will thwarted in Mesopotamia, and unable to Shanghai of the imprisonment of 10 cfsite side to the directions given:
Mr Potter-We say the was towed out not be reserved.
break the French resistance at Verdun their compatriots without any right of de
of the way of passing vessels. Bongkong, 3rd Aprü, 1916.
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ufter seven weeks of desperate effort, the fence than a meeting was called at the
Mr. Sharp-We have Captain Lowing- Central European Powers are compelled to Sociedade Macaense, at which it was decid- turn elsewhere in quest of some success to ed to despatch a telegram to Lisbon protest MAN capable of taking entire charge of dangle before the eyes of the impatienting against Consul Barjena de Freitas A FURNISHING DEPARTMENTAL our House in TIENTSIN, he must have masses, and Macedonia has been selected high-handed action and asking for his thorough knowledge of the test haves for lack of any alternative. The people Branch, estimating, designing, overerer of of Germany, however, seem likely to It was further decided to protest against Factory, etc. A permanent berth with agree drive but cold comfort from this direct on Apply with full particulars of experience The fortifications of Suioniks have been
MR. VINE,
rendered so formidable that General Manager,
WORCHOPOULOUS, Commander of the Third ME2885. HALL & HOLTZ, LTD,
Shanghai.
Grock Army Corps, who inspected them in company with General BARRAIL, the Com
coupon No. 3 The Public are requested to ment to suitable man. read the detailed regulations governing the payment of interest, which are obtainable. in first instance to- attany of the authorised organs above mentionel.
By Order,
THE DURU OF SATIONAL LOANS
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dietsiaal
A Chinese woman living in Gough street engaged a chair to convey her to her resid- the promulgation by the Consul of his re-enco and a box she had was placed on the rear shafts. After she had gone a Ittie solution, as a violation of the liberty of the distance she missed the box and the cophes subject and contrary to the Constitutional stated that a man in a white jacket whom law of the Republic of Portugal,
they thought was her friend, came up and took the box sway. Its contents comprised A petition is now being drawn up to be money sothing and jewellery valued et sent to the Home Government
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