SEY ADVERTISEMENTS
HONGKONG CRICKET - CLUB. -
TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
HA ANDICAP SINGLE A (FINAL) & set match, S. E. GREEN (Ove 30). CAPT. MILNER JONES (Rec. 15-1), at 4.45 P.3, on Centre Court.
Hongkong, 18th April, 1916. .
TO LET
586
HOUSE Seven Living
Rooms, ato, with Garden,
Apply-
NICE
SECRETARY,
CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 99, Bonham Road,
[581
TO LET AT KOWLOON.
TICE AIRY FLAT, suitable Married Couple. Beautiful View of Harbour. Toznis Tawa Moderate Rent.
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Box No, 18, Cara of "Daily Press Offon.. (682
BANK HOLIDAYS."
“N nccordance with Ordinance No. 5 of
1912 the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the transaction of Public Business on FRIDAY, SATURDAY and MONDAY, the 21st, 22nd and 24th instant.
Hongkong, 17th April, 1018.
583
INTIMATIONS
HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD.
NORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD., will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD, Pedder Street, Hong kong, on WEDNESDAY, the 19th day of April, 1916, at 12 o'clock Noon, to tranenct the ordinary business of the Company.
By Order of the Board.
W. E. ROBERTS, Secretary Hongkong, 1st March, 1918.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
1603
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
THE
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 18TH. 1916.
of
THE 'HALF-YEARLY MEETING
Members will be held on SATURDAY, the 20th April, 1918, at 12 o'clock Noos, at the Offices of the JockBY CLUB. on the Ground Floor of the HONGKONG CLUB ANNEXE, Chater Road.
By Order,
T. F. HOUGH,
Clerk of the Conres, Hongkong, 15th April, 1918
[589
·CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE THIRTY-FIFTH ORDINARY "MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned on WEDNESDAY, che 3rd May, 1910, at Noon,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 19th April to the
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Lan,
General Agents. Hongkong, 14th April, 1916.,
KOWLOON-CANTON 3rd May, both days inclusive.
RAILWAY
ALTERATION OF TRAIN SERVICE.
[670
ON and from THURSDAY, 20th instant, THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE,
and until further Notice the following Alterations will be made in the present! Time-Table,
THROUGH TRAINS BETWEEN 'KOW. LOON AND CANTON AND
VICE VERSA. --
The Express Train timed to leave KowloON nt 7.08 A.M. will leave at 8.05 Am. and arrive
CANTON at 11:45 AM,
For the convenience of Golfers this Train will Stop at SUEUNG SHUI on request, for First Class Passengere only, on SUNDAYS and HOLIDAYS.
The Slow Through Train timed to leave KOWLOON at 11.25 A.. will leave at 9.30 A..
and arrive CANTON at 5.20 p..
The Express Train timed to leave Kowtoon nt 12.05 PM, will leave at 12.10 r. M. and arrive. CANTON at 3.50 P.M,
The Express Train timed to leave Kowloon at 9.50 .. will leave at 3.30 PM. and arrive CANTON at 7:15 PM.
The Express Train timed to leave Canton at 7.00 A.M. will leave at 725 A.M.. and arrive Kowlook at 11 A.M.
The Slow Through Train timed to leave CANTON at 830 AM will leave at 8.35 AM. and arrive KowLOON at 4.3 P.3.
The Express Train timed to leave CANTON at 12 Noon will leave at 12.30 PM, and arrivo KOWLOON ut 4 P.3.
N
LIMITED.
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NOTICH TO SHAREHOLDERS.
ERAL
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that 20 EXTRAORDINARY GEN- INSURANCE OFFICE, LIMITED, will MEETING of the CANTON be held at the Offions of Messrs, JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD., No. 16, Pedder Street Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the third day of May, 1916, at 12.15 o'clock in the afternoon, when the subjoined Resolutions will be proposed as Extraordinary Resolu-
(1)
tione, viz.
That the provisions of the Com pany's Memorandum of Associa tion with respect to its objects bo "altered so as to read as in the Print signed by the Chairman of "this Meeting for the purposes of "identification."
(2)—" That the Articles of Association " of the Company be altered in "manner following
"That the fellowing Article shall
"be substituted for Article 94, 04. The Members of the
Rent-
in of
"namely:
PUBLIC CUMPANIES UNION INSURANCE BOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
INTIMATION
WATSON'S
FINEST OLD
the FORTY-THIRD ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be held at its Head Office, No. 4 Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, TO-DAY (TUESDAY), the 18th April, 1918. at Noos, for the purpose of receiving
the Report of the Directors together with the Statements of Account BROWN to 31st December, 1915, and of declaring Dividends, &
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from 8th April to 15th
April, 1916, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE EDE General Manager. Hongkong, 7th April, 1916.
(533 CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTIETH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Office, No. 4 Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, TO-DAY (TUESDAY), the 19th April, 1916, at 12.15 PM for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1915, and of declaring Dividends, &e.
N
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 8th April to 19th April, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUE ÉDE General Manager. Hongkong, 7th April, 1918.
[532 CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE COMPANY. LTD.
No
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the CHINA TRADERS' be held at the Head Office of the Company, INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED, will
No. 4, Connaught Road, Victoria, in the the 18th day of April, 1918, at 12.30 P.M., Colony of Hongkong, TO-DAY (TUESDAY), for the purpose of considering, and, if thought fit, passing as an Extraordinary Resolution the following Resolution, that is to say:
"That the name of the Company be. changed to BRITISH THADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.""
the requisite majority, it will be submitted for Should the above Resolution be passed by confirmation Special Resolution to n
has been nearly overwhelmed. We believe
A man and a woman living at No. 4
that a certain number of deputies hapa Pedder's Hill wore discovered in semi-
conscious condition in their house, owing, it is believed, to eating poisonous fruit.
been appointed to prepare plans, bat, as the completion of these plans might mean the termination of their services, they are They were removed to hospital for treat-
At the aurual meeting of the Royal
not showing any great haste in their work meat,
it took one party three months to survey. one small lake. The necessity for dealing with the matter has not, however, been Hongkong Golf Club yesterday it was de overlooked. A few weeks ago Presiden.olded to increase the monthly subscription tin Mandate announced, "The development to $5. The report showed that during the of agriculture is assuredly dependent upon year 9 resident members joined the Club,
Pro- the membership now standing s :ollows: BRANDY a beneficial system of waterways.
vided the conservation of rivers to their Resident members, 468; Subscribora, 58; course, be maintained, not only will water | total, 528. for irrigation purposes be always avail ahle, but no bursting of banks and flooding of the country need be apprehended." In two years' time wo shall probably ses another Mamlate or Edict to the same effect, but in the interim one or two more important arens will have suffered either fran deluge or drought, while this constant rendering of lip-lomage to the desirabiliter
E
QUALITY.
Brown Brandy
STARTED
25 YEARS IN WOOD,
Second Extraordinary General Meeting A. S. WATSON which will be subsequently convened.
Dated this Seventh day of April, 1916, By Order of the Board,
C. MONTAGUR EDE, General Mariager. Hongkong, 7th April, 1918,
534
HE
THE CHINA TIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FORTY-SEVENTH MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Company's Office, No. 3. Queen's Road Central, Victoria, on
The Express Train timed to leave CANTON at 4.20 P.M. will leave at 3.20 r.m. and arrive Commitee, Committer skall be paid out of THURSDAY, 27th April, 1916, at 12 o'clock
Kowloon at 6.55 P.M.
For Alteration to Local Train Service and for further particulars see Time-Tables, which may be had on application at all Stations andi, at the Head Oflices, Kowloon and Cunton.
By Order,
By Ordor
H. I'. WINSLOW,
Manager,
British Section, Kowloon-Canton Railway,
THE ADMINISTRATION,
Chinese Section. Canton-Kowloon Railway. [584
Kowloon, 17th April, 1916.
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
WE E HAVE This Day REMOVED. our Offices to No. 14, De Veux Rozo CENTRAL, 2nd Floor (above Wiseman Cafe). AHMED HUSEIN & Co.. Hongkong, 13th April, 1916.
THIS
NOTICE.
WISEMAN, LTD...
(575
THIS Establishment will be CLOSED on
GOOD FRIDAY from 9.30 AM.
Bread will be on Sale from 630 A.M. till 9.30 A.M.,
and all standing bread orders will be delivered as usual. All orders for Hot Cross Buns will
be delivered on THURSDAY, · ·
To avoid disappointment order early.
D. M. GOODALL,
Manager.
Hongkong, 17th April, 1916.
.1670
BAX RUSSIAN INTERNAL SHORT TERMED LOAN OF 1916 for Rbla. 2,000,000,000.
UBSCRIPTION to the above LOÀN will be Opened from 28th March till 5th May pclusively.
The Price of issue is 95%.
The Loan is entirely free of Income Tax
the funds of the Company such 'remuneration as may be or have been determined at any time by any General Meeting of the Company until such re- 'muneration is altered by any "sabsequent General Meeting " of the Company, Such
" 'spm
shall be
divisible
'amongst the members of the "Commitee in such proportions ""as the Committee or a majority "thereof sho!!, determine." " Should the above Resolutions be "passed by the required majority they will be sub- mitted for confirmation as Special Resolu
tions to a Second Extraordinary Meeting which will be subsequently convened.
Prints of the Memorandum as proposed to be altered have been circulated to the Shareholders, and a Print thereof can be seen at the Registered Office of the Company,
Da'ed this 15th day of April, 1916.
JARDINE, MATİPESON & Co., Ltd. General Agents, THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LTD.
[571
NOTICE.
THE Undersigue having acquired the Firebridge Bar it will henceforth he known interest in the "Von Kiegen." Patent
as the “ECLIPSE” PATENT FIREBRIDGE BAR.
from:
AGENCY, LTD., Telephone 236. 2, Queen's Buildings.
Hongkong, 17th March, 1916,
R
PUBIJO AUCTION,
(419
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Noon, for the purpose of receiving a State- ment of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1015.
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,
Secretary. Hongkong, 11th April, 1816
[545 HONGK ONG TRAMWAY COMPANY, LIMITED.
LOST.
TRADE LAS IC CHUNG for Transfers of 700 Shares in this Company into his name, having been Mislaidd, Lost, or Destroyed, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless the said Receipt is produced at this Office within 30 days from the date hereof, the Certificates for the said Shares will be delivered to the said Mr. LA I CHUNG, and the Transfer Receipt will thereafter be held by the Company as null and void. For the HONGKONG TRAMWAY Co., LTD.,
W. E. ROBERTS,
Secretary. Hongkong, 24th March, 1916. [454 UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.
“İRANSFER RECEIPT Nod. 1217 issued
· NOTICE. CERTIFICATE No. 1985 two
CO., LTD.,
&
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
HONGKONG.
TELEPHONE 616.
MARRIAGE.
$19
His Excellency the Governor, Sir A. H Young, K.C.M.G., who had just arrived from Kuala Lumpur, and the General Officer Commanding, Brigadier Genaral Dudley H. Ridont, C.M.G.. went ahoard the P. and O. Negara to bid farewell and to offer their best wishes to Mr. W. G. St Clair, editor of The Singapore Free Press, who is retiring after many years' service
in the East.
of reform does not do want to ebook the irruption of floods or the ravages of famine. The problems of flood and famine There was an increase in the number of are closely linked, and any measure that small por cases notified during the past solves the one will. at the very least, werk. According to the weekly return of greatly mitigate the other. Of the two communicable diseases 27 cases of small- disasters, that of flood yields the more pos were notified of which no fewer than readily to human efforts and promises to 22 were fatal. The patients were one give the greater reward, while the steps British one Portuguese, and the remain- taken to combat the floods will necessarily der Chinese. There were also reported involve the distribution of the surplus wo Chinese cases of diplucheria (one fatal), water and so will lessen the risk of and one British case of enteric fever. fansine. Nor is it only economically that There was no case of pingue. benefit will accrue, though morely · from that point of view the advantages that would follow conservancy measures are sufficiently attractive,
In the Huai Basin there are hundreds of miles of country which are now so liable to periodic inundation that they support only, comparatively, a bandful of people in dire misery. but there is 30. reason why this area should not be made Is valunble as the Nile Valley. But far beyond that is the political profit that China would realize. Travellera exy that the inhabitants of the Huai Basin are, thanks to the desperate nature of their struggle for existence, absolute savages and that there is no part of China where in life is less safe. The pirates of the West River and the Canton Delts are too mutorious to pall for special comment, but oven in that case there can be no doubt that the inauguration of a conservanty
system throughout the maze of creeks and waterways would have a very desirable effect. It would remove a source of econo
A report was received by the police that some time between 10 am, and 7 p., on Sunday a thief entered the offices of Masses Benjamin & Potts, of Prince's Buildings, and stole four electric fans and two silk long coats, of the total value of $135.
Before the report was received," however, the police had arrested a whose burden of four electric fan, aroused. suspicion. This mon was brought before the Magistrato yesterday, when, at the request of Inspector Kent, the case was,
remanded.
The calender of the April Criminal Sessions, which open to-day, is an
irn.
usually heavy one. There are 14 indiet ments, comprising charge, of inatslaughter.. ministering poison with intent to causes against a Chinese motor driver ; ad- grievous bodily harm; uttering a forged cheque on the Russo-Asiatic Bank; alleged.. forgery by £ clerk employed by the. Education Department: kidnapping a 14-
LUKE-BORTON-On Saturday, 15th April,ic pressure which, both in the Hussars old child; throwing corrosive fluid;
nt St. John's Cathedral, Hongkong by the Rey, G. M. Tichborne, R.N., WILLIAM GUz, eldest son of W. BARNES LUKE, of St. Austell, Cornwall, to DOROTHY, eldest daughter of the Inte HENRY BOUTON, af Ramsgate, Ene- land;
1580
HONGKUNG OWtion: 10a, Dan VỚơY HOLD, C. London Orion: 181, Frame Struz, B.C.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, 18ra Arnız, 1918.
FLOOD AND FAMINE IN CHINA
EVERY year gres soing part or other of China mwaged by some scourge that could to a large extent be avoided. For want of elementary sanitary precautiong, China loses myriads of her citizens every year by plague or small-pox; fires by waste large areas in populous and wealthy cities because there
Basin and in the Canton Delta, breeds malefactors; it would eliminate many of the creeks and backwaters that are the lurking-places of the pirates; and it would facilitate navigation so that the pursuit of the pirates would be much more likely to be successful. It ucets only to be re marked that if the problem is to be twisted. local tinkering is but too likely
and"
publishing editions batter; Hongkong and Shanghai Bank forgery easi several cases of robbery with violence.
TYPHOON WARNINGS.
following telegrams have been received by the American Consulate. Ceneral, Hongkong, from the Manila
bservatory ;—
The
5.40 m., April 16th.
to reedy the evil in one place by accentu ating it in another. If any real mind permanent good is to be achieved, it will Vayas er northern Mindanao, direction
Cyelon or typhoon E. of the southern
10.15 a.m., April 17th. Typhoon in about 120 degrees Long, E and 19 degrees Lat, N., moving W.N.W. 515 p.m., Apr 17th. Typhoon in about 120 degrees long. East
be necessary to consider each catchment unknovu. basin as a whole and not, as the Chiness, bureaucracy inevitably would, make the district magistracy the unit, Rivers and floods do not respect political frontiers, and any attempt to des) with the task on the lines of political territorial divisions and 12 degrees Lat. North, moving North will be foredoomed to failure. The loen? West. bureaux of irrigation and drainage may be valuable as collectors of information, bat. to deal with the probleu properly a Central Board is desirable that would be
T Shores, F100 Paid for bewed unces to cope with are no proper apple able to evolve a concerted score for caco
are other hardy annuals that way be
No one will
Full particulars and prices for installations 6386/6887, standing in the Register in the THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL, Notice is hereby given that unless the looked for with certainty.
having been declared said Certificato is produced to the Society pretend that these evils could be wholly on or before the 13th July, 1916, A NEW warded off, but the experience of India CERTIFICATE for the said Shares will be issued and the old Certificate will thereafter and other enstera countries shows that be held by the Society as null and void. they could be largely mitigated and made
By Order of the Board of Directors,
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
much rarer in their appearance. The prob- General Manager, lea of so controlling the water supply as Hongkong, 13th April, 1916. (554
to secure a mean between the two extremes. FOR SALE
bas been successfully solved in Egypt and The Loan is redeemable at par on 1st to be TUESDAY, the 25th day of
also, to a large extent, in India; but.. NE SET VERTICAL MARINE February 1926, Russian style, without option to be held on 3 Fe, At the Offices of the ENGINES, with three cylinders, ad although China has been tinkering with it for the Russian Government to convert it at PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, by Order of 15 inches, 24 inches and 40 inches diameter, for centuries, she sons as for from a Coupons are payable half-yearly on the 1st Axe EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR, of One with Condenser and Pumps, complete. Also solution as ever. She proudly acclaims as February and 1st August, Russian style. As Lot of CROWN LAND above Kennedy Road, three bilge directing boxes, one reducing interest on
on the above lean runs from 1st/14th in the Colony of Hongkong, for term valve, two discharge valves, one set double one of the founders of the nation the hero the interest accrued on date of of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a safety valves, one steam distributing valve who discovered means for saving her from tion and is to be added to the price of issue. of HIS MAJESTY THE KING, for one further shaft, ose main injection valve, and one
The Russo-ASIATIC BANK in Hongkong is term of 75 years. ready to accept applications for the above. named Loan.
and of other taxations.
an earlier date.
PARTICULARS and CONDITIONS of
by Public Auction Sale,
bscription must be taken into considera. CROWN BRENT to be fixed by the Sarveyer chest with valves, one bulkhead flange for the universa deluge, and, since that day..!
Special favourable rates will be quoted for Russian exchange.
Payment may also be made in Roubles
Applications will be wired to Petrograd
free of telegraphic charges and commission.
only of the cost of the Bonds may be
40%
paid on application, the balance to be paid
on receipt of the Bonds.
The Bank is also ready to give every
facility to subscribers in the shape of
advances against the scrips.
G. TISDALL, Manager, RUSSO-ASIATIC Bank.
Hongkong, 30th March, 1916.
| PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
No, of Wales
Registry )
Behind the Fuldle
Lcondly.
Kennely Road,
Boonday
Menasrements. (Approximate.)
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fort entre lest
As
pet
∙aise plan. 28,000 124 2,714.
1490 Hongkong, 14th April 1918.
1564
spare condenser door, all having been formerly used in connection with the afore said engines. Built in 1904 and been in
pse only 14 montăm,
1,983 lb-Bell-Hardening Steel. 1,877 lbs-L. A. Turning Steel.
BES the Oval Chisel Steel, 2,896 Round Punching or Turning
Steel.
And One hundred Kilos Metal Packing. Open to Offers
For further particulars, Apply to GEO. P. LAMMEET,
4, Daddell Street,
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irrigation and drainage camila have been one of the features of her landscape None the less, one year Kiangpei is laïd waste by flood, the next year, perhaps. Kwangtung, and the next Chibli. It is now more than two years since the Govern
ment announced its intention to establish local and central bureaux of irrigation and drainage in order to promote the
drainage area.
MACAO NOTES,
[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT,]
MACAO, April 15th.
THE REVOLUTION AND ITS EFFECTS. Great uncasiness is prevailing in thự Chinese villages near our city. Cheong, A mail for Europe via Siberia closes who was the commander of the military to-morrow at 10.30 am.
force at China, was kled on his journey from Chiusan to Kiauchow for not joining the Republican party. His horse, also, was shot. Look is now the commander of the military fores, His A.D.C. and three, officers and 10 or 13 soldiers who were found to be disloyal to Lock's party were shot outside Chinsan's walls,
The Exchang: Banks will be closed on Good Friday, Saturday, and Easter Monday.
Various alterations in the train service on the Kowloon-Canton Railway are ad- vertised in this issue,
near the Porta do Cerco have been em
This morning Lappa village and the Owing to the indisposition of the Hon, Chinese military and Customs stations Mr. E.-H. Sharp, K.C., the Chief Justice, broiled. The revolutionary troops deliver action, did not sit yesterday who is hearing the West River collisioned an attack and volley after volley was fired between the opposing factions, with the result that there were many killed and wounded on both sides. The Chinese mili.
morning after the fighting. Lappa remains at Porta do Cerco were burnt down this tary guards' huts and the Custom station
in the hands of the loyalists, the independent troops having retired. Many wounded are in our city. From Lappa many strayed shots found their way to the houses facing city halong sa in the praya in the inner harbour of this
Chinese coolie employed on the water killed by falling from a truck which he, works at Tai Tam Tuk was accidentally
with another coolie, was driving down a Eteep incline.
The engagement is announced of Mr. Julien L. Piggott, A.D.C. to G.O.C. 4150 Divition, younger son of Sir Francis Pig gott, late Chief Justice of Hongkong, and
country's agricultural welfare, but so far Nancy, second daughter of Mr. Ernest Chinsan, Daily and hourly many refugees
wo have not seen any sign of active mea. sures being taken to put this intention into effect, and in the meantime Canton itself
Howard and step-daughter of Mrs. Ernest Howard, The White House, Heath End. Farnham,
Vong-cam, Tal and Sai Tin, Backi and any other important villages are unders going the same experieners es Lappa and are coming in, and soon we shall have to accommodation left.
The Canton bouts are arriving as crowd- d as ever.