"INTIMATIONS
FERD. BORNEMANN & CO.
(IN LIQUIDATION).
REDITORS are requested to send their Undersignes on or before the 30th June.. JOHN D. HUTCHISON & Co., Liquiclators.
Hongkong, 20th June, 1916.
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CARL BODIKER & CO.
(IN LIQUIDATION),
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HOUSES TO LET
TO LET..
GODOWN, No. 103, Prays Erst.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 22ND, 1916,
APPE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-
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REDITORS are requested to send their Claims against the above to the Undersigned on or before the 30th June.
JOHN D. HUTCHISON & Co, Liquidators.
Hongkong, 20th June, 1916.
NOTICE.
MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD.
(817
TO LET.
HOUSE, in Observatory Villas, Kowlocu.
Apply to--
ARRATOON V. APCAR ¿ÓâÁ 14, Dee Voux Rind
1811
1890
TO LET FURNISHED,
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REUTER, BROCKELMANN & Co
(IN LIQUIDATION).".
REDITORS are required to send in their Claims against the above to the Under- Migued, St. George's Building, Chater Road, on or before FRIDAY, the 30th June, 1918. SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.. Liquidators.
Hongkong, 1st June, 1916.
NOTICE.
WM METERINK & Co.
B. TIMCKE
1787
LL CREDITORS are requested to send in their Claims to the Undersigned on
or before 30th June, 1910,
ALEX ROSS & Co... 4, Des Vaux Road, Liquidators.
Hongkong, 31st May, 1910.
WANTED.
LADY
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TYMIST and
INTIMATION
CIGARS
connoisseur knows that a good Cigar in bad condition is no better than an indifferent Cigar in good
condition.
It is therefore of the utmost DDENLEIGH." 3, Bower Read, for or importance that Cigars should be
3 months from end of July.. Apply to
MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE, THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD.
* [803
TO LET.
"DOCKLANDS," No. 7, Robinson Road,
August, 116, or earlier. Apply-
E
M. J. D. STEPHENS,
18, Bank Buiklings.
TO LET.
1800
TAUROPEAN OFFICES. from 1st July,
Des Voeux Road Central,
Apply to-
kept in a specially prepared place which will aid them to mature, and
We understand that the election of a to serve on the. Justice of the Peaco Licensing Board for three years is ren-
award. At first sight these safeguards appear to be adequate, but if we look a little beneath the surface wo shall see that they are more apparent than real.dered necessary by the expiration of the In cases of bankruptcy. it is customary term of office of Mr. A. Shelton Hooper, a landlord when a lease is disclaimed who has been nominated for re-election to receive payment in full up to the date The Shanghai Fire Brigade colebrated of the disclaimer, and thenceforward to its jubilce on the 17th inst. There was n procession of all the members, with equip rank with other creditors upon sub mitting proof of damage sustained at re-ment; a' display by old members; and an gular intervals until either the term of up-to-date fire drill by the younger mom- the lease expires or the estate is wound hers, followed in the evening by a torch up. It would be difficult to conceive a light procession. more equitable method of adjusting con- flicting interests. Under the proposed new Ordinance, however, it will, presum ably, be necessary for a property owner to arrive at an estimate of his probable
loss, though how he is to do so with any approach to accuracy unless he be prophet or the son of a prophet "wo du. not know. The only safe course will be for him to enter a clain for the full un- expired term of the lease. If that be admitted and the possibility is very remote an undue burden may be cast upon the debtor's estate to the prejudice
at the same time protect them from the damaging effects of a humid atmosphere such as prevails in this
of the other ereditors unless the conti- Colony during the Summer Months.tion be attached that any surplus must be refunded. The delay thus involved, We have recently constructed a however, world apparently defeat the On the other Large Drying Room for Cigars object of the measure.
hand, if the claim be disallowed-and-
comprising the First Floor of No. 20 which ensures to Customers buying that seems to be the more probabile coutur
ALEX, ROSS & Co. [796
TO LET FURNISHED.
STENOGRAPHER Seeks engagemont. No. 180, THE PEAK, from midla July to
HOMPETENT
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middle October, For particolara spply--
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WANTED.
MOREION ASSISTANT for Book Office
of Local Shipping Company. Previous
experiente essential.
For particulars apply to
"BOOK OFFICE,"
Care of "Daily Fress" Office.
No. 9. Care of "Daily Prass" Office, [780
TO LET. TURNISHED ROOMS, with or without
Board. Every convenience.
“BOARD," Care of Daily Press" Office. 1773
Apply
Hongkong, 10th Jun, 1916.
(785
WANTED.
Apply to
TO LET
FFICES on 1st Floor, Queen's Road
NOR Singapore, CHINESE CLERK with Oral, at present; in the occupation of
OR
a gond knowledge of Chinese Characters thorough knowledge of English essential; would be required mainly for translation work.
"A. B. C. Apply
Care of "Daily Press " Ofice. Hongkong, 29th May, 1916..
The China Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
CHINA FIRE INSURANCE Co., LTD.
Q.
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FFICES in Princes' Building. Apply to--
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., Liquidators, REUTER, BROCKELMANS & C
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in First Class
us Cigars from us
Condition.
Brand for brand our Cigars, besides being the Cheapest in the Market (as a reference to our Price List will show), are the best.
We keep a varied assortment of Brands of the following Factories always in Stock --
some more or less unsatisfactory com promise will have to be arranged, and
property-owners may find themselves suffering in pocket for the ultimats bene
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THE KIDNAPPING. CASE. RESTIVE WITNESS' REPLIES TO COUNSEL.
The principal witness for the pro secution in the important case at the Criminal Sessions in which Chinese school-mistress is charged with kidnap- ping three small hoys became somewhat inpatient at defending counsel's pro- langed questioning at yesterday's hear- ing, and in consequence there were some
interesting passinges,
Witness, who described himself as the The telegraphic information received helmsanan of the boat on which the boys were conveyed from Macao to their place. to the effect that the P. & O. s.8. Nagoya, which left Shanghai on the morning of of captivity, affirnied that he was forced the 13th inst, has arrived in Hongkong to do what he did in this matter by the on due date, gives the lie (says the M.-C. people who were in charge of the boys. Daily News), to the peculiar "Bunder "They held firearms at his head. circulated at first that she had met withi a serious mishap on the trip, and later that she had sunk in the Formosa Chan- nel during a typhoon.
HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL.
HON. MR HOLYOAK AND GERMAN TRADE MARKS.
A meeting of the above is to be held at the Council Chamber this afternoon.
The Han. Mr. P. H. Holyoak will
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(1.)-Wil the Government state whe ther the registration in Hongkong of any German trade niarks has been renew- ed since this outbreak of war?
(2)Assuming that the registration of any such trade marks lias been runte
Mr. Jenkin-Where are these men now Wittess: They have all gone. away, some to the East and some to the West. (Laughter.)
Yes, and I suppose you would go
too if you had a chance?What opportunity do I want?
I suppose when this case is over you will have gone to the West, too! I have no reason to fly either to the West, or the East,
Did these men pay you for doing this?: What, nouey: (in affected surprise). Why; they forced me to do this!
You know they were doing wrong in taking three small boys out to sew on your bont to their village 1-Whether they were committing an offence against the law or not, a defenceless man could not do anything, especially when firearms are placed at his head.
fit of the Germans. In the circumstancesed, will the Government state what firus have been granted renewals and whether it will not be surprising if the measure instructions will now be given for the
This is the first time you have mention- when cancellation of any such renewals? strong opposition,
(3.)--Will the Government give instruc-ed fireanus, you know 7-No, I said all encounters it comes before the Legislative Cout cations that all German trade mark along that I had firearms pointed at me.
lor consideration.
A “HONGKONG HUT IN FRANCE.
To furnish and equip a large V.M.C.A. hut in France.
· £600
LA CONSTANCIA.
LA COMMERCIAL, AQUILA DEL MUNDO. COMPANIA GENERAL. LA INSULAR.
£575-
£550-
£625
£500-
[82%
A. S. WATSON
LTD.,
£475
£450-
To furnish and equip
Finneo.
&
anall Y.M.C.A. hat
in
CO., CIGAR MERCHANTS,
£400-
£370-
RONGBONG
£350-
TELEPHONE 816.
0325
£300
BIRTH.
£275-4
691.
ARIES. On June 14th, at Hsu Chou Fu, Kiangsu the wife of RONALD B.
SIES, of a soni-
£250-
£225
HONGKONG OFF: 104) Das Værk Road, C. LONDON OPTION: 191, FLEET STRYNT, E.C
·£200-
Park
Home
£175-
£150-
DEACON, LOOKER DEACON & HARSTON.
HONGKONG, 2ND JUNE, 1918
£125
(00
·£100-
A DEBATABLE MEASURE."
TO LET
-TO-LET.
PUBLIC AUCTION, DARTICULARS and CONDITIONS of
PARTtting by Pablis Amotion, Sale,
to be held on MONDAY, the 26th day of June, 1916, at 3 r.m., at the Offices of the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, by Order of 119 EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR, of One Lat of CROWN LAND at Kennedy Town, in the Colony of Hongkong, for term of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be fired by the Surveyor of HIS MAJESTY THE KING, for one further term of 75 years.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
OF
FFICES on 1 Floor, No. 9, Queen's
Road Central (In Ice Houses Street). Apply to...
WILKINSON & GRIST,
RAVENSHILL BART,
EU Aostaining Bons, 2 Bath Rooma, Forrazta Quarties, &e. Vacant 1st November
Apply
Registry No
Localik-
Kennels Town,
Boundary
Miamoremodta.
[Approximate)
N
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[net feat
feet feet
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sale plan 4,440 | 2012,776
(out)
Hongkong; 18th June, 1918.
FOR BALL.
TO LET
The Baily Press.
SMALL GODOWN in PRINCE'S AT the inceling of the Legislative Council,
BUILDING.
to be held this afternoon the Hon. the For portionlara ate, njelwom
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NE 10 B.H.P. HORNSBY ACKROYD
OIL ENGINE complete with and
coupled direct to one 6 E.W. Continuous
THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE, ATTORNEY-GENERAL will introduce a Bí
LTD.
TO LET
From lat May.
065
to amend further the Alien: Enemies It is (Winding-up) Ordinane, 1914 probably in view of the importance of the measure that the unusual course has
To start and maintain two buildings serving a camp of 10,000 soldiers for three months.
Tolnaintain a new build
sing serving a camp of 5,000 men for three
aunts.
WATCH THE MERCURY RISE.
been adopted of publishing it in extenso [FULL DETAILS OF THE APPEAL WILL
Current Shant Wound Dyname of 50/70 volts OFFICES, 2nd Floor, St. George's Raild. In the Government Gazette before its first
with shant rapuistor.
ATRO
SWITCHBOARD ONE
for Arply so-
with instruments For 100 Amos,
BHEWAN, TOMES & Co [018
ACCUMULATORS, DYNAMO, &n.. coreplete
For further particulars apply to
LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Alexandra Buildings
TO LET.
fas
TO.", DES VŒUX ROAD CENTRAL,
First Floor
DWELLING THE COMMODIOUS HOUSE, with Offices, Sorrants' Quartern, sta, No. 14. SHADEEN, CANTON, from lef June, at present in the occupation of the Imperial Russian Consulate..
Apply to
DAVID SASSOON & Co., LTD.
TO LET
FFICES at 2, Connaught Road
Off
OFFICES I King's Buildings,
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HOUSE CLIFTON GARDENS,
Conduit Red
N&I, BILLSIDE Tax PRAK.
Nos. 1. and F. WEST END TERRACE.
CANTONE
Apol.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENOT Co., Lan
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TO LET.
HOUSE .in Knutsford
Kowlooo
reading. The majority of the Clauses relate to methods of procedure and-mat-
BE FOUND ON PAGE 3.]
You know that what they were doing
registered in this Colony shall be can- celled, or at any rate that no further renewals of the registration therefor was wrong? Individuak doing such shall be granted during the present War? | petty work as 1 'do take no heed whether The Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, K. people commit offences against the law will ask: Will the Government pro- or not. We have quite enough to mind
our own business..
vide, at an early date, the same facilities to the public for bathing at North Point and West Point as last year?"
First reading of a Bill intituled, Ordinance to authorize the appropria tion of a supplementary sum of three millions nine hundred and forty-seven. thousanut and twenty-seven dollars and forty-one cents, to defray the Charges of the year 1816.
An
Don't you think they were doing wrong -There was not much time to think whether they were doing right or wrong. I was guarding my life.
Do you think how they were doing wrong-Yes, I know they were, but I had to do as I was bid
to attend to. I did try to report the matter as soon as I could to the Customs authorities, but the man had then gone,
First reading of a Bill intituled,
But you did not report this matter 46. Ordinance to amend farther the Allen Enemies (Winding up) Ordinance, 1914. the police when you got back to Macao? First rending of a Bill intituled, AnI am a workman, and have my business
Trading Ordinance to amend further the with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914".
First reading of a Bill intituled, “An' Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to the Registration of Pharmaceutical Chemists and to the Re gulation of the Sale and Use of Poisons.
Committee on the Bill intituled, "A" Ordinance to provide for the registration of certain persons."
AMMUNITION AS ** RAISINS.”.
A BIG HALL.:
That is your way of getting out" of "a" hole, eh!-Why should I try to get out of a hole I was never in? (Laughter.)
Now the first man you really reported the matter to was the father of the boys? -~-~Yett.
And he was the first man to offer. money! You did not mind throwing up your previous business for that, did | you t~Well, I could not let that go. It was unavoidable. I know three children, had been taken away, and I saw the reward and gave information.
At about eight o'clock yesterday morn- ing Police Sergeant Bond saw two Sani- pana leaving the Chins, which was in mid-stream.. It appeared that they were Proceeding to the Bank Wurf at the end of Pottinger Street. The Sergeant in tercepted one of the bouts and on board were the mistress of the boat, and four men, firemen on the Chime. In the front part of the compan were found 10.8Chefore he finally conducted him to the rounds of ammunition. There were sIX long flat boxes which bore the word place where the children were kept, and "Extra Quality Raisins" and in these witness replied --I am naturally kind- were found 18 packages, containing 50 hearted. If I know children were in this rounds in each package. The rest of plight I would not think of trying to the ammunition was in matting bags.
extort more money. The woman stated that her boat was engaged to carry the stuff ashore and she did not know, what it was, and the others said they were simply passengers. going ashore,
Mr. Jenkin suggested that the witness- was haggling for a month with the boys father over the price of his knowledge *
When you got to the village you took,
a little time before you found the child-
The five persons on the boat appeared the before Mr. Wood yesterday. The woman
did you not? You were keeping up.
game, eh? I was not keeping up the
was fined 81,000, or three months hardgame labour in default, and the men. were And though $50,000 was the prics for discharged, his Wordship holding that these boy you got fed up and let the there was no case against any of the
father have them for nothing--I have mendapat
said that I am a charitably-disposed
ters of detail in connection with the A mail for Europe vid Siberin closes A FATAL GAMBLING QUARREL person, and did not want any money
liquidation.cfaljen enemies estates. Anto-day at 3 p.m. important innovation, however, is intro- duced in Clanse 10. This classe provides Terrion, that every liquutor appointed ander the principal Ordinance to wind up the trade or personal affairs of any person
APDHE HONGKONG LAND INVEST
MENT & AGENCY Co, LTD.
TO LET
A. U. Belyea, who was charged with the manslaughter of a rieksha coolie at Shanghai, has been found not quilty and discharged.
Amongst the passengers who left Shang hai this week for Europe viá Siberin were Lady Fraser, wife of the British Consul-General.
The str. Equator, the first of the new Pacific Mail steamers will leave San Francisco on August 19th, and is expect ed in Hongkong on or about September 20th, 1:
Two coolies were gambling on the Tuesday island of Chung Chau
on
evening and a dispute arose over a five cent debt, during which one of the men with fatal results. Rocket signals were struck the other a rather elderly man-- sent up and were observed by the watch man on Green Island who informed the Police. An armed launch from Tsim Sha Tsui, in charge of Commander CW Beckwith, R. N., was despatched, and the alleged assailant was arrested. He will be charged with manslaughter.
from him.
And you have never asked for anything:
and have never had anything? That is
I wonder what the father would say to that (Laughter.) Did the old man see angry when he learnt about his boys?-How do I know? You may be an adept at this, but I am not. A father ren had gone, and so would you. would naturally be anxious if his child-
Witness explained that part of the delay was due to his desire to get some soldiers to take up, but owing to the trouble in China none could be procured. When he had finished his cross-
nation, Mr. Jenkin remarked, amir Inughter-I will shake you by the hand when you get outside
The case was adjourned until this morning, at 10.30.
may, by writing signed by him, with the permission of the Governor, disclaim nny lease or contract under which such person is subject to any liability" So far, of course, this follows the practice # TWO ROOMED-FLATS Nathan Road
in bankruptcy, but under sub-sections 5, Kowloon THREE-EOOMED FLATS in Humphrey's 6 and 7 new conditions are introduced Baildings, Kowloon,
FOUR-ROOMED FLATS in Hay Road under which owners of property appear with every modern convenience, inslading to be threatened with grave Injustice English Bathe and Raben Ranges, Hof Any person who considera himself in Water and Water Carriage Syskon. A fow Flats specially designed to anommodate thres jured by the operation of such a di bchelors a 1 radeonable_raziala. Immediate
claimer will, it is true, be entitled to At the U.S. Consular Court, Shanghai, In Gordon present a duly attested statement of on the 16th inst., Maxine Johnson was FOUR FOOWED HOUSEN In
claim to the liquidator, whose decision committed to take her trial on a charge Tarros and Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon,
Apply t
upon it will be final, subject to a right of the lartony of a passport, which, it of appeal to the Courts within a week is alloged, she sold to a Gerinan Naval way, he would suggest that the kidna The treaty with Portugal was the Anglo-
PORNOMMÉÓN,
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANC
Alexandra Bulld
1098
of the pronouncement of the liquidator's Ofeer.
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PORTUGAL AND THE ALLIES.
PROBATE CASE POSTPONED.
At the Supreme Court yesterday FC Joakin made application for the Monday, as he was of opinion the hearing of a Probate case to be fixed for Criminal Sessions, would last until Fri- day, the day for which the case had been put down for hearing.
His Lordship agreed that Monday In the House of Commons last month would be the better day. He understood Mr. King naked the Secretary for that Mr. Jenkin was suffering from sema Foreign Affairs whether Portukal had alight throat affection, and, as he did signed the past of London not to make Sir E. Grey replied in the negative. not wish him to be handicapred in any a separate pesce,
ping case, should be adjourned st one o'clock.
Portuguese Alliance.