NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
GETZ BROS. & CO., INC., OF
SAN FRANCISCO, USA.
have This Day handed over the
management of the Hongkong branch OF GETZ BROS. & Co., Inc. to Mr. H.-E. MASLIN
THOS. W: SIMMONS. Hongkong, 18th October, 1016
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
PROBATE JURISDICTIÓN.
RE LEONARD RONALD NEEDHAM,
deceased.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has by virtue of Section 68 of
HOUSES TO LET
TO LET-AT THE PEAK
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, OCT
INTIMATIONS
JUST BEOEIVED
VEGETABLE SEEDS.,
No 4, WYNDHAM SIKREY-
ROOMED FURNISHED HOUSE, for H Sapply of FLOWER D
6 or 6 months. Apply tod
LINSTEAD & DAVIS
(1272
TO LET FURNISHED.
From 1st November.
REDHILL, No. 121, THE PLAN,
5 ROOMS. Apply to
“J. W.-C. B.," Care of Gren, LIVINGSTON & CO.
[1273
TO LET AT THE PEAK.
VURNISHED, 3, Stewart Terrace.
Apply
Ordinance. No. 8:0f 1897 made an Order F
limiting the time for creditors and others to sent in their claims against the above Eatate to the lith day of November, 1010.
All Crectors and others are Recordingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before that date.
Dated the 21st day of October, 1910.
JOHN BENTLEY,
ofo Tros. COOK & SON,"
Des Voeux Roud Central, Hongkong, Executor of ho Estate of LR NEEDHAM,
deceased.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
GRACA & CO.,
1019
NEW CARTRIDGES.
BBorm and Bloom
SMOKELESS POWDER SAT CHILLED BEGT. From No. 10 do 831%26+ 56 87;
ZREQUIBELES $7.80 pie 100%: 3PURFING REQU and AIR GUNŊ in Vanity,
Inspetilon Envliek
WI. BOHMIDT &' Co
H. E. POLLOCK,
12
Princes' Buildings,
1910
TO LET
A EING & CO.,
A
HOUSE, at Observatory Villas, Kowlcoa,
with Tennis Court.
Apply- BR
ARRATOON V. APCAR & Co. 14, Des Voux Road Cantral.
(1215
(1287
TO LET.
SMALL OFFICE in Alexandra Buildings Cheap rental. Apply»«
Care of Daily Fress" Office.
TO LET
1117
JAYA-CHINA-JAPAN-LIJN. JAVA-PACIFIC LIJN, THE Eteamship
THKEMBANG." having rrived from SAN FRANCISCO, Consignees of Cargo are hereby notified
Bhat all Goods are being landed at their riar into the Lacazdona and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wheel and Godown Co., Ltd. whence and/or from the wharven delivery may be obtained.
No Claim will be admitted after the Goodr hare left the Godowns, and all Gooda remaining undelivered after the 28th Oct., will be subject to rent. “
All Claims against the Steamer must be pre wanted to the Undersigned on or before the 31st Out for they will not be recognised.
All brokan, shafed, and damaged Goods are be be left in the Godowns, where they will b examined on the 28th Oct. at 10 a... by the Company's surveyors, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas.
No Fire Insurancs has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by MOJAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN. Hongkong, 21st October, 1916.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
9 NOS 5 and 10, MOUNTAIN VIEW
PEAK GODOWN, No. 111, Praya East, Storage
900 tons.
Apply
F
M. J. D. STEPHENS,
16 Bank Buildings. [109T
TO LET.
From 18b November next.
ALATS în “EWO MESS," No. B, THE
∙PEAK Apply, Property Office,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Lam
TO LET.
(1085
19. Qusar's ROAD CAESAL
INTIMATION
OUR
GIANT
1916.
such a situation was to arm the merchant men' in their own defence. Thus, before the war started Great Britain had taken, or was taking, stopa to arm her merchant men for defensiva, purposes, the arms ment, be it remembered, consisting of only sufficient weapons,
to nicet converted cruisors, and not regular men of war. It does not appear that the British Admiral ty at that time ever contemplated the se of such weapons against submarines, or even considered it possible that sub marines would be employed, as commerce
LAVENDER destroyers. When the war opened, bow
TALCUM
attacked to a halt then there would bo some justification for its use, but the circumstances in which it is fred pre- clude this. Whatever the intentions of the firer may be there are ninety-nine chances to one that the damage done will be so great as to cause the ship to sink in a few minutes. The fragile nature, of the
he submarine, however, opens up another chance of escape. If the mer chantman is extremely vulnerable to a torpedo the submarine is extremely vul nerable to a 12-pounder quick-firing gun," and, as the Germans have now abandoned ever, it was soon seen that Germany in methods which give those on the merchant tended to carry it on in a very ruthless ship a reasonable chance of escape, there manner, and that she was not to be deseenis, no reason why the merchantmar terred by any scruples from doing as should not adopt similar methods vind- much damage as she could. At first the is the submarine, Germany as a mili- crews of the vessels torpedoed were given | fury Power seeks to apply at scn, those every chance to escape. Up to January," Inws she is accustomed to enforce on land.. 1915, in all cases the crews were given She wishes to treat ships as non-combat-
is rapidly becoming as popular as time to take to the boats, and in one base, ants are treated on land-that is, as ob-
at least, assistance was given the boats |jects that can be held up and robbed but
NURNITURE AND PHOTO GOODA our well-known Lavender Water to reach a place of safety! Whether which are liable to destruction if they
this was thought too tame, or whether offer any resistance. the successful blockuck of Germany was
STORE
Photographie Goods of Ersky Poscription in Stook. Developing, Printing and Enlarging, Chaton Marble in Various Blades. TELEPELER 1819
588
Blended with the purest and softest
powder is the sweet fragrance of
Lavender, and the effect on.
the
A mail for Europe vid Siberia closes to day, at 10 am,
Mr. Neger, import and export agent of Des Voeux Road, Central, han reported to the police the theft of 8306, a cheque for $110, a passport and other papers,
the cause of aggravation, is uncertain, but at the beginning of the following month came the first report that mer chantben we
were being sunk without warn ing, and on February 5th Germany issued her famous proclamation that every enemy ship found in the waters Skin is delightfully Cooling and round Great Britain would be destroyed, even if in so doing the lives of passengers
The Hon. Mr. A. M. Thomson, Colonial and crew were jeopardized. Neutral Treasurer, returned to the Colony on vessels, even, might be exposed to danger. | Saturday by the s.s. St. Albuxx. He has This clearly meant that the vessels were been spending a holiday in Australio. to be torpedoed without warning. It was
The Government Gazette contains Government put into practice the arming notification to the effect that H. E. the of, marebantmer for defence. In a little Governor has given his assent, in the pamphlet recently issued in America by name and on behalf of His Majesty the the German Government were given some King, to the ordinance passed by the alleged secret orders of the British Legislative Council to authorise the rais
MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA Soothing.
COAL DEPARTMENT:
BOLE PROPRIETORS OF
TAKASHIMA, QUEL MUTABE, 1-LB. Size Price $1.00. in these circumstances that the British
KISHIDAKE, YOSHINOTANI, HOJO, NAMAZUZA, BATO, KANADA, SHINNEW KAMIYAMADA,“ BIBAI " AND OYUBALI COLïLYESTER.
Asir von BAKITO Coa
HEAD OFFICE ---*
MARUNOUCHL, TOKYO. A. S. WATSON & Admiralty in regard to the treatment of ing of a War Loan.
BRANCH OFFICES ––NAGASAKI, MOJI, KARATSU, WAKAMATHU, OTAKU LODOWN in Daddell Street. Light and MUBORAŃ, HAKODATE, KOBE,
(1238 Gy foes overlooking Statue Square OSAKA, KURE, TOKYO, YOKOHAMA
FROM CALCUTTA PENANG AND SINGAPORE.
THE Steamship
THE
"GREGORY APCAR."
Moderate rent.
For rent and other particulars apply to→
Cars of* Daily Press Office
"H.
TO LET.
ONO
From 1st May,
FFICES, 2nd Floor, St. George's Build. Apply fo
having derived from the above Porte. Cong signees of Carge are hereby informed that al Goods are being handed at their risk into the bassidons and/or extra hamardous Godowns of the Hengkon and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 27th Ost, will be subjoo
Claims against the Steamer must be present- ed within 10 days of arrival, otherwise they will not be mooguised.
No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
DAVID SASSOON & CO., LTD., Agents. Hongkono. 21st Ocíobar, 1916.
C
ULDERUP & SCHLUTER. IN LIQUIDATION.
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CREDITORS are required to send in their claims to the Undersigned, on or before TUESDAY the 31st October, 1916,
Dated the 27th September. 1918.
W. G. HUMPHREYS & CO.,
No. 16, Queen's Road Central, Liquidators. [1188
CHINA EXPORT-IMPORT AND BANK COMPAGNIE.
TTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that any
Nervous of Firms having Claims against the Hongkong Branch of the UHINA EXPORT-IMPORT & BANK COMPAGNIE are required to file same with the Liquidatore on or before 31st October, 1916; after which date no claim will be recognized.
BRADLEY & CO., LTD., Liquidatora
BHEWAN, TOMES & Co. [518
TO LET.
FFICES on 1st Floor, No. 3, Queen's Hoad tea, at presant in the occupation of The Chins Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Apply bo
CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD
TO LET.
ATO. 4 DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,
NAGOYA, TSURUGA, VLADIVOSTOJE, HANKOW, PEKING, LONDON, NEW YORK, BHANGHAL HONGKONG, HAIPHONG AND CANTON.
Cable Afdrous SIWABAKIM Codes A1, A.B.C. Sla ... 3 Woutern Union, and Bentley's
CHINKTANG➡ens, Gmazing & Co. MANILA HOMES. MACOMPEAT & Co. SINGAPORE Mrs. Bonno Co., Lựựa GLASGOW--Manara, A.R. BROWN,
MOFÄRLAND & On“. Irp. For Partionis, apply tom
K KATO, Manager, No 9, Paddar Hirent, Hongkong.
Targ
NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES
FRANK WATERHOUSE & CO., INC.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM SEATTLE, KOBE & MOJI,
THE COMMODIOUS" "DWELLING HOUSE, with Olloon, Bervants' Quarters, eta, No. 14, SEMEN, CARTON, from Ink June, st present in the compation of the ImperialTHE Steamship Hasian Consulata,
Apply tom
DAVID SASSOON & Co., LÆD
[425
TO LET.
OFFICES at 1, Connaught Road,
OFFICES in King's Balldings. HOUSE CLIFTON
in
GARDENS. Conduit Eoad.
Now I and WEST END TERHAOR CANTON,
Apply
THE HUNGKONG, LAND INKEST MENT & AGENCY Co., Lib.
TO LET TWO. BOOMED FLATS in Nathan Boad
Howloon. THREE BOOMED FLATE in Humphrey's Puliare, Kowloon.
T
(1908
FOUR BOOMED FLATS I Buy Road
6% FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN 1916. wiit every moders sonysalues. Inslating
Price of isene Fra 87.50.*
MUBSCRIPTION LISTS will be OPEN on the 6th October, and Close on the 9th of the same month.
The Bonds are issued in France, in multiples of Frs, 100.00 and upwards,
Bills and bonds of the "National Defense? bought before the 1st October, 1916, are Accepted in payment.
Applications will be received by the Hong- kong Branch of the Banque de l'Indo-Chine from data.
Hongkong, 30th September, 1916 (1195)
G
NOTICE
NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatis ar Endlos desiring to leave the Colony should spaly In writing for permission to do so to the Cupimia SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE,
48 hours before the intended hour of departure, giving arme, nationality, age, sar. balaki and, onempation of the applicant, and whaling flas name of the steamer or other reseal of the hour of the train by which the applienabywinkon, ko Inare Applicants should apply in mon for Shata mason at the OSPI
TENBHO MARU.” having arrived from the above Ports, Consignes of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hasardoon and/or este hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whenos, and/or from the wharver salivary may to obtained. NA
Goods not cleared by the 26th Oct., at 5 F., will be subject to rent.
All broken, chafed and damaged packages 320 to be left in the Godowns, where they will he st examined on 29th Oct., at 9.30 AM. Chima egndark the Steamer muss is presented within 10.7
of arrival, otherwise they will not be
No Fire Insurance will be effected by me b any on whatever.
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. LTD.
Agents,
[1381 Hongkong, 19th October, 1916.
CO., LTD.,
HONGKONG
submarines by armed merchantmen. Possibly these orders are genuine; at BB rate, they contain no internal evidence of having been forged. They are reproduced with the object of proving DISPENSARY, that Britain armed her merchantmen not for defence but for offence against German submarines and thus turned the vessels into cruisers, There is one very strong answer to this, and it is that all the orders are dated May, 1915, that is two clear months at least after Germany announced that she would no longer give warging to ships she was about to tor
TELEPHONE 15
118.
The Bishop of Victoria returned to the Colony on Saturday by the Lokung. H hes recently visited various missio stations in his large Diocese. The mos remote of these in Yunnan-fu, where th Church Missionary Society has recentl opened an extensive medical mission.
Bishop Puzzoni requests us to announg that, in accordance with the wishes the Pope, there will be a special Triduu of supplication in the Cathedral c Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the 27t 26th, and 28th stant, as stated in H
MARRIAGES. BROOKB-WILSON At H.B.M Consulate
General on October 16th, by the Acting Consul-General, and after-pedo, and followed this op by trying to Lordship's Circular of the 17th Septen wards at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, tarpeito the hospital ship Asturias. All her. On all the iliree days there will Shanghai, by the Very Rev, Dean the orders marked “confidentiul” Brea Mass with Holy Communion every hol J. Walker, M. A., JOHN JOSEFE, only SUB of JOHN BROOKS, of Brockley, indeed, dated after that most terrible hour from 3.30 to 7.30 u.m., a short se Kent, to EDITH MARION, only daugh outrage, the torpedoing of the Lusitania, mon în Chinese by the Rev. A. Leung ter of Chief Inspector and Mrs. T.
which took place on May 8th, 1915. Thus 7 a.m., and a sermon in Portuguese M. WILSON, Shanghai. ROWIEY SAKER-At HB. M. Consulate it is clear that any action taken by Great 5:30 p.m. by the Rev. Father A. Gome General, and afterwards at St. Britain was forced on her by the action On the 29th at 7 am, there will be a Lo Joseph's Church, Shanghai, " on October 18th HERERET SPENCLE of Germany. What Germany really Fontifical Mass for the General Com COTTON ROWLEY, to VERJINIE MARTE claims is that while she herself breaks munion of all children. Special indu LOUIE SAKER.
international law others must obey it
genees and blessings are granted to Com RICHARDSOR.--Died on September 1st of that is, if international law forbids the munions made during the Triduum.
wounds, received on August 31st, 2nd-arming of merchantmen in self-defence, Lieut. Rosent (Ror) 8. KicHARDSON,
A point which is not conceded by the Machine Gun Corps, eldest son of Mr.
United States, at least. The German viow | HONGKONG POLICE AT TH and Mrs. B. L. RICHARDSON, 35 Ronary Gardens, S.W.
is, apparently, that a warship, no matter of what kind, whether on the water or under the water, whether powerful or
P.B. Barnett, formerly of the Hon Jiable to be put out of action very easily, should have the prescriptive power to
kong Police and now on active servid stop and sink any merchantmau shein France, has written an interestin
DEATH
Foxerona Orrion: 104, Das Vaux ROAD, C. LONDON OFFion: 281, Fier Bimune. É.O.
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, 23Rd October, 1810.
RIGHTS OF MERCHANTMEN.
। ।।
meets. There is something distinctly Ger- man about the idea-a touch of that official glamour which reigns supreme in Germany and which the desires to spread over the world. Looking at the matter from a common-sense point of view, how ONE of the questions which the war has ever, we see that the reason why the mer- raised is the right of merchantmen chantman in the past so often fell & prey to defend themselves against capture by to a hostile warship was not because she the enemy. The German Government at ought to have been captured, but because the beginning of the war took the view she had no chance of escape. In the old that a merchant vessel must not be days of wooden warships the merchant armed in any way, and that, if armed, man might and very often did-escape Captain B Webster, having serived from the loses her character as a merchantman by her superior speed. If she were over the Abors Poris, Consigness of Cargo ere hereby and becomes a man-of-war. This, of hauled, a gun across her bows or even a informed that their Goods are being landed at
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
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FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES is Gordon #EVELE Steamship Termes and Salisbury Avenue, Kowloon,
Apply Somal
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Co., L Alamanelen Buildinge
TO LET
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70. 6, MOUNTAIN VIEW, PRAL,
- No. 8, BURROW'S STREET, WANCIAL, GODOWN.
SHOP.
No. 12, BEACONSFIELD ARCADE, No. 3, CAMERON VILLAS, 62, PRAK. KELLETT CREST, 68 PEAL. "GLENSHIEL," No. 141, Plantation Road,
Paak.
THARTING," Austin Rood, Kowloos. No. 1 BELILIOS TERRACE, franse on Comes Road,
TWO GODOWNB, in Daddell fataset. No, & DES VEUX VILLAS, 11, Unfurnished), 5
No.5TH P
NGLENOGLE,"
FRONT
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
letter to a former colleague in Hongkong Barnett says that he was wounded Delville Wood, on August 2nd, and wa
lucky enough to get to England wit it." He adds." I suppose you know about the remainder of the contingens: Spillet was the first wounded, at Lonshez and a good man he was Allchurch Wakeford and Painting were killed at Loos, Carpenter, Hoare and Stapletor,
into a shell hole and continued firing.
That happened on July 26th. The HK.
were wounded, and from what I know of them they all proved themselves good inds. Drury, also, was a credit to the Battalion. Poor old Ginger Wilson got shot in the shoulder as we charged their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong course, was contrary to the British view, few splinterà flying did no harm and through Delville Wood. He dropped and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, As far back as March, 1913, when the served as a sufficient warning for her to Limited, Kowloon, and stored at Computer rak and expense.
war was undreamt of, Mr. WINSTON stop With the increase of speed of war All broken, kafed, and damaged Goods are to CHURCHILL, then First Lord of the ships and the introduction of steam the have proved themselves good lads be left in the Godowns, where they will be
Admiralty, pointed out in the House of chances of escape were lessened. Yet even wherever they have been. I saw Booker mined on WED'DAY, 25th inst., at 10 am. All Claims must be wresented within FIRM Commons that at the second Hague Con- now if an Atlantic liner could show and Bloor two days before I got hit, and
Pirival hore, «four walch DAYS of the Branos'a mazival i
ference and the London Conference cer pair of heels to a cruiser it would be they were looking fine. I am on
leave now and due back to Sheerness on But the us0. date they cannot be rochermined.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goodstain of the great Powers had reserved to perfectly legitimate work,
the 23rd inat, and then I shall be back! have left the Gošowds, and μll Gooda zemaining themselves the right to convert merchant of the submarine introduces a new fea
The undaliyorod after the 26th inst. sobiers to rent
steamers into cruisers, not merely in ture-There is still a chance of escape Consignes of Carro are hereby notified täst
sick
in France again some time next month.
they must prodaon an Import Permit signed bytuational barbours, but if necessary, on if the submarine is sighted in time, but I am feeling in the pink myself. Kelly
the Superintendent of Imports and Expor
Hongkong, before Bill of Lading ma soanterigned, y
No Fire Imuranos SAT
Billres
got transferred to the Machine Gun
Corps I have not heard anything more about him. I expect to be back in dear
In these circumstances, if its presence is only ascertained when ight, in certain contingencies, it comes up within torpedo range superior when a merchantmen would speed is of no avail. If the torpedo
of any foreign liner were a weapon which could be used to old Hongkong this lime next year. Re
ring me gun and a few rounds of inflict a slight injury suck for chample,
and the only way to most as would be sent to brian be keu
to the CB.P. 2nd