1917-03-15

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL.

Clan for "Beginners' will commewe

on MONDAY, Tad April, 1917, Application for enrolment should be made to the Undersigned as early as possible.-

By Order, ag

. A. M. WILLIAMS,

Boorebary

Hongkong, 15th March, 1917.

398

HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER

TOFICE

OF COMMERCE.

SPECIAL EXTRA- ORDINARY GENERAL MEET ING of the HONGKONG GENERAL

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE immediately after the ANNUAL MEETING to be held on MONDAY, the 26th March, 1917. at 4P. in the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOOK, NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDING

A desire has been expressed that the following Besointion shall be pit

Class 8 of the Bules and Regulations of the HomeKÖNG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE should be amended by the

sertion of

ward "British" bolween the word "ta..... ** the word "Members in the first line thereof."

By Order,

E, A. M. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

Hongkong, 16th March, 1917,

899

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF .HONGKONG,

COMPANIES (WIEDING-UP). No, 5 of 1915.

IN THE MATTER OF THE COM. ORDINANCE, 1911-1915 PANIES IN THE MATTER OF THE YUEN ON INSURANCE, EXCHANGE LOAN and GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED.

F THE CREDITORS of the above-named Company who have not already sent in their Claims are required, on or before SATURDAY, the 81st day of March, 1917, to send their names and addresson, and the particulars of their Dabin or Cisims, and the ames and addresses of their Solicitors: (if any) to CADA ROZA care of Lowz, BInGHAM

MATTHEWS,

Govoramsat Unicling

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, MARCH 18TH 1017.

PUBLIC COMPANIES

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY,

LIMITED, AND REDUCED,

TWENTY EIGHTH ORDINARY

HOUSES TO LET

TO LET IMMEDIATELY.

LARGE OFFICE Catalystrated

in Queen's Road, fully partitioned and

TANNUAL MEETING OF BRABE sited with electric ligh), telephone and w

HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Offc of the Company, St George's Buildings, Chater Road, Victoria Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the $5:1130A, for Statement of

thday of March, 1917;

purpose of receiving

of Accounts and the Deport of the Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1910, and deciating a Dividend.

By Order of the

Hongkong,

Care of "Daily Prom 2: Ofice

TO LET AT THE PEAK.

WURNISHED and newly painted inside,

· 3, Stewart Termson. Apply

374

ADBOARD OF DIRECTORS.

6th March, 1917.

HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LTD.

Apply to

EE. POLLOCK,

Prince's Buildingu.

TO LET

HE THIRTY-SIXTH ORDINARY

ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE NO. 42, ELGIN STREET. HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the General Manager at 11.50 Am, on WEDNES DAY, 28th instant, to receive a Statement of the Company's Accounts to 81st December, 1018, and the report of the General Managers,

of the Company The TRANSFER BOOKS

28th instant,

will be CLOSED from the 14th to both days inclusive.

JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD.,

V Genorst Managern. Hongkong, 8th March, 1917.

281

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. NOMOE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE FORTY-EIGHTH ORDINAET MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Oftens of the Undersigned

at Noox, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th instant will ts CLOSED from the 14th to the 28th *** The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company instant, both days inclusive, both

JARDINE MATHESON & Co., LTD.,

General Managers, HONGEONS FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. Hongkong, 8th March, 1917.

(382

CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY LIMITED.

NOTICE

THE THIRTY NINTH ORDINARY &M f Now Liquidater of the suit MEPPING NINTH ORDINARY Company, sud, if so required, by Notic in HOLDERS of the above Company will be writing from the said Liquidator, are by their held at the Offices of the General Agonte Solicitors or

in to-dome personally

and prose Pedder's Street, on FRIDAY, the 30th instant Sou

at the Office of thet Noor, for the purpose of receiving the their aid Debts or Chims Official Receiver, Courts of Jaation, Hongkong, Report and Statement of Accounts for the year et such time as shall be specified in such Notios ending 31st December 1916 or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such Debts are provedbyg

Dated this 14th day of March, 191

CADA ROZA, Liquidator,

(400

TO LET.

MMEDIATE antry, Feur very desirably BITOPS situated in Ice House trust, opposite the Grand Hotel, resumily recom- fractal,"

For rent and other particular apply to

THE MANAGER, HONGKONG ICE Co., Ltd, 46. Connaught Bond Central

[401

TO LET

NEW HOUSB in Conduit Road. Ready

Daddell Street.

For rent and other particular apply to

H.M.H. NENAZEE,

KONINKLYKE

1 Des Voeux Road.

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7 TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be (LONED from the 10th to 30th Mareli, both days inclusive,

- LANDINE, MATHESON 5. 09., Lan, KRONA General Agents, Hongkong, 9th March, 1917.

388

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANYC LIMITED, AND REDUCED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TRANSFER BOOKS of cha Commay will be CLOSED from THUES DAY at March, to SATURDAY, 31s March, 1917, both days faclusive

The rotura of Capital of $2.50 per Shars will be paid to Bhareholders on and sfter the 15th March, 1917, on presentation of Bbars Cortilastor for endorsement. e

By Order of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1917-

1329

UNION WATERBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOT PAKETVAART

MAATSCHAPPY.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES, FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG.

HR Steamship

THE

having arrived from the ahore porte Con- signees of Cargo by her are notifed that all

TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the UNION WATERBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED. will be held at the. Ofies of Messra. DoDWELL & Co. LTD., the General Managers of the Company, Queen'e Bulkings, Victoris, in the Colony of Hongkong, THURSDAY, the 29th day of March, 1917, 11.30

'clock, when the Resolutions which

wore Bmointions at the Extraordinary General Meling of the said Company hold on the ninth day of March 1917 will be submitted for con-

o passed an Exte

PERCY AMITH, SETH & FLEMING,

[lus

TO LET.

From Ist Kay:

FFICES, 1nd Floor, Bt. George's Build-

Apply toys Mo

SHEWAN. TOMES & ON

TO LEE.

YOUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Gordon Kowloon,

A FLA" In Huaphreys Buildings, Kowloon.

TO LET OR FOR BALE KOWLOON MARINE LOT 49 with wharf aros 68,000 sq. f, euitable for Coal Biarage or erection of Gedowns,

Apply to-- se

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

Alexandra Buildings.

TO LIT.

INTIMATION

WATSON'S

OLD BROWN

BRANDY

QUALITY.

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Brown Brundy

OFFICES at 2. Connaught Road Central.

OFFICES in Klogs and York Buildings. “THE BETREAT," No. 38, THE PEAK. HOUSES in Ulifton Gardens, Conduis Rond. HOUSES In Broadwood and

and Moreton

HOUSES on Shameon, Canton.

A HONGKONG LAND INVEST.

MENT, AND AGENCY 40% LTD,

FOR BALE.

138

OUR ENGINE complate with and NE 10 BHP. HORNSBY ACKBOYU

ampled direct to ona 6 W. Contianous Current Shunt Wound Dynamo of 50/70 volta

Arso

25 YEARS IN WOOD.

with hep at SWITCHBOARD for

· A. ACCUMULATORS, DYNAMO, LO, complete with instruments for 100 Ampa

For further partistises suply to

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Alexandra Bulldings.

161

NOTICE TO MARINERS,

ALL OUTGOING and INCOMING A STEALERS and STEAM LAUNCHES La, haroby warned that when "Phaking HOLE'S WHARVES, which aro ander somalzadilồn with divers working that they MUST NOT 2488 WITHIN distance of 200 yards of them and to Blow down their spoed to 4 knotz boomkeuke

AS OF W. BECKWITH,

Commander, B.N.,

Harbour Master, do Harbour Department, k Hongkong, 10th March, 1917.

[192

NOTICE:

NY EUROPEAN, No-Asistle or Indian

* desiring to levys the Colony thenld apply

German spectacles, he has shown himself to be perfectly ready to respect the popular wish On big bobalf it has been stated that he rarely insisted that before any definite stop was taken in such a grave matter as that at issue the opinion of Parliament should be ascertained. The Premier, TUAN CHI-JUI, protest ed

CORRESPONDENCE..

INDIA AND THE WAR,

[10 THE ADITOR OF. THE 14 HONGKONG DAILY, FRESS””]

Six-When in the very heart of Arabia. Indian warriors are achieving sucoensen, with their British comrades-in-arms, and dazzling Baghdad is wrenched from Turkey, all eyes are naturally turned on Indin, and, in this connection, a past prophecy, foretold by a Paris patriot în 1890, will be very interesting reading to all your readers in Far Cathay. veteran Parsi politicia, who, among other things, was President of the Indian National Congress, anid

This

that, as the Cabinet was a responsible body, the President had no right to oppose ita decision. The con- flict arose over the refusal of the Pre sident to ratify a telegram, drafted by the Cabinet, instructing the Chinese Minister as Tokio to inform the Japanese Government that the Chinese Govern ment had decided to sover relations with Germany immediately, and, at the "I have no fears that English states proper time," enter the war on the manship will not ultimately respond to side of the Entente. The President, it the call: I have unbounded faith in the it said, complained that he had been living and fertilizing principles of. Eng- left entirely ignorant of the course of the hish culture and English civilization. It may be that, at times, the prospect looks diplomatic negotiations, and pointed

dark and gloomy, Auglo Indian opimon out that an undertaking to declare war without the sanction of Parliament would may look fierce and uncompromising, but in Anglo-Judians, be unconstitutional and illegal. There my faith is large, even

As in the whole universe, so in individuals upon the Premier tendered his resigna and communities, there is a perpetual tion and left the capital. It was soon conflict going on between the higher and made evident, however, that the Cabinet lower passions and impulses of our be were unaaimous and that they enjoyed sure... They are, after all, a part and the confidence of Parliament, Efforts to parcel of the great nation, hỏng of their effect a reconciliation between the Pre bone and flesh of their flesh, and they sident and the Premier were immediately.

must ever work along the main lines of undertaken and were eventually attended that noble policy which Great Britain bas with success. Both have now had their deliberately adopted for the government of way. Parliament has been consulted and this country. When in the inscrutable the decision of the Cabinet has been con- dispensation of Providence, India was firmed. Unlike the United States, China | assigned to the care of Eugland, one can is preparing to take the logical conso quence of her present action, and is officially continuing the negotiatiods, which have already bcon proceeding in- formally, with a view to joining the Entente. There is no reason to doubt that satisfactory arrangemente will bo concluded. China is not likely to be unreasonable in her demands, and the Entente Powers will not be disposed to deal with her in a niggardly spirit. The alliance between China and the Batente Powers promises to be mutually advan- tageous despite the forebodings of Dr. SUN KAT SEN, who fears that it will be

almost imagine that the choice was offered to her, as to Israel of old: Behold I have placed before you a blese- ing and a curse, a blessing if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, a are if ye will apt obey the command- ments of the Lord your God but go after other gods whom ye have not known. Al the forces of English life and society. moral, social, intellectual, political-are, if alowly yet steadily and irresistibly, declaring themselves for the choice which will make the connection of England and India a blessing to themselves and to the whole world for countless generations.

S. WATSON & jurious to the prestige of Great pro

CO., LTD.,

{WINE AND "SPĪRĪT MERCHANTS.

TELEPHONE B16.

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Britain in the Far East and liable to eroste discord and unarchy in China with consequent dissension among the Entente group," No intelligent native of the Far East is likely to interpret the desire of the Entente Powers for China to join them as a confession of their |2insbility to cope with Germany.

"Bokorona Ovrice: 104, Dan Vox Bean, C. Chim's unpreparedness for active war- London Ormesi 181, Far Braxes, B.Cfare is a suficient guarantee of that,

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG 15TH MAYOR, 1917.

CHINA BREAKS WITH GERMANY.

THE German Minister and his staff telegraphe our Peking Correspondent were hauded their passports at noo yesterday In its decision to sever diplomatic relations with Germany the

Truer words were never uttered; the prophecy is being fulfilled, the blessings have come to roost. This samTEO

prophet renewed his confession of faith and de- clared publicly in 1904-

I am an inveterate; I am a robust optimist like my late friend, Justice Ranade; I believe in divine guidance, through human agency; it may be the

fatalism of the East, but it is 10 active, not a passive, fatalism, a fatalism that recognizes that the human wheels of the Nor, need Dr. SUN disturb himself unduly machinery must actively work to full about the relations between the Entente their appointed task. I always seek hope Powers, who may safely be trusted to and consolation in the words of the port : manage their own affairs unaided. He I have not made the world and He that divests himself of all claim to be taken

has made it will guide. My faith is seriously when, referring to the Moham- | large in time and that which shapes it medaug in China, he says "to fight to some perfect end. against their Holy Land would be a sacrilege Even the KAISER and the Sultan of Turkey are under no such illusion as this.

The annual sports in connection with Chinese Parliament has evinced a rest. Paul's College take place on the

"My steadfast loyalty is founded upon this rock of hope and paticuce. Sooking the will of Providence in dispensations rather than in revelations, seeing God's will like him, in fulfilment of events, I accept British rule as a dispensation. So wonderful is it that a little island set at one end of the world should estab lish itself in a far cantinent as different from it as could be that it would be folly

Goods are being landed at their risk into the Armation as Special Resolution Company person at the CENTRAL POLICE STATION markable degree of unanimity, the pro Jockey Club Ground, Happy Valley, on not to accept it as a declaration of God's

cardons and/or extra hazardous Godowns of And Kowloon Wharf and

Wis Hongkong Godown Co, Ltd, whence andrer from the

delivery may be obtained

wharter delivery

red by the 21st.

Goods not cleared

No subject to rant. S

MAY

1917 M

All broken, ehated and damaged packages are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be mined by Messrs. Goddard and Douglas

the 20th Mar., 1917, af 19 a.st.

Claims against the Steamer must be present- ad in writing within 10 days after arrÁVNI ČE Steamer, otherwise they will not be recognised. No Fire Insurance will be effented by the midersigned in any fake whatever, and This of Lading will be countersigned by

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, Agents. Hongkong, 14th March, 1917,

405

THEATRE A ROYAL.

SPECIAL MATINEE!

ON SATURDAY, MARCH 1728, £50 PM The MEMBERS of the NEW BANDMAN OPERA COMPANY

POT-POURBI

ENTERTAINMENT

in Aid of a FUND to provide Boutartainment during the coming months

gdad

MEN OF HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICES IN THE COLONI The WHOLE of the Gross Proceeds will be given to this object. Bookings st MOUTKIE'S.

PRES

$3,82&$1. BOOK FARLY AND HELP

DI BERVING FUNDR

THIS

(1) That the immergy (Two Hundred between the hours of AM. WIFE. and 2P., posal being carried in the House of

∙(2)

Applicants will be required to prod porn or idensification paper.

uzoptions" who

be Bed noed from

Thousand Two hundred and Thirty Dollate Divided into 7722 (Twenty-Seven Thousand Bevan Hundred and Twenty-Three) ensin in the Colony for more than 7 days Bhares of 810 *(Ten Dollar) sach to

required to Register themselves under the $194.061 (Ons He

Hundred and Ninety-Four Thousand and

and Dolly REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ORLIN. Divided into

(Twenty Seven ANCE 1810, Thousand Boyes Hundred and went required may be obtained at the G.F.O. sud o

Forms of Registration giving the particulars The of $7 (Seven Dellare) eson Polles Bisons, Tarso) wed that suck Bednation, be enacted

Returning (on such date as the

General Mangers shall hantar SerEn

holiar of thời là

med Beven Hundred And Twenty-

Taroo) Sharon that have been famed paid

Wednesday afternoon, the 21st inst

Representatives by 331 votes to 100, and to produce in the Senate by 157 votes to 37. When

The Library Committee of the Helena Germany intimated her inability to abandon her policy of unrestricted May Instituto desire to acknowledge " in deference to China's with sincere gratitude the anonymone

by which the intimation was accom protest, neither the threats nor cajoleries gift of a complete set of Ruakin-60

submariniem

è is a fine not panied proved of any avail. The

up Capital to the extent of 33 (Three NOW READY.

the

Dollars) per Sharu and by Roche

nominal amount of each of the mid

from $10 (Ten Dollars) to $7 (Boven

Dollars)

That application be made to the Supreme

Hongkong to confirm - the-

the Company Reduction of the in conformity with the foregoing Resolution Dated the Fourteenth day of March, 1917. DODWELL & Co, Lan,

General Managers.

NOTICE.

1996

E beg to inform the Peblis and to thone Whom It may conopen that Ms. N. EMANUEL ALLATA has This Day Over our Business of Starelsepers, do including the Goodwill, and will henneforth carry on the said Business under the same style or Firm nams, and our interest und responsibility in the mid concern will Cram on and after that date.

THE PARSER TRADING CO.,

Proprietors. Canton, 1st March, 1917,

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