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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
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INTIMATIONS
PRESS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 216T, 1917
THE
HONGKONG
DAILY
AUCTION
For
Sale
KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB.
HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
BY a British Qualified Motion on boardf Members of the above, DNESDAY,
appointment as a SURGEON:
a steamer wiling for Singapon.
Apply
**M. D.,"
Care of "Daily Press" Ofica..
JOINT SERVICE
1061
.OP TH NEDERLAND" "ROTTERDAM AND LLOYD ROYAL MAIL LINES.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
THE Steamship
THE
"WILIS"
haring arrived from BAN FRANCISCO Coulignees of Cargo are hereby notif that a Goods are being landed at theis rink into the hasardons and/or extra kasardons Godors of the boghong and Kowloon Whart and Godown Co., Ltd., whence antifor from 3 barsen delivery maj buobisined.
No Claim will be admitted after the Good
In the Clodous, and No rems ring undelivered after the 24th Feph, Noo, will be subject to rent,
Liaison against the simmer must be pre- Ali
fed in the Undersigned on or befer to 29 Sept., or they will not be rongnied
All broken, chafed, and damaged Gouda se be it in the Godown, where they will be examined on the 2 th Sept. 10 .., by thu
held in the Club House, ou the 26th Lustant, at 6.30 r.M.
5. E. GREEN,
Hon. Secretary.”
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HONGKONG ST, ANDREW'S SOCIETY. HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: of the above Society will be held in the City Haid, on WEDNESDAY, 20sh Bepten ber 1917. mt 6,30 M. for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report anul Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st August of electing office bearem for the ensuing year. do R. HENDERSON,
Becretary
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP ANY,
LIMITED.
THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHTREVOLDENS in above Company will be held at the Company's Offices en SATURDAY, the Zuh of September, at Nou, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managora, together with a Statement"
to 30th June, 1917.
of
Umpany's surveyors Messrs. Goddard September, both day's inclusive,
Douglas
No Fire Innrezos bar been effected. Billa Laling will be dont reign ♬ by.
JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, Agents
f1062 Hongkong, 18th September, 1917:
C. T. BOWRING & CO.,
LTD., LONDON, (BOWRING & Co., Now York Correspondent.)
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 1st to 29th
DOUGLAS LAPHATK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 5th September, 1917, (1000
THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that DIVIDEND WARRANTS for the INTERIM DIVIDEND of $2.50 per Share DSENTATIVES
ESIRE to appoint LOCAL REPRE.ayable to all Shareholders on the Company's La HONGKONG.tegister at 30th September, 1917, may be
obtained at the office of the Company, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on aud after the 8th October, 1915,
in enaction with their Import and Export department Produce, Choral Merchandise etc.), Established British Firms preferred. Apply direct to Londou, giving fallest details. and credentials.
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HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL
NEW CLASS for BEGINNERS" will commence on MONDAY, ist October, 1917, if sufficient support be forti- coming.
Application for enrolment and enquiries regarding hours of School, Fees, et, should be made to the undersigned as early as possible.
By Order,
2,
Notice is further given that the SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the les to die 6th October, 1917, both days inclusive.
By Order of the earl of Himotors,
RM. DYER Chief Manugor. Hongkong, 8th September, 1917.
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NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION).
INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND).
Unredeemed Bank Notes.
HEREBY GIVEN that any E. A. M. WILLIAMS,NOUTSTANDING NOTES will be
Beomtsry.
paid on presentation to the undersigned on Hongkong, 6th September, 3817. [1003
or before SATURDAY, 29th September, 1917, at Noon
AFTER THAT DATE, holders will find it claim repayment IN STERLING From the BOARD OF TRADE, LONDON, to whom the necessary fands will be remitted.
THE BOARD OF TRADE make a charge for payment of claims out of monies deposit ed in the "COMPANIES LIQUIDATION ACCOUNT" at the Bank of England.
AR LOWE,
Liquidator.
KOWLOON-CANTON necesary to
RAILWAY
(BRITISH SECTION).
WINTER TIMING OF LOCAL TRAINS On and after SATURDAY, September 2nd, sud until further notics
The following Trains are cancelled :—. DOWN TRAINS
From BBUM.Chus 6,15 P.M.
0:06 PM.
UP TRAINS
From KOLÓON
5.18 PM (Saturdays,
Sundays and Public Holidays only)
Chartered Bank Building,
Hongkong, 16th August, 1917.
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HOUSES TO
LET
TO LET.
by
Public Auction.
Subject to the conditions prescribed by the Straits Settlements" Alien Exenties (Winding up) Ordinance, 1014," as amended from time to time by Ordinances, I of 1915, XIX of 1916, 1016 and VI of 1917 and as adopted in this State:
All that land known as THE BATU LIMA ESTATE consisting of about 1,016 acres, 1 rood, 33 perches held under East Coast Country Grant No. 49 for 999 years from 1883, RENT FREE. About 275 acres of the land is planted with rubber (150 acres in bearing) and 50 acres with
old. coconuts 3 to 4 years
Situated on main road within 5 miles of Sandakan Wharf.
The following buildings in good condition are on the Estate:
(a) 1 bungalow (40x30) containing 2 bedrooms, dining room and veran- dal Corrugated iron roof, plank walls, tiled floor.
(6) 1 Store (63' x 92 Corrugated iron
roof,
walls. (e) : Smoke hrause (34% 20). Corrugated
iron walls and roof, earth floor. (d) 1 Factory (22 x 16) Corrugated iron roof, pl ink walls, cement floor. Contains nand machines, 28 latex pile and over 9,000 cups,
(e) 15 Coolie houses (each 18 x 14').
Plank walls attap roofs.
The above property will be sold by Public Auction in the Court House at Sandakan at 12 o'clock Noon, on SATUR- DAY, 20th October, 1917. RESERVE PRICE $100,000 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) STRAITS SETTLEMENTS CURRENCY. (NOTE:-This reserve price has been based on a report on the Estate by the Honourable Mr. F. E. Lease, Manager of Sapong. Extate).
The sale is subject to the follow- ing conditions:-
INTIMATION
WATSON'S
E
THE PREMIER SCOTCH
OF THE FAR EAST
FOR 25 YEARS.
E WATSONS Sutch Whisky
POPULARITY MAINTAINED.
BY IT'S
EXCELLENT QUALITY
Nor BY EXPENSIVE,
WORLD-WIDE ADVERTISING.
negofants a pence which shall leave their crimes anpanished, and enable them to resume humiliting whenever, the occasion may appear favourable. The Govern fcnt, says. PAINLEVE, will redouble its vigilance against these insidious plans. Since 1914 France's blood has been, shed die torrents," but, i no enemy manœuvres. and individual, weaknesses can torn France from her "unshakable deter pination She will continue to fight until she weares the liberation of Alsace Lorraine, reparation for damage and ruin wrought by the ending, and a just peuce wherein effective guarantees shall pro tect the society of nations against all aggression on the part of one among them.
The sccomplishment of these aims now depends solely upon thé persistence of the Allies. Progress may often seem slow, but, as M. PAxqzvë reminded his hearers, n. the Cavso region, and on the Seroth, as well asde Artois, during the past few mouths great things have been accoin- bpilishud, the result, of which will be shown
Among the local residents who started to the Colony, yesterday word Me, and Mra. H Hancock, Mr. J. de B. Lancaster, Rev
and Mrs. Kirk Maconachie, Mr. D. Macdonald, Mr. T. E, Pearce, Mrs.. A. Ritchie and Mrs, N. L. Watson
The Kowloon Cricket Club will be A Home on Saturday from 4 pang when Mrs. P. R. Wolf will present the prizes
on in connection with the recent Tennis Tournament. The programa for the afterson includes tenuia and croquet. Tea will by served. By kind permissicki- of Major Ardoiro and Officers, the banel of the 74th Punjabis will be in 'attend, "
hee
HONGKONG
MAGISTRACY.
SCENE AT KENNEDY TOWN
BATHING BEACH...
Before Mr. Wood, a Chinese nttendunt at the Kennedy Town bathing beach wais charged with assaulting another Chinese,
al- attendant locked-himself in, but the tackers polted the door with stones to
such effect, that the door was broken down, Then the police arrived, and explanations resulted in the defendant being charged
by developments to be more far-reaching | who was hathing at the price? than is at present apparent. A similar It was stated that the complaint went assurance
is given by General Smurs, who up to the attendant, and asked him for speaks with the authority of an experi. the use of his boat, as a boy was drown- enced soldier-statesman and a member ing. The alterdam replied that he could of the British War Cabinet,Insee no boy drowning, and then the cam- structed by experience, he says, we have plainant asked for the laws of the toat Endopted treties, whiel, may not be very for the purpose of fishing. The attend- showy, but their results as mathemati-ant, told him that the boat was not for "that, purpose," whereupon the complain- cally certain. These tacties comix in ¡progressing by advanees, stridly limited, Faut became angry and attempted to push on ground rendered unferable, by the the boat towards the sea: he also pustied the defendant away. This led to words superiority of our artillery. They east- a minimum to us and is thiet a maximum and also to blows, and it was alleged that the defendant picked up a rake and of lusses on the enemy - elaina which is proved by the annoucement that the struck the complaðñiant on the hènd with Army Estimates have her exceeded owing the attendant, was set apon by several it causing several small wounds. Then
to the casualties untongst our own troops Chinese, who chased bin to his hut.. The Theing lower than was anticipated as the result of last year's operations. There is no longer any question regarding win- ning.
To-day," ang General SupTS, we have won, and the Gerinians know it quite well." They virtually admitted it when they launched their campaign of indiscriminate submarining in a despair- ing attempt to compel the Allies to relax their strangle hold. The time-limit which they fixed has been almost reached, and, in addition to the mortification of seeing their designs frustrated, they find their enemies reinforced with the limitless resources in men, money and material of the United States of America. With her food problem becoming more acute, her economic future hopelessly compromised,
CANTON, September 20th, her man-power approaching exhaustion, and her military equipment being GENERAL LEK AND THE EXPEDITIONARY FORGE, General, Luk Wing-ting has gone to eclipsed by
Loesj that of her Germany realises that her docm Lungehow to inspect the newly-recruited Inevitable, Hence hor
desire for troops. He has ordered the expedition- peace." But, despite the horrors of ary troops to step their march to Hunan
the Peking Government PAINLEVE AND GENERAL, we must continue till the lesson pending a reply to his demands upon
is graven deep into the hearts of the Ger. SMUTS ON THE WAR.
man people. The stake is the largest that the human race ever played for, and
A. S. WATSON
CO., LTD.,
(1) $30,000 (Singapore Currency) to be paid on purchase and the balance by monthly instalments thereafter of $10,000. Interest at the rate of 7% per annum will be charged on instalments overdue and default for 30
will invalidate the sale and render the WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, days deposit and all instalments liable to forfeiture.
(2) Upon payment of the deposit an agree ment will be executed by the liquidator undertaking to complete the transfer of the estate, free of all incumbrances, on payment of the final instalment of the purchase money.
And to the following special conditions :-
HONGKONG.
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Honoxana Orsion: 10%, Da Vaux BoAD, C. Lorson, Urtica: 181, Flem Bragar, K-6
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, 21st SEPTEMBER, 1817.
(1) The purchaser must be a British subject and not under any foreign influence; he will be required to satisfy the Governor that no person of onemy or foreign origin is directly or indirectly nterested with him in the par- chase,
and a must make such statutory declaration in that behalf as may be required M.
the Governors by
(a) For the
the purposes of this sale any person entitled under the Land Laws of North M. PAINLEVE, the new French Premier, to be a British subject.
(3) In the case of a Company formed for by Professor of Mathematics at Sorbonne, the purpose of acquiring the business its Memorandum of Association must contain he employed his knowledge, while Minis special provisio
ns, to be approved by theter of Education and Inventions under
of the Governor, to exclude the possibility Company falling under foreign control the Briand Ministry, to revise the old Generally speaking it will be necessary to artillery Table for range-finding, and prevent more than one-fourth of the shares or the voting rights being held by, or subject to the control of, foreigners.
In place of the above the following TraingMMEDIATE entry, Four very desirable Borneo to raak as a Native shall be deernis emphatically a man of action. Former patience and confidence are all that wo
will run :- DOWN TRAINS
From Sп CHEN 5,30 PM.
UP TRAINS
From KOWLOON
By Order,
6.25 inreupt Satur. days, Sundays Tablic and
6,00
Holidays)
(Saturdays,
Sunday's
and Public Holidaya only),
SHOPS, altusted in Ios House Street, opposite the Grand Hotel, recently recom #fracted,
For rent and other particulare apply to Tan HANAGEE, A HONGKONG ICE CO. LTD. 45, Connaught Road Central.
4.30 r.m. (Saturdays10
Sundays ind Public Holidays only).
H. P. WINSLOW,
Manager.
Kowloon, 20th September, 1917. (1060
M
LIFE INSURANCE.
R. E. P. HENDERSON, I.C.S., Retired,
of 42, Leinster Gardens, Landon, W. 2,
TO LET.
1900
FFICES at 2, Connaught Road Central,
OFFICE in King's Buildings. HOUSES in Moreton Terraco Wongneichong Road..
HOUSES on Shameen, Canton. Apply lo-
wishes to remind the readers of this paper A
that his advice is available, now as for the last sixteen years, to all those of known position who agree to his conditions.
The war, which has pitilessly exposed the weaknesses of many Insuranes Offices, has triumphantly vindicated the soundness of Mr. Henderson's advice.
Out of dirty British Offices, whose valua tions took place during 191, only five maintained their pre-war bonus rate: included amongst these five are the two Oifices most frequently recommended by Mr. HENDERSON and, moreover, the bonuses declared by these two Offers are respectively the highest and second highest of the whole thirty. Moreover of neither of there Offices has the bonus rate ever once receded throughout their long history since they were established in 1830 and 1826 respectively.
When advice which has thus been vindicat ed by time can be get free of charge, subject only to reasonable conditions, why not write and ask for it ?
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(4) In Case of B Company already in
thereby contributed to the success of the French at Verdun. Always interested in.
existence, if the Articles of Association doscientific development, too, he was one not already
in a manner side, they must be altered of the first to perceive the possibilities of and falling under fossibility of the Company:
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD, [29
TO LIT.
FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon
FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES La Kowloon,
Apply 10-
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE Alerandm Buildings
TO LET.
No. 28, BELILIOS TERRACE,
1941
From 1st November, 3917. TOP FLOOR of 7, Daddell Street, now used as Messrs, Kelly & Walsh's Printing Office.
No. 4, DES VEUX VILLAS, No. 53, PEAS
No. 2 FAIRVIEW, No. 3, Nathan Boad, Kowloon.
Street.
A LARGE ROOM suitable for Office in Queen's Building joorner of Commught Road and Ice House Street)
ONE GODOWN is Dodd For Sale 141, THE PEAK,
Apply 10-
fa story to the Governor 80 aviation, and flew with WILBUR WRIDET as to exclude the
control, and the Direc- when the celebrated inventor was experi tors must furnish an undertaking to use their best endeavours to have the provisions menting in France with his machine. It referred t inserted in the Memorandain conjunction with Mr. Loun George, he
d to above of Association if legislation should be ntroduced en bling the Memorandum of is regarded as responsible for the decisive Association ce altered by the insertion of steps which resulted in the settlement auch provisions
now need in order to be certain of gaining it
“OUR DAY."
LADY MAY ROSE FUND.
Mr. L. N. Leefe, Hon. Secretary, in- forms us that the Committee appointed by
with assault, :
The defendant contended that the com- . plainant fell upon the rake during the skirmish, and that it was it used by. him (the defendant) at all.
The defendant was fined $20, or, in default, one month's hard labour.
CANTON NEWS.
[BY COURTESY OF THE CRUNⱭ RGDI BAN FO”]
Luk has asked the Tuchun to pay three million instead of one million dollars towards the expenses of the expedition- ary forces.
The ex-Civil Governor of the Kwangs, Shum Chun-huca, has sent a deputy to General Lak Wing-ting to offer hik assistance to the expedition. The deputy will come to Cantor to meet the Tuchun
50011..
HUNAN DECLABES INDEPENDENCE.
The Tuchun, having received a message- stating that Hunan has declared its
the Executive Committee of the War independence, has invited all the Authoris Charities to arrange the celebration of Our Day" on October 18th ins decided
to repeat the sale of Rows which was so successful and promijuent a feature of the
the Greek difficulty. Although he had pre-proceedings a year ago, viously resisted the Bill to extend the service of conseripts from two to thre
(0) Should the Governor for any reason not
Subscriptions to the Lady May Rose approve of the purchaser, the contract may be rescinded by the Governor and the deposit
Fund will now be gratefully received, and will be returned without interest or expenses
Further particulars may
be years, none, we are told, was more deter-applications for Roses should be address obtained on application to the nined than he when war broke out to ed to Lady May, Government House, with
Rose Fund. secure
pence with honour" by force the envelope marked undersigned.
of arms. That this determination Cheques should be unfde payable to Lady remains unabated is shown by the May and crossed.
In view of the fact that Lady May has stirring speech in which he outlined ls policy to the French Chamber this
not yet returned to the Colony it, 54 week The Government, he declared,important that the marking foze would devote its undivided attention to Fund! be not omitted, otherwise, up, assembling, all the forces of the nation for plications will not be aprued,
W. W. SMITH,
Liquidator
RESIDENT'S OFFICE,
SANDAKAN, NORTH BORNEO, 29th June, 1917.
FOR BALE.
ALESEND," 109, THE PEAK.
Apply to
GALESE
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C. IL GALE,
P. W. Dept.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
Lik
ENGLISH LADY in Tanzsa
B. Chius, an Barssian or Portuguese Com-
GLENSHIEL," No. 140 and panien.
LINSTEAD & DAVIE, Bed Flor, Alezanden Boidiťgv
Good home. Knowledge of French desirable. Please apply stating salary required, age and full particulars to-
Box 17.
Cam of Daily Prsen - Office,
嘴黑
He
ties to go to his yames to consult a to the situation.
The Tuchun is required to deliver armas to Kwangsi as soon as possible.. YUNNAN MILITARY OFFICERS AND THE TUCHUM
The Commander of the 4th Division, of Yunnan troops, Fang Sing to, and all hin. chief officers suddenly proceded to, the Tuchau's yames and asked the Tuchun to discuss with then some subject the nature of which has not been divulged,
A military meeting was held in the Generalissimo's office yesterday.
LI LIEH-KWAN ILL
Li Lich-kwan is sick and has recently, gone to hospital.
A DISAPPEARANCE.
The Chairman of the Provincial Assem
Two negroes were caught in a terrific
Several generous donors whose names bly has disappeared will be published later have very kindly and
defrayed the cost of the Roses, and it is fervently hoped that the proceeds of the Sale of Roses will exceed even those of a year ago.
The supreme phase of the war, and, as an earnest of this, he has followed the example set by Mr. LLOYD GEORGE formed special War Cabinet: "phasise the fact that the nearer the end of the war approached the more essential to victory would be the moral resistance of the nation, against which the enemy, unable to conquer on the
battlefeld, was redoubling his efforts, This, of course, was an allusion to the various attempts of the Central European Powers to trade upon the war- weariness of the world in order to
Lord Lansdowne stated recently that the needs of the British Red Cross work were now not less than £8,000 a day, the call is pressing
the
The names of subscribers and amounts subscribed will be notified daily in the Press.
thunder-storm in the South and took re fuge in a bar, but before they could euter they were completely drenched.
The thunder crashed and pealed botwren flashes of lightning and blinding dashes. One of the darkies thought of rain. maybe a little strong language would enso his mind, but his companion remonstrated with him.
Look heal, po Charles Richard -got Don't yo' koow dat quit yo cussio Gawa's got vo completely in his power jest now ?"