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"AND",
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CONSIGNEES per Com
"ONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer-
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are hereby notified that the Cargo will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kom loon, where it will lie at Consignee's risk. The Cargo will be ready for de livery from Godown on and after 11th" November.
Optional cargo will be landed, unless notice has been given prior to steamer's arrival.
All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they
INTIMATIONS
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FOR
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AT
that reason, only troops under other com- manders have gone
into Hunan. The Northern troops defeated the Hunanese in one or two minor engageants, with the result that LUK WING-TING immediate ly discovered that he had a "sore log ” and, according to his report to the Government, has been fully occupied nursing it
In the meantime General LUNG CHI KWAN entered the arena once more, He offered the services of himself and his
men to the Government for the re-estub- lishment of order in Kwangtung. This
HOME.materially strengthened the Government's
hands, and they immediately proceeded to take more vigorous action. This culmi- nated in the issuing of cashiered Governor C
date which
*NG+KWAN ÎI
If you do not feel justified in the following words: CHAN PINO KWAN, Tuchun of Kwangtung, some time ago sent out a circular telegram declaring his sending an expensive present autonomy. When Suw Wey (Sun Yat-
home,
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SEN) and others established a false Government and a false Parliament at Kwangchow, the said Tuchun willingly tolerated the sedition, the purpose of which is to disturb the country. He is
rebellious and perverse to an extreme
ill be examined on any Tuesdays and 4. FRENCH GOVERNMENT PEONY CALENDARS degree. CHAN PING-WAN is hereby remov-
Fridays between the hours of 10.45 A.M.) and Noox within the free storage period.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered. after the 17th November will be subject
to rent.
All Claims against the Steamer mass. be presented to the undersigned on or before the 30th November, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be affected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents, Hongkong, 10th November, 1917,
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LINES
NOTICE TO CONSIGNÉES.
FROM SEATTLE AND JAPAN
HE Steamship
"THORDIS"
having arrived from the above pris, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that All Goods are being
• landed AW THEIR RISK loto the hasardons and/or exten hasarlons Glodowan ni the Hongkong and Kowloon Whard and Clodoves and/or from tas
*Limited,
Goods pot olbared.
whens
will be subject to rent.
be obtained. "A
All broken, hated and damaged packaga are to be left in the Godowns, when they will be
examined by Mees. GODDARD & Douglas,
on the 14th Nor, si 0,30 à M.
Claima agalost the Steamer must be
LOAN 1917.
Price of issue Frs, 68.60- Bearing Interest from the 16th Dec., 1917, payable quarterly.
Free of Taxes,
Not to be redeemed for 25 years. Subscription List will be Closed on the 12th December, 1917.
Bills and Bonds of the "National Defence" bought before the lat November, 1017, are accepted in
S payment Applications will be received by a
THE BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,
where full particulars may be obtained.
L. BERINDOAGUE, Manager. Hongkong, Sth November, 1917.
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ed from office to await investigation and punishment." In the same Mandate
THE TIENTSIN FLOOD DISASTER. THREE MILLION HOMELESS PEOPLE WITH NOTHING TO EAT
**AN APPEAL FOR HELP.
CHINESE TELEGRAMS.
[BY COURTESY OF TAR f4 CHUNG THI
THE MILITARY SITUATION.
PEKING, November 12th. Li Yao-han Civil Governor, has wired to Poking from Shin Hing stating that he is prepared to defend Luk Wing-ting. Chibli troops have arrived at Hankow. The Szechwan army has been defeated
The following statement regarding the formation and purpose of the Metropolitan Brion Flood Relief Council has been supplied by the Secretary, dir. George L. - Davis, with a request for publication “so
that the public may know there is a re-by the Tunan Army. sponsible organisation in the field that Li Hoo-ki, Tuchun of Fukien has wired will see that all fonds entrusted to their to the Government demanding that Feng care will be wisely and honestly adminis-Ynk-siang's troops abail be sent to tered. At present the territory has not been divided and a great deal is being done for the sufferers in some regions, while in other places they are utterly neglected."
We realite, continues Mr. Davis, the business stagnation in the East and the tremendous strain that the war has put upon the public all over the world, but on account of the appalling disaster
that has overtaken us, we must have money to save the people and we need it now before the price of grain has gone. higher." The Union Flood Relief Council has so far received about 811,000 Mex. The formation of Metropoliten
Fukien.
Lung Chi-kwang has sent a represen lative to Paking demanding money cover military expenditure.
The Premier and Liang Chi-chao. the. Minister of Finance after consulting to- gather decided to pay $7,000,000 to Là Yao-han, Fu Liang-tao and Li Hoo-ki. for military expenses.
SHANGHAI RAGES. AUTUMN MEETING.
· It will give more pleasure tha Li Yew-Bon was appointed to take over Union Flood Relief Council has been the results of the racing-
the dutica of Military Governor in con- junction with his post of Civil Governor. many a gift costing 10 times its CHAN PING-KWAN anounced his readiness
value.
-PRICE $3.75
ready for Posting
The Autumn Race meeting at Shanghai opened yesterday. The following are the
outcome of meetings, held lately in the THE MALOO, PLATS. Half a mile. Government Flood Relief and River Con- Mr. Elrettus Merrysand...(Mr. Vida) 1 servancy Bureau, of the representatives of Mr. Hobson's Niblick ...(Mr. Dalgleish) 2
Messis. Toeg and Speelman's Ewaneo to resign, but General Lux ordered him the following offcial and private charit-
(Mr. Rowe) 3 Time: 58 2-5secs. not to relinquish office. In the meantime, able organizations in Peking nad Tien- Admiral CHING PIK-KWONG was elected tsin Government Flood Relief and THE CRITERION STAKYS-One mile. by the local authorities for the Tuchua Conservancy Bureau, Chinese Red Cross Mr. John Peel's Silver Streak
(Mr. Johnstone) ship. General Lug has now, directed the Society, Shanghai Chinese Red Cross Mr. John Peel's Sandy.... (Mr. Read) 2 three candidates to confer with him and Society, Metropolitan Relief Distribu- Mr. Fash Wynona...........(Mr. Hill) has promised to transfer CHAN PING-IWAN, tion Society, Chinese Life Saving Society,
Time: main. 04-secs. Packed in neat cardboard Bor who has encountered local opposition, to Tientsin Army Medical School, Tientsin TES MAIDEN STAKES.-Three quarters of
Kwangsi. The Peking authorities are Relief Distribution Society, Chihli Pro a milo. Se Hey thi
Mr. Ezra's Elkwood (Mr. Ezra) 1. said to be making the necessary vincial Assembly, Representative of the Mr. Stubb's Dairy (Mr. Knoll) 2, preparations, with the assistance of Ministry of the Interior, Representative Sir Ellis Kadoorie's Peking Chief
(Mr. Springfield) ... 3. LUNG CHI-KVANG, to enforce their of the Peking Police, Representative of Time
Time: Imin. 314-5acca, orders. Those around the Premier main the Peking Gendarmerie, Prefect of the THE FAR-WAH STAKES-One mile and &tain that he intends to centralize the Metropolitan District, Representative of
military power with the object of pre- Tach inghsien, Representative of Wan venting any further outbreaks of this pinghsien, Metropolitan Inspector of nature.⠀⠀ When the vast extent of the Floods, American Red Cross, Peking country and the position held by the pro- Christian Flood Relief Committee, Tien- Mr. Gibbings Standard Dahlia vincial military officials are taken into tsin Christian Union Flood Relief Com- consideration grave doubts arise as to his mittee, Anglican Mission. The public THE SUBSCRIPTION auccess. That the Government should will be gratified to know that a combined have felt itself strong enough to dismiss effort will therefore be made to give relief so powerful a supporter of General Luz to the numerous flood sufferers thus in WING-TING 88 CHAN PINGEWAN, encour-suring both economy and thoroughness. ages the hope that it is now in the posi tion to assert its authority, although its
assert its authorit vacillating policy in regard to LUK WING-118G-the order for whose dismissal
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The Daily Pres
Howakona, 13tuť NOVEMBER, 1917.
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PEKING AND CANTON.
ALTHOUGH there his been no de cisive fighting in Kwangtung yet it is evident that the Central Govern
was withdrawn almost as soon as it was issued--does not suggest that it feels over- confident. It will not be surprising if, in the end, the present troubles are settled by compromise.
A meeting of members of "B" Co., H.K.D.C., will be held at Headquarters to-day, at 6 p.m. sharp, instead of at 0.30 p.in, as previously notified.
The first of a series of fortnightly.
of a series of meetings for united prayer, organised by the Hongkong Christian Union, will be held in the Helena May Institute to-day at 5.30 p.m. It will be conducted by the Rev. A D. Stewart.
CANTON NEWS.
(BX COULISSE OF 135“ CHUNG NGOI
SAN POX"1
ment intends to take active measures to establish its authority in the province. Since BUN YAT-SEN established his
vorment in Canton military government in Canton it has been felt that the Military Governor of the province has been more or less in sym- pathy with the disaffected element, and that had General Lux WING-Ting thrown in his lot with Sus he would have followed suit immediately. LUK Wiso- TING, disgruntled by not having heen selected as the Generalissimo, decided to become a military dictator by securing control of the South west provinces and those district in the Booth which. not showing any inclination to join SUN The Director of the Canton-Kowloon Railway (Chinese Section) has given YAT SEN. He came to a working arrange orders for the recruitment of age rega ment with Governor CHAN PING-KWAN, of night of railway police. The police are to be stationed at various stations to Canton, and then began sparring for protect the railway. We learn that a time with the Central Government until certain station has been robbed, after he had completed his arrangements to ton
the soldiers had been transferred to Can
were
CANTON, November 12th After many requests Dr. Wu Ting-fang and Shum Chue huen have wired to Dr. Bun Yat-sen stating that they will come to Canton, very soon. A gunboat has been sent to Shanghai to welcome them. RAILWAY PROTZOTION.“
POZKION MED1A219N, After a certain consul
LASHOPS situated of males House Bisest, I throw down the gauntlet to the Premier Baked bech bent to
opposite the Gmad Hotel, reonully_moon-
For rest sol olher portiomlars saply foun
THE MANAGER, HONGKONG JOE Co., Lane,
dil, Commimerket Road Gentand
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TUAN CHI-JUI. The
· EXTENT OF DISASTER,
The Union Council is absolutely neces- sary when we realize the extent of the disaster, for 105 counties have been
half.
Mr. John Feel's Black Diamond. My I. Macgregor's Upwood Park
(Mr. Johnstone) 1
Mr. Commons) 2-
(Mr. Rowe), 3 Time 3min. 13 1-5secs,
GRIFFIN STAKES -- Three quarters of a mile, Messra. Stephen and Burkill's Dara
(Mr. Dalgleish), I Mr. Silex's Bernina(Mr. Blewart) 2 Mr. Seth Hawkeye. (Mr. Commons]"3
Time: 1min. 32 1-5sec9,-€SSARY THE SHANGRAL ST. LEGER, -One mile and
three quarters.
h
Mr. John Liddell's Gladiator
TERRANEAN (Mr. Burkilly 3
Winsome and Hasty's The Golden Oriole ......... (Mr. Hill) 2 Mr. John Peal's Springle
line: min 422 (ur. Johnstona) 3 Time: 3min. 45 2-ssees.
THE ECLIPSE STAKES One mile and a
quarter.
affected and 70 per cent, of these serious- || Messrs. ly; 12,000 square miles have been flooded and outside of Tientsin there has been damage to the extent of $100,000,000 Mex:: in the loss of crops, and after a fairly necurate survey it is reported that 80,000 groups of dwellings have been destroyed while three million people are facing a bitterly cold winter in summer clothes and with nothing to eat. They are absolutely dependent on charity. They are not professional beggars, but hard working citizens.
Mr. Cire's Lamplight...(Mr. Moller) 1 Mr. Ezra's Goodwood.............(Mr. Ezra) 2 Mr. E. C. Pearce's Seadrako
(Mr Hill)` a
Time: 2min. 44 2-5800s, THE AUTUMN CUP Ono nile and a
quarter. Mr. Henry Morris' Beaconsfield
(Mr. Stewart) 1 Mr. O R. Burkili's Winsome, Dahlia
(Mr. Vida) 2, Mr. Penury's Wooree-Kazoo
(Mr. Commons) a
FUNDS REQUIERD TO SAVE LIFE. That this great maltitude may even drag out a wretched existence this winter
Time: 2min. 303-58ec8 and not die of coli and hunger at least $5,000,000.00 Mex is needed, and at the THE WRANGFOD STAKES--One mile and a present, time only $2,000,000.00 is avall Mr. Durgor's Kowloon...(Mr. Stewart): 1 able. No one can see this vast number Mr. Robson's The Spotted Bird of human beings living in mat sheds or Sir Ellis Kadoorie's Kalgan. Chief
(Mr. Moller), 2
huddled on the tops of their half sub-
** (Mr. Springfield)
merged houses in summer clothing, while Time: 3min, 17.3-5esca the cold north-west wind dashes the icy THE KALON PLATE-One mile. water over them and not feel anxious to Mr. N. L Sparke's Wild Gamble
(Mr. Eza) do their part to help them. All cheques Mr. Beth's Hawkeye (Mr. Commons), should be made payable to the Metropoli. Mr. McBain's Golden Bub ́
(Mr. MoBain), a fan Union Flood Belief Council.
Time: min. 08 3.5ecs
officers 1
EXRJUTIVE COMMITTER,
At the meeting of the representatives of the above organisations, an executive; and Conservancy Bureau; Dr. 8, P. committee of seven was appointed in Ch'en, of the Isolation Hospital, Peking,
Physician to Charge addition to the Chairman and Vice. The Council will be glad to resive Chairman. The following are the subscriptions and donations from both Chinese, and foreigners. All subscriptions will be deposited in appointed banks, and will be announced in the newspapers,. beth Chinese and foreign, fent time to time. The chairman of the Council will appoint to members of the executive comico, to look after the sccounts, and skatements of income and expenditure will be published once a month
Chairman: Hsiang Hai-ling, Director Peking to offer mediation to the Govern General of the Flood Relief and Conser ment, we are informed that the Italian vancy Bureau Vice-Chairman Liu Jo and American Consals have decided to tell, former Civil Governor of Chibli; eral Roger 5 Greene, Resident Director of go to Tuchow to ones within the China Hedical Board of the Rocks Luk Wing-tang about the situation of Kwongtang They have also requested Geneza, Luk to come to Canton to settle other questions.
RELATIONS, BIJEL GOOD.
rnment, get ting tired of being played with, entered into negotiations with him with the object of forcing him to come to a decision, While these negotia tions were in progress, it became known that there was a revolutionary movement brewing in Hunsa, and Northern.
The Tuchup, Chon Ping-kwan enter troops were hurried to that locality and
tained all the leaders in his Yamen yer succeeded in establishing themselves itterthy, in order to show that the relations such a position that they held the rebel between them are still cordial. lious outbreak in chock from the begin BANDITA' DEMANDE,
The bandit leader, who has donlared ning. At first Lux decided to send.
**Independente in the Heung-chan HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE KWangsi and Kwangtung troom to the district, has cancelled his declaration on
arstefance of Hunan, but he did not cen- / à demand of over $100,000 to pay to the ita and China), Senretary to Flood Rellett the Metropolitan Union Flood Relfet
bandite. They aim a months' pay sider it safe to denude himself, and, for, before they are willing to be disbanded
day desire to buy Xmas and NoVARPLAT in Nathan Road, Kewlown
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feller Foundation and representing the aerican Red Cros; Executive Co-
Fand handed to responsible charitable mitted Treasurera: Feng Kung tu societies for flood relief must be accounted General Manager of the Peking Electric for by the responsible officials of the Light Co 8E Lucas Assistant Mana organisations, and a certificate handed to ger of the Bank of China Secretarion the Council signed by the officials of the Chang Yahu, Oficial in Pekinguni society stating how the funds were dis cipal Council, Wang Hsien-pin, Salt posed of Merchant in Tientsin. George L. Daria, The Executive Committee earnestly Member of the Methodist Episcopal Mix appeal to all charitable people to send sion General Managers King Kung money at once to feed and clothe the pah, (Compraders of the Peking Branch Bood sufferers The money is needed at of the Chartered Bank of India Austra once. Al cheques should be made payable
Council this Free Từ Chính Phina.
(Continued at eos of next salumm.)