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T has been decided to hold the FLOWER and VEGETABLE SHOW as the BOTANICAL GARDENS instead of the City Hall,
The Show will be open from 9 to 8 PM. on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, the 14th and 18th Marcb.
Exhibitors are requested to note that the hours for staging Exhibits will be as already advertised.
H. B. L. DOWBIGGIN,
Hon: Secretary, Hongkerg. 7th March, 1918.
THE
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THIRTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHAKE HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the General Managers at Noor on WEDNES DAY, the 27th March, to receive a 's Accounts to 316b
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THE THIRTY-FOURTH ORDINARY NNUAL MEETING OF SHARE HOLDERS in the above Company will be held at St. George's Building, Chater Boad, Victoris, TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), the 9th March, 1918, at 11:30 o'clock in the fore- noon, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Managers for the year ending 31st December 1917, and electing & Consulting Committee and Auditore
The TRANSFER BOOKS & of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the sta March, 1918, until SATURDAY, the Oth March, 1918, both days inclusive.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 27th February, 1918. [1718
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ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS. the Company will be bold 'at the Offices of the Company, St. George's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 23rd day of March, 1916, for the at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon, purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year
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December,
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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 18th to 17th March, both days inclusive,
Devon, JARDINE MATHESON & Co., Ltd,
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THE HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
TURCHASERS OF
PART-MUTUEL
TICKETS on the fifth Race, Second Day, for Cash Sweeps. Places and Winners, also Cash Sweep ticket holders, of following Races can putain & rofand on production of their tickets at the Offices of the HONGKONG JooKEY CLUB, on the Ground Floor of the HONGKONG CL
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LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS, Accountants to the BONGKONG JOUREY CLUB
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By Order,
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the
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY the 14th March, 1918 until SATURDAY, F23rd March, 1918, both days inclusive.
By Order of the day tha
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ₤1742 Hongkong, 6th March, 1918.
CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO., LTD.
NOTICE
NNUAL MEETING of the SHARE FORTIETH ORDINARY
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT AND AGENOY Co., Im-
TO LET
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greater activity the pacifists who
be found in every nation: That she fina met with
CORRESPONDENCE.
ST. GEORGE'S DAY.”
TO TER EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG
DAILY PRESS,
S-Although the 23rd April is still some weeks distant, we should be obliged if you will be good enough to allow spicE is your columns for the following.
Many reasons will occur to YOUT readers why War Charities should le whole heartedly supported. A letter fo The Timet, dated October, 1917, from Mr. RA Hudson, Chairman of the
success in this direction cannot be denied. Neutrala – whose rights she has not respected have shown a r markable degree of forbearanice, ins cipient risings have occurred here a
here and there in the British Empire, Russia has been deceived as to the motives of her Allies a part of the Italian Army has heen seduced from its allegiance to the fing, and those in favour of a parelment peace in England have become more Vocal The overwhelming mase of the people are undoubtedly sound to the AND core and inflexibly resolved that there shall never, be a repetition of the herrors of this war Naturally they lorg who would not wish to lend a hand to andently for peace, but they insist that the wounded soldier if he or she know it shall be a inet and enduring peace how to
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1 CLOSED from the 14th to 27th March, both days inclusive
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co, Lan,,
General Agents.. Hongkong, 6th March, 1918, [1747
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NOTIGE
THE THIRTY-SECOND YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the Mon bera of the HONGKONG CLUB will be held in the Club House, on MONDAY, the 18th | March, 1919, at 5.30 P.IL/ By Order,
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Becretary Hongkong and March, 1918. [1780
NOTICE
NY EUROPEAN, Non-antatio or Indian
• deelring to leave the Colony should
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the person at the UnvERAL POLIUS
Firm of A. B MARTY Rene Salle, Successor, has as from the 12th February, 1018, sold to MESSES. P. A. LAPICQUE & Coy the 8.8. "HANOL, which insures the Postal Service between Hongkong and to use the
STATION between the hours of 8 AM to 1 PM and 3 rat. 80% 1. dallys
Passports or Muntlication papera
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* All persons with certain orooptions who
ramala
ju fize
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Haiphong, and also the som ORDINANCE 1916,
name of AB. MARTY, Navigation Tonkinone.
de
The business will hereafter be carried on by Massi P. A. LAPICQUE & Co. No: 4 Queen's Building, Telephone No. 950.
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NATIONAL LOAN OF THE THIRD YEAR OF THE REPUBLIO (1914).
NUBSCRIBERS to the above LOAN aro hereby notified that redemption of the BONDS DRAW on 20th February last will begin on 1st March, 1918,
Auto Tayment in cash or its equivalent will be
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AND SHHANGHAI
the REGISTRATION of PERSONS
Forms of Registration giving the par solars required may be absind at the
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| The Pozialty for non complianor in a due
not exceedinZ BOLT
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ACTIOR No. 295 or 1918.:
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Our Day" Finance Committee, sets out briefly the following six valid rea
(1.)Because there is no man or woman
The pacifists seek to remove this obstacje (2.) Because the Red Cross can do to their aims by pointing out that the collectively what we would each wish to rulers of Germany know that their anti-do individually.
(3.)Because the work costs £6 a minute, and of every sovereign we receiv ed in 1916 only 7d. was spent on ad ministrative expenses.
tious dreams of conquest can never materialise, and that long before Ger many can recover from the effects of the present confict the suffering masses will have cast off the yoke of the militarista (4.)-Because, taking the 41 weeks since and taken the control of affairs into last New Year's Day, we have received their own hands - Why, then, prolong the on an average £20,000 a week less than agony through which the world is pass, we have spent.
ing? It is a plausible argument calculat (5.)-Because, if this went on, instead ed to appeal to the war-weary when of developing and extending our work, they are being asked to make increased some of it would have to be closed down.
(6.)-Because each one of us ought to sacrifices in order to meet the augmented
forces of the Central Powers, and unresolve to make that as impossibility
A special effort is doubtedly it gains weight when an.
being made on St. Minister of the Crown, who has held many other War Charity funds. It has been George's Day to swell Red Cross and offices including that of Secretary of State suggested that a number of residents and for Foreign Affairs, advocates a small visitors may be leaving the Colony befors informal meeting of aathorised persons, the 23rd April who would be wishful to not plenipotentiaries," to hold prel subscribe to the funds being raised. This minary peace conversations. It is not is also the Reason, when dividends and necessary to discuss in detail the reasons & which lead Lord LANSDOWNE to tender bonuses are being paid, and, as many this advice, because they entirely ignore show an increase, no doubt an already the real issue, which is whether Germany generous community will be anxious and is to be allowed to go unpunished for
willing to earmark some for so good a cause. A list is, therefore, being started her manifold crimes and left in a pos to be called "St. George's Day" Fund. tion to renew her aggressive designs Donations thereto will be gratefully re- whenever the time seems propitions ecived by Mr. J. H. Ramsay, Hon. Trên With Germany's interpretation of surer care of the Hongkong and Shang- democratic peace without annexa hai Bank, and duly acknowledged in the tions or indemnities" confronting us in papers Thanking you. We are, dear Russia what sane person can be expected sir, yours faithfully, to attach any importance to Count HERTLING's qualified acceptance of the feur basio principles of peace enunciated by President WILSON Those principles are capable of widely different applica tions, and Count HARTLING's proviso that
they must be universally recognised* has a significance that nobody who reads his references to Ireland, Egypt, and India can possibly misunderstand. The insincerity that characterises every line
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THE STREET COLLECTING COMMITTEE,
ST. GEORGE'S DAY.
CANTON
NEWS.
BY COURTESY OF THE CHUNG KOOL
BAR TO
CANTON, March 7th LUNG'S GUNBOAT LEPORTED CAPTURED,
It is said that the Commander of the unboat Wing-Fung has reported that
of the German CHANCELLOR's speech has while patrolling the On Po waters, (off been thoroughly exposed by Mr. BALFOUR. | Yeung Kong) a gunboat, which was flying PEACH TALK-
Germany has everything to gain and General Lung's flag, was fired at and [NDISED by the chorus of condemna nothing to lose by provoking these disordered to stop. She was searched and
captured, Of this, however, we may be fon t greeted his first letter on the
sure-Germany will never subscribe to THE RUNG-HONG FRONT subject prace Lord LANSDOWNE has nflicte a second upon his fellow any ponce terms acceptable to the Allies so long as it is in her power to resist fountain. While it is impossible to questions intentions, we cannot help
them. The only peace worthy of the recallithat much evil is wrought by Dame will be won by fighting and lot by UNAN AFFAIRS.
ritic
talking.
yant ought as well as by want heart. A patriotic Englishmen could not, iims to us, have done a greater being imported into Amoy :-Furs, skins The following are prohibited from
dissery to the Empire at this critical taomenhen the people, suffering from the strof more than three years' War, need y encouragement to maintain and inify their efforts in order that the trdous sacrifices already made
Members of the Society St George, may prove to have been in vain. The Hongkong, are reminded that the annual succesechieved by the enemy on the subscription of $2 is now dite for 1918. Easter ront--achieved, be it remem. It will facilitate accounts and assist the bored, t by force of arms but by Hen. Treasurer it subscriptions are sent intrignave added very considerably to as soon as possible to Mr. J. H. Ramsay, the disties of the taek which the Allies Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, so that bavo red themselves to perform and they are received before the arrangementa banishthe prospect of any early end for St. George's Day Celebrations occupy of the fe. At such a time, when the the attention of the Committes heart apt to feel sick with hope
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Lowdow, March 6th.
General Lung's troops have occupied some of the chatriots adjacent to Yeung Kong Most of the Cantonsse armica are short of ammunition.
Tam Ho-ming, the Chief Commander,
with arms and was arrested. He is now has reported that a man, disguinst as one of his bodyguards, entered Headquarters detained pending inquiries.
Tam Homing reports that Northern troops in Ao-chow suddenly attacked the Southern lines yosterday. The FINST SQUADRON.
General Luk Wing-ting has ordered the Commander of the lat Squadron to send gunboats to bar the entrance of the Ent river as it is the main route for the troops sent by General Lung to attack Kong moon and the adjacent districts.
The majority of the Naval leaders aro in favour of buishing the task under taken by the late Admiral Ching and of sending gunboata to assist the expedi honary fores to attack Fukien,
Government stating that it is time for
General Lung has wired to the Peking
the Government to get back the Squad- rou into its control, and appoint a new
Admiral to take charge of the ships.
LESE MAJESTE “NOT PROVED “
On purchasing a diacet
a diary at a book than Reviewing the position of British at Schwenglishman, who had been per
in West Prussia, Charl Davis, an mitted to leave the Ruhleben internment camp to work for a relative at Schwetz tore out the title page- portrait on one side and a
with the Kaler &
rowing the apple of discord. ramong hose arrayed against them, Inying na she believed her Army to
trade with China in the Time Trade never trusted her fate
Supplement, Professor Middleton Smith but has spent millions of referring to the cry that the day of the influence opinion all over the compradore is over, points out that the NOW ON SALE.
world: doing this she had a four-fold) sous of compradores, often well educated table on the other remarking time TONGKONG HANSARD REPORTS object sought to enlist the gympathy will import direct nad win
have founded their own businesses. Then not wanted here at Com
The result was MEETING of the of new to undermine the loyalty of influence the industrial developi
gundy Grandens Criminal Court on a charge
88 a prosecution before thr LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS for the
displaying
anti-German Bresion 1916 APAINGNE
timenta Davis asserted that he had not torn onl
RATIARD BY THE MEMBERS.
those brBr
revent
from:
«Dast Pass". Denton.
and thereby
Prof Middleton Bruth that one result of the Entente will be that trait, but on account of the time-table the page an account of the Kaiser af pur- inst her to sow Great Britain, and France will have The Court confirmed the Lower Court's common commercial policy for Sonequittal holding that the intention of Ching China's setide in
damanitration was not
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