NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE TO O INSIGN FEB. HE P. & O. 8. N. Co.'s Steamer
"HEJA%"
THE
FROM BOMBAY AND STRAITS. Consigores of Cargo by the above-named veel are hereby informed that their ponds are being landed and placed at piters RISE in the Hougkong and Kowloon Wharf and God Company's Godowas at Kowloon where me Consignment will be sorted at Mark by Mark ant delivery on be obtained as the Goode are landed.
Options Goods will be uded here unless instructions are give to the contrary batore
6 hours.
Goode not oleared within R days including date of arrival will be sub or to zaat.
No Fire Insurance will to effeciel by me in any case whatevor.
Damago pokages must be left in the Go. downs for examination by the onsignees, and GODDARD the Company's Sarvegara, Mare K
and Douglas, at 10 AM. on Mondays and All Claims must be presented THURSDAYO. within ten days of the steamer'a arrival hero, alter which de's they skonut la regnised, No Claims will be admitted after the Goods kave let the Godown
P. L KNIGHT Acting Superintendent Hongkong, January 25th, 1910
PLAN
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FOR
ANOTHER
SCHEME." "HOUSING
Badersigned are now dividing a portion of Cox's Hill, Kowinan, into amali lute, of about 3, 44, quare feet esch.
A desirable pot for a Home, one of she FINEST SITES IN KOWLOON. Porseus desirous of acquiring ground there,
Jam Apply to
J. M. ALVES & CO.
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NO
THE HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an GENERAL EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED wil be held at the Palder Register hice of the Campany Street, Victorin, in the Colony of Hongkong un SATURDAY, the Eighth day of
INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JANUARY 27mu. 1818.
TAT WEST POINT BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED,
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Nthe THIRTY FIRST ORDINARY
B
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERE this Company will be held at the Offices of blesers, JARDINE, MATHEHON & COMPANY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY LIMITED ON 29TH, 1918, at 11.30 .., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts
ending 31st December, 1918. for the
The REGISTER OF SHARES of the
will be CLOSED from SATUR Company
29th to WEDNESDAY, DAY. Istb. January, 1910 (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER, THE HUNGRONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.,
General Agents for the WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LTD.
¡906 Hongkong. January 13th, 1818.
THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE, LIMITED.
N the FIFTH ORDINARY MEET
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that this ING of SHAREHOLDERS Company will be held at the Offices o. Messrs. Jardine, MatueSON & COMPANY, LIMITED, OD WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 1019, at 11.45 A.M., for the purpose, of recuiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1918.
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from SATUR 29111 DAY, 16th, to WEDNESDAY,
(both days inclusive), January, 1918 during which period nó Transfer of Shares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
THE HONGKONG CENTRAL Estate, Ltd.,
A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary to the General Mauogers. [206 Hongkong, January 13th, 1919.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD).
that
UNION
INTIMATIONS
WATERBOAT COMPANY,
LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
HE FOURTEENTIL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS will be held in the Offices of & Co., LIMITED, OD Micers. ODWELL THURSDAY, JANUARY 30TB, 101, at 11.30 A.M. for the purpose of receiving the repurt of the General Managers together íth stavinent of accounts to 31st Decern- bes, 1916.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED 1rom the 23rd to 30th
DODWELL & Co., LTD., January, 1915, th days inclusive.
Genoral Managers.
1220
A. G. DA ROCHA, AUCTIONEEN, SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER.
FAVOUR D with
instructions from
The Concerned, will sell by Public Auction on TUESDAY, JANUARY 28тn, 1919, at 2.30 P.M. VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND MISCELLANEOUS GOODS,
Also
INTIMATION
WATSON'S
EXTRACT OF MALT
AND
COD LİVER OIL.
It is
Lieut-Colonel John Ward, C.M.G.,
at all, but of scientific knowledge." obvious bat
of all the magnificent M.P., Commanding 26th Battalion Mid- buildings and costly products of ancient diesex Regiment in Siberin, bas written Babylon, Greece and Rome, only n ቪዲ H.E. Major-General F Ventris fow scattered remnants have enriched this asking His Excellency to convey to the era. The buildings are of no use now, ladies of Hongkong the warmest thanks but we have the results of experiment of all ranks under Col. Ward's Command Owing to our great increase in knowledge for their most acceptable gifts of con- since those days, it would take only forta received and distributed. small fraction of the labour that WA
expended on them to replace those of Light and Power Compung was called for A meeting of the creditors of the China buildings If we canides in detail the
Saturday
torting at. methods employed in the construction of
the Company's office, to determine whether an applica- the Grand Canal of China mad the
tion shall be made to the Court for the Patan Canal, Br appreciate 1/21
appointment of any person as liquidator enormous saving of manual labour and its the place of, or jointly with. Mr. B. F. of time which modern methods make Campdell, the Hquidator appointed by the possible. We are inclined to agree with Company. As, however, there were no Mr. SWINTON who says: When, were creditors present no businers fore, we compile estimates of the losses transceted.
could bo
A CONCENTRATED NUTRITIVE due to the war, let us not forget that}
ett greatest aseet, thu vast alore of knowledge that Beince has gathered CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION. together for us through all the ages, it BNQUIRY INTO PAY OF GOVERN-
AND
DIGESTIVE AGENT.
1 Indian Motor Cycle of 1918 Electric Rasy to Digest.
Model and side car in excellent running order
and with a accessories including Speedometer.
J 12 bora Bammer Gun by Wilkinsons Lonton, is perfect condition.
1 Oliver Typewriter.
1 Underwaal Typewriter. 1 Binocular.
TERMA-Casle on Delivery. Hongkong, January 23rd, 1910.
A. G. DA ROCHA. AUCTIONEER, SURVEYOR AND
GENERAL BROKER.
MAVOURED with instructions from Cha come of a 5 anghai and Swatow Firm, will all by Public Auction at bis prenis d Post Other Baili gs, Queen's Road Central,
On THURSDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 1916, KL 2.30 PM.
still intact."
Pleasant to take onique geographical and political posi. tion, and the war has left it the metro polis of the most stable and progressive
each.
¿L
MENT SERVANTS.
It is notified in the Government Gazette krt the Offorr Administering the
the purpose of instituting, making, and conducting such enquiry.
The war buns brought the banking ! systems of the different nations into close working relations. At one time it was generally supposed that London would ] Government in Corneil has deemed it case to be the nerve centre of finance of advisable that an enquiry should be in. stituted made, and candacted regarding the world. But London is 1T1
Che emoluments of the Puldic Service of the Colony, and that, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, he has It may be true appointed Mr C. M. Bar, the Hon. Mr. la bottles $1.50 and $2.50 Empire in the world.
thna British bankers are conservative, but. Laudate, the Hon Mr. Mcl. it is also fact that they met the Messer, O.B.E., His Honour Sir-William difficulties used by the war with high Res Davies, K., K.C., and the Hon. Mr R. G. Shewan to be Commissioners hearts and that they kept cool heads. There are yet many delicate problems of finance to be solved in connection with the expansion of trade. Not very long ago, Sir CHARLES ADDIA contributed an article to one of the loading reviews in which he suggested new methods. If we may new an analogy frum practical work, it seen to us that science has provided the bankers of the world with HOW materials for keeping the financial build ings safe from earthquakes or panic. In | COLONY'S FINANCIAL STATE-
San Francisco it was found that only thune structureg which were built of re inforced concrete remained standing The British nation produced, in world of credit, something like reinforced
FEBRUARY, 18.B, et wclock sa the forenoon, UTICE IS HEREBY GIVEINARY A LARGE QUANTITY OF FILET LACES A. 8.
when the Subjoined Readation with be pre posed as an Ext-nurdinary Resolution :-
Tat the Artic re of Associato be altered inner following, viz
"In Artide 2 be word "fire" shall be
abstituted for the word" four "."
of
the
Toe effect of this resolution will be ta inorcave the maximun unter Digators from 4 te b.
Should the resolution be passed by the required majority, it will be submitted for confirmation as a special resolution to a second Extraordinary Meeting which will be sabsequently convened.
Dated the 24th, day of January, 1919.
By Order of the Board,
J. H. TAGGART, Secretary and Manager.
NOTICE
24
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Officer of Messre. JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY, OU WEDNESDAY, JANUARY LIMITED), 29TH, 1919, at NON for the purpose of reosiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts
1918 for the year ending 31st December,
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOBED from SATUR- WEDNESDAY, 29th DAY, 18th, to January, 1919 (both days inclusiva), during which period ao Transfer Sharea ann be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary. Hongkong, January 13th, 1910.
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of
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that THE BONGKONG LAND RECLAMA-
the Interest und Responsibility of
GEORGE BANKER of and in the kuport
Firm me of Cami as trots
and Export Bushes carried on at Hong kong under toe style o BANKAND COMPANY the Is. January, 1919, from which date the Busines will is carrid on by SAMUEL EBENEZER GREEN.
Dated the 20th January, 1919,
GEO. BANK K HE GREEN
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NOTICE. TOTUE 1 BEREBY GIVEN that NOTHOMAS PERCIVAL
LINDSAY WOODS is authorized to Sign our firm per procuration.
Dated the 9th January, 1912,
HANKER & CO.
WANTED.
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ANGINEER for local works. Thorough
TION CO., LTD. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the EGIFTEENTH ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS in MEETING of this Company will be held at the Offices of Meurs JARINE, MATHESON & COMPANY,
LIMITED, on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 1919, at 12.15 P.M., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors Logether with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 1st Decetober, 1818.
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from BATUR. 29th DAY, 18th, to WEDNESDAY, January, 1910 (both days inclusive), Transfer of during which period no Sharos can be registered,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE, Secretary.
[208 Hongkong, January 13th, 1919.
AND DRAWN THREAD WORKS Ere, Eru.
Comprising :--
Filet Laces, Lace Collars, Table Covers, Bed Spreads, Grass Linea, and Irish Linen with cut-work Finbroidery, Camisoles, Silk embroidery articles and many other kinds of Fancy Goods for Ladies.
Catalogue will be issued.
On View from 28th January, from 2 P.M. TERMS-Cash on Delivery. Bongkong, January 2nd, 1919. [156
WE HAVE
Girtat varieties of used and
unused
POSTAGE STAMPS single, sets, packets, bags, and on
Approval Books
FOR COLLECTORS GRACA & CO..
Dealers in Postage Stamps, Post Cards, Seeds, Toys, etc.
No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, HONGKONG
P.O. Box 620.
[73
TO LET
TO LET.
SOLD ONLY BY
WATSON
CO., LTD.,
HONGKONG DISPENSARY,
TEL 10.
[18
DEATH
the
concrete for their financial structure.
Such inventions as the cable, wireless and more rapid methods of transit have made i posible to use the new methode, and some of the most alert brains in Gt. Britain Lau Cauna-At bis residence No. 6, are at present at work on the problems Basiles Lyttleton Road, Hongkong of increased production. No doubt we on January 24th, the Rev. JAMES LAU CHUNG, aged 81 years. (Australian shall have a great incream of knowledge, papers please copy).
[257
in the different branches of science. The Hongkong Orion; 10%, Dae Vaux Road, O. | health of the workers will be improved LONDON Opica: 181, FLAT STARK, EC. and the wages increased. The returns on money invested will not decrease. It has beez said that famine is not caused by dearth of food but Jack of transport. Thousands used to die of famine in one part of India, while crops rotted for labour to gather then in auother part. Something similar has been happening in the world of finance.
The Baily Press.
HONGKOND, JANUARY 27TH, 1919.
Mr. John Reynolds has been appointed, temporarily, to be a Sanitary Inspector. The Gazette contains the usual re- gulations regarding cracker-firing during Chinesa New Year
CREDIT AND GOODWILL.
ONE of the remarkabio results of the Great War was the demonstration that many of the old economic theories did not stand the test of actual practice. It would be unfair, perhaps, to say that the theories were all wrong, because all sorts of new and unexpected factors came into the problems. No doubt some of Mr. NORMAN ANGELL'S arguments in
"The Great Illusion" were right enough, batwo cases (two deaths) of cerebro-spinal fever were notified in the Colony on Friday,
Sir Willam Rees Davies IS to be Chairman of the Commission and Mr. J. A. E. Bullock, Chief Clerk, Culonial | Seeretary's Office. the Secretary The Commissioners are requested to report their findings and recommendationg before March 20th, Tele
the
MENT FOR SEPTEMBER
The Hongkong Treasury issues financial statement for the month of September: Balance of Assets and Lia-
bilities on 31st Aug. 1918... 86,297,678.30 Revenue from 1st to oth
September, 1918 ..
Expenditure from 1st to th
September, 191K
Balance
1,249.205.03′′
27,546,043.33
23,152.50*
.............86,723,590.94
* Exclusive of Crown Agents' Account
for September.
THE
SCOURGE.
INFLU NZA
HONG KONG'S RESPONSIBILITY.
According to a statement la the Journal
of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Hong- kong must bear the stigma of being the starting point of the influenza scourge. The writer, who signs bitself "J.C," says that in December, 1888, he read a paper before the Hongkong Medical Society, in which he gave a descriptioni of an ailment with which he was not familiar, and asked the members to name the ailment. The matter, fell into abeyance, B
us those
did not recog nise that the ailment was anything out
present of the way or worthy of notice. The writer sont the paper to the British Medical Journal, in which it appeared The First Re- corded Cases of influenza in the Modern in 1881 under the title of Epidemic. It will be remembered that he had not made allowances for the
the upidemic spread round the world, man. Financial ingenuity of
props
starting from China, and when it
reached wero suddenly devised. The great
Siberia, and hence to Russia in Europe, When triumph of the Allies was due in no small
it was styled Chinese influenza." measure to their extraordinary adaptabili
called it appeared in Western Europe it wua
Russian influenza,“ by to new conditions. That fact ought to
further brought to the Eastern seaporta THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-make us sanguine of their rapid recovery
of America by British ships, and after MENT & AGENCY C», LTD.
from the long period of destructive, Dr. Harold Macfarlane has been travelling across Amerion it reached American in Buenza. } From Japan it reached
ing and experience in charge of steam plant THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILD EDGEHILL, No. 10, THE PEAK.
ensen bial.
Apply-
"TECHNIC," Care of "Daily Press" Office. [209
THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, LIMITED.
(IN LIQUIDATION).
NOTICE.
THE LIQUIDATOR is aboards in
necessary forms of Claim to Shares the new Company to the undermentioned Bhareholders As no addresses have been Registered. If no application in respect of qush Shares is made by the prescribed dutess (January 30th, 1910 or April 30th, 1910, as the anse may be) the right to take up the New Shores will lapse and sach Shares will be doalt with in accordance with the Agree- ment between the Company and the now Company.
Dated the Eighth day of January, 1919. Sharehollers names
Chitre No. of Winter Ro. of Ahazen nila
Leung Po You
Poon Yuen Chuoni
do.
Jo Tai Gloon
do.
do.
10014070 34778,
20 181/200
GO 1/20 31/40
01/70. 900 31/400,
11014/11813,
30501/30000, 30801/21300, DOU 30401/30500,
3000130560 31301/3160
BO 19747/18790.
ING COMPANY, LIMITED.
19 HERERY GIVEN that ORDINARY
Apply t
NOT THIRTIETR MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Company's Offices, Victoria Building on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH, 1919 at 11 o'clock .. for the purpose of receiving the Iteport of A
the Directors, together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December,
1018.
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be LOSED from TUESDAY January 28th, to TUESDAY, February 4th, can bo 1919, (both daya luclusive) during which Registered. period no Transfer of Shares
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A BHELTON HOOPER,
Bocretary,
TO THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT
& AGENCY Co., LTD., Genoral Agents for the WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LTD., [243 Hongkong, January 21st, 1919
HONGKUNG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
HONGLONG LAND RECLAMATION COMPANY. LTD
TO LET
HOUSE in Wongnichong Road.
Apply to--
TO LET.
P
A
SHOP lu Nathan Road, Kowloon.
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124
One case (one death) of bubonic plague,
Mr. Edmundo Molino is recognised as Consul for Panuins in Hongkong under instructions from the Secretary of Staic
for the Colonics.
rather than constructive, work, during appointed to set as Principal Civil Japan, where it was called
lowing tho
WALM
China again, and started Hecond, a
from East to fairly Byly the well known Australian writer's
which the energy of millions was deflected Medical Officer during the absence on from peaceful avocations. We nord not leave of Dr. John Taylor Connel John-third, and a fourth time round the world, worry too much about the vast sums of BOD. capital used up during the past four
The Secretary of State for Foreign account of the spidomic he focuses the years. In the early days of the war o A FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon.
great deal was said about tho inflation of Affairy has decided, in consultation with starting point in Hongkong, and in the Apply bo
war-time credit. Many British finanoia! the President of the Board of Trade, to may given the pathway shows this de- finitely. Curiously enough, neither tho HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE experia grow alarmed, but a homogeneous institute registers of all claims of British members of the
CO., LTD.,
state of credit expansion took placo subjects to property or other interests medical services in
nong the Allies and the neutrals natively in Russin. Statements of claims should engaged in hasiness with them
be sent to the Colonial Secretary's offico. the advances in prices were very neatly equalized all over the world. There was
A exaudra Bulldings.
GROUND TO LET.
T WHITFIELD ROAD, CAUSEWAY
AT
KWONG BANG HONG
248, Des Voeux Road Contral.
140
Indeed,
A distressing accident occurred 26 the
nor of the civil
milingkong
kank would have
it that the disease mentioned by 3.0," in 1890 was influenza. Sa
poretstently was this adhered to that a
the Civil Mertical Staff wrote to the
writer's account was
nonsense,
British Medical Journal saying that the
notified BAY. next to our Glass Factors, no real credit, tensity in any part of the Hongkong Hotel on Saturday morning official records of the military and NINETY-NINTH ORDINARY MICHTING OF SHAREHOLDERH in consisting of 10,000 Square feet, suitable for Allied group; there was no need to be A Chinese, with others, was engaged at civil servious it was specially
cautions in business that productiveness the bottom of the lift shaft and apparent during 1880-01 that no inducars was pre-
officially the Company will be held at the Olice of storing Coal, do. From January 1st, 1019.
Apply to-- the Company, Hotel Mansions, on TUESDAY
was endangered. The nation's financially slipped, for his arm was caught by in Hongkong, which
fact, where inducurs wag unknowa. In BILUARY 11, 1019, at 18 o'clock, Noos,
mulen kept good ilme all through the war, the rope revolving round the drum and inained the only spot of the globe, in for the purpose of receiving a Report of
officially Gold, or any form of money capital or was dragged between the drum and the birthplace of the disenac it was
dented to prevail. the Directors, together with a Statement
ut honour,
bad of Accounts, declaring a Dividend and
case, like a proplet without credit, is only the melium of nxchange the wall to the floor. Song time elnpaud electing Directors and Auditors.
recognition in it own, country. In a recent address before the Hoval before he could be extricated and it was Bociety of Arts in London, Mr. CAMTHELL then found that his hand and arm had Doultices some of the residents of Hong- SWINTON said: "Capital of the modern boen vary severely injured. The man was kang will like to investigate the subject with a view to Bouring evidence repudint- world does not consist of concrete con- conveyed to the Government Civil losing the doubtful honour thus Charung
the Colony.-, and G. Expresa. structions of labour or of material things "pital.
300 316b1/21700, 81761/81800, 31101/39200,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company, 32001/82700 will be CLOSED from JANUARY 97T
FARRUARY 1121, 1919, both days inclusiva
By Orior of the Board of Directors
W. & CLARKE Secretary.
[172 Hongkong, January 7th, 1919.
50 19707/12048.
ઇ,
ela.
H. F. CAMPBELL
Liquidator.
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FOR SALE AT THE PEAK. TO 1, MOUNTAIN VIEW.
Apply to-
No
1. E. FOLLOOK,
Princos Buildings.
The
die
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