Auctions.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE Undersigned have received instructions from Messrs. A. S. WATSON & Co, Ltd,
to Sell by 2
PUBLIC AUCTION, TO-MORROW,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1904.
Intimations.
THE CHINA, LIGHT & POWER-
COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE THIRD ORDINARY ANNUAL THE THING ON SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held in the Company's Offices, No. 14, Des Voeux Road, Victoria, TO-MORROW, 9th June, 1904, at 11.30 A.M. the 9th June, 1904, at II A.M., at No. 36. for the purpose of receiving Statement of
Queen's Road Central,
Account and the Report of the General Managers for the year ending 29th February, 1794, and electing a Consulting Committee and Auditors.
SUNDRY HOUSEHOLD
*And
OFFICE FURNITURE;
ALSO
THE COSSACKS.
THEIR HISTORY AND STATUS.
The military correspondent of the London Timer ways it is a matter for regret that the active young leader of mounted troops should not have taken the trouble to study on the spot the most interesting race of horsemen in the world, the far-famed, legendary Cossacks. Much can be learnt about them from books, but none of them, ales, are in the Eng. lish language. The writings of Starikoff; Choroschkine. Petroff, and Krasnoff in Rus Thurssian, those of von Pettau, von Stein, and von Krahner in German, together with the his- tories of Lesur, Rambaud, and Nessel in French, supply all that can be desired as a [672 foundation for research. But the Cossacks themselves are the real and living interest, and the Cossack spirit is not to be learnt from books. It can only be assimilated by close contact with the Cossacks themselves, and by travel throughout those scattered and yet con- tiguous territories which reach from shores of the Black Sea to the far Pacific.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Monday, 6th, to ONE FULL-SIZED, ENGLISH. BIL-day, 9th June, both days incutive.
LIARD TABLE with ACCESSORIES, by BURROUGHES & WATTS, London;
AND
A Quantity of OLD ENGRAVINGS. TERMB-As usual..
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managers, Hongkong, 8th June, 1904.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
HUGHES & HOUGH, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 8th June, 1004.
PUBLIC AUCTION
OF
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VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY, situate at Victoria, Hongkong, to be sold on FRIDAY,
the 17th day of June, 1904, at 3 P.M., BY
Mr. GEO. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer, at bis
SALE ROOMS, DUDDELL STREET, Victoria,
THE Property is Registered in the Land
Office as Inland Lot No. 796 together with the Buildings thereon known as Nos. 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228 and 230, THIRD STREET, abutting on the North and West sides thereof on Battery Road and mea- suring thereon 278 feet 8 inches and 197 feet on the East side thereof on Inland Lot No.797 and measuring thereon 195 feet, and on the South side thereof on Pokfulam Road and measuring thereon 254 feet containing in the whole an area of 49,000 square feet and is hald from the Crown for the residue of the term of 999 years granted by a Crown Lease of the Lot, dated the 17th day of June, 1887, Annual Crown Ran: $314.
For further Particulars and Conditions of Sale, apply to-
EWENS & HARSTON, Vendor's Solictors,
or to
Mr. GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer.
Hongkong, 4th June, 1904.
Intimations.
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GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
In Casks of 375lbs, net $4.75 ex Factory, In Bags of asoby, net $2,85 ex Factory.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Managers.
Hongkong. 15th August, 1993.
מן
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held, at the Offices of the Company in ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, ON WEDNESDAY, the 15th of June, 1904, at 11 A.M., when the subjoined re- solution which was passed at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held on the 1st of May, 1904, will be submitted for con- irmation as a Special Resolution.
RESOLUTION.
That the Capital of the Company be in creased to Nine Hundred Thousand Dollara by the creation of Thirty Thousand New Shares of Ten Dollars each.
By Order,
Cosuck history and tradition, the military organisation of the waistor, and the economical status of the stamitias form an interesting study; while, for a soldier, the arms, horses, and tactics are no less worthy of attention.
The word Cossack is derived from a Tartar word signifying bandit, and up to 1814 the Kazak lived up to his name. The first Cos- sacks took boat on the Dnieper, the Volga, and the Don, and settled on the banks of these great rivers, living by plunder and by (683 the proceeds of their fabing, fighting generally on fool, but always remaining near their boats which secured them safe retreat in case of a
A. H. MANCELL,
Secretary.
Hongkong, 3rd June, 1904.
THE CHINA AND JAPAN TELEPHONE AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,
LIMITED.
HONGKONG EXCHANGE.
UBSCRIPTIONS.
PAYABLE QUARTERLY IN ADVANCE,
EXCHANGE LINES: $15 Per Quarter
NO CHARGE FOR INITIAL
INSTALLATION.
NBA Special Charge is made for Lines
of more than average length.
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Closely bound up with every page of Rus sian history, the Cossacks sometimes sided with the Tsars, but asöften against them. On the accession of Peter the Great they formed a half circle round the southern frontiers which they protected from Tartar invasions, penetrat ing later into Siberia, where they became the Russian advanced guard against Kirghiz and Kalmicks. So long as these communities remained on the frontier and were inured to constant warfare they retained all their best qualities. The legends interwoven with the Dames of Mazeppa and Platoff belong to heroic perinds of Cossack lore, and so, too, do the deeds of the Cossacks of the Ukraine and Zaporogia, whose names have since passed away though their fame is abiding. As the
Cossacks became more settled in their ter- ritories to the north-east of the Black Sea, and the confines of Russia marched rapidly past them towards the east, they became more con- founded with the general population and less apt for war.
The first principle of Cossack service has always been that, in return for a grant of land and freedom from taxation, every man should come out when called upon and bring his own horse, arms, and equipment. In practice, many changes have been made, and the root principle is not one that is any longer generally respect. ed. Many Cossacks are too poor to provide their own horses, and the cost of their equip ment falls upon the stanitsa, which is put to heavy expense and is very hard hit by an order of mobilisation. Wat, for the Cossack, la no longer a business that pays.
In 1875 a radical change was made in the
THE HONGKONG For a small additional annual charge Desk old-enablished methods of Cossack service i
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Hongkong, 15th Exptember, 1903.
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the regiments were brigaded with the regular cavalry, and their independence as a fighting branch was destroyed. It is doubtful whether the change was of advantage. The greatest successes of the Cossacks jo war, striking re- cords of which we find scattered throughout the writings of Napoleon's Generals, were due to the preservation of their particular and very unconventional methods of combat, which were the absolute antithesis of the traditions of regular cavalry. The tendency of late years has been to merge the Cossacks with the rest of the population, and oid Platoff would hardly recognise in the Cossack of to-day his unkempt warriors who wore down the chivalry of France. The Cossack votskos, however, still possess enormous tracts of territory, two-thirds of which are held in trust for the general community on the principle of the wir, while the other third belongs to the Comack nobility, or is in the hands of non-Cossack peasants, The Don, Kuban, Terek, Ural, and Orenburg territorias, ali lying north-east of the Black Bea, are fairly WIRE compact, but those of Siberia, Trans-Baikal, the Pri-Amur, and Ussuri occupy long bands of country, corresponding with the lines or frontiers which have in times past been com- mitted to Cossack guardianship.
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The eastern volikor have been constantly engaged with Asiatic enemies, and have bad no experience of regular fighting; those furth est cast have been reinforced by contingents. from the Trans-Haikal territory, while the | Ussuri Cossacks have been fortified by heavy drafts from the Don which have been brought round by sea in the Volunteer Fleet: The dva | voltkes which are most immediately concerned in the present war are those of Siberis, Semiret- chinsk, Trans-Ba!kal, Fri-Amur, and Ussuri, Their total population may be put down st about 750,000 besides non-Cossacks, the aum- ber of males of what in known as "Cossacks condition" baing some 180,000.
The war strength of these five communities at present is about 25,000 man and 20,000 homes, but in these numbers Ussuri and Pri Amar do not bulk largely. The total number W. STUART HARRISON, of Cossacks in the same dve voiskos, presuming that the whole available zo, claques; are called AM.LCE,
out, and the polichisis or landsturm ambodied, is about 60,000 men, but not more than 4,000 of thets belong to the Ussuri and Pri-Amir com- [ómunities. Although these are eastern polskis hate 300,000 horses, not a third are åt för. service and only 46,000 are fit for the saddle, of which only 4,000 are to be found in Pri-Amur EITHER the CAPTAIN, the AGENTE, nor and Ussuri. This fact is important since it NORMER Will be RESPONSIBLE results that nearly all the horses in the army
Hongkong.f13th April, 1904.
Manager.
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS.
for any DEBT contracted by the Officers or
the Crews of the following Vessel during her mobilised against Japan minst come from the May in Hongkong Harbourat
gwen, save, what'nin be collected from nosi FRONGATE, British barque, A. Hutton, Master. Comack districts or from China,“
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Entimations.
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
*
No. 873 »
No. 69 for as Shares No. 379 n No. 180 n No. 50 1
50
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Of course these five voiskos do not represent the most important part of the Cossack forces, which are mainly in the Don and to the horth of the Caucius, with most of their active regi- mente spread out like a fan round Russia's south-westem frontiers. Some of these, no doubt, can be, sent east, and we have reports
APPLICATION has been made to the A GENERAL MANAGERS of this Company that regiments from the Caucasus and the Don 10 issue to RUSSO CHINESE BANK of have already marched, but it must be remem-in the above Company or other certificates in Hongkong duplicate certificates of 200 Shares bered that the Cossacks represent the chief ele-lies thereof upon the Statement that the original ment in the Russian cavalry of the present day. certificates, viz:- They are the mainstay of internal law and order, while on the great plains of the west cavalry is for Russia what ships are for England, and the frontiers cannot be largely dopaded of those valuable troops Morrover, even if a renforcement is required in the east, the Gock territories west of Orenburg are no mon favourably placed to supply troops than any other military district. Even in the territories of the eastern vollkos, it is a far cry from Lake Baikal to Port Arthur. One may put down the maximum number of Cossacks available for service at 50,000 men between Lake Baikal and the Pacific. This figure is only given as an indication, for it is obvious that during war in East Asia it is not a ques- tios of what number of men and horses Russia possesses but of how many she can keep in the fald.
- 200 Shares
have been lost or stolen.
It is not known if such certificates were Colony of Hongkong or by the Office in Lon. hared by, the Office of the Company in the
don and consequently the numbers of the Shares cannot be given.
NOTICE is hereby given that if within 30 days from the date hereof no claim or re- presentation in respect of such original certi- ficates is made to the General Managers they will then proceed to deal with such application for a duplicate.
Dated Hongkong, 1st June, 1904.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co..
General Managers.
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THE
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
HE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA are prepared, during suspension of their Trans-Pacific Service and until further notice. to BOOK CARGO and ISSUE BILLS OF LADING to SEATTLE, WASH, VICTORIA, B.C., and PACIFIC COAST PÓRTS, also to OVER- LAND POINTS in the UNITED STATES and CANADA in connection with the GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY FROM SEAT-
If, adds the correspondent, Japan uses her horsemen after the prehistoric methods in vogue at Potsdam, and Nancy the Cossacks will probably destroy them; but if the lessons of the Civil War in America and of the Boer War are taken as a guide, then the Japanese may be able to give the famous Cossack lava a rough lesson. The Cossacks are not to be beaten by serried ranks and classic charges Napoleon tried that and lost his cavalry with- out injuring his enemy. The tactics that willTLE, as hitheno, by the Steamers of the destroy Cossacks are the tactics of the Boers, To the heavy dragoon the Cossack appears a foe beneath contempt, with his high saddle, cramped seat, and sorry ill-kept nag. Yet he is a fine horseman after his fashion, and his pony will live where other horses starve. stout heart, steady nerve, and the traditions of victory make him an enemy to be respected. Whether the Cossacks in the mass are above or below their reputation, time will show.
For Sale.
FOR SALE.
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.
MENT & AGENCY CO., LI.
Hongly, 20th May, 1904
FOR SALE.
NORTHERN PACIFIC S. S. Co., BOSTON STEAMSHIP and TOWBOAT Cos., OCEAN S. S. Co. and CHINA MUTUAL S. N. Co.
For further Particulars, apply at the Com pany's Local Branch Officer Ron PRINCE'S BUILDINGS, First Floor, Chater Road,
A. S. MIHARA, Manager.
Hongkong, 20th May, 1904.
THE
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ROBINSON PIANO
Co., LTD.,
Entertainment.
THEATRE ROYAL
Under the Direction of Miss FANNY STANLEY.” FOR FEW NIGHTS ONLY. .
FANNY STANLEY'S COMIC OPERA & DRAMATIC COMPANY,
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GRAND OPENING NIGHT, TO-MORROW (THURSDAY), June 9th, The Delightful Comic Opera in 3 Acts, "DOROTHY.”
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Insurance.
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THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to accept First Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS a CURRENT RATRE.
SIEMSSEN & Co.
Hoogkong. 18th May, 150t
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“URNISHED HOUSE at the PEAK for the
months August and September. Rent low.
Apply
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(700
Hongkong,"7th June, 1904.
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hand.
STEAM
For Particulars, apply to
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39, Des Vœux Road.
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FOR SALE
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OF
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from the best RACHALS,
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Incandescent Mantles,
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Lamps Exed up for Buyers free of charge.
Naphtha of the best kind kept in stock.
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