Entimations.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1904.
Intimations,
THE HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB THE STOCKBROKERS ASSOCIATION.
THE SECOND MEETING of the above
Club will be held TO-MORROW, the 30th instant, at the Happy Valley, First Race, start at 4 o'clock sharp,
Tickets of Admission for non-members, $1
each, to be obtained at the Gite.
Ladies are invited.
GEO. K. HALL BRUTTON,
Hoo. Secretary.
Hongkong, 29th July, 1904.
OF HONGKONG.
NOTICE.
AS SETTLING DAY this month falls on
Saturday, SETTLEMENTS will be pat through on FRIDAY, the 29th instant,
By Order of the Committee,
E. S. JOSEPH,
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Hongkong, zona July, 1904.
Hon. Secretary.
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THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
BANK HOLIDAY.
N accordance with Ordinance No. 6 of INI EXCHING BANKS will be
ness o
CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Busi- MONDAY, the 1st August. Hongkong, 27th July, 1904.
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FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF
HONGKONG.
PACIFIC ISLANDS TRADE.
-TRIP-OF-THE-STEAMER "YSADEL."
VISIT TO THE MARSHALL AND CAROLING.
GROUPS,
STRINGENT TRADING RESTRICTIONS
EN FORCED,
Ever since the Pacific Islands Company withdrew their steamers froin the Marshal; Island service the monopoly of trade of that group, which is under German control, has been held by the Julait Gesellschaft, a power ful company, subsidised by the German Go vernment for the preservation of German in- lercats in the Pacific. The absence of the Sydney vessels has been felt by bath natives and residents of the group, and representations were made some time ago to Hurns, Philp, and Co., whose enterprise in developing Australian trade in the Pacific is universally recognised, and they, accordingly reopened the trade with
THE HALF YEARLY
HE SEVENTY-SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Office of the Company, No. 18, Bank Buildings, Queen's Road Central, on TUESDAY, the 16th August, at 12 o'clock, Noon, for the purpose of receiving a report of the Directors, together with a Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend and electing is hereby notified that FIRE INSUR. Sydney by despatching their steamer Ysabel
Directors and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the and to the 16th August, inclusiva.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
T. ARNOLD,
Secretary,
Hangkong, 26th July, 1904.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT AND AGENCY CO., LIMITED.
A
IT
SUMMER HOLIDAY.
ANCE OFFICES will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business on MONDAY, the 1st August
lly Order,
A. R. LOWE, Secretary. Hongkong, 28th July, 1944.
188.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that it
of
1873N has been ascertained that a quantny
FLOUR of Inferior Quality to the Flour Manufactured by the STUCK TON MILLING COMPANY, of San Francisco, California, and known us the "CROWN" Brand, has been improperly packed by certain. Flour Dealers in bags which bear upon them the "CROWN" Trade Mark of the Stockton Milling Company, and that such Flour has been pissed off to purchasers thereof as the "CROWN" Brand Flour Manufactured by the Stockton Milting Company, which Flour has of late years become well-known on the Hongkong market as Flour of the most superior quality.
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Six Dollars per Share for six months ending June 30th, 1904, will be payable on the 27th instant, on which date DIVIDEND WARRANTS may be obtained on application at the Comi- pany's Office.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 21st to the 27th instant, (both days inclusive).
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Persons purchasing "CROWN" Brand Flour are therefore warned, and requested, to examine all bags supplied to them which purport to contain such flour, and to satisfy themselves that such bags are bags manufactured by, or (830 for the use of, the Stockton Milling Company
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Secretary..
Hongkong, 12th July, 1954.
THE WEST POINT BUILDING
COMPANY, LIMITED.
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of One Dollar and a Hall per share for six months ending 30th June, 1904, will be payable on the 27th instant, on which date DIVIDEND WARRANTS may be obtained on application
at the Company's Office.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the arst to the 27th instant, (both days inclusive).
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Secretary to the Hongkong Land Invest-
ment and Agency Co., Ld.
Central Agents for the West Point Build- ing Co., Ld.
Hongkong, 12th July, 1904.
IN
HONGKONG ICE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
NOTICE.
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N accordance with the Provisions of No. 104 of the Articles of Association the General Managers have this day declared an INTERIM DIVIDEND for the ball-year ended 30th June, 1904, of FOUR DOLLARS PER SHARE.
DIVIDEND WARRANTS may be obtained on application at the Office of the Company on and after TUESDAY, the 2nd August,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 23rd to 3ist inst," both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers.
longkong, 19 July 1934,
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
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Issue of 30,000 NEW SHARES OF $10 EACH.
PURSUA
URSUANT to Resolution the General Managera of A. S. WATSON & Company, Limited, hereby invite app cations from the Shareholders of the Company for the issue of 30,000 new shares of Sto each at a Premium of 10 per cent, or $t a share.
Each Registered Shareholder on the 28th day of September, 1404, applying for the New Issue will be entitled to one share fur every two shares registered in his name. Shares not applied for by those entitled to apply will be dealt with by the General Managers in accordance with Article 4 of the Company's Articles of Association.
Applications for Shares in the New Issue will" be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong from the 28th September, 1904, to the 30th September, 1914, both days inclusive, and tie whole amount of $1 per share will be payable on application. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 28th September, 1904, to the 8th October, 1904, both days inclusive.
The present paid-up Capital of the Company
is $60,000, divided into 60,000 shares of $10
on a cruise through the group. Mr. D. O'N. Flood, a gentleman of wide experience in island matters, was placed in charge. Mr. Flood has just returned to Sydney, and is the course' of au interview some interesting facts were obtained regarding the venture.
Mr. Flood, when speaking of the trip, said *We proceeded to the Marshall Islands from
Sydney, day of Tulagi (Soleusa idiarum) and Tarawa (Gilbert Islands). This was rather a roundabout route, but was made to afford the Government official of the two groups an ex ra and direct mail call, in addition to the regular service that the company's vessels maintain to those groups. Mr. Flood then made an interesting comparison between the treatment meled out to English vessels trading in German territory as compared with the treat. ment Great Britain gives Getman vessels trad. ing within her boundaries Steamers trading to either the Solomon of Gilbert Islands, he said, pay an annual license of ico which makes them free of the group, and is the only contribution asked of them by the British Gor erament. When, however, the Ysabel reached. Jalust it was found that, although the German (867 vessel availed themselves of the hberal British terms to compete for the trade in both the Gilbert and Solomon Groups, the German Government had not the least intention of affording such facilities to British vessels to trench upon their trade. For permission to trade within the Marshall Group, a demand was made and enforced for a payment of a trading license of 4,500 marks per month, which in British money would be 225, equal to *£2,700 per annum. There was no escaping from this tax, which, Mr. Flood added, was obviously intended to maintain the trade of the group as a closc monopoly for Germans only, and to crush out, without mercy, any foreign intruders.
of San Francisco and have not been re-sewn or otherwise tampered with.. Hongkong, 22nd July, 1904.
"Oh! If I Could
Only Play the Piano I Would Give $1.000."
This expression has been used ever since the piano was invent- ed, and it is still being used to- day by those who have not seen the great master piano player the APOLLO."
This wonderful invention is a small, neat cabinet supplied with fingers that play like those of a professional, giving to any one, without instruction, unlimited command of the piano.
We sell the "APOLLO for $450 on essy MONTHLY' pay- menta.
A fine musical LIBRARY avail. able.
Daily recitals.
THE ROBINSON.
·PIANO CO., Ltd. Hongkong, Singapore,
Shanghai.
These Wonderful Instraments can
cach, and the New Issac is required to increase be seen and tried at-
the Capital of the Company to $900,000 divided
into 90,000 shares of $10 each.
The whole of the premium received from the
New Issue will be placed to the Credit of the
Permanent Reserve Fund.
THE
The New issue will rank for Dividend for the ROBINSON
three months ending 31st December, 1904, pay-
able in May, 1903.
Forms of application for the New Isque can be obtained at the Company's Offices in Alex- andra Buildings or at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong, Shanghai, and London."
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers,
Hongkong, 22nd June, 1974.
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Masonic.
ZETLAND
LODGE,
THE DECLINE OF DANCING.
M
Entertainment.
CITY HALL.
ROYAL,
ONDAY (BANK HOLIDAY)
AUGUST IST.
MAIN EVENT.
20 ROUNDS CONTEST. Between TELL SMITH, of H.M.S. Eclipse, and J. CHRISTIE, of Hongkong. Owing to the illness of J. BURKE, SMITH has agreed to meet- CIIRISTIE under the same conditions.
PRELIMINARIES. 10 ROUNDS CONTEST. Between SPIKE, EMMERTON, Champion Feather-weight of the China Station, and H. SAMUELS, of Australia.
It is the privilege of the old to believe and assert that things are going to the dogs, forget-THEATRE ting that if such be'in reality, the case the generation to which they belong must be responsible for the decadence, since everything demands time for its decline, and by going to the dogs they mean that modern behaviour has deteriorated greatly since they were young, and not merely that the decadence has but begun. Possibly it may be in some such spirit that the older amongst as bemoan' the decline of dancing. Dancing, they say, as they watch the youthful couples in a modern ball-room, is not what it was in our day. It has become a rothp without grace and without any beauty of motion. Your modern man and your modern girl have no idea of time or rhythm, the modern quick jumping valse has knocked that on the head; if the band but play a little slowly, they cannot dance, for the step will then demand a modicum of real dancing. Still even those who do not as a rule decry modern ine-, thods must agree that the art of dancing has tu a great extent bech.lost, and that mere exer- cise has taken its place. To those who can still remember the stately minuet of their grand. parents, the deep cursies of the ladies and the studied bow of the men which, if seemingly affected to us now, yet at that time marked more than anything else the gentleman from the boor; a bow which no upstart could acquire To those of us who remember these things there is a great deal wanting in the present-day dinces, a lack of all that make dancing the
poetry of motion. The old quadrille has gone, long ago, being too slow and prim for modern carriage and a fitting deportiment. Foreigners requirements, and with it died the graceful say that Englishwomen cannot walk, and one can see what they mean when watching a dance or when a girl has to cross a ball-room. l'he lancers, from à perfect dance, has become a meaningless romp. The man drags his partner about, brings her round, nods for a how, and plays the buffoon whenever possible, without respect for himself or for her, and the last figure of the dance is now a disgrace not only to the name of dancing but to the intellect of the age. The inside and outside dancing necessary in this figure in a set of eight couples is given up, because, forsooth, it is too intricate and too difficult, and an impossibility to attempt to make an all outside chain fit to music sel for a short chain. The result is ghastly, as no time can be kept and the prettiest figure of the must graceful of all square dances ends in a hopeless jumble and a clownish romp,
It is the same with the round dances. The old tofs temps valse with the low curtesy at the third step and the polka mazurka gave place to the graceful slow valse of twenty years age, and although the valse is the only dance left which has any pretension to grace, yet the qu ck time to which it is now danced allows at least one half of the performers to forget the dancing in the search after exercise. The introduction of the "pas-de-quatre" was well meant, but the day of dancing was over and it was beyond the powers of the day, so it became the barn-dance and degenerated into a grotesque walk with a stiff high kick; not one woman in thirty could dance it and not one man in a hundred. So by quickening the time they made it a romp and it was voted too hot for practice and so perished. The Washington Post was a real dance requiring skill and a knowledge of movement with a complete control over the body and its balance; to expect this from many was to expect too much, and only a few could ever dance it, and the rest who attempted it made it ridiculous and
so killed it.
Modern dance music has suffered from the lack of grace display, and the new valse times have none of the go and the catch that was so distinctive a feature in the days of the old slow
As Great Britain is entitled under her treaties 10 "most favoured nation treatment" in all German possessions, inquiry was at once made, continued Mr. Flood, as to whether German vessels paid the same taxation, and it was dis. covered that while the regulations drew no dis. tinction as to nationality, there was another system of taxation by which trading vessels or companies "domiciled within the group" were granted licenses under a different scale of fees, equal to about 10 to 15 per cent, of those charged to onis de vessels or firms, and, of course, all the German vessel and stations came under that clause. When, however, the representative of the British vessel desired to acquire a domiciliary interest either by leasing or purchasing land and establishing a station under the system availed of by the German firms, he was at once met with a point-blank re-valse Hardly one of them has that ring in it which makes a dancer feel that he must dance, fusal. The natives of the group, who had
and in many the object seems to have been been, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the forgotten in the desire for a more classical Sydney Steamer, and had welcomed her with many earnest promises of support, had offer style of composition. It would be a pity if, even in these days of female athletes, jumping should ed gladly to sell or lease whatever land take the place of dancing, and running that of might be necessary for the purposes of estab. walking. To see the lancers well and gracefully danced again is the wish of many, and a reaction lishing a station, but although application was
may set in, or something awaken women again made the Government representative abso-
to the fact that nothing is so attractive or fas. lutely refused any such transfer, and asserted cinating as the rhythmic movement of the body that it was prohibited under the German regula- in a true dance with the quietness and case which comes from a perfect balance of body, the reflection of a well-balanced mind. If this be the case we may hope also that in time there may be a return among the men to that fiue chivalry which would detest the idea of placing any woman in a ridiculous position, or of treat- ing her with any appearance of discourtesy.---
Rangoon Gazelle,"
tions
This, Mr. Flood went on to say, is a very different system to that obtaining in British territory, where any bona-fide leasing of lands trom natives receives the sanction of the British Commissioner, as a matter of course. Having perforce paid the license f es demanded, the Ysabel cruised right through the Marshall Is- lands, receiving most encouraging promises of support throughout the group. A calf was then mad at Ponape, the capital of the Caroline Is land's, where, however, it was found that the taxes were prohibitive, and that the Jaluit Gesellschaft had been granted an absolute mono- poly in the eastern part of the group, with the exception of Ponape and Kusac, on which two small islands trading was still allowed upon pay. mentofalicense lee of £75 per annuma charge out of all proportion to the very limited amount of trade possible. From Ponape the Vessel started on her return voyage to Sydney, but, as already known, the propeller carried away when
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Prices
... $5, 3, 2 and 1. Tickets to be bad at Compradore, City Hall.
JAS. CHRISTIE,
Promoter.
Ho, kung 28th July, 1904.
Notices of Firms,
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED,
884
this day been appointed AGENT for the GENERAL MANAGERS of the Com. MR. ALFRED HENRY MANCELL has pany, and in that capacity will reside in Shanghai, with general charge of the Company's interests at Shanghai, Hankow, Tientsin and in North China.
محمد
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers.
(79+ Hongkong, 1st July, 1954.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
R. JOHN ARTHUR TARRANT has his day been appointed ACTING SECRETARY of the Company.
JOHN D.. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Manager). Hongkong, 1st July, 1994.
Insurance.
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NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF HAXEURO.
THE Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to accept. First Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS av CURRENT RATES.
SIEMSSEN & Co.
Hongkong. 28th May, 180c.
KING
Hotels.
EDWARD HOTEL.
A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL
LADIES' AFTERNOON TEA ROOMS.
PRIVATE BAR AND
BILLIARD ROOMS.
Hot and Cold Water throughout. Electically Lighted.
Electric Fans (if required). Electric Passenger Elevator to each Floor. Table D Hote at Separate Tables. For Terms, &c., apply to the
Hongkong, and Detüber, 1972,
MANAGER
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.
EXCELLENT CUISINE.
3'
MODERATE PRICES.
ELECTRIC FANS
P
TO ORDER IN
EVERY ROOM.
EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT.
GODOW
To Let.
TO LET.
"ODOWN 'No. 6, NEW PRAYA, KENNEDY
TOWN.
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO, LD. Hongkong, z8th July, 1904,
No
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No. 4, RIPON TERRACE. No. 19, WONG NEICHONG ROAD, facing
Race Course
FLATS in MORETON TERRACE, facing
Pol Ground.
OFFICES in course of erection, Con-
NAUGHT ROAD (near BLAKI PIER), GODOWNS: PRAYA EAST.
No. 1, CLIFTON GARDENS. OFFICES in Nos. 10 and 16, DES Vœux
ROAD CENTRAL.
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1879
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MENT & AGINCY CO., LD. Hongkong, 25th March, 1904.
Τινό
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SECRETARY,
A. S. Watson & Co., Limited,
[739 Hongkong, 16th June, 1904.
TO LET.
IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. FOR 18 MONTHS,
"LEIGHTOR," THE PEAK.
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No. 52, HOLLYWOOD ROAD. And others to suit various requirements.
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Hongkong, 13th July, 1904.
THE WINE GROWERS SUPPLY CO.
THE Undersigned, having been appointed - AGENTS for the WINE GROWERS SUPPLY COMPANY OF PARIS, are now prepared to answer inquiries and receive orders for all kinds of WINES and SPIRITS, e: 22 and 24, Bank Buildings,
St. George... Cru Wynbron Coles
Montferrandi
Medoc.....
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CLARETS.
Fer Case.
I doz qis. $4.00
4.50
5.00
5.50
6.00
6,00
6.50
7.50
CLARETS..
Bottled by Jules Merman & Cie, Bordeaux. Per Case. l'er Case,
1 doz, qis z dozăpts.:
Pauillac
$14.00
$15.00
Cotes
* 15.00
Medoc
1600
St. Estepheavanagirin
16,00
17.00
1/10 3/16"
.....1/10 7/16 2-33
ELGIN ROAD, KOWLOON, Hongkong, 19th May, 1904.
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11
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do.
7.37
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1.91
3
........ 30.00
SPANISH CLARET.
of their goods, and the cleanliness, &c., are all Bottled by La Compania Vinicola del Norte under strict supervision of Europeans only.
REPORT OF AN EXPERT.
de España, Tilban,
Per Case:
1 doz qts. $12.00
BEER
JAPANESE
KABUTO BRAND..
Per. Case 4 doz, qts,
nearing the Solomon Islands, and the vessel
The representative of Messrs. BRATBY and completed her voyage pantly under sail and
HINCHLIFFE, LIMITED, Aerared Water Rioja Clarete. partly in tow of the same company's steamer
Engineers and Chemists, Manchester, visited our factory recently in the course of a tour Moresby, and now lies at Vila, the principal port of the New Hebrides, awaiting the arrival 30 days' sight Sydney and Melbourne 1/10 13/16 amongst Eastern Aerated Water Makers, and
4 months' sight Francs.....
was greatly surprised at the empaciness of our of the necessary fittings to enable her to pro- & months' sight
factory and also the methodical way in which perly fix her spare propeller and tail-shaft,4 months' sight Germany
everything pertaining to the making of Aerated Bar Silverman
Waters was carried out.-He also expressed him. which she carries on board with her.
self strongly on the absolute cleanliness of our Bank of England rate a
whole establishment, which he assured us was OPIUM, QUOTATIONS.
equal to any he had yet visited and superior to a great many. He also reported that the To-Jay's quotations are as follows:-
Par chest quality of our goods was ola first class nature, Malwa New
@950/1,000 and they showed that scrupulous case was
1.03 $1,180 exercised in the course of their manufacture, 1,110/1,200
Order Books and Price List. Please apply to 1,320/1,290 FACTORY and OFFICE, West Point. Tel. 367.
Depôt, Ice House Street. Tel 374- 1.310
Dr. V. DANENBERG & F.P. DANENBERG, General Managers. Hongkong, 20th May, 1904.
Notwithstanding the discouragement in the way of taxation experienced at the hands of the German authorities, Messrs. Burns, Phiip, and Co. do not intend relinquishing their effons to No. 25, E.C.
re-establish Australian trade with the group, and the steamer Moresby, leaving Sydney on REGULAR MEETING of ZETLAND the 1st July, takes coals, provisions, and trading
LODGE will be held at the FREE. MASONS' HALL, Zetland Street, on TUESDAY,ures for the Ysabel, which will be transhipped
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the 2nd August, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely, to her at Vila, from whence she will proceed Benares New Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend, direct to the Marshall Islands, returning again Bg [840] Hongkong, 17th July, 1904,
[874 | to Sydany about the middle of September:-5%. | Pergina (Paper) «........................
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