Intimation.
Powell's
: NEW
DRESS
FABRICS
for.
SUMMER.
GOWNS
arc
wonderfully cheap.
MUSLINS
from 25 cents por yard.
FRENCH
DELAINES
$1
per yard.
"TENNESSEE"
COLOURED
DRESS
LINENS
will wash and wear
"splendidly, 75 cents per yard.
VOILES,
NAINSOOKS, ZEPHYRS,
LAWNS,
&c.. &c.,
in large variety.
FIRST-CLASS DRESSMAKING
At
very moderate charges.
WM. POWELL,
LTD.,
Alexandra Buildings,
HONGKO
KONG.
Hongkong, th May, rood.
Intimations,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY MAY 11, 1906
K. A. J. CHOTIRMALL & 00., 8, D'AGUILAR STRIET.
NEWLY OPENED SILK STORE."
Indian, Chinese and Japanese
Silk Piece Goods,. Silver Wares,
Rare Embroideries, Grass Cloths, &c., ^ &c.,
SUITABLE BOTH FOR
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
Ladies' Blouses
AND
Gentlemen's Pyjamas
SUITS SPECIALITY.
Prices exceptionally cheup. Inspection earnestly solicited:
Hongkong, 4th. May, 19:6.
A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.
NOTICE is hereby given that
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the
MONKY-LENDING IN THE
STRAITS.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
Auctions.
BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE DERenture HolDERS,
Auctions.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE UNDERMENTIONED VALUABLE THE Undersigned have received instructions
SUGAR ESTATES
known
"PRYE and BATU KAWAN,"
the Property of WELLESLEY (PENANG) ESTATES, LIMITED,
.will be offered for sale by
PUBLIC AUCTION, ..
A very important measure affecting not only Government servants, but the general public is, at present, engaging the attention of the Straits Government. A Bill in shortly to be introduced in the Legislative Council, of the Colony, to repeal "the Public Servants Liability Ordinance 1889." The statement of objects and season attached to the Bill recites that if, is proposed to repeal, that Ordinance, and to give all debtors, whether Public Servants or poi, the protection afforded them the in Englandy by the "Money Lenders Act, 19000,"
The proposed withdrawal, of the
proctin from suil which the Ordinance professes to give the public servant is, we think, a judicious measure calculated to und mote his best interests from several stand.. points. Though a public servant drawing not more than Siso per mensem is protected from suit in virtue of a law enacted by a paternal Government, it has with one hand taken away, to all intents and purposes, the immunity, which it professes to have con- ferred with the other.
Vader the depart.. mental rules and standing orders a public servant, who fails to square with the money lender, incurs a far more serious jeopardy Though the Chetty may not sup
in a Ci vil Court for recovery of loans advanced against the express provisions of the law, yet a benevolent Government, as often as not, comes to his rescue by a side door. It frequently happens that on petition by the money tender of failure to meet his claims Government have either removed the unfortunate debtor from the public service, or made his retention in it conditional upon his satisfying the Chetty within a specified time. While we are not prepared to condemn the policy of Govern ment-in collecting for the money lenders debts of which the Courts are prohibited from taking cognizance, we cannot help depreca. ting as; incongruous the retention in the Salute Book of a practically inoperative law which, to many an unfortunate officer, has only served as л snare and a delu
The repeal of this anomalous law will be a real benefit to the public servants of the class affected by improving their credit, while rendering them more careful in their Guancial transactions when this present illusory protection is formally and unequivocally with- drawn. As a measure of protection to the Kaneral public Government proposes to adopt ss law the provisions of the English Money Lenders Act empowering Civil Courts to vary the terms of agreements of loan where the conditions are clearly of an unconscionable nature. But the, relief which the debtor might expect will depend upon the interpretation' which the presiding Judge or Magistrato takos of the term "unconscionable " and the elements in a transaction which render it such. There has been far from unanimity in the rulings of English Judges under the
TWENTY FIRST ANNUAL OR DINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Company (since its registration) will be held at the Offices of the Company in Alexandra Buildings, TO-MORROW, the 12th instant, at 11.30 AM for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts to the 31st December,sion. 1005.-
The REGISTER OF SHARES will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY, the 9th inst. -to TUESDAY the 15th inst., both days inclu
sive, during which period no Transier of Shares will be Registered.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong, 11th May, 1956.
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THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED.
[OTICE is hereby given that the SEVEN. NTEENTH ORDINARYENERAL
MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Company's Offices, St. George's Building, TOMORROW, the 12th May, 1906, ai 12 o'clock Noon, for the purpose of present- ing the Report of the Directors, together with a Statement of Accounts to 18th February, 1906, and electing Directors and Auditora.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 18th April to reth May, bath lays inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.
Agents. Hongkong, 1th May, 1906.
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THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
A
at the George Town Saler Room, No, 25, Beach Street, Penang, TO-MORROW,
13th day of May, 1906, at 11 A.M., precisely, Bubject to such Conditions of Sale as
shall be read thereat :-
TSE well-known and Valuable Sugar
Estater known as PRYE and BATU KAWAN situate in the Central and Southern Districts of Province Wellesley in the Settle- ment of Penang in the Colony of the Straits Settlements comprising a total area of about 10,137 acres held under Government Inden tures, Grants and Statutory Land Grantų, of which about 4,787 acres are under cultivation, with all the buildings and fixed machinery and plant appertaining thereto.
THE PYRE ESTATE comprises an area of about 4.738 acres, of which about 691 acres are cultivated for Sugar, about 296 acres are planted with Coconnote, about 227 acres are Paddy land, and about 938 acres are Fallow land, About 66 acres of the Estate are covered with ennals, drains, and ronds, and the remain" der is jungle land of which about 666, acres are suitable for cultivation.
|
from Miss CALDWELL, to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION, TO-MORROW,
the 12th May, 1906, commencing at a P.M.,sharp, within her residence, Des Vœux Villa,
the Peak,
:
THE WHOLE OF HER ·
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
THEREIN CONTAINED; Comprising:-
DOUBLE and SINGLE IRON BED. STEADS with WIRE and RATTAN MAT- TRESSES, TEAKWOOD WARDROBES
with GLASS, OVERMANTELS, MARBLE.
TOP WASHSTANDS, TEAKWOOD EX TENSION DINING TABLES and CHAIRS,
CROCKERY WARE, PICTURES, CAR- PETS and RUGS, BRASS VASES and ORNAMENTS, 1 Singers THREADLE SEWING MACHINES, COOKING STOVE and UTENSILS, &c, c, &c.;
DINNER WAGGONS, E.-F., GLASS and
ALSO
A large quantity of PLANTS in Pots, Catalogues will be issued. TERMS: As usual,
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers
Hongkong, 14th May, 1906.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
Undersigned has received instructions
to sell by
PUBLIC AUCTION,
THE BATU KAWAN ESTATE comprises an area of about 5.399 acres, of which about 824THE acres are cultivated for Sugar, about 54 acres are planted with Coconuts, about 13 acres are planted with Tapioca, about 53 acres are Paddy land, and about 1,689 acres are Fallow land. Abom 67 acres of the land are covered the 12th May, 1906, commencing at 2.30 P.M., with canals, drains, and roads, and the remain- at bis Sales Rooms, Duddell Street, der is jungle land of which about 1,066 acres are suitable for cultivation.
The sale of the above Estates will include the goodwill of the business of planters and manufacturers of Sugar and other products carried on thereon,
These two Estates are situated in the Malay l'eninsula in the neighbourhood of some large Fubber Estates and offer a good investment to
those contemplating the planting of Rubber.
Plaus of the FRYE and BATU KAWAN ESTATES showing the position and area of the fields and lends can be inspected at the office SIMONS AND COMPANY, Weld Quay, Penang, of the Vendors' Agents, Messrs, PATERSON from whem or from Messrs. PRESGRAVE & MATTHEWS, the Vendors' Solicitors, or from Messrs. KENNEDY AND COMPANY, and Messrs. A. A. ANTHONY AND COMPANY, the Auc tioneers, further particulars can be obtained, and to whom application for particulars and conditions of salo should be made.
PATERSON SIMONS AND COMPANY, Weld Quay, Pensag. PRESGRAVE & MATTHEWS, Solicitors,
13, Beach Street, Penang, KENNEDY & Co.
Penang..
A. A. ANTHONY & Co.} Auctioneers,
1483
Penang. 11th May, 1906.
PUBLIC AUCTION
OF
PROPERTY,
Money Lenders Act, so that its amendmentVALUABLE LEASEHOLD seems to be called for if the real intentions of teate a Caine Road, Victoria, Hongkong. its framer are to be effectually carried out. As
an illustration of the exceeding deference to the sanctity of written contracts inherent in the
IN TWO LOTS,
on
MONDAY,
judiciary we may here refer to a useful provi- the 21st day of May, 1906, at 3 P.3., at bis
sion of the law of contract which has lain dormant in the Straits and the F.M.S. doubt. less, due to the reluctance of judges to interfere with the explicit provisions of written contracts, Under section 1 of the Indian Contract Act which is in force in the Straits and the F.M.B., it is enacted that-
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of the per
"A contract is said to be induced by "undue Share free of 1ix for account of the influence" where the relations subsisting twelve months aniling last February has been declared by the Directors of the above
between the panties are such that one of the Company. COUPON No. 6 is payable imparties is in a position to dominate the will of mediately at the Chartered Bank of Indis, Australia and China, and the Russo-Chinese Bank as Tientsin and Shanghai.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., Agents. Hanykang, 1st May roof.
the other and uses that position to obtain an unfair advantage over the other,"
* Where a person, in a position to dominate the will of another, enters into a contract with him, and the transaction appears on the face [26
of it or an evidence adduced to be unconscion. able the burden of proving that such, contract was not induced by undue influence shall lie LERK WANTED), Quick Writer and able upon that person in a position to dominate the
will of the other." to Correspond.
CLERK
WANTED.
Apply to-
ROBINSON PIANO CO. Hongkong, 9th May, 1906.
ILLUSTRATION.
"A, being in debl to B, the money lender '537❘ of his village, contracts a fresh loan on terms which appear to be unconscionable. It lies op to prove that the contract was not induced by undue influence."
CIGARS.
DUTCH CIGARS, MIXTURE OF JAVA and BRAZIL TOBACCO WITH SUMATRA COVER. Well-known brands are:- Mercurio (Cigarellos). Orlanda Flor de Flores.
La Bella Rita.
Lot
·
Sales Rooms, in Duddell Street,
BY
Mr. GEO, P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.
1-All these PIECES OF GROUND registered in the Land Office as SUB-SEC- TION No, I OF SECTION B OF INLAND LOT No. 1o and SUB-SECTION No. 1 OF SEC TION B OF INLAND LOT No. 122 with the Messunge and Buildings thereon, known
TO-MORROW,
A CONSIGNMENT OF
FINE ELECTRO WARE,
Comprising
+
TEA and COFFEE POTS, SUGAR BOWLS, MILK JUGS, CUPS, SALVERS, NAPKIN RINGS, KETTLES, &c., &c., &c ;
ALSO
Eighteen and Fourteen Carat GOLD WATCHES, GOLD FILLED and NICKEL WATCHES, &c. &c, &c.
On view from Friday, the 11th May, TEXMJ-Cash on delivery.
GEO. P. LAMMERT, Auctioneer.
Hongkong, 11th May, 1906,
Hotels,
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KING EDWARD HOTEL
A HIGH CLASS PRIVATE ¦HOTEL. ¿
Intimations. '.
THE POPULAR
SCOTCH
IS
"BLACK&WHITE"
JAMES BUCHANAN & CO. SCOTCH WHISKY. DISTILLKAS.
By Appointment to » B.M. THE KING
and
· HRH the PRINCE of WALES
Supplied at all the LEADING CLUBS and HOTELS, and to be obtained from the principal Stores.
(51
Α
TUBORG BEER.
FIRST
PILSENER BEER
Class guaranteed free from Salicylic acid). and any other Chemicals.
PRICE 510.50 per case of 48 bottles (quarts) or 6, dos. pints.
Special Prices for Quantities.
Ladies' Afternoon Tea-ROOMS.
PRIVATE BAR and BILLIARD-ROOMS.
HOT and COLD WATER throughout.
Sole Agents
ELECTRICALLY LIGHTED. ELECTRIC FAND
(if required)..
Hongkong, JathJunuary, 1001."
SIEMSSEN & CO,
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ELECTRIC PASSENGER ELEVATOR to nach THE WINE GROWERS
floor.
MANAGER.
Iso
TADLE D'HOTE at separate tables. For Terms, &c, apply to the-
Hongkong, 4th December, 1905.
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.
aso, 29, Caine Road. Area 7.557 square EXCELLENT CUISINE. feet. Annual Crown Rent $43.88.
Lot 2-All those PIECES OF GROUND registered in the Land Office as the REMAINING PORTION OF BECTION B OF INLAND LOT No. Izo and the REMAINING PORTION OF SECTION B OF INLAND LOT No. 122 with the Messuage and Buildings thereon, known as No. 31, Gaine Road. Area 7,176 square feet. Annual Crown Rent $43.94.
For further particulars and conditions of sele, apply to
EWENS, HARSTON & HARDING,
Vendor's Solicitors,
or to
Mr. GEQ. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer. Hongheng, 9th May, 16
Nottharding the above clear and specific T
provisions of the law it is indeed, regrettable that the Courts have been extremely chary, to say the least, in varying unconscionable con Carlo Basto, acts in favour of debtors. Let us hope there Timosa. Dan Alonso. forc that at least after the passing of the pro- ∙Club. Excellente. posed ordinance, the relief contemplated by]
the law will come within the reach of many an unfortunata debinr.-Perak Pioneer.
HAMBURG CIGARS
OF BEST BRAZIL TOBACCO, Roland von Hamburg. Recordschlager.
Aristocracia.
L
Flor de Mondego. IT in nesarted that singing is a corrective of the Hammonia Docks. Dont everything of same origin, VIRGINIA CIGARS
Lilipat Export,
OF BEST VIRGINIA TOBACCO.
Deliciosas,
Proprietario,
Liliput Proprietario,
Export.
SOLE IMPORTERS :~~~ LÜTGENS, EINSTMANN & CO., 2. Pedder Street, 2. Third Floor. Please take ile Lift, Hongkong, 12th April, 1906.
NIKKO CO.
Wholesale and RETAIL Dealers, in all kinds of
_tao.common-tendoscy-to-lung-complainta......An. eminent physician has observed that GermaDE are seldom afflicted with consumption and this he partly attributes to the strength that their lungs acquire by exercises in vocal music, which constitures an essential branch of their education,
THE Duc d'Oricans has a splen did collection of sporting trophies numbering some 3,000 stuffed. wild animals, birds and reptilts together with Jón costumes, arms, and curiosities gathered from all parts of the earth and a grosit array of heads and horns from Central and South Africa ra- presenting the spoils of many a hunting ex- pedition.
APANESE FINE ART CURIOS, TEA
SETS, and SATSUMA WARE
At Moderate Prices,
Orders Promptly Executed.
No, 5, ARSENAL STREET, Hongkong, Hongkong, 28th April, 1996,
JAS 'Kubelik's firat ambition was not to make a name as a musician but as an explores. Bearing much of Dr. Livingstono as's child. ho was fired with a desire to emulate that great mao, but long before he was out of the knickers
PUBLIC AUCTION.
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HE Undersigned have received instructions
to sell by
'PUBLIC AUCTION,
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,
по
THURSDAY,
the 14th June, 1906, at 11 AM, at the Hong. kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's premises, Kowloon, COMPLETE CEMENT FACTORY, Originally intended to be put up as the Kwan
tunsk Cement Factory, but landed in Hongkong on account of the Rasto Japanese War, will be sold, by order of proprietor Mr. Hereditary Honorary Citizen Anatoly Chariamplewitch Tet- jukow of Saigrajewo,
The Plant of this Cement Factory, which Las been fitted cat with the latest technical inventions for manufacturing Cement, by the dry system, consists anang others
}
LOCOMOBILES (Wolf, Magdeburg MILLING MACHINEI......(Smidt, Copenhagen). COOLING INSTALLATIONS(Atlas Fabr. ELECTRICAL
(Allg. Elec. Comp.). TRUCKS, &._........... ...(Orenstein & Koppel),
dif
&c, 8cc., All in all the whole plant is very neatly the same as the Factory Kljakidorph, near Malmo Specifications of the Machines and acces morias du well as any farther information may be obtained from
to Sweden,
SIEMSSEN & CO.,
Hamburg & Hongkong,,
-and
LAWYER BUBNOFF,
in St. Petersburg, Wassilil Ostrow, 4 Linia, Haus No. 5,
Bocker stage he showed such marvellous calants as well as from the Auctioneers,
with the violin that a life of travel was out of
to the question for him,
༣་
MODERATE PRICES.
ELECTRIC FANB
TO ORDER IN
EVERY ROOM.
EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT,
ELGIN ROAD, KOWLOON, Flongkang, roth May, 1904
ORIENTAL HOTEL,
MACAO.
FIRST CLASS HOTEL situated in the
SUPPLY CO.
BARRETTO & Co.,
General Agents, Hongkong.
CLARETS.
St. George...... 84.00 Per Dozen Quarts.
Cr-Wyobro... 4.ga
A Centre of Praya Grande with splendid Cotes
view of the Harbour.
LARGE AND LOFTY(ROOMS, Elegantly Furnished.
EXCELLENT CUISINE:
WINES AND SPIRITS of the best quality. BILLIARD TABLE, the best in the Far East.
EVERY COMFORT FOR REBIDENTS AND TOURISTS,
For Terms, &c,, apply tom.
5.00
Montferrand
5-50
Medoc
5.00
St. Emillion
St. Estephe
6.00
6.50
St. Julien
7.50
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St. Estophe Su-
perior
9.00
Chateau Margaux 9.00
Chateau Lopville '9.00
D
THE MANAGER.: Macao, roth October, foot.
CARLTON HOUSE
HOTELS,
No. 8 and to, Ice House Road.
ELEGANTLY FURNISHED ROOMS. Chateau Lafite... 10.00
Coufort of Residents and THE CUISINE
SPECIALITIES.
For termi, apply to
[$18
THE PROPRIETOR.
Hongkong, 7th May, 1906,
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Mein, HUGHES & HOUGH." Hongkong, 131 May, 1906, -
Chateau Laroso... 10.50
BARRETTO & Coy Agonis,
- Nos, 23 & 24, Bank Buildings,
Queen's Road Central,
Hongkong, agil May, 1903.