Intimation.
Powell's
Third Annual
CASH
CLEARANCE SALE
Gentlemen's
OUTFITTING
GOODS
COMPRISING:
SHIRTS
COLLARS.
TIES,
SOCKS,
HATS,
UNDERWEAR,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JANUARY 29 1910
Public Companies
THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN 'AND MORTGAGE COMPANY; LIMITED.
NUAL MEETING
"HE THIRTEENTH ORDINARY AN.
or SHARE- HOLDERS o the Company wil be held at the OFFICES of the Company, St. George's Building, No. 6, Connaught Road, on SATUR- DAY, 5th February, 1910, at rigo a.M., for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Ac counts and the Report of the General Mansor for the year ending 31st December, 1909, de. claring a Dividend and electing a Consulting Committee and Auditora. **
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED on MONDAY, the 31st January, ustd SATURDAY, the 5th February, 1910, bith days inclusive.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managers.
to
Tias
Hongkong, tod Jadubry,
THE KOWLOON LAND AND BUILDING COMPANY; LIMITED,
NOTICE it hereby given that the TWEN.
TY-FIRST ORDINARY MEET ING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Com play will be held at the Company's Office, Victoria Buildings, on MONDAY,, the 7th February, 1910, at 12 clock Neon, for the purpean of receiving the Report of the Direc lors, together with Statement of Accouals for the year ending 31st December, 1909.
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Com
pady, will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, the rd Febrúary, to MONDAY, the 7th F. bivary (both days inclusive), during which perlod no transfer of Phares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
BY
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RUSBU-CHINESE BANK APPEAL, in the negative, for the defendants. The jury
QASE.
IMPORTANT HONGKONG CASE DECIDED |
IN LONDON,
found for the plaintiff for the fall amount claim- ed, and most therefore be taken to have au. swered the third quution in the affirmative. The back moved the Supreme Court to bave that verdict and judgment set aside, or that a new trial should be directed on the grounds, | ́Among others, of misdirection by the Chief Justice, and that the verdict was against the weight of evidarce. On July 24th, 1968, the an appeal from a Judgment of the Supreme Supreme Court dismlited the appellants mo- Court of Hengkong of July 24th, 1008.
tion with costs.
London, Dec. 18. Before the Judicial Committes of the Privy Council yesterday there was heard, the case Russo-Chinese Bank v Li Zau Sam, which was |
Mr. Scrutton, K Ci, and Mr. F. D, Mackionon, were counsel for the' appellants; Mr. Duke, KC, and Mr. A. O. Nesbitt, for the respondent. The arguments are beard, last month before Bard composed of Lord Macoaghten, Erzd Atkisson, and Lord Collins, when judgment
was reserved.
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THE DRIGHT SIDE
Consignees.
"DEN" LINE OF STEAMERS,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
S.S. "BENCLEUCH," FROM MIDDLE-BRO, ANTWERP,
· LONDON AND STRAITS.
informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and or extra hazardous Godawns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. whence addfor from the wharves delivery may be obtained,
of life. It is a feeling common to the majority of us that we do, not get quite the amount of nppiness we are eptilled to. Among the count- Jeus things which tend to make us more or less miserable ill health takes first place, Hannah More said that sin was generally to be attri buted to biliousness.. No doubt a crippledONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby liver with the resulting impure blood, is the cause of mora mantal gloòm then any other single thing. And who can reckon up the fearful aggregate of pain, loss and fear raising from the many ailments and diseases which are familiar to mankind': like a vast cloud it hangs over a multitudo no one cas number. You can see these people every where. For them life can scarcely be said to have any "bright side" at all; Hence the engerness with which they search for relief and cure. Remedies like"
WAMFOLE'S PREPARATION
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods bava laft the Godowns, and all Goods remain- ing undelivered after the 19.4 inst;, will be sah. ject to rant.
All Claims against the Steamer must be pre sented to the Undersigned. on or before the
th prox, or they will not be recogalsed.
All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 29th inst,, at II AM.. No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading wil be countersigned by
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Op Agenta. Hongkong, 24th January, rozo
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'FROM EUROPE.
...THE LAW OF "HOLDING OUT." There was no dispula as to facte, and little, if any, controversy as to the law. It was un- oubted that a person who dealt with an agent, whose authority he knew in this case, did to at bis peril in this sacre, that, should the gent be found to have exceeded his authority, his Lord Macnaghlen, in delivering (for Lord principal could not be made responsible. While Akinson) their Lordship, Jud ment recently the several süthorities cited by Mr. Scruitos said the plaintiff (the respondent)'in the action from Grint v. Norway down to "Ruban v. is a native Chinese bunker carrying on business the Great Flogall. Cortalidated" establish in various parts of China, and having a branch, ed in their Lordships' opinion the propost. at Hongkong, managed on bis behalf by one to that in order that the prisciphs of have not attained their high position in the Lau Chung Yu The defendanti (the appell "holding out" abould, in any given case confidence of the people by bald assertions ants) are a corporation established onfer of agency, apply, the act done by the agent and and boasting advertisements. They are Russian law. They carry on binking business relied upon to bind the principal, must be an obliged to win it by doing actually what is at various places, and, like the plalu iff, have a act of that particular class of acts which the claimed for them. That this remedy deserves branch at Hongkong, which was managed by "gent was held out as having a general sühor- Its reputation is conceded. It is palatable as on: Brost Freyvogel. For the purpose of do-ity on behalf of bie principal to do, and, of honey and contains the nutritive and curative jogʻbusiness with Chinesa customers, there was cogir, the party prejudiced must have bellev. properties of Pure Cod Liver Oil, combined established a department in the defendants ed in the existence of that general authority with the Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites THE H, A. L. Steamship Ho.kong bank, mai aged by a Chinese official, and been thereby misled. In other words, if and the Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry. style a "Cumpradore," with the aid of two the agent he bold out as having only a limited Nothing has such a record of success in Scrofula, Chinese cashiers and an assistant, also oficials authority to do, on behrif of his principal, acts Anemia, Throat and Lung Troubles, and of that bank and in its employ. The powers, of a particulaecliss,then the principal was not emaciating complaints and disorders, that tend A. SHELTON HOOPER, duvier, and obligations of the compradore ware bound by an act dous outside that authority to undermine the foundations of strength and Secretary to the Hongkong Land Invest
enumerated and described in great detail in an even though it be an act of that particular vigour. Its use helps to show life's brighter ment and Agency Co, Ltd., '
indemure entered into by him with the bark or class, because, the authority being thus sepreside. Dr. H. L. Reddy, B. A., M. D., L. R. C. Agents for the Kowloon Lard and
the purpose of giving security to his employers seated to be limited, the party prejudicad bad S., Edinburg, L. R. C. P., London, Physician Building Co, Ld.. mir, 18th January, 1910
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for the faithful discharge of his duties. In that notice and should ascertain whether or not the Woman's Hospital-Professor University of deed it was expressly provided that "He is on net was authorised.
Bishops College, Canada, says: "I have much no account to borrow or lead any morer or se. In their Lordships' view there was no evid. pleasure in staing that I have used it in cases curug for money on account of the bank, or inence that the fraudulent comparadora had, or of debility and have found it to be a very "any way to pledge the cn dit thereof, without the was believed to have, or was held out as hay valuable remedy as well as pleasing to take, written consent of the manager, agent, or attoring, any authority beyond the strictly limited You can take it with the assurance of getting ney for the time being in charge of the burk ons mentioned. He was authorited to arrange well. It never disappoints. Sold by all in Pongkong first bad and obtained." From the details of the negotiations for the "tele-chemists' the prol evidence given at the trisl it was graphic iransfers" of marey to be submitted clear that the compradore had not authority to Tective in behalf of the bank, frem its cus tomers Any sums by way of deposite, or lodge shent to the credit of their account, or for the purpose of fuascirg by anticipation-contract■ for what was styled in the cass "telegraphic tra afer" which might subsequently be enter. ed into between the bank and those customers, The authority of the compradore as agett of the bank was limited in all thipag respects,
Notice of Firm.
CHARGEURS REUN'S,
¿Y Mutual Agreement between the Com
pagnia des" Messagețias Markimes, and the Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis; the HONGKONG'AGENCY of the CHARGEURS REUNIS will, from the 1st Janrary, 1910, be transferred to Mestre, P. A. LAPICQUE & CO. (Q teen's Building No. 4)
CHARGEURS REUNIS.
TUP. A LAPICQUE & Co.,
Agents. MESSAGERIES-MARITIMES,
P. THOMAS,
Agent. Hangkang, 19th December, 1999.
Dentistry
Dr M. H. CHAUN, DENTAL SURGEON,
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ROOMS 2 und 3.
TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFERS,
COMMERCE.
NOTICE.
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
to the manager for approval, mosey for the HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF purpose of such tranfers until those details bad bees no submitted and approved of 1.6., until a binding contract had been entered into by the munager on behalf ofika bank, to transmit the meuey on the larms approved of when received. The bank had not, by any negligent or impro per act on their part, allowed the comprador to apparently invested with an authority be- yond or greater than the limited authority which the plaintiff knew him to possess Everything which he was by them permitted to do from the beginning to the end of the busi-
be
The action arose out of negotiations which took place on Jannaty gið, 1957, in respect of one of those called (elegraphic transfers. The nature of those transactions was thir, & cut tomer at Horgkoog, desiring that a certain sum should be paid to his nominee-at Shang hi trober plaça at which the bank (the detroniaction, since they
DOGS WAY AU CONsistent with the exercise of that
limited authority. There could therefore be any estoppel as against the bank in respect of any of the
the
stops bad not done,
fer dants) had an‹ffice, entered luto a contract or permitted, anything by which the or arrangement with their Hongkong. branch plafotif was deceived. It was contended by
From the Unversity of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. shat, in causideraton of the payment by him. Duke on behalf of the respondent that in
Telephone 136.
Hongkong, 27th January, 191
TSIN TI O.
LATEST MITHODS OF DENTISTRY.
Sun No. 4, D'AQUILAR STRENT, A
RILKOMLALI FRUI
Doninkin Pa Hongkong, ig1h June, 1904
For Sale.
FOR SALE
AT
GRACA &00. #7¿Des Vœux ROAD,
of the Mambers of the Hongkong.General Chamber of Commerce will be held on" MON- DAY, the 31st January, 2010, ut 4 Pili, pre- isly, in the CITY HALL for the following
purposes:
(1) To receive the Report and Accounts of the Committes for the year ended 31st December, 1909...
(2) To slect a New Committée. (3) To transact any general business,
By Order,
E. A. M. WILLIAMS, Secretary. Hongkong, 14th January, 1910.
FORNITORE WAREHOUSE
"SEGOVIA," of Cargo are bereby informed that their Goods Captain Sach, having arrived, Consignees are being landed and placed at their risk in the bassidous and/or extra-hexiedoos Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Go- down Company, Limited, whence delivery may be obtained against Bills-of-Lading counter- signed by the Undersigned.
Optional Cargo will be carried on unless notice to the contrary be given before TO- DAY..
All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognised.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns and'all Goods remaining undelivered after the 29th inst, will be subject
to rent.
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All broken, chafed and damaged Goods must be left in the, Godowns, where they will be examined on the 28th inst., at 3 P...
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
Hongkong Office. *Hongkong, 24th January 1910.
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"SHIRE LINE OF STEAMERS, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES..
FROM EUROPE,
THE Company's Steamship TH
"CARMARTHENSHIRE,"
· [133 | having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown 'Co's hazardons andfor 'extra hazárdona Godowns at Kowloon, wham each consignment
CO.,
KWONG LOONG &
132 CABINETĀMAZERS AND, ART 'DECORATORI, from Shangbai, has re-opened their FURNITURE STORE
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No. 39, DEB Vœux Road CENTRAL,
The only Shop in Hongkong with this name Wof every description can be made to HERE HIGH-OLASS FURNITURE order in any design required.
Messrs, A. S. Watson & Co., Firms and other
· Hays_bond_puitoolied by the Hongkong Club, Hongkong Hotel, Telegraph Co 1dlag Establishments in the Colony, to whom reference can be made as to the Superior Workmanship and Materials of the Farniture, &c., supplied.
to that bratch of a sum which at the cur dealings such as those which took placa in this rent terms of exchange at Hoogsong would case with the Chinese customers of the bank, LI fsrepresent the value thers of the sum to be the comparadore was the allor egg of the mana aid ekembele, plus a certain profit la bager, and that on the plaintiff's money bed bank, the latter andertook to arrange by tele-admittedly been handed to him, and the receipt griph for the payment of the sum speciofit acknowledged by the proper back oficial Domisee. In the case of a native Chinese cus to have been received by the bank, was now fied at the place named to the customer's in the compradore department, it must be taken
tomer like the plaintiff, the negotiations leading held by them, and should be retumad to the up to the making of such & contract were carri-plaintiff Their Lordships thought, that that don through the compridare. The customer contention could not be sustained. On the never came into contact with the manager, Mr. whole they were of opinion that there was do Freyyogel, and, usually never.saw the docu
evidence to support the finding of the jury on ment which formed the basis of the contri ci though it would be shown to him if he asked leats were therefore entitled to have the judg: the third question left to them, that the appel- for it. The Chief Justice had wated, in their ment entered for the plaintiff in the action set Lordships' opinion quite accurately, what was aside, and judgment enterød for them with the true position of the compradore, The coste, and this appeal should be allowed, They compradore was the bank's intermediary with would humbly advita hís Majorly accordingly, | Chinese customers, His duties ware to make
Having come to that conclusion, it was with them. those contracts which the manager unnecessary for their Lordships to deal with the authorited him to make and more oiber. As question of the alleged misdirection of the the Chinese customers were usually seen only Chief Justice in his summing up. They thought by the compradoro, the minagoi's only means it right, however, to say that while be summ of koewing whether the fatior accurately carried manised the ovidence with the greatest out his instructions consisted in the written do- | cicarness and accuracy and directed the cuments banded to him by the compradore. jury's attention to most of the material The authority gives to the compradora caly expoints he appeared to bave failed to ap ter ded to arranging with the customers the preciate how inapplicable the doctrine of details of the proposed rapiaction. When holding out" was to a cane in which those details bad breg arranged, the contract the agent's authority war, to the knowledge of embodying them must be submitted to the the person dealing with him, limited, and that manager for bit approval. The massger would by reason of that bis observation to the jury, at several portions of his cbargo, amounted ot recogeise any contract which did not bear practically to raisdirections, by which they bir initials, it appeared to their Lordships might possibly Bave been misled, though it that it would be difficult to deriso any method was by no means clear that they did not, in of transacting business of that character mere fach, fully understand the nature of the quae. calculated 10 sfford na real protection to the tions left to them. The respondent must pay Steamship "KNIGHT OF THE THISTLE
the costs of the appeal.
CAPS, ASIATIC POSTAGE STAMPS
WAISTCOATS,
ETC., Ero., ETC,
Now Proceeding.
28, Queen's Road.
s9th January, 19:0
and
VIEW POST CARDS.
Stamps in Sets, Packais, Bags and Single, Assortment of Stamps and Post Card
Alboms,
Postage Stamps Catalogues for rg o. Strck Books, Duplicate Preket Books, Transparent Envelopei
Tweezers, Magnifying Glasser, Peiloration Gauge,
Novels, Pooks for parlour and Bousehold ute, Toy Books for Children,
Prayer Becks. Religious Picidres. Pendants, Medals, Statoaltes, Flower Seeds.
Relief Scraps and Scrap Albums.
MANILA CIGAR AND CIGARETTES. &c,
&
Inspection invitað, Hongkong, rith January, 1910,
PABST EXTRACT.
Chinese customers of the bank or to afford greater facilities to the compradore, its offices to commit frauds upon these customers. It was not surprising that he sailed himself of his opportunities. The respondent alleged that on January 3rd 30%, bo requested, the bank, through the compradors, to remit to Shanghal by telegraph, and paid in the compradore with that view $10,961 30, and that the back gave þim' a written acknowledgment of the receips The money was not transmitted to Shanghai, and the respondent sued the bank to recover the m.ney so raid to their agent, the com
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QUESTIONS FOR THE JURY,
The case was tried before the Chief Justice
It is a liquid food in predigested form, con, and a spacial jury of six. The judge left to Laining all the bracing, soothing and toning effects of the choicest, hops, Nearly Non them three questions, y'%. :—(1) Did the bank, alcobolic.
In fact, instruct the compradorn to transact ex change business with Chinese customers in say other way than by 'receiving special authority in each case toʻdo-ro? (a) Was there such authority given in this case) and (3) Did the bank put the compradora le such a position that ba could pretend to the plaintiff that he had the necessary authority to receive the money; and, if so, did the pia aliff, ballaring he had that authority, hand over iha money to the com- pradorm lo, that ballaf He Instructed :them that, he would assume they would answer the drst two questions in the pegaŭrej but that, if they answered the third in tha afirmativb) skey should think 'n verdios for the plaintiff,p'if;
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Merin, A. S. Watson, & Un, Ltd, write as follows:-
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will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery
can be obtained as soon as the goods are landed.
Goods hot cleared by the 2nd Feb, at 6 nak, will be subject to rent?
No Fire Insurance will be affected by us in any case whatever.
All damaged packages must be left in Godown, where they will be examined at No Claims will be 9.30 AM. on the tst prox. admitted after Goods have left the Godown nor will they be recognised if prevented after 10 days of the vessel's arrival kera.·
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co, Lid,
Agonis Hongkong, 26th January, 1910. ~
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN' IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES..
We have pleasure lo stating that Mr. LlTHE Resmskip KWONG LOONG forn!shed the Annexe to our Dispensary and gaya us every satĺk». faction,"
15th May, 1891.
[Sd) A S. WATSON & BO,
"YOROK,"
having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Oplum, Treasure and Valuables, are being landad and siőredat their risk into the hazardous CHARGES most moderats.
ORDERS pancinally attended to, and and/or extra hasardous Godowns of the Hong-
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Consignees.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
| FROM TACOMĂ, SEattle, VancOU. VER, YOKOHAMA, KOBE AND MOJI.
THE above Steamer having arrived, Còn
elgness of Carga ara horoby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersigna. turs and to take immediate delivery of their, Goods from alongside,
Cargo Impeding the discharge of the Vossel will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and expense.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatever.
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Hongkasa, 23rd January, roto.
kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com. pany, Limited, at Kowloon, and West Point Godown», whenca dalivary may be cirtained;
No Clams will be admitted after the 'Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain Ing undelivered after the 3rd of February, will. be subject to rent,
All brokes, chased, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godówne, whare, they will be examined on the 3rd of February, at 9.30 AM... All Claims must reach us before the 7th of February, 1910, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
MELCHERS & Co, General Agents. Hongkong, ayib January, 1910.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEÈS,
FROM SINGAPORE, PENANG AND CALOUTTA.
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BANK LINE, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
STEAMSHIP. “OCEANO* FROM TACOMA, VANCOUVER, YOKO-
-HAMA, KOBE AND MOJI THE
THE above Steamer having arrived, Con- signees of Cargo are hereby requested; to send in their Bills of Lading for counter. signature, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consignees risk" and expones.
No Fire Icstirance will be adicted by ui in any oise whelaver::
A "PODWELL & CO., LIMITED,
Hongkong, 19th January, 1910
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JAPAN," having arrived, from the above Forts, Con- signees of Cargo ara bereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from alongside.
Cargo impeding the discharge will be landed at once, at Consigneos' risk and expenes, et
"Cargo remaining on board after 4 P.M., of the gth fast, will be landed at Consignees' riak and expense.
Consignees of Cargo" from SINGAPORE and PENANG are reguested to take_TM- MEDIATE DELIVERY, of their Gooda from alongside, such Cargo impeding the dis charge of the vessel will be landed sad stored at Consignnus! risk and expense. J
· No Firm Insurance has been affected, Bills of Lading will be countersigned by.. HAR DAVID BASSOON & Ca, LIMITED.
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