Intimation.
Powell's
ALEXANDRA
BUILDINGS.
NOW SHOWING,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY MARCH 30
Entimations.
LEGAL
NOTICE OF REMOVALA
[OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that from
1910, the Offices of the 'undersigned Solicitors: `and Notaries, will be REMOVED to the Fini Floor of PRINCE'S BUILDINGS; Ice House Street, (opposite the King Edward Hotel). ·
JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER Hongkong, aand March, 1910.
FRENCH STORE.
NOTICE.
We beg to inform our numerous customers and the public'in general that we have been appointed Agent
A large shipment of for the CREME SIMON" and
the latest
SPRING GOODS
COMPRISING
LACE
AND
MUSLIN
BLOUSES
COTTON
COSTUMES.
SUNSHADES
TRIMMED
AND
UNTRIMMED
MILLINERY
FLOWERS
AND
FOLIAGE.
SEE
LARGE
WINDOW.
POWELL'S
Alexandra
Buildings.
#7919
all Simon's" Produces for Toilet Requisites, Terfumery, Powder Soap, etc.
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COMMERCIAL
TO-DAY'S RUBBER QUOTATIONS. The following quotations for rubber shares, by wire, are supplied by Messrs. E. S. Kadoorie & Co.
Allagats
Anglo-Malaya. Balgownies............
Bata Tigas
.32/6
9/6 Ka
Bukit Kajang ................70ĥ am prou Bukit Rajab
Bertam's mi
Carey Uniteds.k...) Castlefields...
....385/- 35/- prom..
Changkat Sardanga mummm$21 ** Cheras HD23 VÅRSMØDREUOTI
Sis
Damansara camina ***.167/5 Eastern Internationals ......31/- prem," Fod, Selangor......
310/
160/
...740/.
Glenshiels et corrosion mes Golcondas..... Golden Hopes ORDERS - ALL *Highlands and Lowlands ............350/- na. Indragitis
......$45
Jequies.cationcma...:13/9 Jonglandom.................................20/- prem, Kemuninge ..........................7/9 prom. Kuala Lumpors ̈*** “Ticous (fully paid)'...........1&5}~
Lanadrons (pp.)
1376 přem.
"Labus ...............ntermunicioneros
Ledburys....
.97/0
Linggit...
52/6
:
London Asiaties
INSPECTION SOLICITED. Manokong 31st Juonary, 1910,
London Venturḥlang niu
9/9
Marlimau.......
Pajams............ranates
..5161
Pegobs.....19
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SANITARY BOARD OFFICE, Номакона.
TO THE OWNERS OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS.
TAKE NOTICE that under No. 5 of the
DOMESTIC CLEANLINESS, and VENTILATION BYE-LAWS (as amended) every Domestic Building or part of such Build ing within the WESTERN Division of the City of Victoria, occupied by Members of more than one family, except, those within the European, Reservation or those parts of a Domestic Building used as a Shop, Office or 'Godowns, must be CLEANSED and LIME. WASHED THROUGHOUT by the owners during the months of February and March.
N.B.—The word "Throughout" used in this notice means that the Houses should be Lime. washed in respect of all the Walls of each
·Room, ali Cubicle Partitions, Stair Casings and Stair Linings, all Ceilings and the Under- sides of Rools in Main Buildings, Offices and - Servants' Quarters and 'incluziva. of Verandahs,
The Backyard must have its containing Walls Limewashed, up to the level of the first Boor."
Carved, Painted or Polished Woodwork in good condition, however, need not be Lime washed, but must be Cleansed.
The Westera Division of the City liss to the West of Tank Lano and Clevarly Street.
The Government Limewashing Contractor, is prepared to Cleanse and Limewash Floor at the rate of $1.05 per floor on application being made to the Secretary of the Sanitary Board.
W. BOWEN-ROWLANDS,
Secretary.
Rubber Trusts......50/3 prem, cx, u. İs Saggas"............................2577- Sandycrolls.............555 Sekong....................30/- prem. 72/3
Shelfords Singapore & Jabores.$100 Sumatra Patas 14/9 Sungei Chob...čurkatasarımını 95/- Sungei Kapersonas ............65/. Sapong genui Seafields... Tandjongsypusciou Tengkah...............
1:1/6 prem. ..70/- prem. ....25/6 prem.
lu Rantu.....................................115/- ex n. i. United Serdang↑ «...............................147/6 United Singapores............................$3,15. United Sumatra.......... ***** United Langkats.......1o9/6 er rights
13/9
THE NEW NAVY PROGRAMMI.
an ixpenditure OF £40,000,000.- Our naval expenditure for the coming year |:will, it is stated; be £40,000,000, or £3,250,000
over that of the year pow closing,
L
"This statement is made by Engineering, which says it must be admitted that the sum mentioned is a stupendous figure. For the present year the gross total was £36,750,000. This £40,000,000 is the largest sum that has ever ben asked for by the Admiralty in the ordiasty estimates (or any one year, and marks an advance of £5,000,000 on the total of 16 years ago.
•
IN THE BUDAN.
ARTUM' EX-DOVERNOR ON ITS FUTURE
Khastum, said Mijőr A. E. Stanton, Inte Governor of that city, in an address delivered at the Royal Colonial Institute on February 15, will some day be the largest city in Africa ' It will be the centre of an enormous cotion trade, for, the Sudan will in fifty years pro vide all the cotton that Lancashire can take, while wheat, sugar, rice, gum arable, rubber" hides, and oils will be among it exports." The population of the Sudan Is increasing enor. mously, for the Sudanese are prolific race and already the hundreds of children to be saan in every village, born since the re-occups tion, and called by their olders, children of the Government, testify to as administration of prace and prosperity,
HOME OF THE, QUIEN OF SEREM Major Stanton, la surveying the past history of the Sudan, said's-e
Public Companies
UNION INSURANCE,
1. CANTON, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
OF
Consignses.
FROM EUROPE
RHE H. A; L Steamship
HALESIA" SEVENTH ORDINARY YEARLY guess of Cargo and hereur informed that JOTICE is hereby givàn that the THIRTY Captain Habel, having arrived, '":"„Com- MEETING of the Society will be held at its their goods are being landed and placed at: Head Office, No. a. Queen's Buildings, Hong their risk in the basardous and/or extra kong, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th April, 1910, hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and at Nood, for the purpose of receiving the Kowloon Wharf and Godown | Company, Report of the Directors together with the Limited, whence delivery may be obtained Statements of Account to 31st December, 1909, against Bill of Lading countersigned by the and of declaring Dividends, &c. Undersigned, o
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be OLOSED from 3rd April to the 13th April, both days inclusivo. (
By Order of the Board,"
["0. MONTAGUE EDE,
Secretary, Hongkong, 23rd March, 1910,
faro
CHINA TRADERS, INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED.-
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. OTICE is hereby given that the FORTY: IN A FOURTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Office, No. 2 Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th April, 1970, at 12:30 PM, for the purpose of receiving - the Repon of the Directors, together with the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1909, and of declaring dividends, &agr
white CLOSED from 3rd April to the 13th April, both days.inclusivo. By Order of the Board,.
One of the first mentions in, anciant hisfőry of the condtry was in the Old Testansent/ In the second Book of Kings, chapter 19, we read that Tithakah, King of Ethiopia, affered to assist Hersklab, King of Jades, against Sannacherib, King, of Assyrin, ⠀ The | Ethiopia of the ancicats was the Sudip of to- day, with Abyssinia and Erythren included, and, stretched from Thshes in Egypt to the countries inbabited by saragos south of the, junctiop of the Blue and Walls Niles, bu: how far south cannot be ascertained. The ancient age of the Sudan often c Upper Egypt And Son sculptured figures and intoglyphics after the manner of the old Egyptian dues on certain suciest monuments io, the Sudan, bat with moatings. of their own which so far have proved sealed book, The ancient city of Meme appears to bave been the ancied..... capital. Here the famous Meroe pyramids are to be sean. different in shape from any is Egypt, the base being about one-third of the height, which also is lower than any of the Egyptian ones, and only some 31 to 40 fact Prof. Petsie is credsted with saying that deso was most probably the home of the great Queenby of Sheba, and that her famous axpedition is Solomon took place from hare. Certain is it that there was a succession of great queens kaiwn as Conduce, and the portraits of these are to be seen on the actiest monuments to this day, and (formidable, looking ladies they must have been, if their portraits id stone are to be belleved. They are pictured as being extremely stout, grasping a crowd of prisonerí by their hair in one hand, und holding a battle. are in the other. A condition' of civilisation
existed many hundreds of years B. C. which did pot exist in the country ten years ago. There is the great past, and the very modern present marked in stone und viber, work, but of the hnadiwork of the countless geuerations that have passed between there is nothing but a blank.
The Sudan was a Christiaù country before it' became Mahomeday. Christianity appears to bavo bean Introduced through Abyssinia, it is vald,· by 'St.-Athanasius, bal how for this cas The remains of be relied on is uncertain, Christian churches are to be seen to this day at Soba, ten miles south of Kharium, oo the Blue Nile, and in various places in the Dongola province. The invasion ol· Ethiopia by the Arabs from Arabia, about 700 A. D. SHIPS UNDER CONSTRUCTION,
brought the Moslem creed into the country and After refertiig to the increase of expenditure all Christian churches and monuments were by other Powers, and indicating the shipbuild-ipeedily razed to the ground. ∙ing proposals of the more important, "En- [28ginering" says that during the financial year the bauleship eptune and the cruiser Inde. fatigable fall to be completed, and these will both require a very substantial.sum. What is known as the "second year instalment" for eight other ships remains to be made, including A Stops, and Brickwork,
PERFECT preservative, stain for Wool battleships at Pansmouth Deckyard, Scott's of Greenock, Aalmers', of Jarrow, Beardmore's, of Daimuir, Armstrong's of Elswick, and at (he Thames Ironworks, in addition to un'im mense craiser at. Davonport and another at Vickers' works at Barrow,
Dated this rst day of March, 1910.
:* SÕLIGNUM,"
It protects against Decay, Fungar, Dry Rot the Ravages of lorects and Vermin. (especially the white ant) and the action of the weather,
"Solignam" really does, what is claimed for it, as may be seen from the testi nouals of the Governmeals of India, the Sudan, &c.
In Droms and Barrels of various colours.. Prospectus and all further information
from.
SIEMSSEN & CO,
[Machinary Dept) Hongkong, Sold Agents. Hongkang, 7th December, 1000?,
NOTICE:.
All of these ships are to be completed before Apill, 1912, and as their average cost falls only a little below £2,000,000 each, it will be scan that the sum required for progress with armor- ed ships during the next financial year is little less than!£10,000,000, which more than equals the total vote for all new constraction during the current year. This, too, is without reference tony new ships to be laid down during the coming Goancial year.
CRITICAL POINT AT OMDURMAN,
In 1810, the all conquering Turkish nod Egyptian aimies of the fist Khedive Mohamed Ali invaded the Sudan. On arriving at the junction of the Blue.god White Niles, the strip
C. MONTAGUE EDE,
Secretary. Hongkong, 23rd March, 19to
Notices of Firms.
HE
NOTICE.
Partnership between MOHIDEEN and THAHA has been DISSOLVED mutual consent as from this date, and in future the business hitherto cănducted under the firm name of Mobideen and Thaha will be carried on as:
MOHIDEEN & CO., Jowellars, Dealers in Ceylon Precious Stones, No. 1, D'Aguilar Street, Hongkong, 28th March, 1910, "
CHARGEURS REUNIS.
(282)
Bpagnie des Messageries Maritimes and the Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis, the HONGKONG AGENCY of the CHARGEURS REUNIS will, from the 1st January, toto, ba transferred to Messrs. P. A. LAFICQUE & CO. (Queen's Building No. 4)
CHARGEURS REUNIS,
P. A. LAFICQUE & Co., Agents.. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
P. THOMAS,
Agent, Hongkong, 29th December, 1909.
Agreement between the Com
Auction.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION
No. S. 47.
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
Optional Cargo will be carried on unless notice to the contrary be given before TO- DAYANAN TE
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 remain- ing undelivered after the gat instant, will be subject to rantWWP SHAN-
All broken, chafod, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 30th instant, a 3 P.M..
No Fire Insurance will be affected by us im any case whatever.VENKIN HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,
A Hongkong Office, Hongkong, 25th March, 1910. M (176
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
PORT SAID, "SUEZ AND STRAITS,
"HE-P., & O; S. N. Co.'s Steamer
"SARDINIA,"
THE
Consigness of Gargo by the above-named ressei are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Whari and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where sach! consigament will be sorted out mark by
· mark,' and delivery can be obtaland as soon as the Goods are landed.
Optional Goods will be landed hars unless instructions are given to the contrary ibatore
hours.⠀ . A between A
6
Goods not cleared by the 30th instant, at .M., will as subject to rent. “
No Fire Insurance will be affected by me in any case wasteverentiam
Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowas lor, examination by the Consignee's: and the Company's representativo": at cam appolated hour,
all Claims must be presented within ten days of the xleainer's arrival here after which date they cannot be recognised, il
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods "bare left the Godowns.
E. A. HEWEIT;
Superintendent, Hongkong, 25th March +610
S.S. OCEANIEN."
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.
NOTICE
*ONSIGNEES of Cargo from London or,
1876 Co s.s. Charente and sdedoc, irom:Havın ax
DARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS of the letting by Public Auction Safe, to be held on MONDAY, the 4th day of April, 1919, at 3 P.M., at the Offices of the Public. Works Department, by Order of His Excel of land occupied only by a low fishermen'lency the Governor, of One Lat of CROWN straw bate, and known as Chartu, or the LAND at Bonham Road, in the Colony of slepbant's trank, was recognised as atfarding a Hongkong, for a term of 7 years, with the most excellent and suitable site for the head option of renewal at a Crown Rent to be fized by the Burveyor of His Majesty the King, for quaners of the invading army, owing to it on further term of 75 years, strategical position. Accordingly Khartum became the administrative capital of the newly conquered territories. From this point | Major Staton described the bistory of the Sudan to the British occupation. In passing be referred to the battle of Omdurman, where the Mahdi's power was broken., There was, he sajd, a moment in the buille whieu victory busy in the balance, and this was when Macdonald's Sudanese brigada, with which he had the bonour to serve all through the campaign in 1896, 1897 and 1898 was caught betwóan two fires, when the Khalifa's main force attacked it in front and his son's army attacked it on the
FOUR NEW DREADNOUGHTS, Four battleships ("Engineering "under-right roar flank. Timely assistance came, but 142 stands) are to be laid down-one cach, at not before their, ammunition was reduced to Portsmouth and Davonport and "two in pri- two rounds a man. Had thas been expended vate works. These are in addition to the the brigade would have been overwhelmed by two large ships to be constructed at the cost of sheer weight of numbers, and the loss of this Australia and New Zealand."
brigade might have, turned Omdurman into a defeat, as it would also bave meant the loss of
FAN, a Chinese graduate
As regards, protected shipt, Germany has
Mversed in literature, has been & teacher bees, pressoting a carefully regstatised, pro the stores, baggage and hospital, for there only
to European officiale and merchants in bis: Colony for over ten years.
He has a good method of training Euro- peaus to pass ip the Chinese examination, and is possessed of a first rato' çertificate aJR Chinesa teacher. He has also a good know ledge of Mandarin.
Those who intend learning, the Chinese language lo requested to write care of Hongkong Telegraph affice or duect 10 17. Hollywood Knad, ind flabr.
Hongkong, sid January, ięto
AN APPEAL
gramme doing the past few years,, Jaying remained a weak Egyptian brigade to protect down two shipt per annum; but,since 1907 || them.
next year.
No of Sale
Inlaw Lot Ho, 1848. | Registry No.
LOCALITY..
N.
Boundary Blessurements, Approxlisate.
I.M. *
Sh 16.
150 *11
152
The
1.
Hongkong, 29th March, roxo,
Square Feat
Annual Rent
Upact Prios:
9,000 de 1,509.
(1)
Consignees.
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NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE &teamship
T
there have been laid down, for the British navy, The first year's revenue (1899) of the country
"PRINE LUDWIG," four ships of the Boadicea class, of which two after British occupation was £8,000. It is now mors are now to be laid down under next year's well over 1,000,000, and every prospect is having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby programme, and nine ships of the Town class, pleasing, save in one point. Although Kharton informed that their Goods, with the exception boss of splendid Government buildings, of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being to which also two are to be added during the educational establishments unequalled in Nonkluded and stared at their risk into the hazardous Afica, botels, shops, electric light, steam trams, and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong waterworks, broad avenues, etc, although avery kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godems Com creed is represented by a church or mosque, pany, Limited, at Kowloon, and West Point although the flag of England Boats proudly Gedowns, whance delivery may be obtained. over sbe, zowa, still in Kharam there is as yet no complete Anglicar church. The cathedral being built to the memory of Gordon, the twenty-fifth anniversary of whose death we have just celebrated, is still only a few feat high for wast of sufficient funds to complete it. An ap: peal has been issued, says Major Stanton, hope it will not have bien in vaID.
DESTROYERS AND SUBMARINES..... The intention to lay down in the sext ["fuarcial year 20 destroyers for the Home Flest alone is gratifying, because there can be no doubt that in this type of craft we can at have too great a preponderance, in addition || there will be laid down several vessels of the same type for the colonial ficota
The condition as regards submarines (adds Engineering) is equally, Interesting. Ger many deferred the adoption of this type of craft to a much later date than one other Powers, but within the last two years she has shown more thorough appreciation of the potentialities of the type): year's wold); like lam yai
itbanzibat British
HE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN CONVENT, CAINE ROAD, hags MOS 18spectially to APPEAL to the Residents of Hongkong and the Coast Ports, for their kind patronage and support, and desires to state that she will be pleased to receive orders fm all kinds of NERULE WORK,
Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Onß. and Collars reuawad an old ones, or
Ladies and Children's Under-clothing, Chii dran's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroideri Materials can be supplied, if requiredan da
The Supercross will'hise' be most gratefu of any PAPER or old KnysKOPEE 10 ba madëf Into Books for the Childres al the Peor Saxoplis
ependita
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY W LIMITED, FA PORTLAND CEMENT.
Carks of 379 lbs. net $5,59 per Cal ex Factory, a
ayo lbs. net 98.45 par.
SHEWAN TOMES & CO.
Haveling eith August, 1990,
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain. lng undelivered after the 30th of March, will be subject to rent akko
All broken, chated, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the goth of March, at 9,go A Mang
All Claims must reach us before the 4th of April, rgro, or they will not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be söected. Bill of Lading will be counterigued by the
*THIE STXAMER BRINOS. CARGO
Ex 3.8. Cofild from Rio de Janeiro,
Therapa from Smyrna.: Feldmunkal from Zanzib
NORDDEUTSCHE LOYD
Charente, and from Bordeaux ex as. Ville: d Arrus, in connection with above Steamer, ara hereby informed that their Goods with the ax ception of Treasure and Valuabiss are being landed and stored at, thair, risks, isto". Esa bazardous and or extia bazardous Godowns. of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whart and Godown Co, Ld. at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing, "i
Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is received from the Consigneer before Noso," TU-DAY, requesting it to be landed here.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned, Goods remained unclaimed after the 4th April, at Noou, will be subject to rent and landing charges.
All claims must be sent in to me on or before the 5th April, or they will not be
Cognized R
All damaged packages will be examined on MONDAY, 4th April, 1910, at 3.P.M.
No Fire Insurance has been affected.
P, THOMAS,.
Agent
Hongkong, 28th March, 1910.
'MOGUL LINE OF STEAMERS.
'NOTIOR TO CONSIGNEES.
STEAMSHIP ERROLL," FROM, GLASGOW, LIVERPOOL AND
STRAITS,
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their, risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong, and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, at Kowloon, whence andfor from the wharves delivery may be obtained
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left, the Godowns, and all Goods mmain-- ing undelivered after the and pros will be aubject to rent
All Claims against the Steamer must be pre- mented to, the Undersigned on or before tha agih prox, or they will not be recognized.
All Broken, chafed, and damaged Goods kin to be left in the Godowns; where they will be?
examined on the 1st prox.; At 3 2.2
Bill of Lading will be countersigned by No Fire Insurance has bena afected.
DODWELL & CO., LIMITED,
Agents." Hongkong, 26th March, sero;
INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED."""
FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE
THE Company's Steamshi
having arrived from the above. of Gargo by her their Goods will be deliver
Cargo, impeding the disp on board, after. landed at