Intimation.
LITHOGRAPHY
PRINTING
EMBOSSING
ENGRAVING.
RUBBER
STAMP
MAKING
&c., &c.,
are some of the
DEPARTMENTS
66
of the
'South China
Morning
Post” Ld.
LARGEST
& MOST
MODERN PLANT
IN THE COLONY.
CHINESE
CALENDARS
SPECIALTY.
Des Voeux Rd.
Central,
HONGKONG.
Hoogkang, ak January, 1911,
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY JANUARY 16 1011
PASSING OF THE QUEUE,
ILOILO CHINESE WILL NOT DISCARD IT. folio, Jan 4-Since quent-cotting com. menced a few days ago filty Chinamon have passed from longhaired to cloro clipped cilizzo.
Tamerchant class have he'd a meeting to discursche metter of adopting the European, style of hair and bava'come to the conclusion that it would be desimertal to their basice:s latereste to adopt the new idea.
7
They say that in the past they have observed that if a native of the country sriablishes a business in a Chirese business district, his countryman boycott him la fave of the Chinese tres, and Joasmuch after -Chinaman loses his queue he might be mistaken for a
APORTING.
BATURDAY'S £VÉKTS.
The results of Saturday's orosis ard as under
Bowling Analyals.
M.
R.
W.
Tayler 12. 41 Carromine 12.
· Bragaki...
5
54 12
"TRIANGOLAR CONTEST,
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB VI, THE GARRISON,
Chinese crew disheartened and frightened by Public Companies.
the tragic death of the engluser, their physical
Stiengib at low cbb from the pangs of hunger
COMPANY, LIMITED.
5 and thirst, an appalling combination of calam!- | 'HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND, FINANCE atics which might furnish the material for one of the most lurid tales of the sufferings of man who go down to the xan in ships.
THE CAPTAIN'S STORY.
"We left Hongkong on December 19th, at,ts
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thất an GENERAL MEETING of the above Company will be
NO EXTRAORDINARY
Here is Captain Gillan's story, in his own held at the Hongkong Hotel, Hongkong, oa words:
FRIDAY, the 27th day of January, 1917, at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon, when the sub- joined Resolutions which were passed at the
January 1911; will be submitted for Confirma. Extraordinary General Meeting of the Com pany held on Thursday, the sath day of
of Association of the Company, which cow lion as Special Resolutions
() That Art cls No. 70 of the Articles
LEAGUE FOOTBALL. KOWLOON YOOTBALL CLUB DI, 1.0.4
The above teams met on the Kowloon Ground to decide their match in the first divi slon. The Civilians sent in their strongest
The Cub met the G relson on their ground only ton turned up. From the appearance of in a draw. The Garzisca complied 222 roxx, bollers having hain barned out, I made an cleven to meet the Gunners, but unfortunately. In the Triangular Conte t, the game resulting. We salled under our own steam for two thing, it looked as if the Arilleryman would
and a half days when the vassal stopped, the walk into victory, as, is the first half of the sible for 81. He played a grand game and mechadic, but I could use right away that all out, of which Lieut. Baighton was respos Investigation in the angles rom. I am not game, they led with two goals to the Kow-compiled ble score quits rapidly. The second lonto
best score was Baguali's 48, Tho Club put up
something was wrong.. 183 ruas for eight wickets. Tarner was the
a
"I said to the enginfoor; can't you pump her
Filipino, it wou'd be better to keep the long time was called, tha's:ord was equallred, The top scorer with C5 runs, while R. Hancock/ op'and go slow so as to keep her head on to
bair as a trade mark and cost us to profit by the Chinese reputatiro el seling at a small profit
In the second balf; and a low minutes before game thus resulted in a draw-two sli,
LEAGUE TABLE.
In all its where any of the Coinere em- Baffy ployes cut off their hair, at least three, a flacrNav, Yard mao, a bookkeeper, and a collector, keep the R.E... long queues in order that no loss may occur R.G.A. through mis akes as to catíonality of the store -- Enterprian.
THE CHINAMAN'S PIGTAIL.
AN AUSTRILIAN VIEW OF THE NET MOVIMENT
compiled a gold #3. The scores BID :—
GARRISON,
P. W. D. L. For gst. P. Thorpe, b Bråkke
9 8 T 0 35
S. 17
9 6 0 3.85 11 13
0
8 3 114 11 10
Clapham, lbw Faypo ......................... Hughes, c Maas, b Fagot.................. Garnett, b Pare
......... 23
longkong. Kowloon
I
!
2 2 2,4 7 16 76 23 3 0.1 1 4:0 ร
Houghton, Sharpin, b Bird...
81
A
9
muinas e
43
RUGBY.
29
7
3
HONGKONG RUGBY CLUB VI II M.S, "KENT."
This match was played on the Hongkong If the child who once described an elephant fructed a large crowd of spectators. The game, Football Club on Saturday afternoɔn and gr* as an animal with a tail at both ends had been laiscduced to a full dressef Chinaman, thaof play ended with no scores on both sides.
was an even the throughout and the first half; child would probably bayc cailed the Celestial The second half was a repetition of the first, a man with a tail at one end, and the wroug the ball travelling up and down the field with- end at tha
cut being able to find a seitlog-place to the good opening, but rothlag avanicnted, being nets. Al the close of this half, the Kent had a able to score only three points, the winning to game by that small margin.
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LEAGUE CRICKET.
This pigt ils, which b,ve been word by the inFabitants of the Flowerp Land ever since the time, about 27 › years ago, when the Manchu got the throne, i: now proposed in some quasterio abolish. The proposition is, a tough one but it bat already mal with some success, for in Ion, kong the other day 11,0co
KOWLOON CRICKET CLUN VA, POLICE. Chire & as was stated in a cable to the "Even. ing News," Sydney, discarded their quenes o
This match was played on the Folies Ground the course of three days Bat those aron mere a: Happy Valley and rasnited in another loss handful among ite teeming millions of Ching. for the Police. The Kowloon team put up the Frince Tsai Tao some time ago prese ted to excelliot core of ¡ga ittis fie five wickels, The Throne a mentiorial, praying for the toli.which was distfuc ly good work. Mead was tion of the pitsil, and one of the ir, uments of the top scorer for the witors, compilioz 45 the memorialists was that the q seus is incan runs, and was caught out by Langley and venient. Nothing has come if the petition bowled by Kerr. Ogg was responsible for the so far, and whether it will ead in anything bat Palice top score. He was clean bowled by
make remains to be quem.
Weaser and reared with 18 runs to bis credit. Tha scores and bowling analysis are as follows:- KOWLOON. F. Sutton, b Kerr
it was thought that the example:et'in Hoog long mib: be followed in Sydney, but after "cruising round" the Chinese quarters hero, an"Evs. lng News" reporter could find no Signs of anything of the lid. Certainly a number of Ca ness in Sydcey cut off the pig
J. P. Robinsoo, sup out..
J. H. Mead, c Langley, & Kerr
A. R. Raveo, c Og, b Hoggarth
Taylor, c R..Hancock, b Payne. Bignal', b Bird
Day, not out.......... Faris, cand b Br.................................................... Williams, Payne ...
Tavcicer, b Payns ....
Extrasuna kompy
R. E. O. Bird..... Rev. Payoo
H, D. Sharplo R Hancock
the aes? There can't be any water in your boiler, and you say it's leaking adw two days 1. na steam; something wrong somewha o'
renda :-)
"After looking at the guage I noticed there was no water in the boilers and they had babe burned out. Later on be put out the furnace, and i went up on deck.'
Some hours after the man on deck cama and told me theagiocet had gone overboard This was alous 3 am, in the morning of the 120d; I looked around for signs of him; if I had seen tim i would have tried to save him.
"For the last two days I lived on a biscoit→ ond biscuit day<For water I took a piece of 17 waste and soaked up the wet spits on deck and sucked the water through its We have a tank 212 that has kept zevan of us ninn days with water, "A Norwegian sleamer, the Brand, which w. I hailed on the trip, faralshed me with forty. 4 gallons of water, same rice for the crow, four. cans of canned beaf, and a can of peaches 20 which I ate myself; I was without water or
chow for the past several days,
1.
Total..' Bowling Analysis. -`
0.
17 0 fo
17 3 70
M
4
4
Q
31
0
HONGKONG..
23
. 13
R. Hancock, c and b Houghton... T. E. Police, c Toorpe b Bagnall W. C, D. Turaer, cand b Taverner............ 65 H. Hancock, c Day, b Bagnall ............... E. AS. Fowler, c Williams, 5 Houghtoa... a H. D. Sharpin, e Williams, b Baggall..... 9 Rev. Fayos, e Paris, b Taverner..... thickleten, b Taveroete G. Hastings, not ou
20
*On a Wednesday morning at 3 a.m, I met two steamers on the way: I picked up one of the 'Frisco boats; she was going across to Hongkong. The Norwegian steamer Brand I p'cked up the following afternoon; it was blow. log hard then, and that afternoon a gale came
up.
"The Directors shall have power from time to time and at quy time to appoint any other persons to to Directors, but "so that the total number of Director Mshall not at any time exceed seven and "so that no appointment under this clause. "shall bave effect unless two-thirds at "leasi of the Directors concur thereto,"
amended by eliminating the word "even" the third has of such Article and by sob stituting the word "five" therefɔ̃r, and also by eliminating-the words "tairs at least in the fourth line of such Article and by sub- at utlug the words "a majority " theefar,
(2) That Asticla No. 7 of the Articles of Association of the Company, which now roads :--
"The Directors other than the General **Managers shall be paid out of the Funda "of the Company by way of remuneration. "far their services a commission of Five per cent, of the act profits of the Company "for each year pravlded that such profits amount to eved par cent, of the capital of the Company and such remuneration "shall be divided among them la sach "proportions and manner as the Directors be amended by eliminating therefrom the
may dete mise and la default equally" words provided that such profits amount to "Seven per cent of the capital of the Com- "pany" to the third and fourth lines thereof. and by substituting in ling thereof the words
provided that such commission shall not "in any one year exceed the sum of "$5,000."
(3) That Articls No. 81 of the Articles of Association of the Company, which" now
"They asked me if I wanted a tow to Hong.adi:~ kong; she was bound from Freemantle, Au- 5 itrolla. I sald: 'No, l'have been sailing now- 15
R. E, O..Bird, cot out...................o hundred miles this way; I 'gneir'I can
Extras) 2
Total for 8 whis............83 Bowllog Analysis,
make the rest of it,'
"The remuleration of the General Mas- "agore shall be $3,000 per annum to cover "office rest and xalaries of Becretary and " clerks and a commission of 5 per cent "of the nat profits of the Company for each "year that such profits amcuni to.7 per be amended by eliminating the words "that coat. of the Capital of the Company och profits amount to 7 per cost, of the capitat of the Company" costalmed in the fourth and fifth loss of the Article in quasilos.
"I think the anglaset lost his head when he found the boiler gone and drowned himself on that account. We had to use the awning wridge poles for masts and sewed sucks and walogs for sails. We were picked up last 183 night off Subic Bay at 6 o'clock while we
(4) That Aricle No. 105 of the Articles of were about ten miles from shore which we that in lien thereof the two following funber Ass.ciation of the Company he struck out and tried to teach as we were exhausted, and Articles be added, namely:-
0. M: R.
-17.
5
Taverder
Thot potenti Bagcall.......... I to Haughton................... 45
Q
1
28
2
8
70
y 13
Paris
30
O
25
tail ott long so. This was in the saka ofa. O. Brawn, c Pitt, beggarth......... convenience. Going ista courts, and other F. J. de Rome, not'ou umeimuqu seri pubic plices, they felt funny, "welly" funny so W. L. Wearer, not out bay say, when on taking off a hat the rolled up, concealed pigt. il, looking like a lick anake in consumptio, uocsik itself down their bicks.
E. Brett, J. Annsley, W. Curwen and
F. T. Robins did not bat.
Extins
!www.
Total for 5 wickets152 Bowling Analysis.
Kern Hoggarth ................... Kent
Cooperatioperes
It is not believed that the controversy is based open any pa'isical fund tin. Mr. Sun. Johnson, editor of the Chinese Australian Herald," published in Sydney, asserts that there Is to blog political about it. His cou: trymen, or many of them, really "regard the gucus as Inconvenient. Indeed, it is a matter of fashion as much as anything. In China the pigtail has for long been considered a trashle, for this one, reason, among others, that it to ls and darkens the colored silk worn by the well-te W. Woodcock, c Crowen, b Brawa da. The oily liquid which exudes from this. Ozg b Wasser scalp of the Cioaman runs down the queus, and so turas to a dal, dry color what was once a fire b'one of sky blue, gamboge, or magen'a,"
ACCELERATKD OCBAN MAIL
SERVICE,
AN-INNOVATION,
The apoornement to the effect that the Westera Usian Telegraph Company woold acerp: night lefles for mailing' on steamers, ard-would-card-on night letters received by steamer mail, caused many people to take ad age of the cow conditias yesterday, reports the Sa Franci co Chrentle of tih alt. Tho 'following explanatory Lote, n'i.e to the public
and employes of the company, was sent out
yesterday -
D. MacHardy, b Curwen .... ................
OTHER CRICKET.
K.CO. "A" cp. RGA.
The Kowloon Second Elaves met the R.GA on the Kowloon side at King's Park. Tho game resulted in a win for the Kowloop team. Score per
KOWLOON.
guers if I had not been picked up by that stamer last night I would have done the same
thlog that the engineer did. The boller weat to places when we were about midway between Hongkong on the usual track of steamers,"
T. Cheo, c Reed, b Pbarro II
Major Kirke, b Goddal! .....................qum
D. J. Mackenzie, c Phazzo, b Goodall........
2
Public Companies
NOTICE.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
TWELFTH ORDINARY GENERAL
MEETING of the CHINA COMMERCIAL
81 CO, LTD. will be held at the Office of MÉRITE. 73. Ewess & Hatton, Alexandra Buildings, on
6 SATURDAY, the 1st January, 191, at
Noon, to transect the ordinary business of the Company.
́.J. SCOTT HARSTON,
0.
П
W.
16 I
3
13 p
2
L. J. Blackburn, b Goodall
4
0
16
0
Lt. Richardson, I harro.......
I
8
а
H. S: Bpurge, b Flizgerald
POLICE:
--
J. G. MacEweb, b Goodall
10
O. Brown, b Phanto
28
B. E. Goldsmith, not out
vice v. 21
G
G. Foster, b Rigg snemma anu
Q
Extras.......
11
1
P. P. J. Wedehouse, c Robinson, b Bratt...
in
Fletcher, c Brot, b Wear'...... W. Pitt, b Weaser!ainen eine · kemeie W. Kent, b Weaser
W. Ocoper, b Wasser.
J. Kerr, sun ont campeme dà mơm F. Hoggarth, b de Roms A. Longley, not out
Extra
Total
Fowling Analysis.
Q. 24
6
R.
22
4
I
5. Moore, b Pharr..............................and 13 | |
Total... 94
Sergi Claves, b Goldsmith............
RGA,
0
2)
5
Gr. Gotdal, c Chee, b Goldsmith...
Gr. Brannigan, c Moore, b Blackbura ......... 8' Gr. Ross, b Blackberg
"Gr. Fitzgerald, not out
omam
W. Gr. Walton, c MacEwen, b'Richardson......
Lt.Wiltshire, e Gel Jämith, b Rigliardson
Lt. Hitcheper, e MacEwen, b Richardson... ILL. Thickaesse, 'b Richardson,
de Rome... 0.1 Calwen
4
** Breitere “in I A 23 7 .. 16 BAND comer 2.
0 7 *
Weaser.........
CRAIGENGOWAR CRICKET CLUB VI. K ̧0.Y.L.I.
Gr. Driver, MacEwos, b'Brown
S
Gr. Phairo, b Blackbarn
Extras
Total
12
Chairman, Hongkong, 14 January, 1911,
THE WEST POINT BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE
.
18:2
"No. 154."
"Notice of the Declaration of any divid Hands whether interim or otherwise shall "be given to the holders of registered shares by advertisement in manner here. loafter provided and no dividend shall bear interest as against the Company and "a dividend shall not be deemed a "specialty."
"No, 105A.
"All dividends unclaimed for one year after. "having been declared may be invested "or otherwho made use of by the Directors "for the benefit of the Company antit "claimed and all dividends "unclaimed * "for five years after having been declared "may be forfeited by the Directors for tha "boceft of the Company,"
(3) That the above Resolations shall be ra. trospectivo la their effect and that the altera tions in the Articles of Association of the Com. pany thereby effected shall be deemed to hava bran effected and to come into force on and from the 1st day of January, 1910.
Dated this 13th day of January, 1911.
By Order of the Board;
[BI0]
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managem.
is hereby given that the THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT TWENTY-THIRD ORDINARY
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this
4 ufices, Victoria Buildings, on FRIDAY, the Company will be held at the Company's
AND AGENCY COMPANY, LTD.
9. 27th January, 1911, at 11.45 A.M., for the pur NOT
OTICE is hereby givon that, the
15 pose of receiving the Kepat of the Director
o iogether with Statement of Accounts for the
year-ending sist-December 1913."
12
*
.. 69
and after a bard tussle, the match resulted in The abcvs leams met on the Military ground win for the Craigargower Results are ap- 78RKIBLK STROY OF THE SEA. pended
ċ.c.C.
"The Weten Union Telegraph Company announced to-day another innovation in tele. graph servich led the "special'ocesa mali savice,' desined to save time in foreign cor. respondence. A letter from San Fraccisco to H. H. Tayer, ba.ell Loidon requires a much time crossing the R, Baro, cua cut..................icas continent as it does cres.ing the ccess. AE. L. Brage, © Menseil, b Damprey New York mercbai ( writing to Yokebawa müit, J.V: Brags, not oct
póst his letter practically a week before the P, Currie, c Kikoyae, b Mausti......... wail stesmer ta'ls from San Francisco or Van-R. A. Carvalho, b Dempsey
J. A. Rose, b Mantell........
COLVET.
"The Western Paion has arranged for the J.D. Nori, c Kilcayne, b Mansell
HI
use of its aight 1.tter and other telegraphicw, H: Vivanıb, b Mansell ............................................
5
BONOKOFG ENGINEER'S SUICIDE,
Engineer Hugh McBale, a suicide, having
The REGISTER or SHARES of the Com. pany will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, 17th January, to FRIDAY, 27th January (both days inclusive), during which penod do transfer of Bhares can be registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary, Hongkong Land Investment
and Agency Co., Ltd, General Agents for the. West Point.
Building Co., Ld, Hongkong, 12th January, 1911.
8 sought & watery grave, at the bottom of the THE
49 China Sea, in a moment of mental aberration
9 picduced by the plight of the vess; of which
ho thought himself the cause; the frail- little
of cipoteen'days; the acal rolling moustalo.
3 craft drifting befors a gale for the greater past.
20 patched tongues deliriously sucklog up tha wat
(8.8
TWENTY-THIRD
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this ORDINARY Company will be held at the Company's Onces, Victoria muitalogs, os FRIDAY, the 17th January, 1911, at as o'clock Noun, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directcis together with Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1910.
The REGISTER OF SHARES of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, 171h January, to FRIDAY, 27th January, 1011(both fer of Shares can be registered." days inclusive), during which períod no trans-
By Order of the Board of Directors,
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Secretary. Hongkong, 12th January, 1911.
(807
BIJOU SCENIC THEATRE.
FLOWER STREET.
For the First Time in Hongkong.
FROM THIS DATE AT 6.30 AND 7 P.M.
zety co in connection with ortzeing, ocea0. J. Higginbo him, b Kilcayan... 7 of a late reduced to oas biscuit a day and their
4 high, bererew lo a state of exhaustion, the rasuk THE GREAT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT—NELSON v. HYLAND, mails to this week of transcontis cats time, R. Philips, b Booth may be saved. New York office will receive telegrams from noy patff the country destin. ed to European addieties and will forward
them to a sealed, spec'slly addressed envelopa
by the first cu'going Atlantic ateamship mail.
this is the terrible tale of the sea told by Captain Alcxander Gillan, of Customs barkour lutch manber are, Manila.
Extras CETRACKSUICID
9 spots on deck transferred to a piece of waste--
Total Bowling Analysis.
123
0. 摊。
K
W
I
*47
1
-'... II
2 25
5 D 31
I
0
1
I
KQYLL
The same plan will be followed in Eau Fran- Dempsey summqın 10 chco, Searle and Vancouver for transpacific Mass:
malis.
Kilcayne
"This will enable correspondence to be dis. Booth UNION. ra'c'ed from any part of the United States for y
Ted up at her pler in front of the Oustom house, placidly ridlog the muddy ripples of the Pasg river, harbour launch number one gires Iluk, corward ovidence of the effects of the elements during her memorable trip from Hoigkang to Masila. The vessel's troubica outwo days and a half out of Hongkong, when wen caused by her bailers. The boiler burced
the craft began to drift, tosted and buffalted by 73 towed into port by the steamer Loongsang on compestuous sens, until picked up and safely 5 Satoday night last.
31
min 27
an ocean mall within a few hours if soiling L. Corp. Dempity, c Vivensb, b Tayler...... time. The only charge in addition to the mul telegraph tolls to the ocean mail per
Pin. Clegg, © Vivanıb, b Cordo will be 5 cents for pottage. Telegrams should Lt. de Hoghton, e Bass, b Carria bear the full mail address of the fuelgo cor respondent for whom they a a intended and marked "Care Ocean Mail York," or San Fraccisco, Sentte or Vancouver, is the casa may be. No chargn will te made for the address."
The new "Night Latter" peralts the send ́ing of fiky words at the rate of a ten-word day
message.
As indicated, the messige is one which must! he seat at nighty when the "line is compara 1ively free and greatly reduced ratres' are charged
Lt. Haygate, c Phillips, b Catrie...a vő Sgt. Booth, c. J. Braga, b Curtle... Pie. Dowrington, b Carle Flo. Carthmic, b J. Braga
Lt. Stamblay, b Taylor ........................ER BÅDE L. Collis-Browne, c.Carvalho b Tayler Pio. Manow, b Braga
Pia Kllcayne, not out ...............«unse
Extras
9
8
"I guess if I had not been picked up by that
#teamer on Saturday night, I would have done
0
3
'the same thing as the engineer," said Capitals
girijg a graphic description of his thrilling
TO NIGHT
9.15
P.M.
A Complete Change of Programme and Pictures.
Miss VERA FERRACE BALLAD: "No Tongue Cao Tell"
Carmen
Misa RUBY CRYSTAL SONG: "Slip on Your Gingham Gown,” The Biorama
Seal Hunting off Tasmania Double Sight
BY THE POPULAR COMEDIAN MAX LINDER.
Nick Winter
TRICKY AND COMIC.
**
Gillin' to a Times representative this morning, MATINEES EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AT 4 P.M. Conte:50, 30 and 291.
la | experiances, his heroic efforts to make · pazł
Total nunenávingntot - will the versel's boilers, out of order, with a
Children Half-price to all Parts.
Lassco and Maunger, Mr. R. H.STEPHENSON.
Hongkang, 19th January, 1914,