FINANCIAL NEWS.
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THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE
20., JD.
The fourteenth ordinary general moeting of shareholders in the boro company wat held at the offices of the general maungura, Mors. Shewan, Tomes & Co., to-day at 11.80 a.m.
Thoro were present :—Mr. B. Shewm, (Chairman), Dr. J.. W. Noble, 11, 1'. White and U. Poi On (Directors), and T. F. Hough, Fung Sha Wa. By Kling, J. M. E. Muchado, A. II. M. Silva, E. W. Torry, J. McCubbin, M. A. Figueiredo and R. Hancock (Secretary),
The Seretary read the notice con- vening the meeting.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JANUARY 28 1911
thnen of stress and trial, out of evil goods will havo come. Thord it'amplo kasinos for us all with this great coun try at our doors, for its people are keen traders, ils are beginning to appreciate the benefits, to be derived from oponing qq, their “band by means of railways. & to intercourse with other nations, As the railways - progres), their foreig, trade must condlane to increase in greater ratio than ever-before, und of this table we may be sure that long- kong," by is vona muling position, "ite unsiviilled harbour, and its fine facilities for handling, Tips and cargoes, will over control an important-jan.
Thère being nic questiou, the Chair- uma propeodilat. The reprint and accounts be mclopted and possed.
Mr. Huught seconded. Carried un- uniumssly.
Mr. Pin Kling moved the re-election of Dr. Noble, mulMessrs. It. P. White! and Ya Poi Au as metubers of the Comenting Committer, )
Mr. Tung Sha Wa secunded. Carried ' Cammilanously,
Mi. J. M. B. Murlolo moved, and ) Mr. 152 W. Terry Socomiled, ; the re- !, Pheting of Messes. A. O'D. Gourilis and W. II. Pitts ns mulitors. Carried inanimoody.
This will the business.
CHINESE NEW YEAR.
The Chimmi said ;-Gentlemen,- Copies of the report and accounts for , 1910 hava toen in your hands for some - days, no with your permission we will Bow take then rand. The net re- sult is slightly less than tint of the previous year, but we propose to pay our ustal dividend of 80 cents per slinn, as in atmost every other item the account is a distina improvement on that year's figures. The best feature is that our canings fean interest and storage are considerably greater than ever before, but last year we did not have the benefit, of a profit on the sale, of shore, which Me bad in the previous account, while our income from invest ments was lower. Nevertheless, una a smaller turnover we has el soie, have relaced our menu. Jugė, sie niet more by, sutulry
debtors, mod
invesiprats in sliarus stand bubar "look" utan mi-a u tally safe tiga «. None of the ipmis in the halitïve chèet virgulin spricht mi me at or explanatio v, för, as lieve said. where there is any change it is indeed of shopkeepers and femal
for the letter. This is a particularly "gratifying state of things to us, began- q after the trubious timngs we have passed through and which | hope nind believe
lustes to face.
THE PAIE 15 PELL HWING,
The nisl, recurring great feature in Chin »e life,” the celebration of the So Yorical sall be upon us in a Expl days, mud prepiration e, nre going na albo ingly for the chis Inning of their jossk,
After midaight penonow, the Mar top in Hollywood Road wal Justegnil by worshippers, mo zły
che carattereial side of the minuta) fest-y
al is a being neglected in the least by the greatest shoqeskooping nation in The Worht.
ASTATOR MA RS.
AVIATORS IN HONGKONG.
A FEW PACTS:
1 fobably nie on the urost daring and
das America hisproduced Mars, who is now staying at the Hongong Hop in the company of
SEDITION IN INDIA.
Wo understand that the Post Oficus in colonies when Iraling troops are stutional, have received telegraphie in structions from the Government of India to suppress contain vernacular papers, Sedition in India must have taken
CANTON NEWS..
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COLONIAL OFFICERS AND
PRESENTS.
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The following circular is published in. the "Gazetta" to-day :---
To-day's Advertisements.
AND CONDI
PARTICUS of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held of MUNDAY, the 6 h day of February, 19, nt 3 P.M. Department, by Order of this Excel-
the Offices of the Public Works
Downing Street, 19th Dec, 1018, Sir,—I have the bonour to inform you that my attention has been called to the increasing frequency of applica- tions for exemption from Colonial Belency the Governor, of One Lot of galation No. 46, respecting the accopt- CROWN LAND Hutos Read, in Anca by Colonial Officers of valuable 75 years, with the option of rental the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of
presents.
2. That Regulation was based on motivos of sound polioy; and it must bo obrions that it would be detrimental to the best interests of the Public Servico' if a regular practice of offering prosente to public officers were established. Whether the proscuta came from oflivinl For unofficial sources there would be the samo probability of the imputation of
I ulterior motives; and there would be a' constant improsion that officials wore influenced by considerations other than J.those which aloge should waigh with them in the discharge of their duties, "
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3. In these circumstances I desira it
to be alcarly understood that applications for exemption from the Regulation will not be entertained unless choy aru gadu in very exceptional circumstances.—1 I hard, &c.
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L. HARCOURT." The Offer Administering the Government of Hongkong.
UNDUE FEAR OF GERMS.
at a Crown Rent in ba fixed by the urveyor of His Majesty the King, for one further term of 25 foirs..
PARTICULARS OF TIE LOT.
Boundary Measurements.
Registry No.-
2x of Sale.
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ft, ra 71.
(As tier plan.)
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Upset Price
Hongkong. Janary INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGA- TION COMPANY, LIMITED, FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND
SINGAPORE.
Company's Steamship'
NAMSANG," Saving arrived from the above roits, Cor signees of Carge by her are hereby informed that their Goeds will be de livered from a'ongside
Cargo, Impeting the disc barze on in maining on bird after 4 PM, Abr 3 irst. will be innded'm Consignee's risi and expense
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No Fire Janner will be + Fertil Bills of lang wille countersigned JARDINE, MATHESON & Cryba
Genevad. Vorspeis 12 77th at ry, 1931
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Erfinationă.
Persons who worry unnecessarily over infoction from laundrias, money," and postage-stamps are said by an 'editorial- writer in the American Medicine (New, York, December) to be sufferers from "Bacteriophobia," As a matter of fact, B. xt 6 ! he tells us, there is remarkably little evidence of disense so transirittel. Wo read:
"Sound one has boon alarming us bo- cause he found a few bacteria on guin- mned postage-stamps, though he should have been astonished if he had not found them. Some years ago an investigator reported that he land found many cigar. makers, with mucous patches in their mouths, who wore moistening the cigar onds with saliva. He too sprend alarm, but as no cases of syphills fron cigara wore known, smokers went calmly on regardless. We now know that the in- (THE "TELEURAPH" CORRESPONDENT"]fecting organisin of syphilie parishos vors Canton, January 27. quickly. Postage-slaups Been to be A few days ago, the Brigadier- just as harmless, though of course no ono General of Ko Chow handed sixteen wants to put them in his mouth immo- diately after they have been handled by the dirty fingers of some pre else, even if the germs so deposited are dead ax doornails. In the same way common seuse tells its not to put dirty money in the mouth, for it may lare recently boon tucked away in a very dirty-place, yet its germs too are mostly dead mid
tău 67,99,31, of murmuries, Capt. Bald-new and more serious place. A win, goud Mr. Shriver. Both the latter gone make cuts, but their Strongest featug is the manufacture of
are the geniuses who f of matoid for the constrain of the devise the strongest, mid yet the lightest
*{ whole teaching,
The Fair held annually in Jervois, are now well over it would not have hergel, where mostly pure goods, and very surprising 'if, considering the extunt clothing she pakt, is getting niko slope, of our business, we had many heavy anti-wany bezren at the hight
In pue or two exces feof its glory, though it was
trudget last had to facelose a murigage, but so far by dose bent on investing their wo have kept very dar of any shirt cand saving in the patcture of yond some unimportant shortagge- which
sudo novial articles or jam madment », i are of coure provided fur. The worst,
Tabisands of Chinese and Snape m that has happened in been that, inwerthe givers list night. Que's to the "depressed "irlition sá thai seal
Hond, Wig Law Street, Bonban ertate ngarkit, we have had to be Street, and Des Vols Hand are in their Thy tent with lose revenue from rents hiday roles, displying a thousand What VU had, previously re eived
foome curios, dogs (Several gangs of pink Far intenst, so win this is taken into
pakots seeda to be driving u gieo i trade, Consideration, it will be regnised tant
Both are sintly interesting-prisoners to the Toni of Ke Chow and our present showing is still better than
the of complaints i tasty is datis men
Lai Chuy' for trial. They admitted that out heats
· Tonight, and & souterris, They have traveled a great deal, tan, it appo.rs We have ngabi bal te
fluey were members of a secret society, might all the shops in the sitects wege -deplate our Reserve Fund 15 dest
Mar is a small, bright light had committed many anned rob met will amain open all night, and dipreviation on storks, but der nro
auan, die lemurely wonderint asemats and beries, bus ides seizing people for roussin few undertakings like out that have of it is, esant stations deems in the United States, and the and killing soldiers when resisting not hul to do the son of late, un lite, in their best briery, adorned with
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4 pages of iliustrated articles "dented tw
when Congis havi dallen below the c»stij, si jewels, will be seen stop- į his w-hi wearms are lawn after a good
my of the best marged. Banks ating saut manight, when they will
- home has just had to patensile Z50anus air to the several temples in the to cover the fall in value of its hoblings,
Coburg to observe their religion
VOLUNTEER CORONATION CONTING ENTS.
deal si peran bog
arrest.
According to the regulations onforced
CITY HALL, TO-NIGHT, Jos. 28 h, 1918.
The Last of the Season
BILL LEWIS V The best of: 25 three, minute rounds
ROD STANTON
for a purse of $1,050 $500 aside god the welterweight supremacy.
-ROUNDS: Gr. Arundel v. Pte. Richards. to-ROUNDS: Stoker Arnold v. Gr. Bedbrook, 8-ROUNDS:
Dcors open 8.3. Commercing 915 P.M. Pte. Potter v. Seaman Price
shirp.
Admission $1, $3 & 9, Ringside Scats $10. Soldiers & Sailors half price to Gillery. Booking and Plans at the ROBINSON PIANO CO. Late Car, Late Fe.ry. Hongkong, 28th January, 1,#1.
FOR SALE.
VEGETABLE and
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FLOWER SEEDS
GARDEN FERTILISERS
"Books on Gardening, &c.
USED POSTAGE STAMPS la Single Sets, Fackets and Bags. All Poilatelic Goods, VIEW POSTCARDS.
CIGARETTES
Ironing also kills MANILA CIGARS and some organisms, though not nearly many as we once thought, as the ten- perature of the fabric is not sufficiently raised in the process.
by the Board of Punishment the crime we can lay very little diráse to its Its ovils are of another sort. Mr. Brine is ing business an acting committed by these prisoners is a seragency for the aviadors now in flugstunginus one- and capital punishment is Our clothing is boiled in the laundry our Chimpapy "cannot expert to exequ
He is just arrived here from Manila, † usually, incled out. The Total reported and even if pus-soaked it does not entirely. Practically everything bu
slere be has been making every nr the matter to His Excelloney the spread infection. dopreointed, and Westover we might
rangement. für their reception, and sue-Viceroy by wire, and begged for instruc- The Times of Qayton" understand Bessful dights, doring, the Carnival tions as to how to net in the untter. In have bought, whether real estate or stocks, we should have had to fave more that the decision to send only ten Werke
reply His Excelloney ordered the Total of less shrinkage. If any proof werk officers and nign to represent thủ Ceylon Yesterday Capt. Baldwin and Mr.to have the sixteen prisoners excunted, requins of tag lek of monuỷ for invert- Volunteer Porce at the corogation of Drive, prosceded by train as far as as a deterrent to others.
"Bacteriophobia seem to be at the ment, it may be found in the fact that. M. the King was arrived at, as the Shatin.
root of the present dread of things wo Ever since the arrest and detention at handle daily. The sufferers good storks have been offering at prices result of a circular letter from the Sist We understand that the three bi-of So Ping Shu, the goubling mono- should be informed that for thousands so law, that on the dividetis. they are retary of State, giving directions regard-planes were muccessfully landed to-day polist, a rumour has been earrent that of years we have been constantly bʊm- paying, they bring back a return to thing she "size and composition of the from the Asis, and no doubt would be owing to his wide mage of business in-barded with living gons and by the investor of 10 per cent, and over..
This volunteer contingents from the Colonies, soir of interest for unbets in this terests his bankruptcy would certainly ordinary, laws of adaptation we have of course, will not last and a confidence 16 is desired that the contingents shall | colony.
The machine weighs about affect the market of Canton: In spite ovolved defences. Moreover, wo
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in restored after the recent arters be sunatly forms of commissioned tiles, and the engine develops of this report, the condition of the not possibly avoid all these enemies, the money market will reover fates officers.
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bores power.
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VOLUNTEER NEWS.
return to more non fine:}{ As
Tho puggestion is that on provis for the prospects for the coming year, as the Colonies, as well as the so for us this Company is entered perial Govermanent, have been put to we no good reason to hope and considerable expena in sending unives- anxiety, Basiness is slowly-recovering sarily larga contingents to reprevent the The Hongkong Volunteer Cops from the effects of over-regulation, and volunteer forces of the Empire, and that standard test" musketry couro lakes the lesson learned last year will doubtless to avoid this on the occasions of the pines at King's Thirkerango on Monday do productive of good, and bring about coronation of King George, directions at 2. nm, Tilla will be provided for all sounder conditions aud n.
| to the nont tory were expressly isnal by | fluse metalers who attuned, inore sub- stantial basis for trade in future. Last the Secretary of State,
year opened well, and both for imports
As on previous oevasions, the Calmg The next monthly shoul of the Nu. 2 and exports the dental was quite good, will bear the travelling expenses of the Company will take", plus at King's' but much money was sent out of the members of the contingent to Bugional Park Range: Sunday, the 5th Colong and sunk in other enterprises, and the party, on landing, being the Febuary at 2.15 pan. and ordinary trade channels suffered gusts of the Imperial Government. It accordingly. Later on the erash in has been suggested that the Caylen Shanghai and demorilisation of most of rolunteers shall be représented at the the nativo Banks and other financial in- Delhi Darlar. It is statel timt Dong- stilations were reflected down hore and kong will also bò represented at the A great stringency of money naturally | edronation by ten offivors of the Volan-
·followed, which curtillod Chinose bari-loor Corps, a dispatch - from »the news for the time being. But if it should, Secretary of State having beón resivud. result in more conservativo methods of | limiting the contingent to this ammber, doing business and in putting an end to | The `question of the representation of "the system of lavish erodit which has the Straits volunteers at the coronation beou the buna of trade all over China the | is'nt present mndőr cmåderation, but
· Jostas palfers! will not have been all in two understand that nothing besi beon vain, and, as always happens in such definitely dovided.
Canton money market, fortunately, is very sound, and there is in fear of the possibility of a crisis.
Paper manufacturo in Canton is a concern monopolized by the governincat, and, oving to beavy expenditura, is not romangative The officials in charge are propasing to introdugo reforms of working, and to effect economy. They will soon depute some one to investigate the best methods of manufacturing paper, and adapt them, besides effecting the necessary repain to the plant, so as
to ran the comworn on a paying basis.
even in the air wo breathe. This is not a plea for filth. Common sense as well as doccury and good taste dictate that wo should avoid as many sources of infection ne possible even the least of them--and we must insist upon having olean clerks with clean bands, clean elean brend, oleun stamps, cloan money, clothes, clean inrber-shops, and clean restaurants, but the point to enlarge upon is this-we get diseases from discased people as a ralo, and not from infected things. Dacteriophobin is blinding us to the real dangers-thờ living carriers. Iristced of objecting to
Inspection invited.
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GRACA & CO.
27, Des Vœux Road. Hongkang Hongkong, 18th October, 1910, [ રૈ
Ports,
Sherries,
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CENTRAL.
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Clarets,
Ales,
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Stouts, &c.
the crusade for cleanliness we have all of the very finest quality obtainable
been, preseling it, but we think that
HO
much attention to fomites is to be had at the very cheapest possible
misdirceted: Wo know of many
serious skin infections transmitted from rates from
face to face by barbers, and it is certain
that a dusty day in a city üllatho months
of people with virulent organisms. In those directions it is necessary lo continue the orusade, for then, we find vital defects. The other dangers mon- tioned, the real and in next of romely are greatly exaggerated."
H. PRICE & CO., LTD.,
12, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,
Telephone No. 1350
Hongkong,-24 h Junnary, 1924.