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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MEETING TO-DAY.
This afternoon there was hold] a statutory meeting of the Logi lative Council, with Sir II. E. Sir Frederick Lugard prosiding.
There were also present- H:E. Major-General. Anderson. Tion. Mr. C. Clemonti, Colonial, Scerotury,
Hon. Mr. N. M. Thomsen, Colonial Treasuror.
Hon. Mr. W. Chatham, C.M.G.
Director of Public Works,
Hon. Mr. A. W. Browin, Registrar-General.
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THE HONGKONG
HONGKONG CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE.
COMPLETES 50 YEARS OF
USEFUL LIFE,
TELEGRAPH
COMPANY MEETING.
THE CHINA FIRE INSUR-
ANCE CO., LD.
THURSDAY MARCH
received from the Foreign Office that the sum of L12,000 sterling dospatches in which it was stated had been granted towards the Colonial finance in order to com- pensate for the loss of revenue caused through the loss of income
"LEIPZIG" ACCIDENT.
-BRAVE DEED IN THE
HOOGHLY.
For
· 1911
Co-day's Advertiements
Royal.
CITY HALL. -
Return Visit
Three Nights only.
of
THE FOLLIES
. 011
"
THE OPIUM DEFICIT.
STATEMENT BY II.E. IN COUNCIL TO-DAY. At the mooting of the Legisla The forty-second ordinary tivo Council this afternoon boforo On Monday evening, says the Theatre meeting of the shareholders in the ordinary business was com- Calcutta "Daily News," a few of the above-named Company was moncod, His Excellency Sir Fro-theollicors and mon of the German The Hongkong Chamber of held at the Company's bond office,derick Lugard stated that he had war vossol Leipzig" had an Commrey has now completed its Queen's Road Central, to-day at
opportunity of slowing the mottle fiftieth your of useful existence, JW, C. Bonnar (chairman), R:
acquitted themselves with pluck noon. Thero wero presont, Messrs.
of which thoy were made and they and it is proposed that the ovent Shewan, G. Balloch, W. Logan,
and decision. bo colebrated in n fitting manner. G. Friesland, F. Liob, H.A. Siobs, The suggestion is made thista (irectors), and W. E. Clarke, A.
the "Leipzig" had gone down by In the afternoon a party from dinner be arranged to take place Forbes, Patterson, R. C. Edwards,
the launchs "Liling" to Sibpur to J. M. E. from opium,
play the Civil Engineering College as soon as possible after the AH.. da Silva,
The announcemont was recoivat a friendly game of football. annual meeting, and is Exachado, Chat Pat and C. Pon-
borton (secretary),
ed with applause: colleucy the Governor and a leiv
The College are no mean players Tho, Sceretury having read tho!. of the leading officials who are notice convening the meeting,
HONGKONG FINANCE.hew to the game, were only boaten and the "Leipzig" men, who are more or less connected with the.The Chairman said: The
SINGAPORE PAPER'S SEN. by a narrow margin of two goals business life of the Colony to be directors' report and statement of
SIBLE SUGGESTION, to ono. accounts for the past year having
Singapore, almost as closely The party started on their re- been in your hands for some timp connected with the opium pro-turn journey about a quarter past Residents will bo onger to con- will, with your permission, tako blom as we are here, is greatly seven in the evening, the number Destroying Fish.
gratulate the Chamber on attain them as road. It gives the board concorned over the prophesy of of seamen and officers on board The Attorney-Geitoral moved ing its fiftieth your. We are not much pleasure to present you a deficit or additional taxation numboring about forty. When the first reading of a bill entitled yot inn position to do more than with such a satisfactory result for made by the Governor in Council the " Lilian" was about five hun an Ordinance to prohibit the usb say that much of the community's the year 1905, the lance of pro-cently, and the Free Pross" dred yards from the College ghat Return of HENRY DALLAS and his of dynamito or other explosives prosperity is due to its initiative fit $301,134.63 being the largest thus summarises the situation and well out into mid-stream a for the purpose of catching or endoavour. It stands and ever made by the Company It "Taking aan postulate that force seaman named Zufeld foll over- destroying list.
has stood in loco parentis to our is proposed to deal with thin as has: dictated the abandont of board. It was quite dark by then The Ordinance provides that business community, which will follows:-Dividend of $7 and the opium revenue, the first and the boat was proceeding at a any porson who uses dynamite or wish it many more years of useful bonus of $2 per share, $180,000; othor explosive substance to catch life. Many problems confront bonus to office staff to be placed question, in the search for an gobd pace. Nevertheless Liont. or destroy fish in the Colonial commerce in China to-day, and to their credit in Staff Provident equivalent, would be to ask Steiner of the " Leipzig" jumped him, accompanied simultaneously Who paid the opium taxation?" overboard immediately to save Chinese? Yes," This at once frees by Petty Officer Marshell. Both the European from any necessity were clad in heavy coats and foot- to contribute revenue which the ball boots. Before tho alarm
Hon. Mr. Woi Yuk. Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock, Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett, Hon, Mr.-H. Keswick. Hon. Mr. E. Osborne, Mr. R. I. Crofton (Clerk of present. Councils)
waters shall be liable on summary who better able, or more willing Fund 5,558.58; addition to EX-The Europeau? No." "The conviction either to a fine not to deal with them than such tra Resorve Fund, 115,570.05, excaoding two hundred dollars, boligs as the Hongkong Chamber. $301,134.63. After mature con- or, in the discretion of the Court, A dinner celebrating its annivorsideration the directors have do
hard labour, for a term not ex rooding two months.
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and
THURSDAY,
March 14th, 15th and 16th.
FOLLIES
on route Manila to Shanghai.
Plans at MOUTRIE'S.
Business Manager:
HARRY A. DOOLEY.
to be imprisoned, with or without, sary will be function of great cided to rocommend this increase Chinamian has consod to contri-could be conveyed to the steers Hongkong, 9th Mar., 1911.
interest, and while, of course, a of the dividend to $7, as well as buto, and concentrates on the man Petty Officors Young and puroly private, affair will not, wa a bonus of $2, and hope that hope, bo so private as to prevent profits will enable us to maintain Chinese, and on no others, the Hunger also dived overboard some knowledge of what occurs this in future yours. We think in the way of speech making that you will approve of the ad- being mado public.
dition to Extra Reserve Fund, Wo heartily wish the Chamber which it is very necessary should year's as have been its first.
The Colonial Secretary second ed, and the motion was agreed to unanimously
Amongst other first readings. were that of the Dedinance to
amond and codify the law as to will be as successfula Second fiftyba built up as much as possible of the payment of five million Stoinor was the first to reach'
common forms and interpretation of terms used in Ordinancos; also of an Ordinance to amend the Police Force Ordinango, 1900.
FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Immediately after the Connell n moeting of the Firince Com mi teo was hold, at which the following recommendations woo
passar:-
A sum of $5,500 in aid of the yote publie works, extraordinary, Buildings, imports and, exports office, quartors for airelers, etc, A sum of $794 in aid of tho
voto publie works, extraordinary, compensation to squatters, in Hok Un village for housos.
A sum of $1,000, in aid of the voto Harbour-master's depart ment, imports and exports office, other charges, secrot Bervice.
A GALLANT RESCUE.
BOXING.
need no more infringe the freedom of the port than do other checks on imports that are already in active operation."
The Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China has received a telegram from his head office advising that at the forthcoming meeting of shareholders the directors will recommend a dividend for the past half your at the rate of 15 sensible one, but it must not be constax (making with the interim The suggestion is a good and per cent. per annum free of in- forgotten that our moral obliga-dividend 14 per cent, for the year). tion to end theopium traffic entors They will also recommend the into the question. China alone following additional appropria
tions, viz:-10 por cont. bonus to is not concerned.
stal; L25,000 to reserva, making it' L1,025,000; L10,000 Officers' Superannuation Fund; 11.25,000 writion of premises; L128,363 1, 9d. carried for- ward.
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SALE OF SINGAPORE
STEAMERS.
to
CITY HALL,
MARCH 11th, 9 p.m.
1960
MAIN EVENT. Scanian TINSAN (Featherweight
Champion of the West of Eng land) H.M.S." Nowcastle"
#
Stoker HARWOOD (Featherfreight Champion of the Fleet), II.M.S.
Minotaur."
For
the Featherweight Championship
of the East and a Pures; aud FOUR OTHER EVENTS...
And $1.
L
Intimations
TRY OUR
CORNED PORK
and.
CORNED BEEF.
Pickled by our European
Butcher on the pro misos.
The Dairy Farm Co., Limited.
P PULAR
'ASAHI" BEER
TRICISI
4 Doa. Quaria 31.0ɔ pyv časo & Dez. Piblingual, wrin Hongkong, tolb December, 1910.
STEAM LAUNDRY CO.
HE
YAUMATL
Established 1890,
T only sucessful Storm Lain- dry in the Far. Brat. The only Laundry in the Colony under European Supervision.
Filtered Wator. Regular Delivery, Flannels and underwear washed by skilled Japanesć.
Monthly rates quoted, Dry cleaning
Aronde, Tol. K12.
R. WOOD,
Maragor. [951] Havgkong, 1st Mar., 1911.
1. Plans and Booking at
8. MOUTRIE & Co. Hongkong, 9th Mar., 1911.
The
Ship of the Desert
is no loss famour_than_.
A Luxury
to
the Man of Tasto
[931
Bouton Rouge
und
Feldeca EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES
the tw Perfect Dana mal by Marais. Mas er Fières in Cairo.
Connolashnew that Angulon finites the pile. Mout frappant and toina.śc piga+m1!¢k In the wo id, and ht mear El- made in Epi, Worte cithalia tadiona Miia areiva. Jule là--
That is.
duty of providing the equivalent in full clothes and would have Boxing! Boxing! of the revenue directed to be been followed by a dozen abandoned. That amount, let us others had not the fact that say roundly, is five million dollars, there were already four men in Very good; the Chinese, relieved the water dotorred thom. Lieut. in view of the fact that with our dollars in one form will find five Zafeld and ho brought him safely largely increased business our millions in anotlion form. Opium to the boat with the assistance of lability is necessarily greater The balance at credit of working boing set aside, it will be the a life-buoy, though the man had Seamon Tiuson of II.M.S. Now account 1010 in $405,144.45, real duty of the Colonial admini- rapidly drifted in the current
this also being the largest carry
stration at Singapore to dovise over two hundred yards away. castle, who is out at Mirs Bay forward, in the history of the taxos that will apply to Chinese When the party had all safely with his ship, has written to Company. Premium Account
articles of use air consumption, roturned to the boat the other the promoters of the fights on again shows a satisfactory in and to no other. There is a sailors on board took off their own Saturday next; the 11th instant, crease, losses, have becon heavier whole range of imports. from clothes to provide them with dry than usual, but it must be ro-China on which it would be ones. Eye-witnesses on the yos- and asked them to publish the anembered when comparing them quite easy to cloviso sono method sel speak in very high forms of following record so that no mi with former years that our in- of levying revenue without dig the vigour and dash with which apprehension will exist in the come has more than doubled turbing unduly the ordinary tho resume was effected and tho minds of the sporting public, in the last 10 yours and with a
course of handling trailo. risk the rescuers run by jumping Seats Ringside 80 ollos $, $2, a speciality. Depot No. 4, Beaconsfield
The important thing to noto over-board without divesting champion of the West of Engly houvier, although there my mothod of restoring to the Trea-
The present featherweight bigger incomo losses are natur-
is that the method, the only just themselves of any of their clothes. land is. Young Lippo, of Ply-be little difference in the loss mouth, and not Tigan Tinsanatio. We have to doplore in Bury the Chinese contributions fought the late West of England company with other local con-uando via opiam must be to derive. champion, Duffy of Plymouth, cerns a considerable depreciation those from the Chinose via a dozott and heat lunt. Ray Elmo, of in our investments, and to moot or a score of other things. This Ivybridge, challonged the West this have debited Investment England champion for 150 and Fluctuation Account with $53,- the championship, and Tinsan 960.01. In this connection we can neceptol and put him to sleep in safely say that the company's three rounds. Tinsan has not indholdings in shares are quite an opportunity of fighting Young sound and we look upon this PLUCKY ACT BY A
Lippo, who now claims the cham-depreciation as only temporary MEMBER OF THE BAND..
pionship, and who is looked upon In regard to our mortgages the MANN COMPANY.
in West Country sporting circles company's surveyore have report The "Rangoon Gazetto" ns the champion. Tinsin, how-od on the properties under loan to, ports that a gallant rosene was vor, would have been only too us and we are satisfied that our made at the Royal takes on Feb glad to take young Lippo on, it advances are perfectly safe. I ruary 22, of two ladies and a child
was ordered to tho Newcastle will now move that the directors' by Mr. F. Coyne, of the Dandmann before he had the chance. Of report and statement of recounts The tonnage maintained by the Opera Company appears that course the championship is now
for the your 1910 as presented bo Norddeutscher Lloyd in the Sing Mr. Coyne was, with Mfr. and Mrs. held by Lippo. Tinsan is a pupil adopted, After this has been apore-Siamtrade has been reduced Roberts of the same company, of Jimmy (1.0.) Doran who bent soconded, I shall be pleased to by the sale of three of the com riding in Mr. J. H. Greon's motor P.O. Curran at Plymouth about answer any questions that may pany's steamers. The Tringanun, car, which Mr. Green was driving, a year ago, and in addition to the be put relating to the business the Bangkok and the Korat have They were going along Park Road above mentioned fights has had before the meeting. towards the west when they sawa söversi others in England, in all
The Chairman moved the adop-ownors, and the two first mention- all been purchased by Japanoso photon in which were two ladies of which he has requitted himself tion of the report and accounts. od ships have already been trans- THE CHINA-BORNEO COM- and a child about sixor seven years very well. Tinsun held both the Mr.J.Forboseaid-Gontlemen, ferred to Japanese watera, where old ahead of them. "The pony was bantam and featherweight cham-It is gratifying to learn that the they will be followed shortly by out of hand and dusted through pionships for two years on the profit in the past year is the the Korat. The Norddeutscher the park entrance and over the Cape of Good Hope Station. largest ever made by the Com-Lloyd have still suflicient tonnage bank into the lakė. | Mr. Côyne At the V.It.C., on Wednesday pay, and great credit is due to in the East to meet all the require- saw the accident and without night, Harwood, Marriott, Chalk, the management for the splendid ments of their trade. waiting for the car to slow down Power and Heaps had several results. I am sure all share lonpod from it and ran to the water's edge, and divesting him- Bood rounds, Ceyno, Forbes and holders will approve of the policy
others assisting them,
of adding to the Reserve Fund, 60 that the Company's position is! strengthened.
Itis most import ant, in view of the increased ly ashore and then returned for
business, that this should be done. the ladies, both of whom he brought
I have now nuch pleasure in to the bank. One of this ladies'
seconding the adoption of the Hongkong Banks 87 10 0 was partially pinned under the
-report and accounts.
Sholl Transports 80 9 photon which had upset when it
Capt. W: E. Clarke moved the Anglo-Mobys had plunged down the embank
confirmation of Messrs. W. Logan Allagars....
Castlefields ment. Some soldiers and others who witnessed the mishap also
Mr. J. M. Machado seconded. Car-Carey Uniteds ... lont assistanco in rescuing the
ried. Mr. J. Patterson proposed Merlimaus......... pony and photon from the water.
the re-election of Messrs. Bonnar Eastern Interna.
tionals w Mr. Coyno was none the worse for
and Balloch as directors: Mr. A.
150 Prem. his adventure as he appeared as
H..M, da Silva soconded. Carriod.
Duffs.....
13 0 'tamil the same night with his
When the s.s. Sui An arrived re-election of Mours. W. Hutton
Mr. R. C. Edwards proposed the Highlands & Low-
lands
110 0 company, The water whore the
on the 21st ult., at 5.45 pm, Mr. Potts and A. R. Lowe as auditora. Kamunings .... pony and photon wont in was uot very deep, but this was m-Tratman went on board, and down Mr. W. E. Clarke seconded. Cari-Kuala Lumpurs... 160 o known to Mr.Coyne,whose prompt in the forward cargo space he sawed. The Chairman said that con- and plucky action undoubtedly six packages, packed up with cluded the business of the meet Linggis 51 3 provouted a fatality."
mutting. He waited on the ing. Dividend warrants would le London Asiatica... 14 0 wharf, and when the ship's people posted this evening. *
Rubber Trusts... 230 Prem. put the cases on the wharf, ho
" Tronohis....
38 3 Captain Lyons, of the Hong-examined the packages and sent The advance agent of "The London Vontures 4 3 kong Policoroturned to the Colony them to the office. The next day Follies," Mr. II. A. Dooley, arrived Shelfords ....... 750 this morning by the Garman | he sont them to the station. ' .' yesterday from Manila, It is Sungei Chols...... 05 0 Mail aftor a slyrt holiday in At the Magistracy this morning expoetod that the company will Sungei Kapara ... 14 0 England. He will act on Captain Mr. F. R. Hallifaxmade an order make a reappearance on the Tangkalis 20 0 Superintendent of Police, whilst for the forfeiture of the comine Hongkong boards before they United Bordangs 113 6 Mr. Ladeloy is on leave, and morphine to the Crown, proceed to Shanghai,
United Sumatras 10
self
of his coat sprang into the Mr. Dobell of HM.S." Flom' water to the aid of the ladios and has kindly consented to referee child. Ho first got the child safe, the fight.
BIG SEIZURE.
A big soizure of cocaine and morphino, tras made on the 21st ult. by Mr. Trotman, of the Export and Import department. The total amount was 1200 ounces of cocaine and 72 pounds of morphine.
and G. Friesland as directors.
FINANCIAL NEWS. TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS, Mensra, E. S. Kadoorie & Co.'e rubber quotations from London to-day are:-
L. s. d.
Ledburys
་
24 0. 6.3 120 0
15 0 Prem
0 0
0 3 Prom.
75 0
To-day's Advertisements.
PANY, LIMITED, - NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, HE EIGHTH; ORDINARY TEARLY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS of the aboro Company will be held at the Company's ' Office, St. George's Building, at 12.16 P.M., on TUESDAY, tho 28th March, -1911, to regaire a Statement of Ad- counts to the list December; 1910, and the Report of the General Manager al Consulting Committee and to elect & Consulting Committes and Auditor.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the ́ Company will be CLOSED from the 14th Ma o to the 28th March, both days inclusive.
I
THE CHINA-Bouned Co. LTD.
W. G. DARBY,
General Manager. Hongkong, 9th: Mar, 1011.. [952
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