Banks.
Banks
CONGKONG AND SHANGHAI DEUTSC
EUTSCH ASIATISCHE
BANKING - CORPORATION.
FAID-UP CAPITALa popotpisnina
BESKIVE FUNDNE
Sterling £1,500,000 mt 27-
silver
$11,090,009.
15,002,090 18,250,000
RESERVE LIABILITY OF PRO,
FRETON
$1,350,000
$15,000,000
BANK.
CAPITAL FULLY,
PAID-UP......Sh. Tools 7,500,000
1.MAD. Orvice—SHANGHAL "BOARD OF DIRECTORS-BRÁLIS,
COURT OF DILWUTORS: Hos. Mr. Hanry Keswick Chaleman Berlin G. H. Medhurst B-Deputy Chairman
FILArmstrong, Ley
G, Balloch, Beg
A. Forbes,
G. Friesland, Ec
C. 8. Qubbay, Lig
ORLenzmann, Hey.
F. Idel, Esq
E. Ubelline, q H. A. Sich, E*j-
CHIEF MANAGERI Ifongkong-N.J. STAU,
-MANAGER...
Shanghai-H, ER HUNTER, LONDON BANKERS-LONDON COUNTY AND WESTMINSTER Bang, LaMITED,
HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED
On Current Acoints at the ante of 2 per Cènt, per Annum on Lisa dally Balance.
OF FIXED DEPOSITS:
months, 1 per Gent, por Anuum, For 6 months, per Cent, por Aan001.
month, 4 per Dont, por Anuum. N. J. STABB, Chief Manager.
For
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
i Bustices of the above Bruk is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Halos may be obtained on application.
al3
INTEREST on deposits in allowed
Расп Oraz per annum. Depositors may transfer at their option balance of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND HANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at $ Pes Cest, per
21:
For the HonakoNG AND BIKanomat BANKING CORPORATION,
BRAMONES
Caloutts Hamburg Haakon Kobe: Peking Singapore Tientsin Tofaanfu Tsingtan Yokobama,
LONDON BANKERS: Messra. N. M. Korusmin & Sons. THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S BANK LIMITED.
Drurious Bank (BeulIN), LUMBON
AORNOY.
DIRECTION DER DISCONTO GESELL
BOHAFT.
";
INTEREST allowed on Currest Accent. DEPOSITS received outerias which may be learned on application. Every doscription of Braking and Exchange business transacted.
R. TIMMERSCHEIDT, Maunger.
ilongkong, 16th Mar., 1911.
CHINA MUTUAL LIFE IN- BURANCE CO., LTD.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY MAY 19.11
We were bote's,
Mails
PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL
STEAM NAVIGATION COM) ANY."
WILL despatch. VESSELS to the Underneational PORTS on or about
rox
DATES namod-
SHANGHAI,]
PESHAWOR
STEAMERS
MOJI, KOBE } Capt. E. W. Brave
&YOKOHAMA
LONDON & ANT-
& PORT SAID SANCHAL
TO SAIL UN
About 2nd Musl
10A.M.,
1. W. A. Ulark, it-3rd May
WERP v. S'rone, Į Patna..
Pasanu, ColorIQ
NILE
MOJI, KOBE
ƒ DEVANDA.....
Capt. H. Rowell
& YOKOHAMAJ Capt. 1. F. Dukly, x.x.n. SHANGHAI LONDON, VIA)
UNUAL FOUTA LONDON & ANT-
CALL USOSAN,
WERP. S'PORE, PENANG, C'10, PORT BAD AND MARSEILLES***,
DELTA.......
Correspondence Invited, HARRIS & HIBBERD. Props.
BAGUIO HOTEL.
The Mountain Capital's Now and Modern Hotel BAGUIO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
Excellent Unisino.
Hot and Cold Baths,
Running Water in Each Room. LIVERY STABLE and GARAGE IN UONNECTION. Raton 5 and G. Pasos per Day. Special Monthly Ratas, (902.
DEMARKS,
Faught.only.
Fraight only,
ƒ Daylight, 4th May
Fröight and
HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.
f
Passage.
-G-A-P
14th Bny
Passage.
The Poak;
Sea Special
271
For To us, apply to the
MANAGER.
About
NOOD,
Freight and
Capt. E. 1. Martin, ... 18th May Advorticonent.
SICILIA
About | Freight and "Capt. C. H. Watkins, n.x.n. ƒ 17th Mayf Passage.
For Further Particulars, apply to
E. A. HEWETT,
P. & O. 8. N. Co.'s office,
Hongkong, Ist May, 1911.
Superintendent..
LLOYD.
BREMEN.
HEAD OFFICE, SHANGHAI NORDDEUTSCHER
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS:
J. A. Watting Esq., - Mannging.
Director.
A. J. Hughes, Exq., Secretary.
8. B. Neill, Esq., F.L.A., Actuary.
PLUNKETS
near the Tram Terminus. Tol. 66.
OUR CONTEMPORARIES,
WHAT THEY THINK.
Chind Mail.
CAUSES OF DISCONTENT:
Reference has been made to this more than once in .our columns lately and from what we have published it will bo romonbored that ovory kind of dovico is being adopted for tho raising of revenue. On the one MEE CHEUNG.hand, public brothols are heavily ART PHOTOGRAPHER taxed, and the system is,alto- gether revolting to those whose minds are atall purs. Then to turn in quite another direction, there the proposed taxation' of all materials which the pooplo uso in worshipping their ancestors and idols. It will be soon, therefore, that there is little or no escapo from taxution. Indeed, there is hardly any commodity freo from it. The people feel the pinch the more keonly because they now kuow, by means of newspapers, which are daily becoming more
HONGKONG. TELEPHONE NO. 1013.
*Develotino, PRINTING & ENLARDINO, [109! Hongkong, 1st May, 1911.
CALDBECK,
MACGREGOR
CO. popular, that in almost every
N. J. STABB, Chief Maunger. A STRONG British Corporation.lic- IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES. WINE AND SPIRIT
THE CHARTERED BANK OF
INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND
UHINA..
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL
Charter 1853.
HEAD OFFICE:—LONDON.
Paid-up Capital .......................21,200,000
gistered under Hongkong Ordi-
nances and under Life Assurance Com- panics' Acte, England.
Insurancein Force...$37,866,886.90
ABBUH...
.8,115.250.00
Inooma for Your ... 3,666,569:00 Insurance Fund.. ..... 8,216,813.00
x
LEFFERTS
Hongkong, KNOX, Esq.,
Canton, Macao District Manager, and the
RESNAYE FOND........1,625,000 B. W. TAPE, Esq. Philippines.
Buenave LeaBILITIES OF
PROPRIETOR.........1,200,000
'NTEREST ALLOWED on OUR-
RENT ACCOUNT at the Rate.
of 2 por cont. per annum on the Daily Balanus.
On Fixed Deposits for 12 months, 4 per cent.
On Fixed Deposits for 6 months,
3 por vent.
On Fixed Deposits for 3 months,
Manager.
Liongkong, 1st May, 1911. '
[
"OKOHAMA SPROIE DANK,
LINITHD.
CAPITAL PAID-u... Yen 24,000,000 REVE FONDA 16,860,000
12
Hand Offices-YOKOHAMA,
Branches and Agencies
TOKIO.
*KOBE.
OSAKA
NAGASAKI.
LONDON.
LYONS.
NEW YORK.
HANKOW.
TIENTSIN.
PEKIN.
NEWCHWANG, DALNY.
PORT ARTHUR, ANTUNG.
SAN FRANCISCO LIAOYANG.
HONOLULU. MUKDEN.
BOMBAY.
SHANGHAI.
TIE-LING. CHANG-CHUN.
Hoxakoyo:-INTEDEST ALLOWED.
On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent. por Annum on the Daily .Balance.
Oa fixed deposit --
For 12 months.........4 per cont. p.a.
.3-1/2 ...2-1/2
B
**
18
"
TAKEO TAKAMICHI Manager. Hongkong, 18th March, 1911.
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INTERNATIONAL BANK- ING CORPORATION.
DAPITAL PAID Ur...Gold $8,280,000 RESERVE FUND......Gold $3,250,000
Gold $6,500,000
HEAD OFFICE:-
80.Wall Street, New York.
LONDON OFFICE :-
80, Bisliopegate.
LONDON BANKERS :
BANK OF EXOLAND.
NATIONAL & COUNTIES BANK,
LIMITED,
District Secretary,
ALEXANDRA BUILDING:
O. LAWDER, Esq., Inspector, Hongkong.
ADVISORY BOARD,
LONGKONG..
Sir Paul Chater, Kt., O.MG. -
T. F. Hough, Esq.
C. J. Lafrentz, Esq.
Hongkong, 26th Jan., 1911. [810
7.00 a.m.
BIMITED.
TIME TABLE.
WEEK 'Days.
7.30a.m. to 10.00 a.m. Every 10 mia.. 10.00 a.m. to 11.00 .. 11.30 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. 12.46 pm to 1.10 p.m. 1.16 p.m. to 1.45 pm
1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m. 2:15 pm to 9.00 p.tx. 3.80 p.m. to 6.00 p.. 5.00.p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
NIGHT CARS.
For
STEAMERS.
KOBE & YOKOHAMA { Capt. D. Lanz ...0,000
ƒ“Painz BiaisMUND " DU
TO BAIL EN
| About TUESDAY, 2nd May,
NAPLES, GENOA,
ALGIERS, GIBRAL-] ⋅ PRINz Ludwie" ....... (WEDNESDAY,
Japi. F. v. Bonzer
3rd May, (T. 18,500) at Noon...
TAR, SOUTHAMP- TON, ANTWERP and BREMEN ....
!
Capt. 1. Fortussis
(T. 19,000)
SHANGHAI, TSING-) "DULOW"
TAU, KOBE And YOKOHAMA nimui)
MANILA, YAP, AN-1 GAUR, NEWGUINEA, BRISBANE, SYDNEY & MELBOURNE.........
“Puixz BrotumUND “
...... Capt. D. Lenz
(T. 5,000)
sampsati Long Bri filla”, Now System if Telafunken.
For further Particulars, apply to
About WEDNES
DAY, 3rd May.
("SATURDAY,
20th May.. at Daylight.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD
MELCHERS & CO.,
GENERAL AGENTS, HONGKONG and CHINA.
15 min.
20
16 in.
10 min.
#
15 znfq;
10 mia.
Hongkong, 26th Apill, 1911,
18 min
12
16 min.
H
10 min.
Hotels.
| -8.45 p.m. and 9 p.m., 0.45. to 11.15 p..
evory half hour, SUNDAYS.
8.00 a.m. to 9.00 a.m. Every 15 min.
HONGKONG
[7
HOTEL.
FIRST CLASS AND UP-TO-DATE.
9.00 .m, to 0.80 a.m.
30 min.
9.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. 10.30 a.m. to 11.00. a.m.
15 mln.
17
10 min.
Hongkong, 20th April, 1911.
"
H
11.45 a.m. io 12,00 noon 15 min. 12.00 noon to 1.00 p.m. 10 min. 1.00 pm to 5.00 pau., 15 min. 5.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. "10 min. 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. 16 mic. 7.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. 10 min. NIGHT CARS as on Week Days. SATURDAYS.
M
Extra cars at 3.15 p.m., 11.80 p.m.
and 11.45 p.m. SPECIAL CARS by Arrange- ment at the Company's Olse; Alexandra Buildings, Des Voeux Rosd Contral, JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managera, Hongkong, Int April, 1900.
WM. POWELL,
LIMITED.
GESTS OUTFITTERS, NEW GOODS ENGLISH
BRANCHES AND AGENTS White
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THE Oorporation transacts every
change Banness, receives money on Current Abdunt at the mis of 2 per dent. per anoth on daily balances and scoepta Fixed Deposits at the following raton fun
For 12 months 4 per cent, per annÚDU For: U
GEO, HOGO,
Manager.
*No. 9, Queen's Road Central,'|-
MADE
-
Canvas
AND.
Buckskin Shoes.
SMART SHAPES
28, Queen's Road, (Central)
J. H. TAGGART,
Manager [25
GRAND HOTEL,
Telephone 197.
MANAGEMENT & CUISINE UNDER EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT.
857]
F. REICHMANN, Proprietor.
ASTOR HOUSE
(LATE CONNAUGHT HOTEL.)
QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGKONG.
C CENTRÁLLY nitinted, up-to-dato Hotel, Resently renovated, and under
entirely Now Management. Large and Comfortable Rooms, Excalient Cuisine under the supervision of an Experiensed FRENCH CULF, and separate Tables, Hot and Cold, Bathe, Electric Light throughout. Terms moderate, First Class nocommodation for Families and Tourists.
Under Personal Supervision of
L. GAMEAU,
Proprietor
Telephons, 170
MERCHANTS.
15, Queen's Road Central.
ESTABLISHED 1861.
aungkong, 16th January, 1911.
WEISMANN, LIMITED.
BAKERS
CONFECTIONERS
CATERERS
RESTAURANTEURS
14, Des Voeux Road Central. Hongkong, 20th April, 1911. -
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other country in the world the people themselves Bro onabled to say something either directly or indirectly respecting the taxation to which they have to submit, whilst ing China they havo no power at all, but must perforco accept what their rulers imposo upon thoni.. We liave but tonched upon a very wido question in comparatively. few words, but wo know that we love indiculed grievances which are causing irritation, and unless they are modified thoro can be no permanent restfulness among the . people.
Daily Press,
OUR JAPANESE TREATY
Thore is no objection to making reciprocal tariff con- ventions, such as presumably will be made with France and Germany, but thoro is strong objection to one sided... tariff conventions being formed such
s that with Great Britain, where Japan receives nothing in return for the substantial reductions allowed on British staples, for the Britain that she will continue to agreement on the part of Great. admit certain Japanese goods duty free, though obviously frame ed as a quid pro quo, is not taken very seriously in Japan, whore a change in Britain's fiscal policy
For Sight Seeing in an Up-to-date is not considered as probable. In
་་
N. BLUMENTHAL, Maniger Telegrams "Astor"
[24
1080]
OPEN AIR SKATING RINK
AT
BELLE VIEW
Telephone No. 307.
SESSIONS 10 A.M to 12 Noon:
HOTEL.
2 PM to 4 P.M.
Admission 25 cents.
5. P.M. to 8 PM.
9 P.M to 11 PM. ⠀⠀⠀ Admission 50 cents. String Band will play at the above Hotel from 4pm to 10 pm.
Hongkong, 29th Feb., 1911. ^ (19 Hong kong, 28th April, 1911. [1948 Hongkong, 18th April, 1912.
every Bantay commencing 1
GALLAGHER
MOTOR,
RING UP 1030,
THE EXILE MOTOR GARAGE.
Hongkong, 15th April, 1911.
other words, while the critics agree that the duties on British staples under the Japanese statu- tory tariff are too high, and that it was necessary to make concessions to Japan's ally, they strongly ob ject to any appearance of Japan boing placed in a derogatory posi tion. The national pride of the Japanose, a factor always to bo [1058 reckoned with, is immediately
· AGAIN AND AGAIN, FOR MANY YEARS, UNDER ALL CONDITIONS, BY COUNT-
LESS USERS, THE
REMINGTON
TYPEWRITING
HAS BEEN TRIED
AND TESTED AND
ITS
SUPERIOR
MERITS PROVED.
SIEMSSEN & CO., Homokond and Carṛox,, General Agents for the Remington Typewriter Co.
THE CHINA PROVIDENT JOHN THOMAS COTTON,
LOAN AND MORTGAGE:
CO, LI;
(Capital, Paid up...$1,200,000.)
Loans on Vertgage of House Poperty,
Goods received on Blomga Adrances thade on Merchandise, Loans made on the Provident System. (Rates and Partionlar on epplication).
TRUSTEE EXECUTOR OF WILLS ATTORNEY & TE
Undertaken and Bromuted:
SHEWAN TOMES & 06
VETERINARIAN & FARRIER (Qualified).
No. 1, Queen's Road East,. HONGKONG.
20 April, 1011,
*
CL095
aroused when there appears any thing in her relations with the other powers tending to in- dicate that she is not their equal, and it is hold that the agreement with Great Britain does place Japan in such a position of inequality. On behalf of these, critics it may be fairly claimed that they are now voicing the views lield by the Japanoso Govoramont before the opening of the negotiations, when it was Certainly not expreted that Japan would find herself making a Customs convention with a free trade country. The Government's change of attitude beara eloquent testimony to the strength of the Alliance, without which delicate negotiations would have boon quite impossible. -
OUR DIARY
Tuesday, 2nd May.
Bijou Scenic Theatre, 0.15 p.m. Empire Cinematograplı, 9.15
Wednesday, 3rd May, Shanghai Nacos, Third Day. Thursday, 4th May, 52
B. & F. Bible Society Publio Meeting, at City Hall, 5.15 p.m.
Saturday 20th May,
CHE BRITISH-FOREIGN 33 SAIMPORT EXPORT COME
bildingu Liverp
Centra
En
¿ prepared to me
Second Gymkhana Meeting