AMERICA'S CUP YACHT.
Wall Known Skipper Considered Logical Successor of Barr,
Commercial.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MARCH 19 1914.
Public Companies
-Freights and Fixturos,
THE HONGKONG ROPE Meters. W. G. Hale und Co. report from Saigon, February 28, MANUFACTURING CO, LTD. as follows:- Capt Willlim B. Dennis has
Tonnage. Quotations stand sa
THE 30TH ORDINARY AN- NUAL MEETING OF bren selected as the skipper of follows: 15/16 cents to Hongkong: SHAREHOLDERS in the above Alexander S. Occhran's Ameri. 30/34 coute to Java: 20/30 cents Company will be held at the can's Cup yacht that ia boing to the Philippines: 28/20 cents to Company's Off, St. George's designed by William Gardner Japan and 16/17 gente to Sing Building, 6, Connaught Road, and is to be built by Lawley & apore.
Victoria, on Tuesday, the 31st Son of Boston. Captain Dennis
Chartera-The Illowing are for the purpose of receiving a March, 1914, at 12 o'clock Noon. never had command of an Ameri- tho settlements: German steamer Statement of Accounts and the ca's cup defender or even a boat Marie, part cargo 30,000 piouls to Report of the General Managers built for a defender, but he is Hongkong at 14 cents por pical for the year ending 31st Decem- one of the best known racing rico; British steamer Paoting ber, 1913, and electing a Consult slippers in the country and has 38,000 piculs to Hongkong at 14 ing Comm too and Auditors. been considered by most yachts- cents per picul rice; British stea men to be the logical successor of mer Telemachus 36,000 piculs to the late Captain Charles Barr..
Hongkong at 14, cents per picul They raced against each other ice; Japanese steamer Tamonto on many cocasions, and each Mara No. 1, 36,000 picule to scored victories, over the other. Hongkong at 14 cen ser pica) While skipper of the schooner rice; German Johanne, 32,000 Elmina Captain Dennis won an picule to Hongkong at 15 cents enviable reputation for keen jodger pioul rice; British steamer ment under trying weather con- B. and S. Co., 38,000 picula to ditions, frequently going off on Hongkong at 15 cents per picu! what seemed fatile wind banting rice. expeditions and thereby turning
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The Decline of Indigo.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from Thursday, the 26th March Tuesday, the 31st March, 1914, both days inclusive.
..
SHEWAN TOMES & CO., Hongkong, 18th March, 19 4.
General Managers.
THEOHINA FIREINSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
ING of SHAREHOLDERS
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION,
Head Office:do, Wall Street, New York Landos Office-16, Bibopsgate, KC.
BRANCHES :-
Bombay.. Calcatia
Cantou
Ceba
Colan
Emple
Hongkong Hankow
Shanghal Yokohama
Capital and Surplus............ - Gold $1,100,000 aqualu££450,000
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI CURRENT ACCOUNTS ppened on the se
NESS transacted
CUR
Rovans, of for aborter periods, at ALRI, which
DEPOSITS RECEIVED, Axel for one year at
may be ascertained on application.
BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED.
MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES
d
Banks
Exchange
T/T. Marka T/T. Franca
Selling
1/11-1/16 .1/11 1/8
On Haiphong
DHA
1/11.9/18
On Baigun.
pm
On Bangkok ...........................
Buying “ind
HONGKONG, & SHANGHAI | I/T
...BANKING CORPORA-Demand
TION.
30.d/s...
1604/01/11 9/16 4.m/8...................... 1/11 1/4 19 T/T Shanghai, T/T Singapore
.73% 4 m/s. LO..1/11 7/16 824, 4 m/s, D/P .................1/119/16 Private 30 d/s sight 8'hai,.74946 m/s. L/C
1/11 9/16 Т/Т Јарап
***............................................... 841430d/s.E'ney & Melbournel/1111/16 1431 30 d/s San Fco & New York 4798 149144 m/s. Marks ......
......14994 Bar Silver, ready......26-3/4
Demand Manila...944Sold Leaf portael ................54/100
$15,000,000
Silver ...$17,650,000
LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granted Roserve Liability of on principal cities in the World CREDIT are svallable all over the World,
Proprietors....
THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks and Sharma affected,
TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cashed,
GEORGE HOGG, Manager. Ju.on's Rond, Hosg:: Hongeɔg, si N., H
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED..
Subsidiary Coins. ...$15,000,000 ·
Discount per $100 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Chinese...20 ata.piecos $11 15/16 Hon. Mr. D. Landalo.-Chairman Chinese ...10 W. L. Pattenden, Esq. Deputy
Chairman,
6. H. Dodwell, Esq.
E. Goetz, Esq.
C. 8. Gubbay, Esq.
P. H. Holyoak, Esq.
C. Landgraf, Esq.
Hongkong.20 Flongkong.10
· TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT.
S-SELLERS
H
Kabe
Mexico
Набатов
Peking
San Francisco
Paid-up Capital .... RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
$15,000,000
T/T India
£1,500,000 at 2/--
T/T Bombay
Domand Bombay ................
14334 m/s. Francs
2.01 12.47
T/T Calcutta
.143) 16 m/s. do
Demand Calcutta...
Demand India
....1433 forward
Sokt.26: 11/15-
T/T. Sen F'ou & New York!461 T/T. Java
Bank of England rates.....37 1164 Sovereign 10,30
$32,650,000
·,་
Opium Quotation.
Mar. 13.
Malwa, New
.88,200
pol
Malwa, Old
8,300
$12 1/4
Patna, Now...
9,325
che
Patna, Old.....
9,200
Benares, New
.9.050
$616
Renares. Old......... 8,925
SA SALES
B-BUYERS N-NOMINAL.
STOCK & PAIR OF VALDM.
Crunna UTION
LET DIVIDED AND FAY?
BANKS,
$815
Hongkong & S'hai $125 |
£80/10
MARINE INSURANCE","
Cantons
$50
1330
North China
£5
T139
Unions
$100 $845
Yangtzes
£50 $200
b.
FIRE INSURANCES
Hongkong Fires
$20 $157. $50
$10 for 1911
$395
B.
$27 for 1911.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 monthe, 21 per cent
SHIPPING. China & Manilaa
$25 $87
b.
$1 for 1906
Douglas Steamship $50 $36
per
Steamboats
$15 $28
Annum-
For 6 months, 31 per cent
per
Indo-Chinas
Annúm.
[18
For 12 months, 4 per cent
Annum.
per
I
(Preferred) (Deferred)
}
£5 871-
101/- b
£11 է.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
"Star Ferry'
$10-$49
REFINERIES.
$100 $100
891 331
$3 for 1912
$8 for 1997
MINING.
Established 1880.
THE FORTY-FIFTH MEET- in the Company will be held at the Company's Office, No. 3 Queen's Road Central, Victoria, Authorised Capital Yen 18,000,000 on THURSDAY, the 19th March, Paid-up Capital... 1914, at 12 o,clook NOON, for the Reserve Fund....... 30,000,000 purpose of receiving a Statement Directors for the year ending 31st of Accounts and the Report of the December, 1913.
apparent defast into victory. He A correspondent of the Indian is also one of the cleverest pro- Daily News writes from Bankipur fessionals in the game of jockey-Indigo is rapidly becoming ing and taking advantage of others' extinct. This year only 63,100 weaknesses, and if the Cochraneres have been sown as compared boat is selected as the defender with 09,100 nores last year. There over the Herreshoff craft being will be some 7.000 owts for sale built for s syndicate of New York as compared with double that Yacht Club Members the skipper amount last year. In 1895 indigo of Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock represented Behar's prosperity IV. will find a worthy foe rouly In 1896 som: German chemists the Company will be CLOSED for him off Sandy Hook. In the produced the chemical substitute from 6th March to 19th March, trial races to relect the defender and the sumo year plague made its both days inclusive. Captain Dennis will be opposed appearstce in Bombay. Both have By Order of the Board of on the syndicate boat by Robert done incalculable harm to Bahar, Directors,
C. PEMBERTON. W. Emmons of Boston, who is
Hongkong, 26th February, 1914.
Secretary.
an amateur,
ugh ordinary zemindari pro duce has so risen in price as to rotain for the province its accus-
tomed wealth.
Public Companies
CO, LTD..
NOTICE.
THE Thirty-Sixth Ordinary
Annual
Captain Dennis was spoken of as a possibility for America's cap defence work before the last races for the cup. His skill was. then acknowledged by all racing yachtsmen. His home is in Green- CHINA SUGAR REFINING port, N. Y., and be bas apent the i greater part of his life on the water. When fifteen years old ho had charge of a fishing sloup that put in at Greenport. His first yacht ing experience wrs in the cation Minnie Rogers, un' with her he beat all the boats of her class Gardiner's bay. The late Ed ward E. Chano's schooner Clio was the first large vessel he com- manded. With her he also won many races. Then be had tr alcop Triton, the schooner Trou- badoar and the schooner Norms. All of them he raced auccess.
Meeting of al Shareholders of the above Com- pany will be held at the Offices of the Genoral Agents, Pedder's Street, on MONDAY, the 30th March at 11 am, for the purpose of receiving the Report and State- ment of Accounts for the year ending 31st December 1913.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be CLOSED from the 17th to 30th March, both days with, inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON AND CO., LTD.,
General Agents, Hongkong, 10th March, 1914.
ESTIMATES LIKELY TO LUZON SUGAR REFINING
BE REALIZED.
The revenue for the financial
year 1013-14, which ends on
March 31, amounted
da
CO., LTD. NOTICE.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of,
Notices
EUROPEAN ACENCY, WHOLESALE buying agen- undertaken for all British and Continental goods, including-
Books and Stationery, Boots, Shoos and Leather, Chemicals and Druggists'
Sundries
China Earthenware and Glass ware,
Cycles, Motor Cars and Ac- cessories,
151
18,550,000
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.
Aposcien 'al Nagasaki
Branche Antung-Mich
Buy
Newchwang
Catent
New York
hangchain
Ovaka
Dairet
Pekio
Feugtien
Rysiun (Pert
Cartila
Arthur)
Hankow
Honolulu
Kaba
||
Lino-Yang
London.
Lyons
Talastall
San Francisco
Shanghal
Tientsin
Tichling
Tuhyo
Los Angeles
Tangran
Interest Allowed on Current Account. Deposita received for fred periods at rates to be uttained on application.
EISHI ONO, Manager. Hongkong, 30th Sept., 1913.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
A
Incorporated by Royal Chartor 1853,
J. A. Plummer, Esq, Hon. Mr. E. Shellim. H; A. Sieba, Day. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J.Stabb. MANAGER, Shanghai-A. G. Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.
Hongkong-Interest Allowed.
On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per Annum on the daily balanco.
N. J. STABB, Chief Manager
THE Business of the above
China Fires
"Shell" Transports £1
Bank is conducted by the China Sugars HONGKONG AND SHANGEA) Luzon Sugars HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.
BANKING Paid-up Capital £1,200,000
CORPORATION. Reserve Fund... £1,700,000 |plication..
Rules may be obtained on ap-Chinese Engineeringa £140/- Reserve Liability of
INTEREST on deposits is al Proprietors „£1,200,000 |lowed on the minimum monthly balantes at $3 Per Cent. per an-
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- acted.
ncm.
Depositors may transfer at their CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- to the Hongkong and Shanghai option balances of $100 or more anded and FIXED DEPOSITS re- Bank to be placed on FIXED ceived for 1 year or shorter perioda DEPOSIT t 4 Per Cent, per at rates which will be quoted on annum application.
Drapery Millinery and Piece Fancy Goods and Perfumery, Goods,
Hardware, Machinery Metals,
Jewellery, Plate and Watches, Photographic & Optical Gooda, Provisions and Clmen's Stores,
etc., etc. Commission 24% to 5%. Trade Discounts allowed. Special Quotations on Demand: Sample Cases from £10 upwards. Consignments of Produce Sold
account.
THE Thirty-Second Ordinary on
Annual Meeting of
the
Shareholders of the above. Com- WILLIAM WILSON & SONS to pany will be held at the Offices
(Established 1814). of the General Agents, Pedder's 25, ABCHURCH LANE, LONDON, E.C. "Annuaire. London in round numbers £158,805,000. Strest, on MONDAY, the 30th Cable Address;
February 14th to £158,804,527, or
March at 11.15 a.m., for the pur- pose of receiving the Report and
The estimate for the year is £194,825,000, and there remains. Statement of Accounts for the LESSONS IN CHINESE.
be year ending 31st December 1913.
therefore, £38,020,000 to collected during the remaining, six weeks,
The Transfer Books of the Company will be CLOSED from Of this amount nearly half is the 17th to 30th March, both days. income-tax, the receipts from inclusive.. which to the above date were JARDINE, MATHESON & £28,569,000, while the estimate
Co., Ltd. General Agents.
for them for the financial year is Hongkong, 10th March, 1914. £45,950,000. The sum still to
MR.
[R. LI HON FAN, a Chinese graduate versed in litara- ture, has been a teacher to European officials and merchants in this Colony for over ten years. He has a good method of train- Chinese examination, and is possessed of a first rate certificate as a Chinese teacher: He has
be collected from this source THE HONGKONG & WHAM-ing Europeans to pass in the
is £17,381,000. and about
£2,750,000 per week,
or,
roughly £458.000 per day, is
POA DOCK CO., LTD.
A. 8. HEWETT,"
Acting Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. [22
THE
Notices.
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD. (Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.). Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- perty, &co.
Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Frovident
System. (Rates and Particulars on ap
plication).
The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., Undertaken and. Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers,
needed in order to make good the THE ORDINARY YEARLY also a good knowledge of Manda-Hongkong, 19th March. 1908
MEETING: of SHARE- rin and Hakka. of HOLDERS will be held in the
estimate for this source
Those who intend fearning the
LIMITED
revendo; there does not seem office of the Company, 2 Queen's Chinese language are requested likely to be a failure in this Buildings, Connaught Road, to write olo "Hongkong Tole- PEAK TRAMWAY CO. respost. The Customs have pro- Hongkong, on Monday, 30th graph" office or direct to 37 duced up to last Saturday Maroh, at 12 o'clock (noon) for the Hollywood Road, 1st floor. £30,512,000, and as the estimate purpose of receiving the Report of Hongkong, 29th Jan., 1912. for them is £35,200,000, 84,688. the Directors and statement of
000 more, or about £738,000 per
Accounts to 31st December, 1913.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of
1
I EL PATRONES IN QUERCICIO DA CARENARIAS
MARTIN'S 5
week, is required; this also seems the Company will be OLOSED likely to be realized, though not from the 23rd to 30th March, 1914, with absolute confidence. The both days inclusive. Excise has already brought in By Order of the Board of $34,481,000 and $38,850,000. is. Directors, expected from it; about £893,000
GEO. A, CALDWELL, per week is required in order to
Secretary, make good?" The only other large sources of: revenue are the me Death Duties which always remain a little uncertain up to the end of the year, and the Post Office, which may always be relied upon to produce rather more than wan estimated. On the whole, it seems probable that that the total estimates will be realized, but there is no like- ! lihood, so far as can be seen, of: Any poneiderable excess-Tha Timeņukit
Boat
APIOL & STEEL TimPILLS
#1 Bystovi a
A Franob Rasady for all Errigaleriisän, Thousands of, Leslims klways koop k box at Karta'n Pile in flew boase, so that on l ales of any, isreadily of the
timely down mar be administered. These aca qe kam fecommend them, hence theireAUF. JINALE ARTE 411 Chemlate and Starry selli
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MARTIN'S
SAPIOL 8STEEL KamaPILLS
MAN LOONG.
FIRST-CLASS PRESERVES, GINGER AND SOY MANUFACTURERS.
Factory at Yaumati OFFICE; No. 36, Don Voeux Road, W Telephone No. 177 & 12. WE are the loading Manufacturers in Gingers are all frogh and of the first pick. this class of Goods. Our Frulf & Our Byrup lu prepared from, the best quality of Sugar, We give our spectal attention to our business and sanitary arrangements.
DRACON CYCLE 00.
DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL
K ON HIRE
$6 & 8 Per Hour, Tol. 482;Cable Add, "LAURITSAN
TIME TABIE
WEEK DAYS.
Capital Fully.
BANK.
Tronohs
£1 137/- DOCKS, WHARVES, & GIDOWNS Raubs
£1 $3 Kowloon Wharfs - $50
$85
Shanghai Docks T. 100 57 H.K. &W'pos Docks $50 {
1674 Hongkow Wharfs T. 100 LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING 8}
M.
b.
b.
T.100 8.
£2 & 5. b. at ex 1/11 3/18 equal to $25.29 for year ending 31/18/13
$18 for 1912
Final of 10 p.o, making
20 p.o. for 1913 Final of 820 making $50 for 1911 and Interim
of $30 for 1913 Final of $12 mak.815 for
1911 & Int, of $3 for 1912)
$2.50 for year end'g 80'6′13 Final of $1 for half) year ending 31:18:13, f6 p.c. for year 1912.on
preferred sharÉS
(Interim of 1/- making 2/ for 1913 Coupen No, 21.
12 on 10,000 sharos lat issus
$2 on 10,000
$1 on 10,000
» 2nd
+ 3rd
for year ending 90'4'13
Interim of 34 p., '8 3/5d per share, Coudon No.:1-20- count year 30,6:12. Int. of 1/6 mak. 6/6 a/c.191 1/2 for 1909
$3.50 for year 1913-
for}
$1 final dividand · forl
yoar 1911
Tie. 3, for 1912
Interim of Tls 3 for 1913
Tle. 6 29*2*10
$7 on old shares, $3.50
on now shares for
year 31'1213
$314 for year ending
31.12.13.
50 cents for 1913
$2.80 for 1913
Interim of 5 p.o. for
year ending 30 6136225
For the Hongkong and Shang-Angio French Lands T.100 T.94 hai, Banking Corporation,
N.J. STABB, Chief Manager Hongkong Hotels 850 6124 BUTSCH ASIATISCHF Hongkong Lands $100
6112 Humphreys Estates 910
$8 Kowloon Landa $80
Shanghai Lande T. 30
West Points
$50
267 Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 p.8
COTTON MILLS,
8,
b.
$44. b.
IT. 90
b.
for 4 year ending | 31.12.13
15 per cent. for 1910
T. 50 T. 181 b..
Tls. 15 for year ending
31'10'13
1.122 bà
Tle. 10 for year end-
ing 30'6'13
90
b.
T.12 for year end'g-31-12
12
b.
Tla. 1 for year ending)
30'11'13
ling}
50 cents 33.7.08
85 cents for 1912-
Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office.-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin.
Branches:. Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsia Tainanfu Tsingtan Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS: Messrs. N. M. Rothschil & Sons. The Union of London and Smith's Bank; Limited.
Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agenov. Direction der Disconto Gesell- sohaft.
Dresdner Bank.. INTEREST allowed on Current Account DEPOSITS received
Ewos, Shanghai Cottons
MISCELLANEOUS.
Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons 810 88 China-Borneos 812 311) Light and Powers $101
Do. (Speo.chares) $1/ $41 China Previdents $10 $84
$6.396. $10 $6.70 b.
on terms which may be learned Dairy Farms on application. Every description Green Islands
of Banking and Exchange busi-Hongkong Electrios $10 $49 3ness transacted.
R. TIMMERSCHEIDT
Maneger. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.
Hongkong Ices Hongkong Ropes
(2 Langkate
Morning Post THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Peak Tramway
INDIA, LIMITED.
Authorised Japital.....£1,500,000 Subscribed
LO MIN.
» MIW,
13 MAN.
Paid Up Reserve Fund
.:*།*
562,500 485,000
7.00 AM, to 18.00 AM, Eværv 15 Muni 3.00 AM to 10.00 AM, 20.00 A.K; to 11:30 AM. 30. 20:45 PJC.
3.45 PM, (1.13 1.9, 10 +45 2.1.
15 136 to aj .. to - 5,00 730
10
NIGHT CARS.
10 M
TS.MIN.
14
No Mym
* MIN.
*
KA MINI
9.50 .lf and 3.M., 9.30 PM. 10
15:00 P every half hour.
31.00 3.340 11,453,K.
avery quarter of anibour
SUNDAYS."
to 30 AM, EYE 15MIN. 20:10 AM to 11,00 A
$1,43 A.M.,1 g Noo
· 18:00 HOOH, TO. LAO FM.
1,09 2,14,10;5:00 PM
2 to 60à va
8.00 7.4, 10 7.00 8.3.
M
75 MIN.
JO KIN
"
to que
NIGHT CARS to Work Days
SATURDAYS
Extra, Carry midnighti
SPECIAL CAR 8
By Armagecent at the Cɔmpany's (1504,
·Almaden Building,
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BANKERS:
Bank of England. London Joint Stock Baus, Limited.
$25-$185 b, $10 $23
B. 10 T62 b.
$25 $10 $10 Do. (new) $199 ots. a, Hongkong Electric Trams 8/3 1,125,000 Philippines
$10 85 F. Price & Co., Ld. 810 86
Pre- Societe des ferred
Pulpeset
$50 $20 Papiertorios paid du Tonkin up $50'
The Benefit $200 Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20 T.150: Steam Laundry
15 845 be United Asbestos
Oriental Agency, $10 $914b.
པཎཿ 1 ་ བཏཿཝཏཿཝབྷཏཿ དརཾཝཱཏྭཱ United Aubastos
Founders Shares $10 $300 Union Waterbost $10 $20 Welemann, Ltd. Watson William Powell
Cetracted to ke-go pum. Sius, 19 2014
Interest allowed on Current AG. counts at 2. per nant per annum on Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposita at rates which may be ascertained on application,
"AERLINTON
Manager.
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten,gif Equalled For Bread, Cakes, Confectionery mealą with Wines & Liquons
$1030
70 cents for 1913- $1.30 for year end'g 31719 40 conts for 1911 hduesh $1.60 per share for 1912 $2 Interim for 1913 $1 interim for 1913?
(Interim of Tis. 1 msk- Ling Tia. 2 afo 1913. 'None'
80 cents on fully paid)
shares and 8 cents on $1paid shares for year ending 30.4.13MPR Interim of 1 d. per share
for 1919, None $1.50 for 1910
None
No dividend this year? 50 ats, for year end❜g,$1.5.12
20 per cent. per ordinary
Sehere for year ended
315 1912
$1.25 per share for yearl ending 31 12:1913....
per cent for year ending 31711
60 cents for 1917 bryn WRIGHT AND HORNEY KITAI 40 ote, yearending 630′11
Gaaral kart d'De Vorny Road Gratisindɗerta Rochirudi