SECRET OF SUCCESS IN TENNIS.
Service and the Pace which
Tells. ".
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1014.
essential to win. The game thus Public Companies
resolves itself into three parta.
1. The endeavour on the part of
LTD.
one player to secure the more HONG.ONG ICE COMPANY, favourable position. 2. Тве following up with the smosh volley. 3. The success of the smash stroke or a win by means
Paco always tella in tennis. It of a well-directed and judic ously | NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS is direct expression of the por-placed "lob.".
sonality of the player-a remark A good player invariably stakes best illustrated by a study of the his chances overhead.. Yet few methode of the Inshawe who indeed can nope to win without practically revolutionised the resorting at times to good overhead game in the years 1880-00. Pace play. The hurtling, blustering, entails the high overhand service toasterful smash stroko is simi" -play common to all rauke of farly played to the overhead, with plagers nowadaye. Without the the exception, however, that the bigt overhand service and its position from which it is played attendant "Job." Variatione, has no definitely fixed dietauce tounis deginentes to amera frura the not. It requires in game of shulecock. In this stinctive judgment and absolute rospect British playere efcol, for mathematical precision, and its the American service is generally play is always in direct relation "Blower" but olton it becomes to the side lines and less propor. more deadly by reason of the tipuately to the net. The ore formidable cut," which causes must never be removed from the the bill to actually "sworve" in ball—otherwise the playei loses the air and to "drug" or rothat instantaneous perception of bound slow from the 'ground. speel and the correlative quality This twin effect has a distinct of judgment so essential for a advantage.. Tho play ia rotura emasli at greater pace earnestly cultivated in high which, with proper skill, places quarters oven by players who the ball outside the reach of his are opposed to the smashing opponent's racket. volley game, since it gives the
My boncluding advice is to cim
Bervor more time in which to at forcing your adversary to the follow up his serve by running back of the court, which can into a position approximately always be done by a fow judicious- close to the wet from which belly plated balls either near the can then develop the. " smashing" side-line or the service line, and game.
then to kill his return with a Valleying and Lobbing. sinashing scrive of volleys from a In both games (the singles and position comparatively near the doubles) all playerssin, or should bet-or as near the net as pru- On the other do, to get within a yurd or two depce, dieta{HL, of the net as suun as possible. hand, to meet and defeat a stiff Thence develops the smashing bout of vollesing resort to a high volley so lutal yet so seldom seen lob." But unless this is skilfully at other than classical events, and intelligently interpreted it The pluyor should beek to usually ineffective. Neither a get comparatively close to strong back play nor smashing the net, whether serving tactics can, however, be employed or receiving to serve, the object, to the exclusion of others.
The
in all cases, boing to volley before ideal gamo is a fusion of the two, the gravitational pull on the balt-H. M. Daust in the Geobe. becomes apparent. That this is
the correct and only play can be
adjudged from the fact that if
the rest bappons beyoud a'stroke
Iner in Collision.
or two, most players, oven inferior Daring a dense lug recently, ones (they are acting unconscious the White Star liner Biltio, when ly) will be found to have ull Bardsey Island, 35 miles south drawn into the net At least of the Smack, collided with the this is incatly so. Au examination Liverpool coasting steamer Carrie of players positions in eight The liner proceeded to New York, games out of ten will clearly bear but the Carrie was taken in tow out this point. It is bus woll by the steamer Amsterdam, and worthy of study. For some, the was headed for Liverpool. Several service lines possess a fatal mali boats left Holyhead 10 attraction.
reader assistance if needed. The, Yet the volley, pure and simple, dumugo is not supposed to be is but the prelude to still deadlier very serious.
play Rapid and low volleying, clearing the net may be by but an
inch or two, can always be mei
by players who take the trouble Public Companies
to practise the art. It is when
HONGKONG FIRE IN- SURANCE Co., LIMITED.
the volleying becomes varied by the attempt on the part of ans player to place the ball out of reach of the other that the science of it all becomes apparent. This "lobbing," as it is termed, callsOTICE is hereby given that
an Extraordinary "General for the greatest skill and judg Meeting of the Hongkong Fire ment. It is the high over-hand Insurance Company Limited, play, combined with the "lift will be held at the Office of the or "top," placing the ball bohird] Company No. 16 Pedder Street, one's adve sary and well at the Victoria, Hongkong, on Tuesday back of the court, which ie no 30th June 1914, at 1 o'clocs in disconcerting to follow, and has the forenoon when the subjoined given many a prally coup de Resolutions, which were passed at grace to an otherwise evenly the Extraordinary Meeting held on 4th instant, will be submitted bout divided
of volley ing. for confirmation 05 special Good lobbing" is difficult-Resolutions. least, it would appear so from the attempts one often sees in the Unless great majority of games. judgment drawn to a fine art accompanion the swing of the racket, and the eye is never re moved from the ball even "for the thousandth part of a second, the "lob
'will sond
the ball out of court, or else just drop it short enough to permit the opposing player to kill it by playing a smashing volley. It is essential that the racket does not betray the intention to play a "lob." This defeats the whole object, and permits the opponent to correct his position that is, should it prove,
or be thought| necessary.
The Primal Object, '
(1), "That the provisions of the Company's Memorandum of Association with respect to its object be altered so as to read as in the print signed by the "Chairman of the Meeting for "the purposes of identification."
"
(2) That the new Articles already approved by this Moet- ing and for the purpose of identification subscribed by the Chairman thereof be and the "same are hereby approved and that such Articles be and they "are bereby adopted as the Arti- cles of the Company in substi- "tation for, and to the exclusion of, all the existing Articles **thereof."
No
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDIN- ARY GENERAL MEETING of the HONGKONG" ICE COM PANY, LIMITED, will be held at the Offices of Mosers, JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LIMITED, No. 16, Podder Street, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, on TUES- DAY, the 23rd June, 1914, at 11. o'clock a.m., when the Subjoined Resolutions w ich were passed at the Extraordinary General meeting of the Company held on the 4th day of June, 1914, will be submitted for confirmation as Special Resolutions:-
1. That it is oxpedient to acquire and purchase the business property and good
Banks
INTERSATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION,
Hand Offca :—do, Wall Straat, New York. London Offer 1-3ð, Bishopsgate, E.C.
BRANCHES :--
Bombay
Calculus
Canton
Cla
--Colon
Expire
Hanghoog
Hauka
·Captial and Surftua um anja Gotal $7,100,000 equal...el6,4813,000.
NESS transacted
.:
Banks
TION.
Exchange
Selling
F/T.......
•1/103⁄4 ·
T/T. Marketin Demand Germany
T/T Frans
1943% ...195
2.80
On Haiphong vị 100
On Saigon....
nom
On Bangkok.............8114 Buying.
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand 1/10 13/16
BANKING CORPORA-30 de ..........................1/10%
60 d/s .......................1/103 4 m/s 1/10 15/16 Paid-up Capital .........$15,000,000 T/T Shanghai ...........74 1/8
Private 30 d/a sight 8'hai. 75 T/T Singapore 81 1/2 T/T Japan **-*in aç.923⁄44 | 6 m/s. L/C ............................ .1/11 5/16 T/T India
30d/s.S'ney & Melbourne1/117/16 .142 30 d/s.San F'co & New York 4714. 142344 m/a. Marka
.....1.99
RESERVE FUNDS:
*** gm142
Kabe
Mariso Радлов
Peking
San Francisco
Shanghal Votokame
Sterling
T/TBombay
£1,500,000 nt 21
$15,000,000
Demand Bombey. ..............
T/T Caloutta
Demand Calcutta
Demand India.
142)
Domand Manila...
..93
$32,650,000
T/T. Ban F'cu & New York 46 Domand, Now York 166 T/T. Java
.114
KVERY DESCRIPTION. OF BANKING BUSI CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened do the sam
DEPOSITS RECEIVED, Sand, for ons yaar Ki
may be ascertainad on application,
Per um, or for shorter perioda, at rates, which
KILLS NEGUTIATED) 603 COLLECTED. MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES
"LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granted on all the principa) elties in the World,
CREDIT are avaliable all over the World
THE LANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF
DOMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT
d FURCHASE and SALE of Stocks an Shere.
dactil TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cashed,
EORGS NOS.
Manager.
Queen's Rond, Hongkong Hongkong, ist Nov, 1912
I
THE
LIMITED.
Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yon 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital 30,000,000 18,900,000 Reserve Fund......
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,
13
Branches Andung-italen
Hobay Cateucra Changchun Dairo Feaction Harbin
Kode
Lias-Yang
5)
Agencies al Nagasaki
Newchwang
New York Onka Pekin Kyuiar (Port Arthur
San Francisza
Shanghai
Tickling
Tientsin
will of the Oriental Ice VOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK Byndicate and that the Provisional Agreements for the purpose submitted to this Meeting dated the 25th March, 1914, and made between The Procureur General in Hongkong of the Society of the Missions Etrangeres, of the one part and this Company of the other part and dated the 25th day of March, 1914, and made between the Honourable Sir CATCHICK PAUL CHATER, Knight, C.M.G., JOSEPH WHITTLE- SEY NOBLE, ANTONIO BARRETTO and ARRATOON VERTANNES APCAR of the one part and the Company of the other part be and the same are hereby approved and ratified and that the General Managers of the Company be and they hereby are authorised and requested to carry the samo into effect with full power to assent to any, modifi cation in the said Agree ment which they think) expedient in the intereats of the Company.
2. That the Capital of the Company be increased from $125,000 (divided into 5,000 shares of $25 each) to £62,500 (divided into 6,500 shares of $25 each) by the creation of 1,500 ́shares of $25 each.
Lond a
Lyon Tab-glau
Tokya
Los Angeles Tsingtau
Intern Allowed on Currant Accoupl
Deponts received for fixed periods at rsten to be btained an application.
EISHIONO, Manager. Hongkong, 6th April, 1913. [18]
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 Reserve Fund.....£1,800,000 Reserve Liability of
Silver...$17,650,000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors
.$15,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman, W. L. Pattondon, Eaq. Depaty
Chairman.
'S. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq.
C, S. Gubbay, Esq,
PH. Holyoak, Esq.
C. Landgraf, Esq.
F. Lieb, Esq.
J. A. Plummer, Esq.
Hon, Mr. E: Shellim,
1. A. Siebs, Esq. Al, Widmann, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGER': Hongkong N. J. Stabb..
ACTING MANAGER. Shanghai-J, D. Smart. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.
Hongkong-Interest Allowed:
On Current Account at the rate of 2 por cont. por anuum on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months, 2 pur cont per
anau.
For 6 months, 3 per cent. "pe
annum.
For 12 months, per cont. por
7
annum.
¡ A. G, STEPHEN," Acting Chief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK THE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Rules fay, bu obtained on ap plication. Proprietors £1,200,000 INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly FOREIGN EXCHANGE and balances at 33 per cunt, per a General Banking business trans-am. new
Depositors may transfer at their CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-option balancos of $100 or more purauant to ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re-to the Hongkong and Shanghai mentioned ceived for 1 year or shorter periods Bank to be placed on FIXED Agreomont in Resolution at rates which will be quoted on DEPOSIT t 4 per cent. per 1 ullotted as shares fully application. paid up to the said Pro curour General in Hong-
3. That the said 1,500 new
shares be the first.
acted.
Wm. DICKSON,
kong of the Society of the Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.
Missions Etrangeres in
consideration of the truns-
fer to the Company of the
property business and
goodwill referred to in the THE
Buid Agreement and upon
the footing as to dividend provided for in the said, Agreement.
Notices
anrum.
For the Hongkong and Shang Manager. hai Banking Corporation,
1.2
AO STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager. DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE
CO., LTD.
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.)
perty, zo.
4. That the new Articles al-Loans on Mortgage of House Pro-
ready approved by this Meeting and for the pou pase of identificata subscribed by the Chair man, thereof, be and the game are hereby approved and that such regulations be and they are heroby adopted as the Articles of the Company to the ex- clusion of and in substitu- tion for all the existing Artioles thereof.
Goods received on Storage.. Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Provident
System.
Dated this 5th day of June,
1914.
JARDINE, MATHESON
& Co., Ltd. 'General Managers.
Notices
NOTIE REDUCTION IN PRICE OF GAS.
THE Hongkong and China Gas
Company Ld. begs to inform the public that on, and from the JARDINE, MATHESON 1st July next the price of Gas for
& CO., LTD.
all purposes-lighting, heating. General Managers. cooking or power-WILL BE Dated this 5th day of June REDUCED to $.00 per 1,000
cubic feet.
All discounts will be withdrawn from same date.
In all play, the primul object 1914. should be to serve and return the serve so as to permit of gaining a favourable position within a yard or so of the net and to so regulate pice as to drive one's ndvorrary into a least favourable one-tint is away from the not toward the
base line; and from that initial
Notice
PARTNER WANTED,
By order of the Directors. GEORGE CURRY, ... ·
Local Secretary, Hongkong, 21st May, 1914.-
THE PEAK CLUB.
advantage, the successful pleer European import firm, holding A Musical and Dramatic Enter- can, given other thinge equal, good Contracts, is willing to severely punish his opponent by take energetic active or sleep. Peak Club on Saturday, June suddenly reverting to the smashing Partner. Moderate Capital 27th
required. Please reply: Tickets, $2.00 each for members ing volley which so invariably Splendid Prospects" c/o the and their guests, can be obtained
The smash stroke is really Hongkong Telegraph."
from the Head Boy at the Club,
(Rates and Particulars on ap
plication).
Or
The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., Undertaken and Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Cɑ. General Managers. Hongkong, 19th March, 1908 РЕЛЕ
EAK TRAMWAY Co.
LIMITED.
TIME TABLE.
WEEK DAYS.
8.03 AM 2.00 A., lo 1,000 10.00 AN 10,00 A.M. ta 11.00 AM. FL30 AM, FA 10.45 PM
Event is dfin. 10 Max.
15 MIN.
Man.
115 P.M.
1.9 7.4, to
TS MIN.
0.45 PM
ao i
1.15 1.34.3 5.00 Y.M+ to
5.50 F20
Saw.
L10 F.M.
10 MIN
NIGHT CARS
Vaga part sind. g mát, 9:30 PM, 10
1. Mavory half hour.
11:00 P36 10 1143 7 20
every quarter of aŭ bour,
SUNDAYS
1,48 4,0; to 10-30 min. Every 15 Misi,- 20:30 AM, to TI.GO A M. 1.8 AM to 11.00 Noor
C.DO NOOH to 1.00 1.3.
1.00 .5 to 5.09 2.MI 5.00 34. 5.00 KL to
8,00 3.1
7:00 74, 10
TO MIN
10
ty Max.
TO M
*
H
to Ma
7:00 PM
3.10 2.M.
·干 13 MIN.
H
to Aiza,
NIGHT CARS 1s on Wesk Days-
SATURDAYS
Extra Car to midnight.
SPECIAL CARS
By Arrogement at the Company's Office),
Alexandri Halldings,
Des Voeux load.
SINFON & Đ.
Established A. D. 1880.
3
tainment will be held at the TRON, STEEL, METAL and HARD- WARE MERCHANTH. Wholesale sad Botall Ironmongers, Pig Iron and Taundry Coke Importers. General Storet 37 King Leong Strost, (2nd Street, wed Kaepers and Shipshandlers. Nos. 35 an- of Central Market) Telephon. Ne, 615;
Capital Fully
BANK.'
Paid-up...Sh. Taols 7,300,000 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches:
4 m/s. L/U
1/11 3/16 4 m/s. D/P ......................................1/115/16
..142 m/s. Franos.....2.44.0
14246 m/s. do .....2.46
BarSilver. ready 26 1/15 forward ......26 3/16. Gold Leaf per tael.......54.70 Bank of England rate ...8% Sovereign
.10.40
Subsidiary Coins. Discount per $100: Chinose...20 ots. pieces $10 7/8 Chinese...10 Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10
"
$1134
#01/8
59 7/8
Opium Quotations.
May 14. Malwa, Now 4.68,200 per p % Malwa, Old... 8,300
Patna, New ......... 9,325 per che Patns, Old............ 9,200 Benares, New...... 9,050 Benares, Old.
8,025
TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT,
S-SELLERS
STOCKI & PAID ON VALUK. BANKS.
SA-SALES D-BUYEKS
N-NOMINAL.
LAST DIVIDED AND DATE.
£2&5/-bat ex 1/11 3/16)
equal to $23.29 for 16' yoar ending 31/12/13 Final of $3 aje 1912, In-Į Lorim of $18 a/c 1913 Final of 1 po, making
20 p.c. for 1912
CLOSING Q'TION
Hongkong & S'hai $125
MARINE INSURANCE),, Cantona
North China
$820 b.
£84
.$50 310 b.
£5 T140
Unions
$100
$775
b.
£50 $194
$20 $151 b.
$50 $385 b.
$27 for 1912
Yangtzea
55
FIRE INSURANCES. China-Fires Hongkong Fires SHIPPING. China & Manilas $25 $8 b. b. Douglas Steamship $50 $30 Steamboats. $15 $261 h. Indo-Chinas
(Preferred) £5 #64 (Deferred)
Shell" Transports' £1
Star Ferry"
REFINERIES.
China Sugars Luzon Sugars
MINING.
103/6 b.
£11 b.
{ $10 $46
$100 $79: $100 $28
Ch ́auso Engineerings £137/6
Tronols
£1 20/- Raubs
£1 $3 DOCKS, WHARVES, & CODÓWNS.
$50 $84 Kowloon Wharfs
b.
1
HK. & W'poa Docks $50 $62 Shanghai Dooks T. 100 T. 59 LANDS, BOTELS & BUILDINGS Hangkow Wharfa T. 100 T, 97 b.. Anglo French Lands T.100 T94
Hongkong Hotels. $50 $125 b.
Hongkong Ladde $100 6114 Humphreys Estates $10 1874
$30
|844
T. 80
1972}
b.
Kowloon Landa
Shanghei Lands T. 30
West Points 650
Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 F
Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow, Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Tainanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS: Messrs. N. M. Rothschil & Sons. Laou Kung Mow
Kung Yik
COTTON MILLS. ·
Ewos Shanghai Cottone
T. 50 T. 128
T. 111
T. 81 113
6,
The Union of London and Smith's Bank; Limited. Deutsche Bank (Borin), London Hongkong Cottons $10 $7
Agency,
China-Borneos $12 $11 Direction der Disconto Gesell-Light and Powers $10 $4
echaft.
Dresdner Bank.
INTEREST allowed on Current Account DEPOSITS received
MISCELLANEOUS.
Green Islands
on terms which may be learned Hongkong Electrics 110 40
on application. Every description
of Banking and Exchange busi- ness transacted.
MAX GUTSCHKE
Manager. Hougkonx, 96r Det., 1911.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
Authorised Capital .... Subscribed
Paid Up Beserve Fund
#
1
001440
BANKERS;
Do. (Spec. shares) $1) China Providents $10 $8 Dairy Farme
$6 837 b.. $10 $6
Hongkong Ioes
$25 $195 h. Hongkong Ropes $10 $24 Langkats
b.
& 10 T52
Morning Post Peak Tramway
$25 $22
b.
$10 $9
$190 ote. s. Do. (new) 'Hongkong Electric Trams 9/3
b.
£1,500,000
1,125,000 Philippines
$10 85 562,500 H. Prise & Co., Ld. $10 86 465,000
Pre-
Bank of England.
London Joint Stock Baux,
Limited.
Bóciete des f ferred
Pulpeset
1850-1820
pald
di Tonkin
up $50
Papierteries
Benefit 200 Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20T.150 Interest allowed on Current Ac-Steam Laundry 35-35 counts at 2 por cont per annum United Asbestos
on Daily Balance and on Fixed Oriontal Agency, $10 8932 b. Deposits at rates which may be sscertained on application
AR. LINTON
Manager,
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Boston, if Equalled or Bread, Cakes, Confectionery meile #th Wines & Liquons:
Ld. United Asbestos? Founders Shares Unfon Waterboat
Welsmann, Ltd. Watson William Powell
$10 $300
$10 $20.
810 830 $107.30
Corrected to 100
Jus, 123914
Final of $20 making $50 for 1912 and Interim of $30 for 1913 Final of $12 mak. $15 for
1912 & Int. of $3 for 1913/
$10 for 1912
$1. for 1906
$3.50 for yon end g30'6'19 Final of $1 for half
کره
year ending 31*12'13 (
Interim a/c year 1013 on preferred
10
shares
(Interim of 1- making 2 for 1913 Coupen No. 21.
$1.70 per share and bonus of 30 cents per share for year ending 30°4′13
$3 for 1912
$3 for 1897
Iatorim of 5% Coupon No.
3 account of year end- ing 10.6.14.
Int. of 1/6 mak.6/5a/c.19 3
1/2 for 1909
$3.50 for year 1913
$3 for 1913
Tis. 3 for 1912
Interim of Tls 3 for 1913
Tis. 6 29'2'10
$7 on old shares, $3.50)
$3
од
now sharos for year 31 12 13
for year ending
31 12.13
43
50 cents for 1913
$2.80 for: 1913
Interim of 5 p.c. for
year ending 30°6′13 $2,251 for year
31.12.13.
ending]
15 per cent. for 1910
Tls. 15 for year ending]
31'10'13
Tis 10 for year end
ing 30°6′13
T. 12 for yearend'g 31′12′′12. Tia. 12 for year ending
30*11*13
30 cents 31.7.08
$1.20 for 1913
70 cents for 1913
$1.30 for year end'g 31'713)
40 cents for 1911
$1.80 per share for 1913
$7 final making $9 for 1915 $2 for 1913
fInterim of Tls. 1 mak- ling Tls. 2 afo 1913 None
80 cents on fully paid)
abares and 8 cents on
$1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.14
Interim of 1d. per share"
for 1913.
None
$1.50 for 1910
None
No dividend this year
50 ots. for year end'g 31.5.12
(20: por nent. per ordinary share for year ended 31'5'1912
$1.25 per share for year
ending 31 12 1913
25 per cent. for year
ending 31711
70 cents for 1913
50 ats. year ending 8.30.13 WRIGHT AND HORNBY abire sud
WA
General brokers & Des Ypaus Road Central Tel address Recnade,
Say "Tukgraph" does not hold itself responsible for any of the above quastations,