Commercial
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
PUBLIC COMPANIES
NOTICES
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
HONGKONG-
BANKING OORPORATION.
American Cotton Mills Marking | ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
Time.
Providence, July 31.-The In the matter of the Companies botton goods market of Now England is in the midst of the
Ordinance 1911
and
Annual July slump, coupled with In the matter of the Hongkong
Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. the exceedingly poor baying that
se been the rule for the past overal weeks. There has beenOTICE is hereby given that
a
now.
the
BANKS
INTER ATHIMAL BANKING LOBRORATION.
Head Oflcea, Wall Street, New York London Ollos;—jé, Diakopagita, K.C
BRANCHES
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDIN-
ARY
Bombar
Calcutta
EETING.
Color Kapire Hongkong
NOT
Caplint and Burplan......
Kobe Mandla
Meničn
Pasaka
Paking
San Francica
Shanghai.
Yokohama
Gold $7,300,000 aqua**
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI
NAG ACCOUNTS opened on the "wasan |
"DEPOSITS RECEIVED, Kad lor que pier st
may be sacerload
BILLS NETnd COLLECTED, MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES LETTERS OF 'CHEDIT and DRAFTS granted on all the petecipal cities in the World******
wide.
THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CBBUIT avaliablil over the World fasad
COMMERCIANT. LETTRES OF CREDIT PURCHASE and SALE of Stocke na . Shares PRAVELLERS CHECKS, sold and sashed.
red
GEORGE HOGÓ,::
Manager.
1914
BANKS
*Selling Hangi F/T...................1/94. HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand..........1/13/16
BANKING CORPORA-
30 da.....1/936 -
VAATION, SALA 600/..........1/9 15/16
Paid-up Capital.815.000.000 RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
£1,500,000 at 2/4
-$15,000,000
Silver$18,000,000)
4 m/s ................................1/ 10: T/T Shanghai even76.
Private 30 dis night
T/T Singapore................7758
TT Japan
T/T India
Demand India
$33,000,000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors.... $15,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Chairman:
!
Chairman. Y
S. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. C, B. Gubbay, Esq. P.-H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Beq. Hon. Mr. E. Shallim. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabh ACTING MANAGER Shanghai-J. D. Smart. London Bankers--London County and Westminster Limited.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. a Petition was on the 20th
that an EXTRAOR some stoppage of machinery, but day of August, 1914, presented to
the no change in the number of work-the Supreme Court of Hongkong DINARY MEETING of
in this ing hours in the various plante. by the above named Company to SHAREHOLDERS Business is reported to be poor by confirm an alteration of the said Corporation will be held at the ham, of for shorter serious, at rates, which W. Ja Fattenden, Esq. Deputy most of the cotton goods manu- Company's objects proposed to be City Hall, Hongkong, on Satur- acturers, and there are some effected by a Special Resolution day, the 19th day of September; bobines that have no work. of the Company unanimously 1914, at Noon, when the sub- passed at an Extraordinary joined resolution, which was Many of the manufacturers are
General Meeting of the passed at the Extraordinary alling their present orders, and said Company
held on the Meeting of the Shareholders in sre marking lime until the begin 4th day of June 1914 and sub-this Corporation held on the ning of the new cotton year, sequently unanimously confirmed 2nd day of August, 1914, will be comes in a little more at an Extraordinary General submitted for confirmation as & which
han
month
They Meeting of the ssid Company Special Resolution -
held on the 30th day of June 1914 re hoping that, crop will bring with it a better and which Resolution: runs as
follow- business. The cotton spinners and yarn dealers are finding bos. ness of a spotty nature, and taples are almost a drug upon he market, even with softer orices. There is considerable demand for Oxford mixtures hav- ng in them 25, 50, or 75 per cent. of white cotton. This busi- bese, which was taken up slowly at first, bids fair to be the best for the different yarn salesmon during the coming season,
and
"That the provisions of the "Company's Memorandum of "Association with respect to is objects be altered, so as "to road as in the Print signed · "by the Chairman of the
Meeting for the purposes of "identification."
And notice is further given that' the said Petition is directed to be heard before His Honour Mr. Henry Hossy Johnston Gomperts Acting Chief Justice of the sald Court on Wednesday the 21st day ast now there is hardly enough of October 1914 at 10,30 o'clock Oxford yarn in the market to sup-in the forenoon and any person bly the demand. There has been interested in the said Company
Creditor DB
policy Bome talk about curtailment am-whether
otherwise desirous ong the spinners during the past holder or
en days, but the general opinion to oppose the making of an n the trade is that none of the order for the confirmation of
said
under 'alteration factories will close down. There the
the above Ordinance should may be, however, some michinery stopped from now to the end of appear at the time of hearing by himself or his Counsel for the
the present cotton year. The purpose and a copy of the said Fall River Manufacturers' Asso-Petition will be furnished to any iation had for some time talked such person requiring the same of curtailment in the cotton milla, by the undersigned the Company's but the organization, at a meeting Solicitors on payment of the re- hold a few days ago; decided gulated charge for the same.
that there would be no general Dated the 21st day of August. the situation considerably. Some DEACON, LOOKER. DEACON
ourt lment, which has relievod 1914.
of the Fall River mills are making money, while there are many of hem that are just making de- preciation coats or a little more. It is the contention of millmen whose plants are making money hat they should not curtail in or- fer to helpout their brother manu facturers. This attitude is the one which is always assumed by Fall River and New Bedford manu- facturers in times similar to those prevailing at present.
& HARSTON",
1. Des Voeux Road, Central,
Hongkong, Solicitors for the Company.
REINALD DENNÍS,
Deceased,
That the Deed of Settlement of the Company be altered in manner following:-
fr
(a) That the following words be struck out of lines two and three of Article 56,
Queen's Road, Hongkong Hongkong, 1st Nov. 1912
Hongkong-Interest Allowed;
On Current Account at the rate]
T/T Bɔmbay
189
136.
13614
Demand Bombay....1364 T/T Calcutta Demando aloutta...1964 Demand Manila T/T, San Fou & N.Y.14%
89
Demand, New York 444 T/T, Java .....10894
Subsidiary Coins. -Discount per $100: Chinese...20 ots. pieces $14 1/8 Chinese...10. Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10
CHANGE.
$15 $104 $107/16
T/T. Maska učeni Demand Germany... T/T. Franca......... On Haiphong c On Saigon.*.***
Nom.
On Bangkok.85:1/8 Ang Buyinɛ.mt.
4 m/s 1/01/1094 4 m/s. D/P...1/10 3/4 6 m/s L/O webu, 1/11... 30d/6.9'ney & M, 1/10 7/8 30 daBan Foc&N;Y{46 3/8/
4 m/s. Marks......
mis. France 199...
6 m/s. do
Gold Leaf per tael .. $57.20 A Sovereign
BarSilver, ready 25
forward
Bank of England rate
10.90 Nom
Opium Quotatione.
July 17 Malwa, New.....88,300 per p Malwa, Old ......... 8,300 Patna, New
Nom
........... 9,325 per che Patna, Old.... 9,100 Benares, New 3,050 Bouares, Old..... 8,825
TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT
namely, the words "for not YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK of 2 per cent. per annum on the Hongkong & S'hai #125
exceeding
fifteen days
before and seven days after every ordinary, Moeting and that the following words bo adopted and aubstituted
fi
THE
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
daily balance-
BA-SALES B-BUYERS N-NOMINAL
S-SELLERS
STOCKS & FALD OF VALON. BANKE
Ccoring
$852) Nomina!
MARINE INSURANCES,
$50
£841-
31716 £5 T142
$100 $795
ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months, 2 per cent. per Cantons
North China
For 6 months, 3 per cent per
annum.
annum.
annum,
therefor; Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 30,000,000 namely: during Bush Paid-up Capital ...
18,900,000 For 12 months, 4 per cent per Unions. time as the Court thinks Reserve Fund ..... fit, not exceeding in the whole thirty days in each year."
(b) That the following words be struck out of the last line of Article
50, namely, "after the Meeting and that the following words bb adopted and substituted therefor, namely. "after the re-opening of the Register."
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.
Branches
Antung-Hsien
Bombay Calcutta Changchun
Daina Fragtien Hacia door
Kobe
Iso-Ying
Lond.a
Lyozi
Tsingtau
Agencies at Nagasc
Newchwang
New York
Osaka
Pakla Kroits (Part
Arthur)
San Franciico
Shanghai
Tientsin
Tekys
Los Angeles Talogiza
A. G, STEPHEN, Aoting Chief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
Interest Allowed on Current Account. Deposits received for fand perioda at rates to be BANKING.
(c) That Articles 76, 77ained, in vicinitas
and 78 be cancelled.
HE Business of the above TH
Bank is oondusted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI CORPORATION Rules may be obtained on ap
INTEREST on deposits in al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $34 per cent. per an-
BISHI ONO, Manager.plication.
(d) That the following Hongkong, 6th April, 1913.
Articles be adopted and substituted for Articles
76, 77 and 78, namely
1.
CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal
* Charter 1859.
[18
num.
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more
Yangtezes
£50 8194 112K INSURANCES China Firea
820 $155 $50 $998 Hongkong Fires SHIPPING China & Manilas: $25 $8 Douglas Steamship" $50 $31 Steamboate
Indo-Chinas
$15 $2756
(Preferred) 25 $56 (Deferred)
80/-
£11
"Shell" Transports £1
"Star Forry".
{ $10 $45
REFINERIES
$100 $77 $100 $28
to the Hongkong and Shanghai China Bugars Bank to be placed on FIXED Luzon Sugars DEPOSIT «t 4 per cont. per
annum.
MINING,
For the Hongkong and Shang. Chinese Engineeringe £197/6 hai Banking Corporation,
A. G. STEPHEN, • Acting Chiof Manager.
ARTICLE. 76. "General THE CHARTERED BANK OF Meetings shall be held once in INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND every year, at such time and place in the Colony as may be proscribed by the Company in General Meeting and if no such time or place is prescribed, then at such time and place as HEAD OFFICE. LONDON: may be determined by the Paid-up Capital ..... £1,200,000 Court, and unless and until Reserve Fund....... ....................£1,800,000 otherwise prescribed or deter-Reserva Liability of mined as aforesaid 'a Gen- Proprietors..... £1,200,000 eral Meeting shall be held in the "month of February in every FOREIGN EXCHANGE and
year."
General Banking business trans- ARTICLE 77.-" The Gerieral | soted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- Meetings mentioned in the last preceding Article shall be called ad and FIXED DEPOSITS re- Authorised Japital "Ordinary Meetings."
ceived for 1 year or shorter periods Subsoribed ARTICLE 78. All other at rates which will be quoted on Paid Up "General Meetings shall be application. DAVID SASSOON & Co., Ltd.
Reserve Fund "called Extraordinary Meet-
Wm. DICKSON, mencement of hostilities in Eur-Hongkong, 8th September, 1914.
War Paralyses Chinese Trade.
From the mercantile community it is learned that since the 'com.
ope, Chinese exports to foreign
Countries have been at a stand-
atill. The demand for tea and
silk has ceased 'sad the demand
for human bair, which has lately enjoyed an emtensive wale in foreign markets, has also been paralysed. As to the exportation
CREDITORS against the above
Estate are notified to send
in their claims to the undersigned not later than the 30th inst, afe" ter which date they will not b- recognised.
NOTICES,
NOTICE.
The business of the Paris
of curios, embroidered articles Toilet has been acquired by the and other manufactured objects, Hongkong Turkish Bath and
it is in complete suspension.
Hamadryad Killed in F.M.S. A hamadryad has been killed in the dining room of a seaside bangalow near Morib. Leaving the room after tiffin, the Manager noticed his dog pointing at something under a small table in the corner of the room, and, on investigating saw a large soake coiled up.
Toilet Company. Limited.
DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL. KOWLOON.
School reopens on Thursday. September 10th at 9 a.m.
PEAK CLUB.
By kind permission of Col.') Having the table Watson and Officers, the Band of Garefully lifted from over the the 74th Punjabis will play at the reptile, he killed it with n' rotan. Peak Club on the night of Satur On examination it proved to be day next, the 12th inst, commen ahamadryad of 8/9 feet long. cing at 9.15 pm.
How the anake entered the bung-
alow, which is 8 feet off the
By Order, THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE.
ground with nothing in the way Hongkong, 7th September, 1914
of cover bencath, eurrounded by
a garden with closely-mown lawn,
and why, remains a mystery.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO.,
LIMITED W
MAN LOONG.
FIRST-DLASS PRESERVES, GINDE AND SOY MANUFACTURERS
Factory at Yeumati OFFICE:No.36, Dee Youx Road, W. Telephone. No. 177 &E. 19.
THE ORDINARY GENERALWE are the leading Manufacturers in this class of Goods. Our Fruit &
arrangemante.
MEETING OF SHAREHOLD Gingers are all fresh and of the first plak ERS in the above Company will Our Byrup is prepared from the best be held at the Company's Offices, quality of, Sugar. We give our special on Saturday the 26th of Septem attention to our business and sanitary ber, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with a Statement of Accounts to 30th June, 1914
The TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from the 12th to the 28th of September, both days
inclusive.
DOUGLAS LAPBAIK & Co,
A General Managers, Hongkong, 5th September, 1914.
SINGON & CO.
Established Aï:D. 1880.
"jugs.
Manager.
(6) That Article 90 be Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. "[ £
altered by inserting and adopting after the word "holding" in line five thereof the words "or representing by proxy and by striking out at
the end of the said Article PEAK
the worde present in person,"
(f) That the following words be added to Article 94: The Court may from time to time pay "to the Shareholders auch interim dividends as appear to be just- "ified by the position of
the Company,"
1
(g) That the following words be struck out of the first three and a half lines of Article 174, namely, the words "Half-
year ending the 30th June and the 31st "December, shall make a general Half-Yearly," and that the following words be adopted and substituted therefor
Year ending the 31st day of December shall "make a General.” (b) That the word "Half" be struck out of the 18th line, of Article 174 and also out of the 6th line. of Article 175:
(1) That the word "twice"
and "the words
the 30th day of June and " be struck out of lines 4 and 5 of Article 176 and that the word "once" be adopted and substituted for the word "twice” in the fourth line thereof... (1) That the words for the Ordinary, Half Yearly
£1 26/3 Tronobs
£1 $3 Raubs DOCKS, WHARVES, & GODOWNS Kowloon Wharfe $50 $85 H.K.&Wpos Dooke $50 $63 Shanghai Dooks T. 100 T. 55 Hongkow Wharfs T. 100 T. 91 LANDS, HOTELS, & BUILDINGS Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94- £1,500,000 | H'kong Central E'tes $100 $103
1,125,000
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
562,500 Hongkong Hotels $50 $128 465,000
NOTICES,
BANKERS:. Bank of England. London Joint Stock Baur,
Limited..
TEAMWAY. CO LIMITED:
TIME TABLE,
7.00 4.6 to 10
to
13.00 AM, 20 31:30 AM, to 104 1.3 to
TAS SAG, LO, 1:43 PM, to 6.55 1.M. 10 5:00 7,164
WEEK DAYS.
5.00 ... Evary 31 Man,
11.00 A.X
*
335 PM.
#.35 E-M1 100 750
No 7.M.
NIGHT CARS
3 MIN
Maxi
*
Mo St
.sc. and g‘e-act, piye Pi. 10
81.00 IČKI Tvary hall boar ILDO P.M. to 11.45 1.0 'every quarter of nabour
SUNDAYE
· 7.68 4.m. 90 · 1030 AM, Beray 15 Mix, Idiya, k 17.00 AM, 10
13,00 AM 18.00, NOOM 13.00 No 20–3:00 PM.
1.00 732) lo
1.007 N
Loo # 10
F100 Lo
Hongkong Lands $100 $110
$50 $71
Humphreys Eatates $10 871 Kowloon Lands $30 $44 Shanghai Lands T. 30. T. 92 West Points Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. &
Ewos Shanghai Cottons
Laou Kung Mow
Every description of Exchange business transacted.
Interest allowed on Current Ac counts at 2 per cent per annum on Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposits at rates which may be Kung Yik ascertained on application.
LAST BITIDEND AND HATE
£2&5/-b.atex 1/11-3/16)
equal to $23,29 for 14 year ending 31/12/13
Final of $3 a/c 1912. In-t terim of $18 s/o 1913 J Final of 10 p.o, making
20 p.o. for 1912 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
$27 for 1912
$1 for 1906.
$2.50 for year end’g30'6'13. Final of $1, for half) year ending 31°12′15 ] f3% Interim a/o" year.
1913 on preferred shares
(Final of 5/-. making 7 for 1913 Coupon No. 22.
$1.70 per share and bonus of 30 cents per share, för "year ending 30*4*13
$3 for 1912.
$3 for 1897.
Interim of5% Coupon No..
3 account of year end- ing 30.6,14,
Int. of 1/6 mak. 6/6a/o.19*3 1/2 for 1909.
$3.50 for year 1913
49 for 1913;
Tis. 3 for 1912-
Interim of Tls 3 for 1913
Tls, 6·29'2'10
First year,
$7 on old sharus, $3.50)
on new shares for year 311213
$314 for 14 year ending 30.6.14
50 cents for 1913
$2.80 for 1913 -
Interim of 5 p.c.for
year ending 30'S′13 $2,00,1°
for 16 year 30.6.14
ending
15 per cent. for 1910
ing 30'6'18
Tla. 10 for year, ond
T. 12 for year end'g31′12′′12 .
Tie, for yest er
30′11'13 14
COTTON MILLS.
T. 50
*T. 137
T. 123
Tle. 15 for year ending)
31.1013
#
T. 84
18716
50 cents 31.7.08
$12 Light and Powers $101 $4.90
Do. (Bpeo.shares) $1
$11
$1.20 for 1913
$6838
Hongkong Cottons" $10
MISCELLANEOUS A. R. LINTON China-BorneoB...
Manager.
NOTICE.
PROVIDENT
THE CHINA
LOAN AND MORTGAGE
China Providents $10 $8 Dairy Farms
Green Islande":
$10 $6.60
Hongkong Electrics $10 843
Hongkong Ices
$25.8215
Hongkong Ropes: $10 $25 Langkats
70 cents for 1913.
$1.30 for year end′g ${'7'13 S
40 cents for 1911 and as portre $1.80 per share for 1913
Interim of $2) a/c 1914
32 for 1913 1
fInterim of Tla. 1 mak. ling Tls. 2 n/a 1913 None
8. 10. T. 48
CO., LTD.
Morning Post $25
$29
Peak Tramway
$10
as Mawe
! ป
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.)
10 M.
Do.. (new) Hongkong Electric Trams 11/6
:$1
810
90.ots.
$10 $5
None
NIGHT CARS as on Work Days.
SATURDAYS
Extra Car`at'" (to "midnighi.
PECIAL CARE
By, Arrangement at the Company's Q5ts, Almuuden Huldings.
Des Voeux Rold
NOTICE
Loans on Mortgage of House Pro | Philippines perty, &c.
B. Price & Co., Ld. $1066 Goods received on Storage.
P1 Pre. Advances made on Merchandise: Societe des ferred Loans made on the Provident
Bystem.
(Rates and Particulars on ap
plication).":N
The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY; &j Undertaken and Executed.
Fulpeset
1820
80 cents on fully paid】
shares and 8 cents on $1paid shares for year ending 30.4.14 Final of 6d. making 7id. per share for 1913,
$1.50 for 1910
None
No dividend this year 35 ote. for year end'g 31.5.14.
(20 per cent, per ordinary share for year ended 31-5'1912
$50 Papeteries pald du Tonkin
up $50
$200 Benefit Shanghai-Sumatras T. 201.150
135 Steam Laundry 85 United Asbestos
Oriental Agency, $10 8912 b. Lds jaun United Asbestos Į
$300 $10 Founders Shares)
$18 Union Waterboat $10
$10% #30 Weismann, Ltd. Long Shanghai, Kobe and THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Watson Yokohama the last port of call Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled. William Powell, Ltd. being Haiphong, until further For Bread, Cakes Confectionery Rekry !nóties.
and meals with Wines & Liquor Co KG Jay 31, 1914
Gaaral brokers & Dan Tower Road Central Zel, Pääruos Recitada, -Cha "Falograph” does not hold lasti responsible for any of the shove gustallend
and the words, as the "THE Compagnie des Messager- les Maritimes beg to inform case may be "be struck out-of-lines-10-and-11-of the pubile that during the present hostilities in Europe, their Mail Article 177. By Order of the Court of Stesters will not call at Hong-
"BON, STEEL, METAL and HARD- and Retall Ironmongers, Pig Iron and Directors,
■*WARE MERCHANTS, WEDZKAI
Foundry Coke Importers, General Store- Weyers and Balpahandlers, No: 65 and 31, fing Long Bifrosty (2nd Street), arasi of Central Market) Telephone No. 815.
A.G.STEPHEN", Acting Chief Manager. Hongkong 24th August, 1914.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers. Hongkong, 19th March, 1908.
$84
$1.25 per share for yearl
ending 81*12*1913
25 per cent, for your
ending 3171
70 bants for 1913
50 ota. yearending 6.30,13 WRIGHT AND HORNBY "L