THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1914.
SOCIETY OF
apart for the rabber industry also ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. supply a wealth of information
Among lus many institutions which have been established for the purpose of doing good, help ing the indigents, and saccouring orphans and abandoned infancy, irrespective of creed and nationality, there is, probably, none that excels the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
apart from the actual company statistics. The whole book is thoroughly up to the standard set by the publishers in previous issues, and business men should make a point of adding a copy to their office libraries.
Prince of Wales. A writer in the World says; Balf a century has elapsed. I hear from his brother officera siace a branch of this charitable in the lat Battalion of too institution was established in this Grenadier Guards that the Prince. Colony, and in reviewing the of Wales has astonished them all. Society's reports, published by his superb physical condition annually, one can judge of the and powera of endurance. Ai immense good the Society has the end of a ten-mile route mareh be is as fresh as a daisy, and The Council-General of the wanting to know when the serious Society announce that the sanus! work of the day is going to begin. Al Fresco Fete, under the le is universally liked, and las distinguished patronage of His all the makings of a great Excellency the Governor and
done...
Lady May, will be hold on Sun-
soldier."
Shanghai's Second Contingent.
Another party of British Volun- | day, November 8, in the comteers is shortly to leave Shanghai pound of the Roman Catholic for London, where they will offer Cathedral, and they bope the residente of Hongkong will give their services for the war.
their best possible support ou behalf of the poor under the charge of the Society.
The abstract of accounts from Outober 1, 1913, to September 30, 1914, is as followe:-
Receipts.
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Balanco Proceeds of Al Fresco
Fete Donation from Colonial Govern.
ment
"
Subscriptions from
Hon. Memur÷ Collections from San- day Meetings.** Sundry Donations ... Donation "Twelfth Night" perform-
ance
Subscription Insp. F. Fisher 12 months at $5.
Interest, etc...*
Total
$1,223.86
1,891.11
"100 00
130,00
243.02 55.00
The contingent will comprise about 25, and nearly all are ex-service
men.
Most of them come from the outports, chiefly Tientsin,, which town is sending fifteen; Bome are coming from Newob- wang. The number from Shang- hai is rot definitely known.
TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENT,
HONGKONG JOCKEY OLUB, NOTICE OF EXTRAORDIN- ARY MEETING,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAORDIN- ARY GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the above Club: will be held at the Offices of the Hongkong Jockey Club situate on 450.00 the Ground Floor of the Hong-
kong Club Annexe. Chater Road, Hongkong, on SATURDAY the 0000 21st day of November, 1914, at 32.70 NOON, when the sub-joined re- solutions, which were passed at the Extraordinary General Moot- ing of the Members of the above Club held on the 31st October, 1914, will be submitted for con- firmation as Special Resolutions,
$3,988.59
Expenditure. Weekly allowance to 92 families in tickets and cash.. $2,770.60 Christmas allowances. Wanchai Hospit i for
medical attend-
ance,
eto...
medicine
Allowance to Wanchai
Convent
under the care of the Italian Sisters...
Extra allowance to dostitutes, medi- cine, funeral ex- penses & petties... West River Relief
Fand
92.50
190.00
1-That the Rules and Regula-. tions of the Hongkong Jockey Club be altered in the manner following:-
(a) That Clause 3 thereof be
"cancelled.
(b) That the following clause
'be adopted and substi tuted for clause 3, viz..
3. The objects for which the 80.00 Club is established are:-
48 55
Balance.......in mys
50.00 844.91
$3,086.50
(Sigued) A. J. C. da ROCHA,
Treasurer General.
OF VALUE TO
BUSINESS MEN:
Business men throughout the Far East will welcome the appear. ance of the China Stook and Share Handbook for 1914, com-: piled and published by MosS, H. E Morrisa and O. R. Maguire, aud printsi by the North China Daily News and Herald, Lid Shanghai. Tuo publication is a mine of infralion regarding Far Eastern jo atstock companier, and the facts which it contains are marshalled in such an crderi as to be most easy of reference. There are seventeon sections to the book, which rane to close on 300 pages, and in regard to all the companies covered part culars' ara given concerning the capital, the directorates, eto, comparative figures are supplied showing the financial positions of the companies at the close of each financial year from 1900 onwards.
while
Under the Stock Exchange! Bection especially useful will be found the explanations of stock exchange terme, the financial brevities, the list of authorised anditore, and the business form samples used by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. In the section devoted to r-tas cf exchange, loans elo, thera sra tables shox- ing the higheat and lowest rates of silver and exchange, table of conversions, decimal equivalent of fractions, etc. The pages sat
(a) To encourage and con- trol racing in Hongkong. (b) To regulate race meet- ings and racing 'matters in Hongkong and to frame rules for the same and more stringently to enforce such rules when mada.
(c) To administer the race
fund.
(d) To acquire,-hold, manage
and control the Race Course, Training Course, Grand Stand and other ground and buildings appropriated for racing and any other lands and buildings acquired by the Club for the purposes, of its business. (e) To afford to all its Mem- bers all the usual privile- ges and advantages of a Club and to afford the same to such Honorary Members, Visitors and Candidates for Member- ship and others as the Stewards under their powers in the Rules and Bye-laws of the Club shall determine, To carry on the business of Social and Racing Club and of a Rare-Course Company in all its branches and in particu- lar to lay out and prepare any land for the running of horse or pony races, steeplechases or faces of any other kind and for the drilling or reviewing of troops and for any kind of athletic sports and for playing thereon' games of orioket, bowls, golf, olay pigeon shoot- ing, lawn tennis, polo or any other kind of amuse- ment, recreation, sport or entertainment. To con- struct grand or other stands, bootha, stabling for horses, paddocks, refreshment rooms and other erections, buildings and conveniences whe ther of a permanent or temporary nature which may seem directly or indirectly conducive to the Club's objects and to conduct, hold and pro
mote race meetings and
athletic sports, polo, lawn DAIRY FARM NEWS.
tennis and other matches, agricultural, horse,flower and other shows and ex- hibitions and otherwise utilize the Club's proper- ty and rights and to give and contribute towards prizes, cups, stakes and other carry
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(f) To purchase, take on lease, or in exchange,, bire or otherwise acquire and improve, manago, develop and exercise all rights in respect ot, lease,; Mortgage, sell dispose of turn to account, or other- wise deal with any real or personal property.of any kind and any rights or, privileges which the Club niay think neces- sary or convenient for the
purpose of its business and in particu- lar any land, buildings, easements, machinery, plant, goods and materi- als, and to construct,. maintain and alter any buildings or works
necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Club
(g) To fit and construct any
con-
such buildings or any part thereof as stabling for horses or other ani- mals with all such other buildings and. veniences appurtenant thereto and appliances as are usual, necessary or expedient to be used in connection or in con- junction with stebling...... (h) To stable horses and animals in any such stabling.
(i) To let out for hire, or
rent such stabling or any part thereof either to members or non-mem- bers of the Club upon such terme and condi- tions as the Stewards for the time being of the Club think fit.
(i) To receive horses and
other animals at livery and to deal in borses, cowe, and other animals and in corn, straw and fodder of all kinds, saddlery, harness, horse clothing and all such other articles as &re. usually appurtenant thereto and to act as makers and repairers of saddlery and harness and as job masters and livery stable keepers in all their branches.
(k) To buy, sell, manipulate
and deal in both whole- sale and retuil commodi- ties, articles and things of all kinds and to carry on any other business which may seem to the Club capable of being conveniently dealt in or carried on in connection with the above mentioned objects or any of them or which may seem calcul- ated, directly or indirect- ly, to render profitable or enhance the value of any of the Club's propor- ty or rights. (1) Toacquire and undertake
the whole or any part of the business, property and liabilities of any praon or Company carrying on business which this Club મ authorised to carry on or possessed of property suitable for the purposes of this Club.
(m) To amalgamate, enter!
into partner. hip or into any arrangement for eharing profits, union of interests, co-operation, joint adventure, recipro cal concession or other- wise with any person or Company carrying on or 'ongaged in or about to carry on or engage in any business or transao- tion which this Club is authorised to carry on or engage in or any busi- noss or transaction which this Club is au-
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TO-DAY'S ADVERTISEMENTS.
ted so as directly or in directly to benefit this Club, and to take or otherwise acquire and hold shares of stock in or securities of and to sub- sidize or otherwise assist any such Company and to sell, hold reissue with or without guarantee or otherwise deal with such shares or securities. (n) To promote any Com- pany for the purpose of acquiring all or any of the property, rights and liabilities of the Club-or for any other purpose which may seem, directly or indirectly, calculated to benefit this Club.
(o) To give subscriptions to or donations to the runds of any charitable
or benevolent institution or project and to hold race meetings for any speci- fied purpose and to donate the whole or any portion of the profits such race meetings to such obari table or benevolent insti- tutions or project, as the Stewards may deter- "mine. That the following clause be in-
serted after Clause 4 viz. :-
from any
4a. The Stowards shall have power to effect and carry out any of the objects set forth in Clause 3 hereof and the "members shall be personally "liable to indemnify the Stew "ards' in respect of any liabi- "lity incurred by them in the "effecting or carrying out of such objects or in any man- ner connected therewith."
"4b. The Stewards shall have "full power to make such Bye- laws as they may deem nec- essary in connection with the carrying out of any of the "said objects set forth in Clause 3 hereof and for the regulation of the affairs of the Club,
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and adopting after the words "the ground and buildings" in Line 3 thereof the words and stables" and by striking out the word "and". before the word "buildings" in the said Bnö thereof and by inserting and adopting after the words "and ho" in Lino 6 thereof the words
shall have power to enter into contracts in relation thereto with. power to sue and enforce the same and he."""
That Clause 9. be altered by inserting and adopting after the word "concluded "in line 7 there- of the words "they shall elect their own Chairman" and by inserting and adopting after the words." Members of the Club" in Line 10 thereof the words. "they eball have power to appoint sub- committees for special purposes."
By order,
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T. F. HOUGH, Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, 3rd November, 1914.
BANK HOLIDAY. N accordance with Ordinance No. 5 of 1912 the EXC CHANGE BANKS will be closed for the transaction of Public Business on MONDAY the 9th instant. Hongkong, 4th November, 1914.
FOR THE LADIES.
MADAME D. C. CASULLI, &
Parisian Dressmaker and Certificated Pupil of the "IN- DUSTRIAL SCHOOL" of Paris, once a Princical and a "Model. lat" in the Firms of OLIVAN- BREVET, DOEUILLET, and BEER of Paris-a Special Firm for purchases in Paris.
'GRANDS MAGASINS DU
LOUVRE " of Paris. Sole Agent for Hongkong, Kowloon, Macao and Canton.! All Goods coming from that Firm are to be Sold at the same Rate as in Paris. The latest Catal gue will be placed at the disposal of: the Ladies, if required..
Madame D C. CASULLI,
Peak Hotel, Rooms Nos. 91 and 92. Hongkong, 5th November, 1914.
AL FRESCO FETE
In Aid of the Funds of the SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL,
To be held in the Compound of the ORMAN CATHOLIC
"40. The property and effects" "of the Club shall be vested in Two Trustees, in Trust for the Members for the timo "being. The Trustees shall remain in office until death or resignation, or until a Gener- "al Moeting shall think pro- per to remove them or any of "them. The Trustees shall be "selected by the Stewards from amongst the ordinary "Members of the Club; and on a vacaney occurring amongst "the Trustees a new Trustee, 8th
shall be selected in the same way No personal liability "shall attach to aly Trustee, UNDE "except to the extent of such *Funds of the Club as may be
actually received by him."
"4d. The Stewards may
"from time to time at their "discretion raise or borrow" or "secure the payment of any sum or sums of money for the purposes of the Club."
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40. The Stewards may "raise or secure the payment or repayment of such moneys "in such manner and upon "such terms and conditions in "all respects as they think fit *and in particular by the issue of debentures or dobenture "stook charged upon all or any part of the property of the "Club (both present and "future)."
CATHEDRAL,' on SUNDAY." November, 1914, from 9 p.m.
to 11.90 p.m.
the Distinguished Patronage of HE the Governor and Lady May, ADMISSION TICKET ...SI which is entitled to a Souvenir
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By the Courtesy of the Philhar monio Sooloty their Orchestra will be in attendance from 9 to 11.30 p.m.
Tickets can be obtained at the Roman Catholic Cathedral Com pound on SUNDAY, 8th Novem ber, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and at the Gats on the night of the Fete.
The various, stalls will be opened for Jinspection by the public from 3 to 8 p.m. on the 8th 4f. The Funds of the Club November. "may be invested by the Hongkong, 5th November, 1914, "Stowards either by purchase: "of or loan upon real and per *sonal property. (including
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