GENERAL NEWS.
Chinese Holidays. A report from Peking says that¦ although Parliament had resolved to appoint December 25 as a national holiday, the Government
·lise now decided that December 25 in the correct date, as the notaal one of the declaration of in- -“dépendanca by Tunnin. The fol- lowing list of national holidays - has been submitted lɔ the Govern
mint for promulgation:-October 10. The Wachang, uprising, January 1, Inauguration at Narking of the Republican Gov- vernment. February 2, Union of North and South. April 8, Open- `ing of Parliament. December 25,
Yunnan uprising.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
CEO. P. LAMMERT.
AUCTIONEER, SHARE &
GENERAL BROKER,
ΤΗ
“HE Undersigned bas received
instructions to sell by Pub-|
ilc Auction on
SATURDAY, the 30th Decem- ber, 1916,
commencing at li a.m.
at his Sales Rooms, Duddell
Street,
The following Wines & Spirit :—
25 cases Younger's Light Ale
(pints).
20 cases Gaelic Whisky,
10 do Sherry.
20
do French Vermouth.
35 do Modoc.
19 do Ch. Talbot (quarts),
10 do Ch. Montrose do.
-10 do Ch. Mouton
do.
10 do Ch. Yquem- On view Now,
do.
Terms: Cash on delivery.
GEO. P. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer.
NOTICES.
HONGKONG HOTEL GRILL ROOM.
FINAL PERFORMANCE OF KISMET" ON 30th DECEM-
BER, 1916.
IN view of the fact that the
above performance will com- mence at 7.30 p.m. an after Theatre Supper will be served in the Grill Room at 10.45 p.m.
SUPPER TICKETS $2.00 PER HEAD.
The entire proceeds of the sale of the above will be devoted
to
"STAR AND GARTERFUND." Intending patrons re kindly -requested to book seats before-
hand.
Plan and tickets may be ob tained at the Hotel Office.
HONGKONG ELECTRIC
No
CO., LTD.
JOTICE IS HEREBY given that the demand for Elec- tricity has almost reached the limit of the capacity of the pre- sent Generating Plant, and as a result no further applications for new connections can be accepted as from 1st January next, until completion of the New Power Station at North Point. It was fully expected that the North 'Point Station would have been completed and running before now, but owing to The War work la respect of the new plant bas been very considerably delayed.
By Order of The Board, GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO.
Agents. Hong cong, 14th, December, 1916.
TSANG FOOK.
A Wanchal Road. Tt'ephone Lay PIANOS & ORDANS REPAIRED, TUN- ED & REGULATED. GASES EX-POLISH- ED. WORK & FINISH QUARANTEED CONSISTENT LOWEST CHARGES
WITH BEST WORKMANSHIP. TIMATES GIVEN ON REQUEST.
"For: the Blood is the Litfa."!
DO YOU SUFFER
trom any SEIN OF BLOOD DEZAKE
Knal of the gap
Erşan whoever
Clarke's Blood Mixture
NOTICES.
MOUTRIE'S
NEW MODELS
OF THE FAMOUS ENGLISH PIANOS
BY
WEBER
AND
ALLISON
INSPECTION INVITED.
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.
N..
LAZARUS,
OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN.
THE ONLY
EUROPEAN OPTICIAN
IN THE COLONY.
DOCTORS' PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY FILLED.
N. LAZARUS,
NOTE THE ADDRESS,
REPAIRS ! REPAIRS !!
OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN 24, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
REPAIRS !!!
CHRONOMETERS. CHRONOGRAPHS. REPEATERS. ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF HIGH GRADE WATCHES, CLOCKS & INSTRUMENTS CLEANED & REPAIRED
BI
AN ENGLISH WATCHMAKER.. ALL WORK DONE ON THE PREMISES.
JAMES STEER
PRACTICAL CHRONOMETER AND WATCH MARIL (LATE OF CHE J. QAUPP & 00)
NOPE THE ADDRESS:
SENNET
4, D'Agullar Street.
FRERES.
HONGKONG KOTEL BUILDING, QUEEN'S ROAD. The Loading French Jewellers and Dealers in Fates Goads,
JUST RECEIVED AN ENORMOUS STOCK OF ENGLISH COLD AND SILVER WARE Groat Stock of Xmas Presents Just Arrived.
LACTOMALTINE
An ideal Flesh-forming Food containing all the valuable properties of The FINEST EXTRACT OF MALT obtained from the FINEST SCOTCH BARLEY together with MILK and CREAM.
MOST
DIGESTIBLE
EXCEEDINGLY
PLEASANT
TO TAKE
CTOMALT
(MALT, NILA & CREAM
al Flesh Forming
Meet in ampung Tason of proble
MARKNESS BEAUMONDİA
HIGHLY
· NUTRITIOUS
PRESCRIBED
BY THE MEDICAL FACULTY.
LACTOMALTINE far surpasses all preparations of Cod Liver Oil in Palstability, Assimilability and Digestibility. and for its efficiency in the formation of tissues of stable texture. Obtainable from all Chemfais ato.
THE
NOTICE.
"HE MITSUI BUSSAN KAI- SHA's steamer, s.8, TO- KAI MARU," will be despatched by the Toyo Kisen Kaisha, for Japan; Honolulu, San Francisco, Mexico and Central and South American Poris, on FRIDAY, the 19th January, at Noon.
For information ; · regarding freight sto, kindly apply to the indersigned.
ATA DAIGO Agent. The Toyo Käen Kaisha,
*Hongkong.
MAN LOONG.
FIRST-CLASS PRESERVES, SINGKI BAD, SOY MANUFACTURERS,
Fautory at Taumuti OFFICE: No. 36 Dee Vaux Boad, W. Telephone Wa. 127 & L. 12
Prepaid Advertisements.
ONE CENT PER WORD
FOR EACH INSERTION.
TO BE LET,
TO BE LET.
May,
TO LET.-Fit Class shop in TO LET-From 1st
Chater Road next Montrics, 1916, Offices, 2nd Floor, St. Lane at rear. Apply-Clark &Cc., George's Building" Apply to-
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
BE LET.-Houses in Au tin
TO BE
Avenue, Kowloon. Apply TMs, No. 8 the Peak. LET-Flats in "Ewo
E. B. R. cE. D. Sassoon & Co..
Apply Property Office, JAR- DINE, MATHESON & CA
TO LET Furnished B LTD.
with or without Board: Bath- room to sich Room. Electricity throughout. Apply Palace Hotel, Kowloon.
LOST.
LOSTA SILK HAT and a
SILVER MOUNTED MA-||
To
O BE LET at the Peak, 'LACCA CANE were taken away furnished, 3 Stewart Terrace. in error from the Univers ty Apply:-H. E Follock, Prince's after the recent Con regation on Buildirige.
December 14th, and if returned to the University will be restored to their owners
WANTED.
To
"O BE LET.-European House No. 19, and Ground Floor of No. 20, Kennedy Road, with bath rooms, detached kitchen and servant quarters, also elec- WANTED-Somebody to act aa nurse to infant during Itric lights &o,, complete. Apply
Phone No. 90f, or 551, or on voyage to London. February or March. Rply Passage clo premises.
Hongkong Telegraph."
W sin the leading Manufactures is
LET.-Four-roomed.
TO BE
houses in Gordon Terrace W ard Salisbury Avenue, Kox-| loon.
\ANTED. - Typewriting; Manuscript of every kind accurately and neatly typed at TO LET CR FOR SALE-short notice by Englishman. Kowloon Marine Lot 48, Terme 30 cents per folio. Com- with wharf, arca 58,000 nq. (mercial correspondence in Eng- for Chinese business suitable for coal storage or lish
Write erection of godowns.
gentlemen a speciality.
Despatch Hongkong Tele- &graph."
Apply to:-.
HUMPHREYS ESTATE
FINANCE CO., LTD,
Alexandra Buildings.
FOR SALE.
TO BE LET Offices at *, Cou-FOR SALE-One 10 B.H.P.
naught Road, C.
Hornsby Ackroyd Oil Engine
Offices in King's & York complete with and couşind direc Buildings.
of one 6 K.W. Continuous Curt Shunt Wound Dynamo
Houses in Clifton Gardens, rent Conduit Road.
to 50/70 volts with shuat ALSO One Ewitch- for Accumulators
Houses in Broadwood & More-regulator. ton Terraces.
board
No. 21, Wong Nei Chorg Road. | Dynamo, &c, complete with in- Houses on Shameen, Canton.
Apply to:- THE HONGKONG LAND IN- VESTMENT & AGENCY Ca, Lid.
G.
R.
struments for 100 Amps. For fur- ther particulars apply to Mears. Linstead & Davis Alexandra; Buildings.
Hongkong 15th September, 1915
NOTICES.
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Green Island Any European, Non-Asiatic or Cement Company Limited will Indian desiring to leave the be held at the Office of Messrs. Colony should apply in person Shewan Tomes & Co., the at the Central Police Station General Managers of the Com- batween the boura of 9 a.m. to
pany, St. George's Building, 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 4 pm daily. Chater Road, Victoria in the Applicants will be required to Colony of Hongkong, on Friday prouoc Passports or identifica the Fifth day of Son papers.
1917, at twelve o'clock noon when All persons with certain excepthe subjoined Resolutions which
in who remain tions
the were passed as Extraordinary Colony for more than 7 days are Resolutions at the Extraordinary required to Register themselves General Meeting of the said under the REGISTRATION of Company held on the Fifteenth PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. day of December, 1916, will be Forms of Registration giving the submitted for confirmation as particulars required may be Special Resolutions obtained at the G. F. O. and at all Police Stations."
The Penalty for non-com- pliance is a fine not exceeding 950
DIRECTORY LONDON,
(Published Annually) Mosblee traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS In each clam ofgooda. Besides being a complete commercial guide to London of its suburbs, the directory contains livia d EXPORT MERCHANTS
with the Goods they ship, and the Colonial and Foreign Marbela they supply:
STEAMSHIP LINES
arranged under the porta to which they **il, and -indlossing the approximate Milings :
PROVINCIAL TRADE NOTICES of Leading Manufacturers, Merchants ato, in the principal próvíncial towns & industrial centram of the United Kingdom,
A copy of the surrmi edition will be forwarded, freight paid, on receipt of Portal Order for 208.
· Deniais soeting Agencies can advertise their trade-carda for 61, or larger adver- tiasenanza from £3...
THE LOUNGE DIRECTORYOO,, LTA. 15 Aboharoh Lane, London EC.
JEBBEN & CO.
in liquidation.
"REDITORS · are required to
January
(1) That the capital of the Company be reduced from $4,000,000 (Four million dollars) divided into 400,000 (Four hundred thousand) shares of 310 (Ten dollars) each, to $3,000,000 (Thres million dollars) divided into 400,000 (Four hundred thousand) shares of $7,50 (Seven dollars and fifty cente) each, and that such reduction be effected by returning (on such date as the Company's Board of Directors shall appoint) to the holders of the 400,000 (Four hundred thousand) shares that have been issued paid up capital to the extent of $2.50 (Two dollars and fifty cents) per share and by reducing the nominal amount of each of the said shares from $10 (Ton dollars) to $7.50 (Seven dollars and f'ty cents).
(2) That application be made
to the Supreme Court
of Hongkong to confirm
the reduction of the capital
of the Company in con
NOTICES.
LANE. CRAWFORD & CO.
CHINA GLASS DEPARTMENT,
NEW DESIGNS IN
DINNER SETS.
-):0:(~
AFTERNOON TEA SETS.
EARLY MORNING TEA SETS.
COFFEE CUPS & SAUCERS.
FRENCH FIRE PROOF CHINA.
"FELUCCA"
THE GENUINE
EGYPTIAN
MANUFACTURED
EGYPTIAN
CICARETTE
MASPERO FRERES
CAIBO
JUST RECEIVED
Alare assortment of Briar and Calabash Pipes, Companions, Amber and Meers- chaum Cigar & Cigarette Tubeo, Cigarette - - & Cigar cases Smokers' Cabinet and all sorts of Smokers' requisites,
Electro plated, cut glass and silver wares. English manufactured TOYS, ORACKERS, and
FRENCH DOLLS.
CALL AT THE STORE AND YOU WILL FIND THE MOST SUITABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT.
HONGKONG CIGAR STORE.
HOTEL MANSIONS,
SMOKE THE POPULAR
CIGARETTES
• M. C. C.
CORK TIPPED. GOLD PLAIN.
M.C. C. SPECIAL
PLAIN TIPPED Per.
...Per 100. $1,50
*
$1.50 $1.25
***
01
PI
"
20, 35 osats.
BOLD EVERYWHERE.
SOLE ACENT:-ORAECO-EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE.
The Graeco-Egyptian Tobacco Store bas always in Block, from all kick clams Egyptian Cigarette manufactories, fresh stocks, such as Nastor Gasol N. D. Tocco, M. "Melachrino, Dimitrino, Siman Ariz, Mospero Frereď Teknong Specials, Isherwood Brothers, Westminster B, ocisła, mło,
POPULAR PRICES,
BOLINDER
formity with the foregoing CRUDE OIL
Resolution.
Dated this Nineisenth day of
December, 1916. *
By Order of the Board, ́ ́. SHEWAN TOMES & CO.
General Managers,
sand in their claims to the THERAPION:
Undersigned on or before MON- DAY the 15th January 1917...
this class of Gooda, Our Trait & Dated the 20th December, 1916. lan
Mág sér new all Coach-und of the figs TASK.
Jar Symp. If perpared trombosies keer (PURNWALL HUMPHREYS,
qzality of Bugache dira vir somalai attorilen to the busineer, and menšíory
No. 16, Queen & Road, Central, THERAM
Liquidator
FOR
ENGINES
Marine and Stationary Work.
RELIABLE AND BY FAR THE BEST,
BOLE AGENTS FOR THE EAST:
W. G. HUMPHREYS & CO.
MACHINERY DEPT.