THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917,
GOOD BYE to the
FANTASTICS
THEATRE ROYAL TO NIGHT AT 9.15 P.M.
اشره
MATINEE TO-DAY at 4.30 P.M.
LAST
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2 PERFORMANCES
THIS AFTERNOON AND TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME.
PART I.
BERT WILES-Xylophone solos. FERN FRENCH & NELLIE BLACK in two
Duets. Where my Caravan has Rested and Because."
RAY TRAYNOR-" Over there" & "Light
Cavalry."
IVY ALDOUS & FRED KEELEY in "Way
down in Arkantaw" (song) and "What do you want to make those eyes at me for" (song and dance) also Double Dance. FRED KEELEY in Buck and Winx Dance. LEONARD NELSON in Three Songs" The Morning after the. Night, Before."." When You're Married" and "Come with me to the Races."
COMPANY MEETING.
The China. Light and Power Company, Ltd.
(VERBATIMI
INTERVAL?
PART II.
NELLIE & ELSIE BLACK in double Musical Act, introducing "Gounod's Serenade" the "Torch Dance" for Flute and Violin, "Sarasate a Serenane" (violin solo) "Come into the garden, Maud" (flute solo) and "Until" (song).
BILLIE SEATON in “I'm in love with a Deaf and Dumb Man," "Flora," "At the Movie Show," "Hongkong," "They always pick on me" and "Six times Six"
HILDA FELSTEAD in a musical monologue,
"The Lady Slavey.
FERN FRENCH in the "Shepherd's Dance." IVY ALDOUS in." Wait until we're Married ""*
(song). REDHEAD WILSON & FRED KEELEY in
an athletic farce "The Crazy 'Ostler s."
THE FREIGHT MARKET. THE GOTHA BIPLANE.
Time-Charter Business Strong.
Mesers. Snowman and Co., in their freight circular", dated October 13, state:
Particulars of the German
Machine.
leet from tip to tip of the winge and bus a length of 40 feet from nose so fail-tip; the height of the machine is about 12 feet. The body, or fuselage, is similar to that of the ordinary tractor his plans, familiar to all, but instead of having an engine in the nose, The aviation correspondent of this compartment is occupied by the fanchester Guardian • gunner-observer, who also writer :-----
opersies the bomb-dropping con
Since we last reported on 15th September, our market has main- Bo much has been heard of late trols. The forward gun commandı. tained a strong tone as "regards about the Gotha biplane that it is an are of rather more than a Axiores on time-charter basis bot desirable to net forth some frota semicircle harisontally and berth rates from principal feeding about the machine, so that it may vertically, so that it can fre ports have not all been commen- be seen in its tras perspective, aut where inside a sky arma Furate and our Icosi rica market otherwise there is the danger that representing miher more than a has not shown much activity. In to the uninformed it may become bemisphere round the front of thes our last report we advised the kind of bogey machine and be machine. The bombs, twelve in closing of the Saigon/Hongkong credited with all sorts of qualities(nomber, are carried under the rate at a little orer 90 cents per which it does not possess, or that, pilot's compartment, which is pical. This was followed by the on the other hand, as appears to between the upper and lower › fixture of 3 medium sized regular be the tendency in certain official wings and immediately behind Coasters at 68, 92 and 90 technical quarters, it may be the forward gunner. The reason cents per piaal and also a medium regarded as a olamay German for carrying the bombs that is sited regular cossler was fixed for effort at frightfaloess, and so lead that since the bọmb case is right aronad trip on lampen basies us once more into the fatal error ander what is called the centre $46,000.00 followed shortly after of despising our enemies. The of lift" of the machine, the by the closing of a large Japanese true position of the machine is balance, is not affected whether bottom at 90 cents per pical and betwixt and "between; it is the case is fall or empty. Two a small outsider at 97 obale, nothing to boset about so far as extra bombe can be carried under Offers have since been in the workmanship or performance is the forgard gunner's compart market at 95 cenia gradully rising|concerned, but it is a very useful ment if desired.
to $1.02 and there are indici wespon of war which can 'and Well aft of the pilot, behind ations, as we go to prese, of a still does do work of considerable the wings, is a large cockpit for farther strengthening in this rate, military value, It has the the after gunner, who has a gan Exports of rice from Saigon advantage of being the fire on the top of the favelage which from Let January to 21st August, seroplane of its type to be used covers the whole after hemisphere 1917, amoont to 839,557 tone us regularly and solely for the par- of sky and rather more, so that compared with 675,237 togs for ticular work for which it is most any hostile machine attacking the same period last year. Qunta-edited,
from above or from either side in
it will have to be done some day Debentures are not re-payaale POLICE RESERVE ORDERS. advice hold good, sad in these circumstances it is till 1922, so for the present, better to do it at once than Ister shareholders need only contem
follows:
Parades.
2
on
rion for No. 2 White round exfted The Gotha biplane is built by subject to the fire of both the rice etand at $3.38 per pical f.o.b, the Gothaer Waggonfabrik forward and after guns. Besides Saigon for October/November Aktien Gesellschaft, of Goth, the top gua there is a third gan akipment.
The firm is one of the great on the floor of the after cockpit, Saigon/Philippines:-We have German waggon works, similar firing behind or downwards along nothing to report,
in its standing to such firms as a bottomless tonnel in the fuss- Saigon Java-We hear of athe Bristol Carriage and Waggon lages described recently, large Dutchman being closed, in Company or the Birmingham and the fuselage is so arranged this direction, at $1.10 per pical. Waggon Works, or any of the that in the event of an attsok Further tonnage is anxionely great works which have been from the rear the forward gunnar required and this figure could bailt ap in the past, first we can come aft, past the pilot, and doubtless be much improved makers of horse waggons, and two gune can be brought to пров.
later as makers of rolling stock bear on the parauer, Boigon/Japan:-& 30,000 picul | for railways. The Gothe It is this multipliastion of guns bost is reported closed at $1.80; W.FAG was not among the and gunners which makes a otherwise remarks in our last picaner aviation firms of Ger- formation of Gothae so difficult to
many, but when German fore-attack. Porzning machines need ·· Bangkok/Hongkong: Im. sight and energy produced, with room in which to mar couvre, and ́ on when we shall have still more plate a call of $21 on the new
mediately following our last official support, the great Nation unless the parsaere carry, "two building plant and machinery to sharea. The necessary resolu
report the fixture of a small out.al Flying Fand (National Lug- guns, each firing forward, and at shifi.
Orders issued to-day by Mr. F. aider was made at $1.20/$1.10 spende) for the promotion of the Fame me each stack a It will not, however, betions for winding ap the C. Jenkin, D.S.P. (R.), atste :- all extra expenditare, as, if we present Company sad registering
per pical. This was followed by flying competitions-at a time porte Goths, they are verrain remained where We are, vre the new one will be laid before.
sauffening of rates and quots when our official people discour to be out-ground. If one pursuer The sixteenth ordinary general should still be put to a heavy you at a meeting which will be uniform at Central Station under $1.60/$1.50 for inside/outside bade officers to fl in public the target for the concentrated Platoons etc. will parade in tions are now in the market at aged aviation and, expressly for Este ahead of bis fellows he is meeting of shareholders of the outlay for changes and im called as soon as the resolutions on Commadere at 5.30 p.m. as the bar loading respectively. The the Goths firm started making fire of several machinee, and China Light and Power Company, Pavements which would be ne-themselves have been prepared Ltd., wres held at the offose of the stated by the additional plant. by our solicitors and of which, of
medium sized regular coaster good sound aeroplanee unless the Gotha formation is Company, St. George's Building, elves on the new site and acquire you,
We estimate that to install our-course, dae notice will be given Co.)-Tuesday, October 30.
Nos. 3 and 4-Platoons (No. recently employed in this direc- orthodox lines, 5tted with good broken up it is impossible for tion has, we understand, been sound engines of the type, soeveral puravera to stuck one this morning. The Hoo. Mr. B.G. ShewsD
Nos. 5 and 6 Platoons (No. 2 refired at $70,000.00 Jump-sam plentiful in Germany, thanks to Goths at the same time and so another turbine set of 1,500 provided, sod
In regard to the present ac Co.)-Wednesday, October 31. kilowatts there
will
for 2 farther round trips, cost also present the
official encouragement, and their bring a enperiority of guns to roughly counts, the only item that neede
Nos. 7 and 8 Pistoons (No. 3 to obtain this any comment is that of $2,785, Co.)-Thursday, November 1. Hon. Si Paal Chater, O.M.G.. $250,000 and
Newchwang/Carton:-We hear chief pilot, Ernst Schlegel, won bear. Despite the difficulty, and Mr.G W. Barton (Director), ant and eventually pay off additional land. This was paid
of a 30,000 pical boat being fixed first prize of 60,000 marks in however, No. 2 Platoon (Na, I Co).-Fri- on lamp som basis at $49,000,
hava Mr. T. Leeman (Secretary) and our Debentare debt of $250,000 for a small piece of ground as day, November 2.
the National Fund competition. enocosded by ehner gallantry and we propose to form a new. Com Yaumati which was required for
Cosl.There is
Since the outbreak of war she disregard to personal danger in No. I Section (No. 1 Co.).-all-round demand for tonnage Gotha firm have made a variety bringing down several of these
a general Pany with a capital of $1,000,000 the purpose of a transformer sub- Friday, November 2. in 200,000 shares of $5 each station.
No. 2 Section (No. I Co.). dificulty of obtaining bottome is quite successful
Japan to southern ports and the of aeroplanes. They have been formidable craft. This will do away with the 50,000 Before moving the adoption of Tuesday, October 30 (at Water hampering business. For local sesplanes of ordinary pattern, constists of two Mercedes engines making The power plant of the Gotha special shares which rank for the report and soccante, I shail Police Station). profite and asseta equally with the be pleased to answer any ques- | Ambulance Platoon.-Thura- but nothing available.
business there is strong demand and they also made a very useful of 200 h.p. each, disposed one on The Chairmen said: Gentle 50,000 five-dollar eberes and tions. As there are no questious, day, November 1
single seater scout biplane koown each side of the fuselage, in be which I know have been rather all beg to move the adoption of the men,-Esferring_to_the_report:
Fixtures Reported.-Hongay/se the Falke (or Falcon). The tween the wings, and each driv Recruits. and accounts to 31st July last now puzzle to some shareholders, report and sopsante,
Bocraits of all units will parade ton.
Hongkong 7/8 trips at $9.50 per big twin-engined bombing maing a
pusher" air screw,
which laid before you, in spite of they were created in 1907, and
at Central on Mondays, Wednes-
chine is a fairly recent develop revolves close up to the rear edge extraordinary high price of cost, to refresh your memories, I will
daya and Fridays at 5.30 p.m.,
meat. The firm runs its own of the wings. about three times what we paid read you the resolution which was The Chairman:-it has been commencing Monday, October 20.
flying school, known as the Daks The workmanship in the proposed by the Chairman sod
Carl Edward School, at Gotha. in pre-war times, and the high passed at the time:-
Gothas is extremely rough, and Strength, price of all other stores etc,, and "Resolation 3. Tast the capital seconded by Sir Paul Chater that
Invalided
The early German twin-distinctly reminds one that they out-Bandaman without reising our prices, we of the Company' be incressed by the report and accounts as pre-
F. B. Silva.
engined machines were not s were made in a waggon factory. are able to show a nett profit of the creation of 50,000 new shares dented be passed. Those in favour
Joined.-No. 2 Platoon:-P.O.
eaccess. Several, of various Nevertheless their performance 267,374.26 as against $28,388.88 of one dollar, oach to be called kindly pat up their
419 A. O. Madar and- P.0. 420 handa.l
The competition in the Soldiers' types, were
about the is good. They..are capable of for the preceding twelve months, special shares and that there be Against? Carried unanimously.
E. A. Mocsdeen.
Clab, for the Volunteer Oop, con-western front in 1915. These reaching great heights, and of I think you will agree with me attached to the said shares the The next business is the re-
tinued last night. By securing s
were made by the Avistik people maintaining a bigh speed at sn that this is a very satisfactory and fights following viz:- The election
of the
substantial victory
and others, but they were slow altitude at which most neoplanes
мета
Mesara. R. H. B. Hancock, R. Henderson, H F. Campbell, A. P. Bamy, (»hareholders).
The Secretary opened the meet- ing by reading the notice of meeting
Sir Paul Chater:I have much plesauce in seconding that.
11.
+
BILLIARDS.
Boon
in
our
SVIBtOr
encouraging result. I do not Holders of the said shares shall be Committee. Consalting LICENSING SESSIONS. opponent, Ganr. E. Lord farther and ungainly and did not find begin to lose speed badly. Those
The
83 Company R,G,A.
Lieut. Thorn will Lieut. Baker
te
think you will be disappointed at entitled rateably in proportion to
Mr. Hancock:-I beg to pro
increased the advantage held be favour. It was not till early this who have fought them say that our not recommendings dividend, the numbers held by them pose that Sir Paul Caster and
83rd Company, although Lients. year that the first twin-engined when they have shed their bombe for, in the first pisos, as you will respectively to one half of the nett Mr. G. W. Barton be re-elected
Baker sad Thornwill, who follow. bombing squadron, of Goibas they reach, the 18,000 foot laval wee from the accounts, we have profits of the Company which it on the Consulting Committee for the Licensing Sessions on October few points. There are no games
The applications to come up at ed him, osob Inst their game by a sppeared.
with
apparent sue, and that' no "money with which to pay a ball from time to time be de- the ensuing year.
The squadron was hent to the when there they are light they are dividend, and, secondly this Com-termined to divide and to one half Mr.
Si are:-James Harper Taggart, arranged for tonight, bat the Balkans, where it was need little, if any, elawer than the fest Blenderson: I beg 10 Hongkong Hotel; Job Witchell, composition will conkimas on Mon-apparently for the bombing of German fighting machines. pany is really in its infancy and of the assets which in a winding second.
King Edward Hotel; Friss Albert day. The following were the Bacharest. The Chairman. The resola-Chopard, Astor House Hotel; respective abores:— will require a good deal more "p shall be available for dis
There it had con Lost this description of the ospital before it is able to cope tribution among the members. B. tion that Sir Paul Chater and Mr. Frank Edward Hell, Palace
siderable success, for the Eaman. Gotha's merits should give too with all the business which we No dividend shall be paid before G. W. Barton be re-elected the Hotel; Joann's Brook, North Point
ian Flying Service was of little high sa opinion of i'e value, it is feel lies before it in the future, the year one thousand nias band-Consulting Committee has been Hotel; William Barker, Grand Gr. E. Lord...
QAR, and so it encountered prac well to point out that we have had 200 tically no opposition. is red and eight and all shares will proposed by Mr. Flancock and Hotel; P. O. Pedstar, Pesk Hotel; present position
It also in this country for a considerable" this: We issued Debentures rank equally for dividend without seconded by Mr. Henderson. Fokaso Uyetanki, Nomura Hotel
193 raided Salonika OR Bevarai time machines of bigher quality, for $250,000 in order to pay respect to their face value.” Those in favour kinday hold ap Kaokazo Üyetenki, Tokyo Howl;
179 occasions, and lost a couple of Mr. Dyout, formerly Fligus Com for two turbine, set; ODO
machines in doing so, thanks to mander RN.A.S., produced in It is clear from this that we their bands. Against? Carried Teoi Tez Wing, Steg Hotel of them is now almost loaded must give the one dollar share ananimously. The next business Jahachi Tade, Kowloon Toi; To
572 the skill and ingenuity of the 1915 a twin-engined machine of. to ita "fall capseity and we whatever we give the five dollar is the slection of auditors.
25th, Middiesser, Regt.
EF.C.detschments on that front, high merit, and in 1916 the shall soon have to start the other, shares. All shareholders in the
rutaro Miyajima, Suehiro Hotel; Corp. Morae Mr. Campbell: beg to DM. Goodall, Wiseman Limited; Sorgt, Leigh
123 Apparently the work done by the Baadley Page firm produced in which oase we shall have no present Company would therefore propose that Measza. Meilland Bei Ishiyama, Iroha Hotel; Mrs. Capt. Henderson-Smith
200 squadron in the Balkans afforded another type, with much more epare capital to fall back on in receive one new $5 share for each and Lowe be re-elected anditors Nellis Babbage, Alexandra Cafe;
200 so much satisaletion to the Ger-powerful engines which has sinon case of a breakdown. Moreover, of their old shares, absorbing for the ensuing year at a remuner-Sobichi Yoshizawa, Yoshizans,
man High Command that it was demonstrated to the enemy in the present position of our site 100,000 shares at 86 (8500,000)ation of $100 each,
523 withdrawn and transferred to the Flanders, both over land and mes, Tokahachi; Mrs. Yone Hamura, is not satisfactory, being and the other 100,000 shares.
western front to form the nucleas and so far away as Constantinople Mr. Samy:---I bag to second tiarunoya Hotel; Jos Yamakawa, badly placed for obtaining cir would be offered to them at par that.
of a considerable air floot for the thus we are capable of beating the calating water from the ses, bs in proportion to their holding election of Messrs. Maitland and
47, Praya East. The
spacial boast of England. German at his own gama, Chairman :-The sides which a water front site Bat we shall not want all this Lowe as auditors for the engging
A Good Subilitute. Probably the fact that it is know would redaos the cost of handling money at once. All we shall re
as the Balkan," or Bacharest, New U. S. Major-Generals. coal and other stores,
M. Piagrin of the Banque aquadron is the basis of the rame With gaire immediately will be to pay year has been proposed by Mr.
Washington, October 10 regard to this, negotiations are for the site and filling it in for Campbell and seconded by kir. in Peking from America to Lake selected to all the position of Turks and Bulgarians had ar appointmente në Major Generale Industrielle de Chios, the N..our recently arrived from Holland Just prior to adjournment of Prot, Stifler haarecently arrived Daily Mail understande, has been to the effect that a number of Congress the Senate confirmed the now proceeding with the Govern erecting new buildings and shift-boy. Those in favour kindly obergs of the Physice Department Foreign Co-Director of the Com-rived at Ostend to be trained as in the United States Army of most for a site on the water fronting the plant and for the new tar. hold up their hands. Against? of Union Medical College. He mercial Guarantee Bink of Ohibli, aviators. Changing from one site to another bine set from Home. This should Garried onsaimously. That is has been associated with Calea post always hold in the past by The Goths bombing machine in Oroder, Black, Squier and and rebuilding will, of course, be be fally covered by first of the I are much umbia University for same time German
Brigadier Generala Modain, expensive, but it in certain that call of 3214 per share, bas the obliged to you for your attendance, previous to coming to China,
biplane with a span of about 80 Melutyra,
New Peking Professor.