BREVITIES.
Gloves in Iceland have thumbs -on each side, so they can be used for the right or left hand. And the gloves are fingerless, too.
A race of pigmy camels, five feet high and snow white, can be found in a certain part of Persia. The highest waterfalls in the world are the Kaieteur Falls in British Guiana which make a single leap of 741 feet.
Lake Victoria Nyanza. in Africa, is the second largest bods of fresh water in the world being exceeded in size by Lake Superior. Forty-five species of insects are recorded as attacking the walnut tree in the United States, while only 15 attack the English walnut in Europe.
The finger print systent of identifying criminals is said to have been the invention of or- ientals, either Chinese or Japan- ese thousands of years ago.
The letter X was regarded by Napoleon as his fatal letter.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
VESSELS LOADING.
EUROPE, U.S.A., ETC.
| Katori M.......N. Y. K. Jan. 17 Nanking......C. M. Co. Jan. 17 Manila M......O. S. K....Jan. 18 Monteagle......C.P.U.S. ...Jan. 18 Penang M. ...F. Y. K....Jan. 19 M. S. Dollar...R. D. Co....Jan. 20 Wes: Cajoot...... S. & D....Jan. 20 Arabian Prince S. T. Co.... Jan. 20 West Hepburn R. D. Co.... Jan. 21 E. of. Asia ...C. P. Q. S....Jan. 22 laba M. ......N. Y. K. ...Jan. 23 Nikko M.......N, Y. K. ...Jan. 24 St. Albans ...F. & O...Jan. 25 Bessie Dollar... R. D. Co....Jan. 28 E. of Japan...C. P. O. S... Jan. 26 West Conob...P. M. Co....Jan. 26. Van Waerwyck J.C.J. L...Jan. 26 Tancred...R. D. Co....Jan. 26 Iconium ......A. L. St. Francis.....B. L. Colombia.. Atreus
Most names of men, places and Africa
P. M. Co. .B. L.
D. &. Co.
objects with which he is pro-Siberia M. ...T. K. K. minently connected start with China .........C. M. Co. this letter.
Toyama M..... Y. K.
Shaving of whiskers is a sign of mourning among the Hindoos. An oil useful in soap making is being obtained from grape seeds in Argentina.
Centipedes usually have 34 legs but there are other species with as many as 100 or 200 legs.
Waterproof tents, bags and rugs can be made from camel's hair. which is plucked out in the spring. Double entry bookkeeping, otig inally Italian bookkeeping, was used by Burgo at Venice in the fifteenth century.
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CHURCH SERVICES.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, Hoxo- KONG.-18th January 1920. 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. Holy Communion (7.30 a.m.) Children's Service (10 a.m.) Hymns 163, 335, 242. Matins (11 am. Responses: Festal. Venite: Tucker. Psalms: Mac- farren (5th evening), Trent (7th morning). Te Deum: Sawes. Cooke and Hopkins. Jubilate: Ayrton. Hymns: 447, (412), 75, (50). Sevenfold Amen. God Save the King. N.B.-Psalm 27, verses 1. 9, 6 and 16 in unison. Psalm 36, verses 5 and 6 in unison. Hymn 44%, verses 1 and 5 in unison. Hymn 15, verse 2 in un son. Holy Com- munion (12 noon.) Evensong (6 p.m.) Responses: Festal. Psalm: Woodward and Cooke (3rd morning). Magnificat: Kelway (17th evening). Nunc Dimittis: Bennett (17th even- ing). Hymns: 202, 150, 477. Sevenfold Amen. N.B.-Psalm 68, verses 1. 2. 7, 8, 17, 18, 24. 25, 32 & 33 in unison: Hymn 202. verse 1 in unison. Hymn 150, verses 3 and 6 in unison. Hymn 477. verse 5 in unison..
...Jan. 37 Jan. 28 .Jan. 28 ...Jan. 28 ...Jan. 28 Jan. 30 Jan. 31 Jan 31 | Mitsuki M......O. S. K. Jan. 31 N. Y. K... E. of Jan. Ceylon M. Atlas M... S. K.B. of Feb. Unnan M...0.8. K. Feb. 1ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH, Kow- Suwa M. ...... N. Y. K. ... Feb. 2 West Harts ...R. D. Co....Feb, 2 Persia M....T. K. K. Feb. 3 St. Andrew... D. & Co. Feb. 4 Stanley D....... D. Co....Feb. 6 Kamo M.... N. Y. K.
... Fec. 6 Feb 7 Changsha......B. & S.
Feb. 9 West Jena......S. & D. Crosskeys.. .A. 1..
... Feb. 10: Ariosto
..B. L.
... Feb. 10 Suveric. .B... ...Feb. 10 Eastern.. .P. & O. ... Feb. 11 Matoppo.....E L. ... Feb. 13 Moorish Prince S. T. Co. Feb. 15 Canada M....O. S. K. ... E. Feb. West Ison ...S. &. D....M. of Feb. Aki M... N. Y. K. Feb. 18 Whestland......A. L. ...Feb. 20 Tango MN. Y. K... Feb. 21 Kashima M.... N. Y: 'K........ Feb. 22 Two girls working side by side Korea MT. K. K.Feb. 23 in a 5-and-10-cent store in Chilakatu M... N. Y. KE of Feb cago discovered one day that they raezuela ...P. M. Co. ... Feb. 25 are sisters, who were separated Colorado SpringsS. &. D...E Feb. 17 years ago.
Hathaway S. & D. ...E. Feb. A telegraph printing attach-West Tvis..... S. & D. E. Fel ment for telephones has been in- Tajima M...N. Y. K....B. of Mar. vented to enable an operater to Sile......C. M. Co...Mar. 2 record a message for a person to Tenyo M....T. K. K. ... Mar. 11 find on his return should he be Western Cross ...A. L.... M. Mar.
Endicott. abrent when called.
A. L. In Japan hissing means delight | Fushimi M....S.Y. K.
.A. L. and usually signalizes a greeting: Elkton..
A. L. in West Africa it denotes aston Sagapbrask. ishment; in the New Hebrides in Shinyo M..
In making champagne the grapes are squeezed six titres, each. pressure making wine of a different quality.
- An English invention is a slot machine camera which takes Four photograph. develops it. prints it and delivers it, all in the space of four minutes,
is evoked by anything beautiful. with the Basutos is it a sign of cardial agreement."
A really good sapphire should appear blue by artificial light as
well as daylight; some stones)
Mar. 16 Mar. 17
Mar. 30
LOUN-I8th January, 1920- 2nd Sunday after Epiphany. Holy Communion at 8.15 .to. Morning Prayer 11 a.m. Open- ing: Voluntary. Responses: Festal, Venite: Tucker. Psalms: XXVII-Macfarren (5th Even- XXXVI---Trent ingl.
(7th Morning). Te Deum: Wood- ward; Smart and Turle. Bene- dictus: Barnby. Hymns: 133, 51. 151. Concluding Voluntary. Evening Prayer 6 p.m. Res- ponses: Ferial. Psalm: LXVIII -Crotch, Cocke, (13th Morn-1 ing). Magnificat: Beethoven- 27th Morning. Nune Dimittis: Wickes 10th Evening. Hymns: 15, 276, 31. Concluding Volun- tary. Note.-Choir Practice nex: Thursday at 6.00 p.m. UNION CHURCH KENNEDY ROAD. --Sunday Services Jan. 18th Morning at 11 am. Hymns: 379, 555, 222, 630. Evening at 6 p.m. Hymas; 373, 207, 271, 165. Preacher: Rev. J. Kirk Maconachie.
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH WANCHAL-Sunday Jan. 18th Morning 10.15 a.m. Evening service at 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 17; 1920.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE
TO ALL RETURNED HONGKONG OFFICERS, N.C.O.'S AND MEN.
His Excellency the Governor desires to entertain at a Garden Party at Government House on the afternoon of Saturday, the 7th of February, 1920, ail officers, N.C.Q,'S, and men who, have returned to Hongkong after serving with His Majesty's Forces at the Front. All these together with their wives.
who desire to attend the Garden Party are requested kindly to send in their Dames stating if they are married) to the Aide-de-Camp, Government House, on or before Saturday, the 24th of January 1920, after which date cards of invitation will be sent out.
H. S. MCGRATH, Capt., Aide-de-Camp.
Government House,
14th Jan., 1920.
RUSSIAN GRAND
OPERA Co.
THEATRE
1
2
ROYAL
TO-NIGHT! at 915 p.m.
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA
AND
PAGLIACCI.
H. Mar. ST. PETER'S CHURCH. WEST T. K. K.Apr. 1.POINT.-Sunday. Jan. 18th Jan. 19th, IL TROVATORE.
1919. 8 a.m. Holy Communion 11 a.m. Morning Prayer, and Sermon.
JAPAN, COAST PORTS, 5FC.
have a trace of black, and some Tjimanes. ICUL L.in. 17 red, the latter making them re- Tikulak J. C. J. 1. dan. 17 semble amethyst, especially by
lamplight or gaslight.
Amakusa M...0, 8. K.
Tottor M... ...N, Y. K. Jelang
B. & S.
B. & S.
J. M. Co.
Jan. 18 Jan. 18 an. 18 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 Kwaisang J. M. C. Jan. 19 JJan. 30 Shengking.B. &. S. B. & S. Faming
...Jan. 20 Haihong. DIL, Co. ...Jan. 20 Atsuta M..... N. Y. K.Jan. 20 Chinhua. ..B. & S...Jan. 20 Chusah. ..B. &. S... Jan. 20
An up-to-day way of doing battle with the Gunadian thistle Yunnan..... is that used by an Oregon mat. Loksang who inoculates patches of the beautiful but strangling weed with a fungus growth which destroys the plants, root and all.
Every gem known has been found in the United States.
The black apes of Guinea have long silky hair and their fur is Huichow ....B. &. S. ...Jan. 21 used for muffs and capes.
Prince Leopold of Belgium is only a private in the Belgian infantry.
It has been shown that pigeons fly almost as fast as a seaplane or flying boat.
The Arctic ter files from one pole to the other, a distance of 11,000 miles, twice a year. In ordento keep in the sunlight
The grape vine which belonged to the kings of France still exists at Fontainhleau, France, and beers fruit.
A locking device to prevent the use of telephones by unauthorized persons has been invented by a New York man.
French engineers have investj. gated three coal deposits in Haiti and efforts to develop them will be made.
One-fifth of all peasant cottages in Russia burn down annually, due to the fact that Russian villages are butif principally of wood and roofed with straw. --
...Jan. 22 ...Jan. 22
PEAK CHURCH.-Holy Commun-
ion ar 8.15 a.m.
THE GOSPEL HALL.-(No. 10 and 12 Pedder Street). Weekly Services:-Sunday. Breaking of Bread, 11 am. Gospel Meet. ing. 8 p.m. Tuesday. Exposition of Scripture. 8 p.m. Thursday, Bible Class. 8 p.m. Friday. Bible Class for Ladies, 5.30 p.m. Saturday.Prayer Meeting, 8p.m. ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL GLESEALY-Low Masses at 5. 7, and 9.30 a... High Mass at 8 a.m.5.30 p.m.-Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' HOME ARSENAL STREET.-Sunday Evening. Gospel Services
p.m:
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Kwong sang J. M. Co. Sinkiahg....B. & S.' Namsang J. M. Co...Jan. Hatching...D. L Co. Jan. 23 Leongsang...J. M. Co. Jan 23 ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH. GARDES Hinsang J. M. Co....Jan. 24 Tran...... B. & S. ...Jan. 24 Tama M......N. Y. K....Jan. 25 Nazeno M...N. Y. K ...Jan. 23 Nago M...N. Y. K. . .Jan. 25 Sima M........ S. K. ...Jan: 25 O. S. K. Jan. 29 Sosha M. Shimpo M. N. Y. K....Jan. 31 Tenshin M....N. Y. K... E. of Jan. Tjisondari...J.0.3. LI ... Feb. 14
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRAL- ASIA & CHINA TELEGRAPH.CO.
List of Unclaimed Telegrams The large number of "gener-lying in the E. E. Telegraph als in Haiti is due to the fact Office at Hongkong :- that this rank is awarded for almost any sort of service to the state or politica.
Nearly 2000 new kinds of pos- tage stamps have been issued in Europe since December 1918. Of these, 1500 are the first stamps Sof the new European states.
Luther Burbank, the famous naturalist, has produced 30,000 verieties of plums, 60,000 peaches and nectarines, 500 almonds, 5000 Awalnuts, 3000 apples, 2000 grapes, 2000. pears and thousands of different kinds of berries, flowers and vegetables.
Ball garnes were first played by the ancient Greeks and Romans, and consisted merely of kowing and catching the ball,
Chuyetsumaru, Japanaise, from Capvarella.
Compagnie.
from Pasadenacal.
E. Campbell, Hongkong Hotel,
Howarth, Sailors Home, from Singapore.
Manassel, passenger Japan. from Calcutia.
Mrs. Leslie Virden, Hongkong Hotel, from San Francisco,
Fittendrigh, passenger Kame Meru, fro Edinburgh.
Roberto Valeriano, passenger h nyo Maru; from Manila.
It de H. FARRANŢ, Superintendent,
Houskong, Jan. 15, 1920.
raent.
ROAD.-Mass and Sermon at 10 am, followed by the Bene- diretion of the Blessed Sacra-
CHURCH OF CHRIST FIRST
SCIENTIST. MacDonnell Road Sundays. 11.15 a.m. Wednes- days, 5.30 p.m.
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THE GREAT NORTHERN TELE- GRAPH COMPANY, LTD.
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BUTERFLY..
21st, LA BOHEME.
MATINEE:
. TO DAY
Saturday, Jan. 17th..
at 3.15 p.m. TRAVIATA.
PRICES: $1, $3 & $1.
Booking now of in at MOUTAIE'S.
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NOTICE.
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NOTICES.
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NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED,
daily, Sundays and Holidays ex- Office of the Company, St
cepted.
Application to be made at the Licencing, Clerk's Office, Central
It is hereby notified that per- sons applying for licences under
NOTICE is hereby given that the ARMS AMMUNITION OR-
an Ext·aordinary General Meet- DINANCE should do so between the hours of 9 am and 11 a.m.,ing of the above named Company wil be held at the Registered
George's Building, Victoria, Hongkong, on Wednesday the 28th day of January 1940 at of o'clock noon for the purpose 12 considering and if thought fit of passing the following Resolutions Hongkong, 10th January, 1920. as Extraordinary Resolutions:- (1) To consider, and if thought fit. approve the draft new Articles which will be sub- mitted to the Meeting.
Police Station.
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E D. WOLFE, C. S. P.
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE, LIMITED.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Sixth Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders in this Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Company, Limited, on Thursday 29th January 1920 at 11.30 am. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31s: Decein- ber 1919.
The Register of Shares of the Company will be Closed from Monday 19th to Thursday 29th January 1920 (both days in- clusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be
Registered.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
The Hongkong Central Estate, Limited.
MOWBRAYS. NORTHCOTE
Secretary to
The General Managers. Hongkong. 13th January, 1920.
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY
COMPANY, LTD.
Particulars and Conditions of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on Monday. the 19th day of January, 1920, at 3 p.m.. at the Offices of the Public Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the ¡Governor, of cre Lot of Crown.
Land
at Aberdeen, in the Colony of Hongkong, for
NOTICE is hereby given that years, with the the Thirty Second Ordinary term of 75 option of renewal at a Crown Meeting of Shareholders in this Company will be held at the Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor Offices of Messrs."Jardine Mathe- of His Majesty the KING, for one son & Co., Ltd. on Thursday 29th, January 1920 at 12 o'clock at further term of 75 years.
noon for the purpose of receiving PARTICULARS OF THE LOT the Rep rt of the Directors to
The Public are warned that dogs without collars found at- large after 10 p.m. are liable to be destroyed by the Police.
Mundary
feet het but feet
NOTICE.
4,420
SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA.
2
We are in receipt of the follow- ing cable from Head Office:
gether with the Statement of Ac counts for the year ending 31st, December 1919.
(2) That the Capital of the Company be increased Three million dollars ($3,000,- 000) by the creation of Tw Lundred and forty thousand (240,000) shares of Ten dollars ($10.00) each, ranking for dividend and in all ether respects pari passu with the existing shares in the Company.
And in the event of the First Resolution being passed with cr without modification. (3) To consider, and if thought
fit, to passed an Extra- ordinary Resolution to the effect That the new Articles already approved by this Meeting a 4 for the
of latificatio purpose thereo suscribed by the Chairm by and the sime are here or appoved, anithat suh Artic-s be all they Ae hereby adopt.d as the Articles of the Company to exclusion of and the
in substitution for all the exist-
ing Articles thereof. AND NOTICE IS HEREBY ALSO GIVEN that a further Extraordinary General Meet- of the Company wil
at be held
the Registered Office of the Company, St. George's Building aforesaid on Monday the 16th day of February 1920 at 11. o'clock in the forenoon for the purpose of receiving & report of the proceed- ings of the above mentioned Meeting and of confirming, if thought fit, as Special Resolutions the above mentioned Extraordin- ary Resolutions 2 and 3.
And the subjoined Resolution will be proposed as an Extra- ordinary Resolution.
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"That it is desirable to capit. alize the sum of $600,000.00 stand- ing to the credi: of the Company's Reserve Fund, and accordingis that for the purpose of effecting such: capitalization a bonus of $10 per share on each of the issued shares of the Company be and the The Register of Shares of the same is hereby declared and that Company will be Closed from the Board be and they are hereby Monday 19th to Thursday 29th, authorised to satisfy such bonus January 1920 (both days in- by the distribution amongst the clusive), during which period no persons who are registered as Transfer of Shares can be Re-holders of the issued $10 shares of gistered.
the Company on the date hereof of one of the uniesued $10 shares of the Company credited as fully. paid up in respect of each shara of the Company held by such per- sons as aforesaid and in satisfact- ion of such aforementioned bonus, and that such shares rack for dividends and in all other re- spects as from the first day of March 1920."
By Order of the Board of Directors,
MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE
Secretary. Hongkong, 13th January, 1920
NOTICË.
THE HONGKONG LAND RE LAMATION COMPANY, LIMITED.
!
E. P. C. WOLFE,
NOTICE is hereby given that C. S. P.
Sun Life Assurance Co. of the Nineteenth Ordinary Meeting Hongkong,, 16th January. 1920. Canada, Hongkong.
NOTICE.
New Business in 1919. ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS Tory”
This means an increase of
We have established a Branch Office in Sydney with Mr. Arthur 100% over 1918. Nickells Bishop as the Manager thereof.
THE
HONGKONG MERCANTILE
CO., LTD.
The following Unclaimed Tele- Hongkong, 15th January, 1920. grams are lying here :--
Sinenghin, Des Voeux Road Central, from Amoy.
Major Villiers Coupon, re- transmitted from Yokohama, from Victoria B. C.
NOTICE.
KOWLOON RESIDENTS'
ASSOCIATION.
Katojuichí Captain, Burdagan Maru, via H.K. from Tokobashi.
A meeting of Kowloon Resid- Yuanyuchang, from Shanghai.ents will be held in the Chamber- Tawawchiew, from Amoy;
of Commerce Room, City Hall, Choycheungkuk Steward of 5.15 p.m. for the purpose of in- on Tuesday 20th January, it| Steamer Chinon c/o Yeschan
"Kowloon Resid Store, from Amoy.
augurating the ents Association "the principal Jonas, Passenger Kitano Maru, object of which is the betterment from Kobe.
of conditions of residence in Kow- Addelson, Georges Hotel, from loon and the adjacent territories. Yokohama.
Major Chas, 1' Glidden;" c/o American Consul, from Tsingtau.
T. KRING, Superintendent, Hongkong, Jan. 16, 1920,
F. M. WELLER. Manager.
Hongkong, 15th Jan., 1920.
NOTICE.
REPULSE BAY HOTELL
1
THE FINEST DANCE FLOOR
IN THE COLONY. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ON SATURDAY 17th January,
TEA DANSANT-From
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
DINNER DANSANT From
8 p. m. SUNDAY, 18th January.
All Kowloon residents, both ladies and gentlemen interested in the movement are invited to AFTERNOON AND EVENING attend, and anyone wishing to
join the Association, who have ORHESTRAL CONCERTS.
not already done so, please send
their names to Mr. B. L. Frost.
1 Kimberley Villas Kowloon,
J. H. TAGGART,
Manager,
By Order of the Board of Directors, MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE
Secretary.
Drafts of the new Articles of Association may be seen at any time before the second meeting, except Saturday and Sundays, between the hours of 11 am, and 4 p.m. at the Registered Offices of the Company, or at the Offices of
Stokes Messrs. Johnson,
& Master Prince's Buildings, Hong- konz, the Company's Solicitors. Dated this 13th day of January,
1920.
By Order of the Board, GIBB LIVINGSTON & CO.
Agents.
of
of Shareholders in this Company will be held at the Office of Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Company, Limited on Thursday the 29th, January 1920 at 11.45 a.m. for the purpose of receiving the Raport of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the
GENTLEMAN" DEFINED, year ending 31st, December 1919.
Bishop Welldon (Dean The Register of Shares of the Durham), in a recent sermon at company will be Closed from Durham Cathedral, attributed the Monday 19th to Thursday 29th, following qualities to a Christian January 1920 (both days in- gentleman, whose character and clusive), during which period spirit were vitally needed to-day, no Transfer of Shares can be
particularly in industrial dis- Registered.
putesSuch a man could not li He shrank instinctively from any and every action that was m887 or sordid or disingenuous or dishonourable. His life was open, his aspect was clear. He would not if he could, and could not if he would, play a double part. He would not take en unfair advantage of anybody, His word was his bond, His conscience was his religiod. H was the soul of loyalty and integrity. He asked not what he could get, but what he could give. He tried to make the world a little better and a little happier. He was always looking out for a chance to sag a kind word or do a kind act, relieve sorrow, or inspire hope, or lift a lame dog, dry the tears that flawed so freely, and help those who were sad st heart to smile again,
Hongkong, 13th January, 1920
THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK, LIMITED.
Head Office & Des Vegur Road Ctl - Bankow 9 auch: Panoff Bulding,» FOR THE YEAR TO COME Precaution is impor aut ́is, all things This applies to your own desnoes. The be way of providing for the future, freely, OPENING A BÁVINGS ACCOUNT, *WITH US.
by.
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