TWENTY-FIVE YEARS and the aged mother of our
AGO
A Glance at our Files.
(Oct. 9, 1896.) Renter tells us that Lord
Rose
respected
fellow-citiaan
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
COMPANY REPORT.
(only $1,187, or thereabouts, Anit was manifest that this paltry sum
The Dairy Farm, Ice & would not go very faï táwarda [maintaining thosa who were de-
Cold Storage Co., Ltd. pendent on Mr. Thomas, a friend
The report of the above Com- of the deceased, Mr. Jan. 17. Osborne, of the Bay View Hotelany has just been issued, and
states- stopped forward and arranged that
The Directors herewith present
bery in a letter to the Liberal all that could be got out of the to the Shareholders a statement, Whip, in which he resigns his/estate should be sent to the widow, of the Company's Accounts for leadership of the Liberal Party and has taken an himself the not the year ending 31st July, 1921. Bays be finds himself at an appar- very pleasant task of collecting
The profit for the year, together| ent difference with the mass of among the friends of the deceased with the amount brought forward
SATURDAY OCTOBER
DAIRY FARM NEWS.
Liberals on the Eastern Question enough money to erect a suitable from last year's account, afte Gruvere
and at some conflict of opinion tombstone over-his-grave and to with Mr. Gladstons; also that he have a balance over to remit to receives implicit support trom scarcely any quarter.
The Prince of Wales' Persim moon won the Jockey Club Stakes the third classic rate this year. and while on the subject of racing, the Hongkong Jockey Club beld
LIR
extraordinary
Mrs. Thomas.
ON THE WATERFRONT
Well-known Shipping Man Retires.
writing off $78,480.77 for Depedia- tion and Bad and Doubtful Debis.
CHEESE
and providing for Directors and Gouda (Full Cream)
Auditors' fees, amounts to $241,
9105 which is proposed shall be dealt with as follows:-
Pay a dividend of $1.75 par Australian Cheddar
share $199,500, To add to Cattlere- serve $20,000. To add to Fire and
Typhoon Insurance Find Picnic (own make) to Carry forward to next year's account $11,591.05.
$1.25 per lb.
1.15
.85
"
"
.50 Jar
Mr. E. Thorp, freight agent at general meeting regarding the Hongkong for the Toro Kisen inclusion of officers of the Kaisha sailed for San Francisco Army and Navy as Stewards of to-day on board the company's Directors Mr. J. Scott Hur Coulommier (own_make).40 the Club The Hon. Mr. C. P. Shinyo Maru. Mr. Thorp is ton, sod Mr. W. S. Brown retire Chater presided, and as it took returning to California on retira by rotation but are eligible for four columns of the Telegraph of ment after a spell of over thirteen re-election- these days to report the proceed. Fears in the Far East. One Mr. L. N. Leefe having left the ings, in the short space at our of the best known steamship Colony resigned his seat on the disposal, condensation is a hope-men in China and Japan, he was Directorate and Mr.J. Bell-Irving less task. Suffice to say the connected with the old Pacific objectionable clause in the Club's Mail Steamship Company at Rules with regard to officers was expunged.
For the rest we are this weak content to reprint the following
without comment--
THE SANITARY BOARD
AGAIN.
A meeting of what remains of the Sanitary Board will assemble
SOME FIGURES. Our local statistician has been at work again and informs us that the rainfall of Monday and Tuesday for the island, taking the area as thirty square miles, amonted to no less than 12,604,800
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Jr. was invited to fill the vacancy. THE DAIRY FARM, ICE & COLD STORAGE CO. LTD.
Audit-The annexed accounts Yokohams for nine years. Later have been audited by Mesars. he joined the Japanese Art Percy Smith Seth and Fleming freight agent and has been in who offer themselves for re residence at Hongkong for the election. last four and a half pears. Be was given a hearty send-off by a large circle of friends before the Shinyo Maru sailed.
Three Liners Sail For Pacific Coast.
PIRACY OF JUNK.
Thres large passenger and mail One Man Killed And Three
with
to-morrow at 4.15 p.m. at the Board room. The agenda to be considered includes a minute consteamers in the trans-Pacific rud
Wounded. from Hoogkong this, cerning the recent strike amongst cleared
Overpowered by pirates who nightmen employed by house morning for the Pacific Coast holders; no less than twenty-nine The T. K. E. teamer Shingo killed one of their number and applications for licences and Marn and the Admiral Line's wounded three others and then renewal of licences to keep real Hawkeye State are bound for Sanatole their $5,000 cargo, she
and the Kashima crew of live swine, and actually, a minute Francisco
a large trading jonk concerning "the use of chlorinated Maru, of the N. Y. K., is going to made port at Hongkong this lime in latrines" open to the Seattle. The Hawkeye State lead morning
the report & heavy public, which presumably means off. sailing about 10 o'clock, the of
fight against chloride of lime used in public Shioyo Mara folloing an hour superior forces off Ping Hoi Wan Intrines.
later
Kashima The sailors injured in the fight] sad the Maru gt away about noon. with the pirates. bave been sent
The Shingo's showed a total of 416 names and
passenger-list to the Hospital for treatment.
The trading junk of 200 tons approximately 1,300 tons of left Kitshek, a small place near freight were taken out. There Swatow, for Hongkong earlier in were 59 first- and 58 second-saloon the mouth. On the early morning! passengers and 299 in the of September 23-Friday week-
Yokohama the the crew of thirteen was suddenly) tons or 2,823,475,200 gallons, vessel will pick up the greatest assaulted by 25 pirates who put which, if collected, would require number of her bookings, 114 first-off from their own junk in small a reservoir nearly forty times the and 30 second-cabin and 141 boats. Firearms flashed and in the size of Tytam. He is
steerage. according to advice scuffle the robbers overpowered employed in calculating bow
received bere from that port. the smaller number of the crew. many Sanitary Boards could be Several important Japanese are after killing one man and wounding drowned in this amount of water, travelling to San Francisco on three others. The cargo of gen- but says that, owing to the the Shinyo on their way to eral goods was transferred to the difficulty of arriving at the Washington, where they will pirate jonk and all sail was set correct amount of gas evolved by attend the Pacific Conference. and it made off. The place where each Board, he fears the task will
Among the passengers who the trading jonk was boarded by be beyond his powers.
joined the vessel at Hongkong the thieves is outside Samus. were :-Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Lilly, of Singapore, who are proceeding to Seattle, where Mr. Lilly will
now
steerage.
Ai
NEW DIRECTORS. Mr. R. L. Richardson and Mr. Alex Ross bave been elected members of the Court of Direc-be connected with the Asiatic tors of the Hongkong and Shang- bai, Banking Corporation, which now consists of twelve directors.
LI'S COFFIN.
Petroleum Company.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Douche, of Haiphong, are going home to Paris, travelling by way of the Voites States.
SHOT AS HORSE PASSED WINNING POST.
Just after his horse had passed) the winning post, on the race- course near Brest. Albert Roussin was shot by Josephine Chabrat, a woman whom he had discarded. After Li Hang-chang had
Mme Chahri. known to her "done" Russia, France and Capt. H. Holland, of the British friends as Nana, is a pretty and Germany "it appears that he Army, is returning to London | stylish woman, and she had told thought the chances of reaching from Bangkok.
the race-boree owner that if he bis own sweet home in North Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Marah, of married anybody else she would Chica suficiently good to dis- San Francisco, who arrived kill him. Roussin married a pease with the historical con here by the Shingo Maru, are pro- young girl with a big dowry. he carried with him from China ceeding as far as Shanghai. Mr. Naos disappeared for year, in the French Mail liner Ernest Marsh is the son of Mr. George and then carried out her threat. Simons. Certain it is that he did Marsb, the important Sas Fran-
not take the "big box" with Lim cisco antiqua dealer, who is very! to the United States for we read well-known in Japan, China and in the Shanghai Mercury of the India in consequence of his many 3rd. October (and the SM. is not trips to the Far East in search of given to pulling one's leg") that curios.
-
the fire that ocurred on the The cargo of the Shinyo Maru steamer Glenartney destroyed Li was a general one and included Hung-chang's coffin, which was 400 tons of gunnias ex Calcutta for shipped by Sir Halliday Americs. MacCartney. The god of gods in the Temple of Longevity will doubtless say this is a No. 1 omen, Indicating that Li will live to a "great age-almost for evar and
ever.
BETTING BANK PROFITS.
Proprietor's £75,000 House and £400,000 Racing Stable. THE "THOMAS” MEMORIAL.
Following the complaints Sixteen months ago the many against the numerous so-called friends in, this Colony of the bauks used for betting in Get- genial and deservedly popular many, one of the bankers named proprietor and
PONY'S NAME.
manager Charles Cohen has been arrested. Bolshevic
Thoma's Grill Room sorrowfully)
A series of raids has been made Scamperdale
followed his remains to their last by the police on the banks and Spynie and Neston reating place in Happy Valley the race-courses to investigate Spolit Child...
At the time, we published an into their liabilities. As a result Ardelan obituary notice of the death of Cohen has been detained for Flywheel and Mountain Mr. Thomas who for many years trial, and a liquidator has been had been a well-known land-mark
appointed.
Best
St. Anthony Amongst the assets catalogued Tiddleywinks from the liquidator are:
Frome azd Mountain
Mist
in those regions, in fact, Over since he took (as it after wars turned out) a false stop by leaving one of the Pacific Mail Co's well found Frisco liners, where he was steward, and horses, valued at 8 million marks The Ameer... coming ashore to seek his fortage (£400,000 nominal).
in this fair Isle of Fragrant
Streams". That, however, is now
Country house, valued at 134 million marks (£75,000 nominal). Merrysand
Racing stable with 24 race-Beggar King
Distance
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121 1.56
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35.2
1.09 1.46
50-
1.33 2.12
Lighting Valuables, 300,000 marke Quo Vadis & Carpenter (£15,000), and
Pawnshop and Basicess valued at 20 million Child
Dekho to to-day is the fact that although marks (£1,000,000 nominal).
The Viabilities of the bank are Humorist
master of fairly ancient history
and what we bave to call attention
the Thomas estate, when every- j hiae was squared up, showed estimated at 36 million marks. Louza and Golden Syrup
After having met these Cohen Tuckshop
12,345.99 to the good, yet as our would still have a very consider-Red Bird & King Harry paternal Government annexed ex- setly half of that sum, the widowable surplus made out of the Frampton
betting bank
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2.45 3.18.2 1.10.2-1.46 2,22
1.11.2 1454 2.22 2.57
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117
1.51.2
2.21€
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