A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd.
ESTABLISHED 73 YEARS
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**
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#1
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A. S. Watson & Co.,
MOUTRIE'S
1914
NEW MODEL
OVERSTRUNG
Upright
Prices from
Grand
$385.
GUARANTEED FOR
FIVE YEARS.
INSPECTION INVITED
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NETTLE-On May 16, at Chaorking. West Chin, to Mr. and Mrs. P. E. NETTLE, a daughter.
MARRIAGE..
YOUNG DIMENT-On May 15, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, Halcórm HENRY, youngest son of the Rev. C. J. Young, Dovun, England. to Mass JKMIK, eldes daughter of C. B. Dement, Esq. Wellington, New Zealand.
· MEMO, FOR TO-DAY.
915 p.m.-The Blpp-odrome Cirvus abi
Causeway Bay,
MEMOS. FOR TO-MORROW.. Empire Dig.
9 a.m.-Excursion tɔ Macao.
MEMOS. FOR MONDAY.
Tablic Holiday.
the CRES OF gun, on P.V
tings, the time allo
32 seconds, and 120
In this case
minute was 5.11, when
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BOOM
NOTES
thab
pro
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formance, attained by six gunners, was 111 hits per gun per minute
The full text of Mrs. Versions and Smythogram roada com Thirteen gunner got in at least five The markut upched with sales and hits during the 5 seconds, so that buyers: na: Tha, 50, foc cat and Ti0 once again there is room for Improve for Jums delivery, and after remaining ment at the bottom of the list. Ining at these rates closed casier with
nollers at Tis. 587 cash. the case of the 13-pounder 14-w gun on “P.I.* mounting, of which there were 177, tested, the verse hits per minute was 3.79 and in the case of the 12-pounder B-out gun, of which 81 were fested, the
hits per gun per minute was 346- In the 6-pounder gun, with telescope of which 340 are in this service, the average hits per gun zer minute was 3.51, which again is scarcely a suc cessful performance. Ten gunners managed to get ten hits per gun per minute, so that 3,51 can hardly be
Isis reported in Shanghal that one of the new low level walls in giving outpubot 2:006, too of all we
NEWS OF THE DAY.
`LOCAL AND'GENERAL.
mile the othe
badly and took 85.3, for the last quarter.
Sir Galahad has grown som
now a stronger pony than the young mimir of the last officiak moeting. He Is
a balance Stas Dec. 1813.
in fair ecedition, though slightly on the The Net Prodte of the Company for the fab side, and in moving wall. Mallard twelve months ander review, after paying in good condition and is also moving well. | all charges, including the mlary of the Jose Mighty" is getting back his old strido and. I bears has been deals with lenfantly by ho handicappers, Sol Kwad be look ing Tory fit and in galling in good style Yadeon beat Fogaras over a mile by two seconds, and Springwood bess Unity over three-quartos,
The following were the times "taken ter this morning
The ma." 86. Albangë, which, azrivad
regarded as a high average. Indeed, to-day, brought up sleven Portuguese in some of the boats the average for soliliars from Timor. this gun was less than one bit per gun per minute. Thus, while the results are considered satisfactory, there is room for very considerable improve- ment in the case of the vessels at the bottom of the list.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
|
A Chinese was to-day sentenced to bron months' imprisonment for being at rogna and vagabond.
Thma Phraming is reported to be. askors na caigon river. As she is costing en soft mud the vessel is in no danger.
|
$82.9.
Brown Boy, Greggs 1, 1 mile, 2.18.8,
Joan Mighty Harage, o. 11, 2.37.8,
Soi Kwai, Gegr, i, 1 mile
Matchlook, Clark, o, 1 mile, 2.214. | Ems02.4%
Amun Ra, boy, o, 11, 3,07, last †, 35.
€
General Managers, and providing for a Captain Superintendent had and doubtful debes, allowing for loss on Mr. Messer, who subsidiary notas, the payment of soditore expense their appre fee $500, and including 8975,90 suclaimed view of Inspector Ca dividenda forfeited, amount to #100,950.09tting on pension.” Thoir To which ass to be added the balance departure was tompered brought forward, frost the previous year
they kar bo www goin Land box have a good HO-8101,100, TO «From this there has to be deducted — - | Gsoural - Manugura”. Coromission, of
went on the net profits for the your ar pet with such Article: 80 of the" Company V Association 85,046%.0f; Kaza
the Consulting Committes saj 89,000.00 —7,045.0f, Loaring available for appropriation #94,114,68.
bed subscribed towards he would band to him as
his residence among them in Ho They all sincerely hoped that Cameron would be sbie to
We propose to pay a dividend of 7 pe sout, which will absorb $83,000,00“ Write off building improvements, furniture, Vadeem, Ferguson, i, 1 milo, 2 stings, utensils of trado $11,000.00; Welte watch to his children for 158DY FELIS, 10
| Aast 4, 34, "
Pegnats, Sedgwick, I, 1 mile, 2.21.cf aerated water and other plant and come (Applause) a
The Superintendent handed the watris last 1, 36.
mushimery $13.000.00; Weita Saff, ataam launch, Fghter water bouze and to the Inspector and saked Am. Camer last †, 30.3.
Goodshop, Clark, of 1 milè, 146.3, motze lorry $8,000.00--90,000.00 And on's acceptance of a silver hand Bag.
carry forward to 1914 account 81,114.88-Inspector Cameron feadingly replied, Springwood, Gegg, and Unity, Bis | #04,114.88.
and thanked Mr.. Messer for, his kind son, 0,3 mile, 1.40, lash 1, 3,
Daring the your the advance against remarks and his colleagues for their much. Marine Lot No. 233 Kowloon Inland Tango, Knoll, o, 11, 2.50, last 1, 33.5.
Lot No. 1.38 and the buildings therson valued present. Cheers for the Imperator Crown Asher, Hickman, o, mile, respectively has been reduced by $44,97.41. and his wife terminated a pleasant gather -1.45.8, last 4, 83.1.
and the mortgage of $48,000 on Section Xingd Pitxthie, Sedgwick, o, 14, 3:01.8, lass 14, 85.4.
|14, 9.07, lust £, B4..
Arrarand, Clarke, and Ruke, Hastings,
Cilgwyn, Gegg, o. 11, 3.03.3, last.
32.0:**
· The - **Heangshan" will take the excursion run to Mamo to-morrow, leaving (fast 1, 33.13 Mr. F. A. Ram, of Hosers Denied at 9 am and returning from Macno st
| 3 p.m.
1 a.m.-Commemoration Service at St. Ben and Gibbs, returned to the Colony
John's Cathedral.
yesterday from home by the Kitano Maru.
Geners! Memoranda.
TORSDAY, May 26-
Queen Mary'e hirt' day (1887).
H.K. Horticultural Society's Meeting. 3 p.m.-Crown Land Sale at P.W.D. WEDNESDAY, May 27-
Noon-Pest Tramwayn Co. Lid's
Meeting.
The Darby at Epsom. Tucana, May 28-
1£215.m.-—- þar Ferry Co's, Mesting. Lal Stockbrokers' SotWing Day.
FRIDAY, May 29 Jan
Dragon Boat Festival,
SATURDAY, May 30--
Second Gymkhana-Mowing:
Mosnay, June 1:-
Whit-Monday.
Public Holiday.
TURSDAY, June 2
Pope Puis X born 1835. Wronkiday, June 3:—
King George'e birthday (1885). Public Holiday.
HONOKONG, SATUxday, May. 23, 1914.
GUN-FIRE IN TORPEDO CRAFT,
Lieat Hatfield, A.D.C., to B.E the Governor, is to be attached to the Duke of Cornwalla Light Infantry for a coliose of instruction at sa early date. ..."
Mr. McLeish, late Secretary of the Tientsin B.MC., is spending a short time with his old friend, Bishop Bestt, is Poking, before starting on his bomiaward journey.
The
Paking Gazette" understands that President Yean Shih Kai is presenting Bir Richard Dane with a valuable birthday present, consisting of a piece of porcelain valued at Tis. 3,000, on his return to
Pakking.
NEWS OF THE DAY,
of Inland Lot No. 10 and the Buildings Inspector Cameron first joined the
thersom has been paid eft in full.
The existing Committee consists of Hom Hongkong Police Fores in 1800 na ie C. P. Chater, C.M.G Mr. Scott stably. Th 1607 he was made an Acting- And Dr. J. W-Noble. Mr. H. F. Sergeant and two years later received resigned membership on hie de } full rank. He was appointed third class aperture from the Colony on leave.
The Company's Accounts are boen sergeant in 1905 and second in 1008 an aadited by Me Francis Maitland and Mr. first-ci Iospector in the year 1911. 0, Barnard Brown, A.C.A.; who offer For the last year, he has been in charge themselves for re-election.
of the Shaukiwan district and previously was in charge of the Yaumpal area
Bozario, Hickman, i, 2 mile. 1.42.2.
Monarch Dailie, Kodi, o, I mile. | 2.18.8, last †, 85.3.
Sir Galahad; Kroll, o, 11, 3.01, laat †.
The old Star Ferry wharf at Kowloon | 32.3. was opened for public use yesterday, and was much utiliand, expecially by bathing parties.
Mallard, boy, 0, 14, 2.18; inst 4, 52.9. Fickle Bird, Beith, i. 1 mile, 2.20. [Laugh 4738.
MATHS MAGPIN."4"
The 288 taels of Persian opium, found cantiscated by Mfr. Wood at the Magistracy RECENT HONGKONG PIRATES. on the .. Fai Han on the 20th inst, were this morning,
'r
A description of the great Relay Race, run at Philadelphis recently and won by Oxford University, na wired on by Bouber, at the time, will be found on page 3
__The_extrudition_proceedings against nine prisoners, in custody, in connection with the pirsey of the .s. Childar has been adjourned until Wednesday at 11.30a.m.
Regulations are warstbed prolibiting On pages 4 and 5 will be found arms, ammunition gunpowder and military the exportation and constwien carriage of
graphic comnt of the F. A. Cap Final,
Bir. Wood this morning fined Chinese $100 for selling wine without a liecence.
The ccount of the One Thousand
́and naval storrs, as well as pertain articles
manufacture of expireires.. such sa sulphur and miltpetre used in the
Monday next, the 26th instant being Public Holiday, the Post Office, will be
Guipers Race has unavoidably to be beldi open from 8 to 9 at over till Monday.
will be-otin
delivery of ordinary correspondence and one collection of laters from, the Pillar Boxes. The Money Order Ulles will be
Thezu will be another change in the sutirely closed Hippodrome and Cirens programme to morrow night. We are informed that the change will provide su interesting and The Admiralty have just issued a attractive programme. return giving the results of tests of
...
Questions in Parliament.
Jeɛr D. Burenrath and Sox.
General Managers. Hongkong, fist May, 1914.
Balaner Sweet, 31st December, 1913 LIABILITIEK
Capital account... Reserve Fand
General Liabi fitlow in tha -East and in
·Amerion; Sant and General Liabi lities in Lon-
don........................ Mortgage_on"
Shameen Lok. No. 7, Can- ton, and the Buildings
B
Mr. G. Stewart (U. Wirm) asked whether In the House of Commons on April 34. the British malls, while being carried by the Norwegian str. Childs were fuoted when that stowuser was recently pirstad in i obtained from the Chinese Government South China; has say sansaction been whose subjects affected the piracy; and whether in view of the gasettled condition of the West River and the Canton dolta, & mörgu the Admiralty can sow their way to expellita far as possible the construction of the
Estimates of 1913-124 two river gunboate foreshadowed in the 1915-13, 1915 but not so
Churchill: I am informed that proceeded with nothing is knows at the
at the Admicity
in the Office of the pinting of the | Chil
beyond what has speszed in
in In the Pro As regards the last part of the question, I have nothing to add to the reply I gave to the hom, member for North
Naval
Birmingham on
on the first of the months Mr. Stewart In the right hon. gentle. man aware that last year & French steer was pitated on the-Wan Riraz, and another steamer was slao pirated
maining For tion of Section D. of Inland Lot No. 1,095 and the Build-
13,473.99
ings therton Advance sgnitat.
Mortage (up
therson 18,000,00
$125,004)
on Marine Lob- No. 29, and the Buildings tharson, and Kowloon Lot: No. 1,208, and
to he
40,000.00
Mr. Churchill: The two river gunboa's to which the second part of the question Bill Payable Hongkong and Prefats were not for the West River at all,
~Chins A new local Portuguese Monthly Rebut for the Yangtze.S
Unclaimed Dividends view entilled Religias e Fetris" make-
CASES OF THE SHUT ON AND TAKON. D Becurity Deposits from Staa its first appearance to-day. It is neatly pet don had been claited from the Forward from
Mr. Stewart asked whether any, com-Profit and Lowe Account got up and is edited by one of the old Chinese Government for property lost by 1912 Accomm.. Regulations made by H. E the Partagues residents in the Colony. It Britak ufficers on board the steamers Shui Nat Proft 1915 · 100,820.59 gun-fire in torpedo-boat destroyers Governor-in-Council, under the Post Office will be solely confined to moral, social and and torpedo-boats, and the results Ordinance relating to the rexistrati and patriotic arms, with local and home news are pronounced satisfactory, but their delivery of, sad compensation fow, register. Lordships very properly make the ed parculs are "Gazetted" today. observation that a "farther improve-
On: pirated in 1911, on the Tai On, pirated in 1913 in South Chins; and whether any
| companation has boon claimant for the Hependents of the chief oficer of the
The students of St. Joseph's College Shawn who
lost his 1
bla Ufa, and whows
Building Improve ments Furniture,
will west in the College Square at 8:30 poor discrimentanone ?Alumnae Mother Total Stacks in Trade ment would result if deck officers in Camden, New Jersey, has hann pur. Old Boys Association for the best cosys
The cruiser Fei Hung, built for Chins. on Monday whet price offered by the Mr. Acland: In the case of the
~ claimed: the
His Majesty'
Government sume from the 3249.7 Los the damage to the
quarters paid more; attention to their chased by the Greek Government. The on the British Empire, will be promoted 000
| observation of fire." An examination i armament so manufactured by BI W. G. Bay, Bros. Almar, the Director of the the master Capt to the healthzer Bre
of the details seems to show a wide The Armament consists of two dis. 50 salute the flag, march past and difference between the results in ships calibre guns, four dini, two 12-pounders, commemoration
Armstrong, Whitworth and Co. (Limited). Collage. Therealter the students w
of the same class, and although it may be that conditions vary greatly, this cannot always te the explanation the best result in a ship is often mach better than the average in the same ship; in many cases the best result is
The Junior N.C.Os of 88 Comp double the average, and in other cases even more. The gans with which and Dance last night
R.G.A., hald their monthly Whist these light craft are fitted ranged up There was a large- to the 4-in. breech-loader, and in all mittas was B2, 3m 201 vessels, having 869 guna, passed pl Golde through tests during the The prostage of
and six pounders, gather with two Cathedral, trials were antial ctorily carried out in above-waler, torpedo-tubes. The gusesty American waters ander the supervision of representatives of Sir W, O. Armstrong Whiteworth and Co. (Idinited).-
fired, in all casen
C. BAMMING & Co., LD, Chemists and Druggisti
GREAT REDUCTIONS IN T
PRICES
47.34 proscribed time was
we find that the
the time
prese
[\out the"
Service
Johnston $168: for the Inparal ехрешени the chef offort tend the He Nickolana. No chilm was rude.” Gru
ait of Mr. Nicholsos a: Tel
The second big M.St. Baer, the An
the second week in Begi
that no one has
Tade
and Binogbit and
· Inspector Collett's Carver.
The Hongkong Police, also loso the see- vices of another valued member of the Police Formu today in the person of 90,000.00 Detective-Inspector Collett, who leaves 154,939,59
for Home to-day by the P and 0. steamer. Imst night, he was entertained by his colleagues and many referred In appropriate terms to the impending de parturo Inspector. Collett left England m the year, 1991; being, wasociated with the Cheltenham division of, Wiltshire, He way con of a party of 20., requNG. WHEA 65 loft to join the, Hongkong loren, and the only remaining members of the little band, Ukzday in the Cotany na Chief-in-- spector Gourlay, Inspector MoHardy, Revenue Office Mackenzie. Mr. Melver (Harbour Office) and Mr. Rodis (Bai tary Department). In 1808, he wa lause-sergeant and a year ister was made full sergeat. Three years afterwards he was made third class Inspectory- a troond.class". Inspector in 1902 and first class in 1905. He wer appointed to the detective staff in 1807 44, sergeant, and in 1900, when made Inspector, he took over the charge of the Eastern Divi- sion. In 1004 he want to the Western Division. In May 1911 he succeeded Mr. Hanson in the control of the Detec tire Department which he Geld until his retirement,
100,000,00
87,150.01 Firs Insurance Premi and
1,887,20 Licences Unexp red
$17,500.00 Section 1 of Inland
240.11
101,160.70
at Balive' Bran-
deoant $88, 1999
477,188.68
...8681,002.99
Lot No. 19 and the
Buildings thereon 60,000,00 Kowloon Inland L
No 1208 and the
Buildings then 27,500,00
Marine Lot No. 293: wad the Building
AR PUR Last Ac
count #154,836.64-- Expended
Caring
1913 1,063.71
Shamcen L
Lot Ho74
and the Beilings thereon, Canton... 62,000,00 Temaining Portion
of Bration of Yeland LotNE:
(1,025 and the
Buildings thereon ~18,500,00 Exts Couosion Lot: "No.75” and Boka Building thereon, Canton
To Bakoco
6,051,84
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