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INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG & KOWLOON WEARP & GODOWN CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

INTIMATIONS

LOST.

lat. inst. THAMOND BROOCH in shape of mains, with pearl centre. Pin missing, Finder will be suitably rewarted on returning same to Lt.

Hongkong, Feb. 15, 1917.

THE THILTIETH ORDINARE Colonel Currie, Headquarters. Orics.

ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of Messrs, Jarding, Matheson & Co, Ltd, on THURSDAY, the 22nd Febeury, 1917, at Xbox. for the purpowa of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts for the year ending atst December, 1918-

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- pany will be CEOSED from MONDAY.

12th February to THURSDAY, and February, both days inclusive..

By Order of the Devard of Directors, "

W. S. BROWN, - Szczotary, Hangkong, Feb. 4, 1917

NGT

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE, CO., LTD.

THE

TWENTIETH ANNUAL MEETING

HOLDERS

ORDINARY

NOTICE

1304

ARNHOLD, KÄRBERG & COMPANY

(IN LIQUIDATION)..

TOTICE hereby given that all

claims against the above Estate should be filed with the Liquidaters on or before 5th February 1817.

"DODWELL & CO., LTD.

"Liquidators,

Hongkong, Feb. 14, 1917.

HONGKONG

1498

SHARE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

in the Company will be hell at the fees of the company, St. George's Buildings, No Comment Road, on FRIDAY, the 23rd February, 1917

11.30.M. for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts anti the Report of the. General Managers for the year ending 3 st December 1916 and electing a Consulting Committe and Andliters.

The TRANSFER BOOKS 4 the Company will be "LOSED from

MONDAY the 19th Febuary, 1917, antil FRIDAY, the Bird February, 1917, bath days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

Gener! Hangers. Hongkong. Feb. 13, 19917,

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HONGKONG & SHANGHAT BANKING CORPORATION,

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THE

ANNUAL SHOW,

HE FLOWER and VEGETABLE SHOW will be held on the TH and 9TH MARCH, in the Botanical Gardens.

Intending Exhibitors, should send their entry ferns toe Hon. Secretary not later than 28th February,

Copies of Rules and Schedules may be obtained from the Hon. Secretary...

A. NICOL

QUARRY BAY Hongkong, Feb. 12, 1917,

1436

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that DAIRY FARM NEWS. NOTICE IS HEREBY GLENERE

ING of the Shareholders in this. Corporation will be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the STD DAY of FRURTAST, 1917, at Noor,

ine the for the purpose of receiving Report of the Court ok Directors together with

statement of Accounts fur the you ending the 31st December, 1916,

The REGISTER of Shares of the Corporation will be CLOSED from

MONDAY the 12 FEBRUANY, "to SATURDAY, the 24TH FEBRUARY, 1917 (both days inclusive), during which period no transfer of shares can be registered

By Order of the Court of Directors,,

w N. J. STARE,

Chief Mùnager. “

Rongkong. Feb. 6, 1917.

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apprehensions. Aroganda the food troubles of the civilian population, the Governments, and particularly the mili tury authorities, havo adopted an attitude. ot callous indifference. All they bare dute, has been to appoint Food Dictators, why, have been continually engaged in bargaining with the military authorities to seguze a triding allowance for civilians. Henry, December 2lth.. and in distributing the scants stocks thus Taking for granted the fact that the obtained more or less equally among the peace offer of the Central Powers and the people. The Food Borear distribute four mixture of wheat and maize four- efforts of nitrals will fail to bring about among the countries. and she local a speedy ma of the war, the question authorities distribute this among the arises how long, the Central Empires will villages, The work has to be done, how- ever, by an insufficient staff, and the Setting aside

consequence is that there are villagin military considerations and basing one's where sometimes the people get no four theory purely on economic graumde, it is for a fortnight at a time, and have to evident that we are within measurable live ou such quantity of potatoes in is fèli distance of the limit of endurenco of them by the requisitioning officials.

They souia fuct I wish to point to their much quering peoples. It is

that although the peasantry and the land. plainly apparent to anyone who has made owners have been stripped of everything a study of economic conditions in Gerin, the way of cereals their stock of seed EE Undersigned Caving bood appointed rany and in the Dual Monarchy that the has been taken from them in many enses Anckes for the COWIE ERBOUR peace offer made in the middle of Decem-the Army has not enough food to carry COAL CO. LTD.. prepared to

it through the winter. The local authori. pricas for best quality SILIMPOPONber was chiedy prompted by the, how Limmed int: Buncers at SEBAT ledge that relief dust come within six

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SILIMPOPON COAT„comparos ikvotr Ahly with the better grades of Japan Cont and given goed results on very moderate consumptipo.

be able to hold out.

2kmwatha from the present time at the out- vide internal troubles. of the most serious character are to be avoided.

Ic Austria-Hungary the availablo į mocks of fad will not even last for six montha. "But supposing that by imprs

Stemmer calling at $5B\TT'K_ MANDAKAN prelüzivaly for SILIMPO. Sapnuo PON COND (either org or Bankara)

Aro exempt from payment of all Purting severe privations or the people the charges.

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At Selartik Steamers are hurthed along side the 'omunny's wharf where there is a minimum depth of 27 in 28 fout at low water Spring Tides.

Charts of Siboko Bay (Sebatik Far- bour). Prices and all other information concerning the Port, on be, hau on application to the Agents.

unthorities should succeed in quietiaz

tie in the different districts have peti sioned the Government to supply food

for distribution among the poor, but the Government, can do nothing, for the military authorities are supreme. And the one thought of the military authorities is to continue to feed the Artay until such timu as the new crops are available.

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Another six months will only bring a CHINKIANG Messrs Gearing &

them until the end of June, how is the to July, and even in Rumanin the harvest population increased, it must by: borne

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does not begin until the middle of June. MANILA Messrs Macondray & in mindy by some 26 million months in which means that the middle or end of the occupied region to be fed during July will only see part of the Rumanian themonths of July and August? For by wheat harvest in the form of flour. In SINGAPORE: Messrs Borneo Co. that time, according to statisticians, not Hungary, even in peace time, harvesting again of wheat of maize will be left, did not finish until the middle of August, even if the spots in Romania should and new flour was never to be had before (the red of September. We know that the Ainy must be fed'; and well ind, too, for on this depends the late of that gigantic organisation. Even if a Peace Conference were called together to-morrow peace would probably be still some months be harvested, and in that period starva-off, and it is not at all probable, the tion or a scale hitherto unknown in the blockade would be raised in the mean. world, save perhaps in India, will present time, that is to say, while the negotia iusell. When it comes to thuf, of course, tions were in progress, Under these peace will have to be made on any terins. circumstances the Central Powers Lava, The feeding of the Arany, is the main con. but a very limited time in which to bring cer of the Central Empires, not that of about an understanding as regards,, the the population, as may be imagined. Yet conterence itsell. The people are already even this casos hen anged for more

desperate, and the troops may become than another kix months, even allowing desperate, too; on soon as they experience Lot the fact that the Austro-Hungarian on their own persons the horrors of the foress behind the front are a half rations, present food shortage,

and that very soon in £ probability the

It is rumoured that after his corona. men on the Western frost will fare notion as King of Hungary, the new better.

Emperor-King will take the question of In order to give readers an idea of the pesco in hand and will go to Berlin to scarcity of food stocks, even in Hungary, discuss the position with the Emperor on who generosity the 25 millions of William The newapapers express great people in Austria 'depend for cerents, I hopes of his energetic will to attain this need only mention an interpellation in end, and if those hopes are well founded, the Hungarian Chainber last week by M. as is, generally believed here, some most Charles Huszar, who asked the Minister unexpected events may be, in more for the of Agriculture, it he proposes to go on peoples of the Central Powers." Morn with the commandeering of cereals, in ing, Fost."

the same way as has been done for the last two months, add deprive the

OBTAINABLY, AS than "LA" Ma peaaursh, popolation of even each ganz

kong-

NOTES ON WILD LIFE IN. HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA (by Boy G. A Bunbury, MA)

tities as two or three quarta of grain, .... Ob What, and moize?" The requisitioning

·HISTORY OF UNION CHURCH Commissions, visiting villages, farms, and

*(1891-1903) * -- *** [pag

.50 peksant houses one by one, are taking BONGKONG'S MUSICAL every ounce of coreals.from the peasants,

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"so much so that these cannob oven food thair liva stock, sad are slaughtering lean pigs and selling their horses. Owing to the lack of horses harvesting operations will be seriously affected, but to all such 50ings tha autoorities can pay no hoed, for their orders are to collect everything 50 everywhere, the Army reading all the available stock immediately. The Mini- ster of Agriculture, in reply to M 1.00 Huszar, said that he could not conteri trand orders coming from Headquarters, and that he could only protest.

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