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INTIMATIONS

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

MEMBERS and the PUBLIC are

hereby notified that Mr. E. C SANDFORD for many years Ron Treasurer of the Hongkong Jockey Club baving expressed his wish to be relieved from that office his resignation has been sccepted.

INTIMATIONS

HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND

FINANCE CO. LTD.

NOTICE IS HERESY GIVEN that

that ORDINARY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHARE HOLDERS in this Company, will be ALT. LINSTEAD & DAVIS are held at the HONKONA HOTEL, Hong- heen

appointed Secretarias

sudkong, on SATURDAY, the 9th Febru- Treasurers to the Club as from the 10thary, 1915, at 11.30 4.x for the purpose January instant

of receiving the Reports of the Directors. together with a Statement of Accounta for the year ending 31st December, 1917.

Members who have not yet paid their subscriptions for the current season are requested to make payment to Messrs. Linstead & Davis who are hereby Bathorised to rollect all monies due to the Club and will in future disbares

funds in settlement of accounts owing,

Messrs. Linstead & Daria will issue to Members, and Members' Ladies Tickets of admission to the grand stand and enclosure and will be in charge of the male of Armission Tickets for the general public which may be obtained as hereto Jore from Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited, or at the gate on Race Day.

By Order,

T. F. HOUGH,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 4th February to the 14th February (both days inclusive during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

...General Managers. Hongkong, Jan. 29, 1918.

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MONDAY, JANUARY 28 1018.

INTIMATIONS.

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WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

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Clerk of the CourM. HONGKONG JOCERY CLUB.

THEATRE

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Fongkong, Jan. 1, 1019.

THE WEST POINT BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED,

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTIETH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Compray will be held at the Offlees of Messrs. JARDINE, MATRISON & CURPANY, Limited, on TUESDAY, 3th Jabuery, 1918, at 11.33 A.M. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a statement Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1917,

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Coinpany will be CLOSED from SATURDAY 19th to TUESDAY, 29th January, 1918 (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

"A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Secretary to the

HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT &

AGENCY CO, LTD.

General Agents for the

WEST POINT BUILDING COMPANY,

LETED.

Hongkong, Jan. 11, 1918.

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE LIMITED.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the FOURTH ORDINARY MEET- ING ofSHAREHOLDERS-in-this Company will be held at the Offices of Messra, JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY. Limited, on TUESDAY, 29th January, 1918, 11.45 AM.. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1917. The KEGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from SATURDAY 19th to TUESDAY, 29th January, 1918 (both days inclusivo), | 17 during which poriod no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

THE KONGKONG CENTRAL

ESTATE LIMITED.

A. SHILTON HOOPER,

Secretary to

The General Managers. Hongrong, Jan. 11, 1915.

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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the THIRTIETH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY, LIMITED ON

TUESDAY, 29th Jauyary, 1918, at Noos, for the purpose of receiving the Raport of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1917. TBEGISTEK of SHARES of the Compsay will be CLOSED from SATURDAY 19th to TUESDAY, 29th January, 1918, (both days inclusive) during which period no Transfer of

·Shares can be Begistered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. SHELTON HOOFER,

Secretary.

Hongkong, Jan. 11, 1978.

THE RONGKONG. LAND

RECLAMATION COMPANY,

LIMITED.

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HONGKONG.

ROTAL,

TWO GRAND

CONCERTS

SATURDAY, 2nd

and.

THURSDAY, 7th Feb.,

at 9.15 p.m.

A. MIROVITCH

(PLANO.)

M. PIASTRO

(YTOLIN.)

BOOKING AT

MOUTRIE'S.

PRICES:

$3.00, $2.00 & $100.

HELENA MAY

INSTITUTE,

CONCERT

Under the Patronage of His Excellency The Governor, WEDNESDAY, 30th January,

at 9.15 p.m.

TICKETS я BACH- may be obtained at the Institute.

Proportion of Proceeds in Aid of WAR CHARITIES.

SANITARY, BOARD OFFICE HONGKONG.

EMBASSY

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THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE

BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., LTD:

A GERMAN CENTRAL AFRICA.

GREAT HUN AMBITION WHICH

MAY NOT BE' REALISED

CENTRE OF NAVAL POWER.

A TEST: OF IMPERIALISM.

The new

great aim at Germany now. In 1906 the Kaiser and Prince Bulow Colonial Empire was to be self-contained made the Colonies the great test of and impregnable, a centre of German Imperialism. Herr Dernburg, appointed naval power, a strategic position which, Colonial Secretary, effected considerable whether Africa în "militarised or not, reforms, but his gift for salf-advertisement will affect every conceivable combination

of forces, aiter every problem of defence. was not the least of his talenta.

There was to be a new Germany; based The real Dornburg should be remem bered for the services he involuntarily upon the open sea, and then the naval rendered in promoting the intervention of issue could no longer lig in the North Sea the United States. Even after the Dernor the Baltic or the Mediterranea burg régime Germany's whole trade with her colonies was, in 1913, just one half it was believed, restore Germany's posi of 1 per cent. of her whole foreign teade. tion in the Far Foot. This was clearly German colonial aspirations were expressed by Berr Emil-Zimmerman, the entirely contained in German world most eloquent exponent of the Central Africe plans, who wrote that the policy ambitions. Germany's principal colonial

of Australia and Indis could be most aim was, and is, the acquisition of a large, inter-connected, self-contained blook of powerfully influenced from East Africa--:

the sea routes would be menaced-and territory in Africs.

so we shall drive the first wedge Inte Far Esaten. the united front of our

At King's College, London, recently Mr. J. E. Mackenzie, formerly. Berlin corres pandest of The Times," delivered & lecture on "The Colonial Aspirations of Germany." Sir Charles Lucas, late of the Colonial Office, was in the chair.

The lecturer stated that the original reasons for German colonial ambitions

As Herr Soit, the Colonial Secretary, were prestige and sentiment. That Ger many had a large surplus population recently stated, "even before the war we had plans for making a united whole of which ended an outlet was not true our African possessions by means of peace Germany never had a surplus population. (ful "agreements, and Herr Bolf way [73 Though for a time she had an increasing shocked that Great Britain, which before population, for many years she has had a the war had endeavoured to satisfy Oer. steadily declining population. She had to man colonial aspirations, akcold row sdopt a "differens attitude, especially as import foreign labour to the extent, infruitfel negotiations were in program right 1911, of at least 1,000,000 zen,

up to the outbreak of the war.

The German idea was that by con.) As she became largely industrial, se

centration upon overseas expansion British had to fear that her importation of foreign intertwrence in Continental questions need labour would be threatened when her not he feared. She worked to obtain the neighbours became strong enough to resist Belgian Congo, and to make the Ports bet commercial dictation. The question guese colonies an acknowledged sphere of of imported labour was becoming German interests. Thers were to be no immediate annexations, but when the OWNERS OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS. extremely urgent ne between Germany fruit was ripe and the ripening of the and Russie, and was an important factor trait would have been for it was to in the Prassias decision to "have things fall into Germany's lap.

TO THE

ȚIAKE NOTICE. that under No. 3 of the

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that DOMESTIC OLEANLINESS, and out "with Russia in 1014.

« the SEVENTEENTH ORDINARY

MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in VENTEATION BYE-LAWN (s' sand.

THE BELGIAN CONGO.

In any case the colonies afforded ne And it was to be remembered that when this Company will be held at the Offices d) very Domestis Bailding or partial for German colonisation and the Germany was making effusive promises ol Mesura::: Jazdink, Mararior & such Bailding within the CENTRAL

· of Victoria, and. January, 1918, at 12.15 m. for the the WESTEIN parp se of receiving the Report of the occupied by members of more than the avowed aim of the colonial administra. she never gave any assurances about the

Belgian Congo Directors together with the Statement une family, except those within the tion became more and more definitely of acounts for the year ending 31st European Reservation or in Kowloon December, 1817.

CUFANY, LOOTED, OR TUESDAY, 19th | Division of the 12 of: Kowloon myth disappeared, even in Germany, and about the ultimate integrity of Belgium |

A German Central "Africa would also,!

shemies."!

It was, the lecturer believed and hoped, too Iste for Germany to extricate her colonial aims from the wreck of her other

ambitions.

AMERICA'S FIGHTING STRENGTH.

United States army in France and in The latest official figures show that the the United States comprises 1,300,000. Including marines and auxiliaries, the total is 1,500,000%;

The Secretary for the Navy, Mr. Daniels, reports that during the year the American natal "personnel has in- creased from 75,000 to 234,000, and the The stimates for the year total expenditure to £12,000,000 per month,

£220,000,000. || No fewer than 7,45 ships have been commissioned; since the war broke out.

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A German Central Africa stretching THE HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LD. South of Austin Bead, or those parts of a economic. From this standpoint too the right serves the continent, including the The REGISTER of SHARES of the Domestic Building used as a Shop, flow result was disappointment and depression. Belgian Congo and Anguis, that was the Company will be CLOSED from new Godown, - must be CLEANSED · and SATUKUAY 18th to TUESDAY, 29th LIMEWASHED THROUGHOUT by. the The outlook was changed by the rapid days inclusive) || Owners": the months of Desember development of a new foreign policy under during which partod 30 Transfer of and Jamily Witcam I, shove all by the proclamation

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By Order of the Board of Directors.

MOWERAY 8 NORTHCOTE,

Secretary---y

Henckong, Jan. 11, 1918,

UNION WATERBOAT COMPANY LIMITEDA

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS will be held in the Offices of Messrs. Don EL & CO LIMITED

or TUESDAY the 8th February, 1918,

N.B. The word throughout used

this Notios menos that the House should be the Germany's fature lay upon the water.

washed in respect of all the Walls of This produced & powerful colonial move

each Hoom, all Cubicles,” Partitions, Stair

and Stair Linings, all Sellings and ment and the employment of the hitherto the Undmides of Roofs & in alin unprofiable overseas possessions so poliți. Buildings, Offices and Bevande Quarter

The Backyard must here is Containing

and Inclusive of Verandade kryer pants cal bases.

Wald Limewashed up to the jeral of the

Fint Floor

1. Carvel, Painted or Foliahod

Wodwork

in good condition, however, need not be HER EYES AND Tamewashed, but must be Claused

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Street on the Ear, and Tank Leng and should add to every woman's char Clevedy Hireet on the WestressPinkettes clear the skin of pimples and

11.30 AM, for the purpose of receiving Kowloon is divided into the Eastern blotahes, dispel Constipation, Biliops

and Western Divisions by Nathan Roadness, Bick Headaches, ill-smelling breath,

the Report of General Managers together

With a Statement of Accounts to lot and a straight line drawn from the Give the bright eye of healt December, 1917 DE CERVADE FAN Korthand through the Yaumati service

The TRANSFER BOUKS of the reservoir to the Northern Boundary of Company will be ULOSED from the Kowloon,

ANG BOUNTY. to 8th February, (1918)

bota date inclusive

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