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NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES AMERICAN & MANCHURIAN LINE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM NEW YORK.

THE Stammship

*KARONGA,"

Captain Lesio, having arrived from the above Prts, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf-ul Godown Company, Ltd., Kowloon sad stored at Consignees risk and expense.

All broken, shafed, and damaged goods are an be left in the Godowns, where they will be examinet on WEDNESDAY, the 20th inst. at 3 P.M.

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All Claims must be prosented within fifteen

of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognized.

INTIMATIONS

THE, HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JAN JARY LIST, 1909.

HARMSTON'S

GRAND CIRCUS

ROYAL

AND MENAGERIE

PERFORMING WILD ANIMALS.

TO-NIGHT AT 9PM.

OF

OUR ALL STAR COMPANY HEADED BY THE MARVELLOUS FRANTZ TROUPE.

COME AND SEE

No Clairas will be admitted after the Goods THE GREAT ANIMAL ACT!

have left the Godowns, and all Goode remaining undelivered after the 21st inst., will be subject to real.

No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

SHEWAN TOMES & Co.,

Agents.

Hongkong, 15th January, 1909.

FROM EUROPE,

THE HAL. Steamship THE

"SLAVONIA"

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Captain Peter, having arrived Consiguess of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature by the Undersigned and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from alongside.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unles notice to the contrary be given before To-DAY.

Any Cargo impuding her discharge will be handed at Consignees rink into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong- Long and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., D., and stored at Consignver' risk and expense.

All Claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival hore, after which date they cannot be recognised.

No Claims will be admitted after this Gooda have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 23rd inst., will be subject to rent.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods aro to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 25th inst., at 3 г..

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE,

Hongkong Office.

Hongkong, 16th January, 1909.

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8.8. "POLYNESIEN," COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES

MARITIMES.

NOTICE,

CONSIGNEES of Cargo from London px se. Dordogne" and "Matapan” from Have ex s.s.Matapan" from Bordeaux ex:6.8.

Trident Leroy Lallibr."

Duckergna" and Ville Valencienne in connection with above. Stoamej are heraby informed that their goods with the x- ception of Opina, Trossure and Valuables are being landed and stared

their into the hazardous and/or extra hazariling Godowns of the Hongkong Kowloon" and Godown Co., Ld., of Kowloon whence may be obtained impedalely" effer

Gargo will be forwarded on unles

s

atimation la received from the Consignees Store NOON, TO-DAY requesting it to be anded here:

Bills of Lading will be countersigued by the Undersigned, Goods remained unclaimed after MONDAY the 25th Jan., at Noon, will be subject to rent and landing charged

All claims must be sent la to me on or before the 25th Jan.. or they will not be recognized.

All damaged packages will be examined on MONDAY, the 25th Jan., et 3 P.M.

No Fire Insurance has been effected

P. DE CHAMPMORIN,

Agent Hongkong, 18th January, 1959. "SHIRE" LINE OF STRAMERS, LTD

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

AND

WILLIAM SCHULTZ LOOPING THE LOOP.

NEXT MATINEES-

TO-MORROW (FRIDAY) AND SATURDAY, Jan. 22nd & 23RD, AT 3.30 P.M.

Doors Open at 230 P.M. Children Half-Price at Matinées only.

PRICES ...

83, 82, $1 and

50 cls. for Chinese only. Booking at ROBINSON PIANO CO., LTD. A Special Service of Cars will run between Post Office and the Cirens before and after the Performance.

COL. R. LOVE

Manager,

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Hongkong, 21st January, 1909.

MITSU BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI.

CODE WORD "DOCK," A.1, A.B.C., and Engineering Code Ueed NEW DOCK "NOW OPEN. DOCK No. 3.

Extreme Length........

Length on Blocks

Width of Entrance on Top Width of Entrance on Bottom Water on Blocks at Spring Tida

DOCK No. 1. Extreme Length... Length on Blocks

Width of Entrance on Top

+

Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tida

DOCK No. 2. Extreme Length..... Length on Blocke Width of Entrance on Top Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

PATENT SLIP.

and тво

722 feet.

714

523 feet.

DE ES EROON

**

371 feet.

350

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CHINESE FINANCES.

FOREIGN LOANS AND NATIVE ADMINISTRÁTIÓN, “******

| COAL LOADING PLANT FOR JAPAN.

A dispatch from Darlington pablished in the Times Engineering Supplement says:-* The Times Peking correspondent telegraph- Soma novel coal shipping machinery to the Pide order of Messrs. Mitsui and Có, of Japan, hàn ing on the 15th it, and

One resalt of the mission of Tang Shao-yi to recently been completed by Messrs. Head, Amories has been the arrival here of a repre Wrightson, and Co. (Limited), of Thornaby-on- sentative of one of the leading American bank Tees, from the patented designs of Mr. Takin ing institutions in the Far East, to make Dan, director, and Mr. Tsunema Kuroda Dan; inquiries respecting the prospect of offering a director, and Mr. Tanema Kuroda, engineer, loan to China with a view to her participation of the Mitsui Mining Company, and under in the construction of the Canton-Hankow the inspection of Mr. Hino, of the Mike Bailway The

money would, it is understood, Coal Mines, Japan. The plant consists of two be provided by the group of Belgien financiers complete and independent skip-coal loaders, each who are still anxious to become identified with capable of loading a ship with coal at the rate of this railway, although they are aware that the 500 tons per hour. The structure consists of main frames, 13ft. 9in. centros, and option of its construction has been secured by two the British, under the terms of the Hongkong 72ft. to top from trout raile, the back rails loan, which has besu granted to China for the being 12ft. lower. The inclined members (50deg. repurchase of the concession from the American to the horizontal) have rails for the travelling Syndicate, who wore the original holders. The skip secured to them, and two vertical members, 6ft 6in. centres, at the front serve as guides representative has returned to Shanghai con- vinced that the moment is ill-chosen for offering for shoots to travel upon, and there is & farther loan to Chins. The financial condition of frame extending only to the first floor level. China will presently be capsing considerable where the engine house is situsted, all being anxiety arising from the houry fall in silver, the carried on six sets of travelling wheels, two sets debased subsidiary coinage, the reduced Customs of which have power transmitted to them. The over: structure permits of the passage under the rerences, the 07ur-speculation and trading of native merchants in Shang portals of two locomotives on the wharf level on bai, Hankow. Tientsin, and other great reparato sets of rails. At intervals of 20ft. business contres, and the many failures. along the wharf at Miike Harbour there will be

the Consular body' And rocesses it which inclined vars so fail that The Tientsin

Chamber of Commerces have submitted a report the loader being stopped at a position opposite a to the Diplomatic Body, pointing out that the pocket they continue the incline of the native merchants of Tientsiu are able to show rails on the, lader. Above these rails in assets of only one million sterling, against debts each recess will be fixed a hopper or shoot of nearly two millions to foreign firms, mostly into which coal will be delivered from tracks German and Japanese. The over-increasing on the main lines. From this hopper coul silver levies upon the provinces issued in order is delivered into the skip, which is hauled to meet the indemnity paymente in gold add to up the incline by means of a wire rope over the the general embarrassment, while china, through main winding palley, at the top of the structure, her ignorance of the elementary principles of to the height required for tipping. On each sound finance, is increasing the currency confu incline are fixed two rafla, the outside ones, 14ft, aion, although she is under a treaty obligation9in. centres, extending to the highest positions to reform her finances.

required for tripping and the inside

ones, 13ft. 10hin, centres, to the engine house floor level THE DIPLOMATIC BODY AND THE SITUATION,

The Diplomatic Body have addressed a Between the latter in a further pair of rails, despatch to the Wai-wa-pu, arging the adop 13ft. lin. contres, fixed to a brocad framing. tion of immediate measures to check the which will be hsaled up any required helglit, by currency chaos, to forbid the prosent iuane of means of a wire ropo. Towards the top of this bank notes by irresponsible banks not possess framing the raila leave the plane of the incling ing a reserve of ballion, and to control the and there bond round to nearly a horizontal nalimited insus of provincial notes which are plane at the front of the loader, and with not also protested by a cash reserve.

their extreme end turned up so as to form stops for the front whesis of tho tavelling skip, sko skip has a capacity of eight tons, and is composed of steel pistes mounted on two paire of wheels, and provided with two buffers at the back. The rear wheels are fixed to run only on the outside rails, 14ft. 9in: centres, whilst the front wheels, fixed midway between the front of the skip and, the rear wheels, are of the double trend type, so that they may take both the outside fixed rails, 13ft, 10hin, centres, on the inolino, and also the movable telescopio rails, 13ft. lin. centres.

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China will have to make a radical change in her methods before she can lepo to obtain again such favourable terme as ske soared in the case of the last Anglo-French loan of £5,000,000 for the redemption of the Peking Hankow Railway. In that caso the Ministry of Communications secured exceptional terms from foreign banks by representing that they had in reserve $14,000,000 (£1,150-200). This asset had no actual existence. The Ministry hoped, however, to obtain the smonat rubes quently, and, na already reported, received the Imperial sanction to reise a domestic loan of $10,000,000 (£823,000), offering 7 per cent; in- terest with a share in the profits of the railway There was no security at all, except the guarantee of the Ministry itself, and the Chinese distrust of the methods of the Ministry under its present corrupt and incompetent President; Chen-pi, is

The electrical equipment has been provided by the British Thomson Houston Company. Alter nating sarrent of 2,200 volts, transformed by a motor generator on each loader to direct of 500 volta, will be employed.

A GERMAN ESTIMATE.

so great that this small loan has been a nonplete ENGLAND'S FIGHTING STRENGTH. failars. There has been no response to the popular appeal for subscriptions, and the Minis- tey are now seeking to obtain the amount from foreign

banks, China badly needs money, yet the way in which loan-moneys are being wasted is bound to shake foreign confidence. Investors will cease to lend money to Chins on a Government guarantee with effective super vision over expenditure.

Count Dohns Finckenstein, a member of the Prussian Upper House, discusses in the Tag the relations of England and Germany

towards Germany has been spreading over the He accepts the fact that for years antipathy

whole of England," and sacribes this state of THE TIENESIN-YANOTSZE TRUNK LINE The latest scandal is in connexion with the affairs to fear on the part of the English that English notion of the Tientsin Langtase Germany is desirous of wresting from them. Suitable for vessels up to 1,000,

Anglo-German-frank line. The northern two- their supremacy on the seas. England's policy, T LATEST PLANTS and APPET- tein to the southern border of Shantung, is aght whatever Powers seem to throsten THE WORKS are well equipped with thirds, that is, the German section from Tien-he says, he always been to seek allies who will undertake BUILDING or making good progress under a Chinese managing the turn of Germany to have her ampirations bor maxime supremacy. ad now its ANCES to REPAIRING SHIPS, ENGINES, and director, who allows the German engineer-in-

EIHOFRIOAL Shet in 'adequate staff, and who is actively thwarted. The Russian Fiest, he declares, has BOILERSY WORK.

operating in the work. The southern third, heen safely disposed of by the Japanese and the A LARGE STOCK of MATERIALS is that is, the British section, under British Americans are to checkmate each other, and be always kept on hand.

enguer-in-chief, from the southern border of continues? I do not believe that Englant The COMPANY has the powerful steamer Shantung to the Yangtze, is making no pro- can attack Germany without Continental allies. The game is toe serious to be risked alone, for "OURA MARU 12 1700s whatever. The managing director, who is if Germany can bring her entire naval force to specially built for SALVAUP PURPOSES site of Canton and has been educated in equipped with neceRSARY

America, is effectively preventing the work of bear she is in the long run equal to England. Short Notice.

bhstruction. Although the contract is signed Battleships can be built in three years, mud, us and the work is to be completed in four years, far as persound is concerned, we are in no sensa an offcial report, dated December 5, states that behind England. The Romans finally defeated the survey has been completed, but that no rails the Carthaginians in the first Punic War be have been ordered, no sleepers purchased, and cause they were a nation of tough peasants whe no earthworks constructed the managing

built and maured our flest after another, until direptor, instead of residing on the railway, after a twenty-four years struggle they over! came the nation of merchants. The ultimato frequents Shaoghi, has been seen only once by the chief engineer in the course of two whale victory of the Spartans over the Athenians in months, Sir John Jordan, the British Minister the Peloponnesian War shows the same picture. has the matter in kand, and a foreign represen tation has been made, bat owing to the mourn ing of the Court, diplomatic intercourse in Peking is much hampered!

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WISY FROM

FROM HAMBURG, MIDDLESBROUGH, LONDON, PORT SAID COLOMBO AND STRAITS. THE Steamship

"MONTGOMERYSHIRE," Captain Jackson, having arrived from the above Port, Consignees of Cargo are hereby in- formed that their goods are being lauded at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong und Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd, Kowloon, and stored at Consignees risk and expense.

All broken, chafed, and damaged goods are to be left in the godowns, where they will be examined on MONDAY, the 25th inst., at 3 PM

All claims must be presented withlu fifteen of the steamer's arrival here, after which daye

date they cannot be recognized.

No plaims will be admitted after the Goods hate left the Godowns, and all goods remaining undelivered after the 25th inst, will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

SHEWAN TOMËS & Co., Agente.

Hongkong, 19th January, 1909,

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SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC CO., LD. COPENHAGEN.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

Steamship

#YEDDO," having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being landed and stored at their risk into the hazar-

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1908

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DOUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS. July to December, 1908. With INDEX, Price $7.50.

On sale at the HONGKONG DAILY PERS"

Office.

Hongkong, 21st January, 1909. NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

SERIOUS BOYCOTT IN JAVA.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LEPORTED ENDANGERED.

The result of England's Free Trade policy is that the main foundation of national strength tion-hus decayed in a most lamentable mauner. --a numerous and healthy agricultural populu

England, as is well known, has not sufficient land under cultivation to provide food for her factory population, and she is in danger, should scruiter war bo ruthlessly waged against her, of having her supplies cut off. She has also not sufficient healthy men to replace thore lost War gentlemen from the Yeomanry, from the a long-continued naval war. In the Boer Militia, and from the Volunteer Corps jointed

in

The boycott Ins become such a formidable weapon in commercial warfare among the hinese in Java as to abuse great niärm is the mercantile world there, and the Government has been asked the Army in a splendid manner, and England owas her victory mainly to the self-sacrificing

had to be had in that war against the untrained Boers to auxiliary forces from all the solonies and oven to native blocks. As a matter of fact false economic police has borne bittor fruits in the decline of defensive power. **

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to lend a helping hand in crushing this closely devotion of her sons. Nevertheless, recourse CATALOGUE knit conspiracy for exclusive dealing. The NI 46 question cropped up under very peculiar

circumstances, says the Straits Times.

Some months ago, a Dutch mercantile firm at Samarang, gave offence to its Chinese customers in that city by forcing one of them

Count Finckenstein adds that Germans may into bankrupter, so the story runs. The be proud that they take a leading place among customers felt so aggrieved that they bound the civilised nations in many domains, and be themselves by written agreement to boycott the firm, and not to have any dealings with it. To proud of the fact that other peoples are adopting ranke matters worse they got the other Chinese Iversal military service, and the manner in which ther educational system, their system of un- dealers in Samarang to join them in patting they subordinate personality to the needs of the II. the firm under ban. They ware the more State; but he warns them against fulling into encouraged, from the fact that a • Jinese boycott against the Sourabaya branch of the sin of arrogance. There are, he says, many firm had proved a success, not long ago.

characteristics in neighbouring peoples which The firm sought to make up, but the boy. they would do well to adopt, and he finally sotters would not listen. The boycott then recommends independence and consideration of extended to places in the interior, and matiors others as the best means of securing interna became worse and worse for the firm. Many

tional relations mutually beneficial to all parties. of the boycotters appealed to the Nationalist feeling of the Chinese, on the ground that now is the time to show the Dutch nation that the Chinese will not allow themselves to be trampled upon. Nentralhinese were forced into the boycott.

The firm, hard pressed, turned to the Govern Mr. Brooke, who twelve months ago left Flan ment for help, and asked it to take proceedlings kow on an extended shooting trip In the oxurente prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE against the boycott leaders, and to punish them. West of hina. so far as the law would allow, such as deportation for instange.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

"GLEN" LINE OF STEAMERS,

FROM MIDDLESBRO ANTWERP, LONDON AND STRAITS.

THE Steamship

and/or extra hazardous Godowas, of the T

GLENSTRAE," Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, and West Point having arrived from the shove Porta, Consignees Godowns, whance delivery may be obtained. of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their No claims will be admitted after the Goods Goods are being landed AT THEIR RISK into the have left the Godowns, and all goods renasining Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf undelivered after the 25th inst, will be.bject and Godown Co., Limited, at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark, and delivery can be obtained as soon as the goods are landed.

to felt

All broken obafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on 26th inst. of 9.30 A.M.

All claims must reach us before the 30th inst.,

or they will not be recognized.

No Fire Insurance will be affected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the undersigned.

MELCHERS & Co.,

Agents. Hongkong, 19th January, 1909.

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Goods not cleared by 26th inst., will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance will be affected. All damaged packags must be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the | 26th inst., at 11 A..

The Government replied that it saw no roavon to interfere in the direction pointed out by the firm. The firm is now left alone to fight the boycotters as it best can.

ENGLISIIMAN MURDERED IN THE INTERIOR.

New has reached Tientsin of the murder of

The Undersigned, AGENTS for the shove Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

...SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong, 21st July, 1908.

(1019

AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN-

SURANCE CO.. OF AIX LA CHAPELLE

AGENTS for the above Company, are THE Undersigned, having been appointed

WM. MEYERINK & CO., Agents. Hongkong, 5th September, 1903.

His companion. Mr. Meats, a well-known at Current Rates. traveller, who has made many adventurous journeys cabled from Ningyuanfa, Western Szcobaan, that Mr. Brooke and some of bis followers had been unasserad. Mr. Mears dosz not state if he himself escaped unhurt or not. The two travellers during the past year had may exciting adventures and narrow escapes.

On several occasions they were attacked by the wild Western tribes. The murder took

The Locomotief points out that this is a serious matter for the European mercantile community Java. Victory over the firm in question will omlaldon the Chinese to put the boycott screw No claims will be recognized if not presented on other Faropean firms whenever i snits their purposes. Success in the commercial world-will' within 14 days of the ship's arrival,

BOOR lead to boycotting by Chinese on political MCGREGOR BROS, & GOW.

In the “Badminton of October an account Hongkong, 19th January, 1909. [215

lines. On these groundë, that journal urges the of the two men's travels is given. Government to reconsider its decision.

place in the Independent Lolos country, or im mediate neighbourhood.

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THE GLOBUS INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG.

THE Undersigned, having been, appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

CARLOWITZ & Co.

Hongkong, 13th August 1906.

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