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THE TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE. 1298.

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION. OF TSADE MARKS.

TTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that MESERS, ROMBAGE & COMPANY trading at Victors in the Colony of Hongkong as Merchants hase on the 6th day of February, 1909, applied for the registration in Hongkong in the Register of Trade Marks of the following TRADE MARKS:

(1) A Stag standing under a tree upon a ledge of rock looking ent to eas. In the Jack ground are mountains and the whole is surrounded by a fancy border.

(2), Two Musk-deer standing in a feld having a ridge of kille in the background the whole being surrounded by a foney border.

THE HON KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, APRIL 23an. 1909.

If it should be possible to do so, itin the wish HONGKONG, GENERAL CHAMBER of the Committee to appoint a representative of

the Chamber ***

in the name of JOSEPH ALBERT BOMBAUH who claims to be the sole proprietor therrof

The Tente Marks have been used by the Applicants in respect of the following goods

SOAP AND PERFUMERY,

in CLASS 48.

of

Facsimiles

imiles of such Trade Marks can be sen at the Offices of the Colonial Secretary Hongkong and the Undersigned.

Tated the 23rd day of February, 1909.

389)

DEACON, LOOKER & DEACON, Solicitors fox. the Applicants.

OF COMMERCE,

The Report of the Committee for the your ending 31st Depozabe, 1908, for presentation to the Members of the annual meeting, to be held in the City Hall, to-day, at 4 p.m. is

follows

-Feveral important questions have had the attention of the Committee during the past your

NEW TYPHOON REFUGE AT

MONIKORTSUI,

His Excellency the Governor gave it as his opinion that such a regulation was not possible in Hongkong where 93 per cent of the seamen shipped are Chinese,

`TIME BALL AT KOWLOON.” Certain correspondence regarding the Colour of the Time Ball at Kowloon has been dealt with,

· LANDING"OF GOODS EX STEAMERS.

Messrs. Rumjhan & Co., China Tradera" Insurance Co. Ltd., A. Ebrahim & Co., and Mr. E. C. Ray rosigned. Mr. Wm Danby an old Member of the Chambar, died. The following were elected to Membership --Messrs. Wollon & Co., Love & Blugham, Netherlands India Commercial Bank, Porey Smith & Seth, Geo, Grimble, F. P. Talati nnd the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd. The election of the two last mined requires the confirmation of the Chamber.

COMMITTEE.

In the early part of 1908 the Chamber lost the. services of Mr. A. G. Wood on his retirement from business and copertars for home M Wood has been closely associated with the Chamber for nine years, and the deep interest ho always took in public and commercial affairs and the knowledge he possessed of those rendered his service to the Chamber of great value.

SALE-REGISTRATION OF TRADE”MARES. “

The Committee strongly endorsed His Er The Government having under consideration the question of amending the Law relating to celloney's views on the subject anil believed the Registration of Trade Marks (Ordinance that the inclusion of each a clause in the local No. of 1898) requested a totaite expression Merchant Shipping Ordinance would practically of opinion from the Chamber is to whether compel the fleet of British Costing vessels British Merchante in the Colony desired by engaged in the China trade to go out of registering their Marks in Hongkong to secure commission, local protection, or whether they desired to secure protection in China, Korea and Japan as well. In the latter case His Excellencey the Governor considered that prior registration in the United Kingdon would be ladispensable as a condition precodost to registration in Hongkong.

The Committee's opinion conveyed to Excellency was that registration did not confer right-rights being conferred by usage. If that point of view were accepted there wrong valid mason why the British Government should not protect marks registered in Hong kong but not in the United Kingdom in so far as to accept that registration as evidence The Government wferred to the Chamber the of the claim of prior usage. They pointed in connection with the register opened by the occurred at Shanghai.Tho vaonney thus caused

out the extreme local inconvenience which Report of the Public Works Committee favour-round use em compulsory registration in the ing the Mongkoktan Bebeme together with His United Kingdom and trusted that the Govern Excellency proposal to defray the cost half ont

ment would not make it a condition precedent of the Colony's reserves and hall by a temporary to registration in Hongkong in the new

Ordinance. inoraso of Light Does.

Members of the Clumber will remember that when, in 1904, the Government referred to them the proposal to construct a new Typhoon Refuge at Mongkokteni, the Committee nivocated that the Refuge should be situated at Cheung Sha Wan.

The question was shelved for the remont but the Typhoon of 1996 brought forth such arpression of public opinion in favour of Refuge as to induce the Goverment to again take up the matter.

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Your Committee, is replying, supported the protest of the Agents, Repentives and Owners of British Lines visiting the port against the imposition of increased dues, and their suggestions bra modification of the Government's proposal.

Your Committee also conourrel in the views expressed by the Shipping Companies as to the apparente excessive cost of the Mongkokteai scheme and asked that an portunity be accorded them of viewing the plans.

INTO `CHINA...

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PROBATION OF IMPORTATION OF MONTHIA By the courtesy of the Government the Chamber received a copy of a despatch from Sir John Jordan evvering copy of the Notilica- tion issued by him to B. as Consuls at the Treaty Ports in Chins by which notice was conrayal to British subjects that from January 1st, 1909, the importation into China of Morhuin, and instruments for its injection, would be prohibited by the Chinese Government,

Das provision had been made for medicinal requirements.

CURRENCY QUESTION. The year brought forth the usual correspon dence in the question of Currency Reform, & subject which will come to be regarded as an

Report.

In response to a query from the Imperial German Consul the Committee stated that Shipownes were under no obligation to land and deliver goods unless specifically required to do no winder the terms of the Bill of Lading. REGISTER OF TRADE MARKS AT UPPER

INDIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The Upper India, Chamber of Commerce supplied this Chamber with a copy of the rules

for the registration of trade marks and designs.

HONGKONG AND KÓWLOON WHARF AND

GODOWN COMPANY'S ORDİNANCE, The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Gotown Co., Ltd. submitted to the Chamber a draft Ordinance (31-12-27) to authorise the making of Byo-laws. The Committes nothing objectionable in the Bill and lid not propose too ppose it. UNIVERBAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

BDIY

AT BRUSSELS 1910, The Consul for Belgium notified the Chambor that a Universal and International Exhibition would be opened at Brussels in the month of April, 1910.

In response to a communication from the Government on the same subject, the Committee replied that unless the Government were re pared to find the funds the matter lund better be allowed to drop.

THE POPOSED CLOSING OF THE OPIUM DIVANS.

The vacancy has since been file by Mr.

J. W. C. Bonnar.

The Hon. Mr. Henry Keswick and Mr. de Fuchs having left the Colony their places vare filled by the Hon. Mr. W.-J. Gresson and Air. C. Brodersen. The Committee very much regret the death of the latter gentleman which has since been filled by the election of Mr. H. A.

Siebs.

CHAMBER'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE

LEGISLATIVA COUNCIL.

The Colonial Secretary informed the Cham- bar on the 9th March, 1903, that His Excel- loney the Governor had granted six months' leave of absence to the Hon, Mr. E. A. Hemot and, thereforo, requested the nomination of a temporary member of Council in his place.

A special general meeting of members o

Murray Stewart was

usly elected. Ilis had on the 17th March last at which r Excellency the Governor aftorals signified his approval of the nomination.

The Climber is very much indebted to Mr. Marray Stewart for the attention devoted to its interests during his term of office.

The Hon. Mr. E. A. Hewett on returning in October last resumed his sent on the Legislativa Council.

FINANCES.

The expenditure for the your 1908 ms ex

$266.12 as compared with 1907.

owing to silt, ware improved cally useless essential feature of the Chamber's Annual recording their strong protest against any arbi-seeded the Income by $572.67-up increase of ·

The peints raised by the Shipping Companies were fully considered by His Eediency in the Government's reply and the plus sont to be Chamber The Shipping Companies in a further letter addressed to the Chamber - closed memoranda w an answer to those of His Erolleuey and suggested that if Causeray Bay, half of whose wer was

could pro- bably be provided for the greater part, if not the whole of the smaller craft employed in the Harbour Bat if the Goverment were le finitely committed to Mongkoktaithe suggestion of the shipping companies that the cost be spread over a term of years callated to fall loss heavily on immediate contributors a policy nually adopted by Fort Trusta-should also be adopted by the Government.

The Government replied that the existing loan for Railway construction precluded the raising of the further loan suggested by the Shipping Companies, After considerable ecr respondence the Governinent reduced the in- crease of Light Des to 2) conts por ton by 2 cent, and assures the Shipping Companies that there was no intention of continuing the increase after the lost of the Typhoon Refuge had been met..

The Government, however, was not preporod to re-open the question of the provision of a second shelter or the method of financing its construction.

:

MOENCE FIES OF LIGHTERS AND CIRGO BOATK The Chamber supported the protest of the Owners of Foreign Lighters against the in- crease of licence fees and considered that the

time had arrived for a distinction to be made between the boats own by pillie carriers and those owned by private firms for their own use.

The Government replied that the feas were not excessive and it could not consider the re- opening of the subject.

A copy of a despatch from Sir John Jordan was reeived from the Govament together with copies of or Imperial Decres dated Peking, 5th October, 1908, commanding that a certain silver coin be struck a the Standard Coin of the Country.

u Interesting memorial of the Government Connel (Hui I Cheng Wu Ch'a) on the quee- tion an uniform Nations Currency is included

ATTEMPTED OPIUM MONOPOLY AT CANTON,

Corwin regulations issued by the Provincial Authorities of the Two Kwongs called forth prutes from the Opium Merchants of the Colony who requested the Support of the Chamber in resisting what could only be regarded as a branch of Articles 5 and 10 of the British Treaty of Naking 1842.

It was contended that the objectionable regn- latious would form the nucleus of a monopoly which would eventually bring the raw spium trade in the Province of the Twa Kwongs into the hands of a few individuals, and possibly into the hands of the Pvincial Government.

A resolution was passed by the Committee trary orders from the Imperial Government to close immediately the Opium Divaus in Hong- keng and promising to loyally support a policy of gradual reduction.

This resolution was forwarded to the Goven. out who forwarded a copy to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the consideration of the Imparial Government.

OBSERVATION STATION: AT LAI-CHI-KOK. Tho Committee approached the Government will reference to Notification No. 853 published in the Government Gazette of 27th November, 1908, whereby the Owners or Agents of Steamer concerned were required to pay not only the cost of disinfection of the vessel, and food for any passengers or crew landed at the quarantine station but also the cost of mainten once of practically, the entire staff of the Establishment.

The Committee asked the Government to

review the terms of the rogalations and request. ed the Government to consider the adoption of a similar procedure as obtained elsewhere.

The Government's reply is receiving the Committee's attention.

UNITED STATES MONETARY COMMISSION. The Committee considered that the oplam

A letter was received from Mr. Morton merchants had made out a strong case and took

Frewan dealing with the United States Bone up the matter by cabling to Sir John Jordan.

The Wai Wa Po, in response to the representary Commission sitting in Washington and iations of M.'s Minister, promised to telegraph suggesting the attendance of a representative of nstrictions to the Viceroy on the subject

The matter was more fully discussed at a later stage, and a kiter setting forth the views of the opium merchants; supported by a further letter from the Chamber, was forwarded to Government

FRANCO-BRITE EXHIBITION OF 1968.

It afforded considerable satisfaction to your In response to a communiation from the Government asking the Chamber to consider theommittee to learn the matter had for some feasibility of the Colony participating in the time been engaging the serious attention of Francs British Exhibition, your Committee His Excellency the Governor, But withla tiis exprased the uplion that sufficient support Last few days a despatch has been received from would not be forthcoming to patify the appoint. Poking to the affect that the Wai Wu Pu had ment of a Committee of Organization and that assurd H.Ma Maister that the new regulations unless the Government wers prepared to vote would apply to Nativo opium only.

OF COMMERCE LONDON CHAMBER OF the necessary funds, the matter should be allow-

CÓMMERCIAL EXAMINATIONŲ. ed to drop.

PRIVATE BOYS IN THE RAEFOUR,

It will be remembered that at the close of 1907 the Committee were considering the question of

Chamber.

HEINMINTON-PAKUMEN RAILWAY.

4 letter was received from the Nowokwang Chamber covering a copy of a resolution passed by it as a protest against the steps taken by the Government of Japan to enforce the abandoment of the extension of the Imperial Railway of North China from Hsimintnn to Takumen and beyond.

The Committee offered to join the Committes of the Newchwang Chumber is a joint stemorial to be forwarded to the Doyon of the Diplomatic Corps in Peking.

THE JAPANESE YAen lottery.

The unfair trade methods adopted by some Japanese Merchants in issuing flottery tickets led the British firms engaged in the Yara trade in Holigkong to approach the Chamber,

The Committed requested the assistance of

The Expenses show a small ingressos of 863,35. Receipts from Rentor's Political Tolo grams, Members Subscriptions ad Interest, los increases in Market Report und Annual Report sales of $18.98, account for a deerease of $202.77 of which the first named item is respou sible for $146.42.

GENNIAL

The past year lane beon marked by a great increase in lottors of tande enquiry from Europe, America and through the forsiga Consuls, and the Committee regard this as a satisfactory indication of the increasing usefulness of thin Chambor,

INDIGESTION:

THE GREAT

MISERY MAKER.

Fully three-fourths of all the ailments that aflist mankind begin in the stomach. Jest pin that fact in your mind-and then from time to time, think over your pains and aches us they come upon you, and reason with the facts thutu- sulvos. Here are the facts. You know that yen are alive and have power of movement. sl

you move about if you went without food? Now you are coming to it. The food you ent sustains life it give you nourishment-nakon blood, musolo, neve and home. But what if your stomach does not digest that food properly Well, then it will only give you a part of the nourishaunt you should have. Is that the worst of it? By no means. Where it does not

How long would you live and how much would

properly it glas v roce 1 the beat of your stomach; just as it would if where the snu could warm it wil start the process of decay,

on ground it all up and moistened it and put it

This important subject.continued to receive the formation of a local centre of Examination the London, Liverpool, Manchester, Brailformatter. A hon it spreads yli through your bely;

the attention of your Committee.

The position at the end of 1907 was that the Chamber, baving differed with the argument of

of the Government for å revision of the present

system, were considering the Government's reply,

The Chamber, after considering the Govern. ment's renewed representadans, was unani. mously of opinion that say change in the unworkable unless the present system was Goremment took over all the leases, moorings and boys.

The Government concurred in the view that the purchase of all private heeys and morings by Government would be the best solution of the problem butstated the Colony could not at that moment inmr the expene involved. The

Government regarded the present proposal as a temporary section until the Colony could afford the expenditure.

Your Committee differed absolutely with the rewas set forth by the Government as justification for its amendment of Table O (8) to Marchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance.

The

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN ITALY IN 1911. Government having approached the Chamber with regard to a proposed Interna tional Exhibition to be held in Italy in 1911, Four Committe replied that, in their opinion, ax appeal to the public world meet with in sufficient support.

TINNED LAID AND TAINING INDUSTRY. A memorandum by His Excellency the Governor was monived by the Chamber dealing with the possibility of the Caony developing an expart trade in tinned Jard with the Philippines and Straits Settlements. Enquiries were made by the Chamber Merchants and further information rqaasted on the question of! Government guarantee.

In Tonly to a further enquiry of His Excellency as to the feasibility of the Colony engaging in the Tanning Industry, from enquiries mads it appeared to your Committee that the establishment of ach an industry was unlikely to meet with suscass

BRITISH POSTAL SERVICE AT TIENTSIN

for the London Chamber of Commerce Commer- cial Examinatioua

The views of Mr. E. D. C. Welfe, Inspector of Stools, were requisitioned with the result that the Chamber wrote to the London Chamber regretting their ability to form a local centre for reasons fully set out in the correspondence. *HONGKONG-3INGAPORE QUARANTINE

REGULATIONS.

A letter was received from the Govitament poisting out that if the Shipping Companies intrested in the Chinese Passenger traino ba tween this port and singapore would make the vacination of Asiatic passagere and native crew obligatory before embarknient for Sing apere, the Health Officer at that Port would he willing, provided no infentious or contagious diease had inuifested-iteell sime leaving Hongkong, to allow lansing, and giw the vessel pratique after the necessary examination and disinfection of passengers and their luggage had been completed.

death occurred

Of course that proluces poisorize acids and foul gass, whether in the snuchus or in your you much; the poison spreads into the air. But stomach. If it is in the tub it doesn't bother if it is in your storanch! That is a different your blood becomes corrupt, impure, poisoned; and Glasgow Chambers in seeking, through the town into every muscle, tissue, nerve and joint, usual diplomatic channels, the assistance of His

Now what should you do? It is simple-it Majesty's Government in the protection of and lays the seeds of misery there.

Whon British Trade.

you don't know it, we will tell you. you feel headache, dizziness, loss of appetite, bad taste in your month, pains or bloating in the stomach after eating; when you have heartburn, with woor Baid or idlowater in your throat

a dull your eyes yellow, your step well's languid feeling, you don't sleep constipated, lave du aches in the chest," or loins, with twinges of rheumatism in your any of them, your stomach needs help. muscles and joints-when you have these, or

Further

action was rendered unnecessary by the Government requesting the Japanese Consal to wara the Japanese firms that an issue of lottery tickets would constitute an infringement of the Gambling Ordinance.

REUTERS POLITICAL TELEGRAMS.

The Committee regret that, owing to the withdrawal of the Government's subscription of $1 500 per annum, the Chamber has bean forced to discontinue the issuing of Renter's Political Telegrams from 31st December, 1938.

LI YAU SAM ra RUSSO CHINESE BANK. The case of Li Yau Soon versus Russo-Chinese Bank appeared to require that some action should be taken by the foreign firms employing Comt pradores to ensure protection against the un- anthorised acta of such Compradoras.

The opinion of the principal firms engaged in the traffic was obtained which was that mocin-a

ation this end was impracticable.

BUEVEYS ON PIECE GOODS.

The Committeo took legal stice and drafted propused joint advertisement warning the public that certain signatures must be obtained from the signatories in their respective business The Manchester Chamber wrote stating that before any business transaction settled through it had been brought to their notice that certain the agency of their respective Compradores, or swards by Surveyors in Indis, and further East, their staffs, would be recognised as binding.

Although well received the movement was not contained reports, statements and opinions catraneous to the matter in dispute and ryogurianimously apported, and the Committee, ed the assistance of this Chamber in confining de Survey Reports to the question or questions, specifically in ispute

The Committee promised to use their in- fence towards the exclusion of tiny pintu bat those specifically contained in the reference in ees brought to their notior.

TREATIES BETWEEN UNITED KINGDOM AND GOVERNMENTS OF SERVIA AND BULGARIA.

The Commitee upon having the Treaties tween the United Kingdom and the Govern nents of Sorvis and Bulgarin referred to them by the Goverment saw no objection to the proposed adherence of this Colony thereto.

KOWLOON-CANTON BAILWAY.

SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1909, Further corespondence has been dealt with Your Committee were pleased at the informa-native to the proposed International Exhibi. tion conveyed to them by the Government that, toa to be held in Shanghai in 1909. as the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury had agreed to guarantee the Government of The Chamber were invited by the Governmert Hongkong against half of my loss on the postal to express an opinion on the question as to agenoyat Tientsin and the Tientsin Municipality whether bogit, or short tracks would be best had decided to provide the other half, the adapted for neon the Kaloon Canton Railway. The Committee advocated the use of large Agency would remain op until 10th October, 1909.

Logie tracks,

It is hoped that some arrangement will, manwhile, fe arrived at by which the Govern, mat will be enabled to retain the Agency permanently

The Goretament eventually decided to order both bogic and short tracks.

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feeling that such action should be unanimous to be effective, did not proved further in the

matter.

CHINESE EMIGRATION ORDINANCE 1889, This question has again been dealt with and further correspondence of a confidential untraro has passed between the Chamber and the Government.

The Committee much regret, however, that in a position the-Secretary of State, is not in to re-open the question,

HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVE ASSOCIATION.

A letter from Sir Henry Berkeley, the Chair man of the Hongkong Volunteer Reserve sociation, was considered in which it was suggested that in order to strengthen the Volunteer Corps it might be feasible for the Heds of Firns and Banking and other Com- panies when engaging employees in England to make it a condition of engagement that they sheold join the local Volunteer Corps if required to do so by their Employers.

The thamber regretted that it could not see its way to recommend the adoption of the schemo in view of many difficulties which were likely to eminse Employers in the practical working of the scheme.

The Committee strongly sympathised with the Volunteer movement and ita Members were prepared to do all in their power to encourage volunteering among their employees.

MEMBERSHIP,

The Membership of the Chamber for 1908

In a draft Bill to amend the local Merchaut Shipping Orlinance the Government proposed SEVENTH CONGRESS OF CHAMBERS OF

to omit the provision contained in the Imperial COMMERCE OF THE EMPIRE 1909.

Merchant Shipping Act 908 that seamen may A circular letter was wired the Chamber

by inviting the attendance of a delegate at the not be engaged on board British Slips unlesssisted of 22 individual Members and 120. forthcoming Congress of Chambers of Cox- they possess a sufficient knowledge of English merce of the Empire to be held at Sydney in to understand the necesary orders that may be firms. During the year Messrs Lanté, to them in the performanes of their Wegener & Co., Lutgen, Eintemenn & Co., and Lai Hing Hong retired from business and duties,

1909.

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