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TELEGRAMS.

THROVON MUTER'S AGENCY.). FRANCE THE PEACEBREAKER.

| HONGKONG. UNIVERSITY.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

PARIS LETTER.

OFFER FROM SHIPPING COMPANIES,

سنسنه

Messrs. Jardino, Matheson & Co., Ltd., of this Colony, have informed Professor C. A. M. Smith that the leading shipping companies have agreed to bring out freight free all the equipment for the engineering laboratories presented to the University,

The firms which have consented to make this valuable concession am Mcshrs. Alfred Holt & Co. (on behalf of the

United Steam Navigation Co.), the P. & O..Co. and the Royal Mail Steam Packet

Co.

[FROM OUR OWN CorrespoRDUNT.]

Pinis, February 7, 1911

THE BALKAN WAR.

COMPANY REPORT

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE. COMPANY, LIMITED.

The report for presentation to the

shareholders at the forty-fourth ordinary meeting is as follows:-

The directors have now the pleasure to submit their annual report and statement of the Company's accounts made up to the 31st December Inst.

1911 Account. This account shows a net profit on working of 9382,278.19, which sum it is proposed to apportion as fel- lows:- Dividend of $7, bonus of $9 per

share on 20,000 shares....... $200,000.00 To add to extra reserve fund,

which will then $742,675.13

To

Add

stand at

to investment Buctuation account rese

25,826.67

To provide for the inauguration of an exchange fuctuation no. To add to reinsurance fund 100,000.00 Bonus to office staff

count

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12TH, 1913.

Senate and Chamber of Deputies. he pulling down of the walls of the fortif cations, the filling up of the monts, and the laying out of broad avenues will, in eddition to providing plenty of work for GERMAN, NEWSPAPER'S STRONG UTTERANCE

Signe are not wanting that the renewal thousands of ouvriers, render a great service to Parisians, who, after so many LONDON, March 11th.

of the war in the Balkans will not, and years, will be able to breathe more freely The Kneinische Zeitung in a remarkable

cannot, last long. Neither Turkey nor the and enjoy greater landscape. Actually it is impossible to catch a glimpse of the out Allies have any money left te prolong the skirts of the metropolis, some of which lendor headed "The Peacebreaker" said

conflict, while to this important draw-are extremely picturesque. The building It would not be difficult for the ov

hack Turkey must add the disorganised of houses on the site now occupied by the ernment to prove the necessity for the

state of her Army since the last Revolu. fortifications will contribute much to

wards relieving the so-called house. new Army Bill if it stated plainly the Ocean Steamship Co. and the Chiuntion. The present tactics of the Allies aro famine. The Municipality has agreed to quarter whence the danger threatens,

quite different to what they were before; pay the State £1,000,000 for the land not only is Adrianople heing bombarded nequired, when it will be at liberty, after Never havo our rela-

from every side, but the Bulgarians are Boulevard 130 foot wide and some 20 miles first laying out an avenue, or circular namely, France. tions with our western neighbour been so

also, in conjunction with the Greeks, con in circumference, to sell the major

attention OD the portion of the land for building pur strained, Never has the Revanche ides

centrating their been so undisguised. Never has it boon

Dardanelles, the sooner to bring Con- poses. The barracks and other military structures belonging to the War Offico no clear that France daims the support

stantinople to its knees. If the Allies and at present within the fortifications succeed this time in reducing Adrianoplo will be rebuilt outside Paris. The subur of Russia and England merely for the

it is stated in diplomatic ciroles bars that ban land adjoining the fortifications, the property of private individuals, end purpose of re-conquering Alsace-Lorraino.

the Great Powers will then immediately known as the military zone, will be Whatever corner of the world catches fire

step in and put an end to further hostili bought up by the Municipality and it is certain that we are bound to cross

ties. We have heard this before, but converted into parks, gardens and public The Turke-the squares, forming a verdant belt about swords with France. When, none can

nothing care of it.

750 yards wide. The total cost of this Young Turks especially have all along very ambitious town planning scheme is say."

wished to continue the war to the very estimated at £17,000,000; the deficit to to end. They have been taken at their word born by the City will put Ecco most punctually. The Turk is a slow but £4,000,000, the sale of the land will realise accounts and offer themselves for re- the reet. Additional taxation will make up the deficit. The amount paid to the State will be used by the War Office to strengthen the two lines of fortifications which

girdle Paris and its suburbs, and which are not to be confounded with the aseless structures about to be knocked down, as they are further from the centre Losses and claims of Paris. The capital will again become Charges virtually a walled city, not by a stone Commissions wall this time, but encircled by an orna- Exchange... mental railing, 10 feet high, extending Ameant written of furniture ac- over a circular course of 20 miles, and pierced at intervals with entrance gates. Balance This relic of medievalism is due to the actrain that unpopular system of levying local taxation on all kinds of merchandise entering Paris.

THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT.

LONDON, March 11th, The Duke and Duchess of Connaught shil from Halifax for England on the

17th.

DISASTROUS STORM AT SYDNEY.

LONDON, March 11th,

A Sydney jelegram reports that a dis- astrous storm doing damage to the extent of £200,000 sterling has been experienced in the suburbs of Sydney. Miles of road were torn up and houses wrecked. Four persons perished,

THE MAGISTRACY.

LS, Wills proceeded against a Chinese who was found on the s. Empire with 38 tacis of opium in his possession. Mr.

Hazeland, before whom the case

hoard, imposed a fine of 81,600. This is the first ease brought under the now Opium Ordinance passed last month.

A Chinese contractor engaged in con- structing the Hildesheim Mission School for Blind Girls at Pokfulam was sum- moned for depositing building rubbish and obstructing a water course. Defen- dant alleged that the wrong man had been summoned. The hearing was adjourned.

A European resident of Kowloon pro- cecded against three rieslin coolies for demanding more than their legal fare. It was stated by the police that the coolies were in the habit of using such bad -language that Indies frequently preferred to walk rather than ride in a ricsha and expose themselves to such abuse. The defendants were each fined $2 and bound over to be of good behaviour, and Mr. Melbourne thanked the prosecutor for taking the trouble to appear against the

men.

A peculiar case was mentioned befors Mr. Melbourne yesterday in which a Chi- nese woman summoned her husband fer failing to maintain his payments under a separation order. Mr. F. X. d'Almada, defendant, who appeared for the said the woman wanted a lamp sa in He did order to enable her to remarry. not know whether she intended to commit bigamy. Receipts were produced, showing that the payments had been maintained, and Mr. F. X. d'Almada commented on the complainant abusing the process of the Court. Defendant was discharged.

A young man named Cruz was

sum moned before Mr. Melbourne for having negligently ridden a bicycle on Pokfulami Road and knocked down and injured a Chineso, He was also summoned for having failed to carry a bell on his vehicle. The complainant spoke to being knocked down by the defendant, who with his bicycle fell on top of him. Defendant Complainant did not ring a bell. estimated that he had been "chipped and damaged to the extent of 820." Inspector Fenton testified that there was no bell on tha bicycle when the defendant as brought to the Police Station. The case was remanded

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Yesterday before Mr. Melbourne a Chinese was charged with having with three others not in custody entered the house of Mr. Ho Kom Tong at 21, Soy- nor Road on the night of February 14th and committed robbery with violence. Prisoner had been arrested by the nolico the following morning at Kowloon Rail. way Station as he was about to take train for Canton. In his possession was found a quantity of the stolen jewellery amount. ing to $2,441.35. Evidence was given by Mr. Ho Kom Tong's concubines that they had been to the theatre on the night mentioned and on their return were set upon by four men, who bound and gagged everybody in the house and put them in

with a back room, threatening them

Money to loaded revolver and knives. the value of $540 and jewellery to the value of $4,422 were stolen. Inspector O'Sullivan, who had charge of the case, asked that it stand over until he had proferred a charge against an amah for aiding and abetting. His Worship con- sented,

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It will be remembered that the Ocean Steamship Co. also contributed £3,000 to the splendid donation of £40,000 to the University of Hongkong given by the Taikoo Firms (the name by which Messrs. John Swire & Son and the allied firms are known in the Far East). The leading shipping companies have by their offer shown their sympathy with the objects of the University of this Colony in a very practical fashion..

We are also glad to learn that offers of additional equipment have been recent ly received.

JULY OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINA

TIONS IN HONGKONG.

RECORD ENTRIES.

Entries for the July Oxford Local Examinations at this rentre closed at noon yesterday. The entries, 407, are a record, being 13 more than in 1911, the previous record. This year's candidates

are classified as under:

Senior Boys Senior Girls

Junior Boys

Junior Girls Prel. Boys...

Prei. Girls

79 16

.02

30

156

40:

The following Schools have entered candidates: Italian Convent, French Convent, C.M.S. High School for Girls, Diocesan Girls' School, St. Stephen's Girls' College, Kowloon Girls' School, Belilius Public School for Girls, St Joseph's College, Diocesan Borg School, Victoria English School, St. Paul's Col- legt, Ellis Kadooric College, and Queen's College.

ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.

Rocks

The Race for Cups, presented by the Commodore, Mr. A. Denison, took placa on Saturday, the 8th inst. The course was:-Channel

S., Lyeamun Beacon S.. Markboat on Starting Line S., Kowloon Rock S., Leeman Beacon S-112 miles.

TLANDICAP.

Dione and La Landa allow Rolla minutes; Colleen, Dorothea and Kathleen, 7 minutes 30 seconds; Bonito and Halcyon, 20 minutes; and Alannah and Daphne, 22 minutes

either the Handicap or One-Design Cres If the first prize is wen by a boat in the second prise will be given to the winning boat in the other class.

The start was made at 2 p.m. and the time limit was 6 p.m.

All the boats except Colleen started in a fresh south-east wind. Rolla got away with the lend and reached Channel Rocks

about half a minute in front of Dione and La Linda-

The markboat off the Chul was rounded 13 the following order:

8.

Kella Dione

· La Linda

3

4 .50 6 50 7.20

Kathleen

Dorothea

Haleyin

Alanah

Benito

Daphae

3 0 15

25

$

3 10 60

3:13 40

3 13 45 3:15 0

In the second round the wind was very much lighter, but Rolla maintained her lead. Dorothea passed Kathleen and Bonito went in front of Alannah, other wise the order remained unchanged, and the line. was crossed at the finish as below:-

Tine. Corrected.

A. M. S

*Rolla +Haleyou

.... 138 45 Dorothea ... 4 26 47 Dione

H., B.

4 19 57

4 17:57

Order.

1

4 18 45

2

4 19 17

3.

4 21 6

4 21 €

#

.4 22 7

4.22.7

4 24 20

8

4 23:41

4 26 31

· La Linda 1. 4 22-7 Kathleen..." 4 20 37 Bonito... Alannah

4 41.20

4-45.41

a pertizacious fighter; at present he feels that to give up the struggle just because he has had one or two nasty knocks would be unworthy of his traditions. In the renewal of the war, the Turks fervently, hope to win back a little of what they have lost, being now better prepared for fighting. They stand to lose more and more every hour the carnage is going on, not only because the Allies are in most respects superior to them, but because

and

A. FLYING IRONCLAD.

at

20,000,00

31,000.00

6,951.52

$382,978,19

INTIMATIONS

BRANDY IS

HEALTHFUL

The Rich Boquet Starts the 1912 Account-The balance

credit of this account is ........8487,159.43 Directors-Messrs. G. Friesland and Gastric Juices Working and the E. Shellim retire by rotation and being eligible offer themselves for re-election. warni effects starts peristalsis and

Auditors.-Messrs. W. Hutton Potts and A. R. Lowe have audited the annexed aid

digestion. TRY GEO election.

SAYER'S BRANDIES.

count

F. LIES,

Chairman.

WORKING ACCOUNT, 1911, ON 31ST DECEMIREN, 1912.

Dr.

.$275.280.34 64,519,37

132,469.64

6,129.81

110.00

362,278.19

8859,796.25

$081,661.14 178,008:21 127,00

8859,796.35

1912.

$148,553.17 61,489.07

Cr.

Net Dremin received, less returns.

nad reinsurances Interest and dividends

ACCOUNT,

WORKING

ON J1ST DECEMBER, 1912.

Commissions

Lasses and claims Directors' and auditors' fees

change Amount written off furniture Re Balance

count

reinsurances

Net premia received, less returns

teri tani cheidends Transfer fees

chiefly SO-CU much dissension prevails in the Turkish ranks at this present moment. The new Commander-in-

The flying ironclad which a French Transfer foes chief, Izzet Pasha, is not recognised by the

captain, who is also a noted aeronautical officers of the opposition, and his presence engineer, has invented promises to be a at the front is fraught with the gravest most formidable craft for the French danger. He carries his life in his hands Army

The plans of the now aerial wherever he goes. None of the belliger-accepted by the Minister of War, The machine bave, Le Journal states," been ents is really anxious for more bloodshed immense biplane is constructed of metal, Charges and waste of capital; they are all in grave the framework being furnished with Anancial difficulties and faced with other plates of nickel-steek so designed as to very serious economic questions. What is and the motor, and thick enough to allow completely cover the pilot, the murkeman, actually going on is hard to say, as war of the machine approaching to within at correspondents have not beep allowed to

least 100 yards of an airship armed with quick-firing guns. The markaman in proceed to the front this time, all the the acroplane, we are told, would be able news comes from official sources, and the to sweep the earth and sky in front with public is kept as pinch in the dark as his fire, and also fire above him in caso of retreat, thus recalling somewhat the possible until the war is over, and a revolving turrets of warships. The total different kind of peace is proclaimed to weight of this new biplane, which will be in the grand the last. Most of the fighting appears to ready to take part.

manœuvres in September next, is cal- be going on actually in the Gallipoli culated not to exceed that which has Peninsula, should the 50,000 Bulgarians already been carried by an aeroplane. succeed in defeating the 50,000 Turks here, the way would be opened for the Greek fleet to enter the Dardanelles sad appear before Constantinople itself. We shall soon see whether the Turkish Dar, danelles forts are an impregnable as they have all along been reported to be. So far the Bulgarians have scored their first victory since the resumption of the war against the Turks; they have completely cleared the shore of the Sea of Marmora of Turkish troops, and driven the Turks into the Gallipoli Peninsula. Massacres are greatly feared, as foreigners are more than ever hated by the fanatic Turks.

IMPROVING PARIS, FEAT

THE NICKEL COINAGE.

The French, being proverbially an artistic nation, like everything appertain. ing to be en rapport or similarly artistic. Now that the new nickel coinage has made its appearance and taken the place of criticised from an byglenic point of objectionable bronze, it is being severely view. It is pierced, and this precisely la the cause of the whole discussion; in spite of the fact that doctors affirm there is nothing to fear; the piercing, it is main tained will harbour dangerous molecules. their description is being condemned. In- Though the coins are not in circulation, sicad of their being perforated, the aperture should have taken the form of a star, which, placed above the head of a woman of sufficiently ideal design, would have had an effect quite poetic. The now nickels bear just plain round holes, The razing of the fortifications or, "les

"LA JOCONDE." Sensation follows sensation in the fortifs" as they are popularly called, has

artistic world of Paris. The latest become a matter of immediate neecssity romance about the missing "Joconds of The fortifications have long sincs ceased Leonardo is that it was never lost. to be a source of protection to Parisians, wonder it could never be found in spito and by their demolition thousands of amateur detectives and large

of well-neant efforts on the part of

rewards ruffians of both sexes will be turned sway, offered by the authorities, Incredulous and compelled to seek other sleeping people pointed out all along that it was quarters. M. Dausset in his Report on the a matter of impossibility to remove such large-sized picture, especially in broad Municipal Budget, which includes the daylight. Would you believe it La demolition of the furtifs, points out Joconde" has never left the Louvre, that while the density of the population although its presence is only known to half a dozen people! Shortly before its has nearly doubled since 1880-the city mysterious disappearance the picture was now houses some 2,700,000 persons, not entrusted to one of the official photo- including the half-million or so who enter graphers, who, it appears, spilt bottle He is now of acid on the picture. every morning from the suburbs the area engaged repairing the damage, and as of open spaces within the fortifications soon as he succeeds it will be wheeled back

i

has actually shrunk by a fifth within the into ita original place. What next?:

last dozen years. Building space is urgently needed, and the removal of the fortifications will amply provide this pro tem. The fortiñcations which

encircle Paris stand on an enormous amount of ground which could be more profitably utilised pro bono publica. Though the The prizes were presented to the winners Government has already approved the after te race by Lady May,

scheme for doing away with the forlifa, the Bill has yet to be submitted to the

Daphne......

4 48 31

First prize.on Second prize.

ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUE, FANLING.

FEBRUARY COMPETITIONS.

RODERTBON CUP,

A. Mackenzie C. H. Gale

M. Mass..... F. C. Macdonald

A. Temperley......

32 entries.

RUNNING, V'OOL,

A. Maus

C. H. Gale

F. C. Macdonald

A. C. E. Elborough

D. Wond

N. L. Smith

À, Temperley Stanley Cooke -C. H. Tyrrell

98 Entries.

89 10 79

·93 13 80

104 24-80

31 9 82

96 10 88

103

24.79

93. 18. 80

01 9 82

99

10 83

108 24 84

93 7 86

90 10.86

102 14 88

107 18 80

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THE COURT CARDS.

No

Despite the unpropitious weather there was a good attendance at the Theatre Royal last night, and needless to say those present were rewarded with an excellent entertainment. The individual artistes ware as happy and as successful as ever, and encores were again the order of the night.

H.E. the Governor and Lady May will attend the performance to-night.

PERTUSSIN.

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ACUTE AND CHRONIO BRON- CHIAL CATARRH, ASTUMA, ETC, which has been recognized unequalled by the highest

Also the AFFECTIONS OF THE LUNGS will ho greatly lived "by the use of it. :

authoritiea

TO BE HAD AT EVERY CHEMIST.

IMPORTERS:

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TIENTSIN AND PEKING.

YOELKEL & SCHROEDER, LTD..

SHANGHAI

8,000.00 120,122.13

457.49

127.70

487,150.43

$818,901.09

い

.8695,964,18 170,704.81

143.00

SOLE. AGENTS :

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& SON,

Wine and Spirit Merchants.

2818,901.99 ZEISS PRISM

BALANCE SHEET, 31ST DECEMBER, 1912.

Liabilities

Capital account: 20,000 shares of $100 each, $20 per share paid

up

Reserve fund account Extra reserve fund account ... Investment luctuation account Exchange Buctuation account... Reinsurance fand account

Dividend for 1911 8200,000,00 Accounts payable-

Losses, outstanding

and sundries 158,427-26 Working account, 1912-

Balance at credit

Assets.

Cash at bankers Fixed deposits at hanks

In Hongkong....$ 305,000,00 In London and

Bombay (10,- |

700 0s 0d)...· 102,977,44 Investments--

English railway ordinary stocks

(20,008 Od.)

Chiness

15%.

48,228.57

120,300.75

railway hands (£12,500 Ds. (kk) Bends and de-

bentures,

shares public panies

BINOCULARS

AT HOME PRICES:

@ 400,000.00. 1,000,000,00

742,575.13 16 Power

30,839.81

6,384.30 12 206,767.08

£10.10.0

(new model)....£10.10.0

12

8

358,127.26 6

487,159.43 6

ૐ 83,231,153.91

150,722,56 3

·£9.6.0

£8.10.0

(large field)...... £7.10.0.

£6.0.0

(small model)..

£5.18.0

£5.8.0

467,977.44

and

i

com.

707,804.88

924,904.20

Loans on mortgage.. On properties in

Hongkong...$1,078,800,00

Os properties in Blameon, Cha-

ton

On properties in

Shanghai

To bo Obtained from

Chs. J. Gaupp

& Co.

ALCLANDRA BUILDINGS,

CHATER ROAD,

150,000.00

287,215.41

1,515,515.41

1,400,00

171,204.30

$3,231,153.01

OUR

STUDY

OF

THE EYE

Furniture accojant Office furniture, Accounts receivable,

Premia due from agencies, in- terest due on deposits and investments, etc.

Sterling exchange taken at 28 0 15/16d.

C. PEMBERTON,

Secretary.

F. LIEB

Directors. E. SHILLIN

Auditors ReportWe report that wo have examined the accounts, of the Com.. pany with the books and vouchers in Hongkong and returns received from the various agencies for the year ending 31st. December, 1912, We have also satisfied ourselves as to the existence and value of the securities for investments, the cash at bankers and on mortgage to the amounts specified. We have obtained all the in- formation and explanations we have re- quired and in our opinion the above balance sheet, which includes the alloca tion of the 1911 working account balance as shown by the directors' report of date. attached, is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the Cotopany's affairs according to the best of our information and the. explanations given to us, and as shown by the books of the Company.

W. HUTTON POTTS, A. R. LOWE, CA.. Hongkong, 5th March, 1913.

Auditora.

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