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Cattler Falmer && INAPIER

JOHNSTONE'S

"The Wine Merchung of the East

'SQUARE BOTTLE"

WHISKY,

UNVARIED FOR OVER 150 YEARS..

THE SAME TO-DAY AS IN

1745.

BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.

SOLE AGENTS IN HONGKONG

LANE CRAWFORD & CO.

and from ALL WINE MERCHANTE,

„„„By Appofnimant to

H.. King George V.

-it

must be

Bovril

to

Proved by inde- pendent scientific investigation have a Body- Building Power of 10 to 20 times the amount taken

KEATING'S

WORM TABLETS

“A perely Vegetable

Heating's

Docthan by:

z's Worm Tableta fecuriith a most agraenhuis method of administering the only certain remedy for Intestinal or Thread Worms, Pizfectly mín, mild, and especially adapted for children Zo be obtained of all Druggiata. · Roptimos, THOMAS KEATING London, Eng

“Oh! I say!

It's Good!"

Cooling, refreshing and 'snappy'

Montserrat

LIME JUICE is the ideal Summer beverage.

Largs supplies have lately been shipped from London.

PSZRAT 15 ́cold by ali sezár K

Over 30 years ago the lass Lord Braconsfield testined to the benedits be received from HIMROD'S CURE, an every postbrings

IMROD

aimilar letters today.

CURE for

ASTHMA

FAMED FÖR 40 YEARS.

Sold in tins by all Chemists and Stores throughout the Country,

Beware of Imitations.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16T, 1914.

SEQUEL TO SHANGHAI MURDER.

ME. NEUMANN CLAIMS $18,000 AGAINST THE SHANGHAI LAND"00"

At the Shanghai, Supreme Court on the 22nd June, the case was mentioned of Richard Neumann v. The Shanghai Land Investment Co., Ltd.

The plaintiff's claim is for 848,000. Shanghai syece, damages suffered by the plaintiff by reason of the negligence of the defendants, their servants, and agents, in negligently and unskilfully making alterations in and additions tes the premises known as Nos. 14 and 4,, Astor RoadShanghai, whereof the defendants are owners and landlords and the plaintiff is tenant and occupier. Particulars of such negligence and damages are as follows:

(1) The parties agreed on July 8, 1913, in consideration of a higher rent to be paid by the plaintiff to executo in accordance with a plan drawn by Messrs. -Atkinson & Dallas, defendants' architects," certain alterations and additions to the premises aforesaid, it being a term of the agreement that plaintiff and his servante should continue-during-the-execution of the alterations and additions to use and occupy, the premises.

(2.) Defendants began such alterations and additions or or about July 10, 1913.

(3.)--Defendants' servants and agents on December 15th, 1913, improperly and in an unworkmanlike manner broke through the party wall between that part of the premises known as No. 14, Astor Road and that part known as No. 4, Astor Road.......

(4)-Defendants further negligently left the openings aforesaid, one upon the ground floor and ann upon the first floor;

WM. POWELL

LTD.

Telephone 346.

ELECTRIC

TABLE AND FLOOR

STANDARD LAMPS

IN

POLISHED BRASS, COPPER AND WROUGHT IRON.

SILK

SHADES

*FITTED

COMPLETE.

KON

EVERY PURPOSE...

BEAD

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open and without effective temporary INDO-CHINA BRICKS. TILES, PIPES blocking, and they remained so until February 2nd, 1914.

(5.)Defendants failed to provide and maintain at night a proper and adequate watch over the premises and further neglected to keep and maintain proper and sufficient lights in and about the said works.

(8.)-Plaintiff gave notice as to all of these acts of negligence and the loss and damage likely to arise therefrom, but the defendants, thoir servants and agente neglected to amend the same.

(7.)-By reason of the negligence and default of the defendants as aforesaid, certain arily disposed persons, to the plaintiff unknown, on the night of January 22nd entered No. 14, Astor Road in the use and occupation of the plaintiff as aforesaid and stole and carried away therefrom 80,000 in cash, and jewellery to the value of 340,000, the property of plaintiff. Plaintiff further claims costs and other relief.

Upon the application of Mr. II. P. Wilkinson, who appears for the plaintiff, his Lordship ordered the filing of a defence, and upon the application of the defendants Counsel, Mr. R. E. S. Gregson, an order was made for the deposit of $250 as security for costs. $250 had previously been depositad.

SINGAPORE SOLICITOR

KNIGHTED.

FORMER RESIDENT OF HONGKONG.

The Singapore resident whose name appeared among the Knights Bachelors in the list of Birthday Honours was not the Hon. Dr. W. G. Ellis (as we erroneously assumed at the time), but the Hon. Mr. Evelyn C.. Ellis.

COMPANY. "LIMITED.

BEST FIRE BRICKS AND FIRE CLAY PATENTED ROOFING TILES.

Guaranteed against Typhoon and Leakage.

MORE THAN TEN MILLIONS IN USE IN THE FAR EAST, SAMPLES AND FULL PARTICULARS FROM

P. SOFFIETTI & Co., 14, DES VŒUX ROAD, TEL 289.

ALWAYS IN STOCK.

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Summer Excursions

ΤΟ

JAPAN

BY THE STEAMERS OF

CANADIAN PACIFIC S.S. LINE. PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO. TOYO KISEN KAISHA.

GOING AND RETURNING WITHIN PERIOD 1er JUNE-31 OCT. RATES FROM HONGKONG:

NAGASAKI $120.00. KOBE $135.00. YOKOHAMA $150.00.

Tickets are interchangeable for return by any steamer of above-named Companies and include Rail between Japan Ports of call if desired.

Passengers may go and/or retorn VIA MANILA without additional charge by steamers calling at that Port so indicated in schedule of sailings shown below.

The Steamors operated by the Companies named are the largest fastest and most luxurions on the Coast.

Continual pleasure

for the entire household Pleasure is the big thing with all of us. We crave the music and

for amusement want

fun that bring delight to othershape in the m

With a Victrola in your home you can enjoy the world's best music and entertainment whenever you are in the mood to hear it..

We'll gladly demonstrate the Victrola and play any music you wish Fear-stop in any time.

Terms to suit..

EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTERS:

Moutrie's

NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

HE P. & O. B. N. Co.'s Steuer

THRP. &

"SYRIA."

Arrived Hongkong ou 24th Jan, 1914, FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, PORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-named ressel are hereby informed that their goods are being landed and placed AT THEIR RISK in th Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where eac Consignment will be noted out Mark by Mari and delivery can be obtained as the Goods.

· landed.

Optional Goods will be landed. here unles instructions are given to the rentrary withit

6 hours.

Goods not cleared within 8 days ineluding

· date of arrival will be subject to rent.

Ne Firo Insurance will be affected by me in say case whatever,

Damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consigneer and the Company's surveyors, Messrs. GODDARD and Douglas, at 10 a. on MoSDAYS AUG THURSDAYS. All Claims must be presentad within tən days of the steamer's arrival bere, after which date they cannot be recognised. No Claims will be schnitted after the Goods have left the Godowns,

E. A. HEWETT,

Superintendent. Hongkong, 24th June, 1914.

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8.8. "ATLANTIQUE," COMPAGNIE DFS MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

NOTICE.

CONSIGNEES of Cargo from London ex 6.6. Basque" and "Danube" from Restion with above Bloomer are hereby informed Bordeant er ca. Ville de Cette in con- That their goods with the exception of Opium, Treure and Valuables are being.

JOINT SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS TO AND FROM JAPAN PORTS. landed and stored at their risks into the

FROM JAPAN.

To JAPAN.

Kees

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NAGASARE Нокикохи

LEAVE

STELLE

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LEATH

YOKOHAMA

The Straits Times says:-The Hon. Mr. E. C. Ellis has been connected with Singapore for the past eighteen yours, having come from Hongkong in 1800, to join the legal firm of Messrs. Drew & Napier, of which be is now the head. He was born in London in 1865, and after receiving his education in a private school in Devonshire he was articled co-a-firm- of solicitors. In 1889 he became qualified as a solicitor in England, and journeying East to Hongkong in 1881 practised there for five years. Mr. Ellis has been a member of the Legislative Council for quite a number of years, and he has acted as Attorney-General for the Colony. He has taken a keen interest in the Volunteer movement. He first joined the Maxim detachment of the Volunteer a Artillery in Hongkong in 1894, and in 1899 was gazetted Second Lieutenant. On coming to Singapore he was trans- ferred to the Singapore Volunteer Rifles as Lieutenant, and in 1902 was appointed Captain of the Eurasian and Chinese Company. Early in 1907 he received his field rank as Major commanding the infantry units in Singapore.

THE OIL WELLS OF SHANSI.

The Peking correspondent of the N-fl Daily News writes:-

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Sept.

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BERI-SEELEE.

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↑ Roturning via Manila.

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Steamers prosocding via Manila do not call at Shanghai,

EXCURSION TICKET LAW.

Aug. 10

Sept.

Going via Mandlo

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Aug.

NATIVE FINANCE AT SWATOW.

In a Consular report on the trade in Swatow in 1913, Mr. Consul Pitzipios says:-The native banks have pursued their characteristically reckless way of doing business, fending money without dequate security, and issuing wholesale bank notes without any reserve to meet payments. In September one of the largest native banks in Singapore failed, and the failure affected many Swatow firms trading there, rendering them unable to send remittances to watow against goods shipped, all of which tended

rate of interest. In December, when financial affairs in Bangkok led to many failures, Svatow, being so intimately. connected with Bangkok, at once felt the.. effect. One small bank bere had to close. At this crisis the other banks held together, and, with the assistance of the Chamber of Commerce, managed to weather the storm, so that no more

"I understand from a reliable source that the Chinese and Belgian Industrial Development Company, which is intended for the development of petroleum and other minerals in. Shansi, Szechuan, Kan- An important, point on the law govern: su and Kiangau, on both sides of the ing railway excursion tickets was decided Tungeheung and Langhai lines, will be at Newport County recently, when Mr. temporarily suspended, partially on Edward Mark Harris, a commercial account of the opposition of the Standard traveller, was sued by the Great Western Oil Corporation of New York, and Railway Company for excess fare. It was partially in view of the hostile criticism stated on behalf of the company that Mr. of the Chinese Press, which has roused Harris travelled by ordinary train with the Chinese of these provinces in North, an excursion ticket Judge Hill Kelly China to action against the project. asked what opportunity the defendant had From another source I learn that the of, ascertaining by what train he could provinces of Skansi and Szechuan will be travel, and was told that the company left out of the operations of the pro-published a booklet of excursion trains, to make money tight and to send up the jeeted Company on account the or the defendant might have obtained the, existence of the agreement with the information at the inquiry office. His American Corporation about Shanai, and Honour said that the suggestion that the the concession granted to British mer defendant should go through a book of chants-in 1899 Szechuan.

With the nifty pages or go round a station examin exception of these provinces, the company ing leaflets and placards to ascertain will operate oil, coal and other minerals whether he could travel by a certain irain in Kiangsu and Kansu, and also other was rubbish. He non-suited the company, provinces through which the above-

and refused leave to appeal. mentioned two railways will pass.

of

bazardous and, or extra hazardous-Godawuk of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., at Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained immediately after landing,

Optional Cargo will be forwarded on unless intimation is received from the Consigns before Noox To-DAY-requesting it to be landed here.

Bille of Lading will be countersigned by the Undersigned, Goode remaining unclaimed after Eth July, at Noon, will be anbject to rent and landing charges,

All claims must be went in to me en or before the 10th July, or they will not be recognized.

All damaged packages will be examined on the 4th July, at 10...

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

P. THOMAS,

Mongkong, 2¤¢h „Jora 1 ́14

Agent

APIOLINE

(CHAPOTEAUT)

LADIES

For functional troubles, delay, pain and those Irregularities pecollar to the box.

Prescribed by the highest Franch Medical, authorlifes and superior to Tasey, steal Drops and Petу royal -GRAFOTRAUT, 5 rue Vivienne, Park. Sold by a Chemists.

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failures were reported, but the tightness of money increased, and the rate of interest charged by the banks on debit balances reached the high figure of 8 per cent, per annum.

SHIPPING IN PORT,

STEAMERS.

ALENNE RICKMERS, German str., 4,173, H. Baum, 22nd June-Shanghai 18th June, General-Ferd. Bornemann & Co.

++

ANNA, Norwegian str., 1,017, A. Arntzen, 28th June Bangkok 21st June, Bics. -Chinese. BOURDON, French str., 997, Leverthent; 26th

June-Saigon 22nd June, General-

· Order.

CLARA JEBBEN, German str., 1,103, J. Bondixen, 29th June Bangkok 21st June, Rice, Chinese.

ERVIREN, Norwegian str., 1,344, N. G. Neil- sen, 26th Juno--Kwangyen 23rd June, Cement-A: Bune.

FETCHING, Chinese str., 1,701, A B. Baines, 23rd June-Shanghai 19th June, Genoral,-Chinese, FERNLEY, British str., 2,471, E. C. Apple- ton, 20th June-Moji 12th June, Coal. -Order.

HUE, French str., 710, A. Cornelinsen, 29th June-K. C. Wan 28th June, Generel.-A. B. Marty.

IRENE, Chitiese str., 826, MacLean,“ 27tl. June-Shanghai 23rd June, General Chian Merchants Steam Navigation Co. KALJO MARU, Japanese str, 1,087, Yamamoto,

27th June-Swatow 36th June, General Osaka Shosen Kaisha.

Kanon, Norwegian str., 849, F. Muus, 23rd June Balik Papan 15th June, Sugar.-Java-China-Japan Lijn." KATHE, German str., 1,208, Christiansen, 25th June-Haiphong 22nd June, Gen eral-Jebsen & Co.

Lovar, British str., 3,901, R. Glegg, 26th June Singapore 20th June, General. -Jardine, Matheson & Co.

Luchow, British str., 1,220, J. Meathrol, 29th June-Shanghai 25th June, Gen- MACHEW, German str., 2,021, D. Cordea,

eral-Butterfield & Swire

26th June Bangkok 17th June, Bice. MACKINAW, American str., 2,004, W. G.

Melchers & Co.

Krebs, 28th June-Saigon 23rd June, Rice and Cotton.-Order.

MIYAZAKI MARU, Japanese str., 8,500, J. Terangka, 20th June-Yokohama 17th June, General. Nippon Yusen

Kaisha-

MONTEAGLE, British str. 3.952, LD... Douglas, ..., 23rd June--Van- couver 22nd May, General-Canadian Pacific Railway Co.

NATIOA, British str., 3,494, O. C. Evans, 20th June-Batoum 20th May, Kero- NIKKO MARU, Japanese str., 3,477, R. sine Oil.-Asiatic Petroleum Co.

29th June-Manila 27th -General. - Nippon Yusen

Takeda,

June,

Kaisha.

PITSANULOK, German str., 1,019, W. Tacubers, 29th June-Bangkok 22nd June, Rice and Teakwood-Butter- field & Swire.

RAJABURI, German str., 1,189, C. Wolff, 28th Jung-Bangkok 19th June, Rice. -Butterfield & Swire..

SAXON MONARCH, British str., 3,024, A. Walker, 20th June-Philadelphia--Case Oil-Standard Oil Co.

SEANG CHOON, British str.. 3,722, V. Graves, 26th June-Amoy 25th June, General

Order.

SELUN, Norwegian str., 805, Havbrender, 21st June Bangkok 14th June, Rice.

Chinese.

STANDARD, Norwegian str., 894, H. N. Mull, 27th Fun-Fone Bay 24th Junr, Salt-Thoresen & Co.' SUNGRIANG, British str., 1,800, Robinson, 27th June-Pakhoi 25th June, Gen-

ral-Butterfeld & Swire.

TAISHUN, Chinese str., 1,216, il. G. Para- more, 15th June-Tientain 16th June, General Chinese.

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