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PUBLIC COMPANIES

THE WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE, MATÉESON & COMPANT, LIMITED, TO DAY (TUESDAY), the 2nd February, 1916, at 11.30.., for the purpose of receiving the Report of Directors together with a State ment of Accounts for the your ending 31st

December, 1914:

The REGISTEE of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY. 22nd January, to TUESDAY, 2nd February, 1914 (both days inclusive), daring which period no Transfer of Bhares can be Registered. By Order of the Board of Directors,

A BHELTON HOOPER, Secretary to the

HONGHONG LAND INFESTMENT & AGENCY

Co., LTD.pd

General Agents for the WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LTD. Hongkong, 13th January, 1915.

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd, 1915.

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WARNEWS..

GERMAN RELIEF SHIP LEAVES NEW YORK

WASHINGTON, January 23rd. The steamship Vilhelmina, chartered by German-Americans, sailed from New York to-day with a cargo of food stuffs for Harburg The charterers of the ship announced that in the event of the seizure of the steamer by any of the ships of war of the Allies they would demand her release through the U.S. Stato Depart ment

TLE AMERICAN MILITARY

APPROPRIATION.;

WASHINGTON, January 23rd. The House of Representatives to-day passed the Army Appropriation Bill of P.200,000,000. This is an inarcase of practically P 12,000,000 over the appro pristion, made last year.

The House refused to consider the appropriation of P.2,000,000 for addi tinal aeroplanes and equipment for 1 U.B. Army

GERMAN OFFICERS' LOOT.

COLLECTION OF MEDALS STOLEN IN BRUSSELS,

BRITAIN'S BRUMOUS ISLE.

"DOWN WITH ENGLAND!"

FURTHER GERMAN OUTBURST OF LIVID BURY.**

In an article reviewing the situation couclied in the florid style beloved of the German journalist the Frankfurter Zeitung admits that the end of the war. A Swiss correspondent recently for- is not yet in sight. It says:

We did not go to war for conquest, of German lyric poetry which appens in warded to an English newspaper a pearl We are fighting for our national honour the Dreadner Anzeiger. The following and existence. Notwithstanding all careful version gives come notion of its victorious counter-strokes, the pressure livid fury- on our frontiers from Ens and West has not yet been relieved. Our most Down with England! Loose your hate, potent and malignant foo still sits Elatred pure and passionate! unweakened on his brumous isle.

The England sets fro to every lad, sword cannot yet desist from its work of And, fanning it daily with criminal hand, blood.

Adds crime by crime, and stage by stage, To the spread and strength of Germany's rage. To the Mosient Enst a spark thore came, The South is cousued by undying famo, Enfettered races thers rattle their bonds, And to their clamour Freedon responds

The writer proceeds: But we are already taking splendid gifts and a sacred legacy from this year of war into the futuro, martial honour and glory such as have never been. We are proud of theirmumerable heroic deeds of our unity, and its detormination-Reuter people and confident of its strength, its

REVOLT IN HUNGARY.-

from Bucharest that the Rumianians in Information has been received at Paris tho Abrud Mountains, Transylvania, have risen against the Magyars, who. while systematically sending Rumanian. troops to the most exposed points of the firing line, maltreat and oppress the Rumanian population at home, Light is thrown on the revolt by a letter sent from a Hungarian-Rumanion to a friend in Bucharest. The writor says:

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIRST ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. JARDINE,

The Mutiny Havre correspondent" Here we are suffering a sort of Last MATHESON & COMPANY, LIMITED, TO-DAY

Judgment. Our poor lads. perish by tens (TUESDAY), the 2nd February, 1915, at says

German officers have pillaged the large of thousands in the stupid quarrel, and Report of the Directors together with the State-collection of medals in the Belgian House thousands of others return crippled, sick 11.45 AM for the purpose of receiving the ment of Accounts for the year ending Slet of Representatives, at Brussels. These with frozen feet and mutilated limbs, coa. December, 1914

gentlemen did not succumb to ary numis damned to unhappiness for the whole REGISTER of SHARES of thematical passion. They were guided by arians stay by their firesides, while no their lives. The Germans and Hung Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, purely material motives, and took only Rumanians are spared. 22nd January, to TUESDAY, 2nd February; the gold, silver, and enamel medals, which cripples, consumptives all are taken." 1915 (both days inclusive), during which period they thought might have cash value. ao Transfer of Shares can be Registered, By Order of the Board of Directors,"

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE, LTD.,

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Secretary to

THE GENERAL MANAGERS,

Hongkong, 13th January, 1915.

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The keeper of the House complained to the Military Governor, who, as usual, expressed his deep regret and horror, but did nothing to punish the thieves.

489,733 FRENCH WOUNDED.

NEARLY POUR FIFTES DACK IN THE DANKE,

Hunchbacks,

A terrible description of the sufferings of the Rumanian soldiers and of their miery in an abandoned country is given. The writes points out that all this has to be endured for a cause in whi Rumanians have no interest.

NEW BRITISH GUNS.

ARTILLERYMAN'S ENTHUSIASM.

A Ganner of the heavy battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, who after having returned home suffering from wounds received at Boissons, is now in battle again, wrote last month a high eulogy of

A remarkable fact was brought out in the French Army Commission last month. Between September 15th and November 30th, telegraphs the Paris correspondent of the Chronicle, the number of wounded TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the of these more than a half-4 per cent.-the latest guns vent from England to the

soldiers treated in hospitals was 189,733. NOTWENTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY

were able to return to the ranks after scene of action. He says MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this. Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs treatment, while another quarter-243 JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY, LIMITED, Per cent.returned after a short convales TO-DAY (TUESDAY), the 2nd February,cence, and only 25 per cent died. 1915 at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the The Army medical authorities now Repart of the Directors together with the possess 2,988 hospitals, comprising 380,000 Statement of Accounts for the year ending beds, a number exceeding the present 31st December, 1914.

needs."

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, 22nd January, to TUESDAY, 2nd February 1915 (both days inclusive), during which period. no Transfer of Shares can be Registered, By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Boerstary,

Hongkong, 13th January, 1915.

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THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA- TION CO., LTD.

NOTICE JERETH ORDINARY

FIVE TO ONE.

GERMAN IDEA OF EXCHANGE.

The Daily Telegraph understands that efforts have been officially made to ascertain whether the German Govern ment would be willing to consent to an exchange of civilian prisoners interned respectively in England and Gormany The German reply was that they would require some such rate of exchange as five to one that is to say, the English Govern- ment would have to release ve Germans

to secure the return of one Englishmaan

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

They contend that there are so many MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held of the Offices of Mesara, more German prisoners in England that JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY, LIMITan, such a proportion would constitute a true TO-DAY (TUESDAY), the 2nd February, reciprocity. It is needless to add that on 1915, at 12.15 p.m., for the purpose of rewiring those terms no exchange is likely to tako the Report of the Directors together with a place. Statement of Accounts for the year ending

31st December, 1914.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, 20th January, to TUESDAY, 2nd February, 1916 (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registored." By Order of the Board of Directors,

MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE, Secretary. Hongkong, 16th January, 1915,

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CIVILIANS MASSACRED,

GERMANS SHELL FLEZING PEOPLE.

"It is something to know we can now meet the enemy on an equality or, should I say, superiority. Certain it is that we have played the very devil with the Germs us aince these guns have come up. They don't like them a little bit. They are mighty thunderers I can tell you, and their range is wonderful. We are certain ly making a move in the right direction. but what we wish to do is to make a really big advance so that we can put these guns of ours more amongst them. They are those of us who have been told off to handle regular rippers, and no mistake, and them are proud indeed. What we want is vengeance. It nearly makes one's heart break to see many poor women and child- ren walking the streets who have had their houses blown to pieces. But through these guns of ours will come revenge.

MORE LIES.

"Down with England!"

Down with England, down to her knees! Stamp on her neck and for inframics? Guiltless hordes of humanity Cry for succour iron over to And the valinnt heroes of far Kinu-chan! Think of the peerless port, Tsing-tan, Coward England has always applied. Her hand to encourage regicide She has taught the races us to despise, And poisoned Trath with stinking lies.

Down with England! :-

Down with England Strip off the sheath, And show the grinning devil beneath, That sets all order at defiance And grinds to the dust all lan and science, Laughs the Red Cross to cruel scars, Oh, England, dread the wrath divine And the fires of Vengeance deep, condign! Loosen our hate, our holy hate,

pop that land abominate.

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And moules to the teeth God's own First-born DURABLE AND INEXPENSIVE.

Down, with England!

"WOMEN OF MEN."

Hymn of Hate Against England."

To Herr Erust Lissauer, Author of "The

You say you hate. Wo know you, gentle

cousin,

But would, you boast it, if you knew Thas not one nation only but a dozen

Are sick of your

Whose fault is it? We do not hate a savago.

You forced mankind to cautorise a wen. We are not fond of tribes that burn and

Haters of Men.

ravage,

Strangely enough: Humanity is human, m

And, for that reason, you are not its pet. You think Man biased? Let your judgo bo

Will she forget.

Woman.

The hands that made your red machine

efficient

To put the whole of Happiness to rout? Your place beneath the sun was insufficient?

You put it out.

I ask you, women all the wide world over,

Will you allow these "culturing" hands To take this toll of husband and of lover,

again

Widows of men?

Who, covetous of all that was another's,

Turned-Europe to an unclenced tiger's den, And strewed it with the corpses of your

brothers,

Sisters of men?

Who forced your sons to death, ére God lind

sons be deat counted RAIN

A fraction of their three score years and

ten? Who cut the sapling ore the sap had

mounted,

Mothers of men?

ENGLISH DRIVEN OUT OF KHARTOUM !. As an example of the lies circulated in Vienna to encourage the people, the Morning lost mentions that the papers there published as being perfectly true the statement received by the Berlin Lokal-Anteiger from: Constantinople Who, to get pulp for tentacled ambition, that the Sheikhs of Darfur and Kordofan Swept the spung father from your childish | have risen against England, and, sup

ken? ported by the Kabyles have occupied The "Fatherland." This was its vaunted Khartoum, after having driven tho

mission," English out of the city.

Daughters of Men.

had received from its correspondent in Brussels:-

Power She will forget, and I will tell you when

the next world perhaps Herr Ernst

Lissauer,

Not until then.

Immense slaughter is taking place in the The Neue Freie Preise, one of the battles in Poland, says the Daily News leading Vienna newspapers, also publish- Will you forget the nation or its master correspondent, and this will doubtless boed the following statement, which it Who, to have Earth a German cattle-pen. unabated until the ascendency has been

Hurled human love lesale to this definitely established. In the region of

disaster, Sochaczew thousands of civilians have

Women of men? One of the effects of the war has been been killed. The Germans used 8in, guns the complete depopulation of the South Make peace with Woman, sir. Hers is the against the town and smashed the high and South-East Coasts of England, and HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO tenement houses, whose inhabitants wero of the numerous towns situated on them,

STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

crushed to death under the masonry where thousands of well-to-do English In

When the population tried to fee along families have been accustomed to spend NOTICE TO BHAREHOLDERS, the broad road to Warsaw the German the winter months. Bournemouth, guns poured shell among the dense masses Eastbourne, and the Isle of Wight are THE NINETY FETING BHARE

NINETY-FIFTH ORDINARY of mer, women, and children. Hundreds absolutely deserted, fer the permanent) Daily Mail.

wore trampled to death. At Lowicz the inhabitants also have fled from their HOLDERS in the Compsay will be held at same thing occurred. Hundreds were homes because they were afraid of Germah the Office of the Company Hotel Mansions, killed under the wrecked building

submarines and of a German invasion, on TUESDAY, the 9th February, 1915, at A Russian officer who was decorated for 12 o'clock Noos, for the purpose of receiving the capture of six German guns at Lowicz

Report of the Director, together with .. Statement of Aosnants, declaring a Dividend states eighty German prisoners were and electing Directors and Auditore,

women who had been fighting in the The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company trenches. will bo CLOSED from the 20th January to the 9th February, 1916, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

W. E. CLARKE, Secretary, Hongkong, 19th January, 1915. [188

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"COMPANY," "LIMITED.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

RUSKIN ON THE GERMAN NATURE:

It is of interest at the present time. to recall Ruskin's estimate in 1874 of the German nature (Forz Clavigera," Vol. IV., p. 84):-

Blessing is only for the meek and merci- ful; and a German cannot be either; he does not understand even the meaning of the words. In thit is the intense, irreconcilable difference between the French and German natures. A French- man is selfish in the parest stares of virtus

Nthe TWENTY-SIXTE ORDINARY and morality. A Frenchtaan is arogant

GERMAN BRUTALITY.

ENGLISH PRISONERS ROBBED OF THEIR

.....

CLOTHES.

The following letter, which speaks for itself, appeared in The Times last month,

Guards:-- from a private in the 5th Dragoon

"As it may interest your readers. to. know how the Germans treat their pri souers, I will give you my experience. I was taken prisoner at seven o'clock in the morning on November 25th, together with seven others, east of Ypres.

The snow was thick on the ground and the wind bitterly cold. At nine o'clock the Germans stripped us of all our clothes, with the solitary exception of one thin shirt, and marched us out into an open field in charge of two sentries. At night 1, with four others, escaped.

LEAGUE OF BRITONS ABROAD.

The scheme in which Britons living in foreign countries propose to join hands in a special organisation of their own for the permanent defence of the Empire has Created world-wide interest, and inquiries concerning the Patriotic. League of Britons Overseas," which has been formed under the patronage of the King, sro arriving from all quarters of the globe.

It will be remembered that as a start it was suggested the members of the league should present a warship to the Admiral lity, and thereafter every year should subscribe towards the upkeep of a unit of the British Fleet.

The First Lord of the Admiralty says that he is in entire agreement with the course the league propose to take, and for its information points out that a light cruiser would cost upwards of £300,000 and a destroyer about £150,000.

are

Lord Selborne, who is chairman of the "We were fifteen hours without boots organisation, states that according to the or any kind of clothing except the one British subjects residing in foreign lands latest returns there are over three million shirt. When we have taken German prisoners, on many occasions in which I who still retain their British nationality. have had the honour of taking part, we desirous of joining the league, but do not

Britons resident. sbroad who' have always trosted them with con- know how to do so, should apply to His sideration, and would never think of Majesty's diplomatic or consular repre leaving them to perish in the cold. Truesentative, who will put them in touch with courage is not found accompanied by the loal organisers of the league, brutality."

MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this only in ignorance; but, no quantity of Company will be held at the Company's Offices, learning over makes a German mødest. Victoria Buildings, on WEDNESDAY, the "Sir," says Albert Dürer of his own work 10th February, 1915, at Noos, for the purpose (and he is the modestest German I know), of receiving the Report of the Directors it cannot be better dere.". Luther sorenc-. together with Statement of Accounts for the ly damns the entire Gospel of St. James year ending 31st December, 1914..

The REGISTER of SHAEES of the because St. James happens to bo not pre- Company will be CLOSED from WEDNES.cisely of his own opinions, DAY, 3rd February, to WEDNESDAY, 10th

Accordingly, when the Germans get February, 1915 (both days inclusive), during command of Lombardy, they bombard which period no Transfer of Shares can be Venice, steal her pictures (which they registered.

can't understand a single touch of); and entirely ruin the country, morally and physically, leaving behind them misery, vice, and intense hatred of themselves,

The author of this letter, who was in" Some of the well-known men who are on wherever their accursed feet have trodden. bed with both feet frost-bitten in conso the central committee of the league are They do precisely the same thing by France quence of his treatment, dictated his letter Sir Charles Addis, Sir R. Balfour, Lord crush her, rob her, leave her in misery to Mr. A. F. Yarrow, founder of the Charlos Beresford, Lord Curzon, Admiral of rage and shame; and return home Yarrow Military Hospital, Broadstairs, the Hon. Sit E. R. Fremantle, Sir Gerard amacking their lips and singing To Deum, from which he wrote.

Lowther, and Lord Milner.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Secretary to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT &

AGENCY CO., LTD., Agents for

THE KOWLOON LAND & BUILDING CO., Lap.

Hongkong, 27th January, 1915,

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