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The second of the series of "At Homes" was given at Government House last night and was largely attended.
response is being made. It gives picked mon, because of the enthusiasm, and is therefore better than the dead level pro- duced by compulsion. Lord CREWE has "Lord
We hear that Rear-Admiral Cresswell J. said much the same thing. KITCHENER is not discontented with the Eyras (formerly Commodore in Hong- recruiting," he said not a month ago. kong), who went on the retired list in As many mon are coming forward as December, did so in order to proceed to can be dealt with The number wo the front on special service should desire to send to gain the common cause can only be measured by the pos sibilities of equipping and supplying war- WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. like munitions. Mr. LLOYD GEORGE, in the Christmas week, told a French inter- viewer that voluntary enlistment for the duration of the war had already enabled us to assemble nearly a million and a half
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The Singapore Sporting Club report shows a loss on the year of $10,000. There was a good profit in May but a loss on the October meeting. The Club has been carried on by $20,000 raised on mortgage.
AT THE MAGISTRACY.
THE SHROFF; THE POSTMAN, AND
THE LUKONG..
At the Magistracy yesterday, before Mr. J. R. Wood, Chinese postman and a Chinese constable were charged with assaulting the shroff of a stoum ferry launch. Mr. E. J. Grist (who repro- sented complainant) said it appeared that a postman, on coming on the launch, would sign a book for his fare, which Goneral Only a face of three centa was was subsequently paid by the Postmaster-
paid, but it appeared that the first defen- danb took a scat in a rattan chair for
of soldiers since August 2nd, and the the East a year or two ago Bu excellent which privilege an extra charge of two
Mr. Henry, Dallas, who brought out to company of entertainers known as "The outs was levied. The shroff came round and asked for the two cents, but the Follies, is again in the East with defendant refused either to sign the book company styled "The Quaints." They have performed with great success in Calcutta, and Rungoon, and are now in Singapore.
Regarding the construction of a break water at Chefoo, which has been postponed owing to the extension of the war in Shantung, says the Peking Gazette, the Government has sent two delegates to make an inspection as a pre- liminary step towards the compiencement of the work.
Lady May, accompanied by Miss Phoche May, visited the wards of the Nethersole Hospital and Alice Memorial Maternity Hospital yesterday. Lady May specially interested in the children's ward of the Nethersole Hospital, where a cot has been instituted to be supported by the Ministering Children's League.
or to pay the two cents. The shroff went
on with his work, but again pressed thes postman, as the launch neared Yaunati, to sign the book. The postmma refused, stopped ashore, and called a policeman. The second defondunt came up, took the shroff ashore, and belaboured him vigor. ously with bis truncheon, with the result that the complainent had to spend eleven days in hospital.
Evidenco vas called in support of this story, and the case was remanded.
GOLF CADDIES STRIKE:
AMUSING SEQUEL TO AN ARREST,
system would shortly supply us with 2,500,000, And fine soldiers, verily the Chancellor continued. All the pick of the nation, the best and the bravest of 2.00 all classes of society, intellectuals as well as workmen, rich as well as poor, the elite of our trade unionists as well as our most brilliant scholars of Oxford and Can- bridge, the bench and bar as well as the shop, the factory as well as the club, have furnished in four months these hundreds of thousands of vigorous young men of from 21 to 30 years, with whom my colleague, Lord KITCHENER, has formed his new army. Before the Spring 500,000 new soldiers, superb, magnificently 403 trained, and full of enthusiasm, will have joined those who, aide by side with the valiant sons of the French democracy, are 4.65 struggling at the present time, from the Yser to Belfort, to bring about the end of 4.65 Prussian militarism, and to establish the liberty of Europe and that of Germany herself. And this will continue unto 9.65 the end, unto victory. There is a great deal to be done yet, however, before that :6.05.
end is achieved. Lord CHARLES BERESFORD 9.95 made out a little list of things that must be done" before peace can be considered. "The war must be settled in Berlin," be 13.15 said. “Germany's fleet must be sunk, Her forts must be razed, Knurr's must Those Brandies bottled by be blown to the winds. Kiel Canal must
tolerant Indian guardian of the law took ourselves are guaranteed Grape go to Denmark, The map of Europe
Mr. Percy Macdonnell,. managing umbrage at this abuse of the liberty raust be altered." That does not exhaust
editor of the Fablenews-American, allowed them and promptly arrested one the list of things that mast he done,"
at mast he d but it suffices to indicate very roughly Manila, is proceeding to the war as the of the offenders. The caddies apparently the need for men and still more men, for delegate of the Philippine branch of the resented this, and adopted what they American National Red Cross Society, to thought to be the most effective way of showing their indignation, by going on strike. In the meantime the President of the Golf Club, Mr. E. J. Grist, diplomati- eally bailed out the arrested caddy, 20
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this Ministry as valid will baHE NINETY-FIFTH ORDINARY drawn on the above dake, aggregating to the A YEARLY MEETING of SHARE- amount of $1,150,000. The drawing will take HOLDERS in the Company will be held at place at the BANK OF CHINA, Peking,
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REYNOLDS-On January 29th, at Shang- hai, to Mr. and Mrs. F. O. REYNOLDS,
HUTCHISON.-On January 28th, to Mr. and Mrs. D. O HUTCHISON of Shanghai, a daughter.
out a tremendous sacrifes of life. The immediate business of the French, British and Pelgian armies is to roll back the German hosts from Belgium and French soil into Germany. The military cor- respondent of the Cologne Gazette, who recently returned to Germany from the
front on leave, wrote - Above all, we cannot be grateful enough to our army for the fact that the theatre of war has mainly on the west front almost entirely been established in the enemy's country and that our own country has been spared the horrors of battle. That is my first and most immediate impression on my
ssionary
The Chinese golf caddy is not nearly jo ubiquitous as his European confrère, but he occasionally makes his presence felt. Wednesday's suitry weather must have One of the missionary organisations affected the ardour of local golfers, for the with headquarters in Tentsin has made caddies were idle. Being idle, they were an enquiry of its inland representatives of the state of feeling of the misses in naturally inclined to be mischievous, and the provinces, Replies from siz different they decided to have a game of handball
ther provinces are unanimous in afirming in the road opposite the Club-house. A that anti-Christian and anti-foreign lady pedestrian happened to be struck feeling has never been less than it is now by the ball, and the hitherto amused and
report as to the conditions. He left Hongkong yesterday by the B.I. steamer Unta for the north, and is proceeding to Europe vid Siberia.
The Courier & Haiphong reports that Mr Jardin, in the company of Sir Richard Dane, killed an elephant and wild bull in the district of Ha-ting (Tonkin). shot a herd camo up and charged...the After the elephant had been
hunters, who had to run for shelter. The next day they were able
to return with coolies and approach the carcase.
At the Magistracy yesterday, Mr. F A. Hazeland dismissed the caddy, but warned him that if caddies desired to play games they must do so in the Valley grounds, and not in the public highway.
INCITING
COOLIES TO
MUTINY,
It being believed that the No. 1 of a Dredging for coal in the vicinity of gang of cargo coolies engaged on Messrs. return, and I should like to express it as colliers is becoming quito a
a popular Douglas, Laprak & Co.'s wharf had been strongly as possible. When our enemies enterprise among sampan
busy inciting the coolies to mutiny, familics orders were the Harbour. cry aloud as they do at percent that we in Hongkong HONGKONG OFFICE 101, DES VEUX ROAD C. Have achieved nothing, and when, in view yesterday morning a Chinese informer arrest. A second arrest was made by the LONDON' OFFICE: 131, Fiker STREET, Bf the stationary character of the war in saw a sampan sail quietly away in the police, and the coolies thereupon adopted a
The Daily Press.
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The menacing attitude. A European constable the western theatre, faint-hearted anul direction of an unloading veral ignorant people in Germany give atter two men in the boat were apprehended, and several lukongs came on the scene, and ance to similar opinions, it is newsary to and at the Marine Court yesterday one the men were taken away to the Police remind them of this fact." But the of them was ordered to pay $10. faint-hearted and ignorant people of Germany might very well remind their mentor that they had been led to exper: far greater achievements than this by the great German Army, and its failure to be THERE has been no mention in the in occupation of Paris or London, or
England, but we can well believe German publio and gives rise to doubts NOTICE TE HEBBY OVEN that that in this connection, at least, no as to the army's ability to remain west of the TWENTY-SIX CH OBDINARY news is good news." Speaking in the the Rhine when the new British and MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Company's Officis, House of Lords three weeks ago, Lord French armica taka the field against them. Victoria Ba'kings, or WEDNESDAY, the LUCAS, on behalf of the War Office, said 10th February, 1915, at Noos, for the purpose that while it was impossible, for strategies) of receiving the Report of the Dirostors together with Statement of Accounts for the song, to give the figures of rear ending 21st Decomber, 1014,
oooupation of the applicant, and stating the / THE KOWLOON LAND & BUILDING telegrams lately of the recruiting in even Calais, is very disquieting to the
Game of the steamer or other vesel or the hour of the train by which the applicant wishes to lewys Applicants should apple in person for their passes to the Provost Marshal at Head Quartom Ose between the hoars of 10A.M. aud 4 P.M.A
Hongkong 28th Janmry, 1915,
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reuiting,
Rangoon and Burma sent a combined he was able to state that the Government contingent to join Lord Kiteboner's The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from WEDNES were satisfied with the rate of progrzes army last week. Burma contributed 90 DAY, 3rd February, to WEDNESDAY, 10th for the reason that they must consider offers and mon, all well-equipped.
which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered.
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Lordship added The War Office policy
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Coming as it does at a time when the passage of cargo is congested on account of so many vessels passing into war ser-
A correspondent writing to a Yoku vice, the inauguration of a new line ch hama paper points out that there will ho steamers to and from the Far East by the ne full moon this month: "I question Ellerman-Bucknall Steamship Co of whether many of your readers have London, will be much welcomed. experienced a month without a full moon. Company, for whom the Bank Line have Such omissions occur only at very rare been appointed local agents, will open up intervals. Be that as it many, it is their new line between Japan, China,
The
February, 1915 (both days inclusive), during not merely men but equipment. Prejudice Exterminator" is reminded interesting to note that there will be no and the Straits, to Continental and
full moon this month. The Queen of United Kingdom ports, and will com is to supply the necessary equipment. com. of the rule that all communications sent the Night beamed fully upon its menos the run with the City of Durham, mensurate with recruitment, and in order for publication must be accompanied by
twice in January and will beam which will leave Hongkong about to meet the very much increased rats of the name and address of the writer.
folly twice la Marek, bus through the 2oad instant. The Ellerman- recruiting enormous efforts are being
February we will have to Bucknall line has one of the made to increase the provision of equip
content ourselves with only a partial view largest fleet of vessels in the world, made ment and to tap every source of supply. Fooehow, has boen transferred to
of Her Majesty." The moon was fall up of about 136 vessels, and they antici As time passes the equipment will be Rimouski in Quebec, and departs from on January las and 31st and will be pate a successful opening run, realising produced with increasing rapidity Shanghai about the middle of February,
fall on March 2nd and 31st.
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Mr. John Fowler, American Consul at
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that much more shipping in at present needed to make up the great shortage of tonnage absulting, from the commandeer ing of vessels by the Government. The vessels of the new line are large and up- to-date, and will be capable of dealing expeditiously with plenty of cargo.
SANITARY BOARD OFFICE, HONGKONG. To th OWNERS OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS.
TAKE NOTICE that under No. 5 of the "LDOMESTIC CLEANLINESS. and VENTILATION BYE-LAWS (as amended), erory Domestic Building or part of such Building within the WESTERN Division of the City of Victoria, occupied by Members of more than one family, except those within the European Reservation or those parts of a Domes tie Building used as a Shop: Offee or Godown,
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI Lord HALDANE, who spoke on the amo must be CLEANSED and LIMEWASHED THROUGHOUT by the
the owners during the
'BANKING CORPORATION. occasion, described the position, whether ir. W. R. Peck, the American Cen:ul months of February and
March
as regards the supply of explosives, shells at Tsingtag, who is now Adviser to the NB.The word throughout" used in this TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that NOTIORDINARY HALV-1BARLY Notice means that the Houses should be Lime
or rifles, as “ greatly improved,” and he American Consulate at Hankow, has been washed in respool of all the Wells of each Room, MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in spoke with enthusiasm of the magnificent instructed to return to Tsingtao to take Comm. Basil Taylor, the master of the all Cubicles, Partitions, Stair Casings and Blair this Corporation will ha held at the CITY HALL, response which the whole. Empire had made up his Consular duties.
all Ceilings and the Undersides of Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 20th day of
mon. Our experience Quarters and inclusive of Verminlis.
An amal employed receiving the Report of the Court of Directors of voluntary service is n
at Chinese a Blatement of Accounts to Bist
he said. Limewashed to the level of the First Floor,
December, 1914 of SHARES Carved, Painted or Polished Woodwork In The REGISTER
respond and no reason to anticipato the centenced to six months hard labour by defendant) to see that the fine was paid Corporation will be CLOSED from MONDAY, breakdown of the voluntary system, but Mr. Wood yesterday for stealing, 208 by the defendant and not his renter, as The bandits have arison on the the 8th February, to BATURDAY, the 20th
A sovereigns. When the woman realised
boundary of Szechem and are rapidly February, 1915 (both days inclusive), during by the common law of this country it is that her theft was discovered she such a praction only encouraged the increasing, says a Haakow dispatch to to the Weshof Tank Lane and Cloverly Street | which period no Transfer of Shares can be the duty of every subject of the realm to endeavoured to run away, with the result breaking of the harbour rules, and defen- the Asahi, Commanication between
assist the Bovereign in repelling invasion,
chang and Chungking has almost entire of the Hupeh army 15 proceeding to stopped. A part of the First Division Ichangavan Chronicle.
Lininge
AN OVERCROWDED LAUNCH. At the Marine Court yesterday, before
steam launch Hat Lee was fined 30, or six weeks, for carrying an excess of 15 passengers. The Magistrate instructed
in Main Buildings, Offices and Servants' February, 1815, B Noov, for the purpose of to the appeal for my remarkable, ~ The Backyard must have its containing. Walls together with Anderson There is no unwillingness to residence in Wyndham Street was Mr. Gardiner (who appeared for
up to
good condition, however, seed not be Lime
washed, but must be Cleansed. A S
The WESTERN Division of the City lies
Dated this 1st day of February, 1915.
Registered.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
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N. J. STABB,
Hongkong, ärd February, 1815.
Chief Manager.
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Secretary
and in a great national emergency it that she fell downstairs and sustained dant had previously heen twice imed for might be necessary to resort to compulsary injuries which necesitated her removal similar offences Sorgeant Jackson had
chargy of the case, service Hitherto, however, a magnificent to hospital.
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