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PUBLIC COMPANIES

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBBUARY 8mn 1915,

UNION WATERBOAT CO., LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE TENTH ANNUAL GENERAL A

MEETING & SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the Offices of Mecars. DonwELL' & Co., LTD., TO-MOHROW (TUESDAY), 8th- February, 1915, at 11.30 AM, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Managers together with a Statement of Accounts to 31st Decembar, 1914, BECA

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Heilungkiang, it will above all things be Church Notes says that Mra Anstruthör neccesary for her to act throughout in kas made an Epiphany offering of $100, concert with the native princes, and not which is being spent on a new green altar to tako say rash or ill-considered stop frontal, and green alms bags, and new that might arouse their hostility. The linen for use at the Holy Communion, and result of China's attempt to conquer a new book for altar use. Tibet should certainly convince her of the

S. WATSON difenity of forcing her direct rule on an

& CO., LTD.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. will be CLOSED from the End February to the 0th February, 1915, both days inclusive.

DODWELL & Co., LTD.,

General Manager Hongkong, 20th January, 1915.

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HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE NINETY-FIFTH ORDINARY

TEARLY MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Offee of the Company, Hotel Mansions, TO-MORROW (TUESDAY), 9th February, 1915, at 12 o'clock NoON, for the purpose of 4 receiving a Report of the Directors, together with a Statement of Accounts, declaring a Dividend and elesting Directors and Auditor.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 25th January to the 9th February, 1915, both days inclusive,

By Order of the Board of Directors.

WE. CLARKE, Date Secretary, Hongkong, 19th January, 1915.:

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THE KOWLOON LAND & BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED.

TOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that [200 TWENTY-SIXTH ORDINARY

MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Company's Offices, Victoris Buildings, on WEDNESDAY, the 10th February, 1915, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Raport of the Directors together with Statement of Accounts for the

CONCERT

IN AID OF

LADY LUGARD'S BELGIAN REFUGEES' FUND. By the Pupils of the MUSIC CLASS OF THE ITALJAN CONVENT

To be held at

THE CONVENT, CAINE ROAD,

MONDAY AND TUESDAY, 15TH AND 16TH FEB., 1915, Commencing Gaol evening at 6 o'clock,

Admission (by Ticket) $1. CHILDREN'S AFTERNOON: SATURDAY, 13TH FIREUARY, 1915, Commencing at 4 o'clock."

Entrance 20 Cente.

Hongkong, 8th February, 1915,

NOTICE.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the HR Fint REPAYMENT

of PRINCIPAL of the 8% NANKING MILITARY BOND3 will be made on the 22nd of FEBRUARY, 1015. In pacsance of the Regulations of the said Losn, only One Fifth of the total outstanding Bonde recognised by this Ministry as valid will be drawn on tho sbore date, aggregating to the amount of $1,150,000. The drawing will take place at the BANK OF CHINA. Peking.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE. (248

THE NATIONAL LOAN OF THE THIRD YEAR OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS $16,000,000.)

AND

SUPPLEMENTARY ISSUE OF EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS (88,000,000).

KTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Nuoribor that serangements have been made by the Chinese Gorerament to hand to the Undersigned each mouth the sam of Dollars One Hundred and Twenty Thousand (8120,000) from the revenues assigned ander the Loan Regulations to the service of these loans, Loan Service Accounts have been opened in the name of the Undersigned with the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications, into. which these monthly instalments of interest will be paid as received, and these account will be drawn on to meet the half-yearly interest Coupons payable through the intermediary of tho above-named Banke.ANDRO

The first intereat instalment for the month of January has been duly rosived and brought

to account.

SUBSCRIBERS to the Supplemoutsry Issue of Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,0.0) are further notifed that in accordance with Artists II; of the Losa Regulations the fall amount of Dollar Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand ($480,000), being the amount of interest on the Ioan for one year, has been duly raised by this Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications and has been placed on fixed deposit in the name of the undersigned with. the Bank of China and the Bank of Communics Elone, & a permanent gairautee for the interest où the loan,

F. A. AGLEN, Inspector General of Castoms, and Vice-Chairman of the Bureau of National Loans, Inspectorate General of Customs, Paking, 27th January, 1915.

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NEW MACAU HOTEL NOTICE.

TAKE NOTICE that on and after the 1st day of February, 1915, the Management of the bore Hotel will be carried on by L. W. MAK in pisce of O. C. Moosa; and

ali faturs Correspondence and Orders must be signed by the said I W. MAK

NEW MACAO HOTEL

Masso, 1st February, 1915.

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year ending 31st December, 1914 the

The REGISTER of SHARES Company will be CLOSED from WEDNES DAY, 3rd February, to WEDNESDAY, 10th February, 1915 (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer ct Shares can be registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A. SHELTON HOOPEE,

Secretary to

THE HONGEOng Land InviSTMENT &

AGENCY CO., LTD., Agents for

THE KOWLOON LAND & BUILDING CO., Lan,

Hongkong, 27th January, 1916. [221

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

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BRANDY.

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93.70

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WATSON'S

COGNAC Balf bottles 2-dos

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C. SUPERIOR

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Gold Capsule 40.30

D. VERY FINE MOLD PALE HIQUEUR COGNAC

BOUTELLEAU'S CHAMPAGNE LIQUEUR... 52.40

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The innocent Australian pioneer of the "back blocks is not the only persun who possesses a bezy notion of war mat- ters, and his frank admission that he know the British, French and Russians, The Garctic contains a notification but not the Allies, is by no means an relative to regulations to be observed by orphan "bull." Quite recently poreons authorised by the Governor, America paper which, doubtless,› Dus under section (1) of the Medical quite a good opinion of itself, informed Registration Ordinance, 1884, to sign cor its readers that the Allies had taken u tificates of the cause of death for the point in D'appui, and even locally L purposes of the Births and Deaths Regis have heard remarks by authorities" on tration Ordinance, 1896.

the war which reveal remarkable ignorance of quite ordinary things. Only recently a young fellow was reading a paper which stated quite correctly, with the exception that a small apponted where the capital.

5 letter should have been, that the British officers, with their (G) gunhas, did most effective w

work

quarters with the enemy.

village pump turned calmly round and - formed his audience that he had heard of bayonets, hand bombs and hand grenades, but never of a gurkht, what sort of wir weapon was that? He looked quito green when informed that it was a pucular wen- pon which wore trousers and a tunic, în fact it was a great little fighting man. And this occurred where one would least expect such a glaring instance of wax

knowledge

Fat close The

unwilling people, and in the case of Innor Mongolia, the danger would be greater, for the Urga Government would almost certainly seize the opportunity of any trouble there to enlargo its borders. Something bad beca done even under the Manchus to organise the governmental Bystam of these outlying regions--Chines district magistracics were set up at vari-

At the meeting of the Sanitary Board ous places as far north us Hata, renamed villed for to-morrow a letter will be road Chifeng Hsien, and all the unseitied from the Government dealing with country up to the Shara Muren was correspondence ⠀⠀⠀ relating plague $2.65 nominally incorporated in the province epidemics in Hongkong. A further report

of Chibli, though actually these will also be received from the Select Com Magistrates were almost powerless mittco appointed to consider the whole beyond the walls of their own towns. It question of the water carriage system. will probably be in the Cherim countryma 8.00 that the result of any Chinese efforts now

A meeting of British subjects has been to be made will be frat coon, and it is called at Shanghai for the purpose of there that they stand the best chance of discussing a proposal for the formation 160 being successful, for not only is that dis of a local branch of the Patriotic League trict almost surrounded by Chinese of Britons Overseas. The meeting has territory, but it contains a strong been convoned by Sir E. H. Fraser (on 3.45 percentage of Chinese inhabitants. This behalf of the Navy League) and Mr. G. E.

country, which consists roughly of the Auton (on behalf of the Chinn Associs stretch between the Khingan Mountaicstion). 4.00 on the west and the Southern Manchurian Railway on the cast, is practically ali rich agricultural land, and there is a week that Colonel CD. Bruce had beentary duty at the expense of one's own constant westward trend of emigration given a brigade, thus gaining the rank of from the Manchurian provinces, the Brigadier-General. It is thought prob 4.55 Chinese settlers acquiring their land able, says the X-C. Daily News, that most from the Mongolian princes by lease or of the men who went to fight from Shang purchase. Already, in the eastern por hat will be put under his command. Miss are numerous Fruce is stated to have volunteered for tion of the district 2.65

villages that ard almost purely Chinese, nursing among the wounded soldiers sont 6.60 and, as the Mongolians make scarcely the back to England.

least use themselves of the fertile virgin soil, there is no doubt that the Chinese agriculturists are ablo to ebtain it at i

4.65

0.95

B. T. F., V. 0. COGNAC 78.70

V, O. L., 60 Years Old...119.30

UNITED VINEYARD PROPRIETORS, 75 Years Old These Brandies bottled by ourselves are guaranteed Grape Spirit and of Pot Still Distillation.

157.50

immigration will always be increasing, and thus, in the course of time, the inicization of these régions would be effected by, is hardly likely to be Republic, however, is willing to wait for that, and, indeed, with a none too friendly Outer Mongolia

News reached Shanghai from Home last

The Gazette notifies that at the expira tion of three months from the date of

A typical example of devotion to mili-

affairs was furnished at the Summary Court the other day. Though weary us the result of being on gun duty in the carly hours, a local solicitor atoiendly undertook to contest a most intricato

action. For several hours to straggled along, but eventually was forced to in- for his lordship chat, tired out as the result of being on duty at Belcher's from an early hour to the morning, he which he wished to raize, and he would be was unable to do justice to the points

obliged if the case could be adjourn His lordship, though making a furtive

13.18 low price and that consequently this notice, the following companies will hint at the cmour against the congestion unless cause is shown to the contrary, of casos, sympathetically allowed the truck off the register, and the Companies weary solicitor to forget the law m sleep, dissolved:-The Fook Hing Mining Co., and his legal opponent did not possess Ltd; the Hongkong and Yaumati Land heart sufficiently cold to ask for Investment Co. Ltd.; the Hankow Flour

coste of the adjournment Mill Co., Ltd, the I Shun Co., Lt; The Long Jang Ti Chinese Curios Co., Ltd.; the Mun Yuen & Co, Ltd. and the Po On Steam Launch Co., Ltd.

No doubt many of my readers hayo. revived a copy of the following burlesque on true religion

ANCIENT PRAYER

A. S. WATSON & CO.. always prepared to take advantage of any opportunity that may present itself. LIMITED,

and with robber bands constantly active po Hongkong Government Gazle to right and peace with Theo.AMEN.

HONGKONG AND CHINA.

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MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held stále Üzey Haly, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 30th day of February, 1915, at Noon, for the purpose of

BIRTH: receiving the Report of the Court of Directors HUGHES-On February 2nd, at Shanghai, together with a Sistement of Accounts to December, 1914, of Accounts to 31st to Mr. and Mrs E. L. HUGHES, & HON.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Corporation will be CLOSED from MONDAY the 8th February, to SATURDAY, the 20th February, 1915 (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered,

By Order of the Court of Directors,

N. J. STABE

Calof Manager. Hongkong,rd February, 1915. --

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ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.

SHANGHAI CHALLENGE CUP.

THE Annual Competition for the shore will take place on TUESDAY, the 10th inst., over the FANLING COURSE: ⠀⠀ The Competition will be between

THE SHANGHAI GOLF CLUB

THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB, and the Winners will hold the Cup for one year. On MONDAY, the 15th lost bier will be an Open Competition for Members of the SHANGHAI AND HONGKONG GOLF CLUBS, entries for which must be made IN WRITING to the Hon. Secretary, ROYAL HONGKONG Gere CLUB, on or before Noow of the 10th fast. Partners will be drawn for and times of starting dely published m

ENTRANCE FEE $1.00 each competitor, CONDITIONS—One Fund of 18 holas,

medal play, PRIZES –Due for best scratch (tc., lowest

gross) scare,

One for best nett scors for

handicaps 10 and under. Ons for beat sett score for

handicaps 11 and over,

Hongzong Office: 101, Des Vœux Roan C. LONDON OFFICE: 131, FLEET STREET, EC.

The Daily Press.

HONOZONG, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2015.

in the south and east, it is undesirable that there should be so long a delay. For the security and good order of China' northern frontier, it would be advisable for hor to bring these territories ander some coherent rule as soon as possible, but it is even more important that any change to be effected should be brought about without untagonizing the ruling princes. Unless their rights and pre- rogatives are respected, and if the scheme is pushed forward in such a way as to excite their opposition, China. may not only fail in her efforts to establish her own direct rule, but may very probably 230 Inner Mongolia following the example of the Urga territory.

The Manchu Court, has decided to dis pense with the services of 2,000 eunuchs after Chiness New Year.

Miss Iris May has vory kindly presented thirty new Hymn Books and thirty Prayer Books to the Peak Church:

CHINA AND MONGOLIA.

CRINA's proposal to organiza Inver Mongolis into provinces and so make it an integral part of the Republic seems to be hanging fire. It is

It is now well over a year since it was first mooted, but so far it would appear that nothing has been done to put the proposals into effect, though we are now told that a preparatory step is to be taken in the Spring, the Governor at Mukden having boca instructed to send out a commission to determine the boundary between the territories of the Urgn Hutukhto and Inner Mongolia. It is possible that the mutiny at Kalgan laet year was inter-day, February 16th, to be observed as a preted by the Peking authorities as a general holiday in the Colony. sign that the times were not propitious for any forward move in the territories

of the practically, though not nominally, independent

chieftains and prince; it may be also that the campaign against In connection with abora competitors sro WRITE WOLF, by providing occupation

Stroke referred to the Special Rules for Competitions," particularly Rale No. 4, aleewhere for a large portion of China's follows:

military strength, was the cause of the

Mr. B. Carlos, Newchwang, has been added to the list of qualified auditors under the Companies Amendment Ordi-

ance, 1913.

Under the Holidays Ordinance (1812), HE the Governor has appointed Tues

The Old Star Ferry Wharf at Tsim Sha Tsui will henceforth be known as Tsim Sha Tsui Wharf, and will be available for public traffic in place of the wharf hitherto in use and commonly known ag the Police Pier

contains a copy--in English and French of a convention which has been entered into between the British and French Governments for determining the jurisdic tion over joint captures which may be made during the present war, by the naval forces of the French and British Governments, and for regulating the distribution of the proceeds of joint captures, The convention bears the signatures of Sir Edward Grey and M. Paul Cambon.

amount

Oh Lord, I imploro Thee to bless all man- kind, to keep us to Thyself, and to bring us

This prayer was sent to me, and is being sent all over the earth; copy it and see what happens. It was said by the ancients that all who copied it would be free from calamity, but that all who passed it by would reap mis- fortune. Send it to 9 persons and on the one a day, commencing on the day you fo 9th day you will receive joy Send only avive this p

Please do not break the Chain, The correspondent who forwarded the absurd thing to me remarked a Cannot the lunatic who sent the enclosed be sup pressed.” Of course this does not come within the sphere of the terrible Censor, but there are places of restraint for people who do these things. Such out bursts generally correspond with the changing of the moon.

The local Cigarette and Tobacco Fund for the Allied forces at the front has now reached a total of $2,747,98, of which

$2,128.25 has been expended, at the Magistracy the other day for The fact that a Chinese youth was fined leaving a balance in hand of 8019.72 scorching on a bicycle shews that the Up to date 500,000 cigarettes and 1,1281hs. police have at last realised that joy rid.. of tobacco have been forwarded to the ngin motor-cars is not the only vehicu

lar danger to limbs which exists in tho front, and a further consignment will be Colony. Some of these Oriental cyclists despatched by a P. & O. vessel this week, | are not only a danger to themselves, but which will absorb the balance in hand Further subscriptions will be gratefully received by Mr. Geo. J. B. Sayer (Secro tary and Treasurer), to enable periodical supplies to be shipped,

as the Church of the Rosary, Kowloon, of The marriage was solemnised yesterday

Mr. José Goularth d'Aquino, son of Mr. E. H. d'Aquino, I.§.0., to Mis Anaita Loureiro, daughter of Mr. E. Loureiro, accountant of the Hongkong Hotel, Father Spada officiated at the ceremony which was attended by a very large num ber of friends of the bride and bride groom. Mr. I. M. Xavier (Public Works Department) was "best man," and the Misses d'Aquino and Loureiro, sisters of

to those of us who swear by Shanks' pony, and they have developed an annoying. aptitude for chasing the best highway for their lessons in cycling, and also for endeavouring to emulate Meredith in his mile-a-minute stunts. I have seen many accidents averted by a hairs breadth as the result of these young Chinese who, stage in cycling, race along the road in before they have passed the wobbling

a zig-zagging manner, causing people to Jump out of their way and suddenly look sickly; and they have even caused gay things which no standard dictionary quite innocent looking pedestrians to has ever produced. Frequently, also a poor dd Chinese whom age has robbed of has been laid low in the dust, sans agility ceremone, but in these instances one had the satisfaction of seeing the meterorig evelist perform a somersault and come

The police will be doing a real duty to into severe contact with a metal road. pedestrians, more especially in Kowloon, the bridegroom and bride) wore brides if they open a campaign against these scorchers. In the particular ca 1960- maids. The bride was given away by her tioned the youth had the good fortune so

collide with an Indian constable 1 In Hongkong the name of t

Mr. Archibald Rose, C.IE British father. A reception was subsequently "On the day of the Competition, before starting, no competitor hall play on, or ou

delay; but we think it is far more likely Consul at Ningpo, will for the present hold, when Mr. and Mrs d'Aquino that the ill-success of her attempt to have his headquarters at H. 31. Consulate reived the congratulations of their to, any of the putting greens, nor ehsil La intentionally play at

hole of the inicize the government of Eastern Tibet General in Shanghai, where he will be on friends. stipulated round which is within his renal, and the semi-Tibetan territory of Western | special service in connection with the Com- under pensity of disqualification.25 N.B. Entries mnet bo nadö IN WRITING

Szechuan has taught her tha the utmost mercial Attaché's Department of the to Hon. Secretary, as stated above, and caution is necessary when it is proposed British Legation in Peking. not personally or by Telephone,

By Order,

K. M. CUMMING, Hon. Secretary, Horan JoseKONG GOLF CLUB. Hongkong, 5th February, 1915. [261

NORDEUTSCHER LLOYD STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

The Rev. H. G. H. Griffith, the new

SPECIAL POLICE RESERVE.

The following persons have declared. Special Police Reserve under the Special Police Reserve Ordinance, 1914 (Ordi

to change the political status of a tribut tury country It is hard to say to what extent the princes of Inner Mongolia assistant chaplain, is due to reach the themselves willing to be formed into a have actually accepted the Republic: so Colony on February 12th. His address at for, the change of government at Peking Erst will be St. George's House, Kennedy has not affected them in the least and, Road. He graduated at Jesus College, Cambridge, and studied at Llandaff Theological College.

the name of this Golfer

is legion, so the following telegram which I extract from an American paper should Trussess an interest for many people —

NEW HAVES (Conn) December 29th Swearing while golfing is deprecated by ex-President Taft Writing to a friend he

said

Golf is an admirable form of exercise. It has no bad results, except that at the outset it may tempt one to profanity,

"This horener, is of short duration. with a man of any sense, because he finds

that the less he resorts to profanity and nance No. 27 of 1914), and H.E the impatience the better his score.

It would be interesting to know what in

Governor has been pleased to accept their ServiceJ. Arnold, T. Arnott, J. F. Backhouse, G, T. Bird, W. A Butter.

Mr. Taft's basilicap.

as far as they are concerned, there might have been no change at all, but this will HONGKONG AGENCY.

The game of Bridge has a great fascina- not hold good for long when once the Central Government has tried to The Gazette contains the following field, MJ Champion, W. A Eustace, doubt whether among Chinese audios the tion for many European ladies, but I CREDITORS of the above Company Those Claims have not been dealth superintend the administration, and has appointments:-Mr. D. W. Tratman to EH. Evans, A Fothergill, W. H game is as popular as the following para by the guidators are required to send in the even, perhaps, conducted an immigration act as District Officer in the New Terri Gaskell, G Grimble, F. Grissell, Tgraph in a Peking paper leads one to particular thereof to the Liquidators before the campaign resulting in dispossessing them tories until further notice, with effect Hynes, A. Ireson, F. C. Jenkin, F. 25th day of February, 1915

while proceeding to the heme of the bridge. for Claims hot notified to them before the succeed with Inner Mongolia in the same R. Sayer to be a Deputy Official Langman, N. S. Marshall, C. F. Mason, The Linator disclaim all responsibility of their lands. If the Republic is to from the 20th January, 1915. Mr. Kennedy, C. H. Kim, W. Knight, D.

room in a sedan chair

Indies above-mentioned date.

way that the Manchus succeeded in Receiver of debtors estates under the Maxwell, J. Mitchell, C. C. Moch, LOWE, BANGHAM & MATTHEWE

Selo v Laquidators.

establishing the provincial system of Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1891, with feet Eldon Potter, G. E. Roylance, CA. 8 would risk being frozen to death for the Hongkong, 25th January, 1915.

Fengtien, Kirin, and from the 20 January, 1916.

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government in

Bus 4, N. Smali, and W, J. Wilkinson.

Supp

Teek ago, a bride was frozen to dentk ****

I wonder how many European

pleasures of the bridge-room

RODERICK RANDOM."