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MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, en SATURDAY, the 20th day of February, 1915, at Noos, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with statement

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Hongkong, 17th February 1916.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB,

ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Offices of the Company, St. George's Building, No. 6 Connaught Road, on FRIDAY, the 28th February, 1815, at 11.30 AM., for the purpose of receiving Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for the year ending 31st December, 1914,

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of those lost ideals which had made him: rejoico in the upheaval SHELLEY wrote a fine poom, but it was for NAPOLEON dead, not NAPOLEON living. It has been left for a port till living, Mr. THOMAS HARDY, to doal adequately with what was really a great theme, that dynastie struggle which left such deep wounds that it hardly seemed a hundred years would cure them, Martial poetry mesas patriotin poetry, and in natriotic poetry, it must be con- fosed, English literaturo is rather poor

As the result of a fire at Shaukiwan sino BRAKESPEARE's time. MILTON uttered early yesterday morning, four Chinese. a few trumpet notes; indeed he seems to houses were destroyed. When the brigada be the only trus poet inspired by the arrived they experienced great difficulty stirring events around him but his in obtaining water, and all that remained greatest work lay in regions remoto from for them to do was to prevent the flames any events past or prosent, WORDSWORTH spreading to adjoining property. The lamanted the lack of inspiration, though cause of the outbreak is n. mystery. Dur............ ho could at times exult in thrilling ing the progress of the operations one of tones over “mau's inconquerable mind For patriotic poetry we have to turn to those whom English critics have agreed to place in the second, or even lower classes

the European Bremen sustained slight injuries as the result of a collapsing roof.

Dr. Voretzsch, formerly the German to COWLEY, ADDISON, SOUTHEY, SCOTT, Consul in Hongkong, writes to the N.-O. COWPER and their like, and the best they Daily News contradicting the rocont have to give us is not very good. Like Reuter's roport that he had travelled in lauroate verses, it is m

more or less official, Annam and Yunnan and that he arrived hard pumping to get up a little of the in Peking við Hankow “having a trail water of the spring of Helicon. Perhaps, of mischief behind him. Dr. Voretzech after all, it is but natural that the highest states that there is no truth whatever in inspiration should be found in the past, this. He has never been in Annam or that the glorious deods of the present Yunnan; the trail of mischief" only. should be overshadowed by the glorious exists in Reutor's imagination, deeds of our forefathers, and that they Voretzich adds: -" I am aware that should only be sung long after they have similar baseless insinuations appeared in passed into the region of "old, unhappy, French newspapers, and you will readily far-off things. We need not, therefore, understand that, if I should choose to regret that our poets fail to rise to the travel incognito, I would do so with the

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or that they should seem but dully to attention of correspondents over whose interpret the fervour of patriotic feeling in dealing with the scenes around them. Deeds, not words, are the order of the cos adds to the letter the following day, and literature must perforce bend note: We can at least readily undez- stand that Dr. Varetzsch finds it most to the blast. Indeed, the production of

inconvenient to have that incognito un- literature in a time of great national masked. Th

The fact of his needing a stress seems almost inhuman, since it incognito at all in a neutral country requires a detachment from the present remains, however, to be explained." which might indicate an unbearable. amount of callousness. A philosopher may perhaps be allowed to sit and dream during a thirty years war, but poetry is not philosophy, however much the latter bo contained in the former, since life itself

LA TRAVIATA."

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A. S. WATSON & CO..is more than any philosophy of life. Even community was freely represented, the those who have proved most skilful in the Italian Opera Company now visiting art of war have proved most indifferent Hongkong presented Verdi's L poets when they tried to woo the muse, Traviata,” the fibretto of which is based FREDERICK THE GREAT spent a large part upon Alexander Domas' well-known play of his time turning out some very indiffer-La Dame aux Camelias.” The opera, ent verses in French under the correction though belonging to the old school, and of VOLTAIRE, but it is the greatness of the therefore not in great favour with modern soldiers which has alone prevented them critics, never fails to make a strong appeal from passing into utter oblivion, WOLFE to the general public, both by reason of would rather

have written: GRAY'S the haunting melodies in which it abounds ** Elegy” than have won the greatest and the simple and pathetic nature of vietory imaginable, but he confined, his its plot The caste is a small one, well poetic fancy to aspiration. If the real suited to a Company which is obviously thing seen at close quarters does not not at its full strength. The burden of give poetic inspiration we can hardly the piece fell u upon the capable shoulders blame our poets if no pean of victory of Male. Gonsalez, as Violetta Valery arises. We must leave it to future ages From the rising of the curtain upon the to justify us and assign the present to the revels in her Faris salon to ita poetasters.

fall at her death front consumption

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, F#bruary 17th, 1915,

PATRIOTIC POETRY

SOME surprise has been expressed that what has now come to be described as the greatest war the world has ever seen should have so far failed to awake any deep

TEST BLOOD, portious poetic inspiration. We have had poems,

on Ground Floor, lately in cocupation of the German Banken eben

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it is true, many poems-perhaps too many but they have all been far below. the mark attained even in peaceful times. Mr. RUDYARD KIPLING has done the best in a set of sombre verses rather removed from the usual somewhat bellicose KIPLING WATSON'S Verses spirit, and Mr. WILLIAM W on the battle of Heligoland catch a little LATS in Humphrey's Bulidings and of the spirit of Corin's famous poem ou the sinking of the Royal George,

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in the arms of her lover, Mille Gonsalez both sang and acted with a A mail for Europe vid Siberia, closes dramatic feeling that held her audience to-day at noon.

Licut. P. de Fonblanque, R. E., formerly A.D.C. to H.E. the Governor, has been appointed Adjutant.

cathralled and elicited their loud and frequent applause. As Alfredo Cey mont, the lover, who inducos "Violetta/ to leave her gay life and rotire with him to a humble abode, and afterwards insults

It is reported from Sascho that Pay her publicly under a misapprehension of reasons that led her to loave master Smith of HM.S. Triumph, whose the right leg was shattered on September 14th him, and had to be amputated in the Naval Hospital there, has received the gift of an artificial leg from the Empress of Japan

Dagradi did well all that was required of him. In the role of Giorgio Germort," his father, whose appeal induces "Violetta to sacri Nevertheless, both poems are forood; true inspiration is lacking, and we are inclined

fier herself for his suu's sake, M. Belloni to ask ourselves whether the generally The Japanese cannot be charged with gave a dignified performance and display received opinion, that great national starving their prisoners of war. ThoJapan ed a rich baritone voice. The other ferment produces great montal inspira- Times says :--Out of 788 Germans held in characters were all satisfactorily sustain tion, is correct. The great martial Fukuoka, 718 have gained in bodily weighted. A word of praise is due to the poetry of England, a little consideration since they came to Japan. At the end of conductor for the skill with which ho will show, never dealt with contemporary January, their average weight was 19,001 handled the limited orchestra at his

vente, it sings only of deeds done lonzan (100 pounds 19 Jan) while they command. ago-brave deeds which distance has weighed an average of 16.830 on their Tonight (Wednesday) Mascogni's well- I'v ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS;

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England are indeed left unrecorded. We BECRETARY, AB. WATSON & Co., Lrn.

have no poem dealing with the Armada; Hongkong, 23rd October, 1914,

or perhaps we should say no poem com mensurate with the greatness of the event; and no poet has ever made anything of

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NO. 1. NATHAN ROAD, Kowloon (No. 1, the battle of Waterloo. SHAKER' SHORNCLIFFE Garden Boad, to let finest martial efforts dealt with battles furnished (& Booms). Kowloon, from long aga" the stirring events of his time 1st February, 1915, seem to have left him untouched. The EILANDONAN," No. 54, Mount Kellott Enest sen-fight of the Elizabethan era, Roal 5 Borms, unfurnished, from 1st March.

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known * Cavalleria Rusticant,'"- with its famous intermezzo, and Leoncavalio'a Members and friends of the Wesley dramaticPagliacct, with its magnifi Guild in connection with the Wanchai Chapel had a picnic at Fanling on

cent prologue, will be staged.

Monday. About 100 made the journey by train, and on arrival at their destination dispersed in parties, roaming about the

countryside. The arrangements made for the picnic left nothing to be desired, and all thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

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Loss account balance as follows: the Azores, remained unhonoured in poetry home to volunteer for the new army. Mr. till TENNYSON Vove it into his ballad of Elwes fought in the South African War

The Revenge," perhaps the greatest martial poem of modern England. When wounded at Johannesburg. We under as a trooper in Lumsden's Horse, and was

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Victories or his defeats. COLERIDGE indeed sang musically of the stormy days of the been the Company's Superintendent at Carry forward to New Account 67,278.28

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