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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

PUBLIC COMPANIES

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, APRIL 101a, 1915.

267U ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS

JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in the Company will be held at the Offices of Note FORTY-SECOND CEDINARY Company, St. Goorgo's Buldings, Chater YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be Road,

TO-DAY Victoria, Hongkong, bold at its Head Office, No. 2, Queen's Baildings, (SATURDAY), the 10th day of April, 1915, at Hongkong, on FBIDAY, the £2ed April, 1915, 12 o'clock Noon, for the purpees of receiving at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Statement of Account and the Report of the Report of the Directors together with the Directors for the year ending 31st December, Statements of Account to 31st December, 1914, 1914, and declaring a Dividend. and of declaring Dividends, &c.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Scoiety will be CLOSED from 13 April to the 23rd April, both days inclusivo. By Order of the Board,

C. MONTAGUE EDE, Becretary.

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Hongkong, 9th April, 1015. CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, 1st April, to SATURDAY, 10th April, 1815, both days inclusive.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF

DIRECTORS. Hongkong, 27th March, 1915.

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HONGKONG IQE COMPANY, LTD. THE THIRTY FOURTH ORDINARY

ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE. HOLDERS will be held at the Offosa of the General Managers et 12 Noov, in MONDAY, the 12th April, to receive a Statement of the Company's Accounts to 31st December, 1914, and the Report of the General Managers. willANSFER BOOKS of March, The the Company

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the NOFORTY-NINTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be beld at its Head Office, No. 2. Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on FRIDAY, the 23rd April, 2015, stiske en for the puress of receiving the

Report of the Directors together with the to the 12th April, both days inchalve. Statements of Acoount to 31st December, 1014, and of declaring Dividenda, &c.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 13th April to the 33rd April, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

C. MONTAGUE EDE, Secretary. Hongkong, 9th Apríl, 1915,

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HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

NOTICE.

THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the THE HARVARd on SATURDAY, the 24th April, 1915, at 12.30 P.., at the Offices of the HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB, on the Ground Floor of the HONGKONG CLUB ANNEXE, Chates

Road

By Order,

T. F. HOUGH,

Clerk of the Course. [488

Hongkong, 16h April, 1915.

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORE.

"THE Company's Steamship

THE

"FOOKSANG"

having arrived from the above Porta. Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their foods will be delivered from alongside, | Cargo impeding the discharge or remaining on board after Noon the 12th inst., will be Innded at Consignees' risk and expersS. No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned_by

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,

General Managers, Hongkong, 9th April, 1915.

I TREKWALEJ"" FUND.

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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,

General Managers, Hongkong, 24th March, 1915,

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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.

STIHE. SHARE CERTIFICATES Nos.

2410/2411 for 10 and 26 Shares respectively, numbered 12730/18748 and 35868/26882 inclusive, standing in the regiator in the joint names of GEOLGE ANDREW HASTINGS and JOHN BARHAM CARSLAKE, Solicitors, Liverpool and Biralighat, having been LOST or DESTROYED, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless the said Certificates be produced at the Oflen of the Company, Queen's Buildings, Victoria, Hong. kong. batore the 24th April, 1915, New Certificatos for the mid Sharos will be issued and the Old Certificates will thereafter to hold by the Company a Null and Voll

GEO, A CALDWÉLL,

Soentary. Hongkong, 25th March, 1915.

HOUSES TO LET.

TO LET.

OFFICE in Hotel Mansions,

INTIMATION

HENRY HUMPHREYS, A. S. WATSON piety. But as filial piety seeks the good formal avowal and inner conviction aro

Apply to

Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, 4th April, 1915.

[473

TO LET.

HOUSE of Observatory Villas, Kowloo Apply tom!

"ARBATOON V. APCAR & Co. Hongkong, 18th March, 1916

[398

TO LET.

NODOWN, No. 94, Prays Bust,

Apply...

KWONG SANG HONG, LTD.,

No. 248. Des Voeur Road Central. Hongkong, 10th February, 1915. [305

TO JET-AT THE PEAK.

Nerd and newly done an

2, STEWART TERRACE,

Apply... ·EL. N. POLLOCK,

Prince's Building. Hongkong, Wih January, 1815.

169

A Kowlook.

HOUSE

TO LET.

Am Knutsford

Terrie

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THE HONGKONG LÅND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY Co., LED, Hongkong, 1st March, 1916,

TO LEA

From 184 March.

LODOWN, No. 6, Duddell Street.

Apply

A. B. AVASIA,

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Care of E PASANET,

· No. 1, Daddell Street, Hongkong, 2nd February, 1915.

TO LET

168, MAGAZINE

[426NKENNELS."

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, LIMITED

NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

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GAP

No. 168, MAGAZINE GAP,"ĦARFOED." Apply

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCE Co., LSD, Hongkong, 31st March, 1915.

TO LET.

Nin respect of all SEASON TICKETS LATS in Nathan Road, Kowlove. available for Three Months issued on and after Jab May, next, the respective Prison will be na follows

Gentlemen Ladies Children....

$36.00 $18.00 ....$12.00

aud that the Price of Servants' Panch Tickets available for 20 Bides will be $1.20.

Season Tickets szpiring in April can be extended to April 30th, or gama tarmu naa Máfa HVACIE THU ĐỒ Annual Tickets will be issued ia April.

Notice is further given that on and after Ist QIR CHARLES ELIOT, K‚Č‚M.G., has |May next. daily return Tiskets and Anunzi

kindly consented to deliver a Lecture,Tickets will be abolished.

in aid of the shore Fund, entitled,

* THE BASTERN THEATRE OF THE

WAR: SOME BECOLLECTIONS OF

AN EX-DIPLOMATIST,”

nt

ST. ANDREW's Hall. CITY HALL.

ON FRIDAY, Tuя lära APRIL, AT 5.15 P.M

S

His Excellency the Governor will take the Chair.

Tickets, Frice One Doller, may be obtained from Mosa. MOUTRIM & Co.

Hongkong, 9th April, 1915.

RE

NOTICE.

EFERRING to the Notios published in your paper by the Firm G. MARTINI,

In order to gold any mimuderstanding, I beg

to state that my Power of Attorney was revoked after the sceptance of MY BESIGNATION * Manager of the Firm.

Hongkong, 8th April, 1915.

G. A. BENA.

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KINNEDY'S HORŠƐ REPOSITORY.

ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Claims against the above Business must be forwarded to me on or before 15th April, 1915. No Claims received after that date can be entertained.

C. BERNARD BROWN,

Liquidator,

By Order of the Directors,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers.

Hongkong, 1st April, 1815.

F404

WANTED.

MALE FURNISHED HOUSE on the

PRAK for Summer Months. Reply to-

"W Care of "Daily Press" Ofice. Hongkong, 8th April, 1915. +

YOKOHAMA,

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BLUFF HOTEL.

No. 2 BLUTE.

HEALTHY LOCATION AND

BEAUTIFUL VIEW.

"PENYRHEW," Minden Row, Kowloon, 6-Roomed House, with Tennis Court.

1 and 2, MINDEN VILLAS, Kowloon, 5-Roomed House with Tennis Court.

FOUR-BOOMED HOUSES in Humphrey's

& CO., LTD.

ESTABLISHED 72 YEARS.

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

WATSON'S

E

VERY OLD LIQUEUR

SCOTCH

with an Eastern clog on one fost and a of the traditional belief and to disregard Western boot on the other. Everyone is it when he finds it convenient, The agreed that Slid piety is a most com- Department of Education demands out, mendable virtue and that its practice is ward belief from all educationists under almost as necessary a part of the social its control, but in private conversation it state as what may be called parental does not take long to discover tha

of the child no less than that of the two very different things. The difficulties parent, to push it beyond the hounds of this attitude-or, rather, of these two where the benefit to the child is lost is not attitudes are so great that it is not sur to attain but to destroy the end aimed at prising to find that friction frequently The-filial piety which is carried to the exists-friction which occasionally results extreme of destroying the life of the in some Professor being removed from hit child CALL

only, universally applied, position in Governinent college. The result in total extination, and oven the authorities desire to retain the tradi filial piety which ends in the destruction|ional view apparently because they think of the life's happiness of the child cannot it encourages loyalty to the Dynasty, but be said to be within the bounds of right outside observem are inclined to think

conduct, Japan has a rather unsavoury that the authorities show too much reputation in China as being a country nervousness in this respect, Japanes where parents are in the habit of selling patriotism may be supposed to have their daughters as the easiest means of deeper foundations than legends which obtaining a livelihood, and while, of are opposed to the trend of modera course, such a wholesale, accusation is to thought.

be rejected, it must be confused that among the lower clases in Japon the duties of a daughter towards her parents

WHISKY.know no limit, and that she is expected

A mail for Europe vid Siberia closes to-day at 4 p.m.

Mr. C. L. Williams, American Consul

to sacrifice, and doc sacrifice, not only Aniong the promotions announced by her life's happiness but her health and the War Office last month was that of "Our Celebrated very old the health of future generations for their Licut.-Colonel F. W. G. Gordon-Hall,

Liqueur Scotch Whisky is sake. That the parents should make such R.A. M.C., to the rank of Colonel. a blend of the best Pot a demand shows a low plane of morality, Distilled Scotch Whiskies. though it has to be remembered that the It is of great age, very fine, custom of a country often becomes a form at Nanking, has resigned his post. It is and mellow. Its superior of traditimal morality which is accepted understood that Mr. Williams will reside quality has established its re unquestioned, and, even when indefensiblen Peking and engage in the banking

en moral grounds, may not be incon- putation for over 30 years as

sistent with the pogasion of admirable. The two chair coolies who were charged THE LEADING SCOTCH

qualities. On the side of the children, with assaulting the No. 1 houseboy at WHISKY IN THE EAST. having been taught that there are no Mr. G. II. Potts residence in Peak Road limits to filial piety, it is natural that were yesterday fined $10 each by the THORNE'S

they should accept ungflestioningly what Magistrate. No. 4.

OLD VAT

SCOTCH

ever fate it may lead thom to. Western opinion, however, has forced Japan to

business.

Capt. Wolhorell, who will be remem

pass some measures for protecting child-ered in connection with the Tai On ren from their parents in the absolute piracy, is now a lieutenant in the Royal

Naval Reserve, and is doing duty disposal of their persons, and, when the.M.S. Manco at Hous

new Factory Act comes into force, even

in regard to their labour, and there is a Mr. E. N. Ensor, of the indoor staff

not yet touched the Department of commission in the 9th Batt. (Ulster As supplied to the House of Education, however that the Chinese Division) Royal Irish Fusiliers, with Lords and House of Commons.

moral code is not the beginning and end which he has already served three month of morality. Somewhat the same clash of as a privato. ·

St. Joseph's College will hold their relations of husband and wife. While the Brst annual athletic meeting this after- Japanese men, as s; whole, regard the high ||

WHISKY.steadily increasing feeling which has of the Chinese Customs, has been granted

A.S. WATSON & CO.. conflicting opinion is felt in regard to the

LIMITED,

Avenue, Gordon Terrace and Salisbury Avenue, WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

Kowloon,

Apply to-

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANON

asturdag

Hongkong, sih Murch, 1915,

H

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TO LET. TOUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS,

Conduil Road. OFFICES, facing the Harbour between the Hongkong Club and Post Offi

68, THE PEAR, “THE RETREAT.” 21, WONG-NEI-CHONG ROAD. GODOWNS, New Prays, Kennedy Town, GODOWNS, st Wanchal Road, Apply eta..

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD. Hongkong, 1st April, 1915.

TO LET FURNISHED,

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BISHOP'S LODGE NORTH, No. 12, THE

From 1st May ar

For further particulars, apply to

PALMER & TURNER, Alexandre Buildings, 3rd Floor.. Hongkong, 30th January, 1918.

TO LET.

1920

Becond Floor, Overlocking Harbour

OFFICES I ST. GOBO'S BUILDING SXCELLENT CUISINE AND HOME immediate posssssion,

COMFORT.

Apply Tow MODERATE. TERMS.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Hongkong, 3rd December, 1914

ORDER AT ONCE.

THE

Caro of LANHEEAD & DAVIS. DIRECTORY

Hongkong, 2nd April, 1015.

Gr.

NOTICE.

R.

1474

ALL Persone applying to the PROVOST

MARSHAL for Fasses are requested in future to apply between the hours af ĝ 4.1., ko

1 P. and 2 to 4 p.m. daily.

Hongkong, 16th February, 1915. [192

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LADIES'

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HONGKONG DAILY PRESS OFFICE

and

LOCAL BOOKSELLERS.

1,850 PAGES PRICE $10.

The alterations this year are unusually heavy

owing to changes incidental to the War.

Hongkong, 16th March, 1918,

KOMOR & KOMOR. INVERY

Des Voeur Road,

Alexandra Buildings.

· Hongkong, 10th April, 1911,

[410

TO LET.

ALEXANDRA - BUILDINGS, CONVENIENT OFFIDER and BOOMS. Including a Fine Cominodions Bodio.

SECRETARY,

Apply

A. B. Watson & Ung Lerb... Hongkong, 23x1 October, 1915. (86

QUEEN'S BUILDING.

89

ALBANDRA BUILDINGS, HONGKONG.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, ABIL LOT, 1915,

JAPANESE ETHICS.

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It is well-known that Japan adopted her ethical principles from China, the study of the Chinese classics being still a part of the curriculum in the shools. It is not perhaps quite so well-known that the offorta-increasing efforts to apply those

noon at the Racecourse, Happy Valley.

St.. The events will comnience wt 1 p.m. Paul's College hold their annual athletic meeting on the Racecourse on Monday next.

position given to women in the West as absurd, and generally carry into practice husband, they are, on the other hand, creating a new order of women more on their social and intellectual level. Tho

Mr. A Fong, the well-known photo- numerous high schools for girls are grapher, of Queen's Road Contral, sends yearly turning out graduates who are specimens of several photographs of the very different from the secluded women of Old Japan, and who may be expected taken on Thursday, on the occasion of members of the Hongkong Special Polic to think and perhaps act for themselves. the inspection by His Excellency the It may even be exproted that they will Governor. in time come to be able to fulfil those social duties which are now relegated to

the Prince of Walos Fund, to the 8th The total collections in Hongkong for just., amounted to $274,157.00. A total of £4,000 (equalling $288,174.81) has been witted to London, leaving a balance in hand of $5,082,99. The 27th, Subscrip tion List will be published in Monday's issue.

BIRTHS. FOSTER-On April 4th, at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. FOSTER, a daughter. Sext.-On April 1st, at Shanghai, to Mr.

and Mrs. F. SEM, a daughter.

MARRIAGE. RIJNEXT-KNAFFEL On April 3rd, at this Netherlands Consulate, Shanghai, MALINUS CHRISTIAAN KUSEKE, super

Brig. Gen. W. Scott-Moncrieff, retired visor, Shanghai Anti-Cotton-Adul temtion Association, 10 MARIAN the geisha, the hired entertainer, who pay, has been appointed to command one SARAH KNAPPEL.

still retains her hold as the endivener of of the new brigades. He served for about HONGING OFFICH:101, Dem Vœux Bold Call social functions, and further that they thirty years in the Middlesex Regt., and London Orsicht 181, Franz Briant, E.C. will have some effect on the system of was with the regiment a few years ago concubinage, which, despite the modernisin Hongkong. He went on retired pay ing of Japan, still prevails all over the from the staff about eighteen months ago. country and is to some extent recognised by the law. Thus, while the Japanese cling in theory to the Chinese moral code in regard to the subjection of women, in practice they are taking steps to place women on the same intellectual plane as nian. There is still, undoubtedly, a wide gap to bridge, but the beginning having been made there is no reason why it should not be continued, more especially as the advertisement of Bir Charks Eliot's In another culum will be found an demand for education on the part of the Lecture, in aid of the Prince of Wales' women is increasing. In this connection Fund, on Friday afternoon next at 5.16, reference may also be made to the endeava the City Hall, with H.E. the our to retain a belief in the ancient Governor in the chair. in producing somewhat of a deadlock.

Tickets, price traditions as All ethical principles are capable of

to the origin of the one dollar, may be obtained at Messrs. losing their ethical character if the Japanese people and the beginnings of the Moutrie & Co. grounds on which they are based are lost national life. One often sees references tight of, and it is just this tendency to in English papers to the extraordinary HE GROUND FLOOR of No. 6, DES

YEUX ROAD CENTRAL, decupied carry the ethical principles of the antiquity of the Japanese Imperial by Madame Gains, ato.

Chinese classies to extremes and to lose Dynasty, but it is forgotten that it Apply to

DAVID BASSOON & Co., LTD.

sight of their basis which has brought would be possible, on as good authority, Hongkong, 10th February, 1815, 1279 Japan into conflict with Western thought to find as extraordinary an antiquity for

To take an instance, there is no virtue the British Dynasty. The fact that TO LET

more highly honoured in China and have dismissed from our history books 66 DISHOP'S LODGE SOUTH," TT Japan than filial piety, and there is no

BRE PRAK. Untarnished, & Booms.

all the legendary stories, which even by notable examples, some of them vergout, and the fact that historical criticism virtue which has been more illustrated MILTON could not see his way to leave

ing on the ludicrous. Probably every in Japan has not schoolboy in Japan knows the story of the where this is possible, account for the got to the stage

filial son who, being told by his mother differencs. The result is that every to put on his sandals and by his father schoolboy in Japan is taught to believe to put on his clogs, compromised filial in the boavenly origin of the Japanese piety by wearing a sandal in ons foot race and in the mythical accounts of the and a dog on the other; yet we doubt early emperors, although his lessons in it is their intention to present in Hong whether this reduction of a good principle other directions more especially in kong some of the greatest and latest

10 LET, the Bouth-West portion of the To

FIRST FLOOR, including Treasury on Ground Floor, lafely in occupation of the forman Hank,

GODOWN, No. 9, Ice House Street, Apply to---

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENOT Co., LTD. Hongkong, Li March, 1815.

:

TO LET.

136

3 ROOMS, mitable for Offees, lut Floor

Queen's Bead Centrál

'WEST WÄRD," Bonham Road

"EGGESFORD," Nom 194. THE FEAR Unfurnished (6 Booms), from tek bay, 1915.

* MERION," No. 6, THE PEAK, Unfurnished (8 Rooms).

ROOMS in BEACONSFIELD and 56, ELGIN TERRACE.

Furnished or Unfurnished, from 1st April, 1915. No. 1, GOUGH HILL, No. 100, THE PRAK, "ROGATE" Austin Road, Howloon. "EILANDONAN" No. 54, Mount Kellet Boad. Roos, unfurnished,

No. 2, DES VEUX VILLAS, 51, PRAR (Unfurnished)

principles have of recent years resulted

Je

WE

THE HOWITT-PHILIPPS COMPANY.

OPENING PLAY TO-NIGHT.

Tao Charles Howitt and A. Philipps Co. arrived yesterday from Singapore by the 9.8. Malta The Company is very strong probably one of the strongest dramatic in numbers and we are told that it is

Its excellence is attested by the fact companies that has visited the Far East.

that it recently broke all records at Calcutta inasmuch as it played there for

six consecutive months. They have a large. repertoire, of no less than 32 plays, and

in the schools. Japan, by her unreason such belief. To reconcile these conflicting will be produced. This play, de our to absurdity has over even raised a simile science may be in opposition to any Landon successes. Tonight" Milestones”

readers doubts know, had an enormous

BOOMS, suitable for Offices, on the Finting adherence to the letter of the Chinese views is not difficult for him when he is Floor of No. 3, Daddell Birosk

No.58, THE PAX (CAMERON VILLA) Apply 10-1T

BABY Red Floor, Alexand Ballings. Hongkong, 29th March, 1815.

classics and her first-hand knowledge of schoolboy: he merely accepts them.rus in London, playing for no less than the ethics of the West is not unlike this But in maturer years be generally finds two years and one month. The booking is flial, since she is trying to advance it expedient to make a formal acceptance at Moutries,