NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
WANTED.
INTIMATIONS
THE RONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9TE, 1915.
CANTON KOWLOON
RAILWAY.
SUMMER TRAIN SERVICE." THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED That at from TUESDAY, Jane Uh, SEVERAL IMPORTANTALTERATIONS and additions will be made in the Train Service. hico Express Trains will take the place of thoka now regning, timing as under:~**
A
NEUROPEAN SECOND ENGINEER for H.M. Tug "ATLAB. Rate of pay $7.00 per day for seven days per week.
Apply to-
CHIEF ENGINEER, H.M. Deckyard.
Hongkong, th June, 1015..
[650
TO LET.-
Str. et.
CANTON BET,
Apply to-
708 A..
TO:10 AM
DAVID BASSOON & CO, LTD. Honglung, 9th June, 1915,
12.05 1.1.
3.40 P.M..
L001
100 P.M.
7.33 P.M.
DOWN EXPRESS TRAINS.
BEN LINE OF STEAMERS.
KOWLOON arr.
10.30 A..
3.32 P.1.
7.02 P.28.
~PACIOUS GODOWN, No. 10, Los Honka,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
98 BENOL SUCH,” FROM LEITH, MIDDL+ 86RU' LONDON AND STRAITO.
CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informe risk into the hazardous and for extra haardoo Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whay and Godown Co., Ltd, whence and/or from th wharves delivery may be obtained.
No Claims will be admitted after the Good: bare left the Godsor, and all Godda romainjas undelivered af ar the 17th lest will be subjec to rent.
All Claims against the Steamer must re presented to the Undersigned on or before the 22 dinat, or they will not be recognized.
All-brakan, chated and damaged Goods are
to be left in the Godowns, where they will be
essmined on the 15th fust,, at 11 a.m.
No Fire Insurance has been efected, Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
GIBE, LIVINGSTON & Co., Agenta,
"Hongkong, 9th June, 1915.
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UP EXPRESS TRAINS,
KowLoox dep.
CANTON dop.
7.00 AM
-12 Noox.
4.20 1,3.
HOURS TO LEY
TO LET.
HKowloon
"QUSES
Apply to
TORRES BUILDINGS,
PROCURATION
SPANISH DOMINICAN Hongkong, 9th Jane, 1916.
TO LET
1801
FURNISHED, including a splendid Pisao, VIEW," No 3, Robinson Road, containing 6. Rooms, with ample Servants Quartors.
Apply to
DAVID SASSOON & Co., LTD. Hasgkong, ist June, 1916.
1015
TO LET
Important Alterations have also be madeND FLOOR No. 1, DUDDELL STREET, in the Local Train Service.
For further particulars ses Time Tables, which may be had on application at all Stations and at the Head OBces, Kowloon and Canton.
By Order,
By Order,
H. P. WINSLOW,
Mauagar, British Section Kowloon-Canton Railway.
Kowloon, 8th June, 1915.
THE ADMINISTRATION, Chinese Section, Canton-Kowloon Railway. [646
NEW CARTRIDGES,
Popular
for Office or Dwellings. Apply within. Hongkong, 1st June, 1915.
1616
TO LET
BRITISH CONCESSION, SHAMEEN, QANTON.
UST Completing Building of Modora Fire Proof Structure; Electrio Light and Hot and Cold Water Installation through. out. Good Office and Godown sccommodation. Three self-contained Flats. Occupation and Jals. Inspection invited.
Apply
TE GRIFFITH ED.
Canton.
[611 Canton, 28th May, 1915.
English Maanfacturers.
B'In all Bores and Sizer.
SMOKRLESS POWDER and CHILLET 380T. From No. 10 to SS30, at 36, $7 and MESSES. KOMOR & KOMOR 1.5 per 100 SPORTING REQUISITES
D
ПXHIBIT at their ART GALLERY
Alexandra Buildloge,
FOR 10 DAY Only, FORTY-FIVE SELECTED
PICTURES
by
E. KATO.
An inspection is cordially invited.
KOMOR & KOMOR,
Hongkong, 8th June, 1915,
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KEROSENE.
"HAT Oil də you get? and what do you
May
Probably you to your bay to get just 'O" from the Compradore. Why not tell him to get
"FISH"
OR
"CROWN"?
-1 is just sa omay, and you will be certain to get something good. Baldes, you will pay
lesz,
THERE IS NO REPTES OIL TAN
"FISH.
Packed in exBF,
-Pric> $75 per caso. THE BEAT ON. FOR ORDINARY HOUSEHOLD VRE IS
CROWN.
"
Packs in naked tins without caso. Price for 2 tins, 3.50.
KUI-VICK & Co, -73, Quinn's Road West,
Hongkong, 7th June, 1915,
G.
NOTICE.
(842.
and AIR GUNS in Variety.
Inspection Invited,
TO LET.
FFICES in ALEXANDRA JUIZD.
Apply
SECRETARY,
A. S. WATSON & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 26th May, 1916
36
WE. SCHMIDT & Co.
Hongkong, 4th February, 1915.
TO LET.
(500
A LING & CO.. 19, Queen's ROAD CENTRAL.
FURNITURE AND PHOTO GOODS
STORE.
Photographic Goods of Every Description
In Stock
Developing, Printing and Enlarging. Canton Barb'es in Various Skales. FELEPHONE 1219,
Hongkong, 4th February, 1816.
ORDER AT ONCE.
THE
DIRECTORY
AND
f516
CHRONICLE
FOR CHINA, JAPAN, ETC. FOR THE YEAR
1915.
INDISPENSABLE
TO EVERY BUSINESS MAN.
TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE-
HONGKONG DAILT FRESS OFFICE and
LOCAL BOOKSELLERS, 1,850 PAGES PRICE $10. The alterations this year axe unusually heary owing to changes incidental to the War.
Hongkong, 16th March, 1910,
LI Persons applying to the PROVOST G
MARSHAL for Pasen are requested in
fatare to apply between the hour of -§ LM, to
1 r., and 2 to 4 P. dally.
Hongkong, 10th February, 1916.
1294
CHEAP SALE FOR IS DAYS ONLY.
THE Undersigned will sell at a Clearanse Cheap Sale Cothing Materiais comprising the following Japaness Silk, Bstin, Tafetta, English Sada, Umbrellae, Sunshades, Towels, Velrat, Velvetin and Bandriss.
H. NIPTOOLA & Co 13 and 16, D'Aguilar Street.
[614 Hongkong, lat June, 1916,
JUST RECEIVED:
TASTELESS
STAMP HINGES. PURE, PEELABLE, PEERLESS.
GRACA & CO.
No. 11A, CARE BEAD.
Hongkong, 9th June, 1915.
[463
TO LET.
From 1st March,
LODOWN, Nɑ 6, Daddell Stros).
A. B. AVASIA, Apply-
Cars of E. PABANEY,
No. 1, Duidell Stroet Hongkong, and February, 1915.
TO LET
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ISHUP'S LODGE SOUTH" No. 11 Tza PRAX. Unfurnished, 3 Rooma. "SHURNCLIFFE" Garden Road (Bawen Road laveh), 6 Rooms Farnished.
ONE LARGE SHOP in Queen's Hand Central (opposite Hongkong Hotel),
A HOUSE Observatory Vilas, Kowloon.
'Apply to
ARBATOON V. APCAR & Co. Hongkong, 10th March, 1915.
[303
TO LET AT THE PEAT.
YO. 2, STEWART TERRACE,
HE. POLLOCK,
NFurnished and newly done up.
Apply
Prince's Building Hongkong, 20th January, 1915.
A Kowloon
TO LET.
-in-
Knutsford Terrice.
HOUSE
ply- THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENOT Co., LTD. Hongkong, lai March, 1018.
TO LIT.
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YOUR-ROOMED FLATS in Hanoi Boad,
Fond DAY ROAD, Hongkong. with possession on or about 15th August nexty English Baths and Kitchen ranges, Hot and Cold Water, Electric Idght, First Class Modern Appointments throughout, including Water Carriage System.
"PENYRHEW, Minden Row, Kowloon, 6-Roumed House, with Tannis Court,
2 3, MINDEN VILLAS, Kowloon, 5-Roomed Houses with Tennis Courts.
FOUR-BOOMER HOUSEB in Gordon Tarraco and Ballabary Avanus, Kowloom. FLATS in Nathan Read. Kowloom. A FLAT in Humphrey's Buildings, Kowloon Apply to
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
Co., LTD., Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, 4th June, 1915.
[589
TO LET OUSES in CLIFTON GARDENS,
Conduit Road.
OFFICES, facing the Harbour between the Hongkong Club and Post Office.
58, THE PEAS "THE RETREAT." 21, WONG-NEL-CHONG ROAD. GODOWNS, New Frays, Kennedy Town. CODOWNS, I Wanchut
Boad
Apply, etc.
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY-CO., LTD. Hongkong, 1st April, 1915.
[38
TO LET.
FFICES La Br. Groban's BUILDING Second Floor, Orusteaking Harbour No. 2. CAMERON VILLAS, 62, Thamediste paseomalasi. PRAK (Furnished),
Apply low
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. Hongkong, 3rd December, 1814
WOODBURY," No. 4 Hankow Hand,
Kowloon.
Na 1, CAMERON VILLAS, No, 61, THE PEAE, Furnished. Immediate posersion.
No. & DES VEUX VILLAS, 62, Mount Kelloti, The Peak (Furnished or Unfurnished]. No. 25, BELILIOS TERRACE, with entrance on Conduit Road,
Fo
27 BULILIOS TERRACE, with entrance in Conduit Boad. In rory good order. 3 ROOMS, suitable for Offer, lah Floor, Queen's Road Central.
WESTWARD HO," Bonham Road, EGGEBFORD," Nos. 194, THE PEAK, Unfurnished (6 Rooms), from 1st May, 1915.
MEERION," No. 6, TIR PEIX, Unfornkhed (@ Rommis).
ROOMS in BEACONSFIELD and 55, ELGIN TERRACE.
HOGATE" Austin Road, Kowloon. No. 2 DES VEUX VILLAS, KY, Prax BOOMS, suitable for Offees, on the Frest Floor of No.-8, Daddell Street,
FRENCH LESSONS Unfurnished),
G. HOUBBION, Moanison BIZ 0.
1608
No.59, THE PEAK (5 CAMERON VILLAS Apply to LINSTEAD & DAVIN
Erd Floor. Alexandra Building« 143 Hongkong, 2nd April, 19:0
TO LET. THE GROUND FLOOR of No.6, DEB FOUX ROAD CENTRAL, O cupisa by Madame Galez, sto
Apply to
DAVID BASSOON & Co., L. Hongkong, 10th February, 1815, [272
QUEEN'S BUILDING.
TEST FLOOR, Isindles Treater 10 LET, the South-Werk portion of the m Ground Floor, lately in ocupation of the German Bank,
GODOWN, No. 3, Ies. Home Street Apply to
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD. Hongkong, 1st Marek, 1815,
135
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A.
INTIMATION
F
stands for Excellent, and anyone who drinks our E PORT, E SHERRY, E WHISKY can be in E BRANDY no doubt that the letter signifes excellence of a high order and good value for money. By buying in balk from the very best fires, and bottling ourselves, we are able to give our customers better value for money than we could by importing the same thing by the ease. There is an old saying Wines
Engineer-Liouinpant F. W. Janaes;
from $66,000,000 to $101,000,000 Under a system of free trade the commerce of the R.N.R., who was on H.M.B. Triumph country, assisted by the constant improve when she was sunk in the Dardanelles, is ment and extension of means of communi-returning to Hongkong, and expects to cation throughout the archipelago, has arrive about July 1st. shown steady development, and the thriving state of the overseas trade is shown in the following figures the total value in 1912 amounted to $413,000,000
Last evening in the Police Compound, Central Police Station, H.E. the Governor inspectul the Portuguess, Chinese and Indian Platoons of the Special Police Reserves, and in a brief address to the Platoon Commanders expressed ilus pleasure it afforded it to see them onies again and to notice how much they had improved in their drill. He hoped t see them all again at no distant date.
for of
necounted which imports $174,000,000 and exports for $239,000,000 while in 1002 the respective figures were $81,000,000 and - $100,000,000, showing an incrense in ten years of 120 per cent. There is much interesting information in theso essays on the means taken by the authorities to encourage pative industry and enterprise, including the institution of a credit system which appears to have been worked with very satisfactory results. Native agriculture has profited number of counterfeit Hongkong and a great deal from the irrigation work Chinese 20 and 10-cent pics, and with which the Government is constantly having in their possession moulds, chemi- doing, the result being that the arencals, etc., for the manufacture of the counterfeit money. The polite arrested of land under paddy is extending yourly the defendants at a house in Lan Fou
mature in bottle, Spirite in cank."A great-work is being done by the Agricul- turn) Department to improve the agricul That is the lam d'être of.
tural methods and products "of
our magnificent wine vaults, which challenge comparison with anything of the kind not only in Hongkong
but the Fur East There our wines are bottled off zoon after they arrive. but our spirits, except for a mall stock to meet daily requirements,
are kept in wood. That is why our spirits improve la quality, and spirits imported in oase do not. Our customers get the beneût of that increment in valde, as we charge nothing for it. We cordially invite our customers to pay a visit of inspection to our wine vaults, and satisfy themselves that the above in no idle newspaper puff.
the
At the Magistracy yesterday Detective Inspector M. O'Sullivan charged Chimeso man and a woman on seven courte with being in possession of a large
Street, Wanchai, and there seized prac tically the whole of the apparatus alleged to have been used in the manufacture of Tuo defence was that the
the bad money.
chemicals and implements belonged to a man who had stated the back cubicle at defendants' premises. This man is alleged to
have absconded, romanded.
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THE SUMMER TRAIN SERVICE. LOOKING AFTER COLFERS,
It is announced in our advertisement
columns that certain changes in the Kowloon-Canton train service will be. inaugurated on June 18th.
country. Several agricultural schools have been founded in various parts of Java, and some in the Outer Territories, and agricultural offers are stationed in different parts of the country to give advice and render assistance in any way possible to the native farmers. There is also a useful veterinary service with a school at Buitenzorg for training natives as veterinary surgeons, and educational facilities are offered elsewhere for train- ing men as cattle and meat inspectors Technical Education is receiving an increasing amount of attention, the trade schools for natives in some of the large towns having accommodation for as oerned, during the Summer months the many as 200 students. Among the native 8.48 a.. Golfers' train on Sundays and and immigrant population including Public-Holidays will not be rug, but n the Chinese-a great demand has arisen i will leave Kowloon at 8.53 n.. in recent years for educational facilities, Previous experience, we understand, has which may now be found even in the show that two trains in the early remotest mountain villages. The inmorning during the Summer meaths are unnecessary on Bundays and Public formation given in these essays points to inuch progressive activity on the part of Holidays, so that the 0,35 am: train has the natives, and the Government has been been cancelled, and the next train will be induced to make changes in the system of the 11.25 a.m., as formerly,
So far as the local train service is con
The new Express Train, which kaves gressive. tendencies of the community. Kowloon at 4.00 p.m. daily, will call at Especially is this the case with regard to Taipo or Sheung Shui on notice being
S. WATSON government as a concession to the pro- & CO., LTD.the judiciary. Important constitutional WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.
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HONGKONG OFFROR:101, Da Vaux ROAD C
· Lownda. Ommen: 181, Fixer Stazze, E.U.
given to the guard at Kowloon, and is
reforms are also under consideration and, timed to reach the latter station at 4.36 in fact, a "Decentralisation Law" passed p.m., so that golfers on any day of the
111 1913 was a distingt step towards self-week have the opportunity, which they' government for the islands. But this is have not had previously, of conting a round of golf at Sheung Shui at 5 p.m., a matter in which festine lente must be the motto. The Minister for the Colonies allowing ample time for playing 15 hors has already submitted to the Second and dinner at the Club. Chamber of the Dutch Parliament pre- posals for the institution of a Colonial Council to be composed of representatives of the inhabitants of the Colony appointed partly by election and parily PROGRESS IN NETHERLANDS | nominated by the Governor-General.
The Daily Press
HONGKONG, JUNY 9TH, 1915.
INDIES.
Altogether one derives from these essays the impression that good general progress is being made in the Dutch East Indies in all directions-economic, social and political.
As the Tiffin Train on Saturday hus not received the support anticipated from this. public it will be discontinued during do Summer months.
The iteration in the timing of this. express trains, of which there will in futurs be-three instad of two, has berti and tim very auxiously considered tonnagement, of course, have been guided so far is possible by the wishes of thest using the trains, but if any dissatisfaction. exists with regard to the changes intro- duced, we are quite sure that any A mail for Europe vid Siberia closes criticism will receive the best conside
ration of the management.. :· to-morrow at 3 p.m.
According to a San Francisco telegrain ALLEGED INGENIOUS THEFT
OF ELECTRIC CURRENT. to a Japanese paper, ten Japanese have been massacred in Mexico.
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Svou organisations as the great Panama Exposition now being held at San Fran- cisco attract hundreds of thousands of people, and afford to the countries who are represented by exhibits exceptional opportunities for making known to the world their resources and industrial, and commercial potentialities. At the same time pashful young countries or colonies are able to interest a wider public in their *conomic and political development than is, perhaps, possible at any other time.at the age of sixty-seven. He served for These thoughts are suggested by a series of essays regarding the Netherlands- Indies published by the Dutch East Indian Committee for the San Francisco
be.
The death has occurred at Streatham of Flect Engineer William Joshua Harding,
For some time past the Electric Com-
some years as assistant director of the Impany has been faced with the problem of perial Naval College of Japan at Tokio. meters registoring quite small quantities -
of current consumed by Chineso business The next sitting of the Full Court of premises which are always brilliantly Some real light was thrown oil lighted. the subject yesterday at the Magistracy when a Chinese barber of Morrison Hond
law.
Exhibition, From these essays much three judges will commence or Monday, One case is down for hearing may be learnt even by people residing in July th the countries of Asis who may be re- which concerns the distribution of intest garded as generally rather more in touch acy. The case will be argued on Chinese with what the Dutch are doing in the East Indies than people residing, say, in the Mr. S. Bishop, an accountant, residing United States or Australia are likely to at the military married quarters, Queen's Some of the information is rather Road East, has reported to the police that startling as, for example, that the popular some person stole from his jacket, which tion of Java and the adjacent island of was hanging on the back of a chair in his Madura has increased in the course of a century from four or five millions to about thirty-five millions, as “a result of just and liberal government." islands of the Netherlands East Indies roo13. Bali and Lombok excepted no less densely populated and count together about ten millions of inhabitants; but as the Government has given much attention
The other
quarters, 3176 in notes. A Chinese accountant has reported to the police the loss of seven saits of silk clothing valued at 834. The suits were hanging in his
was summoned before Mr. Lindsell by the Hongkong Electric Company for fraudu lently causing to be diverted and con sumed electricity belonging to the Com- Mr. Preston appeared for the pany. complainants, and outlined a rather in
a very bad case of fusing occurred near us form of fraud. It appears that the Western Market, but a very close
cause for the fusing. It was subsequent- search in that locality did not show any ly decided to search the shops in the vicin ity, and two coolies entered the defend- to the discovery that the wires had been ant's premises for this purpose. This led ingeniously arranged for the purpose of stealing the current The metro back been cut out so that it did not register any
Early on Monday morning Detective current, while at the same time the shop was brilliantly illuminated. One coolis. Fincott and a number of constables, acting was left in the shop to keep watch, and the on information received, raided a cargo other went in search of Mr. Petley and boat at Mongkok Beneath the deck boards the foreman, Defendant asked the coolic to the development of these so-called of the boat they discovered a number of what he wae waiting for, and what he wanted. The coolie apparently told him, Onter Possessions" dusing recent years, tion and eleven sacks containing 135 lbs whereupon the defendnt leaped upon the we are told that "it may be expected that of loose opium valued at 810 per 1. It is counter to the meter to replace the wires The coolie growth of prosperity." they will follow Java in its marvellous presumed that the opium had just been which had been removed.
The Budget moved from the tins into the sacks for caught hold of him but affer a struggh the defendant magised to achieve his ob certainly affords unmistakeable proof of transhipment to an America-bound ves ject However, the cool'e then forced the growing prosperity. From 1905 to 1915, sel. The case was mentioned to Mr. defendant to rentens the wires in their ori- ginal fraudulent maner, and they were 1.e., in-seven years, the revennes rose from Wood yesterday, and was adjourned hen inspected by Mr. Petley and the $62,000,000 (American currency) to until Wednesday to allow the police to foreman. $107,000,000 while expenditure increased make further inquiries.
The case was remanded until Saturday,
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