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INTIMATIONS

CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD..

NOTICE.

FROM this date or until further Notici FRO

during my Temporary Absence from the Colony, MR. C. M. G, BURNIE will Act as Secretary of the Company.

·By Order of the Board,

C. MONTAGUE EDE;"

Secretary,

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ffongkong, 13th July, 1815

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE.

WAROM' this date or until further Notice,

Furing as Temporary Amooco frove the

Colony. Mn. C. M. G. BURNIE will Act as Secretary of the Soviety.

Ey Order of the Board,

G. MONTAGUE EDE,

Becretary. Hongkong, 12th July, 1915,

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A

WANTED.

Preferred) is required at the Electria Company's Generating Station. No objection

to married min.

First application, in writing, accompanied by details of experience and iating to Station Sape intendent, Generating Station, Wanchi.

tongkong. 13th July, 1915,

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BY

WANTED.

Y an Import Firm of Merchants on Experienced COMPRADORE. Secuity required: Good. inducement for a sajt ble man.

Apply to-

Box 449. Care of "Daily Press" Office. Hongkong, 13th July, 1915.

WANTED.

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PORTUGUESE ASSISTANT SALES.

T

PUBLIC COMPANIES

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 15TH, 1915,

that

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

TIS TEREBY NOTIFIED

INTERIM DIVIDEND of £23,0 his been declared for the Half-Yestanding per Share, subject to deduction of Income Tax, 20th Jane, 1918, at rate of 1/9, 0/16 per dollar.

The Dividend will be Payable on aud after MONDAY, the 16th Angust, 1915, at the Ofices of the

oro Shareholders Corporation, where are requested to spply for Warrants.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Corporation will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 2nd August, to SATURDAY, the 14th August, 1915 (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Bhares can be Registered.

By Order of the Court of Directors,

V. J. STAUD,

Chief Manager. Hongkong. 13th July, 1876.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AND AGENCY CO., LIMITED.

N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Three and A Half Dollars per Share for the six months ending 30th June. 1915, will be Payable on Dividend Warrants may be obtained on applies- tion at the Company's Offlor

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the 20th July, to THURSDAY, the 29th July (both days Inclusive), during which period no Tmusfor of Shares can be Registered.

AUCTIONS

..

By OCDE oF THE MORTGAGEES. PUBLIC AUCTION: MESSRS HUGHES & HOUGH have Austion,

received, instructions to sell by Public

ON MONDAY, the 19th day of July, 1815, at three o'clock FM.; at their Auction Room, No. 8, Des Voeux Road Central,

THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD

PROPERTIES,.

Situate at Shaukiwan is the Colony of Hong. kong and known as SHAUKIWAN LOTS Nos. 58. 129, 378 and 391 in Four Lots. LOT 1-Comprises 2 well-ballt Dwelling- Houses known as 13 and 15, Shsukiwan Main Road and 4 single-roomed Chinese Dwelling- Houses.

LOT 2-Comprizes 1 those well-built

INTIMATION

BY APPOINTMENT.

WATSON'S

DRY

GINGER-ALE.

Dwelling-Houses known as Nos. 16, 17 and 19, FRAGRANT.

Main Street and Nos, 18, 20, 22, 22 and 34, Praya Shankiwan West.

LOT 3-Comprises a Piece or Parcel of Greund and Foreshore containing an Ares of 2,070 square fest, a well appointed site for Buildings or Ship Building Yard.

Ground and Foreshore containing sa Ares of LOT 4-Comprises a Piece or Parool of 3,700 square foot now used as a Ship Building

Yard and Slip.

Particulars and conditions of sale may be obtained from

AROMATIC.

Its "Dryness'

MESSES. DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON & which has helped to

DRY.

HARSTON,

Solicitors,

i, Des Voeux Road Chiral, and also from MESSES. HUGHES & HOUGH,

The Anctioneers. Hongkong, 18th July, 1915.

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a feature give this drink the popularity it so deserves.

is

well

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By Order of the Board of Directora,

MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE, Acting Secretary. Hongkong, 13th July, 1918,

THE WEST POINT BUILDING CO., LIMITED.

AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of Two Dollars per Shers for the six months

ending 30th Juno; 1915; will be Payable on THURSDAY, 29th Joly, on which date | Dividend Warrants may be obtained on

A MAN for a Store, must be smart, good application at the Company's main

oddress, and not more thau 23 years of age.

Apply

Bor No. 12, Care of "Daily Press" Offloo. Hongkong, 13th July, 1918,

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FOR IMMEDIATE SALE.

ROAN Pony Ideal Dahlia, winner and placed twice last meeting, sound, very good pace; shonld win a race.

Apply

Lr-Com WYNDHAM-QUIN. Hongkong, 10th July, 1916.

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HONGKONG JOCKEY OLUB.

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY -

MEETING.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that NOT EXTRAORDINARY ORNERAL

MEETING of the Miembers of the above Club will be held at the Offices of the HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB, situate on the Ground Floor of the HONGKONG Club Annere, Chater Road, Hongkung, on TUESDAY, the 20th day of July, 1915, at Noon, when the subjoined Monointion will be proposed as an Extraordinary Resolution

That the Rules and Regulations of the HONGKONG JOCKET CLUB be altered in the manner following:

"That the following Clause be inserted after,

Clause 38, vix, ;-

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, the 20th. July, to THURSDAY, the 20th July (both days inclusive), during which period so Transfer of Sharea can be Registered.

By Order of the Hoard of Directors.

MOWBRAY S. NORTHCOTE,

Acting Secretary to tha HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.,

General Agents for the WEST POIST BUILDING CO., LTD. Ho gkong, 13th July, 1915.

NOTICE.

"E beg to say that our late father,

WEAR MING, alias IU TAX BING, alias IU TEUN SHAU, a native of Ping Yuon district, Kwang Tang, who was poor when

IMPORTANT AUCTION OF LAND IN SWATOW.

L. MOORE & CO., LTD. (Established 1874),

of

FAVING been favoured with instructions

on THE TEVOTED

the estate of FRANK HARRY HYDE (in Bankruptcy), will sell by Pabllo Auction within their Salesrooms,

ÜN TUESDAY, the 10th August, 1915, at 4 P., proeisely, THAT VALUABLE AND VERY DESIRABLE PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Foreign Settlement of Swatow and known as the site of the Swatow Hotel (whisk Hotel was recently destroyed by fire);

PARTICULARS: The Land is held under ons Foreign and two Chinese title deeds.

The Area of the Land is 2,150 SUPERFICIAL FEET. THE NORTH boundary mezzaros 52 Feer and is bounded by property of the Estate of Dizoks & Co. THE SOUTH boundary measures 53 FRET and

is bounded by a 16 Fact Boad.

THE EAST boundary measures 60 FEET and

PINTS $1.00 PER Doz. SPLITS 60 CTS.

TRADE

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ocessions, but the Council roadtly in time care of the mechanical contrivances. refused permission for water-dosets to be necessary for this system. In other words installed in what is described as probably the water-carriage system would add the largest building in course of erection enexmously to the existing dangers to the at Shanghai. It is a building which will public health of the Colony. Apart from accommodate 300 foreigners, of whom this, or perhaps we should any in cluso about 20 per cent will live on the relation with it, we believe there are premises above the fourth floor. In certain engineering dificulties about addition, it was said, there would be a ensuring a regular flushing system in Chinesa population of some 200 clerks city built on the hills as Hongkong is, and domestics, of whom possibly 50 per

which would make the introduction of a cent will live in the building on the water-carriage system perilous, oven at upper floors. The owners of this building there were any guarantee that the drains potitioned the Court of Foreign Consuls would be put to no improper use by the against the decision of the Municipal inhabitants. We are not aware, however, authorities and the question has been that the matter has over been considers t argued before the Court for several days. by the Government to the extent of having It is contended by the petitioners that the

at scheme drafted by a capable offiect, an 1 prohibition is unreasonable and not in its pros and cons discussed. The subject is now being raised so frequently that is would doubtless interest the community

very much to men precisely what are the views of the Government on the whole subject

to-day at 5 p.m.

A mail r Europe i Siberia closer

now nt. the

The directors of the Shanghai. Water- dividend of £1 per share for the half-year works Co., Ltd., have declared an interm ended June 30th. 1913, payable in Shang- hai at the exchange of 2a, 3d. per tuel

Rear Admiral Winterhalter, from Nan Francisco, arrived in Shanghai-last week. He will shortly hoist his fag as Com- mander-in-Chief of the American Asiatic Squadron with the rank of Vice-Admiral..

the interests of the health of the com- munity. The Health Officer, howevor, demurs to this view, but represents as the chief difficulty the disposal of the discharge from water-closets. "Nothing -short-of~e~tank (steam or motor) boat which could discharge outside Woosung could possibly meet the case; and the cost of this would be prohibitive under the

Lieut. W. J. C. Budd of Shanghai, who circumstances." Morcover the Council's is attached to the Second Battalion, South Medien! Officer ægards the introduction Wales Borderers. is of a system of water-closete in Shanghai

Dardinel'es 35 likely to constitute a serious danger to the public health by possible(formerly of Hongkong) has obtained a

Mr. Walter Hagen of

Tíontain contamination of the water supply. This commission as 2nd Lieutenant, 12th Essex opinion is based on experience of the Regiment, and is in training at working of water-closet systems which Colchester. have been allowed in certain buildings in Shanghai, On the other hand, Dr. STANLEY affirms the local method of removing night-soil by hand-labour to be "extraordinarily efficient," and in bis evidence before the Court be expressed it as his deliberate opinion that there is no advantage in a water-oloset system over a commode system," especially in place like Shanghai: Thy judgment of the Court has not yet been delivered, and we refer to those proceedings at Shanghai merely

At the forthcoming annual general, for the purpose of showing that Hong Engineering Co., Ltd., the directors will meeting of the Shanghai Dock and kong cannot be singled out as a solitary recommend the payment of a dividend of "example of sanitary neglect," blucks, however, do not make a white, and 30th April last.

Twa Tls. 3 per share for the year ended tha ́s, Dr. STANLEY really advanced no argument against the water carriage system but-the- one of expenso in ensuring that there would be no contamination of the river from whieh Shangbei draws its waar supply. The question, Jiwever, was being discussed only from the point of view of providing и system for the European BIRTH.

community of, Shanghai, In Hongkong, RAMBAY--On July 7th, at Shanghai.

we take it, Dr. FITZWILLIAMS is advocat- Mr. and Mrs. NOEL B. RAMSAY,ing it for the Colony as a whole. On daughter.

another page of to-day's issue we print interesting memorandum which has been submitted to the Sanitary Board of Medical Officer of Health, on the general Hongkang by Dr. W. W PEARSE, the suffer. question of sewage disposal. He devotes himself to the consideration whether the adoption of the water carriage system will improve the sanitary condition of the Colony, ie, will it tend to lessen disease? The conclusion he waches is that "the introduction of the water carriage system erg in selling the badges of the famous generally throughout the Colony would.75" gun, visiting various offices and bo followed undoubtedly by great trouble patrolling the streets with gratifying. due to the ignorance and carelessness of results. Oer collectors also assisted the great majority of Chinese in the care greatly in augmenting the funds. of the mechanical contrivances necessary The fortnightly whist drive of the m

Thero wis a good

A.

S. WATSON

& CO., LTD.

is bounded by the Maritime ABATED WATER MANUFACTURERS. Customs property.

THE West boundary measures 60 Faer and

in bounded by a 16 Foot Houd. The property is in the heart of the Foreign Settlement and comprises one of the best business

CONDITIONS OF SALE may be obtained on application to the Office of this paper or direct from THE AUCTIONEERS,

goung, and whe proceeded to Ipoh, Perak, aud Seremban, in the Stesite Settlements, to work zaleas for many years, succeeded in obtaining saltas in the port. large sum of money, which was sent back to his native country and invested in real estate, e. over Sixty Houses for Shops in Swatow and Mui Yuen district, and over Twenty Houses, Shops and Schools, together with over Three Thousand *Afour of Agricultural Land. These properties were all registered in the Magistrate's Yamon of Ching Hai Mui-yuan and Ping-yuen, title deeds being held for them

and tax regularly paid in respect of them. 33A-Any Momber who is adjudicated

Unfortunately, our late father died on the "Bankrupt, or who compounds with his 23rd day of the Eleventh Moon last year in his “creditom under the provisions of any Aet native country, Ping-yuon district. There aro "relating to Bankruptcy, or whose name seventeen sous of the deceased and ergh of ng is

is officially published as an outlaw. entitled to a share of the said property.

The or who is the subject of a nation between first son, named In Yeuk Hor, died sometime " which and Great Britain a state of war previously a'd left two sons named In Hin Wat exists, or who shall be imprisoned for a and In Yan Wan: the second son was named "griminal offenes or shall be dismissed In Yeuk Leunge aline Tu Kot Pang, the third

from the Public Service with disgrace, shall, span feel nesse to be a Member "of the Clab, as shall forfeit all right to "the use of, or ri im upon, any property *in the Club; but it shall be lawful for the "Stewards, on the written application of "Buch Member. aftor enquiry, to reatore *his name to the books of the Club and "the Member so re-admitted shall not be alled upon to pay any Entrance Foe." Should the above Resolution be passed by the required majority it will be submitted for confirmation as a Special Resolation to a Second Extraordinary Goweral Mesting which will be subsequently convened.

By Order,

T. F. HOUGH

Clotk of the Course. Hongkong, 10th July, 1915,

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NOTICE:

R.

THEN the Government Dredger "ST. ENOCH" is working in the Harbour she will fly by day a RED BURGE at the fore and by night carry 2 KED LIGHTS One at each mathend

All Craft are warned to pass Outside 150 yards from bow or stern and steamers are to ause their engines to slow when passing within 250 yards of this dredger when working.

C. W. BECKWITH,

Commander, B.N..

Harbour Mastor, do, Harbour Department, Hongkong, 13th July, 1918.

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NOTICE.

R.

Ko, alias In Fair Ngom; the fourth In Yonk Ngo, alias Tu Yuta Sam; the fifth In Youk Kai, alias Shing Chaf; the sixth In Yeak Wah: the seventh In Yenk Fook, alías La Kai Mi; the eighth Iu Youk Chow, alias In Chiu Ping; the ninth in Yeak So, alias Lou Chai; the tenth In Youk Hing, alics In U Min; the eleventh In Yoak Ching, alias In But Tion; the twelfth a Yeak Thoi ; the thirteenth In Youk Yeung; the fourteenth In Yonk Kwai; be ifteenth in Zenk Wong; the sixteents Lu Yenk Cheung; the seventeenth In Yenk Ming; and there are also six or seven grand- sons,

As we have so many near relations, it is feared that among them there may be one or two who might secretly contract debts. All vra, brothers, therefore, had & meeting and dealded that no one be allowed sacretly to sell or mortgage the said property. We therefore beg to announce publicly, as we fear that our distant relatives or friends are ignorant of the fact, that the said property cannot be mortgaged or employed as security for obtaining loss of money secretly, and if any of our brobbers should have secured any loan en such socurity the creditore should demand the repayment of It from the one whe is responsible for it, other. wino we will not be held responsible for any debt contracted.

Signed-In Yonk Nge,

In Youk Kal Ia Yonk Chow, Iu Youk Fook,

Tu Yonk Leung, In Youk

Ko,

In Youk Wah, In Yook

So,

In Yonk Tapi, In Yeoks Hing, In Yeuk Ching, In Youk Young.

It Yonk Cheong, In You Kwa

In Yook Wong. In Yenk Ming, 4th Jane, 4th Rapublican Year.

Hongkong, 24th June, 1915.

SAVE YOUR BLADES

ANY EUROPEAN Non Asintio of Indian desiring to leave the Colony should apply in writing for permission to do so to the Captain SUFERINTENDENT OF POLICE, at least 48 hours before the intended hour of departare, giring name, nationality, age, sex,"height: 75 Ctx and occupation of the applicans, and stating the name of the steamer or other vosal or the haur of the train by which the applicant wishes to leave. Applicants should apply in person for their passes at the CENTEAL FOLION STATION betwean the hours of 9 am to 1P,M. and 2 PM, to 4 PM, daily, i *** Hongkong, 10th July, 1015,

1738

per Dorer

| IF YOU SHAVE WITH''

A SAFETY RAZOR

SAVE YOUR OLD BLADES.

SEALED BIDS.

The Auction will, as advertised, be held in Shanghai, and in order to give purchasers nou. resident in Shanghai an opportunity to blil Sealed Offer is opened in the Bocepted, which Offers will be opened in rostrum at the time of the sale and in the presence of the Trustee.

.

L. MOORE & Co., Lro, 45, Klangse Road, Shanghai, Auctioneers,

Shanghai, 5th July, 1015.

JUST RECEIVED:

Stanley Gibbon's

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POSTAGE STAMP

CATALOGUE.

First and Second Parts complete.

GRACA & CO..

No. 114, Carzin EDAD. Hongkong, 23rd Juno, 1915.

DRINK

ALLSOPP'S

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BRITISH PILSENER

BEER.

BOLE AGENTS:

CALDBECK,

DEATHS.

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GUTTIEREZ-On July 6th. at Shanghai, ALBERTO REMALDO GUTTIEREZ, aged 10

years.

MERRILEES. On June 8th, at Addiscolube, Surrey, ALEKANDER GRANT MERRILEES. Bury Chinese Custome Bervice, Statistical Department. Aged 78, Bongions Office:104, Dan Vaux BoD LONDON Orionzi 181, Frane Brazit, E.C.

The Daily

Press.

HONGKONG, JULI 15TH, 1915.

**SANITARY NEGLECT.”

The Y.-C. Daily. Mers learns thất the China Navigation Company has granted a engineers of their fleet to the extent of war bonus to officers and fitcen per cent, on their salaries for the year ending July 31st, 1915.

A northern contemporary says:-We Shanghai are about to be dumped into. hear that about 70 German families from Peitaiho, They cannot go to Tsingtao, they cannot go to Weihaiwei, they are not wanted in Japan, and Peltaiho has to

response of the Hongkong public yester As a result of the very satisfactory day, to the appeal for aid for the French Soldiers at the Front Fund. it is hoped

that a total of $3,000, will be realised. The Boy Scouts showed very commendabló

Ar the meetings of the Sanitary Board for this system," and hence he is of Royal Dockyard Recreation Club to k No opportunity is missed by Dr. FITZ opinion that at present, at any rate, this place last evening. WILLIAMS to urge upon the Government the system should not be generally intro-attendance, 17 tables being in use, and desirability of substitating for the primi duced, except for public latrines under tive methods of sewage disposal which the immediate supervision of Sanitary prizes were distributed by Mrs Hawken, the usual 24 hands were played. The exist in the Colony a modern system fofficers. But providing water mains ant and the wiretors were as follows. Ladies

-1, Mrs. Cochran'; 2, Mrs. Sears; 3, Mrs.

before the Board on Tuesday Dr. Fira. [efficient supervision can make them, the Bowers. Gente.-1, Mr. H. Budder; 2,

WILLIAMS wrote:-- The need of

to

water ourring. In a minute which came sewers are as sound as honest work and

the Medical Officer of Health sees no generaj system must be sdf-evident and it is time reason to refuse to permit water-cloats Mr. F. Williams; 3, Mr. C. J. Tacchi. that Hongkong should cease to be held in houses suitably situated and occupied,

The booby" prizes wore awarded up as an example of sanitary neglect and provided that sufficient water is always Mrs. Fooks mid Mr. R. Cochran even Macao, to quote the nearest neigh- obtainable and no nuisance will occur at

Among the passengers now crossing the bour, he shown as a place with more up the point of ultimate discharge of the Pacific on the Pacific Mail str. Korea is to date ideas." We presume the reference age. This is the view which we think Brigadier General Frank McIntyre, to Macio is to the installation of will generally command itself to the Head of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, ut At this point the question Washington, who is making a flying trip: becomes one for the Engineer, and for the to the Philippines for the purpose of con-

in

Ben-water mains which is prow progress in the neighbouring colony,

public.

though we had anderstood the purpose/upreme governing authority in the ferring with the insular authorities as fo of it was to provide a water supply for Colony. There has been an increasing the agislative and other needs of the the extinction of fires rather than for a amount of sewage entering the harbour general flushing system. The fact is that late years, and to whet further extent Manila in the early days of American" in respect of what Dr. FITZWILLIAMS calls the Government can continue to grant occupation and will receive a warm wel

"sanitary neglect" Hongkong stands in permits for the installation of water- the same category as every other city in closets and thus add to the pollution f tha Far East. Tais question of a water the harbour is a question of no little impor. carriage system happens to have been tance to the health of the community. We quite recently vagaging public attention cannot share the view expressed by Dr. MACGREGOR&C.. at Shanghai. There the Municipal FITZWILLIAMS in regard to a general Council have, a **Foreign Building water-carriage system, that the root of Rule" which reads: "No connection the whole matter" is the cost of the We mu renew their waful WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. private, whereby ordure shall be dis-of the Medical Officer of Health that the shall be made with any drain public or scheme. We agree rather with the view re-sharpen them and make thes

charged into the same; and no water-chief ground of objection lies in the closet, cesspool, cistern or permanent fact that there would undoubtedly Le receptacle for sewage or ordure shalf great trouble with the working of the constructed or used," This ruky, however, system due to the ignorance and careless has been departed from on several ness of the great majority of the Chinese

like now.

WE SHARPEN EVERYTHING. CAMPBELL, MOORE & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 24th June, 1915. '

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15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

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islands. General McIntyre was in

come on his return to the islands. ·

Mr. Tom Gunn, the Chinese aviator, is expected to arrive in Hongkong on the Mongolia at 10 o'clock to-day, and about 200 Chino, merchants and others, with the band of the Chinese Y.31.C.A., will met him as Blac Pier and escort biin to the King Edward Hotel, where an address of welcome will be inade. Mr. Gunn's ranger (3IP."Mike" Newman) in- forms as that the aviator will set aside n day to fly in aid of the funds in relief of the distress caused by the West Riv foods.