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SEW ADVERTISEMENTS

INTIMATIONS

[THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1519; 1915.

HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA | HONGKONG COTTON SPINNING,

STEAM FISHERIES CO., LTD.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

NOTICEXTRAORDINARY GENERAL

WEAVING & DYEING CO., LTD. (IN VOL. LIQUIDATION).

TAKE NOTICE that a MEETING of MEETING of the Company will be held Nombor of the above Company will be TO-DAY (MONDAY), 16th November, 1915, at hald the Office of Messrs, JARDINE, 12.15 P.M., at No. 4, Queen's Buildings, Victoria, MATHESON & CO, LTD., Hongkong, on Hongkong, for the purpose of considering: MONDAY, the 2nd day of November, 1915, and, if thought fit, confirming the sub-joined at 12 o'clock Noox. resolation possed at the Extraordinary General Bleeting held on the 27th October, as so Extraordinary Resolution-

"That the affairs of the Company be voluntarily wound up and that Mesare.

"LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS bo "appointed Liquidators."

BRADLEY & Co., LTD. General Manager,

[1185 Hongkong, 13th November, 1915.

NOTICE.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Business of GUEDES & COMPANY and EASTERN PHINTING OFFICE will be carried on under New Management as from This Date.

The New Proprietors will not be Responsible for any Debts contracted prior to the 16th November, 1915, particulars of which may be forwarded to MR. C. A. ROZA, caro of Messra. LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS, Liquidator of QUEDES & Co., LTD.

Hongkong, 16th Novembar, 1918.

NOTICE.

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NYONE owing money to or having Claims against, the Estates of the undermentioned Officers (deceased) of the 74th Punjabis, will submit them to the President. Committes of Adjustment, 74th Punjabis, nor before 15th December, 1815, after which date no claims can be considered.

Major STANDFELD, Major CowAN, Capt. MILNE, LA. MOBERLY:

Hongkong, 13th November, 1915.

NOTICE.

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TE have This Day REMOVED to No. 10, Ios HOUSE STREET, next door to

the Office formerly occupied by us.

We have authorised Mr. LAO IU. CHUNG to Sign our Firm's name.

LOGAN & BASTO, Hongkong, 11th November, 1915.

NOTICE.

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I, called and know by the name

assumed

of

FRANCESCO - D CANEVA, heretofore FRANCESCO D: WEIGHISTER, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, Doctor of Commercial and Economic Science, Baron, an Italian Subject of italian parentage, hereby give public notice that on the 11th day of Noven ber, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifteen, I formally and absolutely renounced, relinquished and abandoned the use of my said sum of Weigelsperg and then ind affopted and determined ⚫ thenceforth on all ocessions whatsoever to use and subscribe the name of FRANCESCO D: CANEVA instead of the said name of FRANCESCO DI WEIGELSPERS, AND 1 GIVE FURTHER NOTICE that by a Deed Poll dated the 11th day of November, One thous and Nine Hundred and Fifteen, duly executed and, attested I formally and absolutely renounced and abandoned the said surname of Weigelsperg and declared that I had assumed and adopted and intended thence forth upon all ccensions whatsoever to use and subscribe the name of FRANCESCO DI CANEVA

of instead

FRANCESCO WEIGELAPERS, and so as to be at all times thereafter caller, known and deserited by the name of FRANCESCO Dr CANEVA exclusively,

Dated the 11th day of November, 1915.

FRANCESCO DI CANEVA.

R.

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DI

BRITANNIC IN HIS

MAJESTY'S .CONSULAR COURT AT CANTON.

PROBATE JURISDICTION. Canton, Thursday, the 28th day of October, 1915. CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.

In the Goods of SMOLLETT CAMPBELL,

Dacessed.

AGENDA.

HOUSES TO LET

TO LET.

NO PRAX

TOS, 9 and 10, MOUNTAIN VIEW,

Apply to

M. J. D. STEPHENS. Hongkong, 13th November, 1915,

TO LET.

[1170

BRITISH CONCESSION, SHAMEEN, CANTON.

1. To lay before the Meeting an Account of the acts and dealings of the Liquidator and of the conduct of the winding-up up to the date FROOMED HOUSE. of the Meeting.

3. To" propose an extraordinary resolution sanctioning an interim return to Members as follow

That an interim return by the Liquidator of One Hongkong Dollar per share to the persons who are registered as Members of the Compasy on the 15th day of November, 1915, be and the same hereby is sanctioned. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will by CLOSED from MONDAY, 15th November, to MONDAY, 29th November, both days inclusive.

1915.

Dated Hongkong, the 14th day of October,

C. BERNARD BROWN, Liquidator.

(1080

NOTICE.

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

T

TROM 1st December, ONE EIGHT.

Apply-

T. E. GRIFFITH, LTD. (1157 Hongkong, 11th November, 1916.

66

TO LET

THE KENNELS," 168, Magazine Gap.

Thoroughly renovated and repaired. Apply

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD. Hongkong, 10th November, 1915. [1162

TO LET-FULLY FURNISHED.

BERGELDIE," 136, THE PEAK. About Merch, or sooner if convenient.

Apply

A. RITCHIE, Care of Messrs. DODWELL & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 10th November, 1915. (1183

TO LET.

VIE CERTIFICATE No. 897, dated 16th January, 1884, of the Share No. 18105 in this Company, standing in the name of AVENSHILL EAST, Park Road, THOMAS BROWN, of Shanghai, has R containing 6 Rooms, 3 Bath Rooms, been LOST, and if at the expiration of One Sorvants' Quaetore, &o. Vacant let November Month from the date hereof the above

Apply document be not forthcoming another

DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON & Certificate will be issued by the Company

HARSTON, Hongkong, 19th October, 1915. [1094 and thereafter no other will be acknow ledgol.

Dated 11th November, 1915.

C. PEMBERTON, Secretary

GREEN

[1174

ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.

LOST.

TO LET.

"GRoad, Poak, from 1st November, 1976.

LENSHIEL" No. 141, Plantation

Apply

LINSTEAD & DAVIS. Hongkong, 18th October, 1915. 11080

TO LET.

708, 1 and 6, TORRES BUILDINGS, Kontoon. Moderste rent Ready for genupation.

Apply to

SPANISH DOMINICAN PROCURATION. Hongkong, 29th September, 1915. (963

PPLICATION has been made to this

Company to issue to Mr. LAU SAT TUNG | of Hongkong Duplicate Certificates of 200 Shares in this Company or other Certificate or Cortificates in lieu thereof upon statement that the Original Certificates No2564-100 ahares numbered 246039/246138 dated 16th November, 1809. Nos 8803 50shares numbered 187703/197727. 261088/251710; 25th March, 1909. Nos. 9756-50 shares numbered 0901/6950 dated 27th May, 1910. have been LOST or DESTROYED; Notice is Hereby Given that if within 30 daysN GOOD ROOMS Immediate possas from the date hereof no Claim or Representasion. tion in respect of such Original Certificates is made to the Company the Undersigned will then prosced to deal with such applica tion for Duplicates.

For the GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD., SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

General Managers. Hongkong, 23rd October, 1915.

DAILY

WANTED.

[1101

Resident NURSE for two MAILY or

Children at the Peak. Apply by letter endlosing copies of testimonials to

..

"E.," Care of "Daily Press" Ofiles. [1164 Hongkong, 10th November, 1915.

FOR SALE.

ESIRABLE COUNTRY RESIDENCE.

D'Sandoz in its ove Grounds, situated

at TAITO, containing Foar Rooms, ont-offices, eta. Electric Light. ...

For particulars apply to-

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD. Hongkong, 30th October, 1915.

(1127

XMAS

FOR SALE.

AND NEW CARDS

YEAR

with Local Views and Chinese Pictures.

GRACA & CO.,

No. 4, WYNDHAN STREET. Hongkong, 8th November, 1915.

[1013

TO LET. "FAIRVIEW," Nathan Road,

Kowloon,

No. 25, SEYMOUR ROAD, WOODLANDS VILLA WEST.

TN virtue of a Order of His Majesty's said IN

Court, bearing date This Day, I do hereby monish and cite all and all manter of persons to appear in the said Court on or about the 28th day of November, 1915, and show cause, if any they have, why letters of administration (with the will andered) of all and singular the goods, ohattels, rights, and redits of SMOLLETTO CAMPBELL, fate of Macas, China, who died at Hongkong on August 20th, 1915, should not be granted unto ARCHIBALD SMOLLETT CAMPBELL, Attorney for ELLA GRACE CAMPBELL, OF 48, Brunswich Gardens, Kensington, London, England, the widow of the said testator and the universal legates named in the will, ar, in default thereof, the Court will proceed to grout the sarie accordingly.

(SL) R. S. PRATT, Vice-Consul and Additional Judge, [1168

NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatic or Indian

No. 12 BEACONSFIELD ARCADE, Top Floor.

No. 68. PEEL STREET, on Caine Road level,

GLENSHIEL," No. 111. Plantation Road, Peak, from 1st November, 1915.

LEWKNOK," No 190. THE PEAK HARTING," Asetin Boad, Kowloon. "HILLSIDE." No. 110. THE

PEAK,

5 Rooms Far-hed, from 1st November, 1815.

ONE OFFICE or SHOP in Duddell Street, Ground Floor.

No. 1 and 2. COLLEGE GARDENS ROOMS eroh, from 1st November.

No. 3THE ALBANY

ROOMS, in Duddell Street.

ROSENEATH". Hastor Rd. Kowloon No. 6. BELILIOS TERRACE

No 25, RELILIOS TERRACE, with

A desiring to leave the Colony alionid apply entrance on Lundmt Rund in writing for permission to do so so the Captain SOPTEINTENDENT OF POLICE, it li 48 hours before the intended hour of departare, giving Game, nationality, age, sex, height and occupation of the applicant, and stating The naine of the steamer or other vessel or the hour of the train by which the applicant wishes to leave. Applicants should apply in person for their passes of the CENTRAL POLICE STATION between the hours of 9 AM to 1 P.M. and 3. F.No 4 PM. daily.

ONE GODOWN, No. 8. Barrows Street. Wanchai.

TWO GODOWNS in Duddell Street, WESTWARD HO." Bonham Road. MERION," No. 5, Tae Prax. Unfurnished

gkong, 10th July, 1918.

1738

(6 Rooms).

TO LET.

【ORMAN COTTAGE, No. 2, Peak Road,

4

Apply

PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING." [875 Hongkong, 20th Angust, 1915.

INTIMATION

PHOTO

XMAS CARDS

PICTURES OF CHINA IN

CHARMING SETTING.

SEPIA

have the nows that Mr. WINSTON CHUE. CHILL has relinquished the office of Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, to which he was transferred after the trouble that arose at the Admiralty. In a letter to the Premier, Mr. CHURCHILL states quite frankly his reason for taking this course Briefly, it is because he has not been included in the new War Council, of which, it seems, the Premier intended originally to make him a member, “In nowise do I complain," says Mu, CHUE-. CHILL," that your scheme should have been changed. But with the change my work in the Government comes naturelly to a A close. Knowing what I do about the pre- sent situation, and being an instrument of the executive power, I cannot accept a position of general responsibility for war policy without an effective share in its guidance and control.

Nor do 1

A meeting of the Sanitary Board is called for Tuesday. The agonds com pains very formal business.

A Gazette notification states that all persons desirous of landing in Egypt must be provided with passports.

Mr. Hamel, the Netherlands Consul at Kobe, has, been promoted to the post of Consul General ́at Hongkong. Hamel is leaving shortly for his new post.

Mr.

Mr. F. A. Carlson, for many years in charge of the Great Northern Telegraph Co.'s cable department at Woosing, celebrated his 70th birthday on 1 láth ist. He now lives retired at Nagkaki,

Harvest thanksgiving services weeg held at the Union Church yesterda - The collections are to be given to the Aliod Memorial Hospital, and the fruit and flowers will go to the Naval and Military

feal abio, in times like these, to remain in well-paid inactivity." There are, doubt-hospitals. less, many who will question the nobility of the ex-Minister's motives, and

BROMIDES will attribute his decision rather to wound-

HAND-COLOURED PHOTOS.

To be obtained from--

A. S. WATSON

& CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG DISPENSARY,

and also from

THE VICTORIA

ди

Ότι account of th unfavourable weather an Saturday. the Gymkhan meeting and the first of the series of Championship races in connection with the Royal Hongkong Yacht Club had to be postponed.

An impressive memorial service

필요

held at the Church of St. John the Divine, Ipoh, in memory of Dr. W. O. Belater, who died at sea on his way to Hongkong for & health trip. Over fifty of the M.S.V.R., of whom the deceased was a member, attended in uniform.

Mr. J. Howard Gwyther, who was for so many years associated with the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, ay manager and as chairman of the Court of Directors, has finally retired from City life. Mr. Gwyther is now 50 years of age, and has fully earned the rest that five years

in China and continuous work since 1851 should bring.

ed vinity and pique then to conscientions scruples. His letter is certainly capable of such an interpretation, especially us GREEN AND BLUE-TONED BROMIDE ho declares that ho cordially agrees with the formation of a small War Council, but, as we may be perfectly sure that he has fore seen this, his candour is his best defence, Wo incline to the belief that he regards his exclusion from the War Council as justification of likely to be construed as the ill-natured criticism which has been

The death has occurred at his residenca so freely levelled against him. When ho left the Admiralty there was a general at Teunohadzu, Tokio, of the Rev. David feeling of surprise that a comparatively Thompson, D.D., one of the oldest mis- of his temperament and sionary workers in Japan and the first young attainments should be willing to accept clerical missionary to be sent to Japan wn office that was practically a sinecure, by the Presbyterian Beard in the United but he consented at the request of the States; Dr. Hepburn, a medical worker, Premier in order that the special know-being the first representakive. Ledge which he possessed of current opera tions might be at the disposal of the new Ministers of the Crown. Now that his services are no longer required in this direction he feels-not unnaturally, it seems to us-that his usefulness has orased, and-may we add that he will appear discredited in the eyes of the public. This view is supported by the concluding paragraph of his letter, in which he says: ! I have a clear conscience enabling me to bear my responsibility for past events with wil vindicate my composure. Time administration of the Admiralty and assign me my due share in the vast series of preparations for the operations which secured us the command of the seas," is now common knowledge that lie was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty in 1911 for the express purpose of seeing that tho Navy was kept in a constant state of readiness to meet the German menace, and that he faithfully discharged this duty in face of powerful opposition offered by some of his colleagues in the Cabinet. For this the Empire oves him a lasting debt of gratitude. His services in this connection, however, have been obscured by the attacks which have been directed against him, either in ignorance or malevolence, on account of the Antwerp Expedition and the Dardanelles campaign. It has been made ahandantly clear that neither of these operations was undertaken solely on his responsibility, as has been repeated motor cycle and became hommed in by a motor car on his left and a carriage on ly reported. But, in any case, the deshis right. The first wheel of his machine patch of the Naval Volunteers to Antwerp caught the spring of the carriage, throw- served to give, the hard-pressed Belgians

DISPENSARY.

13

BIRTHS TO LET

MACKICHAN-At Atmai Villas, Kow- loon, on the 18th instant,, to Mr. and Mrs. A. S. MACKICKAN, a sori. [1183 FFICES in BT. GEORGE'S BUILDING,

Second Floor, Overlooking Harbour, JOHNS--At the Peak Hospital yesterday, Immediate possession.

the wife of Mr. T. J. RouVETT JOHNS, of a son. Apply to--

COONEY.-At SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.

the Peak Hospital an 139 Hongkong, 3rd December, 1914.

November 12th, the wife of Mr. A. C. COONEY, R.G.A., of a daughter. DEATH. EWENS-On October 5th, at Quimper, Finistère, France, the residence of his son-in-law, Comte do Bilguy, CERASY

EWENS, solicitor, bato Hongkong and Le Chalet, Guernsey, aged 61.

HONGKONG OPRICE: 10A, Des Vœux Road, G. LONDON OFFICE: 191, FLEET STREET, E.C.

TO LET

HOUSE" in Knutsford Terraco,

A Kewicon.

Apply

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD

[45 Hongkong, 24th October, 1975.

Fo

TO LET.

in

INOUR-ROOMED and THREE-ROOMED FLATS Hampbray'a Buildings, Kowloon, with ovary modern convenience. FOUR-ROOMED Immediate possession. FLATS in May Road, possession on or about lat November next. Modern appointments throughout. including English Bathe sud Kitchen Ranges, Hot Water and Water Carriage System. A few Flats specially designed to accommodate three bachelors at reasonable rentals.

FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES i Gordon Torres and Fallsbury Avenne, Kowloon,

TWO-BOOMED FLATS in Nathan Rose,

Kowloon.

WINDSOR LODGE, Kowloon, Six-Roomed House, Tennis Court, Imm diate possession.

Apply to~~-

HUMPHREYS ESTATE A PINAMOS

Co., LTD.. Alexandra Bujidiner. Hongkong, 2rd Nov,mber 1915.

OF

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TO LET.

FFICES at 2, Connaught Roari.

OFFICES in King's Buildings. OFFICES in Des Vans Road C-ptral. HOUSES Ik CLIFTON GARDENS. Conduit Hond.

NE HOUSES in Rawod Terraco, HOUSES at the Peak.

No. 1, WONG-NEI CHONG ROAD. No. 1, MOBETON TERRACE, Caway Boy.

GODOWN8, at Wanchal, GODOWNS, &t New Fisse Kenroly Town, Nes: 1.2 and 3, WEST END TERRACE, CANTON.

Apply

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, NOVEMBER 16TH, 1915,

MR. CHURCHILL'S RESIGNATION,

of

It

The rainfall during the month of October at the Botanical Gardens was 12.97 ius., on 13 days: at the Matilde

Hospital, Mount Kellet, 10.80 ins., on 10 days; and at the Police Station, Taipo, 6.03 ins, on 10 days. The Observations made at the Royal Observatory in Octo ber show that the mean temperature was 76.8, there were 187.3 hours of sunshine,

and 11.710 inches of rain.

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Lieut. Henry Stuart Moberly. 74th, attached to 69th, Punjabis, who killed in action on September 5th in France, was with his regiment at Hongkong at the outbreak of the war, and took part in transporting German prisoners from Tsingtao to Japan subsequently joining the 09th Junjabis in France. He was well known locally ag a keen cricketer and footballer.

Lieut. Law, of the Shropshire Light Infantry, met with an accident the other day in Singapore whilst returning to He was riding a Tanglin Barracks.

能

THERE is a time-honoured warning

an earnest of our desire to render theming him to the ground with considerable violence, He was picked up in a badly such aid as we could, and it delayed the shaken condition and taken to hospital. against changing horses when crossing a

fall of the city for a week, thus preventing stream, but, like most rules for our

the Germans from sending troops to swell guidance, this warning is subject to exceptions, and wisdom is shown in their Army in France at a very critical realising the moment when an

moment and rabbing them of the fruits of exception should

and be made

in their success. Similarly, the Dardanelles acting accordingly. If the horse. proves operations, though they have failed so unequal to his burden it would be folly for to achieve their main object, have not not to transfer the burden to another more been entirely barren of results, for they capable of bearing it. That, at all events, have kept a large force of Turks engaged was the view of the British nation during and averted trouble elsewhere. But what' the South African war; and it is evidently

The following appointments are nounced in the Gazette:-Lieut-Colonel G. E. Crisp, R.A.M.C., Director of Medical Service, Chins Command, to be a member of the Medical Board, vice Lieut-General F. W. G. Gordon Hall, Bhan R.A.M.C., resigned; Subidar Singh, Hongkong, Singapore Battalion, R.G.A., to be one of the Governor's Houorary Aides-de-Camps, vice Subaidar

ment....

Lieat. Edwin Hampton Mackintosh,

8th Black Watch, who was killed in France on September 25th, was the only son of the late Mr. Edwin Mackintoshi and of Mrs, Mackintosh, of 79, Lancaster: gate, W.

Ele was educated at Charter-

ever view may be taken of these questions Major Mohammed Ali, of the same rear held by them today. Since hostilities there en only be one opinion of Mr. broke out £fteen months ago we have CHURCHILL'S decision to place himself as an officer with an experience of active seen many important changes in the rants of those charged with the direction of service extending over twenty years affairs. First there was the resignatibuunreservedly at the disposal of the mili. of FRINCE LOUIS OF BATTESBURG as First tary authorities. That opinion will be Sea Lord for reasons with which everyone entirely favourable. sympathised, followed at a later date by the retirement of his successor, Lord FISHER, owing to disapproval of the THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-method of conducting the operations in

MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD.

the Dardanelles. Then we say the-sudden Hongkong, 4th November, 1915.

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reconstruction of the Government cwing to the exposure by The Times of the muni tions scandal, and recently we have learned.

The next Criminal Sessions at Hong- of the return to England of General Sir IAN HAMILTON, who for six months has kong will be held on November 22nd. been, in command of the operations in Mr. D. Stark, manager of the Rahman. Gallipoli. A week or two ago the resigna Hydraulic Tan Mine, has returned to the tion by Sir EDWARD CARSON of his seat it F.M.D. from his trip to Chius quite the Cabinet was announced, tad now we restored to health.

No. 2, DES VOUX VILLAS, 11, PRAEGU

nfurnished, my

No,58, THE Prix (8 CAMERON VILLAS. Apply to INSTEAD & DAVIS,

Srd Floof, Alexandre Halldings Hongkong, 3rd November, 1976.

Apply

TO LET

From 1st March,

WN, No. 6, Doddoll Street

A. B. AVASIA,

Cace of E. FARANSI,

No. 1, Daddell Street Hongkong, Lad Fibruary, 1915.

|(214)

A mail for Eutype eid Siberia choss house and University College, Oxford. His late father will be remembered as a to-morrow at p.m.

partner in the firm of Messra, Butterfield and Swire and a member of the Legis. On his lative Council in Hongkong. return home he was a partner in Messrs. John Swire aud Son, London.

Sir Everard and Lady Fraser have arrived in

in Shanghai from Dalay. Progress is being made on the survey for a girdle railway round Colombo.

TYPHOON WARNING,

The following telegram was received by the American Consulate-General in Hong

1.15 p.m., November 13th. kong from the Manila Observatory:

Typhoon in about 110 degrees Long. E. and 16 degrees Lat, N. moving W