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STAMPS IN AN OLD CABINET. CLAIM IN THE SUMMARY COURT.

The action was concluded in the Bum- mary Court yesterday in which Luk

TAR HONGKONG DAILY PR48F, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5TM1⁄2, 1616.

WINDING-UP PETITION.

FAILURE OF A CHINESE COMPANY.

GERMANY'S MAN POWER

Mr. Joseph Reinach writes in the Morning Post:

The German Pipired by the

that

THE HOUR OF TRIAL.

WHAT AUSTRALIA MUST DO AS A NATION

INTIMATIONS

LANE

CRAWFORD & Co

--SOLE AGENTS FOR

In the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr. military staffs, has published such The Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) was Sirig Kow, trader, of Upper Lascar Road, E. C. Jenkin, instructed by Mr Jinexact information about the recent the guest of the Institute of Journalists at bued Mr. J. H. Gardiner, solicitor, the Gardiner, made application for the wind engagements in the Champagne that it Sydney on November 29th, In the course war and Australia's obligations, he said: claim being for the return from Mr. Gar-ing up, under the supervision of the is, I think, necessary to return to the of his speech, which dealt mainly with the TheWo must fres the position as it is. The

diner, as

baller, of a number of postage Court, of the Kwong Wo Hing Co., Ltd. consideration of a few points.

We must organise them. If we had had stamps handed to him by Mr. G. P. Lam-The statement filed by the Company conclusion can be drawn readily from a resources of the Allies are overwhelming.

more men, Gallipoli would now have been SPALDING'S ATHLETIC mery on October 2nd, 1915, the postage showed that the firm was incorporated few well-established facts.

It should be noted, frstiv stamps being part of the goods-contained under the Companies Ordinance in March,

in Champagne (September 26th and 28th) We are in this war and we must win or in a locked exbinet and purchased by the 1909. The nominal capital was $20,000, during the whole course of the battle ours. It is imperative to have more men. plaintiff at a public auction held by Mr.divided into 200 shares of $100 each. The the Germans were incapable of making 50 under. There's only one way to shar- amount of the capital paid up or credited any counter-offensive of any considerable ten the war, only one way to save the lives scope; they could only react by very much of our brave soldiers, only one way of Lammert on October 2nd.

as paid up was $20,000. The objects for icenlised counter-attacks on places where keeping Australia a country where a free they belt themselves specially theatened. democracy can work out their great des which the Company was formed wore The large reserves were all engaged as tiny, and that is to put every ounce of carry on the business of general store isolated units. Such a method is like energy and every man we can spare for SPALDING'S kopers, curio dealers, furnishers, and using patches of material to stop a break that purpose into the war. We must take tent of the confusion. To re-establish its fight and work in earnest, but must do

Mr, Goldring represented plaintiff, and Mr. C. A. H. Russ was for the defendant, The case for the plaintiff was that when examining the cabinet in the auction room

ho noticed the stamps, and that when he general. warehousemen in all its branches in a dyke. Its deficiency proves the ex- off our conts to this job. We must not only bid for the cabinet he understood that he at Hongkong and Singapore in the name prestige the high command was forced to both things systematically. We can, and was buying the stamps as well, He reall of the Kwong Wo Hing. The business resume the offensive. with more method, must, do something to prevent the waste

wanted the snips, and not the cabinet,

was commenced on April 1st, 1909.

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DHL

and this is what it has attempted to do.

Our initiative in September had forced from Russin a large number of divisions,.

of energy and increase strength, nationally,

our

effective

industrially, and

GOODS. EVERY REQUIREMENT FOR GOLF.

“GOLD MEDAL” CLUBS.

DRIVERS AND BRASSIES :

PRICE $5.50 EACH.

IRONS

PRICE $4.75 Eaon.

taken their place in the line, and it is increase our production and lessen our R. FORGAN'S CELEBRATED CLUBS.

in vain. We shall get the men and I know, too, that, in these grave times, we

MADE AT ST. ANDREW'S. DRIVERS AND BRASSIES PRICE 84.50 EACH,

IRONS

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AUTOGRAPH CLUBS.

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may look with sereno confidence for that GOLF SCORERS, CADDY BAGS, CLOCK GOLF.

GOLF PAINT, TEES, CAPTIVE GOLF. ETC.

After bo. had purchased the lot for 4.5 September 101, 1015, an extraordinary the high German command to bring back financially. We mug face the position. it was seized by Mr. Gardinor as a trust general meeting of the Company passed at least ten. Those divisions have not ye; We cannot finance this war unless we both

4 resolution to the effect that it had been

their presence that has enabled the enemy consumption of oversea goods. We must, as far as possible, be #self-contained of the estate which was being sold, Mr. proved to the satisfaction of the meeting to engage in actions of some importance.

The German Staff has at last found non. During the war wo inust produce Gardiner contending that the stamp that the Company could not, by reason of

it necessary to attack in order to raise more of everything we can sell overeens, should have been seld separately.

its liabilities, continue to do business, that the moral of the forces on the Western We must buy nothing overseas that we can Answering Mr. Buss, the plaintiff said

was advisable to wind up the same, and theatre on the war, which was greatly produce ourselves. Let us show these ho happened to see two stamps protruding that, accordingly, the Company be wound depressed by the serious checks met with nations that wont to back the winner that

previously in Artois and Champagne, we are going to win. The Commonwealth TAYLOR'S from the cabinet, and when he had prized up voluntarily, being insolvent and unablo A few successes, even of quite local im has recently decided to raise within a few

portance, would

impression months 50,000 men for active service, in remove the un the lid he saw other stamps in the to pay its debts. A creditor of the Composed by the retreat, by the numerous addition to out quota of 9,000 per month. cabinet and, therefore, he bought it; aim-pany obtained judgment against it in the

surrenders-25,000 prisoners--and the It is proposed to raise these troops by. losses of material. In the district round vantary enlistment. A direct, personal LADIES AND LEFT-HANDED CLUBS, ply because there were stamps in it

Supreme Court of Singapore for

Tahure and Mesnil the Germans were in A coolic employed by the late Mr. Bayer amount which is at present unknown and the presence of an adversary that even ppeal will be made to the men of fighting Haid the cabinet lelonged to his late em had attached the goods of the Company. after the great assault of the 25th and 280, and I am satisfied it will not be made player, but he did not know what it con-The whole of the assets of the Company fained-if it contained anything. It was had been seized under execution, and it locked by his master, and had never been the same be sold by this creditor there will be no assets of the Company divisible A foki in the employ of Mr. Lammert, amongst the other creditors, a number of was called by Mr. Rurs to assist in un whom are in Hongkong and Singapore, ravelling the mystery. He saw the cabi-but whose names and addresses are not net in the sale room, hut did not know if known to the Company. it contained anything. After the sale the The order for winding up was made, cabinet was opened by the man who bought and Mr. O. C. Dunman, Singapore, of it, and was found to contain stamps. No the firm of Messrs. Lowe, Bingham & stamps were sticking out of the cabinet. Matthews, was appointed liquidator, sub- When he saw the stamps witness mention-ject to the Registrar of the Court being ed the fact to plaintiff, who remarked that satisfied as to the identity and qualifies he had purchased the box and that if there tons of Mr. Dunman, was anything in it it belonged to him. Wit- noss also mentioned the fact to the com- pradore, who thereupon had all the stamps Jakon away.

opened.

LAWN TENNIS Several of the competitions in con- Mr. Russ contended that it was apparnection with the Wigwam Tennis Club's en that neither side in the ease had any tournament are drawing to a close. Mr. knowledge of the presence of the stamps A. G. Macdonald reached the final round in the cabinet. The plaintiff's story, to the effect that he prized the lid open and saw the stamps was obviously incorrect, because it would have been physically in possible for him to do so,

The Puisno Judge said that he found it very difficult to believe the story.

of the Gent's. Singles Handicap by beat ng Mr. C. Humphreys; Miss M, Neave has won her place into the final of the Ladies' Singles; Mrs. Lambert is in the final for the Ladies' Singles Champion- ship; and Mr. Lambert and Mr. Sewell are in the final for the Mixed Doubles' Championship.

Over

28th of September did not cease advancing by a series of attacks and fortunate en counters. On the 29th again at Courtine we advanced over 150 mètres almost operation of the community without without losses, taking 37 14th Bavarian fait. We live in great days. The British 267 prisoners, in which the efforts of the Government would cluding two officers of Regiment and killing or wounding 400 race is being tried in the furnace. This men. In the night of the 29th 30th the is our hour of trial, too. We must do our enemy made four counter-attacks, but in part, cost what it may." vain. Having so keen an adversary, which kept advancing trench by trench; the Germans decided to reply not by a passive resistance, but by an offensive being that most recently conquered, and an extended Front, the front consequently that must hurriedly organi extending from the Vistula to Coured. The plan of the enemy was shown tine, a distance of about three miles in the selection of the points of attack. lent bombardment. Suffocating and tear-of Tabure and the Toothbrush." The attack was preceded by a very vio. This was to upset the defences of the Hill producing shells were used, and it was village of Tahure lies between these tis

on the threatened our line, towards the "Toothbrush," and the especially intense on the hill at Tahure, crests, and in this way he would have Mamelles." The attacks were succes(Hill 193) and towards the south near several Courtine. The success of such an opera- sive, and were delivered at points of the front, not on a continuous tion would have had the advantage of line. They were thrown back on the raising the moral of the troops engaged, eastern edge of Courtine, at Constan- and could have been used for publicity tinople trench, in front of the Vistula purposes to dissipate the effects of the trenches, and at Tahure. They succeeded check at Champagne.. only on the Tahure hill, where our troops suffered severely from asphyxiating gas. The enemy reached the top, but we kept all the southern slope.

on

wers

Last

A few trenches captured at the summit of the Tabure Hil, on the slopes of which we are still holding our own, represent a result quite out of proportion to the On October 31st the enemy tried to

extent of the effort made. The complete follow up his en success, He was that check of the attacks, which were resumed day repulsed everywhere with heavy next day, on the 31st, shows that the losses, and the German offensive conse-limits of the capacity for offence shown quently stopped. According to the state-h the German infantry is to-day very The losses sustained ment of prisoners, the Emperor came to rapidly attained.

So, at least, were too great for the German command Sedan during the battle,

to continue the enterprise. the troops were told, and ther warned of the importance of the action in

Tacitus wrote of Germany that she I would

We do not hesitate which they were to take part. draw the attention of soldiers to the was the tamer of men.

to admit that the effort made by Germany following notes that havo been communi-

on the three fronts, the Franco-Belgian, cated to me by the most competent Hussian and Serbian is worthy of admi- authorities, and that the German.

ration. One may consider that at the whatever its audacity, will have some.

nement the Central Empires have avail- difficulty in contradicting.

The numbers of the companies were able 120 army, corps belonging to the about 200. The proportion of older men active army; of these 55 are in France and of recruits of the 1915 class should and Belgium, 45 in Russia, 10 in Italy,

Tone, we get: be emphasised, while there were several and 10 in Serbia. Consequently, valuing have never done military service untrained Landsturm, that is man who the army corps and two division of 35,000 quote a single example. Of 330 prisoners belonging to the 48th Regiment, 136 were men of the Landsturm who have not served, 80 were recruits of the 1915 class, and 39 of the 1914 class. In this group of an active regiment there were only

1,800,000 men against English, Belgians, and French,

Mr. Russ then referred to the legal view of the case. The authorities' as to mistaken dealing with property had only gradually

INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. developed and it could not be said that s final conclusion had been reached. It was! ENGLAND. INDIA AT BOMBAY. stated that if "A" delivered to "B" a

Many well-known English County desk or bureau containing valuables, the presence of which was not known to either amateurs and professionals figured on the "A" or "B," then the valuables still re-side of England in the match . All India at Bombay in the middle of December. mained in the possession of "A" unless itSuch names as Tarrant (the Middlesex was agreed that the bureau was sold with professional), Major Greig (who during the contents known or unknown, That was a season ou leave at Home a few years the position he took up in this case. ago batted so brilliantly for Hants that

Mr. Goldring contended that the cir- he headed the English batting averages); twelve men left, belonging to the active ants, not including Turks or Bulgarians. cumstances of the solo, an "old rubbish. L. Simms (formerly Captain of sale," were such that the plaintiff was of Sussex), Bemnant (Hants) and Newman the opinion that he was buying a job (Wilts) will readily be recognised by great lot" and looked upon any of the content win for England by an innings and 263sturm. Companies have only one officer including the untrained second class,

ericketers. The game ended in

1,500,000 men against the Russia. 350,000 against the Italians; and 350,000 aguiast the Serbians,

That makes a total 4,000,000 combat-

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Hongkong, 5th January, 1916.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO. |ADAHI

LIMITED.

LOBT.

clauses. Several men had been assigned The exhaustion in men is becoming clearer to guard the coasts, and had just been every day. Here are the facts: The 1915 sent to the front after rapidly passing class, which for a long time was kept un- made prisoners complained of the insuffit the front,

The men belonging to the Laudsturm, through the depot. The officers who were der training as reserves, is now entirely cient value of the uninstructed Land-

by have been called in up to forty years of battalions

commanded runs. This result was mainly due to the and

Among age. As his..

a captain or ober-lieutenant,

The depots contain only wounded un- His lordship, in giving judgment" for splendid batting of Major Grieg and

Captain Goldie and the successful bow three stellvertreter officers made prisoner defendant, said he was quite sure that ling of Tarrant (who obtained 16 wickets one was a road-maker, an old non-com-trained men of the Landsturm forty-one of 30 in the two innings). The Indians were missioned officer, forty-eight years old, to forty-five, the 1016 class, and volunteers ME neither he nor the other side had any sent back for the very moderate score of who had till then been in the barracks of the 1917 Cass. That represents four! knowledge whatever that the stamps wore 110. in their first venture, but did some-the second was a non-commissioned officer months' waste. A last revision has been other Certificate or Certificates in lies thereof

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PEISONERS LETTERS

PPLICATION has been made to this Company to issue Duplicate Certificate Shares in this Company in the name of ARTHUR ROBERT DONNELLY or

upon Statement that the Original Certificate in the cabinet. For the plaintiff to say what better in their second innings, belonging to the active army, but sickly made throughout the whole Empire to gut No. 9518-50 Shares numbered 234677/224826 heart trouble. The two latter a few weeks had previously been declared unfit for all DESTROYED and NOTICE IS HEREBY he saw them was nonsense. No-one would scoring. 195. The Maharajah of Patiala locking, while the third suffered from together a few contingents of men who dated 21st February, 1910, has been LOST or

was the most consistent batsman, cam- expect to find anything, in an old cabinet piling 18 in the first and 40 in the second ago were kept in barracks in charge of service. Further workers in war factories GIVEN that if within 30 days from the date England's score was as fol- the instruction of troops as unfitted to have been incorporated everywhere when hereof no claim or representation in respect- take the field. Some men stated that the they can be replaced by women and child of such Original Certificate is made to the like the one concerned, except a piece of innings. Rose --

officer kept in their funkholes during there These latest incorporations are pro- Company the undersigned will then proceed For the GUEEN TALAND CEMENT CO., LTD, string or a dead exckroach. (Laughter.)

Capt. K. O. Goldic, a Vithal, b

attacks or went, sick, just before they were ducing a profoundly discouraging effect to deal with such application for duplicate.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., Mistry

delivered and one of the officers inade on the people.

The There might be some custom in China that

General Managers. prisoner did not deny the fact.

The extracts from letters found on

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Fourth Prussian Division had already

Hongkong, 14th December, 1015. suffered severely in Russia, a fact that prisoners in Champagne and recently anything like that, ther the contents,

had depressed the moral of the troops.published are significant. Thus:

Brunswick, September 23rd, 1915,- whatever they might be, passed to the pur.

For instance, the fourth company of the

front of Yesterday we had the revision of the ohaser; but he did not know.

49th in January, 1015, ia Warsaw, only numbered 28 men and was lists. Out of 200 men 180 have bean sent to the Carpathians, and in Apri taken, 90 per cent. You can guess whom received reinforcements seventeen times.they are taking; only cripples have been Thirty-five men were frozen in the Carpa passed over. thians and on May 17th the company. which was before Przemysl, only number cd 47.

Mr. Goldring said he had endeavoured to obtain evidence on the point. There was certain custom regarding locked baskets, ela, but he could not find any thing with reference to furniture.________

Replying to his lordship regarding the value of the statips found, M-Russ gaid- that some people had valued them at $100, and some as high as $300,

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Pte. Remnant, run out 31. G. Salter, e Joshi, b Kanga Major J. G. Greig, e-Val-

Werden

15

58

h

..216

F. A.Tarrant, o Mulla, b Khan

Mahomedes

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Mistry

E. P. Hardy, st. Mulla,

Pte. Newman, st, Mulla, b Warden... 14 H. I Simms, b Warden

Lord Willingdon, e Yusuf Beg, b

Warden

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Capt. K. E. Cooper, b Pyara Khan. 21 R. B. Carrick, not out Pte. Livestry, not out:

Extras

Total (for ten wickets) 568

FOOTBALL.

DIOCESAN SCHOOL 1. SITH CO.

THE OFFENSIVE A NECESSITY---- The fact is that offensive such as those

Brunswick, September 24, 1914-There strong feeling here. Nene are let go Anyone who has head, arms, and legs- must go whether he cant or not.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD. LOST

THE SHARE CERTIFICATE No. 4209

BEER

Jetal to arm

delt rendel,

DAI NIPPON | BREWERY

חולי

CO. TOKIO JAPAN

September 23rd Yesterday I was at taken on the with- and the Sist-uf. October Sohnde. Out of 150 men who had been for Twenty-five Shares numbered se01 to are a necessity for the German Staff rejected as definitely unfit for service 1304925-inclusive, standing in the Register in the name of FRANK BARRINGTON DEACON, The troops they have available on our were taken. front will enable them to prepare several. While all these signs must be taken inte having been LOST. Notice is hereby given and we must expect in the following weeks accounts, it should not be forgotten that that unless the said Certificate be produced a series of German attacks of the same wild animals like tigers and bears are at the Office of the Company, 5, Queen's Road We have it on the authority of The

Lied Artillery preparation, thanks es- especially dangerous when they have been Central, Victoria, Hongkong, on or before OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. Times that an officer in uniform may now

pecially to asphyxiating shells, my give wounded and are beginning to feel de- the Third day of February, 1916, a New smoke a pipe in l'icondilly. The cost of

following will represent the the Germans a local success on the first feated. It is then that their defence beCertificate for the said Shares will ha issued War has knocked a good many social conventions on the bead. It has killed Diocesan School 87th Company, R.G.Aline, but its infantry are not capable of cones Trust savage and that their dispe and the old Certificate will thereafter be held

This is what this hunter before dying of their own classy the convention that cigars are

to-day on the Club's Ground at 4 p.m.: exploiting to any extent an advantage rate attacks are most terrible. They kill by the Company as null and void. and pipes are plebeian Econoiny as com Rodney ee Shek P. Shang, H. Archie, gained by such means. manded by His Majesty's Government has B. Young, A. J. Kew, A Arculli, I happened on the 31st. The attack was wounds. It is the business of the hunter brought the briar of Bohemia to the Kwan bonchs of Belgravia.

!

The

B. Muskett, W. H. Viveash, directed on what the enemy probably cop to he more careful than ever and to make

sidered the weakest portion of our front, every effort of which he is capable, Noordin Rumjahs and Lee Hou Kam.

MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE,

Acting Secretary Hongkong, 3rd January, 1916

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SOLE AGENTS: MITSU BUSSAN KAISHA.

HONGKONG.

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