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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

TO LET.

splendid not of OFFICE ROOMS on the First Floor of No. 10, Des Toons Hond Central (above the Robinson Piano Co.), Domprising Three Large and Two Small Rooms with Outhousen and Servants' Quarters. The Premises are being thoroughly repaired and renovated. Centrally located in the vicinity of the Banks and Shipping Offfoam. Rant

Apply to-

moderate,

MOW FUNG & Co., 10, Des Voeux Road Central. Hongkong, 18th February, 1916. [30%

TO LET-FURNISHED. For two months from the end of March.

FIVE-ROOMED BUNGALOW, at the

TRA5 Apply to

W. L. PATTENDEN,

Care of GILMAR & Co.,

6. Des Your Road,

Hongkong, 18th February, 1916.

ST. STEPHEN'S COLLECE

THE

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THE COLLEGE will RE-OPEN

MONDAY, the 21st February. There will be an Entrance Examination at A.K. on that day. Hoogkong, 18th February, 1976. [303

PORCELAIN.

Undersigned has for Sale various T VALUABLE and ANCIENT

PORCELAINWARES at No. a, Possession Stress, First Floor, and may be seen any day between the hours of 7 A.M. and 6 P.M. All those who are interested in such articles are cordially invited to pay a visit of inspection.

WING TUNG CHEUNG. 129> Hongkong, 17th February, 1910

NOTICE.

TUE Undersigned RANKS bus to notify their constituents, and the public gonemily, thas on and after fat March no Compradores Orders, other than Cash Orders issued by Banks, will be accepted in payment of Collections or amounts due to the Banks: Compradores Orders will not be received for

credit of Constituents' Current Accounla. (Signed) THE CHARTERED BANK

or

INDIA, AUSTRAGIÀ AND CHINA, THE HONGKONG and Shanghai

BANKING CORPORATION,

THE MERCANTILE BANK

INDIA. LIMITED,

OF

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIB BANK,

LIMITED

THE BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINH, THE RUSSO-ASIATIC BANK, THE INTERNATIONAL BAKKİNG

CORPORATION,

THE NETHERLANDS

SOCIETY,

TRADING

THE NETHERLANDS INDIA COM-

MERCIAL BANK,

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD., THE BANK Of Canton, LTD. Hongkong, 17th February, 1918, [288 HONGKONG SANITARY BOARD ELECTION.

ADDRESS TO THE ELECTORS.

Gentlemen,

INTIMATIONS

THA BONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, FEBRUART-18TH, 1918.

PUBLIC COMPANIES

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. THE KOWLOON LAND & BUILDING

MONDAY,

RACE MEETING, 1016.

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND SATURDAY' (OFF-DAY), FEBRUARY-218T, 22N1), 23RD AND 26TH.

TICKETS of ADMISSION to the GRAND STAND and ENCLOSURE, may be obtained from Messis. Kelly & Walsh, LTD. or at the Gate. Price $7 for the Meeting (excluding the Of-Day), or 83 per day Tickets for the Off-Day, 82.

No one admitted without a Ticket, to be shown to the Ticket Inspector at the Gate.

T. F. HOUGH,

Clerk of the Course. [201 Hongkong, 16th February, 1916.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB

Tthe presence of the LADIES at the

THE STEWARDS request the pleasure of

GRAND STAND and the ENCLOSURE during the Races.

A Stand and Enclosure will be reserved for Members and Members' Wives and Families, Tickets for which are being sent out with the Members Tickets.

All Tickets must be producal to gain admission,

Special accommodation will be reserved as in recent years for Chinese Ladies and heir Female attendants in the Stand erected on the plot of ground next to the Lusitano Club

Stand.

T. F. HOUGH,

Clerk of the Coarse. Hongkong, 16th February, 1916.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

(29%

PASSES for Sorvants will be issued on Application to the Undersigned on SATURDAY, the 18th instant.

N°

INTIMATION

MEETING.

Mr. G. Ireland, Gomes Villas, Kowloon, haa reported to the Police that some persoa broke the glass pagel of his 'front door and stole from the hall taren folɛ bata, a wake-

point. It is, of course, possible to argue that the war should not be allowed to inter fere with out pleasures at all. That would, at least, be a logical attitude to take up, but wo doubt very much whether it would proof cost, and a pair of shoes, valued as find general soceptance. It seems to be 943.

COMPANY LIMITED.

TOMICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Le TWENTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at the Company's HONGKONG RACE admitted that a sense of decorum demands. At the Magistracy yesterday, Offices, Victoria Buildings, TO-DAY (FRIDAY), 18th February, 1916, at Noor, for:

that some limitations be imposed upon our Chinese woman was fined $75, with the the purpose of receiving the Report of the

festivities in these days of strife ad alternative of one month's imprisonment, Directors together with Statement of Accounte

suffering, but the difficulty arises when for being in possession of nine taels of for the year ending 31st December, 1915.

it is sought to draw the line.

opium. The drug was concealed in the our guidance the example set in Great singlet of the baby which the wornan was Britain of drastically curtailing racing carrying on her back in the approval fixtures, is cited,, and it is pointed manner. out that, while the wronption, which re- main may be justified in the interests of

The REGISTER of SHARES on the Com-. pany will be CLOSED from FRIDAY, the 11th, to FRIDAY, the 18th February, 1916 (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

-- MOWBRAY 5. NORTHCOTE,

Acting Secretary to the HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY

Co., LIMITED, General Agenta for the KOWLOON LAND & BUILDING CO., LTD. Hongkong, 8th February, 1918.

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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

N

MESSRS. A. S. WATSON

& CO.

invite owners of Race Stands and others to visit their extensive Wine Vaults and inspect

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of magicent assortment of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, WINES, SPIRITS & LIQUOKS. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), the 19th day of February, 1018, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the leport at the Court of Directors The variety and number of brands

Statement of Accounts for together with

therein stockea enable them to

For

horse-breeding, no such excuse can be offer. ed in Hongkong. To this the answer is returned that the decision arrived at in Great Britain was dictated not by choice but by necessity. The army of men the required to waintain the full racing calendar has now more serious work to do. whereas in this Colony the holding of the one roco-meeting of the year does not pre- vent anyone from discharging his duty to his King and Country or prejudice id any way the Empire's prosecntion of the war. That the money "invested" in Sweepstakes better employed in this time of stress can- and in the pari-mutuel might be much

not be denied, but this is a counsel of ffection. After all, there can be no doubt that the bulk of the nichey belongs to Chinese, many of whom are not even resident in the Colony, and it will be recalled that as a result of the meeting last year

the year ending the 31st December, 1915.

The REGISTER, of SHARES of the Corporation will be CLOSED from MON- suit the taste of the most fastidious, DAY, the 7th February, to SATURDAY, the 10th February, 1970 (both days inclusivo), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Court of Directors, N. J. STABB

Chief Mannger. Hongkong, 31st January, 1918. [229

No Servants will be allowed inside the ENCLOSURE of the Race Course during the Race Day WITHOUT TICKETS, which can be had on application to the Undervigued. THE CHINA FROVIDENT LOAN these Tickets are only available for Servants &- MORTGAGE COMPANY, LID. while in attendance on their employers or when on duty at the various Stands,

Any Chinese found loitering about with Servants' passes in their possession will forfeit them, and the holders thereof will be removed from the Enclosure

T. F. HOUGH,

Clark of the Conres. Hongkong, 18th February, 1916.. [293

RACE HOLIDAYS.

THE EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the Transaction of EXCHANGE BUSINESS on MONDAY TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, the 21st 22nd and 23rd înstant, at 11.45 AM.

Hongkong, 16th January, 1916.

NOTICE.

WISEMAN, LTD.

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IN ORDER to meet the wishes of our

I customers who will be attending the

RACE MEETING, we are serving bot and the Café from 11 A.M. on cold Tittins MONDAY, TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY. SPECIAL MENU 81.00 per head or à la Carte. Hongkong, 17th February, 1918. [297

NOTICE.

LL Persons ME.

as well as appeal to those to whom

price is a consideration.

For Race Orders full credit will NINETEENTH THE

ORDINARY be given for unopened bottles which ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS in the Company will be held

at the Uffices of the Company, St. George's customers may wish to returk. Building, No. 6, Connaught Road, on FRI- DAY, the 26th February, 1916, at 11.30 AM

for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the General

In conformity with His Holiness the Pope's desire, His Lordship Bishop Pozzoni has issued an exhortation to his fluck to add to the Litany of Loreto th invocation Regina Pacis ora pro nobis” (Queen of Peace pray for ua) after the invocation" Regina Sacratissimi Rosarii orn pro nobis" (Queen of Most Hol Rosary pray for us),

TO-DAY'S SANITARY BOARD ELECTION,

The Sanitary Board Election taken place to-day at the City Hall, where the The election has been occasioned by the ballot-box will be open from 4 to 6 p.m.

coming into the field of two candidatos for the vacancy caused by the resignation. of Dr. Fitzwilliams, who has left for Home en route for the front, these gentlemos being Dr. H. G. Earle and Dr. F. M. Ozorio.

Both the candidates possess qualifica donation of some ten thousand dollars was made to the Prince of Wales' fund tions which specially fit then for perform. by the Jockey Club. If the races had not ing most useful work on the Banitary been held it is to be feared that the bulk Board. Dr. Earle more so than Dr. Ozoris, of this som would have remained in the but whereas Dr. Earle is only a recent pockets from which it was originally arrival in the Colony, Dr. Ozorio was born drawn without any countervailing advan- in Hongkong, is very well-known among tage. That, of course, is the severelly his own community, and is assured of From plenty of support. Dr. Earle is also sure to do well supported by the local pre- fessional gentlemen, and the indications are that the contest will be a close one,

Managers for the year ending 31st December, A. S. WATSON practical aspect of the matter

1915, and electing » Consulting Committed And Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 21st February, 1016, until FRIDAY, the 25th February, 1916, both days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers. Hongkong, 10th February, 1916.

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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

& CO., LTD.,

a purely sentimental point of view a great deal would be said on the other side, but at this moment no good purpees would ha served by saying it, for the arrangements aré too far advanced for any okange to be WINĘ & SPIRIT MERCHANTS, | made now, and we hope that by this time next year our present anxieties will have given place to rejoicing over the triumph of our arma

ESTABLISHED 75 YEARS.

$18

HARE CERTIFICATE No. 2955, dated 6th May, 1909, of Thirty Shares numbered 8116to 8120inclusive and 18592/18598 inclusive, standing in the Register in the name of Dr. JOSEPH WHITTLESEY NOBLE, haying been LOST, Notice is hereby given that unles the said certificato be produced at the Office Hererone Onion: 101, Das Vœux Road, C. of the Company, 20, Des Voeux Road, Central, LONDON Opwice: 181, Frant Staker, E.C. Hongkong, on or before the 10th day of March, 1916, a New Certificate for the said Shares will be issued and the old Certificate will

and void.

I have been requested by a large number of my friends to offer myself Candidate & the forthcoming Santary Board A GUSTAV having Claims against W. thereafter be held by the Company as will

Election,

I was born and educated in Hongkong, Am A Bachelor in Surgery and Bachelor of Medicine of the University of Hongkong and. have practiced medicine in this Colony since -1912. During that time my work has taken me mainly among the middle and poorer classes, and I have thus had

peculiar oppor tunities of realising the hygienic needs of those who live on the lower levels and in Kowloon, and of seeing wherein lies the need for sanitary reforms in the Colony as a whole. I have made--and am making-a close study of Hygiene, and not merely from a theoretical point of view, and I vestare to

MAYBRINK & Co., are requested to file same with the Liquidators before 16th March, 1918.

ALEX ROSS & Co., Liquidatore. Hongkong, 9th February, 1916. (201

NOTICE.

ROM and after this date the Vessels COMPANY'S ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE will be operated under the title of the CANADIAN PACIFICOCEAN SERVICES, LTD., as Managers and Agents for the

of the CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers.

[254 Hongkong, 9th Fobrasry, 1918.

The Daily Press.

HONGONG 18TH FEBRUARY. 1916

THE HONGKONG STEAM LAUNCH THE RACES AND THE WAR.

TUG AND LIGHTER CO., LTD.

LOST.

THE propriety of carrying on racing "as usual in the Colony during the war has APPLICATION has been made this been eagerly discussed in our correspon

Company to issue Duplicate Certificate of 20 Shares in this Company in the name of dence, cohamna during the past few days.

Certificates in lieu thereof upon Statement

claim that my ideas and methods on all / CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY OCEAN STRAM YUEN-CHEONG or other Certificate or It is to be regretted that some degree of

sanitation questions are practical and up to date. My

My work as Medical Officer to many large charitable institutions, amongst which are the Blind Home at Kowloon and the St. Lewis Industrial School (West Point),

SKIPS.

D. W. CRADDOCK,

General Traffic Agent. Hongkong, 14th Fohruary, 1916.

provides me with an ever-increasing stock of CANADIAN PACIFIC OCEAN SERVICES, 30 days from the date hereof no claim or

valuable experience;

Should you see fit to cleet. me to the vacancy created by the departure of Dr. Fitzwilliams, I readily pledge myself to follow the excellent lines laid down by that gentleman-especially in regard to the water carriage system and other important matters, I am an advocate of efficiency combined with strict cconomy, and, if elected, I under- take to keep always in mind the general all- round wolfare of the ratepayers and other inhabitants of Hongkong.

I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen,

Your obedient servant, F. M. GRAÇA OZORIO, M.B., B.S. Hongkong, 18th February, 1918

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SANITARY BOARD ELECTION.

TO THE ELECTORS.

Gentlemen,

T the request of several prominent.

residents of the Colony, I have

decided to offer myself as a candidate at the forthcoming election to the Sanitary. Board. I therefore venture to place before you my qualifications as follows:-

(1)-Fellow-late Lecturer and Member-

of the Executive Council Incor-

porated Institute of Hygiene, London, (9)--Late-Lecturer 19 Biolegy. Demon

strator in Physiology, and Member of School Council, Middlesex He pital, London, (3).-Professor of Physiology and Biology,

University of Hongkong. Should I be successful in obtaining your confidence and be elected. It will always. be my endeavour to support the adoption of those sanitary measures which modern science shows are so necessary for the pre- sertation of health and the prevention of disease.

...

Yours faithfully.

HG EARLE. M.A., M.B.,

(Cantab.)

Hosekong University.

February 10th, 1916.

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LIMITED

-PACIFIC SERVICE.

I HAVE This Day handed over the Hong-

kong Agency MR. J. H. WALLACE, who will assume charge, as General Agent, during my absencs on leave.

-D. V. CRADDOCK,

General Traffic Agent. Hongkong, 14th February, 1916.

WANTED.

A FIRST CLASS

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ARCHITECTRAL ASSISTANT for a Private Firm. Applications will be treated as confidential. State experience, qualification, eta, to—

Box No. 11, Care of "Daily PressTM Office. Hongkong, 11th February, 1916, [265*

WANTED ON THE PEAK. NURSE or NURSERY GOVERNESS

for one little Girl.

"P. L. B.," Apply

Care of "Daily Press " Office. Hongkong, 16th February, 1916.

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VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB.

BOXING

A mail for Europe vid Siberia closes to-day at 5 p.m.

The Honorary Treasurer of the Diocesa Girls School acknowledges with many thanks the receipt of $225.16, the proceeds of the Concert given recently by the pupils of that School.

The usual arrangements have been mande for the casting of votes.. One of the large wom rooms at the, City Hall will be utilised. Mr. H. A. Nisbet will be the Presiding Officer. The result should be known within half an hour of the closing of the ballot boxes.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DALLY PRESS."]

SII fail to understand why the four nominators of the other candidate should state that Dr. Ozoriu claims that he would represent the Portuguese section of the Community if he should be elected to the vacant soat on the Sanitary Board. From & careful; perusal of their letter.' is e During the bearing of an action at the

appears to me that Mr. Pollock au bis Supreme Court yesterday Mr. F. Cco-nominaters desire to

convey to the Jenkin, referring to a certain document-minds of the unbiased public that Dr. ary exhibit, remarked "It is the off-Ozorio would look after the interests of spring of desperation and greed, my the Portuguese Community only, and nat lord." The Chief Justice caused much of the other inhabitants of the Colony at laughter by the retort:-" A strange off- all. spring, is it rot, Mr. Jenkin ?"

The insinuation, also, that the man with higher scientific qualifications would act

Rai Barat Chandra Das Bahadur, in a more impartial manner is uncalle that the Original Certificate No. 30, Thirty best has been engendered by the controversy, C.E.E., the distinguished Tibetan explorer for and absurd, because Dr. Ozorio in bis. Shares numbered 7729/7758 dated 16th August, for the question is essentially one to which and Budhistic scholar, who was lately in address to the electors clearly stated that, 1910, has been LOST or DESTROYED, and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that if within de gustibus non eat disputandum applies. Japan, has arrived homo in his nativa city if elected, he would always keep in mind. He spoke very apprecia- the general welfare of the ratepayers Nobody seriously believes that those who of Chitagovg. representation in respect of such Original Certificate is made to the Company, the are concerned in the promotion of the tively of the reception he had had in, and other inhabitants of Hongkong.” Undersigned will then proceed to deal with annual race meeting are a callous set of Japan. and especially of the courtesy of Does Mr. Pollock construe this as mean such application for duplicate.

For the HONGKONG STEAM LAUNCH TUG pleasure-seekers and "pot-hunters," com Count Okums, the Premier, and the Bri-ing the wolfare of the Portuguese Cop-

AND LIGHTER Co., LTD.,

parable only to NERO, who fiddled while tish Ambassador. On his way back to munity only? If this is his interpreta GORDON & Co.

Rome was burning; or, on the other hand, India, he was invited by Sir Charles, Eliot. tion, then I am.-Yours faithfully, General Managers. -Hongkong, 10th February, 1910.

that those who suggest that we should the Chancellor of the Hongkong Univer-

ELECTOR the University. moderate our transports while the flowersity, to lecture at.

FUND.

-1252.

HORSES IN WARTIME

THE HONGKONG AMATEUR DRAMATIC CLUB.

PRESENTS

traditions,

03

In

Hongkong, 17th February, 1916.

BLUE CROSS of our manhood is falling in its thousands but as the steamer did not stay long

before the scythe of the Gleaner in the great he could not socept the invitation.

PRIVATE DWELLING · ÖR Armageddon are a set of gloomy sentimen paaking of the social life of the Japanese,

GAMBLING HOUSE? Lalists fit only for the hermit's cell, Even as his had seen it during his brief visit, though we may not fully share their views, Mr. Das remarked on the great extent to

Before Mt. F. A. Hazeland yesterday regard it as a healthy, sign that thero which, in spite of all new ideas, they had are in the community individuals with maintained their old habits, customs and two men were charged with keeping a common gaming house, at 119, Hollywood sufficient independence of character to form their own judgments in regard to such The death is announced of Commander Road, and 3 others were charged with

visiting the house for gambling purposes. matters se thst under discussion, and to Herbert Cartwright Sayce, RN., who ex-

Po Stimson and eight lukongs visited: ofer the conclusions at which they have pired of heart failure at St. James's

the premises on Wednesday evening, and. S. W., aged 65 years. He THE ANGEL IN arrived, together with the reasons which Court,

on entering the room found that a "sing- support them, to the consideration of the served as a midshipman of the Leopard st

" was in progress, and the men were batteries in the song the THE HOUSE,” general public, the majority of whom are the attack

apt to assume that "whatever ie is right." Straits of Shimonoseki, in September, all round our table playing non-pai, The The fleet which attacked the music at once stopped and about ten men By this means we are led to take our 1864.

Shimonoseki forte, as the result of got clear before, the police could properly bearings occasionally, and to discover errors in our course. Some food for reflection is foreign vessels passing through the surround the room, A difficulty pressated furnished, for example, by "Puzzled Straits being fired on by the troops itself in getting the men to the station, sel EDEN PHILLPOTTS, when he points out the apparent inconsist of the Prince of Choshu, consisted of three eventually, they had to be tied together with

Last Year's Great London Success.

ency of abandoning St. Andrew's Day ball French warships, four Dutch, one Amori-string.

Mr. J. H. Gardiner defended the alleged —to mention only one of several rennions cap. and nine British. The action," which

asted 24 hours, was completely successful, keepers, and said that it was nog a gaming ON SATURDAY, 4TH MARCH,

which have been suspended in consequendo AT 9.30 P.M. AND MONDAY, 8mm March, 3

The amount of indemnity ultimately house at all, but a private dwelling, and of the war and yet continuing the race I decided upon was 83,000,000-about six the principal tenant was giving a sort of BOOKING at MOUTRIE'S from FRIDAY, meeting. If it is proper to cancel the one February 25th, at 9 AM,

million yen at present values-payment of party. All these men had been invited and there were a band and singing girls it cannot be right to continue the other, and which the Shogunate undertook, saying present, vire era. It is like straining at a gast that it would be collected from Choshu. He called evidence to prove this.

His worship said he was satisfied that. and swallowing a camel. No amount of The endeavour to enforce payment on

the place was not kept as a gaming house special pleading about the dearth of amuse Choshu wag one of the causes of the col-and he ordered all the defendants to be ments in the Colony will dispose of that lapsz of the Shogunate.

UBJECT to suficient entries beingBY

received an AMATEUR BOXING COMPETITION open to Hongkong will be held in the Gymnasium of the V.R.C. on SATURDAY. February 28th.

CONDITIONS: (a) 3 two wmute rounds and if undecided

an extra round of one minute (b) In 3 weights: 118 lbs, 139 lbs, and 146

(c) Competitors weigh in at V.R.C. on

night of February 24th

Entries stating weight to be addressed to 1. DEAXIN, Esq, care of VRC before February 20th. No Entrance Fee.

No Competition if less than 18 entries. The Committee reserve the right to refuse wtries.

Hongkong, 22nd January, 1916. 195.

A COMEDY IN 3 ACTS.

HASTINGS B. MACDONALD

AND

PRICES: $1, $3 AND $2.

BLUE CROSS FUND.

Hongkong, 15th February, 1916. (289

discharged.