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KEW ADVERTISEMENTS

TO LIT.

OUR UNFURNISHED ROOMS and Servants Quarter at 17, THE PRAK.

Immediate possession,

Apply on the premises or write to-

"B.,"

·Caro of "Dally Prem" Ofoe. Hongkong, and March, 1916.

TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

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THE INSTITUTE will RE-OPEN OF MONDAY, redth of March. Students should attend at Quesa COLLEGE at 6 P.M.

en that date for Enrolment.

Copies of Prospectus and Entry Forms may be obtained on application to the Director of the Institute at the Education Department.

Hongkong, 2nd March, 1916.

NOTICE.

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"E HAVE This Day appointed Ma WILLIAM GOLDEN BERG to take sharge of our Showroom in the Hongkong Hotel Building and to generally represent us In Hongkong.

MUSTARD & COMPANY, General Importers and Commission Agents,

Bole Distributors, REMINGTON TYPEWRITER CO., Agents:-YALE AND TOWNE MFG. CO.,

Hongkong and China,

Hongkong, 1st March, 1916.

1387

THE ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF

CLUB.

INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 210, 1916.

PUBLIC COMPANIES

BLUE CROSS HONGKONG & KOWLOON WHARY

FUND.

& GODOWN CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. THE TWENTY-NINTH ORDINÁLY TANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE

HORSES IN WAR TIME. HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of

THE HONGKONG AMATEUR

·DRAMATIC CLUB

PRESENTE

THE ANGEL IN

THE HOUSE.”

A COMEDY IN 3 Aors,

By B. MACDONALD HASTINGS

AND

EDEN PHILLPOTTS,

AT 8.30 P.M.

Last Year's Great London Success.

ON SATURDAY, 4TH MARCH, 2 AND MONDAY, EN MARCH,

BOOKING New Opened at MOUTRIE'S PRTOES: $4, $3 AND $2.

BLUE CROSS FUND..

Hongkong, 15th February, 1916. [299

AN EARLY MORNING COMPETITION EIGHT PER CENT. MILITARY loan. commencing on-MONDAY, 6th March, and continuing for one month for a CUP kindly presented by the Hon. Mr. DAVID LANDALI, CONDITIONS:-

Nine Holes Medal May under Handicap. Half full Handicap to be deducted, fraction of à counting one

Any number of cards may be taken out, but no player shall stari later than 7.30 A.M.

Names to be entered in the Special Book in the Club House. Three ball games may be played.

T.-W. HILL. -Acting Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, 2nd March, 1916,

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CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO.,

LIMITED.

NOTICE..

SECOND DRAWING ON FEBRUARY 20TH NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

Second Drawing for Repayment of the Fight Fer. Cent. Military Loan Bonds will take place in Poking on February 20th, on will be drawn for repayment. When the which occasion $1,150,000, worth of Bonds drawing is over, the audibera of drawn bonds will be published in the Government Gazelle.

*MINISTRY OF FINANCE. Canton, 93rd February, 1916: [330

KWONG WO HING CO., LTD. -- (IN-LIQUIDATION). " Registered in Hongkong. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 4th January, 1918, the Supreme Court of Hongkong ordered that the volun- HE THIRTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY tary liquidation should be continued but ANNUAL MEETING of the BHARE.subject to the supervision of the Court, and HOLDERS of the above Company will be appointed CHARLES CLEMENT DUNMAN held at the Offices of the General Agents, to be Liquidator. Pedder's Street, on WEDNESDAY, the 29thi March, at 11.30 AM, for the purpose of receiving the Roport and Statement af for the year ending 31st December,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 14th to the 29th March, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,

General Agents."

· Hongkong, 3nd March, 1016.

· NOTICE OF REMOVAL.

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WOffices and Show-rooms from the First Floor to the Second Floor of 10, Den Youx Road Central,

(Above the Robinson Piano Company). NOW FỤNG & Co. Hongkong, ist March, 1916, [300

have This Day REMOVED Our

THE HONGKONG LAND, INVESE- MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD.

NOTICE,

HAVE This Day RESUMED CHARGE

of the Company.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

ASHELTON HOOPER,

Hongkong, lut March, 1916.

Secretary.

NOTICE.

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NHE Undersigned, having been Appointed AGENTS for the ESSEX & BUFFOLK EQUITABLE INSURANCE SOCIETY, LIMITED are prepared to issue Policies against Fire Risks at Carrent Bates on, approved Foreign and Chinese Properties.

For the NORTH CHINA INSURANCE

Co., LTD S. J. CHINCHEN,

Agebit Hongkong, 19th February, 1916.

NOTICE.

77E HAVE This Day, authorised' Mx - FRANK EWART JOSELAND to Sign the name of our Firm in Canton, OMADONNELLY & WAYTE. Hongkong, 25th February, 1916. 1398

NOTIOR

W

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ALL Perons having Claims against Ma

GUSTAV ENGEL, of Mesas. V. MEYERINK & Co., are requested to file game with the Liquidators before 14th March, 1018.

ALEX ROSS & Co., Liquidators. Hongkong, Utk February, 1916. [251

NOTICE

VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a

And NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on 2nd February, 1816, the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements ordered that the Company he wound up by the Court, and

CHARLES CLEMENT DUNMAN

of ingapore, Chartered Accountant, to be

Liquidator.

Creditors are requested to send in parti- culars of their Claims forthwith.

All persons indebted to the Company - ars requested to pay their Debts to the Under- Bigned,

U. C. DUNMAN,

The Liquidator. Care of Lows, Bingham & MattHEWS,

4, Raffles Place, Singaporo, 17th February, 1015.

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WANTED TUROPEAN SHOP, in good centre. Monthly rental $200 to 2500. Lease if becasty.

NEWLY Apply to

Care of "Daily Pross " Office. Hongkong, 25th February, 1916. 1321

FOR SALY.

ICHMOND HOUSE, No. 145, Barker R Bond 27,200 Square feet of Land, including Tennis Court.

Apply HASTINGS & HASTINGS,

Solicitors. Hongkong, 29th February, 1916.

FOR SALE.

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NE 10 BA.P. HORNSBY ACKROYD OIL ENGINE complete with and coupled direct to one 6 KW. Continuous Current Shust Wound Dynamo of 50/10 volts with shunt regulator,

for

Arso ONE SWITCHBOARD ACCUMULATORS, DYNAMO, &o,, complete. with Instruments for 100 Amps.

For further particulars apply tome

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong, 16th September, 1915. [84,

NOTICE.

A desiring to leave the Colony should apply NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatio or Indian In writing for permission to do so to the Captain SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, at least 48 hours before the intended hour of departure, giring name, nationality, age, sex, height and occupation of the applicant, and stating the of the › steamer or other vessel or the hour of the train by which the applicant wishes to

their passes at the CENTRAL POLICE STATION

name

INTIMATION

FULLER'S

Ments. JARDINE MATERSON & Co., LTD, TO-DAY (THURSDAY), the 2nd March, 1910, at 11.30 AM, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts for the year unding alst December, CONFECTIONERY.

1915

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 1st February to and Maroh, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors

W. &. BROWN, Secretary Hongkong, 14th February, 1916. [267

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP

LIMITED.

A FRESH STOCK OF

COMPANY

HARE CERTIFICATE No. 9905, dated 6th May, 1909, of Thirty Shares numbered 8115te 8138 inclusive and 18592/18608inclusive, standing in the Register in the name of Dr. JOSEPH WHITTLESEY NOBLE, having bean LOST, Notice is hereby given that unless Whe said certificate be produced at the Office of the Company, 20, Des Voeux Road, Centra), Hongkong, on or before the 10th day of March 1916, & Now Certificate for the said Shares will be issued and the old Certificate will thereafter be held by the Company as null and void.

DOUGLAS LAFBAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 9th February, 1918.. (254

THE HONGKONG STEAM LAUNCH TUG AND LIGHTER CO., LTDİ

LOST.

APPLICATION has been made to this A Company to issue Duplicate Certificate of 30 Shares in this Company in the name of YUEN CHEONG or other Certificate or Certificates in Ilea thereof upon Statement that the Original Certificate No. 39, Thirty. Shares numbered 7729/7758 dated 18th August 1910, has been LOST or DESTROYED and NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that if within 30 days from the date heroof no claim or representation in respect of auch Original Certificate is made to the Company, the Undersigned will then proceed to deal with such application for duplicate.

For the HosGKONG STEAM LAUNCH TUO AND LIGHTER CO., LTD., GORDON & Co.

General Managers. Hongkong, 10th February, 1918 950

UNION INSURANCE, SOCIETY OF CANTON," LTD.

NOTICE.

T

FULLER'S

STRIKE AT BONGKONG SHIPPING YARDS. WORK PRACTICALLY AT A STAND STILL.

hope of the Hohenzollerns, while the The manslaughter case concluded at the | KAISER, after the manner of Eswan III. - Criminal Sessions yesterday. The jury at the Battle of Crecy, kept a watchful found the first prisoner guilty of makin eye on the progress of events. The first | Flaugliter and the second prisoner (not phase of the battle was aerial and wont guilty. His lordship sentenced the first. in favour of the French, who brought down prisoner to 10 years' herd labour. seven seroplanes and Zeppelin, which

As the Palico Court, this morning, were securing communications. This was fore Mr. Hazeland, the Japanese manigor followed by a furious bombardment of of the Tong Sing Company was charged- the French position with heavy guns. In with exporting 300 piculs of antimony this the Germany received more for ore, said to have been intended for Japan, measure, with the result that the trewen without obtaining permit. A romand dous cannonade of the Allies in the was granted defendant boing allowed ball Champagne offensive is described as “a

in the sum of 810,000 discharge of squiba'' compared" with "the WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED artillery work at Verdus, Then came re peated infantry assaults of the most desperate character, in which whole units were wiped out by the French machine guns. Nevertheless, the Germans did not desist. They made eight successive attacks in one day near Haumont, each of which Owing to a disagreement between some was repulsed with enormous losses. Two of the Chinese employes and a foreman, and regiments were decimated by three bat the subsequent intervention of the men's teries of seventy-fives, which were sud-Guilds, the two ship-building yards in the CHOCOLATES denly unmasked. A Scottish member of Colony are practically idle, this at a time the French Foreign Legion, describing the when both are burdened with much new nature of the fighting, says:

Wo gra

work. A month or so ago some of the dually discerned little dark specks on the Chinese employes at the Taikou Yard dis- masses agreed with a foreman over a somewhat. horizon,

which developed inte of infantry: Our artillery bad the most trifling matter. The men, however, took exact range and wiped out the specks as

a serious view of the affair, and laid their. case before their Guilds. As a consequence, a sponge wipes out chalk figures on a blackboard." Rifle and mitrailleuse are the boilermakers and plate-layers a was reserved until the enemy were only both the Kowloon and Taikto yards ceased five hundred yards distant, and was then work, and, this has resulted in an amest complete atoppage. The strike hus been poured into their ranks with deadly offoot. Time after time the ofloors rallied their kept rather secret, but a Daily Press ro presentative learned yesterday that the men, who fought with desperate courage, Kowloon Yard has been practically idle but on each occasion the sitack crumpled for about a fortnight, and the Tsikoo Yard up. A full followed, and then the artillery opened fire, proo'uding a larger attack This time the enemy got nearer to tha French front. The ranks of the defenders wavered, and the every swept exultantly forward, only to be stopped dead at a & hundred yards by the French fire. Before the enemy could recover from the shock,

AND

FULLER'S

ASSORTED

SWEETS.

S. WATSON

CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

BIRTH. CARIY.-On February 23rd, 1916, at Foo chow, the wife of F. W. CARSY, Deputy Commissioner of Customs, of

[332 MARRIAGE.

# 300,

THE CERTIFICATE No. 3705 for Five Shares, $100 paid up, numbered 3348/50, standing in the Registar in the same ofUTTON-SMITH-On the lat inst., at St. EUSTACE ALBAN KENYON, having been declared LOST NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless the said Certificate is produced to the Society od or before the 18th May, 1816, A NEW CERTIFICATE for the sald Shares tril be issued and the old Certificate will thereafter be held by the Society as null and void.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

C. MONTAGUE EDE General Manager. Hongkong, 19th February, 1918 309

NEW CARTRIDGES.

popular

English Maanfacto

B Bores and Bisia.

John's Cathedral, by the Rev. G. M. Tichborne MARGARET MOGELOON SMITH, daughter of Mrs, Smith, widow of the late John Smith, of Elgin, N.B., to SYDNEY HARDY DUTTON, oond son of Mr. and Mrs. J. 5. Dution of West Didsbury, Manchester. [381

HONGKONG OFFICn: 10a, Das Vœux BOLD, 0. LONDON OPPICs 181, Frame Sanam, B.0.

The Daily Press.

HosazonG, 2ND MARCH, 1916

BATTLE OF VERDUN,

SMOKELESS POWDER and CHILLHD | THE grest German attack which has SHOT. From No 10 to 15S80, at 16, #7íana | been malatained for more than a wosk $7.50 per 100, SPORTING REQUISITES with a prodigal disregard of human life aid AIR GUNS in Varioty.

along a line of some twenty five miles to the north of Inspection invited

the fortress of Verdun, appears to have been inspired by a com- bination of military and political motiven.

WM. SCHMIDT & Co.

· Mazgwong, 4th February 1191);

CHILDREN OF FAR CATHAI.

A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL, NOTRE OF ABSORBING INTEREST,

Formerly of the Imperial Chinese Customs

By CHAS. J. HALCOMBE, AT

Bervice, Author of "The Mystis"

Flowery Land,” etc.

HE VOLUME, which consists of 491-||

in

has been held up for over a week.

The strike has nothing to do with wages, It simply concerns a disagreement between. a few men and a foreman, but the other niployes came out in sympathy at the order of their Guilds, and all offorts to effoot an agreement have up to the present,

As both the yards are full up with work, practically all of which is on contract, the officials are naturally becoming somewhat

NO

CHAUFFEUR. CHARGED WITH MAN SLAUGHTER.

MAN KNOCKED DOWN ON SHAUKIWAN ROAD,

At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese motorgar daiver, employed by Mr. Louritsen. of the Dragon Company, was charged with the manalaughter of a compatrist,

the bayonets were amongst them and commot with failure. pleted their rout. Meanwhile, however, German raisforcements were brought up moters and the attack was removed with such vigour that the Foreign Legion anxious. were forood back inch by inch "The CHINESE plaughter was indescribable,'' the Germans German pressing the attack regardless of life to such an extent "as to make the blood freeze." The natá, rosult of a wooki operations on this tremendous senle has been that the French centre has been press- back slightly at appalling cost; indeed, it is estimated that the German losses have been greater than in any battle that has previously been fought on the Western

Inspector Sim explained that on Shauki- front. The French line, however, has was Eoad an accident occurred in which successfully resisted all efforts to piores deceased was knocked down. The driver it, and is now based on a naturally strong appeared to have lost his hood, and by a position on hills a thoussud feet high, sup- spot of blood which was found, the de- ported by miles of solid field works, while cossed must have been within three foot the Germans are still ten miles from of the kerb. Apparently defondant, in sa Verdun, the main defences of which they endeavour to mcape knocking deceased are not likely to rengh without making down, had gone on the wrong side of the enormous sacrifices. The heights of the road, but had not been successful in Mouse, along which the Germans are try- ing to advance, are mated with ravines, which are enfiladed by the French trenches sud batteries. At many points, we are told, the dead form huge dama in-these ravines, and sometimes the dam breaks and the reddened flood carries down hundreds of corpses. The struggle is not yet over, but so far the German plans have met with disastrous failure,

It is believed that fear of an approaching A mail for Europe vid Biboris," "olosen grand offensive by the Allies on all fronts | to-day at 3 pm. underlies the desperate stroke, onunla i with a desire to impress the Germa

The Committee of the Territories Enter-

avoiding the collision. Two Europeang who' were in the car asked the driver to go blok and look at what had happened, and they boarded a tram-car and proceeded to had not gone to look at what he had done, Hongkong. It appeared that the defendant and the manager, when defendant Ter turned to the garage, was told that some- thing had somarred, and he rang up No.

Police Station. He (Inspector Bim went to 1 apos with defendant to see if the decent was there; but he had die appeared it transpired that, soon after defendant had proceeded to Hongkong with his car another or had come along and the driver, seeing decessed on the side of the road, in a sitting posture, got out of the car, and naked him what was the mat- ter. No sense could be got out of him, however, and he was taken to Bollo View Police Station. Decessed was subsequently Jowing morning.

public, who are now about to be called ment Fund acknowledge with thanka • taken to Hospital, where he died the fol

apon to subscribe to a fourth war loan, The most elaborate preparations extend ing ever ted months, had been made ensure suocois hut the Alfion were. evidently aware of them. It is estimated kanour of nominally directing the opera that the CROWN PRINCE to whom the

tions was granted in the hope, doubtless, that he would be enabled to retrieve his former failures-had concentrated a fores of half-a-million mòn to achieve the task

VACANCY exists in the Canton leave. Applicant should apply in person for Pages, and includes & Sketch Plan which has baffled him over since the bo

Pilotage Service, which will be filled by com- petitive examination in accordance with the

donation of $25 from “A Warrior."

Mr. William Brown said that he and a friend hired the car and after they had Those who have provisionally booked proceeded someway, defendant blow his saate for the forthcoming presentation of korn, although witness did not see anyone “The Angel in the House" are reminded in the road in front of the car. The horn that the seats will be sold unless they are the last time he saw the deceased in about www blown, two or three times, and about taken up two days before the performances. the centre of the road. The deceased wea. walking in the direction of Hongkong, When they were close to him, the man made a swerve to the right, and the car raÐ. into him. Defendant must have known that

A Gazette notification states that H.E. the Governoy has given his sent, in the

and on behalf of His Majesty these had knocked the man down.

Defendant said he wanted to stop, but King, to "An Ordinance to prevent the Mr. Brown told him to go on, use of false passports, and to confer on the Witness admitted that he told defendant. to go on, and his Worship (Mr. Hazeland) Evidence was also given by Mr. George Grott, a draughtsman, and others, and the case was relnanded “

General Regulations of the Chinese Pilotage / between the hears of 0 to 1 and 1 of historical interest showing the dispost- Į ginning of the war, All. the 42-centimetre Governor-in-Council power to order the said he ought not to have done so,

9 PM to 4 PM, dally, depe

Haugkong, 10th July, 1915.

NAUZA ON SALE.

tion of the Forces at the battle of Kwok howitzers and all the available, Austrian lin, is Sir Robert Habt, To dedicated to BIT BORT HART 30-centimetre guns and heavy artillery

-The Examination will be held at the Harbour Master's Office, Chines Maritime Customs, Canton, on March 10th, 1918.; 1

which were used in the layssion of Serbia Those wishing to it for Examination

Its description of Chinese Socis! shouldforward their names and addresses to

Customs and Superstitions combined were brought up together with the the Harbour: Master's Office not later than MEETINGS

FONGKONG HANSARD REPORTS with the insight it gives into political Kazer's best troops, of which sorentoen March 8th, 1916.

of the conditions in China, makes

CHILDREN LEGISLATIVE ARNOLD HOTSON,

ibe OF FAR CATHAY an excellent volume for divisions have already been identified. To COUNOLL Acting Harbour Master.

presentation to friends at Home

guard against a repetition of the CROWN PRINCE's previous blunders, the veteran General HAESELE, who as ex-commandant of the adjacent fortress of Mete was well

Harbour Master's Office

Chinese Maritime Customs. Canton, 28th February, 1916 Approved:

(Signed) H. F.. MERRILL.........

Combisajonor of Customi

Fondos 1915;"

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It has beer decided that enemy firms in the Straits Settlements are to be completely liquidated. Instructions to this effect are being issued to the official liquidators who are now carrying out the partial liquids tion which has been in fores for some time past. The lands, buildings, trade marks. goodwill and other permanent assets of the

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