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COMPANY

MEETINGS.

PEAK TRAMWAYS CO., LTD.

The ordinary annual general meeting of sharehulders in the above was held at the Hongkong Hotel yesterday. Mr. H. Humphrey sent

(Chairman) presided, and those ulgo present were:-The Hon. Si Paul Chater, C. M.G., Dr. J. W. Noble, Mr. J. Scott Harston,, and Mr. C. S Gablay (Directors), and Messrs. A. E. Griffen, D. E. Clark, C. B. Buyers, and J. M. Wong, with, the Secretary, Mr. G.

Rapp.

The Secretary read the notice conven ing the meeting, after which

The CHAIRMAN said: -Gentlemen, The report and statement of accounts and. auditors' report having her in your hands for the past week, I will, with your permission, take them as read. The traffic receipts show increase of $728.00, and the net profits a decrease of

FORMOSA LETTER.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

TAIBOKU, May 15th FORMOSA TEA.

The ten market was opened here on the 12th inst. This was about three weeks later than last year, owing to exceptionally cool weather and lack of rain during the tail end of winter, also, incidentally, to the Exhibition. Prices are from 3 to Si per picul higher than this time last year in consequence of the increased cost of packing materials such as wood lead and paper, Freight rates, too, are abnor mally high. Consumers of Formosa

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH, 1916.

SINGAPORE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE EMPIRE'S AIR FLEET

A SPLENDID EXAMPLE

The Straits Times of May 13th, a a leading article, says, inter alia -

We began the week modestly hoping that we would be able to complete two Fighter aeroplanes, each of which was thon rather more than half-subscribed:

We close the week with five fighters

GERMANS YEARNING FOR PEACE,

THE WORD ON EVERY TONGUE

HUNGER RIOTINI IN THE CITIES.

BY A RUSSIAN JOURNALIST. I.

One cannot remain long in Berlin or other German vily without realising

any

assured, the cash for tour of them being already in the bank. The result is in the former confidence, the unshake tensely gratifying. We desire to thank | able belief in the cictorious end of the Mr. Tan Tiak Kim, CM.G. for his splen: war for Germany, has vanished; it still at his own coat, and we desire lap bpatriots, but otherwise there is a general did liberality in providing a fighter""

perhaps, with the beer" thank Messrs. Sime Darby & Co. O sense of fear for the future, so confidence warmly indeed for the fine example they haye set to other British firms in Malaya.

in the present, and mistrust of the official break of war there was one word which dominated German life, and that was " Krieg ” (War), Beginning with bread

and onding with Art, Science, Litera the well-known Krieg Brot - Bread) ure, and Philosophy, everything was preceded by the word

Oolong will, therefore, have to pay more They too present a fighter" at their ASSULTAREER and promises. At the out-

this year for their favourite beverage.

The distance between Formost an Hongkong being so trifling, it is strange that such an excellent heverage as Far mosa Oolong is so little known in Hong- kong-

America takes the bulk of the annual production. In 1915, 17,500,000 lbs. went to the U.B.A., while England took 1,300,000 lbs. and Australia, 400, 600 Irs,

Pouchong ten, Formosa leaf scented with flowers, is much affected in the Netherlands-India, Malay States, and Straits Bettlements,

where most, maar

if

not all, of it finds ket. This trade is exclusively in the hands of Chinese packers, whereas three British, three American and twɔ Japanese firms here handle the "Oolong" business,

$1,800.06. The new station at May Road "yielded hitherto untapped

revent amonuling to $1,981.80, and has thus more than paid for itself the first year. The increased charges for season and punch tickets accounted for $7,500.00 extra rejenne. But for these factors the traffic receipts would have shown a falling off of no less than $9,735,71, a sum equal:

85,735.71% to nearly three per cent. of the Com- pany's capital The considerable reduc- tion of dividend which would have been involved has therefore been happily ob vialed, and your directors are cunbled to recommend the payment of the same divi I believe that if more co-operatio dead as last year, viz, 7 per cent, not- existed among the tea-buyers here it withstanding increased expenditure would produce an appreciable effect under the headings of coal and stores. upon the market prices. In that happy and maintenance and repairs, aniounting event, some influence could also be exert altogether to $2.580.63. I now proposed in the quality of production. that the report and statement of accounts ́ ́be passed. When my proposal has been seconded, I shall be pleased to answer any questions shareholders may have to - ask before putting the proposal to the

meeting.

- Mr. GRIFFEN seconded, and there being questions the proposal was put to the meeting and unanimously carried.

On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, second -ed by Mr-Wong, the Hon. Sir Paul Chater, C.MG, the Hon. Mr. D. Landule, Dr. J. W. Noble, and Mr. C. S. Gubbay were unanimously re-elected directors.

Mr. CLARKE proposed, and Mr. BUYERS seconded, the re-appointment of Meners, C. Bernard Brown and A. R. Lowe as auditors at a teneration of $100 each

This was all the business, and the CHAIRMAN announced that dividend war rants were now ready and could be had on application at the Company's office

"HONGKONG" TRAMWAY CO., LTD.

The approximate statement of trafic

FORMOSA'S FIRST GOVERNOR-GENERA.. Baron Kobayama, the first Governor General of Formosa, has paid a visit to this island after an absence of close upen twenty years. The members of the civil administrative body, the military, and the principal residents of Taiheku mot His Excellency at dinner last Tuesday

at the Railway Hotel, where between 200 and 700 covers were laid Mr. Shimomara, the Civil Governor, in felicitous terms, welcomed the Baron back to these shores H.E., in reply, spoke for over an hour, recounting his carly experiences in the island, and, judging by the enthusiasm. with which he spoke, seemed to live over again those scenes in which he took a active part. His Excellency-praise the work done by his successors in the colonization of Formosa, the success of which has placed Japan amongst the world's great colonising Powers.

THE EXHIBITION, The Industria) Exhibition of Formosa closes to-day. It will long live in the hi

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one, and it is; but what we have obtaiur short by the letter or for

naturally came the word Sieg (Vic tory), which was made great use of by the R poets, because it rhymes 30 well with Krieg Lately a third word las come to the front, and with compel ling insistence secks to secure a command- ing position.

own cost, and there are others who might do the same secing bow vitally import business point of view, that British arme ant it is to them, even from a purely should be successful.

We call the response to our appeal a splendid is relatively a trifle in comparison with what taxation means to millions of our fellow subjects who happen to be nearer the scene of action, The Government here, for good and suficient reason, bas been slow to exercise its powers of taxa tion. But those of us who do fully realise what the war means in a financial ⠀⠀⠀ This new word is-Peace (Friede:"). senso ought not to require the pressure From the first days of my sojourn in Ger- of law to make us desire to help our many this word caught my eye, and was King in the struggle his army and navy on the lips of all classes of people with are engaged in with a brutal, nuscra- whom I discussed current events. One pulous for who ruthlessly plunder the bad only to walk a few steps along Fried- people wherever he sets his foot richstrasse and stop at the first station- We have pointed out that in Britain, er's shop to come across this popular where taxation is enormous, the general word. In Berlin and Dresden there was level of contributions to various relies at a hirthday card which did not have funds is at least as high as it has been the wish for a speedy peace coupled with here. Men and women in every rank othe customary greetings A whole series society are giving up their pleasures an of new amphlets, books and special nam- Juxuries in order to render public ser-bers of various journals are devoted to vic There are rich men who have the subject of peace, and on the stage literally impoverished themselves in and in various cabarets and varicly order that every penny of their wealththeatres it becomes more and more the theme of the songs. These, of course, are should be placed at the public service. more or less "'censored,'*** permitted by There are thousands of delicately ve Government, and express in the abstract tured women working like very slaves the desire for their country and its cause. There ia scarcely a man of the social rank which most Europeans out bore cluziu to repro sent who is not giving himself, if of fight ing age, voluntarily to the national cause. We have paid no war taxes, we have done no actual war work. Our earnings are not less, our costs of living are not conspicuously higher. It would

cover wherein we have made sacri require a microscopical examination to fers, and yet there be not a few who vaunt themselves as if the crushing of

BRILLIANT YOUNG

AIRMAN.

નોં

HIS 14 VICTORIES AND HOW HE WINS.

pence,

I had, however, the occasion: to hear the wish for the speedy termination of the war expressed more directly in casual conversation with representatives f | various classes of people, and the lower the rank of the people to whom I spoke the more pronounced was the longing. for pence.

IDEAL FOOD ORGANISATION, BUT— stufa for the population is ideal, and The organisation of providing food- absolutely precludes the possibility of

INTIMATIONS

LANE

ORAWFORD &00.

SUMMER

FURNISHING

FABRICS.

JUST TO HAND

CASEMENT CLOTHS

WITH COLOURED BORDERS.

INEXPENSIVE. DAINTY EFFECTIVE.

PLAIN

CASEMENT

CLOTHS

IN A VARIETY OF SHADES.

FULL RANGE OF BORDERS TO MATCH.

CRETONNES LINENS AND TAFETAS.

ALL ABOVE MATERIALS ARE

SUN FAST AND TUB FAST.

PATTERNS ON APPLICATION.

LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.

speculation and of cornering," which HONGKONG, CANTON, MACAO

WEST RIVER STEAMERS.

HONGKONG-CANTON LINE.

Single Fire by Night Steamer Return

ilable also for returs by day steamBY).

Bingle Fare by Day Blesmer

the Hun conspiracy were something ing unfortunately the case in Russia; in which they have been conspicuously spite of this, however, and in spite of activo. Some fell deserve no more than all the measures to secure for the popula the mailed fist of the Hun gripping at tion-rich and poor thke the passibility their throats, while they are ordered to of obtaining in minimum quantities JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO disgorge their wealth, and that mailed bread, meat, butter, lard, margarine,

STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.. AND CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD, hat would be upon them if all were of milk etc., the prices of these articles have. the same unworthy type,

now become prohibitive to large masses of the people Whereas in the case of the icher asses the meatless and fetiess days

ays are compulsory and are calculated FRENCH to reduce, the consumption of meat and fatty substances, in the case of the poor the need for compulsion does not exist. because, in

spite of the officially regulated prices of meal, butter, lard, etc., the lat ter are beyond their means. The average German working-clae family cannot even In an interesting article in the Journo dream of a meat course once a week, and M. Georges Prade, deals with the has to feed mainly on potatoes and cab. Wonderful accomplishments of Subbage, because the other varieties of veget Lieutenant Navarre, one of the youngest ables, as well as fish and gaine, are only and most famous terrors of the air within the reach of the well-to-do classes.

* From time to time numerous

erowds

consisting mainly of women, literally ex- hausted through underfeeding, and bav- ing lost all faith in the high-sounding assurance of finn victory and the the promise of peace after the taking destruction of the enemies armies, of

receipts for the week ending 20th Mayory of Formosa as a milestone on the ears of age, earned the reputation of ma of the emaciated German poorer classes

-as follows

Receipte

for

week.

814,937 10,313 4,624

STORY OF

Aggregate

receipts

for 20 weeks. ****$209,709

211,783 58,030

"SQUEEZE":

A LUKONG'S VINDICATION.

At the Magistracy yesterday a Chinese constable named Leung That was charge with receiving bribes from a number of hawkers. From the evidence of a coolic who claimed to have had the

acquaintance of the lakong for several. years, it seemed that defendant asked him to collect one cent each from certa hawkers. · · He obtained the ́ ́

squeeze

road of progress and prosperity.

MADAME TENKATSU.

The Hongkong publie have not yet heard of Madame Tenkatan, but they will soon

have the opportunity of witnessing some performances by this talented Japanese lady, who is drawing crowded houses here every evening. She is a y assisted by a company of young an 1 pretty Japanese girls, who share with

her the delighted appreciation of the audience. Among the Tenkatsti

reper- totre, “Salome" and "Tempest * »re the general favourites. Taking into con sideration that she is acting plays for cign to her traditions and customs, her impersonations of Salome, Miranda and

from 30 hawkers, and on the following day mulcted each of 32 hawkers in a cent! each.

He gave all the money to defenhai and Hongkong. The Hongkong ur dant, and had no commission for him lie, who know how to appreciate a really self, as he did it for friendship's sake. good thing, will undoubtedly accord her

a warm reception. Similar evidence was given by another

mam

Mr W. E. L. Shenton appeared fo the defence, and, in cross-examination, elicited from the first witness that he and others had discussed the collecting of money from hawkers for the defendant. Witness denied that he had been induced

EXPORT OF AUSTRALIAN

BUTTER

As a boy Navarre, who is now only 21 enfant terrible. In September, 1914, he wont to St. Cyr, the Sandhuret of France. But he soon tired of classes and applied for admission to the Flying Corps. He obtained his licence try he is already

two months later, In the following Fanuary at the front in a chaser aeroplane. He has always had his own ideas as to how to bring down the Boches. His theory is to go straight for them, chase them, dominate them, circle round them, worry and give them no rest, and to dive and loop and never allow them a chance to get the range. Nothing in his opinion can replace scientific flying among his admirers he is known as the nee among aces.

Navarres record at present

40 air duels and 14 victories. The first time he met an enemy airmen, in March last year he was piloting a two-seater machine He swooped down on him like a hawk, so disconcerting his

parasol comrade that he forgot to use his carbine

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The Ge-mail was to confounded that he

his head and beat a retreat.

Tost

Ariel are remarkably clever. Madame Tenkatsu is also a very clever illusionist.NATAL SMALL MACHINES BEST Her many feats of sleight-of-hand are e

In the following month Navarre and Lieutenant Robert brought down feature by themselves. Her itinerary avintik Later he was surrounded by embraces the Japanese Empire Shang five enemy craft and by marvellous aerial

acrobatics destroyed two Fokkers, him self escaping unhurt. His fourth fight got hire into trouble with his superiors He had brought down a German machine in the French lines, but the occupan's were uninjured, and when they all lande Navarra, took his two prisoners into a Pineshop and stood them a drink. The Germans related the story The general ordered Navarre before him and gavy him &

a sharp lecture and threatened to confine him to his quarters for a month

Navarre's mascot is typically French. It is a lady's silk stocking, which he wears as a muffler. When M. Prale asked him wher, in his opinion, was the most difficult German machine to beat he replied, "The smaller the machine the tinned better one that cay de 195 miles an hour and rise to 13,000 ft." Be has frequent supreme ambition is to form an "Iron Our representative interviewed he Squadron composed of crack flyers like secretary and the manager of the Dairy himself, working together like footbal

team. With such a team, he says Farm Company yesterday, and gathered the Baches would never get through that the prohibition need cause no con cern to Hongkong consumers, for the Company has taken all reasonable pre cautions in the past and has now a store sufficient to carry them over a consider

PEOHIBITED TEMPORARILY.

in

The Colonial Secretary informs us in to tell the story he had by the hawkers formation has been received that he because of the many convictions the derdian Government has decided that no further shipments of butter, tinned fendant had obtained against them.

er otherwise, will be allowed for thely fought duris at that height His

resent

Mr. Shenton produced defendant's police record, which showed that almost daily he had brought cases against the hawkers. He also suggested that the two principal witnesses for the prosecution had represented themselves to be Jukongs and had collected the monies, and then had thrown the blame on defendant. able period, Australia is not the sole

The Magistrate discharged the con- stable, and said he would consider the case against the two witnesses.

source of supply, though it is the primary source, and it is not expected that h probibition will be maintained for any very lengthy period.

of one or other of the enemy towns and fortresses (for instance, peace was pro- mised, after the taking of Warsaw), bave organised, one after the other, demon- strations, carrying banners with the in seription, Bread and Peace," and also demanding the return, of their husbands,

sons and brothers.

Not wishing to irritate still further and provoke excesses on the part of the Profesting elements, the German authori ties are dealing comparatively mildly with the demonstrators.

eat with cantion One must therefore treat the exaggerated reports of shooting of demonstrators and of hundreds of killed and wounded which appear in our Press and in that of our Afhen the German

The attempts, however, of the Press to prove that there are no enti military demonstrations in Germany, and no hunger riots are in vain. Everybody in Germany and Austria whom I asked about it confirms that such disturbances and ricts did take place, only in a few cases some people, obviously prompted by the warning on the hoardings not to give information to foreigners about even te which may be of use to the enemy, tried to copvince me that all these protests were insignificant and that altogether such. protests were only few in number:

THE VERDUN FAILURE.

KAISER RESENTA HIS SON'S RASH WER GUADERTAKING.

L'Esho de Paris says that it hears from reliable authority that the Germans had prepared at the end of January four great offensives, including that of Ver dun. The firit successes there in luce the Kronprinz to call for all the material and reserves available on the other points Disappointed by the French re- sistance the Kronpring was, however, ton far engaged to be able to withdraw, and PESO the Kaiser, who is at present at

highly resents his son rash ing General von Falkenhayn of the Great General Staff stigator of the attack on Verdon, bas

to banded his realgi

Kaiser, to feat who has refused to acce

Rest on Carman hof the demarasing

opinion.

FAR BASTERN MEN AND

THE WAR. S

D. H James, of Robe, who is attached to the Headquarters Staff in the Division, has been garetted Captain

schief

$6.00

11.00

: 8,00

9,00

HONGKONG TO CANTON, I

CANTON TO HONGKONG.

WEDNESDAY, 24TH MAY, 1916.

8. HEUNGSHAN. 10 pm. FAT8HÄN.

8am, HONI

10 pm. KINBHAY

8m HOFAM,

p.m. KINSHAN.

THURSDAY 25TH MAY, 1916

18. HEUNGSHAN.

6 p.m. FATSUAN,

HONGKONG-MACAO LINE.

18, TAISHAN, Toss 2,035, 6.8. 8UZ TAX, Toss 1,651.

HONGKONG TO MACAO. ►

Wook days at Ba.m. and 2 pm from the Company's Wing Lok Strood Whasty Candars 11 9 4.3 and 1 p.m. from the Company's Wing Lok Street Wharf,

MACAO TO HONGKONG

Week days at 7.90 a.m. and 9 p.m. Bundays st 7.80 km, and 3. pas EXCURSION TO MACAO. SUNDAY, 28TH MAY, 1916.

The Omplar's New Steamship?

“TÄISHAN"

Wdil dopart from the Company's Wine Lox Barrez WHARE 11 9 KIL, And reinzu trom Macno al 3 pag

NBThe Company will also rasa Blamer from Muone on Sunday at 7,30 kv and from Hongkong at 1 pm, from the Company's Wing Lok Breek Wharf,

FARES AS USUAL,

MACAO-CANTON LINE.

AB SUI ANAJE

Departurer from Mice to Canten on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at 9 3.1. Depseinton from Canton to Mueno on Tuesday, Thursday and Esturday, at 4.80 p.m JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD. AND THE INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. CANTON-WUCHOW LINE.

B.B. BAINAM, 588 foma, and 8.8, NANNING, 569 kona,1

Oss of the bora Biebert leave Canton for Waskow every Monday, Wednesday Med Friday, about 8 a., and the other leaven Wückow for Canton on the same duyu ni 8.30 nm) Beund trips take about 5 days. Passengers ma return to Hongkong or vios vores by thà Company direct Bonzima LINZAN and BANDI. The sols have superior Cabin 100mmmodation and are lighted throughout by electricity. Eetris Fall in email Cabling en

Sooking Office open daly (Bunday excepted) 9am to 5 p Farther particulars may be obtained at the Onise of them

HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd.

Hotel Mansions (Eirl floor), opposite the Blake Piar.

SANATOGEN CO. (CHINA).

HEAD OFFICE: 1, THE BUND, SHANGHAI.

at PENZANCE (Cornwall, ENGLAND)

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EG to announce that their preparations SANATOGEN, FORMAMINT, LONDON WORKS of the SANATOGEN CO, LONDON

Their Company is exclusively BRITISH and is included in the "WEITE LIST” issued by the CONSUL GENERAL SHANGHAI

ed Mesine HOW FUNG & Co. to act as their Sole Wholesale They have appointed Agents for Hongkong and South China, who will maintain stocks and supply ther Goods at Prices which can be obtained on application to their Odue, No. 10, DER VED ROAD CENTRAL

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