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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE

ON Account of the War, there will be no

"At Homo" at the Portuguese Consulate

INTIMATIONS

THEATRE

on the 5th instant, the 6th anniversary of theTHE establishment of the Portuguese Republic,

EV. M. B. DE SOUSA,

Actini Consul Hongkong, 4th October, 1916,

BANK HOLIDAY.

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N accordance with Ordinance No. 5 of

IN EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for the transaction of Public Business on MONDAY, the 9th instant.

Hongkong, 4th October, 1916.

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HONGKONG JOOKET CLUR

THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING of Members will be held on SATURDAY,

TH

the 7th October, 1915, at 12 o'clock Noor, at- the Offices of tho HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUE,

on the ground floor of the HONGKONG CLUB

ANNEXE, Chister Roud.

By Order.

T. F. HOUGH

Clark of Course. Hongkong, and September, 1916. [1176

B

NOTICE TO MARINERS,

AINAN HEAD" BUOY is reported

HAT

out of position and is now situated

about one mifle East of its chartel position on the North West Edge of Hainan Bank.

C. W. BECKWITH,

Commander, R.N

-- Harbour Master,

Harbour Department, and

Hongkong, 2nd Outober, 1916.:

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COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE

COMPANY LIMITET),

A on to Loans will be

S from 1st October, 1916, the Branch

at No. 2, QUEEN'S BUILDING (Second Floor), No. 1, Jee House Street.

By Order, we d

E. LESTER ARNOLD, Local Manager. Hongkong, 30th September, 1916. 1207

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER STя, 1916.

AEE ROYAL

HOWITT PHILLIPS CO.

LAST PERFORMANCES !

TO NIGHT!

TO-NIGHT!

THURSDAY, Oor. 5TH, Somerset Maugham's Thrilling Canadian Play.

"THE LAND

OF

PROMISE.

FRIDAY, Dor. Oru, The Finest Comedy of Recent Year,

PEG O MY HEART"

SATURDAY, QUT, 7TH, The Rollicking Faroical Comedy, ARE YOU A MASON

MONDAY, OCT. 9711, FAREWELL PERFORMANCE ! Owing to the Enormimus Success

and by Special Request,

AUCTIONS

UNDER RESERVE

BY INSTRUCTIONS OF TRUSTEES FOR DEBENTURE-HOLDERS.

FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION

ON A DATE IN DECEMBER

(To be subsequently announced);

INTIMATION

signa that such “olo custon” is dying only five or six thousand years ago, out The recent funeral of the late Profi And so it may be with our modern dent YUAN was characterised by a very ideas about electrons, the etare and decided foreign element in the pro- similar problems. - The marvellous part coddings, of which the best example was of it all is that these great changes in perhaps, the frock custs and silk hats, our conception of things his occurred

WATSON'S worn by some of the Chinese officials. It only during the last fifty or sixty

FINEST OLD

IF NOT PREVIOUSLY DISPOSED OF BROWN

BY PRIVATE SALE,

THE ORIENTAL HOTEL, Kone,

As a Going Concern.

THE ORIENTAL HOTEL is a palatial building of brick and stone, cover- ing un area of 505 trước (about 21,350 | square icet) more or less, held on Perpetual Lease, situated on the Bund; Kobe, and having an uninterrupted view of the Harbour and Osaka Bay. It is within 180 yards of the principal land ing place, and is close to other points of embarkation and disembarkation, besides being. 10 minutes walk from the Railway; Station. The building faces three streets, the Buud, Harima muchi, and Maye. machi, to each of which it has access.

The HOTEL consists of FOUR- STOREYS, with a BASEMENT ie which MACHINERY is located, together with REFRIGERATOR ROOM, KITCHENS, STEAM HEATERS, &c. An ELEVATOR

A LITTLE BIT OF FLUFE * runs from the Basement and Foyer to all

will be repeated

TIME and PRICES AS USUAL. Booking at MOUTRIES. Telephone 027.

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PARTICU

PUBLIC AUCTION.

RTICULARS and CONDITIONS of the lotting by P Lo Auction Bale, to be held on TUESD the 10th day of October, 1816, at 3 P.M., the Offices of the PUBLID WORKS DEPARTMENT, by Order of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNON, of One Loot of CROWN LAND at Kai Lung Wan, CHINA EXPORT-IMPORT AND BANK in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term

COMPAGNIE

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that any NOTORIS s koving Claims against the Hongkong Branch of the CHINA EXPORT-IMPOIT & BANK COMPAGNLE are required to üle saac with the Liquidators on or before 1st October, 1916, after which date no claim will be recognized..

BRADLEY & CO, LTD.,

Liquidators.

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5% FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN 1916.

Price of issue Frs 87.50

CUBSCRIPTION LISTS will be OPEN

on the 5th October, and Close on the

29th of the same month

The Bonds are issued in France, in multiples of Frs. 100.00 and upwards.

De

Bills and bonds of the "No bought before the 1st October, 1918, are accepted in payment.

Applications will be received by the Hong kong Branch of the Banque de Pindo-Chine Hongkong, 30th September, 1916. [1195

from date.

ULDERUP & SCHLUTER.

IN LIQUIDATION: REDITORS are required to send in their claim to the Undersigned on or before TUESDAY, the 21st October, 1918. Dated the 27th September, 1916. » 6 W. G. HUMPHREYS & CO.,

No. 18, Queen's Road Contra),

Liquidators. May

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MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA (MITSUBISHI Co}"

of 75 years,

Reglitry No

“MIN2 2010 K

i mist

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Locality

Boundary Measurements. (Approximatu)

fert: feet Fecti feet

me

Upausk Priek

"plan," 483,669 1890 1,863

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

1197

E Undersigned have received instruc. tions from the Liquidators of Mesora WITZER & Co., to sell by Public Auction,

On THURSDAY, AUSGA the 12th October, 1916, commencing at 10.30 AM, on their premises, No. 1, Ningpo Street, Yaumsti, VALUABLE PLANT MACHINERY,

TOOLS, & Incuding Cast Inow SCRAP and METALS,

As follows

and

the Floors and the ROOF GARDEN, a hundred feet above street level, from whien a magnificent view of Osaka Bay is obtuincu

The FOYER of the Hotel, on the ground floor, is the finest in the Far East, On the same floor is the main DINING HALL, and the PRIVATE DINING and GRILL ROOMS, with READING ROOM and DRAWING ROOM; Shut off from the residential part of the Hotel, but on the same floor, is the BAR and BILLIARD ROOM, with a separate entrance.

BRANDY the war, is that by the famous limbu with the monarchy It is

E

QUALITY.

Brown Branily

25 YEARS IN WOOD.

The first, second, and third storeys in the southern half of the building, and the first, second, third, and fourth in the northern section, are set apart for guests. Some of the rooms have private baths at tached. All are provided with excellent lavatory arrangements, with a constant supply of hot and cold water: The rooms A. S. WATSON

are large and lofty and some hava bal- conics from whith fine views of the hor-

bour

are

obtained.

&

CO., LTD..

was the contrast between the appearance years, and capecially during the last two of these men and the priests attired in I deondes. Shall wệ sơg an equally rapid Oriontal costume that seemed to be the chango take place in the oldest nation on most striking feature of the obsequies. the earth Will the funeral processions One of the popular cartoons, inspired and feng shui soon be relegated to the

WFC.G. of tho I catminster Gazeite in quite evident that, in spite of the im which the Kat is represented as his patience of some of us, China is chang- Satanic Majesty. He is depicted standing Railways and reines will kill feng- ing before a furuucr, adovelling on human shui quite na systematically as Darwin skulla as fuel. This particular carica- and modern se ence banished the Devil tne of the infamous Hobenzelluru is from the churches of Britain. likely to live Popular opinion in the British Empire has made up its mind that the War-Lord has characteristics as. near to those of the Devil as anyone in The local Exchange Banks will be history. The general hypocrisy, the pro-closed for the transuction of busineay fession of peace and the feverish prepara next Monday.

A mail for Furope via Biboria closes to-day at 2pm.

The total output of the Kailan Mining

maines for the week. Administration's ending Bed Septeirber, amounted for 50,210 tong anil the sales to 0.477 tons,

is stated that the fireme employed on the str St. Helens, now at Shanghai, have refused work on the ship, their com- Plaint being that they object to work with

Asinties:

tions for war, the frequent, reference to The P. & O outward mail senter the Scriptures, have all made the public kaayolin, with the London mails of the associate the author of the present terrible 21st ultimo, arrived at Port Said on the scourge with the most infamous character 1st inst. imaginable Some of the awful acts com mitted by his ordera huve almost led people, who had comfortably made up their minds that the devil with his pronged fork and syphuric atmos- phere was out of date, to believe again 'n the old gentleman with the horns and tail. There can be no doubt that, at any rate before the war the Devil was passing out of fashion in England Affer a long and servicable career, he was put away like the stage coach and duelling pistols. The clergy frequently disowned him. It was remark able how quickly the news spread that certain cininent men had come to the conclusion that the fires of a material hell were only mythical But although the Devil seems to have disappeared Murray, the police medical officer, who from the churches, as an absurd | is shortly going home on leave and hopes. and ridiculous superstition, unworthy to spend his time at the front; of this scientific age, it is amazing how much superstition has gathered round the work of the so-called astro

Although the building is practically fire-proof, a FIRE EXTINGUISHING WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. logers, occult prophets, and palmista in APPARATUS, installed by the Water- worke and connected with the mains in the street, has been fitted on each

CENTRAL HEATING 8 installed, but almost all the rooms are fitted with fire places,

This OLD ESTABLISHED HOTEL is the only Hotel in the business quarter of Kobe, within easy reach of the Japanese town as well as the landing-place and railways.

The HOTEL is for sale as a GOING CONCERN together with GOODWILL and the CONTENTS, FURNITURE, MACHINERY, &c.

ONDER RESERVE.

BY INSTRUCTION OF TRUSTEES

FOR DEBENTURE-HOLDERS

Should the Hotel not be disposed of

25 & Going Concern, the

LAND AND BUILDING

OF THE

ORIENTAL HOTEL, KOBE,

WILL BE

UNLESS PREVIOUSLY DISPOSED OF BY PRIVATE SALE,

of BO

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TELEPHONE BIG

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BIRTH

DEATH MCMULLANAt his residence, Claregrove, Chefoo, on September 23rd, 1918, JAMES MCMULLAN, founder of the Lace

and Silk Industry and Director of the Industrial Mission and Orphaninge in Chefoo, aged be yonre,

FONGKONG Omron: 101, Dza Værz Boin, C. London. Ormus: 181, Fræer Stamr, E.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG TH OCTOBRE, 1816.

the metropolis. The stained face, the Oriental turbait and other trappings of the East seem to satisfy thousands who repudiated the idea of the Devil and his pitchfork.

SCENS

The A.S. P. of the New Territories, Mr. D. Burlingham, left yesterday for a short holiday in Japan, and during his nusence his place will be taken by Inspector. Laminont.

A silver fitted dressing caso and a pair of binoculars have been presented by tho Shanghai Police Force to Dr. 1. E.

31esurs. Lowe, Bingham & Matthews are in rewipt of information that un, interim dividend of one shilling” and threepence per share, less Income Tax sta the rate of four shillings and sixpenc in the pound, has been declared by the Gula-Kalumpong Rubber Estates, Ltd.,, and will be payable on and after 2st. November, 1910

To-day being the 6th anniversary of the establishment of the Portuguese Re- public, there will be a sale of Portuguesa tags in Hongkong on behalf of the

will, by kind courtesy of Scoutmaster Fortuguese Red Cross Society. The enlo

Brign, be undertaken by the Boy Scouts. In consequence of the war, however, the usaal at Home'' at the Portuguese......... Consulate will not be held,

The pianoforte recital which Mr. Deumian Fuller, with the assistance of

makes it quite impossible for her to sing. and there has boon no time to make that complete re-arrangenar of the pro- gramme which her absence would have rendered necessary.

POPE. At 17, Cloucester Gardens, Hydol Des

Park, London, W., the wife of Lieut. It is said that the war is already caus R. K. C. Por (nt AGNES MACDONALD), ing a great religious revival in Britain

In times of anguish the human soul turns (1224 MARRIAGE N to Divine assistance. Li

Like most other CORNABY-FOGGITTAt H.B.M. Consulate. things o

Kiukiang, on September 23rd, and at finid We must not be too critical, of this age, modern theology

Kuling, by the Rev. J, K. Hill, the Her WILLIAM ARTHUR CORNABY, of however, because even scienɛc is by to the Wesleyan Mission, Hankow, to

means always fixed in its ideas. We wero EMMA FOGGITT B.A., of the London Mission, Shanghai.

content for two or three generations with the theory that all things on the earth consisted of elements, the atoms of which build up wood, (coal, water, and other things useful and beautiful The W. E. Bill and Mr. Norman Peter--

fom was final and indivisible, and all

kin, was to have given at the Peak Club the elements were different. And then, this (Thursday) erchung in aid of the only twenty years ago, the Rontgen rays British Prisoners of War and Blue Crow were discovered. Not only did they show Funds, has fund to be postponed Mrs. the bullet among the bones, and enable us : Bell has contracted & severe chill which to photograph objects inside locked boxes, but they stimulated new ideas and **- periments. Iladium and the electron theory followed, and now some man of science tells us that the world is built up of electrons, or electricity. The Caven dish professor of physics at Cambridge, who has measured these minute particles, and who, early in his work, succeeded in

AUR BALFOUR that it was an astound

Order of Merib for showing mankind the fundamental Unity of Nature. With difidence we write about the fluid state

There was a largo Ludionice at the 3 of the science called cconomics because

enjoyable concert, arranged by Staff passing through the streets. The bamboo

c and not exact. The high priests of the Inspector McEwen, was quen on behalf- scaffolding for the purpose of bringing cult persuaded most of us that Europe of the Lord Kitchener enorial Fund. down the dead is not always recognised.

In addition to contributions, by local could not possibly continue for more artistes, there were several i

pipe firms of a Many people think that it is used for re-

effects, for six-months such a war as las men from the Vexes, Miss Castro, Mr. P than three-possibly, at ruinous after war flavour which were thoroughly d

preciated. Solos, etc., worë-teridered by

now been raging upwards of two yel W. Mackay, and members of the What Yet to-day we are almost optimista about unjoyable, and the concert was in every Nots Company, all of which, were very

the financial outlook after twenty-six way a great success, months of Armageddon, conducted on a

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE DEVIL

In support of the Truperial movement for collecting funds on behalf of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St, John of Jerusalem on the Day, Thursday, the toth inst, there will begu salp of roses under the direction of Lady May, an English Fair the Murray Parade Ground, and an Evening fête arranged by the War Charities Com mices. It has also been decided to hold

One Elɛetric Lighting Set, commisting of High-speed Vertical Steam Eugive, ofc., complete with Mountings Switchboard, Marine Multitubular Boiler with Furnace, Boiler complete with all Mountings and Feed Pump, Ono Hori zontal Compound Non-Condensing Steam Engine with Pipe Connection Valves and Storage Tanks, Several Double Geared, Screw Cutting and Surfacing Lathes, Shears of Varying Lengths, 1 Planing Machine, complete with Pulleys, etc, 1 Shaping Machine complete with Shaft SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION Slotting Machine complete, 1 power and Hand-Driven Scrowing Machine with Bhaft and Miscellaneous Assortment of Dies Vertical Double Geared Drilling

IN Hongkong we have occasional glimpses Machino complete, One Double Pillar Geared Vertical Drilling Machjus.

of the celestial outlook on a future life, (equivalent to two machines) by Apple AHE LAND upon which the Oriental The most apparent evidence of what, for Persuading such a philosopher as Mrand Illumination in the Public Gardens, yard & Co., Halifax, England.

Hotel is erected is of 500 tsubo want of a better name, we must call the One Double Column Steam Hammer (about 21,350 square feet), more or less, TAKABHIMA, OOHI, MUTABE, Driven Draught Blower for Blacksmith with all the advantages concerning taxes afforded by the funeral ceremonies.

complete with all connections, One Belt in extent. It is held on Perpetual Lease, "religious ceremonics of the Chinessing discovery, has received the coveted KISHIDAKE, YOSHINOTANI, HOJO, Bhop complete with connections, One Ore ton arising out of that form of tenure Probably only few Europeans in the NAMAZUTA BAYO, KANADA, Washing Tank with Agitating Gear and BHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI Shafting, etc.AL

THE BUILDING is substantially con Colony have ever attended a native AND OYUBARI COLLIERIES, AND AN

AGENT FOR SAKITO O¤às 13:

Pulleys, assorted Belting, a large quan cupies virtually the whole of the site. It tity or Miscellaneous Material, Tools, is of THREE STOREYS on the south HEAD OFFICE

etc Tubes and Piping Steel Bars, side and FOUR STOREYS on the north, MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO Wrought Iron, Steel and Cast Iron with a roomy BASEMENT and on

Scrap

attractive ROOF GARDEN A large varied assortment of Brass. Valves and Corke, Brass Rods, Machine Could be converted without difficulty Berews, Copper Pipes, Copper Plates, etc. into a BANK or SHIPPING OFFICE,

CLUB or EXCHANGE,

COAL DEPARTMENT.

SOLE PROPRIETÕES OF

BRANCH OFFICES :-NAGASAKI MOJI, KARATEU, WAKAMATSU, OTARU MURORAN HAKODATE, KOBE OSAKA, KURE, TOKYO, YOKOHAMA NAGOTA, TSURUGA VLADIVOSTOCK, HANKOW, PEKING, LONDON, NEW YORK, SHANGHAL, BONGKONG, HAIPHONG AND CANTON.

Cable Address CHIWASATE" CoreA1, A.B.C. 5in 1-1 Western Union,

Wand Bortles

CHINKIANG, GARING & CO.. MANT LA Mere. MACONDIAL & CO. HINGAPORE Mowers. Bozwad30%, Izo GLASGOW-Messruk-ARS LO Brown,

MOFARLANE & Co., LTD.

K KATO, Manager,

No Padder Street Hongkong

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ALSO

AND

Sundry Office Furniture, etc. (Full Particulars from Catalogus.) On view from MONDAY, 2nd October Terms:

Cash.

HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.

1196

FOR SALE.

COMPLETE ELECTRICITY GENERAT

CING STORAGE PLANT. Sube

for works, Factory or town lighting.

For particulars apply to

BUTTERFIELD. & SWIEE

·₤1:200

a Concert at the Victoria Theatre on the 12th inst, for the same worthy cauĘDO An excellent programine is being prepar- ed and will shortly be publiencd.

structed of BRICK and STONE, and oburzal, but most of us see the processions the war has proved that it is speculative Victoria Theatre last evening, when most

Situated in the centre of the Business Life of Kobe, close to the Customs House and the new Wharves.

Elevator to all the floors.

For further particulars or for cards to view, apply to the

Trustees for First Debenture holders

LJ. Healing,

24, Uneme-cho, Kyobashi-ku,

Tokyo.

BOBERT YOUNG,

es Naniwa-machi, Kobe

₤1105

pairing the structure against which Leans. Even the funeral precession itself is sometimes mistaken by the newcomer something connected with a more joyous occasion, for the amount of food carried and the decorations employed sug-

There was a very poor

house

to

to the foreigner a feast connected ale never dreamed of It all shows u welcome Dear Old Charlie at thos with jollification, such as we ourselves have at a wedding and, in a lesser degree, at a christening ceremony. The funerals are expensise, and in that respect they re mind us of an Irish "wake. In condeo tion with sickness and death the Chinese Java, which seems to prove that a man have a system of ritual for driving away lived there about four hundred thousand

how receptive we have grown to new Theatre Royal last evening, and be did deserved. The comedy throughout is deas. We dismiss the notion of the real not receive as good reception a ho personality of the Dey, whop we have quietly amusing and a well presented soon on the stage with Faust, When we by the Howitt Phillips Company The read the evidence about the skull found in

the evil spirits. It is interesting fo years rgo, we cannot believe that the Erat spcculate whether there are appreciable man stepped into the Garden of Eden

vations" characters in the - piece--only eight all told-were all ably impersonat ed, Mr Charles Howitt in the title rote and Messrs. Percy Haverstock and Wheeler Dryden being exceptionally

Bet Maugham's Canadian" play, -~ Tho good. To uight will be presented Somers Land of Promise:??