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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 181,

1916.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

INDO-CIFINA STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEFS. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG-AND SINGAPORE.

THE Steamship

THE

"NAMSANG." having arrived from the above Porta, Consigneex of Cargo by her are hereby informed that all Goods are being landled at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godovins of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.,

Ltd., whence andor from the wharves delivery may bo obtained.

Goods

not cleared by the 7th Dec. will b subject to rout.

All broken, chafed and damaged packages am to be left in the Godowas, where they will

be examined. Claims against the steamer munst

be presented within 10 days of arrival, otherwise

they will not be recognizui.

No Fire Insurance will be affected by us in

any case whatever.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

INTIMATIONS

EXHIBITION

AND SALE

OF

No.1,

OIL PAINTINGS Executed by E. BELSITO, Esq.,

WAR

IN AID OF

CHARITIES,

Under the Distinguialux Patronage of

LADY MAY,

AT THE

CITY HALL, From 9AM to 5 P.M...

HOUSES TO LET

TO LET.

TO.1, CANTON VILLAS, Kowloon.

Apply

N

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AND AGENCY Co. LT

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TO LET

No

42, ELGIN STREET.

Apply to-

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DEC. 2-10, 1916,

"PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING.

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TO LET AT THE PEAK.

FURNISHED, 3, Stowart Terrace.

Apply

National

Mission

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JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD., General Managera.

Hengkong, 30th November, 1916.

NOTICE.

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE CERTIFICATE for Four Shares, Origina! 3389/3382 of the Nos. Denomination of 8500.00 per Share, in this Company, standing in the rams of NICOLAS ALEXIA IVANOPY (since deceased), of Hankow, has been LOST, and if at the expiration of One- Month from the date hereof the above document be not forthcoming another Certificate for the equivalent thereof in the present donomination will be issued by the Company and thereafter no other will be acknowledged.

C. MONTAGUE EDE, General Manager. Hongkong, 17th November, 1916.

BECOND 5% RUSSIAN

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INTERNAL SHORT TERMED LOAN OF 1910 for Bus. 3,000,000,000.

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THE Subscription to the above LOAN will be Opened from 14th November to 20th December, 1916.

The price of issne is $5 per cent..

The Loon is entirely free of Income Tax and other taxations.

The Lean is redeemable at par on 14th October, 1928, without option for the Russian Government to convert it at an oarlier date.

Coupons are payable half-yearly on the 14th April and 14th October.

As interest on the above Lusa rans from 14th October, the interest ncerned on date of subscription must be taken into consideration and is to be added to the price of issue.

The RU880-ASIATIC BANK in Hongkong is ready to accept applications for the above-named DOSE.

Special favourable rates will he quoted for Russian Exchange.

Payment may also be made in Roables. Applications will be wired to Petrograd free of telegraphic charges and commission.

40 par sent. only of the cost of the Bonds may be paid on application, the balance to be

paid on receipt of the Bonds,

The Bank is also ready to give every facility.

Repentance

AND

H. E. FOLLOCK,

Princes' Buildings. .:.1219

TO LET.

HOUSE. at Obervatory Villas, Kowloon,

With Tennis Conr.)

Apply

ARRATOON V. APCAR & Co.l 14, Des Vosux Road Central.

TO LET,

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From 1st Novembər next

TILATS in "EWO MESS," No. 8, Tar

PEAK.

OSON & CO, LAD, I

PL

Hope

Apply Property Office,

MISSIONER: BISHOP NORRIS.

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"KISMET"

A.D.C.

Production

on behalf of the

*STAR AND GARTER FUND"

for Soldiers and Sailors totally

disabled in the War.

GALA NIGHT-FRIDAY, DEC. 1ặTH, SECOND NIGHT—SATURDAY,,, THIRD NIGHT-MONDAY,

MA TIN E E-WEDDAY,

PRICES:

16TH.

M

18TH.

20TH

to subscribers in the shape of advances against Gala Night-Centre Dress Circle Seats S10 the scrips.

TISDALL G.

Manager, BUSSO-ADIATIO BANK.

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and all remaining Seats 85. The Seats for the following nights are:-~-

Dress Circle

$4.

Sus

Fit...

3.

1.

ANL

₤1384

WANTED.

ANGINEER, Br, abstainer, for Harbour or Shop Apply in own writing with copy rels, slating age and salary required to--

W. 8. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,

Kowloon.

Boldiers and Sailors in uniform Half-Pries.

NOTICE

B.

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NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatic or Indian

A desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the CENTRAL POLOS STATION between the boars of 9 AM to 1 P.M. and 2P.. to 4 P.ar.daily.

"KISMET

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IN AID OF THE STAR AND GARTER BUILDING FUND.

FOLDERS of Touchons entitling them to HOLDERS as the

nhould be exchange at MOUTRIE'S for Tickets on FRIDAY and SATURDAY, 1st. or 2nd December, from 9 A.M. After com-

mencement of the General Booking MONDAY, 4th December, seats cannot be guaranteed to holders of advance vouchers, but the same can be used for Ordinary Booking at

Applicants will be required to produce Passtheir face vallis ports or identification papers.

All persons with certain exceptions who remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register themselves under the REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ORDIN- ANCE 1916

Forms of Registration giving the partionlars required may be obtained at the GPO, and at all Police Blations.

The Penalty for non-compliance is a fine not exceeding $50.

FOR SALE:

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MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA

COAL DEPARTMENT.

BOLN PROFLINTONS OF TAKAGIA OCHL. MUTABE AILING Yacht “LIZA." Heywood Hayes KISHIDAKE, YOSHINOTANI, HOJO, BAYO, KANADA, class, has won numerous races and is in NAMAZUTA

SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIDAI perfect condition.

AND OYUBARI COLLIES. For partionlara, etc., apply to

AGMAT 792 SAKITO ODAL

HEAD OFFICE****

MARUNOUCHL TOKYO.

Box No. 28, Care of "Daily Prom" Ofoe.

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JUST RECEIVED.

TIRESH Supply of FLOWER VEGETABLE SEEDS.

AND

BRACOH OFFICES →NAGASAKI MOJI, KARATSU, WAKAMATSU, OTARU. HARUDATE, KOBE, MURORAN, OSAKA, KURE, TOKYO, YOKOHAMA,

No. 4, WYNDHAM STERET.

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| NAGOYA.TSURUGA VLADIVOSTOCK, HANKOW, PEKING, LONDON, NEW YORK SHANGHAL HONGKONG. KAIPHONG AND CANTON.

Seexion, 1915.

GRACA & CO..

ON SALE

of

the the

FONGKONG HANSARDI BEPORT:

HONG

of the MEETINGS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Revjand BY THE KINKERS

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Cubis Addrear -“IWASAKI CoA, ARO. 61 Ed, Werbows Union and Berkley

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CHINKIANG-M. GĦAkron & Co MANILA MAUNDEAT & CO SINGAPORE MArs. Borino On. Læs GLASGOW Women. A B Enown

For Partionları, spyly to---

KATO, Manager, „Padder Birent Bonghong:

TO LET.

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G Airy flows overlooking Statue Square,

·1

NODOWN in' Daddell Street Light and Moderate rent,

For rent and other particulars apply to

H Care of Daily Prese" Office.

TO LET

-Prom 1st May.

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OFFICES, 2nd Floor, St. George's Build.

Apply to

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.

TO LET.

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OFFICES on 1st Floor, No. 3. Queen's Road Central, at present in the occupation of The Chins Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

* Apply to—

CHINA FIRE INSURANCE Co., LTD,

TO LET.

OFFICES at 2, Connaught Eoad Central.

OFFICES in King's and York Buildings. HOUSES in Clifton Gardens, Conduit Road. HOUSES in Broadwood and Morator Torres,

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No. 21, WONG NEI CHONG ROAD. HOUBES on Shamsen, Canton,

Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT AND AGENCY Co., LTD. [S2

TO LET. RMOUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Gordon

arenas,

TO LET OR FOR SALE. KOWLOON MARINE LOT 48 with wharf ares 56,000 sq. it, suitable for Cool Storage or erection of con

Apply to

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

Co., LTD. Alexandrs Buildings.

TO LET.

[0. 5, MOUNTAIN VIEW, PEAK.

No.

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No. 3. CAMERON VILLAS, No. 63, Txi PEAK, Furnished.

S-ROOMED HOUSE at Mount Kellat.

Furnished for 5 or 6 months, No. 58, PEEL STREET. No. 17, MOSQUE JUNCTION, No. 25, SHELLEY STREET.

12, DEACONSFIELD ARCADE, No. S, CAMERON VILLAS, 68, PRAK KELLETT CREST, 66, Tax fb "HARTING." Amatin Road, Kowloon,

No 25, BELILIOS TERRACE, with tranne on Conduit Road. TE TWO GODOWNS, in Duddell Street. No. 2, DEB VIEUX VILLAS, 51, PMAX (Unfurnished).

No. 56, THE PEAK (5 CAMERON VILLAS). Apply to LINSTEAD & DAVIS,

3rd Floor, Alexandra Buildi gs.

香港中外新

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HUNG NGOI BANNE

(Chinese Daily Press) PUBLISHED DAILY.

Is the eldest and still immeasurably the best Advertising medium among the Native Community. Established for over FIFTY YEARS.

INTIMATION

SIR ROBERT BURNETT'S

GIN

OLD TOM

AND

DRY

The Governing Body of the New School of Oriental Studios, London

ocatury of the Christian era. The Man- chus were never in favour of the practice, but they had to accept it as one of the Institution, have appointed Mr. Edward. conditions on which they secured the Denison Ross, C.IE., Ph.D., to bo

throne; one of the terms that the great Chiness leader, Wu BAN-KURI, demanded from the Manchus as the price of his aup

that Chinese women were not port was to adopt the Manchu dress nor to cease to compress their fent. But though the Manchus had to permit the custom they did their utmost to dissuade the people from it, and they never adopted it them Successive Nancha

selves.

cmperors

Director of the School.

Major D. F. Tulloch, Royal Garrison Artillery, who bus beon promoted lieutenant-colonel, took part in the China War, 1900, for which he holds the medal with clasp, and the present war.

The engagement is announced of Miss Yseult Wilsher, only daughter of Capt. H. J. Willsher, late British India Com-

(notably the great, KANG HSI) issued pany, to Lieut. T. C. Duguid, 74th Pun- hortatory Edicts setting forth the evilsjabis, son of Mr. R. A. Druid, Redford, of the practice and bidding the people Dram, Aberdeenshire. desist from it, but as there could be no penalty attached to disobedience to these commands, while obedience to them would seriously prejudice a girl's chances in the marriage market, it is not to be won dered at that little notice was taken of them. So long as fashion put "lily-feet at a premium and made their smallness

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At the suggestion of Mr. Julean H. Arnold, Commercial Attache of the United States, in Eastern Asin, a Chins Club has heen organised by professional and business men in Seattle to aid in the promotion of trade with the Orient.

On the eve of his retirement from the

a criterion of gentility and good-bred London Fire Brigade, after completing ing, all the well-meaning exhortations of thirty years service, Supt. G. M. Milla the Throno fell on deaf cars. The Redied at Dulwich on October 28th. He was public, of course, could not allow itself 58 years of age, and before joining the to be outdone by the Empire in its brigade had been in the Royal Navy,

principally on the China Station,.

The Duckyard Police held a well-attend-

efforts to eradicate a bad custom, so one of the first official acts of YUAN SHTH-KAI after his appointment as Provisionaled whist-drive in their mess in the Naval President was & Mandate describing fout binding as a truly revolting practice" and dwelling on the necessity of abolish ing it with the advent of a new order of things Now President La has issued a similar Mandate which might, indeed, almost have been copied from a draft left by the EMPRESS DOWAGER-a string of

Yard, Hongkong, on Wednesday night, the prize-winners being as follows:-- Ladies-1st, Miss Goodall; 2nd, Mrs Muce; 3r, Mrs. Alderman; 4th, Mrs. Wimble. Men-1st, Mr. Coombs; and, Mr. Mugridge: 3rd, Mr. Knodder; 4th,

Mr. Buchanan.

Sir Willium Treloar has received for

A. S. WATSON & pintitudes on the foolishness and cruelty the Alton Cripples' Hospital and College

CO., LTD.,

of the practice and on the desirability of a contribution of £54 10%. 10. (the equiva doing away with it, but no hint of de-lent of 8500) from Lady May, of Hong- finite suppression. Here the PazIDENT kong. The money was a contribution by is wise, for it would be a delicate task prominent Chinese British subjects in to try to interfere with a feminine the Colong, and handed to Lady May to fashion by force of law. The practice be given at her discretion for the bonefit WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. will, we are sure, dio a natural death in of children in land.

TALSPHONE 610.

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MARRIAGES. BARNARDISTON BARKER.At London, on October 24th, Major ERNALD BARNAR DISTON, Royal Engineers, to Kathe rine Weston, daughter of E. G ELWES, of Felixstowe, and widow of General Sir GEORGE DIGDY BARKER,

G.C.B. CHEERY BROWN.At Radlett, on October 31st, ANDREW CREEY, Captain R.G.A., to AONES LILIAN LOCKHART, eldest daughter of GEORGE BROWN, H.M. Consul in China (retired). THACKER-TRESHAM--At London, on Octo- ber 25th, WiLLIAN STEWART THACKER, M.D, FR.C.S., of the Church of England Mission, and Union Medical College, Feking Temporary Captain R.A.M.C., to MAUD, daughter of late D. H. TRESHÁM,

LONDON OFFIOD: 18, FLIET STREET, EC. HONGKONG OFFICE: 10, Dza Vaux ROAD,

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, IT DECEMBER, 1916.

**LILY FEET" AS A SYMBOL OF SUBJECTION.

Yesterday being Thanksgiving Day, the

of American community Hongkong assembled at the Hongkong Hotel for tiffin. The Consul General for America in Hongkong, Mr. E. Anderson, presided. over a large company. The tiffin, which was held under the auspices of the Ameri can Tiffin Club, was quite an informal affair. The toasts of the President and America were submitted and reosived with enthusiasm.

the course of years as female education. advances in China, as the status of women is raised, and as they acquire some mea- sure of civil rights, Even now there are signs of the decay of the custom, as any one who has lived a fair number of years in China can testify, although there are no statistics from which the fact might There is certainly a he demonstrated. far larger proportion of girls growing up with abound feet than there was twenty, or even ten, years ago. This is

The London Gazette recently contain due in a large measure to the self- Sacrificing labours of Mra. A. J. LITTLE, ed au Admiralty announcement that pre- the founder of the Anti-Footbinding parations are now boing made for the Musement, who, by her indefatigable intended distribution of the prize bounty efforts, succeeded in evoking Chinese awarded to H.M. ships Invincile, In- sympathy and co-operation. We recognize flexible, Carnarvon, Cornwall, Kent and to the full the value of Mrs. LITTLE's Glasgow for the destruction of the Ger- warships Scharnhorst, Gneisus, work, and it is with no desire to disparage man

it that we say that, though it has Leipzig and Nurnberg, in the battle of achieved much towards eradicating the the Falkland Island, on September 8th, 1914. The Kent was of the China Squad practice, it could never of itself by the rou when she earned her prize money. mears of abolishing it altogether. Foot

Addressing the Hongkong Legislativo binding is, after all, only a syruptom, and if the reform is to be accomplished Council on 17th October, Sir F. H. May. thoroughly it will only be by going right the Governor, stated that the Colony might increase its proposed gifs of to the root of the matter and elevating $3,000,000 to the Imperial Government, the women of China from the degraded for war purposes if adequate and satis position they have occupied for centuries factory means of financing such

increase could be found. We take it (says: This is being slowly accomplished as the London & China Express) that if female education progresses, but the pro-there is a real desins on the part of the cess is slow. One explanation of the prac peoples of Hongkong to further aid the British Government in the prosecution of tice of foot-binding that is sometimes the war, there will be no dificulty in

end. finding the necessary way to achieve the

The common conception in Europe of given by Chinese is that it is done to keep the women at home and so to prevent the Chinese people used to consist essen-

an

Last night the Howitt Phillips Reper-

tially of pig-tailed men and small-footed them having too much freedom. If the women. The first of these characteristics Chinese generally could be made to see tory Company opened a short return visit. has now practically vanished, and prob in lily-feet" a symbol of the non- to Hongkong, when they repeated the ably with the next generation it will freedom of the mental and moral sub-popular comedy, Peg O' My Heart" Crowded "house" and the large audi- disappear altogether. The campaignjection-of women in their land, it would in the Fictoria Theatre. There was a against foot-binding is far older than be bound to be an incentive to press for ence manifestly enjoyed the thoroughly that against the queue, but, though much ward with female education as vigorously successful rendering of the play, the lead- acting of Miss Doris Phillips in the Her portrayal of the has been accomplished and progress is as possible. Unless that is done, all the ing feature of which was the art stic being made every day, it will be a long efforts against font-binding, although part of "Feg?

unconventional and artless Irish girl charmed everyone and evoked rounds oË time before this national indiasyncrasy they will be beneficial in removing & is abolished. Had the practice been in terrible burden of physical suffering, will applause. The other parts were all well troduced by the Manchus, it would speedi, do nothing to remove the root cause, and filled. Tonight the comedy, "What the ly have vanished in the first days of the will be like trying to abolish a symptom Butler Saw" will be staged." revolution, but fashion is a harder tyrant while doing nothing to cure the disease. than any monarch who has ruled over China, and the custom has behind it the sanction of centuries. The queue, having been introduced by the Manchus as a sign of servitude, could not long survive their fall, and had foot-binding similarly been forcibly imposed by a race of con-

Circulates largely throughout Southernquering aliens it would have vanished

China, Indo-China, etc.

The P. & O. 8.a Sardinia, which left Hongkong on the 5th ult,, arrived in London on November 29th.

A pair of binoculars has been contri- buted by Mr. Percy James Falconer, of Bay and Falconer, Hongkong, to the

with their overthrow. Unfortunately, Lady Roberts Field Glass Fund. Terms for Advertising (Translation the exact contrary is the case; foot. free) can be obtaized at te Ofice, 10. Des Voeux Road Central, Houstong, 181, binding far antedates the advent of the Fleet Street, London or from the differs Ch dynasty-its origin is usually Agenta.

place in the tenth century A.D., tho one book pats it as early as the second

Documents translated from or into Classical or Colloquial Chinese.

An interesting leader on Hongkong pilotage appears in Shipping and Engineering. Apparently there are no British pilots in Hongkong Other ports are much better off in this matter.

Mr. E. A. M. Williams, hon. secretary of the local branch of the Navy League, has received the following letter from

the Navy League. Women's Memorial Mrs. Agnes M. Gibbons, hon, secretary of Fond: Please accept once more the very best thanks of the Navy League War Memorial Fund Committee for the third

of Hongkong towards our Fund, making splendid contribution sent by the people

Hongkong is specially identified in the £1,000 in all. I shall certainly note clas

tablet which is placed in the Navy League Room at the Hospital. I am sorry that were referred to as coming from thi in the August Navy the subscriptions Hongkong Branch, I will see that this is corrected is our next issue. Again my very sincere thanks.