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on THURSDAY, 1th instant For Terms for Day Scholars and Boarders -Apply-to-
THE HEADMASTER, Hongkong, 12th February, 1917, 925 286
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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUE:DAY FEBRUARY
PUBLIC COMPANIES
HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAG STEAMBOAT COMPANY,
LIMITED.
INTIMATIONS
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
CO. LTD.
HAREHOLDERS ARE HEREBY
SNOTIFIED that the DIVIDEND NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
on account of the year 1918 of FIFTY CENTS (30 Cents) per Share is now. Prys THE NINETY-BEVENTH ORDIN
able t the HONGKONG AND BEAN BAI ARY MEETING OF SHARE HOLDERS in the Compary will be held at BANKING CORPORATION, Hongkong, the Office of the Company Hotel Man Warrants to be obtained at the sions, TO-DAY (QUESDAY), the 12th Office, Alexandra Buildings Des February, 1917, at 10 o'clock Nou Hoad, Central, Hongkong for the purpose of receiving the Directors, together with a Statement
of
BLADY'S BOLD GOLD CURB OF Acuts, declaring a Dividend and
CHAIN, with GOLD FADLOCK.e
Finder will be suitably rewarded en returning
same to
Post Offes Box 258, 1287
THE ABAD" STEAMSHIP LINE.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE Company's Chartered. Stasmakip
BANDAL MARU"
having arrived from BOMBAY PENANG
and SINGAPORE, Consigaves of Cargo are hereby informed that these troods are landed and placid at their risk in the Hong kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
at Kowloon, where
cach Company's Godowns sigminent will he
be sorted out
work by mark and delivery can be obtained as son as the croods are landed on sell
Goods not cloured by the 19th February, 1917, will be subject to want
No
Fire Insuraños will be affected by the
andersigned in any cass wanttoover
packages must be left in the for Bramination by the Consignee's All na to press by
down
t
All Claims must be presented witliim ten days
ulecting Directory and Auditors
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Con- pany will be CLOBED from the 31st January to the 13th h February, 1917, both
daya inclusive,
By Order of the Board of Directors,
WENCLARKE,
A Beoretary. Hongkong, 20th January, 1917. [202
HONGKONG HOTEL COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS THE ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY will be held at the Company Hotel SATURDAY 17th February, 1917, Noor, for the purpose of receiving a statement of Accounts of the Company to Siet December, 1916, with the report of matter the Directors, and to discuss that many be competently brought before the Meeting
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Cou- pany will be. ULOSED from 10th to 17th February, 1817, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board,
J. H. TAGGART
Acting Secretary.
of the steamer's arrival here, after which date Hongkong, 1st February, 1917 [965 they cannot be recognised. No Claims will bw aduitted after the goods have left the Godewas
H. M. H. NEMAZEE,
Agout. Hongkong, 12th February, lal
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KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART
MAATSCHAPPE
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
FROM SINGAPORN AND PENANG..
HE Steamship
@JACOB
ing arrived from the above ports, Con having sigures of Cargo by her are noticed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or este laverdess Godowns al the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Cu wharves dala
not cleare
may be
whence
from the
The 18th Tub, 1917, will
packages are
All brokoli, chafod sind
to be left in the Godoyus, where they will be ezanülmed by Mesure. Goddard and Douglas wir
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & BON, General Managers. Hongkong, 12th February, 1917 (979
SECOND PER CENT RUSSIAN INTERNAL SHORT TERMED LOAN OF 1918,
LTHOUGH THE SUBSCRIPTION.
ALIONGCLOSED
December, the Bosso - ASIATIC BANE, Hongkong, is prepared to accept orders for the above Loan up to the 13th Feb ruary, on the Subscription Terms, .., as previously advertised.
Hongkong, 1923 January, 1917. [201
IN THE ESTATE OF JOHN PENTONY, DECEASED
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all CREDITORS and other person in China having any claims or demands against the estate of JoHN PENTONY, late of 9. Shop Sircot,
County of Louth, IHR Bueda in the
and of The Merchant Service Club, Shanghai, Chinn, deccused, who died on the 24th April, 1910, and Letters of Administration to whose real and personal estate were granted by His Majesty's High Court of Justice in Ireland to MARY PENTONY, of No. 8, Shop Street, Drogeda aforesaid, and resealed in His Britanic Majesty' Supreme Court for Ching in Shanghai by me, the undersigned, Attorney for the said MARY PENTOxy, aro høreby, required to send particulars in writing of their claims or demands to me on or before the
INTIMATION
13TH 1917.
plained, the real negotiations wore he- In the Bummary Court yesterday the tween the Chiness and the Tibetan Chief Justice (Bir Willian Rees Davis) representative, Great Britain's part being intimated that Mr. Justice Gomperte that of the honest broker endeavour would sit in Summary Jurisdiction for ing to help both parties to find some
the remainder of the week. formula which, while preserving Tibetan A lecture will be given at the Helona rights, would not require from China too Muy Institute this afternoon at 5 o'clock great acrifico of the prestige she had by the Rev. J. Kirk Maconachio on the gained as the result of CHAO ERR-PING'S subject of The Christian Conception of border campaign, But, while endeavour God. This meeting will be open so men ing to do the best for both China and as well as women. Tibet, we could not allow our own inter est in the problem to be overlooked; it was essential that nothing should happen which might be the cause of trouble on the Indian frontier,
WATSON'S
OLD
BROWN
The engagement is announced between Captain Harold E. Beynell, Black Watch, attached Royal Flying Corps, eldest son of Mr H L Reynell, of Kobe, and It was oocasary Georgiana Catherine, eldest daughter of
that we should have a peaceable and Mr. and Mrs. John Liddell, of Shanghai. stable neighbour on our northern fron
Mr. T H. Reid, who will be remem tier, unrest and military operations bered by many old residents of Hong- Tibet must be a cause of anxiety in View kong as a former editor of the Chines of their possible effects on the email, is now employing his spare time
Tibatan peoples of the independent
a sergeant in the Special Police, London, Himalayan States, Of this there was His son, who was obliged to give up his evidence to hand. The arrival of the commission in the Army last June on
SHERRY Chinese expeditionary force at Lhaes was account of throat trouble contracted
EE
while on service in England, went over to France on August let, and is now at Headquarters on the Financial Adviser's
civil appointment from the War
SUMMARY COURT.
MONEY-LENDERS METHODS,
immediately followed by disturbances in Bhutan, and the advent of Chinese troops in the Rima country was directly succeed ed by the outbreak of the Abor tribesmen staff If we now call upon, China to abandon 1 Ofice QUALITY, the attempt to subjugate Tibet and reduce 1 to a province it is not because we object to Chin as 5 neighbourin hundreds of miles of common frontier between Burma and Yunnan is sufficient disproof of this but because we must know definitely who is the effective ruling Power in a State bordering on India In the past, whenever any question arose between Tibet and India, any attempt to
Some light was thrown upon money-
lenders methods in an action in the Summary Court, yesterday, before the Chief Justice,
The plaintiff, an Indina watchman, claimed payment of $60, the balanco of
26th day of February, 1917, at the under A. S. WATSON & ab satisfaction, or even discussion, an amount dite under a promissory note
THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO., LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS THE THIRTIETH ORDINARY mentioned address after which date the ANNUAL MEETING OF BHARE sets of the said JOHN PENTONY deceased HULDERS WIll be held at the OFFICES situate in China will he forwarded t
will not of Alessis. JARDING MATHESON & the said Administratrix who
LTD
ou THURSDAY, the 22nd Feb- thereafter accept liability in respect of ruary, 1917, & NOON for the purpose of any of such narete of the said Jony receiving the Report the Directors and FENTONY located or any part thereof to the Statement of Accounts for the
the year any person or persons residing in China ending 31st December, 1816, then have had notice,
of whose claims or demanda I shall not The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from MONDAY, 12th February, _to_THURSDAY," 221d February, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
V. §. BROWN,
Beeretary, Hougkong, 5th February, 1917. (200
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,-
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
Dated this 5th day of February, 1817.
HERBERT W LOOKER, Attorney for the Administratriz, MARY PENTONY,
1 Des Voeux Road Central,
Honghong,
CO., LTD.,
was met by a mutual shelving of respon- for $80. The defendant, a Portuguesa sibility between Feking and Lhasa. Soengineur, explained that the sum ho impossible did this state of affairs become actually received wns 940, and he signed that the Younghusband expedition had to a promissory note for 850. Ho had be undertaken with the object of establisa- | repaid $20, leaving 500 to pay ing direct communication with the Dalai
The Chief Justica Why did you sign WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS Lama. This was elected, but the subse for $80 when you only got $401.
quent attempts of Ching to reduce the country to the status of a province in volved a risk of relations being reduced to their former ambiguous condition Hence the necessity for the confereurs aiga and for at agreement between the shree for the arrangement, Powers which will decide once and for all who is the actual ruler of Tibet, and if we support the Dalai Lama's claim it I
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ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF CLUB.
SEORETARY AHE HON
requests Membra ant ter resort to the Telephone
(12
Defendant--I took $10 at the time, as
I was in urgent need of the money.
The Chief Justice-If people. will commit actions of this kind-get $10 and note for 890-they are responsible
At the request of the Chief Justice des fendant went into the witness box and reiterated his statement. He added that
the 17th Feb., 1917, at 10 AMANA the ORDINARY YEARLY MEEN | nalers indicated, in which ease his numbers, Hoturand Oyr108: 10A Dua Vory Bain not because of any hostility to Chiun, he had paid $4 interest as well te the
Claims against the Neamer minst bo presentING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this
ed in writing within 10 days after arrival of Stander, otherwils they will not be recognized No Fles Insurance will be affected by the undersigned in any case whatever. Z
Hw of Lading will be countersigned by
JAYA CHINA JAPAN LIJN.
Hongkong, 12th February, 1817.
EUT
"GLEN" LING OF STEAMERS,
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEKS,
FROM LONDON, IMMINGHAM. GENOA, COLOMBO AND STRAITS. THE Motor- hip
ULENAMOY "Captain F. T. Jones, maving arrived fron the above Porte, Conagnews ul Largo aru hereby foforized that their Udous are being landed al she's risk into the Godowns of the Hengkout and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited Kowloos, and stored at
stored at Consigne risk and expans
brakken,
الله
and danged Goodis ses ti be left in the Godowns, where they will b
re
RESIDENCE
5077
Corporation will be held at the Ciry HAL Hongkong, on SATURDAY the 24th day of February, 1017, at No03.huld be addressed to Mears, LOWE, BINGHAM the purpose of receiving the Report ai
All inquiries appertaining to Aesounts, stor
the Court of Directors together with &MATTHEYA, statement of Accounts for the year end-
the 318 December, 1918.
The REGISTER & SHARES of the Corporation will be CLOSED from
MONDAY, the 12th February, to
HONGKONG
1274
SATURDAY, the 24th February, 1917 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. (both days inclusive), during which period
no Transfer of Bharon can be Registered:
By Order of the Court of Directors,
N. J STABB
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 8th February, 1017. [201
THE
ANNUAL SHOW
THE FLOWER AND VEGETABLE SHOW will be held on the 8th and
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF 8th Manou, in the BOTANICAL GARDENS
CANTON,
LIMITED
NOTICE
! THE CERTIFICATES, Nos, 243, 244, 245 and 248, for Five Shares esch, 225 paid ap. Nov. 2601/2620, standing in the Register in the name of ARDSHOT HARTERHOY, having been declared LOST, NOTICE IS HEREET GIVEN that unless the said Certificates be
examined on SATURDAY, 17th ist, at 10 modared to the Society on or before the Twelfth
All Chains must be presented within
DAYS of the Steamer arrival here, after who date they cannot be recognised,
No Clamu will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowne, and all Goods remaining
undelivered
subject to rent
after tha
Consignees of Carge ars hereby notified that they must prednow am Import Permit signed by the Superintendent of Importa and Kaporta, Hongkong, betere Bill of Lading countersigned,
«No Fire Insurance has been ~Bill of Lading will be countersigned by
SHEWAN, TOM ́S & Co.
Hongkong, 12th February, 1917.
@
TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
be
THE INSTITUTE 1 RE-OPEN on MONDAY, the 19th February Students ahould attend at Quens's College at 6 px. on that date, for Enralmant
Hongkong, 10th February, 1917,
T
DIOCESAN GIRLS SCHOOL
KOWLOON.
372
HE DIOCESAN GIRLS SCHOOL,
Kowloon, wül BE OFEN on THURS DAY Morning February 15th, sf 9 o'clock.
Boarders return on February 14th
(281
of the EACE
RACE BOOKS: THE only Authorised Edition
BOOK is that Published by MESSES, NORONHA & Co. WHICH IS COPY RIGHT UNDER THE AUT OF 1911
TF HOUGH Clerk of the Course, Hongkong 10th February, 1917 270
of April, 1917, now Certificates for the said shares will be issued and the old Certificates will day thereafter be held by the Society sa null ant sold Ortor of the Beard o
Board of Directors,
C. MONTAGUE, EDE Gensral Manager. Hongkong, 13th January, 1917, 17
By
ANICOL
Quarry Bay, [980
Hongkong, 10th February, 1917.
London Urpich: 181, Flaar StAKKY, 3,0.
The Daily Press.
Horerons 13th Fanuary, 1914.
THE TIBETAN QUESTION.
Some time ago the Chinese Press pub- lished what purported to be the demanda
From
but simply because he has effectively established is independence, and to allow: China again to try to subvert it could only result in prolonged disorder and unrest, which is the last thing we want on the Indian border.
920 towards reduction of the principal
The Chef Justice Did you get a receipt
Defendant-No, I got no receipt. The Chief Justice It is an extraordi- _________| pary taing for a man to do, and you The Tibetan problem has however, cone into Court and expect to get justice totally changed since the Simla Con- done. Would you go into a tradesman's ference frst met. It seems like delving shop and pay your bill without getting a into ancient history to recall the days receipt simply throw the dollars across
to him
Mr. Gardiner, solicitor (who was in sttendance in connection with another case), said ho had had a lot of experience. of these money-lending cases, and the lenders very seldom gave a receipt for in case in which it was done, terest. Indeed, he had never known a
submitted by Great Britain for the sett when suspicion of Russia was one of the essential factors of Indian frontier poli. ties, particularly with reference to Tibet, where the movements and activities of DonJiZy were always regarded with anxiety. We now approach the Tibetan problem with that factor eliminated, for the experiences of the past two years, when Russis and Britain have been striving and anffering side by side in a common cause, knit by the closest ties Mr. Gardiner No. There is no ins of alliance and friendship, make a revival. It is a verbal arrangement, as a rule.
ma terest marked on theso promissory notes,
The Chief Justice Well, the sooner a Chinese custom, but it is very they begin to do it the better. It may bad one. Don't they keep a record of auch payments in a book
Gardiner had said, and added that the
meat of the Tibeten question.
MAV internal evidence alone it is clear that the terms quoted are by no means authori Intending Exhibitors should send their
tatives the incident is none the less of entry forms, to the Hon, Secretary not
interest as showing that, even in Chiness later than 28th February
rcles, it is recognized that, though the Copics of Rules and Schedules may be negotiations of the Simla Conference are ebtained from the Hon. Secretary-
for the time being suspended, the ques tion is by no means closed and will have to be brought to a satisfactory isme 600uer › ur_Inter. The British position of sich doubts impossible. The problem Mr, Faithfull corroborated what Mr. was clearly defined once and for all it is, therefore, greatly simplifed by this reason why interest was not put in the Sir JOHN JORDAN'S Note to the Wai-chiao consideration, while the very friendly tote was that the borrower usually sign=” Pu of August 17th, 1912, in terms which attitude of the Dalai Lama is another ed for a much larger sum than he got.
The rate of interest and terms of repay- should have convinced tha Chinese most hopeful sign. The reception he met ment were verbally fixed, and, in the Goverment of our honest, désire to neist with on taking asylum at Darjeeling, event of irregularity, the lender swoopsd her in regularizing the situation vis-à-vis and his treatment while there, have down upon the borrower for immediate Tibet At that time Tibet was to all in evidently made a profound impression. The Chief Justice There is an Act of payment of the full amount on the note. NY EUROPEAN, Nex-Aniskie or Tulisu tents and purposes independent of China, We shall not speedily forget the spirit Parliament, which empowers the Court to A desiring to leave the Colony should yiply is person of the CENTRAL POLION STATION and the few Chinese troops in Lhasa were which prompted his offer of troops tredagsa note where the prout is un- THE CERTIFICATE, NO 858, for Five between the heat of 9 to 1 and 2. virtually prisoners. Had Great Britain the Raj at the outbreak of war, nor his The plaintiff said this trouble about
Share
No A576/15590, standing in to E.. daily the Register in the name of AHMEDHOY Applicants will I be required to pro
te prodnes Paffirmed this independence and required orders for the beflagging of Lhasa prepayment was not a new thing. Many HABIBBHOI, having been declared LUBLAR All persons with certain arceptions China to subscribe to it, China would receipt of the news of BOTHA'S conquestes fendant was not satisfied with the cond
casce had happened lately If the de LOST, ports or identification papers, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that unless
o said Certificate be seed used to the Company remain in the Colony for more slaa 7 have found it difficult to do otherwise of South-West Africa. Never since the tione he (the plaintiff) would have been wo of hefure the Twelth day of April, 1017, ro to Register themselves under the than accept; as it was, wo regarded our days of WARREN HASTINGS have the role willing to take it before an official of
CASINOS Save the Tell the Court. Treaty relations with China as requiring tions of Great Britain and Tibet been Mr Gardiser said the suggestion was and the old Certificate will thereafter be held by ANCE 1918, the Company as null and you
Forms of Registration giving the particulars us to safeguard her enteresty equally with on so good a footing, and there is every good one. If this money-landing could required may be obtained at the GPO, and si
thoon of Thet, and accordingly, re-reason to hope that, when the relative boon to these in the community who were be officially sune vised it would be a Polion Stations. The Pensity for sun-swaybanen law-fire nas cognised the suzerainty of China and her positions of China have been settled, there in the habit of lending and borrowing Brooding $50
right to station a representative at Lhasa will develop that regular commerozal money
The Chief Justice said he could hardly to control the Dalai Lama's foreign rezantercourse between Tibet and India, burden the Court oficials with extra
which that statesman sought to promote, judicial duties of that kind and which, while adding to the wealth
The plaintif in the witnes-box, la
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of both countries, will also be the most answer to the Chief Justice, said he always advanced the full amount men exective means of cementing the friend-toned on the note he received. His pro ship between them.
tions, while insisting at the same time on the internal autonomy of Tibst and re- fusing to acquiesce in the maintenaлOB of an unlimited number of Chinese troops aiter at Lhasa or in Tibet generally. This provided China with such am ouy We understand tays the A-C, a way out of the passe that she would News, that Mr. E, Fulford, C... have been wise to accept it immediately Consul-General at Tientsin shortly instead, the delayed replying for four rotiring and that his place wil be filled months and then showed no sign of ap by Mr. W. P. Ker, CMG, Commercial Attaché in Peking. It is probable that preciating the essentials of the situation, This necessitated the tripart te conferencer. Archibald Ross will go to Peking in 1 Simla in which, as Lord MORLEY K
Mr. Kere place.
5 on the tra auctions was the interest he received. Defendant had paid ne în-. terest, and had agreed to pay off the whole amount in four monthly payments of $20. This was not the first transaction he had had with the defendant, who had paid up in the other, camés -
Plaintiff said he had had only one transaction with the plaintif, and had paid him 840 for $20.
His Lord Hip gave udgment for too ruvable in twelve
instalments with costs
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