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GENERAL HOLIDAY, FINDER Ordinance No. 5 of 1912, MON, DAY, 2nd July, has been proclaimed. GENERAL HOLIDAY, and · the EXCHANGE BANKS will be CLOSED for Businem on that day.. * Hougkong, 27th June,

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DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 28TH, 1917.

THE

HONGKONG

AUCTIONS

HOUSES TO LET

PUBLIO AUOTION,

DARTICULARS and CONDITIONS of

TO LET

TMACRO, NICE FURNISHED HOUSE in the bost loonlity, Los Summer. Immediate possession.

Apply to

[779 P the testing by Public Auction Sale Lo be held on TUESDAY, 16 3rd day of July, 1917 A 3 p... at the Omicon of Sha PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, by Order of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of Ons Lot of OROWN LAND shore Bowen Road, in the Colony of Hongkong for ferro of 75 years, with the option of renewal to

CROWN LENT to be fixed by the Surveyor of HIS MAJESTY THE KING, for one further torm of 76 years,

KOWLOON UANTON RAILWAY "(BRITISH SECTION). THE PUBLIC IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that commencing on SATURDAY, 30th Instant, and on ouch succeeding Saturday ni farther notion Tiflus will not be supplied on the Traf leaving Kowloon at 125 PM.

By Ordor

H. P. WINSLOW,

Manager. Kowloon, 28th June, 1917.

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DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF HONG. KONG AND SOUTH CHINA, EC

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NOTICE.

SPECIAL MEETING of the

A DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OF

HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA, hold at the Masonic Hull. 2, Zetland Street, on SATURDAY, 23rd inst., in celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the first Assembly of the Grand Lodge of England, which was commemorated on that day through

ut the Empire, pollection was made in aid of the

HONGKONGWAR CHARITIES FUND.

Preemasons not present at the Meeting who wish to subscribo may, until 7th July, donatious to W. J. TUTUNEE, Esq., who will

be glad to rendive contributions however small,

By Command of the D. D. G.M. Hongkong, 27th June, 1917. ** [781:

NOTICE:

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Boundary Meawwamienta -(Approxkante.}

*..

Cumbents

OFFICE of PEAK HOTEL

TO LET.

(775)

NE large FURNISHED BOOM and Vorah, with Board and Attendance, the May Bood Laval,

Apply to

Bor No. 28,

Care of " Dally Prom “ Offee.

TO LET

CHOP to Lab in Alozandre Buildings,

Apply to

feat

(made (plan. ||25,000 172 7,359

No

1763

PUBLIU AUOTION.

Undersigned received instrac-

Tsione trom the Lagnidason of Mera Juncan & Co. in pursuance of an order of the Hongkong Government to sail by publio austion at 19 o'clock (Noom) on TUESDAY, the 31st day of July, 1917, at his Bales Rooms, Duddell Street, THE VALUABLE LEABKHOLD PROPERTY aituste at The Peak, Hong- kong, and being RURAL BUILDING LOT No. 19,

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

Partnership formerly subsisting between In Onn Lor. ths Undersigned and MR. POON WAK KOCK The Property Consist of carrying ou Business under the Style or Firm mms of UNION TRADING COMPANY tho Colony of Hongkong and elsewhere bas heen Dissolved us from the 31st December, 1918, so far as coneerus the said Mr. POON WAN Koor, who Retired from the asid Firm on that Vista.

Datil Hongkong, 27th June, 1817,

(54) S. M. CHUEN, (84) C. HONKEY.

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The piece or parcel of ground and premises known Lysholt 104, Ibe Fesk, situate near Mount Gough, in Sho Colony of Hongkong, with an area of 194,033 square feet and registered in the Land Office a Rural Building Los No: 19,

The Lot

Lot is held for the unexpired resi- dus of a term of 18 years orested therain by an indenture of Crown Lease dated the 23rd day of April 1890.

The Annual Orown Rent is $35.80.

For further particulars and sunditions

SHELL TRANSPORT AND TRADING | of sale apply to G

A COMPANY, LIMITED.

W

VB have benze regnated by the above Company to annonnes that New Sharen

will be issued to present Charololdara at par (£1) In the proportion of 1 New Share to 4 Old Shares, The Dividend of 5/- per Share, Payable on 14th July, may be utilized to for the New Shares,

Shareholders should

deposit

their holdings with their Bankers by 20th Jung in order that application may be made by

the

be obtained from tho

nocoth Jnno. Telegram on

Farther particulare may be

& SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA HONGKONG TION or the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA & CHINA, on application.

For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAT

BANKING CORPORATION; N. J. STABB,

Chief Manager. 1772

HONGKONG JUE COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE

WING to the GREATLY INCREASED "COST ""olg: Manulnotary It Ene bei decided to raise the PRICE OF ICE to 1 i couts per lb. ss from the 1st July next.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ln,

General Managers, Hongkong, 22nd June, 1917 3.

S.S. CHIYO MABU.”

Musks, WILKINSON & GRIST, Bolicitors for the Liquidators,

or to the Undersigned, ne GEO, P. LAMMERT:

Anctioneer, sis

NOTICE

R.

NY EUROPEAN, Num-Andile or Indian

A desiring to leave the Colony should apply In parsons the OESTRAL POLION STATION between the hours

to

2 tally, be 1 2,3, and 9 F.M

762

SECRETARY,

A. S. WATSON & Co. Era,

1208

TO LET.

108. 3 A & B, ROBINSON ROAD

Apply to

INTIMATION

BY APPOINTMENT.

WATSON'S

STONE

GINGER-

POZTEAMER Was Minister of the Interior No man and no method is too high or in Germany ho nid down rules for these too low for the Gorman system. The world fixed agents that are worth summarising. is now quite familiar with the improper Such an agent must do something to show activities of German and Austrian ambas. thal, ostensibly, he has gone abroad to sudora and their Staffs, from Washington make a livelihood. At the same time; toto. Athens and Christianis, so we will co taku service with another may impair his to the odor end of the scule and give an liberty of action, and, therefore, he ought | instance of what Mr. Liovu GEORGE ODGO to open a shop or business of some kind, called the ** potato-bread spirit." When according to the nature of the district, the Austrian aeroplanes attacked Venice, He must conduct it well so that it gets guiding lights were shown on one of the a good name; be must inspire confidence islands in the lagenu. Au investigation in his neighbours and make himself use revealed the fact that a German, an ful to them by giving subscriptions, educated man, had lived on the island as helping to found societies and so on, a swinelerd among the poor herdsmen so that everyons may speak well of him. there. In his cabin were found technical If his business does not pay he need not works on aeronautical problems and the mind, for

the Government will reimburse perforating powers of projectiles, which rules mean, of course, that he had been annotating. For ten years it is impossible for any German abroad he had so lived, for the sake of guiding. to be trusted, however long he may have the enemy to Venice. Can any nation been there and however innocent his think of dispensing with any source what apparent course of life. For though, of ever of national strength in the struggle every hundred, some are probably not against a people who can do such things spies at all, some certainly are, and it in that Act some Germans writers bute the audacity to demand as one of the impossible to distinguish between the terms of peace the re-establishment of Naturalisation affords no test, for under Germans in the Allied countries, as be German nationality. There is no question demand on ethical and material grounds, DELBRUCE's law the man still retains his fore, and, still more remarkable, some of our own fellow-countrymen support this that had the Allies been (say) a single as we have recently seen in Hongkong.

BEER These r

The emnly Jerniented Stone Ginger Beer in the

Far East.

The real charm of Stone Ginger DAVID BASSOON & Co. Beer is the flavour produced by

TO LET.

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partial fermentation; without this

1 NEW HOUSE in Conduls Road, Beady no Stone Ginger Beer can be said

oddall Streek

for occupation. Also:1 GODOWN

For rent and other partloniais apply Lu-m

H. M. H. NEMAZHE, 1 Det Voeur Rosi

1405%

TO LET.

FIVE-ROOMED HOUSE, with Teunis

Court, in Minden Villas, Kowloon

A FLAT in Nalžina Boad, Kowloon.

Apply to

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

CO, LAD

Alexandrs Buildings.

TO LET.

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OFFICES at 2, Conzaght Road Central,

OFFICES in King's and York Buildings, HOUSES to Let Wongnaichong Bond.

to be genuine.

$1.00 per doz.

TRADE

MARK

A. S. WATSON

CO., LTD.,

scientific despotism, waging war simply

as ode plays a game of chest, they would have begun by arresting every man or woman of German blood as a precaution.

We will give here a few details of one aspect, only of the system-the social economic. They are drawn from Italy because her neutrality during the first months of the war offered facilities for the study of the system, but the broad lines are true of every country attacked. A great number of spy businesses have been discovered in Italy; the type a supplied by a bathing establishment in the Val di Sella, which had failed three times in Italian hands but flourished when u German took it over, though it had no visible clientele Othere were found at Sirmione di Garda, on the Lido at Venice, at Messina, Nervi, Ancous, Tarnuto, and other places, always with the same characteristic w prospercus business with few clients; indeed, one German hotel-keeper at Syracuse admitt

HOUSES in Clution Gardana, Gondal Road. ÆRATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.ed openly that his Government compensat HOUSES, in Broadwood and Moreton Terracon Co HOUSES in Shamsen, Can

Apply to middag

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT AND AGENCY Co, Lab,#

WANTED.

NICE COOL BOOM (Farnished or

TELEPHONE4436,

DEATH

12

HUMPULEYS-Sudy at sea, on Taca day, 19th inst., on board the Empress of Asia, W. G. Huaraners. By cable

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Appilan ill be required to prodas Pass A Dufuralshed) with Verandah and Bath HongKong. Orion: 102, Das Vœux Roar, O

porta

or kientification papers.

All persons with certain exertions who remain in the Colony for more than 37 day are vaguired to Register ihamasives under the REGISTR

OF PERSONS OELIN.

ANOE 1882 LUNEAke

Forms of Registrailon giving the partiontare cognized may be obtained at ike G.P.0, and al aff Police Stations.

The Penalty for non-complishes in u Sina nos exceeding $50.

THE 1760

TIENDØRS are invited for the purchase of

TWO BOILERS, SALYBD from the

wreck of this Stasmer.: 2

Particulars amul terms of tenders can be obtained on application to the Undersigned,

GILMAN & Co., Iro.,

Agente, The London Salvage Association. Hongkong, 23rd June, 1917. A 1770

FOR SALE.

DO NOT MIES A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

PENINSULAR

ORIENTAL STEAM

NAVIGATION CO.

58

AND

room. Attendance but no board required. Beply To AOL 292 VA

Cars ofDaily Press Office.

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WANTED.

th

A HOUSE OF WHOLE FLOOR

about 10 Booms in a central Iscation, Please apply to

Box No. 1, Care of " Daily Fress" Oilos, 1767

WANTED

\\FFICE 21 the Central Lomklom,

Apply to

STEAM FOR STRAITS, OBYLONOFFIC

AUSTRALIA, BOMBAY, EGIPT.

VIDITERRANEAN PORTI

AND LONDON.

Batavia, American, ContinuaDNAK,

FURUKAWA & Co, 20, Des Vooz Bond Central.

Canouan. Bizta or Ladran IAMUID, PON

Fecks engagements

gan Boura Arzita Ponte.

THE Homeward Mall Blommer,

Ho Majesty's Maile, will be dorpsi EAN and Nut OIL MILL PLANT is from this part i nemal, making

Berfect woring order for sale Next in and Cargo for sho

scrap-iron price.

Please address enquirisa to——

Care of "Daily Proms ?? Office,

FOR SALE

776

NE 10 BHP. HORNSBY ACKROYD

soncmmodation in the kelare dagarire from

Bik and Valuables and 1 and Cargo for Fly, Franse and Landen (under, serangement) be conveyed by this Ciemne proceeding vis Bombay to Marmellen and Lendon.

Parcels will be received at the Curse until 1P.M. the day before miing. The contende and value of all packages are required.

For further particulars, milling dafen, via..

OOH ENGINE COmplete with and apply to

soupled direct is ond 6 L.W. Continuou Current Shun) Wind Dynamo cf 50/20 volu with shand regulator. Wiki

ALSO ONE SWITCHBOARD

for

ACCUMULATORS, UENAMO, &c.vampleša

with instruments for 109 Amps,

For further particulam apply to--

JARI

Kuparini

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM SHANGHAI, KOBE ind MOJL. TelTHE Bismarkip

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Alexandra Buildings,

FOR BALL

SANTHIA having arrived from the abors Ports, Comm PAR of Cargo are hereby informed that their Gooda

BAGS OF USED ASIATIC POSTAGE delivered from toppida

STAMPS

400 Stamps for #0,50 || 3000 8tskaya for#2.00

800

$1000

31500.

0.60 3000

80

70

€50

1.00 4000

GRACA & CO

NG 4, WYNDHAM SZERENT,

Hongkong.

Cargo impeding the discharge will be landed at Coudignees risk and="arpense into the hasardons sinifor extra hamardons Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon What mad Godown Company, Limited.

•No Firm Izzurance has been suneted. Bills of Ladinge will be operatorsigned by

DAVID BASSOON & Co, Lap.

Hongkong, 16th Jane, 1917.

1708

WANTED IRST CLASS European Book-keeper

Care of "Daily Pross" Office 1764

ON BALE.

S WAREN OF TER•

RATES OF EXCHANGE

AT HONGKONG

FOR

DEMAND DRAFTS ON BOMBAY

On the Day preceding the Departure of the English Mails from the Year of the Closing of the Indian Minis ko Mite Fres Coinses of Hilver

THOM 1883 TO 1900;

ALSO

RATES FOR SOVEREIGNS, GOLD

LEAF BAR SILVER (Froen 1100),

and other Useful Information,

the Darty Press * Of

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or Local Bookseller

London Orfics: 131, Fumi Szakkt, B.C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, STE JUNE, 1017.

Next Monday has been proclaimed a general holiday and the exchange banks. will be closed for business on that day.

Major de L. Simonds, D.8.0., R.G.A who was Aide-de-Camp in Hong- kong some five years, was recently killed

in action

The Kowloon-Canton railway announce that, until further notice, tifhns will not. be supplied on the train, caving Kow. loon at 1.28 pm on Saturdays

The Director of Public Works informs us that the North Point Bathing arrange. monts are now complete and are avail able for the use of the public,

A large number of NCOs and mon from Mount Davis and Belchera par- Water Bay, yesterday. A grant from the ticipated in a bathing picnic to Deep Services Entertainment Fund enabled an excellent teu to be provided, Bergt- Major Allison again very kindly under taking all arrangements. The outing was thoroughly enjoyed by

joyed by all.

The Royal Naval Quadrille Club hefu a mixed Whist Drive in the Naval Canteen Theatre on Tuesday night. There was a large attendance and the following won prizes-Ladies-let, Mrs. Hast, 2nd, Mrs, Donno; ord, Mrs Soura, ed him for losses Hotels are a favourite

BY CO Mon-ist, C P 0. Powney, R.N.; gad, base of the German system, and here Mr. Baanwitys, 3rd, Staff Sergt. Wain, again, though no one supposes that every 4.0.C, Chief Writer Smith presented the German hotel keeper in Italy was a poli prizes to the successful players and also

carried out the duties of MO ties] agent, it could not he said with certainty of any individual that he was not. For example, the manager of one

Be of the best known hotels in Venice, the Bauer Grunwald, has been convicted and

of

Survivore of the auxillary cruiser January 25th, were recently entertained Lajuichter, lost off the Irish coast un by the Mayor of an Irish town, who, in morocco-bound pecket books and 104 the name of the people, prosented #12 officers with silver cigarette cases and men with 10/- each ways the Broad Arrow. The Laurentie was a White Star liner in times of peace, and was in Hongkong a few months before being lost, having on board a capable concert party which made several public appear. ances during the ship's stay in the port.

DEATH OF MR. W. G. HUMPHREYS.

DIES SUDDENLY AT SEA

It will come as a painful surprise to many Hongkong residents to learn that firm of W. G. Humphreys & Co., died Mr. W. G. Humphreve, founder of the suddenly at sca on the 19th inst

he was playing golf, a pastime which he took up only a year or so back and in which be evinced an energetic interest. Thus the news of his death has come, as

great shock to the members of hi family in Hongkong

Hongkong, and, two days before he sailed,

expelled. One suos, too, the wisdom PUTTKAMER'S rule about subscriptions As an instance, a German, suspected for very good reasons, was expelled from Sala and

relited to Lugano; from there when the Avezzano earthquake took place he sent a subscription to the society formed PEACEFUL

at Silo to help the sufferers. Thereupon PENETRATION?

the local Press espoused his cause, he was Was in the past were waged by the made a perpetual member of the Red military organisation on each side Ger- Cross, and his berth will be warm for him many has introduced the innovation of when the war is over, unless the authori- making war in every sphere of human tien interfere; The utility of the charit- activity and by every sort of meausable subscription in cases of suspicion Banking and commerce, culture and not unknown in other countries learning, society and social economics... One of the chief characteristics of the The deceased, who was in his 7th year, left for the North by the Emprens of Asur serve her ends. German system is its use of women. This on har laat voyage, being accompanied by all have been made to Every German was to play his part attained such proportions in Italy that his wife, and also his daughter-in-law, according to his powers; actual war with a list was compiled of officers and officials and yesterday a cable was received stat- doing that he died suddenly at sea on the troops and guns was only to be the with German wives, and many of them 19th inst, presumably as the result of a ultimate resource. At the beginning of were transferred to place far from the heart attack

The late Mr. Humphreys was in his the war the German system of peaceful war-zone. We need not refer to the well usual robust health on the day he left penetration" was an undoubted sourve known utility of courtesans high and low, of strength to Germany. It was the but the case of the German governess is sublimation of the old-fashioned" spy-well proved. The German Press has been ing into a universal national endeavour, much vexed recently about what it calls regarded as an honourable set of sacrifice" war on the German governces. If such for the Fatherland. Roughly speaking, war exists it is Germany's own fault. It was 48 years ago when the deceased whatever the line of life of the There was a German agency in Italy, the arrived in the Colony, coming out to join

BEST HAWON AN

the firm of Sale & Co., as a clark. He German abroad, his business was Marienheim, whose business it was to remained, with this firm for a few years✨ to send home whatever informa supply German governesses or companions and then commenced business on his own account as a merchant. From this small tion he could get in that line no to good families where information was beginning he built up the well-known matter ow alight or seemingly unimport to be bud; the useful ones were never sent merchant firm of WC. Humphreys & ant, it might fit in somewhere. In every to houses where it was, not worth while Co. Never one to interest himself in focal politics, the late Mr. Humphreys applied country in which the system operated it Passing over the smaller fry who have himself to his business with great energy cut something out of that country, ate been detected, we give two cases. A and it was only a few years ago that he ceased to take an active part in the con away part of its powers, diminished by man of the name of SparKORZE, who duct of the firm's affairs. He wa so much, its strength and its liberty. As bad for years been governess in the house sident who was very well known and none of the Allied countries was work of a Minister, the late Bignor GUICEIAB ighly respected, and by his death the catatan Colony will lose a familiar figure, and ing a counter-system in Germany and it DINI, was arrested at Florence; among one who commanded the restorem ant is worthy of note that no sousations of her correspondence the police found con- sdmiration of all with whom he

brought into contact. Boon

the spying worth mentioning have been vincing proof of her political activities outbreak of war, the late Mr. brought by Germans against any of them and she was expelled. Another German despite his age, enlisted in the

Volunteer Reserves for the It meant that Germany started the war woman, companion to the Marchionem di

seven pose of guarding German prisoners H with her own strength intact and that of VILLANOVA, was arrested at Naples; she was extremely patriotio, sad his example.

npaired. had sent out of Italy papers containing was an incentive to younger men The every other nation somewhat

deceased leaves a family of seven four The great army of spies grouped important State information, and also sons and three daughters to whom, and round cellsin fzed agents who became minute details about the inhabitants of also to the widow, we tend our deep. domiciled, and, perhaps, naturalised in Italia Irrendent who had taken refugempathy in their endden bereavement.

The body will be brought to Hongkong the country: attacked When TON in Its)7

for interment

pur