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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS C. T. BOWRING & Co. LTD. LONDON. (BowHING & Co., New York, Corimpendent.)

DESENTATIVES

ESIRE to appoint LOCAL REPRE in HONGKONG,

in connection with their Import and Export department (Produce, General Merchandise,

te

Established British Firms preferred.

INTIMATIONS

B.

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH,

KOWLOON WATER WORKS.

AUCTION

For Sale

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that, owing Public Auction.

Alterations to the supply Haunsto

Kowloon Foninsula, Water in the Distributing

Subject to the conditions prescribed by the

Apply direct to London, giving fallest details Maini will be cut off between the bonis Straits Settlements "Alien Enemies (Winding

And credentials,

(1049

VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB

THE ANNUAL AQUATIC SPORTS will be held on THURSDAY, 27th, FRIDAY, 81, and SATURDAY, 29th September,

Entrance fre, Civilians 50 cents each erint except 12, 17 and 18.

Soldiers and Sailors half-price. Entries CLOSE on MONDAY, the 2415 September, 1917.

Entries will not be accepted unless companied by entrance fees, Competitors who have not competed before at the V.R.C. must stiead at the Chab any TUESDAY or FRIDAY for times to be taken.

R. WITCHELL,

Hon. Secretary.

[1652 HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.

PROMENADE CONCERT

SEASON, 1917.

The Ixt Concari will be held in the BUTANICAL GARDENS,

ou

Vocalista:

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER AT 9 P.M. Mix, C.-W. BrawiCK, MIX CAMILLE CASTRO, Mr. CH. P. HAY, Mr. A. B. LAY.. POLICE RESERVE OACHESTILA,

Band of the 7-12 Punjabis (by kind per

uniting,

Admission (at Main Eutranice nkly),

30 cents and $1.00 including right to reserved bat vanematered chair).

Naval and Miliary Forces in Uniformi 10 cents.

Childred charged Adult price. Gista opass al 6.30 ..

1050

THE TAI SUN INSURANCE AND BANKING COMPANY; LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that GENE- an EXTRAORDINARY

OF

ΤΑΙ THE RAL MEETING SUN INSURANCE AND BANKING COMPANY, LTD., will be held at No. 196 Des Youx Road Central, Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, being the Registered Office of the Company, on MONDAY, the 24th of September, 1817, at 12 o'clock Noos, when the subjoined resolution will be proposed as an Extra- ordinary Resolution:

That the Capital of the Company (1)"

from

$1,900,000 be reduced (divided into 8,000 shares of $200 each) to 8000,000 divided into 6,000 shares of 8100 each that such reduction be

(2)

[+

*** and

effected by reducing the nominal amount of the ordinary shares from 0 to $100 each and ex

in tinguishing the liability respect of uncalled Capital on the ordinary shares to the ex tent of $100 per share.

That the Capital of the Com pany be increased to $1,300,000, by the creation of 0,000 addi- tional ordinary shures of $100 each ranking for dividend and in all respects paci pass with the existing ordinary

shares

8 P.M. on TUESDAY, 18th instant, and GA.M. on WEDNESDAY, the 19th instant.

W. CHATHAM,

Water Authority. Public Works Department,

Lengkong, loti September, 1817. [1042 |

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

LIMITED.

BE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Company's Offices on SATURDAY, the 29th of September, at Noox, for the purpose of of the General Managers, receiving the Report together with a Statement of Accounts: to 30th June, 1017.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 21st to 29th September, both days inclusivo.

DOUGLAS LAPHAIK & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 3th September, 1917. (1000

THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA

DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that NDIVIDEND WARIANTS for the INTERIM DIVIDEND of $150 per Share payable to all Shareholders on the Company's Register at 30th September, 1917, may be obtained at the office of the Company, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on and after

2,

the 8th October, 19ven that the SHARE

Notice is further

REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 1st to the 6th October, 1917, both days inclusive

1. M. DYER By Order of tite-Bount of Directors,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 8th September, 1915(1012 NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION).

INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND).

Uaredeemed Bank Notes

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that any

OUTSTANDING NOTES will be paid on presentation to the undersigned on or before SATURDAY, 29th September, 1917, at Noon.

AFTER THAT DATE, holders will find it necessary to claim repayment IN STERLING from the BOARD OF TRADE LONDON, to whom the necessary funds will be remitted.

THE BOARD OF TRADE make a charge for payment of claims out of monies deposit od in the "COMPANIES LIQUIDATION

"at the Bank of England. ACCOUNT"

AR LOWE,

Liquidator.

1956

Chartered Bank Building,

Hongkong, 16th August, 1917.

NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD., CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.

AND

NONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer

"HYSON

up) Ordinance, 1014," as ammded from time to time by Ordinances, 1 of 1915, XIX of 1915, XVI of 1916 and VI of 1017 and we adopted in this State: Ma

All that land known as THE BATU EIMA ESTATE consisting of about 1,016 acres, 1 rood, 33 perches held under East Coast Country Grant No. 49 for 999 years from 1888, RENT FREE. About 275 acres of the land is planted with rubber (150 acres in bearing) and 60 acres with coconuts 3 to 4 years old.

Situated on main road within 5 miles of Sandakan Wharf.

The following buildings in good condition are on the Estate:

"

(a) i bungalow (40' x 30') containing 4

bedrooms, dining room and vera dab Corrugated iron roof plank walle, t

tiled door.

:

(6) 1 Store (63' x x32) Corrugated iron

root, plank walls.

(c) 1 Smoke-house (24' x 20'). Corrugated

iron walls and roof, earth floor.. (d) 1 Factory (3916). Corrugated iron roof, på ink walls, cement floor. Contains a hand machines, 28 Intex pails and over 9,000 cups.

(e) 15 Coolie houses (each 18 x 14).

Plank walls attap roofs.

INTIMATION

WATSON'S

1917.

shipping companies, but, as was abso|4t the Frish Convention the members quently pointed out, most of the com- have the assistance of Sir Hiram Shaw. a former Chief Justice for the panies were single-ship companies, which Wilkinson, are in the habit of dividing the whole of their gross profits among the sharehol tess without any deduction for depreciation or reserve, and are

Supreme Court of China and Korea.

A milker employed at the Dairy Farm took sulphate of zine in mistake for suma

d to go out of busi medicine, and he is, now in the Gaven- cast any time. Indeed, some of the ment Civil Hospital auffering from th companies in which Mr. Bonas Law in-effects of poisoning. vested did go out of, or suspend, business,

because of the high cost of building, and RESORCIN

HAIR

The eighteen months' old child of a ashing woman of Aberdeen has been sent. to the Government Civil Hospital suffer-

therefore divided up the surplus capital and gave the Chancellor of the Exchequering from severe scalda. The baby apsek

a tub of boiling water over itself."

his tremendous profits. As this is no eriterion of the profits made by the re gular lines in Great Britain, when we

The first promenade Concert of the season of the Hongkong Fulica Reserve

LOTION read of shipping companies is Japon lode will be held in the Botanical Gardens on

COPY OF ORDER RECENTLY RECEIVED.

"Eldoret,

British East Africa,

ing dividends of 700 per cent. we conclude

Saturday, September 22nd. The vocalists that they, also, have wound up their con include Mrs. C. W. Beswick, Miss Camille

Castro, Birt C. H. P. Hay and, Mr. A. H. Болу.

corns and that this dividend reprosents a distribution of the surplus capital obtained by the high price al hulls. At the same time the dividends paid by th regular shipping companies in Japan are much higher than those paid in Great Britain, which, according to authentic 17. statements averaged 125 per cent, in 1913, 1039 per cent. in 1914, 11-43 in 1915, and 18'61. in 1918, In Japan, of the official lines, the Toyo Kisen Kaisha is the lowest with a 20 per cent, dividend, but, as this company has been investing large sums in hotel property, the dividend evidently

4th July, 1917.

Dear Sirs,-I would be very

much obliged if you would kindly

send me by parcels post some of

During the week ending September 15th, two Chinese cases of diphtherin were reported in the Colony, one of which proved fatal. In the same period them were four Chinese cases (one imported)- of enteric fever, one of which proved fatal

The members of the Royal Etigines Sergeants Mess, wives, and families held n bathing piente at Dumbell Island on

Saturday. A start was made from 4.8.0.

your Resorcin Hair Lotion (oily).represents but a part of the profits. Pier at 1.30 pau. Ideal weather, smoth

In payment please find enclosed Postal Orders for £2, which I hope

local currency.

course, in the case of the British shipping sens, and a fine sandy bench mado companies the dividends do not represent delightful change. The generosity of the the whole proft, large sums having been subscribers to the Services put away for the lean years that are ment Fund was deeply

a hearty vote of thanks was passed to the The above property will be you will be able to change into inevitably coming; but equally large sums.

have been set aside by the Japanese ship Reverend C. L. Cooper Hunt, C.F., for sold by Public Auction in the

ping companies and they are still able to arranging the outing. Court House at Sandakan at

pay very handsome dividends. There is reason to believe, also, that the dividends 12 o'clock Noon, on SATUR-

do not represent all the money from ship- DAY, 20th October, 1917.

ping that is divided up among the share RESERVE PRICE $100,000 (ONE

holders. Many of the large Japanese HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)

firms are now running shipping depart STRAITS SETTLEMENTS CURRENCY-

ments, the money. being transferred from (NOTE: This reserm price has been based

one department to another, perhaps to

on a report on the Entare by the Honourable A. Mr. F. E. Lee, Manager of Supong Estate).

The sale is subject to the follow- ing conditions:—

(1) $30,000 (Singapore Currency) to be paid on purchase and the balance by monthly instalments thereafter of $10,000. Interest at the rate of 7% per annum will be charged daye will invalidate the sale and render the on instalments overdue and default for 30 deposit and all instalments liable to forfeiture.

(2) Upon payment of the deposit an agreo- ment will be executed by the liquidator undertaking to complete the transfer of the estate, free of all incumbrances, on payment of the final instalment of the purchase money. And to the following special conditions:-

(1) The purchaser must be a British subject. and not under any foreign influence; he will be required to satisfy the Governor that no. or indirectly nterested with him in the pur person of enemy or foreign origin in directly chase, and he must make such statutory declaration in that behalf as may be required by the Governor.

(2) For the purposes of this sale any person in the Company and that the are hereby notified that the Cargo will entitled under the Land Laws of North

to a British subject. Directors, he empowered to be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kow-Borneo to rank as a Native shall be deemed

shares as loon, where it will lie at Consignee's, risk. they consider expedient in the The Carge, will be ready for delivery "interests of the Company. from Godown on and after 17th September, Should the above resolution be passed

Optional cargo will be Janded, unless by the requisite majority it will be sub- * special nitted for confirmation as General Meeting and such Meeting will arrival. be held on Wednesday, the 10th day of October, at the same time and place for the parpose of considering, and it thought fit confirming, such resolution as a special resolution accordingly. lag Dated this 14th day of September, 1917.

By Order of the Board, CHUN WING SEN,

Secretary,

11031

resolution to a further Extraordinary notice has been given prior to steuner's Company in it will be necessary to

KONINELYKR PAKETVAART

MAATSCHAPPY.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM BELAWAN, DELL SINGAPORE

AND PENANG.

THE Steamship

JACOB" having arrived from the above prt, Consignees of Carge by her are notified that all gods are being added at their risk into the bazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong- kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd. whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Goods not cleared by 21th inst. will be subject to rent.

All broken, shafed and damaged packages are to be left in the G down, where they will be Bzamined by Messra. Goddani and Dongles on the 22nd inst. at 10 AM.

Claime against the steamer must be presented in writing within 10 days after arrival of steamer, otherwise they will not be recognized

No Fire Lasaranee will be effected by the undersigned in any case whatever.

Bills of Lading will be asuntersigned h

JAVA-CHIVA-JAPAN LIJN, Achats

Fengkong, 17th September. 1917.

B

WANTED-IMMEDIATELY,

F1058

DY in ENGLISH LADY in Yunnan, China, on Eurasian or Portuguese Com panien. Good home. Kawledge of French desirable. Please apply stating salary repaired, age and fall particulars to

Box 17, Care of "Daily Prent Offen

11011

Yours faithfully, (Signed) M.-M.—D

SOLD ONLY BY

S. WATSON

CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

TELEPHONA, 16

MARRIAGE.

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The death, has occurred it King's Langley,

from phthisis contracted o

active service, of Major J. W. Dustan R.M.LI, who served during the cam paign in China in 1900, including - the operations in and around Tientsin, from June 30th to July 31st, being mentioned in despatches for his services there. Ho. was with the brigade at the relief of Peking in August. For these services he received the medal with clasps for. Taku Forts

and relief of Peking

cover losses sustained in other directions. The enormous advance in the market value of hulls is further evidence of the profits that are being made. Recently an old tramp steamer of 000 tons, built in 1980,

After a sonnection with Hongkong ex- was sold in Japan at a price which

tending over thirty-four years, Mr. S. New represented a value of £56 a100.

D. Setna, sole proprietor of the wolle. steamers, according to the latest quot known frum of Messrs, S. D. Sotma & Co., tions, are worth about £100 a to dealers in Indian yarn, opium and Indian and Chinese products, leave, for Bombay for a short holiday with Mrs. Soins and their son, Corporal B. S

PATERSON SUTHERLAND A St. Mary's there were not the evidence of the freight

Mortehoe, N. Devon, on July 30th, Licut WILLIAM HENRY FATERSON, rates themselves, the advance in the value M.C., the Gordon Highlanders, only of hulls would be sufficient to prove that son of WILLIAM PATERSON, Of Monk,

Nina Muriel, large profits are being drawn from some Seina (Right Section Machine Gun Co.). wood," Ayrshire, to only daughter of the late GEORGE where, and from whom these esin come Mr. S. D. Seton came to Hongkong, in SUTHERLAND, of Shanghai, and Mrs. 10. Dyer, of 83 North Gate, Re gent's Park, London. DEATH.

SENNA-A2 North Honan Bond Extension, Shanghai, on September 12th, Romao Mathias de Senna aged 67, years,

LONDON. OFFION: 181, Fra Benuaz, E.C. HondzONG OFFION: 104, Dan Vaux ReAD, C.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1917.

(3) In the case of a Company formed for the purpose of acquiring the business ite Memorandum of Association must contain special provisions, to be approved by the Governor, to exclude the possibility of the mpany falling under foreign control. All broken, chafed, and damaged goods prevent more than one-fourth of the shares

to the control of, foreigners. are to be left in the Godowas, where they or the voting rights being held by, or subject (4) In the case of a Company already in

IN a debate in the House of Commons re will be examined on any Tuesdays and

they must be altered Fridays between the hours of 10.45 4. existence, if the Articles of Association do and Noos within the free storage period not already so

to the Governor secently respecting the excess profits tax on Goods have left the steamer's Godown,

exclude the and all Goods remaining undelivered falling under foreign control, and the Direc shipowners, Mr. J. M. RoBRSION, former

No claims will be admitted after the in a mannerlity of the Company

as

to

SHIPPING PROFITS.

After the

except the consumer it is difficult to sec. 1983 and joined the firm of Messrs. Cawas- The shippers are certainly not losing, andjeo Pallanjee & Co., first as assistant and the advance of prices in Japan would then as manager until 1905. seem to indicate that the producer is death of his father he opened the firm of not suffering, except in so far as the high Pharozsha B. Petit & Co., which he nhly "freight-rates have affected particular conducted as manager until 1909, wher at a prost, simply because the carrying was well versed in all branches of China

fate trade, he decided then to establish the This is a charges are excessive, goods, which can no longer be exported it voluntarily closed. As Mr. S., D. Seth

which, perhaps, awaits many other business which now bears his name. Dar- Japanese commodities, although thefing his absence from the Colony te has tremendous demand is likely to pas off appointed Mr. P N. Cooper (sole pro- prietor of Messrs. Cooper & Co.) to act At any the evil day, for some time yet.

as manager to the firm. Socially Mr. S. rate, as far as goods shipped from Seina has many friends, in the Colony.

after the 241) September will be subject tora must furnish un undertaking to use their ly Parliamentary Secretary of the Boar to England rises by from 400 to 500 per of the Parsee Community have always

to rent,

best endeavours to have the provisions

referred to above inserted in the Memorandam of Trade, expressed the belief that the

presented to the undersigned on or before neoduced en bling the Memorandum of

All Claims against the Steamer must be of Asociation if legislation should be high rates of freight had no share worth prices of those oils in England are corsupporter, and he was equally well-known the 8th October, or they will not be Association e altered by the insertion of mentioning in the increase of food owners should be allowed to draw such the Zoroastrian Club was on the verga

recognised.

No Fire Insurance will be effected.

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,

Agents. Hongkong, 16th. September, 1917.

OY THE

AND

(1044

JOINT SERVICE.

• ROTTERDAM NEDERLAND"

LLOYD" BOYAL MAIL LINES: ?

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE Steamship

THE

such provisions

Should the Governor for any reason not (b) approve of the purchaser, the contract may be rescinded by the Governor and the deposit will be returned without interest or expenses

bé Further particulars may obtained on application to the undersigned.

W. W. SMITH,

Liquidator

RESIDENT'S OFFICE,

SANDAKAN, NORTH BORNEO, 29th June, 1917.

1823

B

"FRINSES JULIANA" having arrived from SAN FRANCISCO, Consignees of Cargo are hereby natified that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra hazardous

NOTICE Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Whenes and/or Wharf and Glowa Os,

NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatic or Indian from the wharves delivery ma

may be obtained.

A Goods

desiring to leave the Colony should No Cisim will be admitted after the

Taft the INTO

maining undelivered after

fter the 23rd Seph, at STATION between the hours of 9 AK to 1 P.M. Noon, will be ambject to rent

All Claims Dept, or they will not be recognised.

Japan to the Allies are concerned, it can

Along with the Hon. Mr. H. E. Pollock,. not be said that they are not affected by he is one of the original members of the the freight rates When the freight for Hongkong Chess Club and

18 . certain kinds of oils shipped from Japan played in club matches. The institutions

cent.wacon only conclude that the found in him a liberal and sympathetic

respondingly dearer. How far the ship in these respects in other spheres. When

vast profits at the expense of consumers of closing he came forward and placed

He was unani in Allied countries is now a question it on a sound footing.

parture he was entertained to dinner by which the Japanese Government is con- mously elected President, and on his de- the members. He was the only gentleman aidering.

and the first Farsee who had the hour of being elevated, by special telegram from England, to the sublime degree of Primo" of the R.A.OB. This was in

This view was endorsed by prices. several other members The arguments offered in support of this contention are out recorded in the report before us, but whatever they may have been it is obvious that they could only apply to shipping The total output of the Kailan Mining where the freight-rates have been fixed by Administrations mines for the week end- the Governments concerned. Where no ing 1st September, amounted to 5,353, 1804, and his friends on that occasion pre- control has been exercised and freight tone and the sales to 46,067 tons. rates have risen by two or three hundred

Bented him with an address on silk and ∙Mr. a gold watch suitably inscribed. Setea is the first and only Parsee to be The weekly religious meeting of the elected a member of the committes. of the per cent. it is impossible to believe that Helena May Institute will be conducted Constitutional Reform Association of

Hongkong, they have not had an appreciable effect on Tuesday at pm. by Lieut. Sylvester upon prices. Taking, as an instance, the Lee. The meeting will be open to all

Before introducing Lieutenant de Tee san, Aide to General Joffro and Coloner -case of Japan, where freight-rates have women.

Fabry, the Blue Devil of France been allowed to rise uncontrolled, save38

the Chairman Spencer, of the St. Louis enter in the case of a few vessels of the sub The annual aquatic sports of

V.R.C. will be held on Thursday, Friday tainment committee, at the M.A.A. break

fast told this anecdote. sidised lines, we find freights increasing and Saturday, the 27th, 28th and 29th

now represent such a large profit the 24th September.

Godowas, and she Good apply in person at the CENTRAL POLICE by a hundred per cent, at a time till they: September. Entries close on Monday, was approached by a pretty American

the Steamer

be

pro-

consid to the Tread on my hafore the 26th

be

AU broken, dafed, and damaged Goods are to left in the Gedowns, where they will be amined on the 22nd Soph, s 10 LM, by the Company's surveyors, alosure. Goddard Dongisa. 2...

No Fire Insurance has been effected, Bills of Laling will be countersigned by t JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, Agenta

(1015 Hongkong, 16th September, 1917.

and 2 PM to 4 P.M. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce even the subsidised lines, partly restricted in this respect as above noted, can afford Passports or identification papers.

All persons with certain exceptions who remain in the Colony for more than 7 days to distribute, dividends of from 40 to 70 are required to Register themselves under per cent and yet put aside Isrge sums,

REGISTRATION or PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918,

the

Forms of Registration giving the par- biculars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Pollos Stations.

The Penalty for fon-compliance is a fins not exceeding $50

158

In Washington, Lieutenant de Tessan

girl, who said:

And did you kill a German soldier t The body of a man named Henry Yes, he replied

employed at the Sugar Refinery, has been inquired. Reineke, aged 49 years, a sugar boiler With what hand did you do it?' ghe

With this right hand,' he said

while the private companies think nothing sent to the public mortuary. The body. And then the pretty American girl. of paying dividends of from 100 to 100 was found in the lane below the man's seized his right hand and read it. Calonel Fabry stood near by. He strolled

Heavens, man; why didn't her that you hit him to death over and said to Lieutenant de Tessan

per cent. Mr. Boxar Law, in the House bedroom in the Befinery quarters at

of Commons, gave some instances of the George Street. It is supposed that the profits he had made from investment in man fell from the bedroom window.

util