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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

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V. R.C. AQUATIC SPORTS, LADIES' BACE,

60 YARDS (2 LENGTHS) HANDICAP. OPECIAL Dressing Foxeshavebeen created

ensuring complete privacy. Ladies intending to compete are asked to attend at the V.R.C. any day between 10 a.. and Noox or 1 1. und 2,30 P., when one of the handicappers will be present to time them over the distance.

Entries dogs on MONDAY, 21th inst

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Hounty SecreUARY,

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INTIMATIONS

TMK HONGKONG DALLY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND,

HONGKONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.

THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING To the Moore Society will be held in the CITY HALL, ON WEDNESDAY, 26th Septem ber, 1917, 15.30 2.5., for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 81st August; of electing office-bestors for the ensuing year, de.

RHENDERSON, Secretary,

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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. of SHAREHOLDERS in the above FIREWORKS! FIREWORKS: Company will be held at the Company's Offices on SATURDAY, the 29th of September, at Noon, for the purpose of DISPLAY OF CHINESE FIREWORKS receiving the Report of the General Maungers, together with a Statement of Accounts to | 30th June, 1917,

HAPPY RETREAT,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 1st to 29th

SUNDAY, 23rd inst., MONDAY, 24th inst. September, both days inclusive,

and TUESDAY, 25th

From 8. 30,30 PM.

Admission $1.

Children Half-Price.

Tranis 'take you to the gate.

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PUBLIC AUCTION. DARTICULARS and CONDITIONS of

PARTICULARS BC Qussion

of

be held on MONDAY, the 1st day of October, 1917, as 8 risc, si the fees of the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, by Order of BI EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of Und Lob of CROWS LAND at Nathan Hand, Kowloon, in the Colony of Hongkong, for term of 25 years, with the option of renewal at CROWN BENT to be had by the Surveyor of His MassTY TAS ħu, for one further leros of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Registry Xa..

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Uwadary drammenta (Approzimate.)

trol feel Jeet

100

33 130

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Upart 17.

13,200) 152,7,130

الجنة.

₤1065

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEEES. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG

SINGAPORE,

AND

(Also from Colombo and Mairas ex

"Euryalue" and "Thongwa".

THE Steamship

TH

**JAPAN,” having arrived from the above Perts, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and for extra hazardous Godowns of the Hong Long and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

Groods not cleared by 25th inst. will be wbject to ront,

DOUGLAS LAPHAIK & Co.,

Genord Managers. D Hongkong, atly September, 1917. [1000

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THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that DIVIDEND WARRANTS for the INTERIM DIVIDEND) of 82.50 per Share payable to all-Shareholders on the Company's Hegister at 30th September, 1017, may be obtained at the office of the Company or Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on and the 8th October, 1917.

Notice is further given that the SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 1st to the th October, 1917, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors, RAL DYEй Chiof Manager. Hongking, 8th September, 1017

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NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA, LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION)

INCORPORATED IN ENGLANTI

NO

Unredeemed Bank Notes.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that any OUTSTANDING NOTES will be paid on presentation to the undersigned an or before SATURDAY, 28th 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 ed in the "COMPANIES LIQUIDATION ACCOUNT" at the Bank of England.

A. K. LOWE,

Liquidator.

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Chartered Bank Building,

Hongkong, 16th August, 1917.

NOTICE

NY EUROPEAN, Non Asiatic or Indian desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the CNTRAL POLICE STATION between the hours of 9 A.K. to 1.P.M. and 2 P.3 to 4 PM. daily

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers.

with certain exceptions who persona

INTIMATION

1917,

with which the Prussian autocrats bare been poisoning the minds of the people

before the war it was not expected when the dark clouds were gathering over Europe that he would be charged with the from one generation to another Yet responsibility of steering the ship of State among all the many bitter disappoint- through the stormy sea. His attitude ments which this war has brought to the towards the Boer War and the jealousy dreamers of a Modern Utopia, none has

HONGKONG MAGISTRACY.

ABSENT COMPLAINANT

When a case was called on in which Mr. E Hall, proprietor of the Pales Hotel, Kowloon, charged a ricsbe coolie

WATSON'S with which he received the expenditure been greater than the attitude of the Ger with refusing to take him as a fare, thes

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FOR 25 YEARS,

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of money on armaments made him suspect mau Socialists. They have sbattered the complainant, who had been in the Court hopes of many who were pacifists before few minutes previously, was not to be the war, for while paying lip-servios to found. Inspectors and Takonge searched their theories of international brother for him, but withous success, and the hood, they have been instrumental in rich coolie smiled blandly when told

with Prussinaisen. It does not relieve the carrying out all the horrors, associated Magistrate that he was discharged

German Socialists of any condemnation

in many quarters, although he had practi- cally committed himself to oppose Ger- many by his fearless and deâzito speech at the time of the Agadir crisis, We need

on the part of the Prime Minister of not fear any desire for a premature peace

Gren Britain today. His reply to the overtures of the new German Chancellor

by

THE WRONG BOAT.

Though banished from the Colony for

was definite, firm and logical. Mit the excuse is offered that they have ten years but a few days ago, a Chinese

LLOYD GEORGE has no illusions about the future; he recognises as plainly as any body that there is only one road to pence, and that is r Berlin. ---

Of the seven Dames mentioned above as conspicuous at the outbreak of war, only two retain their old prominence. They are the Kisg and the KAISER It is the irons of fate that they are cousins, for it would be almost impossible to find to temperaments in greater contrast. The Intest cables tell us of King GRORGE's visit to the Coyne, and we read of typical acts of kindliness and homely sympathy which are truly regal on account of their sim- plicity. It has been the same story throughout his eventful reign, No ruter

been duped by the KAISER. Before the war they did not subscribe openly to the great Prussian beatitude Blessed are the strong, for they shall proy upon the

to have

weak," but they do now. The head of the House of Hohenzollern seems modelled his actions upon those of NAPOLEON and MACHIAVELLI, but the latter did set soms lisaits and conditions to duplicity. While he enunciated the wretched theory that a ruler may be driven to set at nought pits, humanity. faith and religion for the sake of the State, he added that no ruler ghould turn from goud when he can avoid evil. The KBBG is execrated throughout the world to-day because it is believed that

was charged before Mr. Dyer Ball with returning from banishment."

The man was arrested on Thursday as he was leaving a Canton steamer.

The excuse put forward by this defend- ant was that he boarded a steamer at

Canton but was not, aware that it was going to Hongkong,

Previous convictions were proved, and the defendant was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with bard labour.

BLOWING BOTTLES.

When an apprentice at a Chinese glass- tower's at Bay View was charged with assaulting another apprstice, who ap peared in Court with his head swathed in of our Empire has had such anxieties he has sacrificed pity, humanity, faith bandages, Sergt. Grimmett said that tha face as those resolutely met by King and public law to an inordinate ambi youths had an argument over the blowing GEORGE, and no-one has been more will- tion. Is it surprising that sur King has of bottles, They were supposed to blow ing to sacrifice himself for the common publicly dissociated himself and all his 100 bottles per day, but on the previous. weal. Whatever our political views about family from everything of German origia day only 300 bottles were blown, and the those old party questions of the House There is little reason to doubt that the youths had a quarrel as to who of Lords and Home Rute, we can forgot vilian of the piece, and it is not in-

KATEER will pay into history as the should blow the runining 100 battles.. This led to blows. The complaint struck. de them more readily thau the King's

the first blows, striking the defendant with probable that future generations of his efforts to aroid internal strife.

Some of the blown glass. The defendants own countrymen will regard him with Ever since the commencement of the war

the head with a long piece of glass blow- "all the members of the Royal Family have greater antipathy than that which English retaliated by striking the complaisant qu devoted themselves to the cause of their boys and girls feel for RICHARD the Third

King GEORGE may not have done anything ng tubing, inflicting a deep wound one country. The example of His MAJESTY

very sensational, but his devation duty and a half inches long, which necessitated and his ready sympathy with all classes the complainant being taken to hospital. have won him a high place in the respect. and affection of the subjects of his far flung Empire, and the words of the National Anthemi have acquired a new and more personal meaning during the past

years of stress and sorrow.

has been an inspiration to thousands, and his presence in centres of industry has served to calm the feelings of discontent and make the workere realise that the need of the country must be placed before

A. S. WATSON & their own grievances. It is safe to say

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Norfolks, third son of the "Rey, and

that never WBA the Constitutional. Monarch of the British Empire more firmly seated upon bia throne than is KING GEORGr to-day. When the sudden and dramatic deposition of the Tain of Russia. took place, a brilliant writer sent a letter to the Times suggesting, that Kings were merely survivals of a barbaric age. The protest of General SMUTs and many other. liberal-minded subject of KING GEORGE

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A subscription of $500 to Lady May Rose Fund ( Our Day") is gratefully acknowledged from Messrs. Carmichael

Clarke.

Mr. Alfred Carroll Hunter, of Harting- ton Road, Liverpool, formerly of Shag hai, retired merchant, left estate of the

value of £9,266.

MORGAN-DUNCANA Dennistoun Baptist Church, Glasgow, Scotland, on July 16th Lieut. Claude Morgan, th Mrs. Evan Morgan, of Shanghai, to demonstrated most emphatically that the Francis Lister, eldest daughter of British Empita presents a different the late Rev. Moir Duncan, M. A LL.D., Principal of Imperial Uni problem to the Empires of either Russia

The Emperor of Japan. is sending a versity, Shansi and Mrs. Duncan, Lynwood, Riddrie Krowes, Glasgow,

or Germany. It is built upon the broad magrificent sword to France as an expres- Scotland.

base of justice for all men, and the KING sign of the admiration of the Japanice

Mr. Wood imposed & fine of $10,,,or, ia deldalt, 14 days' hard labour,

IN THE LION'S DEN,

To steal anything from a police station charge-room in no mean performance, and especially from the charge room of thẻ Central Police Station. Yet as old, canlie was charged before Mr. Dyer Ball yes terday with the theft of an oil Istp. from the charge room of the Central Pelico

Station.

It was explained that the lamp was part of the haul from an opium, divan raid. The defendant was a well-known coolie who was always in the vicinity of

the police station on the look-out for odd jobs.

On Thursday, when no one hap pened to be looking and the old coolic looked upon as part of the police

to be left in the Godowns, where they will be remain In the Colony for more than 7 days WALTER-RUDGE-At Shanghai, on Septem- EMPEROR is an essential part of the strucnation for the valour of the French Army, station--the aged worker fell to templa

All broken, chafed and damaged packages are examined by Mosers. Goddard and Dongias on 27th inst., at 10 am.

Claims against the Steamer must be presented in writing within 10 days after arrival of Steamer, otherwiso they will not be recognised No Fire InFurance will be effected by the undersigned in suy case whatever.

Wills of Lading will be countersigned by

DAVID BASS00N & Co, LTD.. Agents, Hongkong, 21st September, 1917,

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KOWLOON-CANTON

RAILWAY

(BEITISH SECTION),

WINTER TIMING OF LOCAL TRAINS,

On and after SATURDAY, September 2nd, ́and' until further notice The following Trains are cincollod

DOWN TRAINS

From SRUM Cavu 6.15 PM.

UP TRAINS

Fron KOWLOON

9.06 P.M.

5.18 PM (Saturdays, snd Sundays Pablic Holidays only). In place of the above the following Trains

will run DOWN TRAINS

Prom SHOи CEUR 5:30 PM.

OP TRAINS

From KOWLOON

6.25

2.00

(except Satur

days, Sunday! and Publio Holidays) (Saturdays. Sundays Public Holidays only).

and

p.x. (Saturdays

Sundays and Public Holidays only).

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are required to Register themselves ander the REGISTRATION or PERSONS URDINANCE 1916,

Forms of Registration giving the par ticulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations

The Penalty for non-compliance is a fine not exceeding $80

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ber 16th, at H. B. M. Consulate, and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Perev ture; he might, indood, almost be called

Captain Thomas Cecil Boyd, Queen's Heath Walter, of the Asiatic the key-stone of the arch. No sane states- Cameron Highlanders, who died on July Petroleum Co., Ltd., to Elsie, eldest | daughter of Mr and Mrs. Hudge, an imagines that a President, elected 21st from wounds received on July 5th, Herefordshire England,

by a party faction, could properly replace was a grandson of Mr. FW. Richardson, the impartial figure-tead to whom all of Swatow, and was aged 20 years, races in the Empire look up as one above; political intrigue.

years. BUTTON-SMITH-At Choulsun, Shantung, on September 9th, Herbert Sutton- Smith, of the English Baptist MiB

DEATHS. BULKE-CLOSE--At 19 Quinsan Gardens, Shanghai, on September 13th. Ulick Burke-Close, Chinese Customs Service, a pative of Dublin, Ireland, aged 33

The Kaisin, on more than one occasion, has expressed his admiration for NAPOLEON. If he has studied DANTON, be probably now agrees with him that 'twer better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle with the government of men Anyone who has taken the trouble to read the political speeches and pamphlets emanating from Germany during the KAISER'S 'reiga must realise that he mère-

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The date of the annual general meeting of members of the Kowloon Cricket Club has been changed to Thursday, 27th inst, at 5.30 p.m., so as not to clash with St. Andrew's Society meeting.

The death is announced from London. of Captain E. Wilson Haswell, who for many years commanded various Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamers Capt. Haswell was well-known in Chine. He retired in 1907 and has since resided in London.

ly symbolises the ideals of his own people. A cable has been received in the Colony How far his influence has reached is a announcing that Mr. Alan Morris, son of debatable point. It is difficult to discriminate closely between cause and effect. It is true, however, that a nation has the government it deserves, and we find it difficult, at times to follow Pre sident WILSON and others when they ecek to separate the KAIEEE and his clique

Mr. and Mrs, Morris, of Raiyingpun School, has passed fifth in hisual examination at Sandhurst, and has been gazetted to the South Wales Borderers.

The death of Commander E. C. Lloyd Thomas, R.N., younger sou of Mr. Thomas Thomas, Yokohama, is announced-from whilst on actives service. During the Boxer Rebellion 1900, he commanded the

tion.

The excuse put forward by the defend- ant was that he had no intention of swal- ing the lamp. He only wanted it to use it as a light

Inspector Davitt said that the man had con suspected of petty nufering for some time of

To this the defendant retarted that ho had been working in the Central Polics Station for over 30 years and that he had seen tens of Magistrates

Bentence of ten days hard labour wae passed.

Á DEAD SISTER AND OPIUM,

People who are caught with opium in their possession have soze novel excuses: to put forward. When a woman was. charged before Mr. Wood with being, ám possession of 2 taols of opium,she had a somewhat original story to tell. The defendant, with tears in her eyes, which said that a few days ago she came down eventually developed into a hearty cry,

to Hongkong from the country to see her sister who was ill. When she arrived in Hongkong she was distressed to and that

her 8 ster was dead and buried. This so overcame her that she went into the street. sit down on the curbstone and commencer | to ory loudly. While she, was crying a

war the uares most frequently on the line from the German people. We are not atness contracted in the Mediterranean saying that she had no money to pay her i1⁄2

of English-speaking people were those of the KING, the Kitsen, the Tain, Mr. ASQUITH, Sir EDWARD GREY, Lord Kin CHENER and Dr. vƠN BETBANK-HOLLWEG, Few outside their own country had heard of JOFFRE, JELLICOE, HAIG, or HINDER- BORG. Even now we bocasionally see names which at first are strange, but soon become familiar. Until a few weeks ago, for example, Sir Enio GEDDES was practi- cally unknown. The same may be said of Colonel CARTER, oa Mesopotamia fame. Fresh reputations are being made, and, in some cases, old ones are being lost. Although Mr. LLOYD GEORGE was a pro- On Sale at the HonexONG DAILY PREinent figure in politics for some years

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all sanguine that the Germans will revelt 25ainst their rulers. In the final chapter of his revelations, as quoted in a recent cable, Mr. GERRARD says that be felt, when he returned to America from Berlin,

destroyer Fame,

Last evening the final parade took place of the Hongkong Volunteer Roserves, at

what a reckoning there will be for Ger- many some day when plain people realise the Polo Cround. The men marched past the truth, and learn what base motives in column, returning in quarter columu, actuated their rulers in condemning a they being preceded by the band, of the whole generation to war and death." The 74th Punjabis. The salute was taken by fact that it was not until he returned to Major Morgan, Commandant of the Hongkong Delene Corps. The March bis own country that the late American Fast was led by the mounted section of Ambassador in Berlin, thought of this the Reserves, under Lieut. Moxon, fol- reaction proves that the atmosphere of loved by "A" "B" and "D" Com- panies, under Major Wakeman, and the political thought in Germany is still Machine Gunners and Signallers under saturated with the pernicious doctrines Lieut. Blason,

and asked her what was the matter. She strange but kindly mau came up to her tald him her troubles, at the same time furs back to the country. The man of fered to pay her fare back to her village, if she would take a small parcel to a friend of his in the same village. Sho closed with the generous offer. However, as she was about to board the boat for home she was stopped by a detective, who

took her small parcel away from her, and, to ber astonishment, it was found to car tain opium,

The Magistrate was not impressed with the story, and imposed a fine of $150, with the alternative of six weeks' imprison ment, wherest the defendant- screamed long and lustily

The Hon. Treasurer of the Alice Memorial and Affiliated Hospitals acknowledges with thanks a donation of 3900 to the funds of the brentals from the Insurans Company's Guild,

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