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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA

WAY IN TSE BA PD, to

TE have APPOINTED Mr. SIMON

Act as Compradore of this Company's Branch Ollieu in Hongkong, from the 1st October, 1917;

B. MORI,

Mannger.

NOTICE OF`· REMOVAL.

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E have THIS DAY: REMOVED our Offices to Queen's Building the Premises lately occupied by THE ROBERT

DOLLAR O'O, HONGKONG IMPORT AND CHINA PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY.

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NOTICE OF REMOVAL

NESTLE & ANGLO-SWISS CONDENSED MILK CO. HONGKONG

11, Queen's Ioad Central. Norcount of afferations to our present Onice Building, we are Temporarily Removing to 7, QUEEN'SROAD CENTRAL (formerly Geriat Bank Building), at which address id communications should be reade as from 1st October, 1917.

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"SANITARY BOARD OFFICE,

To the

HONGKONG,

OWNERS OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS.

d

"TAKE NOTICE that under No. & of the DOMESTIC CLEANLINESS VENTILATION BYE-LAWS (as amended), of such every Domestic Building or purt Building within the EASTERN Division of the City of Victoria, and the EASTERN Division of Kowloon and New Kowloon, cccupied by Members of more than one family, except those within the European Reservation

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in Kowloon South of Austin Read or those parts of a Dunestie, Building used as Shop, Office or Godown must be CLEANS- ED and LIMEWASHED THROUGHOUT by the owner during the months of October and November.

INTIMATIONS

8% MILITARY LOAN.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS

THIRD DRAWING FOR REDEMPTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to she

Public that the Third Drawing for the Redemption of the 8% Military Loss will tako place in Peking on 2nd October, 1917, the total amount to be drawn being $1,700,000

The serial numbers of Drawn Honds will be published in the ferme t'fferable,

THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE Peking; 8th September. 1917. [10

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, OF HONGKONG

Announces s free lecture ra

CHRISTIAN

INTIMATION

THERE IS NOTHING MORE:

REFRESHING

IN YOUR BATH

THAN

SCIENCE WATSON'S

WM. R. BATHVON, CSB.

THEATRE | ROYAL,

THURSDAY, Oeronen den, 1917,

AT &30 P.M.

NOTICE

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NY EUROPEAN, Non Asiatiu or Indian dearing to leave the Colony should Apply in persbu at the CTRAL POLICE

MONDAY OCTOBER 1ST,

1917.

The Second Promenade Concert of the Police Reserve will be held in the Botanical Gardens next Saturday evening,“

A Chinese girl, aged nine years, necidentally fell into the harbour from Blake Pier on Friday and was drowned, The body was recovered and has been sent to the Public Mortuary.

Minister to the Imperial Court at. Peking. aud important additions were made to the list of places thrown open to interna tional commerce. Thence onward.com. merce has preceded without serious. interruption and has developed enoro ously, to the mutual benefit of China and the rest of the world. In 1913 the total value of the foreign trade, as revealed by the returns of the Maritime Castors, was The 3rd Company from Lyeman took no less then 117,000,000, and to-day wo advantage of the ideal weather on Sunday see China, recently established as a Re-afternoon to minke a trip to Clearwater public, recognising her obligations to humanity by joining the Allies in their fight for the freedom of the world.

It seem strange to reflect in these days, when Japan has established ber position a first-class Power and has built up a splendid mercantile marine which is busily employed in carrying her manu factures in the uttermost ends of the carth, that she showed as much distaste as China for foreign interconisé, and did not really open her doors to foreign trade until 1568. the phenoledal strides which she has made since t then in Western seienes and industry have compelled the admiration of the whole world. Nor in

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Bay, which proved thoroughly enjoyable. The bathing party were in high spirits, nad those who chose to land were quite satisfied with their stroll round the dis- trist. Needless to say, there were no absentees at tea-time and ample justicni was done to the good fare provided outings throughout the season have been eagerly participated in, and, in addition to having been a relief from the monotony of garrison duty, have enabled the troops to visit picturesque parts of the Colony to which, in other circumstances, they would have remained unire strangers, As this is likely to be the last outing of the senson, a special vote of thanks was

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COMPANY MEETING, DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO LTD ་་་་་

The thirty-fourth ordinary general meeting of the above Company was held at the offices of the Company on Satur- day

Mr. G. W. Barton presided, and there were also present: The Hod. Mr. C. E. Auton, the Hon. Mr. R. G. Slevan and Mr. A. O Lang (Consulting Com- mittee) and Messrs. T. F. Hough, G. C. Moxon, W. Logan, H. R. B. Hawock, J. 5. Dobie, Chan Kang Yue, Chân Tông, M. A. Razack, and J. E. Gomes (Scern. tary).

The Secretary having rond the notice convening the meeting,

The CAIRAN said Gentlemen, The port and secounts having been in your hands for some days, I will, with your". Permission, fake them, as well as the muditors Certificate attached, us rend. Through the results of the last year's work ing have not proved as good as were anti- cipated at the start of the year, 1. frust the net profits earned will, under the gir cumstances, heet with the satisfaction of the shareholders. The falling off in pro- fits is due in a great measure to the com paratively low rates of freight at which the Government have taken over the steamers requisitioned by them for the

HOUSEHOLD glancing over the history of the past sixty passed to the Commitee and Subscribers last months of the year under review, as

years must we overlook the great improve to the Services Entertainment Fund for against the very advantageous ternis ou

ments, which have been effected in the Philippines since they passed from thes

AMMONIA.sovereignty of Spain to the control of the

In Bottles 75 Cts. Each.

ONLY FILÓM

N.B-The word "throughout wed in this STATION between the hours of 9 A 101A. S. WATSON

Netice means that the House should be Linie- washed in respect of all the Walls of each Room, all Cubicles Partitions, Stair Casings and Stair Linings, al Ceilings and the Undersides of Boots in Main Buildings, Offices and Servants" Quarters at inclusive of Verandaha.

Th

mast have its containing Walls Backyard Linowashed up to the level of the first Floor

Carved, Painted or Polished Woodwork in good condition, however, need not be Lime washed, but must be Cleanted.

The Board is prepared to limewash FREE OF CHARGE & limited number of Buildings 10 thore Divisions. OWNERS who desire to avail themselves of this offer should apply in writing to the Secretary on or before the 7th of October.

Choice among

applicants will be in the absolate discretion of the President,

The

EASTERN Division of the City of Victoria is bounded on the West by Gilman Street and Peel Street.

Kowloon is divided into the EASTERN and WESTERN Divisions by Nathan Road and a straight line drawn from the NORTH and through the Yaumati s rvice reservoir to the NORTHERN Boundary of Kowloon.

A. M. GALE, Secretary, Dated this 28th day of September, 1917.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

AL JURISDICTION.

ORIGINAL

IN THE MATTER OF THE BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE COM

PANY, LIMITED,

und

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCES, 1910 and 1913.

【OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition was on the 5th day of Septem ber, 1917, presented to the Supreme Court of Hongkong by the above-named Company to confirm an alteration of the maid Company' objects proposed to be effected by a Special

Resolution of the Company Meeting

of

passed at an Extraordinarg General of the said Company held on the 19th July, at an Extraordinary

1917, and subsequently unanimously General

Meeting of August, 1817, and which of the said Company held on the Resolution runs as follows:

That the provisions of the Company's Memorandum of Ansociation with "respect to its objects be altered so as

and 2 PL to 4 P.M. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Passports or identification papers

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with certain exeptions who remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register themselves under the REGISTRATION or PERSONS ORDINANCE 1918.

Farms of Registration giving the par ticulars required may be obtained at the G.P.O, and at ali Police Stations.

The Penalty for n'm-compliance is "a fue not exceeding $50-

PUBLIC AUOTION.

PARTICULARS and CONDITIONS of

the letting by Publin Anntion Bals, to be held on TUESDAY, the 9th day of October, 1917, at 3 P.M., at the. Ofeet of the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, by Order of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, of One Kot of CROWN LAND at Nathan Road, Kowloon, the Colony of Hongkong, for term of 75 years, with the option of renewal af CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor M HIS MAJESTY THE KINO, for ous farther term of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Boundary

Manurements (Approximate)

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CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

hai.

hai.

TELEPHONS 16

MARRIAGES.

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HONGKONG OFvics: 104, Das Vaux Boin, C. LONDON, OFFION: 131, Fuat Bennis, E.O

States of America, the rapid development of the Malay Peninsula under British protection, of the bene fivent extension of French, influence in Indo-China

In addition to the difficulties of an international, character with which the. early colonists of Hongkong had to con teud in the transaction of business, they lalioutred under many other disadvantages

their kindness.

CORRESPONDENCE.

STREET TRAFFIC IN

DONGKONG.--

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKOKO DAILY PRESE."

- Stu, --Notwithstanding the fact that the Press have on

many occasions called at- tention the seeming want of regulation matter, it may still serve some

in:

this

which they had been engaged du charters. Several details of the payments under, these Government charters are still not definitely settled, but, when they are wo are confident it will place us in a hottery, rather than a worse, position thin allow?" d for in the estimates we have bad fa make in the accounts. I trust that the proposed, distribution of pots will approved-by-shavholders. It seems very necessary to put aside as much as possible to meet contingencies that biay are in these uncertain times, and to kap ro- turns for the next few years on satisfac tory and even keel. Acting in conjunc tion with other local Companies, your Committee agreed to a grant of 25,500 to the War Charities alreholders Wil

Sendorse the You will notion that bas very con-

happily unknown, to the present genera purpose to put the general question before making of this fez feel sura

now

upon the

etc.

In connection with the above,

ve, two hosty spills have recently taken place in Murray

stone carriers were distributed over the Road, in both of which the brick und

fall length and breadth of the road, thus almost impossible without running more making wheeled traffic, other than tracks, risk than there ought to be,

the items is due to the siderally

fact that following the lead of other Constal Lines, we have had to grant considerable rise in salurica (paping saine 27-) and an increase of bonits to 20 per at the exchange half at 1/0 and half at

he

to offer an opinion as to the ultimate results of the present year's working, but I lay mention that although cargoes on the east have been rather smaller in volume, chiefly due to uncertainty in the present Chinese, political situation and general unrest occasioned by the War, at present rates of freight, our earnings, for the three months of it have been quite satisfactory T

now beg to propose tho adoption of the report and accounts, and after this has been seconded, and before putting the motion to the meeting, I shall shareholders may wish to ask.

glad to answer any questions that Mr. H. R. B. HANOsoan end Gentle- in seroading the men, I have much pleasure, for the Fotion, said Mr. second year in succession, in seconding the adoption of the reports and accounts of this Company. We have all listened, I am sure, with interest; to the remarks.

during the year, havo fallen to the made by the Chairman, and although the earnings of the Company's steamers, extent of some 800,000, 1 think the remalt of the year's working may The

considered

satisfactory, in

tion The Suez Canal had not been cut, the authorities through the medium of and the passage to and from England by your columns. There are streets in the sailing ship rid the Cape was long, tcui-City that are more congested during cer- ans, and perileus. The China Sea was still tain periods of the day than they ought infested with pirates and the dangers of to be not because of the amount of traffic: cent. I feel it would be unrise of ma navigation were increased by the absence but for the want, of regulation of it; and is appears to the writer that in parts of rif lighthouses. The first beacon, erected

the centre of the city where streets are by this Colony was that at Cape situated between landing stages and main ¿'Aguilar în 1575. There was no tele- graphic communication with the outside arteries of traffic, which ran north and world until 1869, when the cable service: south and serve the upper levels, some attempts should be made, during the busy with Shanghai was opened. This was followed by a cable to Saigon and Singapart of the day, to arrange that the usual rule of the road shall be observed by those pore in 1871, to Manila in 1850, and 10 BRAAD-SORENSEN MILLER-At the Danish Canton in 1882. The inventor or perfce-handling trucks, guiding motor car,

Consulate-General, Shanghai, an September 28th, and afterwards at tor- of wireless telegraphy-of which motor cycles, aed rishas, and the coalie Trinity Cathedral, by the Very Rev. there is now an installation at Stone class who carry bricks, sand, broken stone, Dean: Walker, SORES, the eldest son of JENS BRAAD-SORENSEN, of Hjörring,

eutter's Island---had not been born. HILDA Denmark; to

AMY, only There was no public sanitation in the daughter of the Into Capt. W. Colony and no proper water supply, MILLER and Mrs. MILLER, of Shang- BRADLEY-KING. At Shanghai, on Sep hill streams Fever and other deadly water being obtained from wells and

tember 24th, at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, by the Very Rev. Dean diseases levied a heavy toll A. J. Walker, and afterwards at pumunity. The European death rate HB. M. Consulate, Eric RUFERT BRADLEY of Mustard & Co., to

has fallen to less than one-quarter of EMILY FLORENCE ALICE KING, niece of the figure at which it st-cod in Captain and Mrs. Harvey, of Shang those

The Knight of the Truck is a law days and.

compares

unto himself on the road, and woe to the not unfavourably with that of many

person on wheels who tries to dispute this cities in England. Public lighting point. I have been told that those whose instead of being carried out by means

duty it is to look after this class do not of electricity and incandescent gas, was dependent upon 300 oil-lamps. Only this matter, even when the charge is one get any support from the Magistrates in

very narrow riband of level land ran along the foot of the hi'ls facing the har- bour, for the area now known as the OUR DIAMOND JUBILEF. European business quarter, which is To the Hongkong Daily Press belongs covered with handsome blocks of six- Hongkong, 29th September, 1817, the distinction of being the pioneer of storey buildings, has been almost entirely daily journalism in the Far East. reclaimed since then from the scal Founded on October 1st, 1857, it attains Kowloon was still Chinese, for it its Diamond Jubilee to-day, and, by way of marking the occasion, a special supple- ment is issued gratis with every copy of the paper. This supplement contains a number of articles sketching the remark able progress of the Colony during the period under review and discussing quer tions of current local interest. We be here that it will be of interest, and we ALL THAT piece or parcel of ground situate at Victoria aforesaid and known and trust it may also be of service. The registered in the Land Office sa Inland Lot record of the difficulties which the enter later. No. 1856-Term 999 years created by a Crown Crown rout $70.00--Aros 100,110 square feet Lease dated 16th February, 1018-Annual prise and tenacity of purpose of our which will ultimately be linked up with

For further

and conditions of particulars sale apply to→→

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

Prince's Buildings, Ice House Street, Hongkong, Solicitors for the Mortgagee,

or to ***

KORION IRINIG L Registry No.:

Locality.

Contente

Bquare feet.

Anousi Rent,

"Upset Frics,

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foet fest

As per sale plan 27,059 310 $7,050

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11689

PUBLIC AUCTION.

BY ORDER OF THE MOTTGLORE

TESSRS. HUGHES & HOUGH bave received instructions to sell by

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to read as shown in the print signed Public Auction,

ss for the purpose by the

"Chairman of this

forenoon, and eras (

GIVEN

on

WEDNESDAY,

their Salon Room, Ice House Street, Victoria, Hongkong. The following Valuable Leasehold Property situato at Victoria, Hongkong, vir

AND NOTICE IS that the said Petition is directed to be heard the 10th day of October, 1917, at 3 PM, at boforo His Honour Sir WILLIAM REES DAVIES, the Chief Justice, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th day

of October, 1917, at 10ockick m the person interested in the said Company,

Creditor, Policy Holder or otherwise, desirous to oppose the making of an Order for the confirmation of the said alteration ander the above Ordinances should apparate for the purpose, and is copy of appear at the time of hearing, dy himself or the sad Petition will be furnished to any such person requiring the saine by the undersigned, the Company's Solicitors, on payment of the regulated charge for the

BARIG

Dated this 10th day of September, 1917,

DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON

& HARSTON,

1. Des Vœux Road Central, Hongkong, Solicitors for the Company,

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HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

MEETING of

HUGHES & HOUGH, The Auctioneers. Honzkook, 24th September, 1917. 1089

JUST RECEIVED:

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, 1ST OCTOBER, 1917.

was

in 1660 that the Peninsula definitely transferred to the Colony, while the lease of the "New Territory dates from 1899. It was not until 1888, when the present cable car service was opened, that the Peak district began to be used as a permanent place of residence The low level tramway line which now traverses the entire northern face of the island was completed six years The Kowloon-Canton Railway,

predecessors triumphantly surmounted the Trans-Siberian line, is an accomplish

of overloading a truck, d gase in which there is no room for doubt. Yours respectfully,

TRAFFIC.

CANTON NEWS

[BY COURTESY OF THE CHUNG náði

SAN PO

CANTON, September 10th

MINISTERS ASSUME OFFICE.

Various Ministers of the Provisional

Government have assured office at the

Generalissimo's request. We hear that Li Lieb-kwon has recently been appointed Chief Adviser.

TUOHUN ZEACHES WUCKOW.

A mersige has been received by the arrived at Wachow yesterday. He will Authorities stating that the Tuchun

a

view of the fact that the rates carned by the steamers taken over by the Govern ment, us pointed out by the Chairman, aro en a very low basis. It is pleasing to know that he estimate with regard to the charter hire of the Laiyang and Hatching a conservative one and I am quite sure that the proposed allocation of the pro- As I said at the last meeting, I do not fits will be approved by the shareholders. think the management can be too generous in the question of writing-off and adding to its reserve, and it is indeed satisfactory to note that the reserve of the Company with the addition of 932,000 this year, reaches a totob of 250,000. some 816,000 o advance of the highest point reached before, namely, in 1909 This is ver

Very sound position to be in, and although shareholders would naturally have liked to receive a final dividend on the same basis as last year, I do not think that they will in any way oppony the recom- mendations of the Board seeing that the policy they have in view is to build up the Company and put it in a strong posi tion to meet any contingencies which may arise in the future. The amount of $5,000 paid to War Charities Fund, I am sure, meets with the warm approval of all of us. With regard to the honns to officers, it is only right, I think, that they should share in the prosperity of the Company, and I feel certain that all shareholders wil

endorse the increase which has been made. Our Chaiman has said that the earnings of the Company for the first three months of this year's working have heen quite satisfactory, and I can only express the hope that when we meet toge,

now raging will have ended ing the ther for the purpose of considering this year's accounts, the world-wide war which complete vindication of

To-day Hongkong is a thriving entre proceed to the General in a day or two's and that, thanks to the conservative poliev pot of trade and a busy hive of industry.

time.

may well serve as an inspiration for the meat of the present century... fature. When the Daily Press first made it appearance the attitude of the Chinese towards the foreigner was still one of It can claim to be the first part of the ADDITIONAL FORTE.

The Tuchun hus ordered additional world in point of tonnage, and it hag open hostility, although the Treaty of recently launched from its shipyards the fort to be built on the White Cloud Nanking, formally ceding Hongkong to largest vessel constructed in the OverseeS Great Britain and opening Shanghai, Dominions. Since 1812 it has been a Uni-mountain, for the day's defence.

versity centre. Its population, which num. MUNITION-MAKING, Canton, Foochow, Amor, and Ningpo to bored Tess than 50,000 in 1857, in estimated The ammunition factory is ordered to oversens trade, had been signed fourteen to-day to exceed 400,000. Its revenue has work day and night, to produce sup- years previously. To convince the Chinese risen from barely a quarter of a million plies for the expeditionary troops

Pogged dollars to well over 813,000,000, and, conse- mus

inancial dependence upon Great Britain An important effcial reports that the of the respect due to international agrée, quently instead of being in a state of THE TUCHUN OF HOPER,

wen necessary, These resulted in the steal an now remote to London a sub Tuchun, of Hupeh. Wong Chin knen, on stantial military contribution, which is learning that he is to be transferred by Treaty of Tientsin (1858), whereby that expected to amount this year to 2,701,780, the Central Government, has sent scorefly, of Nanking was renewed and confid, or considerably over £300,000. With the representatie Lo General Tak Wing many further concessions were granted, safely anticipate that the Colony's future should declare independence in order to gradual opening up of China we they ing to ask whether he (the Tuchun) Abending the right to appoint a British will he equally as bright as its past. keep his position.

THE HALEYEN SATURDAY FLOWER AND VEGETABLE the thiens expeditione

the 13th October, 1917, at 12 o'clock Noon, at the Offices of the HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB en the geound floor of the HosSOKONG CLUB ASKEIE Chater B ad

F. HOUGH,

By Order,

A Clark of the Course, Hongkong, 29th September, 1917, [1088

SEEDS.

GRACA & CO....

«NO 4, WTEDHAM STEKET,

Hongkong.

right over might, adopted by our General Managers and Consulting Committee, we shall be in a Position to meet any dettands which may to made upon us. With these remarks I beg to second, the adoption of the report and accounts as presented. The motion was carried Mr. T. F. Horch proposed, and Mr. W LOGAN CE Anton, the Hon. MR. Shewan, seconded, that the Hon. Mr. and Mr. A. O. Lang, be re-elected to the Consulting Committee,; and ti

and the motion

was carried

Mr. G. C. Moxon proposed and Mr. Love And C. Berhard Krown he reelected auditors for the ensuing year at a re- muncration of $300 Bach, and the motion- was carried.ach, and the motion- dividend warrants were fandy and could The CHAIRMAN then munced that be had on application on Monday: