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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE.

WE HAVE This Day Opened BRANCH

OFFICES at No. 2, CONNAUGHT

·ROAD CENTRAL, Telephone No. 2.690.

MR. K. KIMURA is in charge of our business in HONGKONG and CANTON, OKURA & CO., LIMITED. Hongkong, 22nd October, 1917.

KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART

MAATSCHAPPY.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

HE Steamship

THE

TR. JACOB"

INTIMATIONS

NOTICE

THE HONGKONG

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD.

TH

THE CERTIFICATE for

one Ebare No. 14011 in this Company standing in the name of WILLIAM DE HUSET of Yokohama, Japan, has been LOST, and if at the expira tion of one month from the date hereof the above document be not forthcoming, another Certificate for the said Share will ind by the Company and thereafter no other will be acknowledgou.

C. I. P. HAY, per pro. General Manager... Hongkong, 4th October, 1917.

NOTICE.

having arrived from SINGAPORE, Con JHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. signees of Cargo are hereby notified that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous and/or extra bazardous Gedowns of the Hangsong and Kowloon Wharf and

THE CERTIFICATE No. 4209. for twe Godown Ch. Ltd., shenze ander from the Vos, 1771 and 17840 in this wharvon delivery may be obtained

Company standing in the name of Mrs. ANNA JOSEFA CARNEIRO DE LECARDS (deceased), late of Macao, has born LOST, and if at the ex piration of one month from the dare bereat the above document be not forthcoming, another certificate for the said Shares will be issued by the Company and thereafter no other will be acknowledgesk

CHP HAY,

No Claim will be admitted after the Good have left the Godown, and all Gords remaining undelivered after upon the 20th fast, will be subject to rent.

All Claims against the steamor must be pre to the undersigned or or before the 3uth mented ivet. or they will not be recogniz, il.

All breken, chafed and damaged packages at

to be left in the Gidowan, where they will to amined on the 25th re, at 10 M. by the

Company's Murreyors, Messra, Goldand" and Douglas.

No Lustry re whatirever has been effected. Bills of lading will be countersigned by

JAVA-CHINA-JAPÄN LIJN, Agente

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Hongkong, 20th October, 1917,

JOINT SERVICE

07 THE

*NEDERLAND" AND "ROTTERDAM.

· LLOYD” ROYAL MAIL LINEB.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

HE Steamship

THE

"GOENTOER "

having arrived from A FRANCISCO,

and for

Consignees of Cargo are hereby notif.d that all Goods are being landed at theli eek into the bazardous and/or extra hasardoni Godawns of the Hongkong and Kowloos Wharf and Godown Lid whence from the wharves delivery may be obtained,

No Claim will be admitted at the Goods. have left the "GodownR, and all Gooda remaining andelivered after the 25th inst., ai Noor, will be subject to rent.

All Claims against the Steamer must be pre sented to the Undersigned on or before the 291. isat, or they will not be recognised,

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be loft in the Godown where they will be examined on the 24th inet, at 10 4.3., by the Company's surveyor, Mosers. Goddard & Douglas,

No Fire Insurance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, Agents. Hongkong, 19th October, 1917.

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LOST.

ETWEEN Ferry and Public Gardens on

Finder Northumberland Fusiliers Button. will be rewarded on returning same to-

No. 1, CANTON VILLA,

Kowloon.

(1177

'PINKIE AND THE FAIRIES.”.

N Audition will be lield on the stage of the Theatre Royal on WEDNESDAY, 24th inst., at 4 PM, to which those Ladies and Gentlemen und Children who have already expressed their desire to resist, as well ne others who wish to join, are invited.

Vocalists are requested to bring their

music.

; per pro. General Manager F111 Hongkong, 5th October 1917.

VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS.

FRESE

¡RESH CROP of 1917 having been just collected orders solicited for Autumn or early Spring sowing.

List will be mailed free on application.

THE YOKOHAMA NURSERY

Co., LTD.,

P.O. Box 72,-

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.

HOUSES TO LET

TO LET OR FOR SALE.

No.

"O. 47, CONDUIT HOAÐ..

Apply to

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COMPRADORE DEPT., Messrs. KARANITA & Co. 2, Connaught Road, Central [1149

TO LIT.

IMHOPS, altuated in 100 House Birsel, MMEDIATE entry, Four very desirable

spposite the Grand Hotel, recently reson strusted.

For teal and other partimber apply to-

THE MANAGER. HONGKONG Ion Co., Læn, 46, Connaught Road Contral.

TO LET.

900

Parents and relations cannot be admitted.OFFICES a 2, Connaught Road Central.

M.S. NORTHCOTE,

Hon. Secretory.

HONGKONG Amateur Draxatic Club.

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CANTON, KOWLOON RAILWAY.

ENDERS for the Supply of Liqpons and RavasENT at the Terminal Statious

at Tai Slm Tan and Kowloon and on all

Trains on the above Railway.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that Sealed

OFFICE in King's Baillings

HOUSES ime Marston Terrace Wonguichong Hood.

HOUSES on Shameen, Canton. Apply to

DAILY PRESS MONDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, 1997,

INTIMATION

DEWAR'S

Imperial Institute '

SCOTCH

WHISKY

kit free to carry out his plans for mobi- lising the military resources of the Empire. But for this, the Expeditionary Force could not have been dispatched with much celerity to the aid of France in the hour of her gresient trial, and the Oversens Dominions, instead of being able to range themselves alongside the Mother Coantly in the fight for freedom, would have been isolated and exposed to The risk of attack. The quiet triumph

The Japan Association for niding sick and wounded soldiers and other suffering from the war in Allied countries has collected Y2,002,983, including: Y100,000 from the Emperor and Empress of Japan.

COMPANY MEETING, CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO., LTD.

The sixteenth ordinary general inceting

The dead body of a Chinese married of the China Light and Power Co., Ltd, woman, twenty-two years of age, was was held at the offices of the Company, found, on Saturday evening at hor St. George's Building, on Saturday. The residence, No. 13, Lyndhurst Terraces there were also present The Hon. Sir Hon. Mr. R. G. Shewan presided, and a bed-post by a string Paul Chator, C.M.C., and Mr. G. W. suspended from tied round the neck.

| Barton (Director), Messrs. R. H. B. A sorics of excellent photographs of Hancock, H. F. Campbell, R. Henderson scenes on "Our Day," by Messrs. A.and A. P. Samy (shareholdem) and Mr. Fong, is being offend, for sale, the pro T. Leguan (secretary). ceeds to be devoted to the Red Cross Fund, Copies are obtainable at Messrs. A. Tack & Co., 20. Des Venix Road Central.

The body of a Japanese, Taisim Yokoto, Chief Engineer of the sa. Shing Mar, was taken to the public mortuary on Friday. It appears that the deerased died suddenly at sea on the 18th instant, but the ease of death is unknown.

•

The CHAIRMAN said:-Refairing to the report and accounts to 31st July Inst now laid before you, in spite of the extra- ordinary high price of coal, about three times what we paid in pre-war times, and the high price of all other stores, etc., ami without raising our prices, we are able to show a nett profit of $7,374.96 n against 6,388.88 for the preceding twelve months. I think you will agree with me that this is a very satisfactory and encouraging result, I do not think you will be disappointed at our not recom mending a dividend, for, in the first place, as you will see from the accounts, we have no money with which to pay a dividend, and, secondly, this Company is really in its infancy and will require a good deal It is notified in the Government Gazette more capital before it in able to cope with that local permission has been granted to all the business which we feel lies before Lieut. Col. Arthur Chapman, V.D., to it in the future. The present position is retain his rank and to wear the prescribed this. We issued debentures for $250,000 miform of the Hongkong Volunteer in order to pay for two turbine sets, one of them is now almost londed to its full capacity and we shall have to start the other, in which can we shall have no spare is fall back on in case of a breakdown.

of our Fleet at the outset of hostilities yas boldly readlined in the action off. Jutland. - Remembering its experience on that occasion, the German Navy has deemed discretion to be the better part of valour and has not ventured since be- yond the range of its shore batteries and nine-strewn waters. Even the tip-and- run excursions of its mosquito craft have ceased since the brilliant exploits of the Swift andBroke. In the meantime, we have been able to take all the steps neces. sary to establish our superiority on land, and the great Genian Army has been The Police have received a report that compelled, as a conquence, to trust to

'a great dual of jewellery, valued at up. the pinatieal attacks of submarines upon wards of four thousand dollars, has been our merchant shipping to lessen the lost from No. 27, Gage Street, Soune of pressure which is becoming increasingly the maidservants have been detained at difficult to withstand The Germans have the Central Station, nad the Police are shown that they, at least, realise that busy making inquiries. everything for which the Allies are fight- ing depends upon Great Britain's sea- power, and their refusal to try conclusion, with our Fleet is a silent and unwilling confession of its supremacy. For long after Trafalgar the enemy's frigates continued to elude the British Navy, but for many Corps, upon his resignation of his com months past Germany has not had a mission in that Corps, with effect from single erniser on the highways of com- the 1st September, 1917. meree, and the transport of troops, The entries for the Shanghai Race munitions, and supplies to and from all parts of the world has proceeded unham vered by anything save the insidious &attacks of submersible traft.

The Whisky of your forefathers.

BOLE AGENTS:

A. S. WATSON

CO., LTD.,

Moreover, the present position of our site Club's Autumn Race Meeting are more is not satisfactory, being badly placed for numerous than in any year since the obtaining circulating water from the sea, Autumn meeting of 1910. Entries for the besides which a waterfront sits would Criterion Stakes and the Griffins race reduce the cost of handling coal and other show a remarkable increase over those of stores. With regard to this, negotiations. last year, but the Subscription Griffin are now proceeding with the Government

races show a considerable deerense.

for a site on the water front: Changing

This new form of warfare has created an ein- barrassing situation, for in no Navy in the world had any preparations bren-made

The Dockyard Recreation Club has held from one site to another and rebuilding to deal with such a development, which is opposed tlike to the law of nations and a series of bathing trips during the will, of course, be expensive, but it is ver WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS the principles of humanity. Bat, by a summer season. On Saturday they went tain that it will have to be done some

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BIRTH. Keur. On 21st October, the wife of J. H.

KEMP, SOR

MARRIAGE.

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combination of resource, ingenuity and to Junk Bay, and a large number of men, day, and in these circumstances it is better women, and children greatly enjoyed to do it at once than later on when we daring, we have been able to frustrate the themselves. On the return journey a pair shall have still more building plant and object of the enemy and maintain our of handsame silver vases, subscribed for machinery to shift. It will not, however, activities andiminished. In this connec by members or visitors, was presented to be all extra expenditure, as, if ንሰ tion we must not overlook the great Mr. R. Cockran, who has been the Hon. remained where we are, we should still be obligation under which we have been Secretary of the swimming section for two put to a heavy outlay for changes and placed by our merchant seamen, who, seasons and has been a most cearteous and improvements which would be necessitated though sailing in ships never built indefatigable secretary. My, W. W by the additional plant. Werstimates that to install ourselves on the new site and fight, have shown a proud con field made the presentation.

acquire another turbine set of 1,500 kilo tempt for the dangers which best

News has been received by cuble that watts will cost roughly $20,000, and to

to

GRAY-LAMBERT.-At St. John's Cathedral them. It is to be hoped that the Empire Licut. F. H. Robinson, late of Messrs obtain this amount and eventually pay of

Hongkong, on October 17th, by the will show, in a practical form, its

Rer. C Cooper-Hunt, F., Capt. appreciation of what it owes to the Butterfield & Swire's Hongkong office our debenture debt of $250,000 we propose

ERIC HUBERT GRAY, 74th Punjabis, sun

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2.

of Mr. and Mra James Gray, of the sailors of its two Navies by responding has been killed in action and that Captain to force a new Company with a capital of AC. Robinson, M.C., has been wounded, $1,000,000 in 200,000 shares of 85 each. Manor House, Honour Oak, England,

This will do away with the 60,000 special Both officers are shares which rank for profits and assets 10 PHYLLIS JEAN MARY, older daughter generously to the appeal issued recently though not seriously, 01 Captain LAMMERT, V.D., and by the Duke of CONNAUGHT on behalf of brothors of Mrs. A. B. Raworth and Miss equally with the 50,000 ve dollars shares, Mrs. Lammert, of 153, The Peak, King GEORGE'S Fund Hongkong.

for affording Robinson, to whom we offer our sympathy, and which I know have been rather a puzzle to some shareholders. They were DEATH.

fuller or more constant support to Lieut. F. H. Robinson, who was well created in 100%, and to refresh your memories I will read you the resolution RONSON. Killed in action, in East the great marine charities, which include known and very popular in Hongkong, which was passed at the time:

Africa, Licat. F. H. ROBINSON 3rd seamen's hospitals, hostels, orphanages left in September, 1915, and joined the Lincolns, attached 3rd Nigeria Regi ment. (By cable.)

[118 training schools and ships, pension art special reserve, being gazetted to the 3rd destitute funds; and minister to the needs Lincolnshire Regiment. He was wounded Hongkong Orvios: 104, Das Vaux Road, C had LONDON, Onion: 181, Frane Brenez, E.C. of the man of the Royal Navy and its at Fricourt in 1916 and, after a short

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD.

TO LET.

Tenders, which should be clearly marked AFLAT in Nathan Road, Kowicon

TENDER

FOR

THE SALE OF REFRESHMENTS AND LIQUORS ON THE CANTON KOWLOON HALLWAY' will be received at the Head Office of the British Section at Kowloom, and at the Office of the Managing Director at Tai Bha Tan until Nook of Saturday, November 3rd. Forms of Tender and full particulars may be obtained at the lead Office of the British Section at Kowloon or the Head Office of the Chinese Section at Tai Sha Tau.

The Railway does not bind itself t the Highest or any Tender

to accept WINSLOW,

H P.

Manager. British Section.

WEN TEH CHANG,

Managing Directorį Chiness Section.

Kowloon, 20th October, 1917.

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NOTICE ་་་

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ANY EUROPEAN, Non-Asiatic or Indian desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the CENTRAL POLICE BRATION between the hour of a to i mat and 2 PM to 4 P2 daily.

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FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Kowloon,

Apply to

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE Alexandra Buildings

1941

The Baily Press.

auxiliaries, the Royal Marines, the Mer-period of leave, was sent to East Afric chant Service, the mine-sweepers and with his brother, and was attached to the fishermen, and all who go down to the 3rd Nigeria Regiment." A short time ago

he was mentioned in despatches......... ses in ships. We do not want it to be said of us, as NELSON, quoting some linee written at the end of a former war, said of bu generation :—

“Our God and sailor wo adore,

In time of danger not before. The danger past, both are alike requited; God is forgatten and the sailor slighted

HONGKONG, 22ND OCTOBER, 1917.

BRITAIN'S COMMAND OF THE SEA.

YESTERDAY WAS the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, and our thoughts inevitably turn to our Navy, which has retained command of the sens ever since that memorable victory. It is well that

H.E. the Governor has appointed Major D. Macdonald, V.D., to be Major in the we should have occasional reminders of Infantry Battalion of the Hongkong all we owe to our guardians on the deep, Defence Corpas, for, there is a danger lest the veil which obscures so much of their work should

The importation of dogs from Shanghai prevent us from incognising that it is and from ports in China, north of Shang- No. 57. WHITFIELD HOUSE and to their splendid cfficiency and ocaseless hai, is prohibited by a Regulation made

TO LEL

No

10. 28, BELILIOS TERRACE.

GODOWN, Shaniswan Boad.

vigilance, by night as well

zí

From 1st November, 1917, TOP FLOOR in all weathers and amidst hidden day,

by the Governor-in-Council.

Dr. O. Marriot has been appointed to

st 7, Daddell Street, now coed as Monere. Key perils, that we are indebted for the fill the vacancy in the Medical Board of

& Walsh's Printing Office.

No. 2, FAIRVIEW, No. 3, Nathan End. security we enjoy. When war

Kowloon.

A LARGE ROOM suitable for Office in Queen's Building (corner of Connaught Road. and Ios House Street).

ONE GODOWN in Daddell Bürock,

PEAK

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 3rd Floor, Alesandra Buil-Lagu.

was Hongkong, caused by the departure from declared on August 4th, 1014, the Navy the Colony of Dr. F. O. Stedman. ̈ ̈

was found fully prepared to play its

During the trial trip of the Chakiang Saturday, a selling sweepstake,

The Hon. Treasurer of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul acknowledges with thanks

great part as our first line of defence, on TO BE BOLD.

and, by gaining the initiative, it robbed organised on the speed of the ship, yielded *GLENSHIEL,” No, 140 and 141, rar Germany of the fruits of twenty years of nearly $1,000 for Feather Day."

naval effort, upon which something like Apply to

£300,000,000 had been lavished in the hope of wresting the trident from our hands It is not too much to say that this silent victory changed the whole character of TO BE SOLD.

the contest. It established the founda Gonza (LENSHIEL" and "GLENSHIEL tion, upon which the British Empire has

Applicants will be required to producs Passports or identifestion paperations

All persons with certain exceptions who remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register themselves under the REGISTRATION PERSONS ORDINANCE Forms of ticulars required may be obtained at the Prax. 6.1.0. and at all Folion Stations.”

-giving the par

The Penalty for pan-ortance is a fine

· not exceeding 160

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donation of $25 to the funds of the Society received from Mr. E. V. M. R.

"OUR DAY.”.

LADY MAY-ROSE FUND

Subscriptions already ne

knowledged Collected in Macao by Mr.

A G. Wallas

Mcns. and Mine. C. E.

W. Ricou Mrs. F. J. Gellion...... Mr. D. Molaren

$100 50

40

Mrs. D. Ag Parve

10

Mr. Robert Taylor

20

Mrs. J. Millar

Capt. W. A. Valentine 10 Mr. J. Jensan............. Miss M. T. de Menezes

Mr. H. F. Bunje

25

Capt. J. F. Vijgeboom 25 Capt. A. McKinnon...

Mr. B. H Sharp

Mr. J. Power

Dr. Low Yuk-lin Mr. W Ezra

Mr. M. C. Clar

Chinese Indoor Staff, Lapps Customs ...... Mr. O, Hall Mr W. Battley Mr. W. Pettersson

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Mr. G. E. Cammiade... Mr. C. A. R. Gabral 10 Mr. A. A. de Mello.. Mr. G. Borras

Mr. M. OGronroes... Annon

Anonymous A. G. Wallas The Hon. Tressures of the Alice An Ally"

*G BUNGALOW, 140 and 14l, Ens built up a powerful and well-equipped Memorial and Affliated Hospitals ac- Anonymore

Sapply to

Army on the Continental male, The knowledges with thanks a donation of H. B. L. Dowbiggin, German High Scag Fleet was penned up $100 to the Funds of the Hospitals from

Box 543,

Care of * Daily From"

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in its own ports, and Lord KITCHENER was St. Paul's College,

$11,407,44

440.00

....£10-

10

25:00 20.00

6.00

Resolution 3 That the capital of the Company be increased by the crea tion of 30,000 new shares of one dollar ench to be called special shares and that there be

be attached to the said

the righta following, viz. :-

shares

(n.) The holders of the said shares shall be entitled rateably in proportion to the numbers hald

by

then

to

une

respectively half of the

the nett profits of the Company which it shall from time to time

he determined to divide and to one. half of the assets which in a winding up shall be available for distribution among the members.

(.)-No dividend shall be paid before the year one thousand nine hundred and eight and all shares will rank equally for dividend without respect to their face value."

It is clear from this that

we must give the one dollar shares whatever we give the five dollar shares. All shareholders in the present. Company would therefore receive one new share for each of their old shares, absorbing 100,000 shares at $5¬ $500,000, and the other 100,000 shares would be offered to then at par in proportion But we shall not want all this money

All we shall require immediately will be to pay for the Bite and

it in for erecting new and shifting the plant and for new turbine set from Home. Thais should be fully covered by a a first call of

to their holding once.

buildings

82) per share, but the debentures are not repayable till 1922, so for the present shareholders need only contemplate a cail of $2 on the new shares. The necessary resolutions for winding up the present Company and registering the now one will be laid before you at a meeting which will

called as soon as the resolutions

them selves have been prepared by our solicitors and of which, of course, due notice will be given you. In regard to the present accounts, the only item that needs

any additional land

Ibe

comment is that of $3, sicce of ground.

This was paid for.

at Yaumsti which was required for the purpose of

of a transformer

THCHAIRMAS then forbed the

adoption of the report and accounts. This Was seconded

PAUL CHATE, and

agreed to

On the proposition of Mr. R. H. E. HANCOLE, Seconded by Mr. R. HexnERSOA, the Hon Sir Paul Chater and Mr. G. W. 220

Barton were elected members of the Cons sulative Committee.

| Mr. F. Maitland and Mr. A. B. Lowe were elected auditors of the Company at a remuneration of $100 each, on the $11,987.44 £20 motion of Mr. CAMPBELL, seconded by Mr.

SAMY, and the meeting terminated.