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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.

SUMMARY JURISDICTION.

ACTION NO. 138 OF 1918,

MARION GAINS

and ALMA E ILES Defendant THE HONGKONG, AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

And

G. K. HARD BEUTRON. CH

Garnishees

NWRIT OF FOREIGN ATTACH-

"TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN –that

MENT was issued herein on the 21st day of anuary, 1918, returnable on the 8th February, 1918, at 10 A.M.

WILKINSON & GRIST,

Solicitors for the Plaintiff £1651

G.

GOVERNMENT. BILLS, ETC.

İTTENDERS for SPECIE and MEXICAN DOLTAIS, current in this Colony, for Telegraphie Transfer, on the Lords Commissioners of His MajesTY'S TRUASUBT,

ndon

INTIMATIONS

NOTIO”.

8. WATS

THE HONGKONG DAILY.

NE CERTIFICATE for One mindred havo

INTE IONS

NOTIC

HE Board of Directors, CHWA JAPAN

O Shared Now 21241 to 20340 inclusive MANAGER of the

in this Company

has been 10BT For the CHINA and if at the expiration of one Month from the date hereof the above Certific

icate be not orthooming, another Certificate for the sald Share will be fasued by the Company, and

að Usher will be acknowledged. 4. B. WATSON & CO., LTD. Hongkong, 10th January 1918.

NOTICE

1080

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE CERTIFICATE NO. 491 for Twenty

Shares Vos, 13030/12055 in this Com pany registered in the name of WILLIAM ALEXANDER PARSONS MARTIN, has a LOST, and if at the expiration of one mighth from the date hereof the above Certificate be not forthcoming, another Certificate for the said Sharea will be jasued by the Company and thereafter no other or olders will be acknow ledged.

C. MONTAGUE EDE, General Manager Hongkong, 1st January, 1918.

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up to and for the sum of £100,900, THE WEST POINT BUILDING CO., bo received by the TREASURY,

CHEST OFFLUER ARMY PAY DE- TARTMENT, ab 11 Volock 15. on the

LIMITED

The tenders to state the total NOTION IS HEREBY GIVEN that

26th January, 1918.

Pounds Sterba)

amount (in

the THIRTIETH / ORDINARY MELTING of SHAREHOLDERA In this

froma

Hongkong, 22nd - Canary, 3818...

NOTICE

1042

A

MEETING of the ST. GEORGE'S. SOOLETY will be held on UNDAY |28th January, at 6.30 Fit, inv uro Board || Boom of Mason Jamuna, MATRION & Co.

kindly lent for the accamon),

(1) To pass the accounts for 1917.

(3) To arrange for the celebration of St.

George's Day, 1018

(3) To elict a Committee and Officers for

• DIA.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

MEMBERS and the Publie are hereby

- polified that Mr. EL ► BANDIDED FOT many years Hon, Treasurer of the Hordfond, JOCKEY CLUB, having expressed his wish to be roheved from thing Offee, his resignation, has been cospted.

MESERE INSTEAD & DAVIS Lave been appointed

Secretaries and

Cuba from the 19th or to the|

Bienibers who have not yet pud their for the Current season are tam

Payment to MESERE

are hereby due to the

will be made for less telegraphic Transfer Company will be held at the Offices of authorised to collect all de lo

than £100%

The tende

ten/lers to be in duplicate, and in sealed covers, addressed to the TREASURY OREST OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEFART MENT, and sacred-TENDERS NUR GOVERNMENT BILLS, Eta":

The right to accept or reject any or all of

the

teadors 18 réserved,

Copier of Forms ur Tender can be had on

application,

CO 2 will in future settlement of accounts owing

Mesars JARDINE MAranson & COMPANY LASTED, OR TUESDAY, 29th January, 1918,

180 x for the puroges of reveiving EBRE LINSTEAD & DAVIS will issuS the Report of the Preps together with a to Members and Members Laces T Btatement of

ent of Accounts for the

"*

ber

TATRU A Admission to the grand stand and enclosure

and will be in charge of the sale of Admission

of SHARES of the Tickets for the general public, which may be

wil be CLOSED from SATURbtained as heretofore from Mears. KELLY 10th, to TUESDAY, 2018 January,

AVALSE, LTD, or at the gate on Race Days. Pergon tendering fur (Bill) are hereby period no Tribaler of Shares osu

1918 (both days inclusive), during which

Order,

TT. HOUGH notified that living regard to the provisions

Clerk of the Course, HONGKONG JOCERY CLUB. ₤1637

Registered.

of the Acts 22 norge Ill., Cap. do 2nd 11,By Order of the Board of Director. George III. Cap. 62, the acceptance of shy auch Tender is subject to the express condi

A. SHELTON HOOPER,

Bretary to the

tion that no Manor of the British House of HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT Commons ábali ke admitted to may share or part in or to any benefit to arose from the Contract thereby made for the allotment

dotment of auch (Bills)."

The

provisions in question do not apply to Contracts entered into by an incorporated Company in its corporated capacity and tho geporal peaotic the

for

made Company

FJ.THURSBY PELHAM. Lt-Colonel.

His stajesty's Treasury Office.

Hongkong, 25th January, 1918. [1569

be

AGENCY

A Co., LTD General Agenia for the WEST POINT BUILDING Co., LTD Hongkong, 11th January, 1918. 41507

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE, LIMITED,

Treasury Chest Omer AP.DISNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the Offices of Малады. Јакопын Матиквон COMPANY LIMITED, ON TUESDAY, 29th January, 1018 at 11:45 AM, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statement Accounts for the year ending 31st December #1017-

THEATRE ROYAL.

EDGAR WARWICK

snrounces

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from BATUR: DAY, 10th, to TUESDAY, 20th January, 1818

THE LAST TWO NIGHTS OF (both daya inclusive), during which pared no

THE

COURT CARDS

Positively the Farewell Performance TO-MORROW NIGHT! Your Last Chance of Seeing the Favourites.

Booking at MOUTRIES.

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BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE COLONY,

(Under the Auspices of the VILGJ

Preliminary GameS

Semi-Final

Figsl

of 1000

250.

1000,

All games to be played at the V.RC. Winner of the competition to meet

Bergt. W. Prrr in a

Entrance feeinh Entries close to R. C. WATCHELL Hon. Secretary of the VRC on the 31st inst Prizes Championship Gap, Winner of Competition, Runner-Up, and for the Highest Break

THE INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED

ILE Director of the store Commins Ey have declared B INTERIM DIVIDEND of 3 (equal to 3 per Share) on the Preferred Ordinary Shares and 6 (equal to 4* per Share) on the Deferred Orimary Shares.co

calculated at

per Dollaro of Income tax for those

Dividends are Sharobolders on the Colonial Register, and

all be payable on and after FRIDAY, 18th February, 1916, at the Company's Othes.

TRANSFER BOOKS of die Company will CLOSED from THURSDAY, 215 February, to THURSDAY, 1th Februar both days inclusive.

ARDINE, MATHESON & CO, LTD., All General Managers, Hongkong, 23rd January, 1918, [1549

STRAITS MERCHANT SERVICE

Singapore

Transfer of Shares can be iRegistered. By Order of the Board of Directors

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL

ESTATE LIMITED,

A SHELTON HOOPER, Panda Secretary to mod SALUMNEALER GENERAL MANAGERS. longkong, 11th January, 1918, [1809)

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST

MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD. -

MOTOR CAR TRIPS IN KOWLOON

AND NEW TERRITORY. THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN CO. LTD, undertake the conveyance of MOTOR CARS: (st ownern risk) between HONGKONG" and in their Special Crane Lighter. Cradles for Motor Cars provided.

Fares each trip 16:00 per car, to be paid to lighterman Lighter will leave daily as under :

Praya north of

ROWLOON

1:00 PM 5.00 65

PORTINGER STREET.

HONGKONG,

9.00 AM 2.00 PM

[1538

THE WEST RIVER BETTISH STEAM. SHIP COMPANY.

INTIMATION

TABACOS DE FILIPINAS.

1015

stadied carefully and that there are CHINESE TELEGRAMS

many text books on the subject. following simple illustration wi

that most of us have rather vague notions about the forces due to ma etism.

A

magnet which CEN lift twenty tons when placed in contact with an iron plate of that weight will not move a cube of iron COMPANIA GENERAL DE or stool whose sides are each only two inches long, if placed only two feet away from it. Now a torpedo weighs rather more than a ton, and travels through the water at a speed of from twenty-five to forty-five miles an hour. Clearly it is not practicable to defect it from its course by any magnetic devices. Similar ly such notions na "charging the sea with electricity

"shooting" a bomb of electricity Bre not very helpful, but there is considered to be great

NUEVO

CORTADO

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PLAGUE EPIDEMIC SPREADING,

PAKING January Bird. The epidemic is spreading southwards, There are many deathe in the villages in the region of Taiyuanfu...

The Tuchun has suspended passenger tradic north of Taiyunn

Freight traffic on the Peking-Suiyuan Railway has been resumed sectionally. Quarantine stations have been crected at the terminus at. Péking,...)

Five more deaths have been reported. among the woldiers at Fengchen.

General Ching reports having a confer ence with the Tatung authorities. It has been decided to establish four quarantine

scope for useful work in the in-stations under Drs. Chen, Smyth and provement of apparatus for receiving Taurumi

and sending signals and messages. The The Ministry of the Interior anNORACES varioua hints given to would be inventors that the plague deaths notified number by the Naval Consulting Board' of the 95.

EXTRA appear to us excellent. A clear

$3.00 per 100

A FIRST-CLASS CHEROOT

ÁT & CHEAP PRICE

CA

Plague Prevention Loan for statement of s problem is the first step $1,200,000 has been signed and $200,000,000- necessary to its ultimate solution.

have been handed over

GOVERNMENT TROUPS' SUCCESS.

General Shih Haing-huan, who declared. his independence, has been defeated by Government troops and has evacuated Chinebow,

THE CHINESE EMBARGO ON:

EXPORTS TO RUSSIA

Some of the methods adopted for destroying submarines, though carefully hidden at first, are now well-known. We are not giving away any secrets when we remind our readers that merchant vessels are armed against submarines and some times sink them

A charge of, one high explosive in the water near a sub marine has been found to be very effee tive, and aeroplanes and destroyers nee it when they can locate approximately un undersca vessel. In the days when the hostile craft operated mainly in the imports to offset the food way. Ad English Channel aeroplanes intitol that beans an great deal of damage upon them. The pre-

PEKING, January 24th. Manchuris into Russia entails hardship The Chinese, ambargo on exports from in Siberia, which relica upon China for

General Horvart, the

allowed

S. WATSON & sent dificulty is that the range of the sub-nees have ignored the protest. General

CO., LTD.,

CIGAR MERCHANTS,

TATIVRONS 616

2

SARATSI WIPED OUT.

TIENTSIN, January 24th-, The Tuchun of Shansi reports that the Ha bat closed all the roads to Taiyuan fa plague is spreading rapidly southward. to passengers..

report wiped out

from Kalgan states: th

that there are 150 deaths daily. The epidemio Saratai

At

Postmaster has seen cases in the suburbs is also raging at Sopingfu. The Russian of Kailen similar to the plague that The inspection of travellers on the visited Manchuria,

Kishan Line la

being onforon at Conference of medical men

posed a series of mcasares, days quarantine for Nankow, trains not to pass Nankow, tions; namely, Kalgan-Nankow and and the line ta be divided into two sec

has protested requesting and other coreals may bu to go to Vladivostock. The Chi marine from ita base is much greater

Horvart threatens that unless the em than that of the flying-machine.the Chinese. Eastern Railway.

hargo is removed ho will cease working Aeroplanes can, of course, be carried on "mother-ship," but with the great de mand for shipping such craft cannot be provided in sufficient numbers to be really important factors. Another suc cessful device is the dragging of trawls and nete, but it is obvious that there aro limitations to this. Scientists and inventors are urged to find supplemen tary methods of discovering the sub marines, as well as to improve those already known. There is encouragement HONGKONG OFFIC2: 104, Dza Vœux ROAD, C. in the knowledge that water is an excel. IMONDON OPPICE: 131, FLEET STREET, E.C.Lent conductor of bound, and recording devices, whose object, it is to locate any thing moving in the water, are being carefully tested and improved. Each Nunkow-Reking. month sees some new auggestion submitted to actual experience. The most drama, tie event of the war, would be some com- plete panacea for the submarine pest, but it is, perhaps, too much to expect that we shall obtain that. Nevertheless, with the inventive genius of the Anglo Saxon race, and its French and Italiars Allies, concentrated upon this problem We shall, doubtless, learn when the wer is ended many interesting details of ingenions devices employed, the pab.

The Baily Press.

HONGKONG, 25TH JANUARY, 1918

ANTI-SUBMARINE DEVICES,

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

Above: Company having, ORASED to IT is not surprising that thousands of rate the Steamer LINT FRANUI" "NANNING" and "BAINAN All Creditors and others having any Cisims

lars ()

'ingonjous - individuals havo- forwarded

to the Admiralties

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ring, the Company required Allies for minimising, if not actually

THIRTIETH ORDINARY MEETING

of SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be, hold at the Offices of Messra, JARDINE Armor & COMPANY, AMIT On TUESDAY, 29th January, 2016, at Noo for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st

1917.

The REGISTERSH

of SHARES of the will be CLOSED from SATUB Company RSDAY: anth Janu 1918 (both days instustver, during which period Registered.

By Order of the Board of Director.

**A. SHELTON HOOPER,

A Secretary.

BO of Shares can be

- Họngkong, 11th January, 1916,

[1509

THE HONGKONG LAND BECLAMA-

TION CO LTDA SEVENTEENTH ORDINARY OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the MEETING OF SHAREHOLDKES in Chis Companyvill be

held the Offloor of MISTE JARDINE MATHESON & COMPANY LIMITED, on TUESDAY, 29th January, 1918, at 18.15 232. for the purpose of mining the Report of the Director to the ben the Statement of Accounts for

Blat】

Ungkong, 14th Jannar,

zrong

CMS GIRLS BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL.

T. HILDAS-East Parade Ground. Principal:-MES BENDELACK, MA Dip. Edi ya

School Be-opens January 10th, 1918, Thorough English and Chinese Education Léon inprièzate,

LIFE INSURANCE, M

|RE P. HENDERSON, LC.S. Retired,

of 49, Leinster Gardens London. W.. wished to draw the attention of the public in CLOSED SATUR-China and the traits to the desirability of

SHARES

Damper il bestDEED from Janaking advantage of the prest High levet DAY

1918 (both days incluerve), during lick period no Transfer of Sharos can be of exchange by affecting, under his advice, Registered.

single prémium Insurance Policies.

By Order of the Board of Directors

MOWBRAY S NORTHCOTE

Hongkore. 11th January, 1918 -

Becretary;

1810

HONGKUNG, CANTON AND MACÃO

STEAMBOAT CO LTD.

NOTICE: TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE NINETY-EIGHTH ORDINARY MESTING & SHAREHOLDERS to the Company will be held at the Office of the Company, Hotel anstons, on TUE the 19th February, 1818, at 12 o'clock TOON. foe the purpose of receiving 1 Report of

Directors, forether

JORN ARK

ntages may be briefy ammarised

1 The present level of exchange has the

effect of approximately don! money sent home.

2 Large Inst

stely

Nanoe, Taurande

protection STR

eliminating, the risks due to the enemy's subma

The subject is so fascinat ling, the stimulus so great, that even the ordinary layman who knowa very littlo

lication of which to day would goyd wanfort” or “information that might be useful to the enemy of civiliseti.

Buiyuan from Tientsin to-day.

Surgeon General Chuan has gone to

LY DOTHIESY OF THE " CHUNG NGOI

GOVERNMENT'S PEACE TERMS.

SHANGHAI, January 24th. Chang Shi-chao, representative of Shen Chu-havan has visited the President and stated that Shen advocates: (1) the dismissal of Lung Chai-kwong, (2) die missal of Liu Chun-300, (3) withdrawal of troops from Authow; and (4) the ap- The Frezident has sent a delegato to pointment of Shen as mediator. meel Shen Chun-huan

ting announcing the opinion of the war The President has wired to Luk Wing. party and the Government's dificulty. acking

that if the South-West »`Den Dok make peace the Government the Tuchun demand and issue a

and issue a declara. birth Guvernment

have decided to aller the following conditions of peace:1)

To-day is the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns,

concert will be held as usual,

war

grant

about scientific and nautical phenomena finds himself pushing over the reason why the torpedo bus. proved itself so fatal a weapon against merchant vessels hut has done comparatively little dam age to warships. It may encourage such people to know that sometimes sugges- tions from the layman are of more value College, arranged for Bturday evening, be changed; (3) Ewings troops to The prize distribution at St. Paul's To convene a new Parliament with the old law; (9) Laing Chai kwong's post may than those of the expert. The history has been postponed,

The breaking-up leave Changsha and the Northern troops of progress certainly shows that the

to leave Aochow.. amateur has often persevered and ob tained success despite the ridicule which The Court Cards presented a change greeted his early efforts. The most learn. of programme lest, night at the Theatre ed scientists, it may be remembered, scoff. Royal. There were several new numbers fed at the first crude aeroplanes. It must be and new songs and the Joker and his little

contekled, however, that, notwithstanding | Company kept the audience amused. ''!

CASTON, January 24th uine expectations of some months

THE OLD PARLIAMENT TO MEET AT CANTON A concert, under the patronage of Dr. Sun Yat-sen has proposed to all has not been found, is yet. H.E, the Governor, will be given at the the MP's in Canton and the members plete care for the submaria Helena May Insitute on Wednesday, old Parliament be convoked in Canton. of the Provincial Assembly that the though we know that the German January 20th. A proportion of the pro- The proposal is approved and the

from

the

[any

nenac

sailors we realising in an increasing degree, the great dangers which they face when they set out on their work of destruction in the undersea craft.

A very sensible plan has been adopted by the Naval Consulting Board which

the United States Govern has sued a circular with the obje

ulating new ideas,

CANTON NEWS.

CHUNG BEnt

BY COURTESY OF THE

neet

code will be devoted to was charition, authorities are request for on the Tickets may be obtained at the Institute. Norther

the expenses of M.R

PROVINCES. GENERAL LUNGʻANII THE CIVIL GOVERNOR Acting ander doctor's orders, HE the

It is rep

the General Long Chai- kwokerted

Civil Governor have. Governor, Sir H. Nay, KCMG., W and

der agreed to co-operate. They have sent will not be able to distribute the prizes atelegram to the President, stating the Queen's College this year, as he had aurce, and would stems in their a

have complied d. The prizes will be dis His Excellency a order 1 tributes by the Colonial Secretary, the supplied them with arms, wh

they They added that the Couton munt ion factory is protected by large bodim and it is therefore to capture p GOVERNOR B. ATTITUDE. learn that the Civil Governor has wired to the Peking Government report- ing that Lak nekwong (General Lakka

promi

freed

font at the name time how impractical Font Mr. Claud Bevern, GMG, at noon; bez wong si troop at 4

and fanciful are many of the sugges"

ted for consider on It will be a disappointment to Hany “who have blind farth in the

money, thus sent homme Helps the Country in is hear of hood.

on Wednesday February (th.

Sportsmen generally and cricketers in particular will be interested to hear of Livingstonc

SUIL-

of electricity to learn that the wedding of Lieut

fon), leading, ak wang-si army towards Walker, of the Sussex Yeomanry, and salt-hing in order to oppace. Board do not believe

Jectic

Miss Mewburn, which took place accordingly sent back all his troops to

Ling ss/inspection. He (Gove magn

Pembury, Bussex, in November last, Shau-hing for defensive purposes, and Up has built strongholds to opporo - Luk's of the Burrey County Cricket Club He It is also stated that the Civil Governor

Lavy" Walker, was sometime. Captain advance. captained Changhai against Hongkong in has joined General Lang and, will Interport matches on several occasions in operate with certain leaders to dimis

the Tuchung

son's advice is given can be obtained pedo MANAGER OF THIS PAPER chor

[1906

means, however chstreny with on cremator↑ ine or mhmarine Loose wh

hopes in this dire on are that for many years the effect

recent year