NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
TE HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that an WE from 1st of April, 1918, the name of THE SIAM FOREST CO., LTD, has been changed to
THE ANGLO-STAM CORPORATION,
LIMITED,
the constitution and management of Tax LTU belog ANGLO-SIAM CORP RATION, exactly the same as in the case of THE SIAM FOREST CO., Lan.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,
Agente.
(2036 Hongkong, 17th May, 1018.
HONGKONG CLUB.
NOTICE.
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL
AMEETING of the Members of the HONGKONG CLUR will be held in the Large Dining Room on FRIDAY, the 31st May, 1918, at 5.30 PM,
BUSINESS?
To confirm the Resolution psesed on the 16th inat: as Posted in the Hall of the Club.
By Order,
E. DES VŒUX,
Secretary.
12027 Hongkong, 17th May, 1818.
INTIMATIONS
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, MAY 19TH, 1918
UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FORTY FIFTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Society will bo hold at its Head Office, No. 3 and 4, THURS Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on DAY, the 23rd May, 1918, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with the Statements of Account to 31st December, 1917, and of declaring Dividends, etc,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Society will be CLOSED from 13th May, to 23rd May, both days inclusiva.
By Order of the Board,
U..H. P. HAY, per pro. General Manager. (1995 Hongkong, 11th May, 1918.
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREIDERA
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the
NOT FORTY NINTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Office Nos. 3 and 4, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, on THURSDAY, the Bird May, 1918, at 12.30 p.m., for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors W. POWELL, LTD.
together with the Statements of Account TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that theto 31st December, 1917, and of declaring
Dividends, etc. ORDINARY
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company SEVENTEENTH GENERAL MEETING of SHARE will be CLOSED from 13th May to 23rd HOLDERS in the abova Company will be way, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board, I held at the Company's Offices on TUESDAY,
C. E. P. HAY, the 4th of June, 1918, at 19 o'clock Noon
per pro. General Manager, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directive and Statement of Accounta
Hongkong, lith Misy, 1918, to the 28th February, 1918.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will by CLOSED from the 25th of May to the 4th of June, both daya inclusive,
H. O. HOLT, Secretary, Hongkong, 16th May, 1918,
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
8.8 ECULADOR" FROM SAN FRANCISCO, HONOLULU JAPAN PORTS, SHANGHAI AND MANILA
FIRE above-mentioned vessel Laving arrived
Cons
from the above-mentioned porks, signees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Cargo wll be landed 17 their riak into 12 Hamrdons and/or extra Hasardous Godowni of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and and stored at. Con- Godown Co., Ltd, Korisou, digue ri k.
od that Consignes of Cargo are hereby notified they must produse an Import Permit signed by The Superintendent of Imports and Exports, Hongkong, before the Billy of Lading can be countersigned,
uro to All broken, chafed and damaged goods be left in the Godowns, where they will be
23rd May, THURSDAY, mained 10 4.M.
All Claims must be presented within a month, of the Steamer's arrival here, after which they mannet be recognized. Stande dinge N
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns and all Goods remaining andavered after the 21th May, 1015, will be subject to rent,
No Fire Insurance whatever will be effected, Consignees are requested to sand in their Bill of Lading fox countersignature immediately.
PACIFIC MAIL 8,9. CO., J. ORAM SHEPPARD,
Acting Agent Hoogkong, 17th May, 1918.
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OR OVERSEAS. GRINDLAY & CO., Bankers 51, PARLIAMENT ST.,
LONDON, S.W.1, Agents, ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS (52 WEEKS) Including Postage. (Subject to any alteration in present publisher's prices or postage rates.).
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BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY FIFTY SECOND YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be beld at its Head Office, Nos. 3 and Queen's Buildings Hongkong, on THURS DAY the 23rd May, 1918, at 12.45 r.M., for the the purpose of receiving the Report of Directors together with the Statements of declaring Dividends, etc. Accounts to 31st December, 1917, and of
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company May both days inclusive, A will be CLOSED from 13th May to 3rd By Order of the Board, tug' C. H. P. HAY per pro. General Manager. 1997 Hongkong, 11th May, 1916.
THE CHINESE ENGINEERING AND MINING COMPANY, LIMITED. Payment of Interim Dividend on Shares for the year ending 30th June, 1018.
THE BOARD having declared, an One INTERIM DIVIDEND of Shilling per Share free of Income Tax, for the year ending 30th June, 1018, holders of Bourer Shares and holders of Dividend Warrants received from London on account of Registered Shary, will be paid their dividends on presenting No. 11 Coupon of the Bearer Shares, and Dividend Warrants on Reglitered Bhares, to either of the following Banks at Shanghai or Tientsin
THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION.
THE CHALTEI BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA & CHINA,
THE RUSSO-ASIATIC BANK.
THE BANQUE BELOR POUR L'ETRANGER. The Paymenty will be made in either Dollars or Taels na the holder may wish, at the buying rate of exchange of the day,
GENERAL, MANAGER, THE KAILAN MINING ADMINISTRATION. Hongkong, 14th May, 1918.
NOTICE.
12013
INTIMATIONS
BANK TALIDAT.
EXCHANGE
Nacsordance with Onlinance No. 8 of 1912, CLOSED for the transaction of PUBLIC
the 20th BUSINESS on MONDAY, instant,
Hongkong, 10th May, 1918
B
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IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OFFICE. WHIT MONDAY AND EMPIRE DAY
TUIS OFFICES will be Opon for all THIS ORGAN: to 12 Now on MONDAY, the 20th, and FRIDAY, the 24th May, 1918
Licensed Warehouses cannot be opened on these dates,
DW. THATMAN, Superintendent, Timporta and Export.
Hongkong, 15th May, 1918.
2018
MOTOR CAR TRIPS IN KOWLOON AND NEW TERRITORY,
THE "STAR" FERRY CO. LTD
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INTIMATION
BY APPOINTMENT.
VATSON'S
STONE
GINGER-
baign, and Life success of the innovation was so marked that at the butset of the pand war it was derided to renew the experiment, and the Board of Trade at ener enteral into negotiations with Firms importing meat from Argentins for a monthly supply of 15,000 tons for the
Two members of the Over-Scag Club have forwarded cheques for the purchase of aeroplanes for the Overseas Imperial; Flotilla. One is the gift of Mr. H. E. Arnhold, of Shanghai, and is to be namo:t after his racing pony "Oriole."
The engagement is announced of Cas | Army and Navy, Later, a Meat Contain John Bell-Irving, Yeomanry, ats mitte of the Board of Trade was set up inched Camel Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. and entrusted with the work of import | Bell-Irving, of Millbank, Lockerbie. Dum- ing meat, not only for the use of our Frieschure, and Dorothy, eldest daughter own Army, but also for the French and of Mrs. John Hopkins, Little Bounds; Italian Governments, and for our civil Southborough, Kent.
Mr. H. K, Holmes, solicitor, of Hong: population at home, which, in the days of peace, cbtained nearly one-half the
kong, who, although hardly of military nge, left his practice at the end of 1914: nat it consumed from oversens. The principal source of supply is still Argen- and went home with a view of taking. a commission, gare further evidence of valuable source of supply. Australia don. Finding that in the meantime his The only fermented Stone Ginger-and New Zealand have rearved the brother, Major Harry Holmes, had suc- entire surplus supply of meat for the ae cumbed to wounds received in France, of the Imperial Government, and over did not wait for the routine involved 410,000,000 worth of beef, mutton and
in obtaining a commission, but forthwith: lamb have been obtained from those two enlisted as a private in the King's Royal countries. To carry these enormou Ribes. He received big first stripe within quantities to the troops the Board of three days, and duly passed from corporat Trade have found it necessary to requisito sergeant. Being wounded in France
tina, but the patriotic action of our own
BEER Dons has opened to us a further his patriotism upon his arrival in Lon-
Beer in the Far East,
undertake the convegance of Motor Care (at owner's risk) between Hoogkong and Kowloon in a special crane lighter. The real charm of Stone Ginger- Crules for Motor Cars provided.
Fares each trip-8200 per car-to be paid
Telophone K? (Shipping Department) Beer is to lighterman.
12022 when required..
NOTICE.
CARVALHO & COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that M
HENRY ARMAND HENRICKSON CASTRO has This Day CEASED to be the Manager of our Business at Hongkong and his authority to sign our Firm Name has been withdrawn, d
Dated this 6th day of May, 1918
CARVALHO & CO
WANTED
ADY STENOGRAPHER.
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HOUSES TO LET
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with Good Bathrooms and wide sorandahs, To Let from 10th of May. Fate to end of June, $100 per month.
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dearing to leave the Colony shoald BHOPS, situated in Joe House Stree
11
213 &
13-0
A
flavour produced
by
partial fermentation; without this
tion the whole of the insulated space he returned home to hospital. On com- of the shipping engaged in the frozening out he was attached to the London beat traffic. Some of the meat is taken Regiment and proceeded to Palestine, to England, but the greater part of that Distinguished service in the field there required for the Armies at the various has now secured him his commission. fronts is carried directly to the Base Mrs. Holmes, after a short training in ports, where it is discharged to the cold Hongkong, proceeded home early in 1915 20 Stone Ginger-Beer can be said stores erected for the purpose of storing - and took up nursing in the military hos
to be genuine.
$1.00 per dozen.
TRADO
MARE
3. WATSON
CO., LTD.,
meat until it is required for consumption.pital at Norwich, and has since trans. This method has obviated, the necessity fered her services to His Majesty's newly-
born su of holding up shipping unnecessarily born subjects. Thirty thousand tons of meat a month
General Sir Alfred Gaselee, G.C.B., are supplied by these methods to our GCLE. who died at his residence at Army, and 20,000 tons to the Armies of Guildford on March 20th, aged 74, will our Allies. Requisitioning in France, be chiefly remembered for his relief of as a consequence, insignificant, and the the Legations besieged in Peking by the herds of cattle which followed the troops Boxers in 1990. The Allied force which in previons campaigns, and were slaughelt Tientsin on August 4th, 1900, to tered when required, have entirely disrelieye the Legations, consisted of 20,000. appeared. To-day frozen nicht constitutes rico and 70 guns, the British troops buing 60 pair cent, of the total ment issued to the first to enter Peking and to force & the troops abroad. The remainder is their way through to the British Legation made itp of prescryed ment of several on August 14th. In October Lieutenant- varieties, the most familiar form being General Gaselee commanded a column of bully bect, which constituted the 4,000 British, Italians, French, and Ger principal article of diet of the Army on mans which made a demonstration at the Gallipoli peninsula. Purchases of Proting-fu During the period of his praserved meat rations have been made command all Sir Alfred Gaselee's tact
was required to prevent the serious com by the War Office on a sale which it is
plications which might have arisen ut any Three and a half reulise. not easy to
moment owing to the international rivalry million of preserved meat and meat
which existed. There is a characteristic and vegetable rations are Bent entanecdote told of him when the mixed weekly to the troops in France, and since force was ready to leave Tientsin to Much jealousy existed the outbreak of war the Army Contracts retieve Peking. Department has bought some four hundred as to who should lend the column, each million ting of preserved ment. In other contingent thinking that it should precedo words, taking each tin to weigh one some other. Instead of starting there pound, the Army has been supplied with was bickering, Gaselce settled the point over 178,000 tons of preserved meat--aby going to the different beadquarters weight roughly equivalent to that of six: B01Dow were near midnight, and stating he did not mind who led; the British would super-Dreadnoughts.-
go last, and would start at 4 a.m. The column was got away without further delay. As a reward for his servicos Gen- ural Ciavelee was promoted to the rank of Major-General and created a G.C.I.E.
ERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.
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MARRIAGE, Lewis Price in London, on March 16th, Capt. Max LEWIS, M.C, to HILDA MERCY, daughter of HARRY PRICE of Nan-Chang Fu.
BIRTH. MACKICHAN.--At 51, The Peak, on 17th instant, to Mr. and Mrs. A. 8. MACKIOHAN, a daughter
(2025 DEATH DALAH – At the General Hospital, Shanghai, on May 10th, Jon M. DARBIN, aged 44 years,
Hongkong Oreich: 104, Di Vaux Road, C London Orfica: 181, WLANE Bræmi," B.C
The Daily
Press
HONGKONG. 18TH MAY, 1818.
FEEDING THE ARMY.
The seventeenth ordinary, general meet. ing of shareholders in Wm. Powell, Ltd., will be held on Tuesday, June 4th, at
noon.
Booking for the Frawley Company will be open to-day from 3 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.. at Moutrie's and on Monday from 3 p.m. to 8 pm, at the Hongkong Hotel.
Second-Liout. W. M. Sparke Nyasa and Field Force, formerly of the Kailan Mining Administration, Tongshan, hae been awarded the Military Cress.
3 14 0 apply in person at the CENTRAL POLIOR OPLORING the Grand Hotel, recently recon-liquid fire-which this reflection bring eases were notified in the Colony on
18 STATION between the hours of 9 to 1 Fastracted
116 10 and F.E. to F.ML daily,
2.56 Applicants will be required to produce
48 Pasaporta or identification papers
All persons with portain exceptions who required to Register themselves, under remain in the Colony for more than 7 daga
REGISTRATION ORDINANCE 1916
PERSONS
Forms of Registration giving the part. culars required may be obtained at the BG.P.O. and at all Police Stations
O The Penalty for non-compliance is a fine
not exce di ng 450.
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THE DAIRY FARM COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE Bariness of the manufacture and sale. of Ice and the business of Cold Storage
on by the HONGKONG FO hitherto carried COMPANY, LIMITED, has been acquired and will in future be carried on by the Damy FARM COMPANY, LIMITED. Consequent upon 6uch scquisition the name of the DAIRY FARM 116 0 COMPANY, LIMITED, has been duly changed to THE DAIRY FARM ICE AND COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.," and its baumess will in fature be carried on under the new firmie.
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Subscriptions being payable in advance, remittances should be sent with all orders: FULL LIST CAN BE OBTAINED AT THE OFFICE OF THIS PAPER. Passages booked to all parts of the World Bagesto chipped, cleared and stored.
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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., LTD.
The following cases of infectious din
Thursday- Cerebro-spinal fever, 7 (and 7 deaths); bubonic plague, 3 (one death); diphtheria, 7 (one death).
Ir is a trite reflection that modern science has revolutionised methods of warfare, but the more obvious instances such as submarines, aircraft, gas, tanks and
to mind have, by reason of their sensa tional character, obscured many more significant developments, which havo
"Conditions in the silk trade hase taken place unnoticed and passed almost without comment. Take, for instance,
meat to become acute," declares the Silk Associa the problem of supplying fresh
Panch's com army in the field-a problem thetion in its annual report....... solution of which might have given ment is that at the slightest provocation, NAPOLEON victory instead of defeat in it appears, the worms come out on turn.
A Chinese woman, the owner of a fish- 1812. His remark that an Army moven
its stomach was born of painfuling junk, has reported to the Police that experience. The army ration scale allows while she was nearing Fu Tan Mi, ch
FOR THE DUBATION.
The part that is ours is to stand beside The Harbour's whispering, water, And watch where the rippling wavelets
glide
So softly to carry you out to the tide
That flows to the lands of slaughter.
To list, with the breath close, held, the
Voice,
The great beart cry of the Nation,
But yours is the "botter part," the
choices
Though the war-god's slaves at his revels
rejoice,
To join for the War' Duration:"
With never a question How long t
you go,-***
All one to you is the story,
glow,
The fight or the grave or the glory.
But we know that, Infinity claims its
Ehare
une pound of meat daily to each man in her way from Lung Sheng Wan, to Hong-The battle that rages in storm and snow, the trenches, and three-quarters of that kong, six masked min boarded her | The trampled red fields in the summery TO LET.
quantity to those at home; and, further, vessel. They shut her and her fokis in FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon.
it requires each soldier at the front to the hold and then ransacked the boat carry one pound of meat in his lit. It for an hour, taking away articles to the FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES, in Kowloon.
is worth considering briefly, the mea-sulus of $76. sures by which an army equal to one-
A number of films illustrating what is Apply to
aith of the malo population of the United.
happening in England now will be shown HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE Kingdom before the war has been sun
Co., LTD.,
plied with meat on this scale, for they the ictoria Theatre on Wednesday. Alexandra Buildings.
amount to something like a revolution in May 22nd. The pictures to be shown in Thy Work of the the methods of Army supply. The intre clude among otheja duction of frozen meat, which was due Women's Land Army, Woolwich -
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Of the great world-heart's pulsation, So we lay at its fees cach wish, each
prayer, The pride that we serid with you"
there,"
to wear
over
to the genius of a Frenchman who died Arsenal and its Works and the United For yours are the honours to pluck and m poverty, has opened a new chapter in States Troops in London." The exhibi- the history of provisioning of Armies. | tion promises to be one of very consider- Regarded from a military point of view ablo interest. Broking is now eren at it dates from the South African cam-
Moutric'a
For Eternity's vast Duration.
Hongkong, May 18th, 1918,
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