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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.

DURING my bronco from the Colony.

21 Chief Manager,

Hongkong, 32nd May, 1018,

INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAISY PRENE

UNION INSURANDE SOCIETY OF OANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

JAMES W. GRAHAM will act

NIC FORTY-FIFTH ORDINARY By Order of the Board of Directors, R. M. DYER

YEARLY MEETING of the Society will be Chief Manager,

held at its Head Office, Noa. a and,

TO-DAY Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, £2048

(THURSDAY) the 23rd May, 1018, at Noon, for the

of receiving the Report of the Fire together with the State menta of Account to 31st Decoraber, 1917, and of declaring Dividend the Society

B.

WAR DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS.

EALED TENDERS will be received at

the Headquarters Offices, Victoria Barracks, Hongkong, until 19 Noon, on FRIDAY, 7th June, 1918, for the under mentioned service, for the period 19th June, -1918, to 31st March, 1919:-

GENERAL SUPPLIES "B" (Oila, Wick, etc.).

Tender forms and other particulars may be. obtained. from the Office of the D.A.D. of B. & T., at Haulquarter Offices.

WANTED.

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The TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOSED from 13th May to 3rd May, both days inclusive.

By Order of the SER

UH. P. HAY, per pro. General Manager. Hongkong, 11th May, 1918. [1995

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

HOUSES TO LET

TO BE LET.

FURNISHED, No. 13%, THE PEAK, for the monthe July to October inclusive Apply to

MR 11 FLETCHER, Colonial Secretary's Office.

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E TO LET,

10th Good Bath-rooms and wille COMFORTABLY FURNISHED ROOMS, verandahs, To Let from 10th of May. Rats to end of June, $100 per month.

Mes NIVEN Narcis Bay, Wel-hai-wei

TO LET

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COMMODIOUS and well-fitted SHOP in

Alexandra Buildings.

Applýsin

A SECRETARY, A. S. WATION & Co., LIMITED

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that N

the FORTY NINTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Office Nos. 3 and 3. Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, TO-DAY (THURS

TO LET. DAY) the 23rd May, 1918, at 19.30 2. for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together the State-O CARNARVON ROAD Kowloon well-built EUROPEAN TWO STOREY HOUSE, good locality.

Apply to---

YU KAM HING, c/o Mears. JonNSON, BTOKES & Master.

SMALL OFFICE in the centralmente of Account to 31st December, 1917, Alocality.

and of declaring Dividends, etc.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 13th May to 23rd May, both days inclusiva

Apply to-

Care of "Daily Press" Office. [2041

FOR SALE.

PHO PHOTO APPAR. KODAK CARTRIDGE

No. 1. with GUERZ DOPP-ANAST.; PEARL PIN-CRAVAT.

Apply from 12 to 7 pm. Boom 66, KING EDWARD HOTEL.

FOR SALE.

LADY'S MUFF and CAPE

$525 COLLARS of REAL FUR BLACK SKUNK, and $10 each WHITE FURS.

TWO

By Order of the Board,

CHP. HAY, per pro. General Manager. [1090 Hongkong, 11th May, 1918,

BRITISH TRADERS' INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS:

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

NIFTY SECOND ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the Company will be held at its Head Office, Nos. 3 and 4

Queen's Buildings Hongkong, TO DAY (THURSDAY), the 33rd May, 1918, at 12:45 P., for the purpose of receiving the Report

TO LET.

FOUSES on Shameen, Canton, No, 57, THE PEAK, LUSTLEIGH,

Apply to--

H

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LIKE HONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENOT CO., LTD

TO LET

Apply from 12 to 7 F.. Room 66, KING of the Directors together with the State- FLAT in Nathan Road; Kowloon

EDWARD HOTEL

· FOR SALE.

$100 PEARL THREAD NECK-

A

Apply from 19 to 7 PM Room 88, KING FOWARD HOTEL.

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PUBLIC AUCTION. DARTICULARS and CONDITIONS of the letting by Publlo Azotion Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the... 27th day of May, 1918, at 3 r., of the Quem of the PUBLIC WORKS Department,

by Order of His EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR at Ose Lol of CROWN LAND at Repulse Bay, in the Colony of Hongkong, for • tarm of 75 years, with the option of renewal at a CROWN RENT to be fixed by the Surveyor. of Hin MarssTY THE KING, for one further Berm of 75 years.

PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.

Registry No.

At Repulse Bay,

*

|--Boundary ||

Mesepresenta.

#.

Contente

Bevare feet.

Upset Prios

As per

► [189,000) 45,000

NOTION,

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ments of Accounts to 31st December, 1917, and of declaring Dividends, eto,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 13th May to 23rd May, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board,

CANOAH. P. HAY

per pro. General Manager.

1997:

Heagkong, 11th May, 1918.

HONGKONG CLUB.

NOTICE.

NEXTRAORDINARY GENERAL

THURSDAY, MAY 23RD, 1918.

INTIMATION

BY APPOINTMENT.

Britain, the next best thing was to secure CHINESE TELEGRAMS. )

the pan-German Empire from the North, Sea to the Persian Gulf. That would

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT]

AGAINST SINO:

cut the old world obliquely in two, isolat | PEKING UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ing the Russians and giving Germany direct access to Asia and Africa. When property organised it would increase

WATSON'S enormously the fighting strength of the

STONE

GINGER-

German Empire. In February, 1916, a large edition of this pan-German map was posted all over Germany with the announcement that it depicted the great. aim of the war. The new Alliance with, or actual annexation of, Austria-Hun- gary makes that may almost a reality. The invasion of gallant Serbia and the conversion of Austria-Hungary, Bul-

BEER are, and Turkey into vassal Staten

have all contributed to the completion of the map, while the action of the

The only fermented Stone Ginger idealists in Russia has oven added to the original design. It is the great task of the Allies to e-draw that

map

At the end of the war there will be only one test which will prove

Beer in the Far East,

PROTEST

JAPANESE AGREEMENT.

PERING, May Slot. Eight hundred students of Peking University this morning declined to attend classes and left in a body with the object of protesting to the President agnius, the Japanese Agreement.

The Palace gates were closed and they. were not admitted

THE BIG GERMAN OFFENSIVE

EXPERIENCES OF AN OFFICER KNOWN IN HONGKONG::

The following extract from a letter from Capt. O. Scales R.AM.C., who left Hongkong with the Shropshires in April, 1017, will be read with interest. It is dated March 29th and was evidently

The real charm of Stone Ginger- beyond doubt whether Might or Right written after the first few days of the

Beer is flavour produced

by

partial fermentation; without this

to be genuine.

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$1.00 per dozen,

TRADE

肉

MARK

FOUR-ROOMED HOUBIS in Kowloon.

Apply to-

HUMPEREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

Alexandrs Buildings.

12000

FO. HALE,

A MEETING of the Members of the 66 GALESEND, 109, "THE PEAK, SIX

HONGKONG will be held in the Large Dining Room on FRIDAY, the 31st May, 1918, at 6.30 PM..

BOXINFES

To confirm the Resolution passed on the 16th inst, as Posted in the Hall of the Club

By Order,

E DES VIEUX,

Secretary,

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WM. POWELL, LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

SEVENTEENTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Company's Offices on TUESDAY, the 4th of June, 1915, at 12 o'clock Noor, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to the 28th February, 1918.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 25th of May to the 4th of June, both days inclusive.

H.O. HOLT, Secretary, Hongkong, 16 h May, 1918.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

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THE STORE of GRACA & Co. dealers in POSTAGE STAMPS, FLOWER

SEEDS, TOYS, &

has been REMOVED to No. 10, WYNDHAM

NY EUROFEAN, Nou Asistio of Indian desiring to leave the Colony should. apply in person at the CENTRAL POLICE STREET. BELace between the hours of 9 a. 10 1 PAL and SP.. to & P.M. daily

Applicants will be required to produce Faports or identification papers.

All persons with certain exceptions who remain in the Colony for man than 7 days mre required to Register themselves under the REGISTRATION or PERSONS

ORDINANCE 1918

Forms of Registration giving the parti- colare required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations,

The Penalty for non-compliance in a fine not eroe di ig $50.

THE DAIRY FARM COMPANY. LIMITED.

THE Business of the manufreture and salo of fou and the business of Cold Storage hitherto carried on by the HONGKONG LO COMPANY, LIMITED, has been required, and

Hongkong, 20th May, 1919. [1845

NOW READY.

THE

DIRECTORY

AND

CHRONICLE

MENTS, INDO-CHINA,

will in future be carried on by the DAIRY | CHINA, JAPAN, STRAITO SETTLE FARM COMPANY, LIMITED. Consequent upon such acquisition the name of the DAIRY FARM COMPANY, LIMITED, has been duly changed to *THE DAIRY FARMIOF AND COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.” and its business will in future be carried on ander the new nanie."

M. MANUK Secretary, THE DAIRY FARM ICE AND COLD

STORAGE CO, LTD.

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PHILIPPINEB, ETC.

1918

FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL LABUL. FRICE:

Large Edition Bridged

Apply-

OE. GALE P.W.D.

NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES

NOTICE TO CONBIGNEES,

FROM SINGAPORE,

HE Steamship

"VAN WAERWIJCK"

having arrived from the shore pork, informed that all Goods are being landed Consignses of Cazgo by her, are hereby at their risk info the issardous and/or extra bamedons Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd, whence and/or from the Wharves delivery may be obtained.NE

Goods pot cleared by the 25th May, at

will be subject to rent.

ars to be left in the Godown, where they all All broken, chafed and damaged packager by examined

Claims against the Steamer must be

they will not be recognized.

presented within 10 days of arrival, otherwise

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us In any casa whatever,

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by JARDINE MATHESON & CO., LTD., HRM Government Agent Hongkong, 18th May, 1918.

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INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION

COMPANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND

SINGAPORE.

THE Steamship

T

hag triumphed--and that will be the area dominated by Germany in Europe. If the Corridor Empire" is a reality after the Peace Conference the tremendous sacrifices of the Allies will have been in

German offensiver

Well, you have heard all about our strategic retirement -but, of course, we or mortals who bore the brunt of it did not realise its strategy.

vain, for injustice will have been per-

About 1 a.m one night I was told to petuated and Germany's predominance move to another position, so I packed no Stone Ginger Beer can be said established. In his recent speech at up and set off at the head of my merry, Glasgow University however, Gencral men to our new home, which was a bugo SNUTS reminded us of a truth which can underground dug-out in the middle of a not fail to inspire and cheer us. The village that was being shelled heavily, enemy would come within an see of A few minutes after we got there a big victory," he said, “but would not secure shell blow in one of the entrances, Hore it because his cause was wrong." The was worked for twenty-four hours dress- victory which the Germans are now fighting and getting away carloads of ing for is the establishment of a huge patients, till in the stilly hours another Middle Europe Empire. Probably they order came to push on, The next place do not expect to smash the Allied armies, was quiet until about 1 mm; then a few but thacy hope by the stubbornness of their resistance to negotiate a pesce by agree. ment that shall leave them in possession of the territories now subject to their will. Though they have written so much about psychology, they little understand the spirit of those arrayed against them. A day of reckoning will come when the races now in subjection, will be free to and found three men killed, one an officer, dispose of their own destinies, and they one officer wounded, and about four are not in the least likely to look with | horses--a horrid sight. Wa picked up favour upon. Prussian domination, the officer in our fast car and dushed on Though at the moment Germany may agnin plume herself upon her successes, it is by no meins improbable that they rany ultimately prove to be her undoing, for the spirit of independence is not yet stamped out even in KARL's ramshackle Empire."

A. S. WATSON

CO., LTD., ERATED WATER MANUFACTURERS.

TEL 486.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

·TER.

Mr. and Mrs. E. J. StæVENSON wish to expres their thanks for the many kind tokens of sympathy received in their sad loss.

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Bonakone Orvica: 101, Dan Vaux Eown, C. LONDON Ürrion: 181, FLEY BERKEY, E.O.

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, 23RD MAY, 1918,

THE ANNEXATION OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

The loading Socialist organ in Switzer and has described the new Austro German Alliance ág " nothing ela, but an

unexation of Austro-Hungary by Ger- many," and everything that AS hten

There was a crowded house

Cut the Theatre Royal, last night when the talented Frawley Company scored another success with the powerful play "A House of Glass

The following cases of communicable diseases were notified in the Colony un Tuesday Cerebrospinal fever, 7 (4 deaths); enteric fever 2 (deaths); diphtheria, 1. All the sufferers were Chinese.

Uni Whit Monday the Detachment A published concerning the negotiations Corps, with the families of those who

view. The KAISER is naturally eager to the Services Entertainment Fund" at leading up to the Alliance supports that have left for home, were the guests of

convinco his subjects of the reality of the pan-German map, which was placarded all over the Fatherland before the war and has been freely used since August, 1914, to bearten the spirits and satisfy the greed of his people. If it is now established beyond doubt that Austria-

most enjoyable trip to Macao by the Herng Shan. Although the weather was dull and rainy the trip was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The Detachments A. O. Corps offer their thanks to the subscribers to the above fund for their kindness, and

pip-squeaks" began to drop around, They come without a sound, and burst with a terrific report. One got the road a few yards away, and a small bit of shelf hit me on the buckle of mỹ belt, but it was spent and did no damage. It gradually got warmer, and one got a Headquarters close by. I dashed along

Next home was a bunch of huts in the open behind a village. Here wo had hundreds of cases. We managed to collar three trains of light trucks and kept. fairly clear. Suddenly the Hun poured

shells into the village like hailstones. The whole place was a mass of crashing houses and smoke. Two of our buts were blown to bits, BD we had to clear out It was to this place that we drove the four cars up next morning.

"We were on the go the whole time- faces black and bearded, and hands filthy

Unr next place was again deserted huts on a hill. Here we were fairly unmolest

d. On a big slope in front our field tion columns going at full gallop, guns were dashing about firing, ammuni officers charging around, and, of course, a terrific noise. I rent everyone back except a few bearers and stayed on to clear up the wounded left behind. Of But when I saw the guns coming back course the fighting men were in front

I saw shells crashing into the place wo. thought it time to clear, so we bent across country. When I looked back. had left and we were jolly lucky to have

it

got out safely, m

sunny bit of road in the next village

It was whilst we were resting on a waiting for orders that an orderly came to tell us that the Bosche had crept round running up from a machine-gun Major the right was between us and the rext village Bo all the stretcher bearers wero

Hungary is really ruled from Potsdam also to the Secretary of the Canton sent off on their own to get back as bent the boasts of the pan-Germans will fall Macao Steamship Co., who granted upon incre credulous ears, for apparent special facilities for the voyage, tiffin and

tea.

EMPIRE DAY.

they could. I and an N.C.. then pr ceeded to plenty zigzag across the

open running about 30 yards, then crasha ing at behind a mound or in an old shell-hole, and every time we got up zip-zip from every direction. However, we eventually got back to a village, and who had collected all his men and had given us up as either killed or captured. That night we slept in the open-cold as charity, without food or fires,

COMMEMORATION SERVICES FOR after wandering around found the 0.0

THE CHILDREN.

ly the war will have achieved, in large measure, its object. The Higher Command in Germany has been under illusions sinco the winter of 1015. It was then that the decision to send forth the engle in the Mr. E. Ralphs, Inspector of English guise of the dove of peace was arrived Schools, informs us that a short comme at, because the Germans knew, after the moration service will be held at St. battle of the Marne, that their original John's Cathedral to-morrow (Empire plan of campaign, which included the Day) at 9 am, when a sermon will rapture of Paris and the "knock-out" be preached by the Ven. Archdeacon blow for France bad failed, and it was Barnett-

KWAIBANG- keving arrived from the above ports, Con signees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that al Goods are being landed at their risk inke the kamarious and/or extra hamedum Godowns of not until the end of the following year The service is intended primarily for the Hongkong and Kowloon hand and that the pan German map was anything the British children of the Colony, for wharres delivery may be obtained.

Next morning we took cars and tore up and down the roads up to the front. line, picking up wounded. This is much more difficult than it sounds, as every state was a mass of transport and mell. We did this for two days, and then they sent me hack here for a rent with the transport. It is a splendid rest, too, though we are in tents and it rained in sleep twelve hours on end and we do, theets most of the time. Still we can

an old woman who gives us coffee and clothes and in the village we have found

eggs.

Godown thLid, "whence andjor from the more than a dream. By that time it was whom the nave and both transepta will! We can wash shave and change dur.

Goods not cleared by the 18th inst, st recognised that victory or defeat depended ¦ be reserved. The general public will be

on the peace-toup of Europe. It was an accommodated in the nave aistes. insane blunder to suppose that bensuse Germany asked for peace she accepted defent. The only peace that Germany has ever sought is one that would leave her in

to be left in the examined a

5:P.M. will be ambject to rent.

All broken, skafed and damaged packages are

in the Gedowns, whom they will Claims against the steamer met ba pre cented within 10 days of arrival, otherwise

No Fire Insurance will be extended by m Bills of king will be ortersigned by

JARDINE MATHESON & Co., Las,

General Managersi Honghong, 21st May, 1918.

Erose

$11.00

A

7.00

A Government launch, available for The old Hongkong regiment was quite close to us; I picked up some of Kowloon children, will leave Kowloon their wounded. I hear tant Hawkins Fier at 8:20 am sharp, and will leave and Shearer were wounded, and that Blake Pier on the return journey in Hayelwood (1) was in command f possession of Austria-Hungary, the Balmediately after the Service. kans, and Asia Minor. If, as a result There will also he a carvice at the of her tiger like spring in 1914, Germany Roman Catholic Cathedral, Bishop

could not conquer France and Great, Pozzoni oficiating.

The Hun came on so quickly that it was awfully difficult to collect wounded. We had to work in the open and in sheda. (high up the thigh) with a small pair of One day I had to remove a man's leg

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