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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

A. E. GREEN NG SE KHONG.

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RE-PLAY this match TO DAY (MONDAY), at 1:30 p.m. Stand ticket holders should change their tickets at MOUTRIES, LTD.

Any tickets not taken up will be sold. on the ground. Man m

HOUSES TO LET

FOLLET.A

NOM

THE HONGKONG

MORRISON HILL from utJuly,

Apply to

THE TREASURY,

TO LET.

OBSERVATORY

Kowloon: Apply to

[2168

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Hon. Secretary.

WANTED.

WANTED by an European Bachelor, in

suitable locality. Small FLAT of Boome with Bath-room and Kitchen.

Apply to ALL

Box 2160,

Care of "Taily Prons" Offer.

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INTIMATION

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VILLAS

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for months August and September.

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GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.

TRENDERS for SPECIE current in SHANGHAI, up to and for the €250,690 vorrent in Shanghal,

will be rooaived by the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT, antil 11.30 4.2. on the 24th Jane, 1918.

The amount socepted is to be placed by the tenderer to the credit of an account with the HONGKONG AND SHANGHai, HansiNG CORFORATION, Bhanghai, so sa to be available in the 28th June, 1918.

Persons tondering to state

The amount of Dollars current in Shang- hal per £100 for Telegraphic fransfer on the Lords Commissioners of HLM. Treasury, London

The tenders to be in duplicate, and in sealed aovers, addressed to the TREASURY CHEST- OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT, and endorsed "TENDERS FOR GOVERN. MENT BILLS, Eta"

The right to accept or reject any or all of the tenders la reserved.

hed Copies of Forms of Tender can bes application.

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Persons tendering for (Bilis) are hereby noticed that, having regard to the provisions of the Acts 22 George IIL, Cap. 40 and 41, George 111, Cap. 62, the acceptance of any such Tender Is subject to the express condition that no Member of the British House of Commons akall be admitted to soy share or part in or to may bened to arise from the Contract thereby made for the allotment of such (Bills)!!

The provisions in question do not apply to Contracts entered into by any incorporated

Company la ita corporated capacity and made for the general beast of the Company

Any further information can be obtained by Personal application to the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, A.P.D.

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Treasury Chest Officer, A.P.D. His Majesty's Treasury Office,

12167 Hongkong, 24th June, 2018,

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and that the

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PUBLIC AUCTION.

BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE.

GEO. P. LAMMERT has received.

Mnstructions to sell by Fublic Anotion,

FRIDAY,

tha 25th day of June, 1918, 86 3 PM, at his Salon Room in Duddell, Street, Victoris, Hongkong,

The following LEASEHOLD PROPERTY situate ab Victoria, Hongkong, viz

SECRETARY,

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

TO LET.

[2987

"OUBES on: Shamees, Canton.

No. 67, TE PEAL, LUSTLEIGH.

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THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTU MENT & AGENCY Co., Læn,

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[O. 7, STEWART TERRACE, No. 83, NT FRAN

ROOMED FLAT, No. 56 The PEAK. STANTON LODGE" Mount Parrish, Kennedy Road level.

Apply to-

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 3rd Floor Alexandrs Buildings, [9088

TO LET.

A FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloom.

FOUR-ROOMED HOUSES in Kowloon.

A Shop in NATHAN ROAD, Kowloon.

Apply to

THE

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The total output of the Kailan Mining FAR EASTERN CABLE

The following cases of communicable disenses were notised in the Colony on. Friday: Cerebrospinal fever, 2 (2 deaths); buboxuo plague, 3 (3 d::ths); enteric fever, 1 (1 death).

NEWS.

[BY COURTESY OF THE “* CHUNG NGOI

BAN FO."

untouched. We urged either that a supply of Exchequer Bonds should be Administration's mines for the week end- purchased so as to afford people of ng 8th June, amounted to 63,016 tons modest mcana an opportunity of invest and the sales to 47,717 tons. ing their savings in them, or that a local war loan should be floated. In the following October the latter alternative was adopted, but, unfortunately, by that time the rate of exchange had risen to

An endeavour will be made to replay decided to support Tsu Sai Chang as such an extent as to make it less attrac tive than competing loans in a fixed the tennis match, between 8. E. Green currency in Great Britain and British and Ng So Kwong, in the Honghong Malaya

Cricket Club Open Championship Singles, Nevertheless, the money- $3,000,000 was forthcoming, thanks to this afternoon at 4.30.

PREMIER the Bank, and presented as a gift to the

SCOTCH.

WATSONS

VEDY OLD KIRA

Sutch Whisky

STABLIS

British Government

COBRESPONDENCE.

PARENT'S COMPLAINT AGAINST LOCAL SCHOOL.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."]

SIR, Your correspondent, Mr Soares, no doubt possesses a very able pen, which he has, however, put to a very ungenerous use in criticising the doings of two of our greatest charitable institutions, the good work of which must be acknowledged by all.

THE TUCHUNS AND THE PRESIDENOY.

The Tuchuns party held a meeting in Tientsin on the 20th, at which it was

President.

ANOTHER LOAN CONTEMPLATED,

The Peking Government proposes to obtain another loan of one thousand million dollars.

[THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PRINCE" - "ARTHUR IN JAPAN. YOKOHAMA, June 21st. Prince Arthur of Connaught doe arrived to present the Field-Marshal's baton to the Emperor of Japan.

He had a markedly cordial reception

CANTON NEWS,

[BY COURTESY OF THE CHUNG NGOZ

BAN FO

At a meeting of the Legislative Council on October 17th, 1916, H.E. THE GOVERNOR referred to this gift and said. It may also sufice sonte who are over ready to criticiso without first taking the precaution of ascertaining the facta-a very common failing in this Colony-to learn that the war contributions to Imperial War efforts and war charities are at present as follows." He then proceeded to set forth in detail the sums invested in War Loans and subscribed to war charities, the total of the latter being £61,203 That was after the war had been în progres more than two years. We do

Allow me to point out to Mr. Sonres

June 23rd. not know what the total will be next that in the matter of summer vacations THE TUCHUN. October, but it is safe to say that it it is not the teachers alone who are

The Tuchun, it is reported, will proceed will fully justify our earlier criticisms,ponsible, for, if I am not mistaken, to Kwangsi to interview General Lak

there is the Education Dept, with whose Wing-ting. For, in addition to the loan of $3,000,000 approval only are holidays given. Pre- GENERAL LUI,

addition to the loun which has been raised during the past suming, therefore, that the proper autho- two years, a further gift of 82,000,000 rities bavo sanctioned these holidays, has been made to the Imperial War what has Mr. Soares to grow!"' about? chest, apart from the latest contribution of $200,000, or roughly $1,500,000. turbed by the children on holiday?” Is it because he does not want to be dis- Morcover, a special War Tax of 7 per and in the matter of school fees during eent. on the assessments, estimated to August what would Mr. Soares say if his produce $1,000,000 a year so long as the salary were to be stopped during his ill war shall last, was introduced last year,ness at any future time 1

HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE DISTINCTIVE IN FLAVOUR, as well as new Liquor Dutics and

Oo, LTD Alexandrs Buildings.

WELL

MATURED,

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NELLOW.

NOTICE

NY EUROPEAN, Non-Anlatile ar* olubin

to

A desiring to leave the Cotons should apply in person at the CNTRAL POLICE BZATION bötween the hours of 9 am to 1 PM and ara. to à

Applicants daily

ba required to produce- Pasports or identification papers, strat

All persons with certain exceptions whe remusia in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Begister themselves 'under the REGISTRATION or PERSONB ORDINANCE 1918. S

Forms of Begistration giving the partl jalare required may be obtained at the |G.RO. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non-compliance is Bae nos exceeding $50

FOR SALE.

#68

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▼▼E have always on hand large lots of

are cordially invited to apply to

FOOK YUBY, 77, Des Vœux Road West, Hongkong, or Foor Wo Caruso, Tobacco Firm, the Wui Lan Bridge, Canton, For particulars.

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The Daily Press.

He refers to the 10 cents which has to Tobacco taxes. Altogether, since 1013

be taken every Wednesday for providing the revenue of Hongkong has increased ment for cooking lessons. Which is more from 8 million dollars to $15,058,103, profitable-to give 10 cents to your child *by far the largest sum ever raised in to patronize the moving pictures, where this Colony. In the meantime the con- they learn at an early age what they tributions to war charities have shown ought not to know, or to spend the same. an equally gratifying expansion. Up to amount in acquiring an art which will

date the War Charities Fund amounts prove beneficial to them in after life! I to 6923,106 na compared with £15,000 in know of many wives who are entirely at October, 1918, and £31,500 subscribed the mercy of their cooks and servants for Previously to the Prince of Wales' Fund, the very simple reason that they have "Our Day" in 1916 realised £1,330, in never been taught anything else except 1916 £5,000 (including a vote of 80,000 the art of stylish dressing (not dress from the War Charities Fund), and in making), 1817 £16,100. The equivalent of the last named sum in dollars was 6110, und

0

included $32,000 derived from War Bond drawing, which produced $80,000. At the time we ventured the opinion

Luk has suddenly returned to his native An official message states at General

village in Mo-Ming, and will not proceed to Canton at present.

Lak his ordered the Tuchun to send. armies to Hunan without delay.

It is reported that General Luk, in view of the situation in Lung-chow (Kwangsi borders), has decided to pro- ceed there to inspect troops. THE PAK KOP PUI LOTTERY-

16 is reported that a certain merchant has again asked the authorities to re-open the Pak Kop Pui lottery in view of the depleted condiction of the provincial exchequer.

THE OPIUM PROHIBITION.

It is said that the new Treasurer, who assumed office the other day, intends to withdraw the opium prohibition at the Fate of $8,000,000 per annum. PEACE YEELEES.

President to consult General Lak about The special envoy who was sent by the

peace conditions has left Canton for Kwange after visiting the Tuchun.

Dr. Wu Ting-fang bas wired to the resident asking whether the Poking Government desires peace. Shangbai is -suggested as the place in which to bold a peace conference.

One may glean from what Mr. Soares says that he has not the lease idares 10 cents will fetch in the shape of estables. Probably he thinks that a banquet could be provided, so no wonder he speaks of

"mouthfuls". that, properly organised, such a scheme getting

after cooking lessons. should produce half-a-million dollars, rearind him that the teachers cannot de Mr. Boures must allow me to and the result of the Bt. George's Day effort proves that we were right. The pend only on the school fees to keep up St. George's Society on the absence of

an institution like, say, St. Joseph's which we commented at length in 1016 have to be employed, and what more na College; other means of raising funds signalised its birth in 1917 by collecttural than to and for school books which ing £1,000, and this year the figure they tell at a small profit. Would not promises to be between £25,000 and Mr. Soares have done the same if he had THE Colony is to be congratulated upon ful War. Bond drawing its receipts are would he not then believe it to be per the despatch of parcels of food stalls to

Even without the very success been the head of a private school, and considerably more than double those of fectly fair!

HONGKONG, SETH JUNE, 1016,

JUSTIFIED BY EVENTS

making a further gift of £250,000 out of surplus revenue to the Imperial Govern

war purposes.

130,000

of

ادق

CORRESPONDENCE. PARCELS FOR HOME.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG DAILY FRESS."]

BIR-In your issue of the 8th June you published a letter from the Post master-General of Hongkong regarding

The word interfere must here to

I would like to assure you, Mr. Editor, Authorities. that the views held by Mr. Bhares on the

their children to the schools mentioned, kong, writes from London mentioning its subject are not endorsed by the greater read in a Pickwickian sense. My wife, to percentage of parents who are sending whom I despatched a parcel from Hong- and that BU per cent. of the boys and girls arrival, and adding that not only the

FEDUP.

the tea and sugar, which had not altoge-· ther escaped from the parcel, had lost their individual characteristics through an Intermingling process.

last year, Similar gratifying results As to the imaginary injustice at the the United Kingdom, in which letter ment for general

Our are shown in connection with * Heather distribution of prízes I will initiate Mr. ppeared the following:-"Small quanti- pleasure in recording the fact is the Day the

of which leapt up bones into the open secret that prize-win- ties of prohibited articles sent as gifts, greater because in the earlier days of from

1810 to nearly £7,000 nerg do not always cecupy the best post and ten up to 11lbs., and sugar up for the war we felt impelled, at the risk of in 1917. Kowloon Day was also tons after leaving school; in the genib, also sent as gifts, will not be inter- incurring some unpopularity, to point started very successfully on January orality of cases they do not

fered with by the Imperial Customs out on several occasions that Hongkong 1st this year with upwards of $11,000. was not playing ite due part in the Finally, we may point to the War struggle. In an article published on April 20th, 1916, for example, we re- which was first suggested in our core

Bavings Association, the formation of marked. “In this outpost of Empire pondence columns by Mr. C. D. WILEIN- we are so far away from the scene of gov. early in 1016 and subsequently who are now working for a living in parcel, but the individual contents, had actual strife that we are apt to watch advocated repeatedly by us as means Hongkong have received their education been opened, and so badly replaced that its progresa with the detached interest

* encouraging thrift" and "divert at the hands of these religious people who of neutrals, and to forget that our owning to Imperial objects a great deal of are so much maligned.---I am, etc., peace and security are due to the sublime sacrifices which are being made

money which otherwise would be frittered away." The project was by our fellow-countrymen and their

Hongkong, 22nd Juric, 1018. comrades-in-arms in the trenches and on

opposed on the ground that it was un necessary in view of the facilities which ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY AND the high seas in the cause of liberty War Bavings Certificates offered to those

WAR BONDS and justice. In saying this we are not with slender purses to give rein to their DAIRY FARM NEWS. forgetful of the contributions which

patriotic inclinations Eventually, how- Hongkong has made to the various war charities both in money and kind, but ever, when there appeared to be a danger these contributions, it is safe to say,

of the Shangbai Association invading have been furnished out of our aband this territory as we had foreseen-essful for two consecutive years in raising money for War Charities, perhaps all objections. ance, and, in relatively few cases, havo

over-ruled, were

the patriotic members of the St. Andrew's, they involved Duy real sacrifice. Our the Hongkong end South China War Society will form a Committee for start- standard of living at the end of twenty Savings Association came into exist months of the most ruinous warfare that ence at the beginning of 1917, since Drawing to take place on St. Andrew's ing as soon as possible another Bond

the world has ever seen remains essen-

which data it has been instrumental Day. These War Bonds are far more ad- tially the same as in the piping times in placing nearly one and three-quarter vantageous than the cash aweeps during tion), Mrs. Walmsley, Mrs. Bullock, of peace. : Let us remember the million dollars at the service of the the races. The Englishmen have worked Mrs. Dyer, Mrs, H. Grifin, Mrs. Make- prodigious sacrifices which our fellow British Government.. Does anyone for the comrades, why should the Scots, ham, Mrs. Featherstone and Mra. J countrymen. in the United King imaging that without its aid the whole men not follow suit! Another drawing Anderson. dom are making and ask ourselves of this money would have been obtained might also be arranged on a smaller scale whether there is any equitable reason for war purpose! These facts serve as a for St. Patrick's Day.-YoursFeteş why we who have just as much at stake justification both of past criticisms and

AN OPINION. in the issue of the war should escape present congratulations,

JUNKET!

or fresh stewed frunt.

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All thone places or parcels of ground situate at Victoria aforesaid and known and registered in the Land Office as the BEVATANG LOT NO. 905 and THE Cannot be excelled with tinned REMAINING PORTION OF SECTION A REMAINING PORTION OF INLAND LOT No. 905 together with all the messages of buildings erected thereou respectively Term 999 years. Estimated Area 90,000 and 20,000 Square Feet respectively. Proportions of Annual Crown rent $234.29 and $296.43 respectively.

For further particuları and conditions of sale apply to

ME JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER

Prince's Bailding,

Lee House Street, Hongkong, Soliciton for the Mortgagee

Mr GEO. P. LAMMERT, The Auctioneer.

Hongkong, 14th June, 1818.

(33.49

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and

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS."']. SIR,Since experience has proved very

Hongkong, June 23rd, 1918.

Interference" would probably involve the spreading of butter or jam over this misture-Youre faithfully,

T. EA

June, 1918.

THEIL MAJESTIES", SILVER WEDDING FUND. FINAL CONTRIBUTIONS

received since the list was closed-

The following contributions have been

Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Bowley (2nd:

dona-

Previous Lists Final List

Total

*26,298.84

101.00

$6,329.84