1918-09-28 — Page 4

INTIMATIONS

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

INTIMATIONS"

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2811, 1918.

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB

WE HAVE This DAY REMOVED OUT THE FOURTH GYMKHANA MEET

Office from No. 7, Queen's Road Santral to ST. Gronox'S BUILDING, Ind Floor.

GOLDRING AND PHILIPS,”

Solicitors, co Hongkong, 24th September, 1918 (2457

PROPAG Pake Importers, anxious to

BOPAGANDA BY CINEMATOGRAPH. increase their trade with the interior are roquested to communicate with-

Box No 2455 Care of Daily Prom

WANTED.

ADY STENOGRAPHER

ING of the Beason will be hald at HAPPY VALLEY TODAY (BATUR- "DAY), the 28th instant, commencing at

1.30 p..

The Charge of Admission will be $1,00 for others than Members of the Hongkong Jockey Club or Gymkhana Clak.

**INTIMATION

A Calendar of

Soldiers and Bailors in uniform free. CELESTIAL The Committee invite the Ladies of. Hongkong to be present

Hongkong, 25th September, 1918. (2451

Offico.

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THE CHINA-BORNEO "CO., LTD. No

TOTIOP » IS HEREBY, GIVEN that an BXTRAORDINARY GENERAL

of

50 miles of Manchester for its cotton, The preacher at the evening service at CHINESE TELEGRAMS.

COME

of

St. John's Cathedral tomorrow will be the Right Rov. Bishop Banister, of Kwangsi, formerly Archdeacon of Hong wong...

woollen and other tertilo machinery. Just as no place on the Continent can approach Oldham and Rochdale and Accrington and Bolton and Bury for the one, so no firm outside England can

The death occurred on Thursday at No. within measurable distance,

11, Hankow Road, Kowloon, of Mrs. Keighley for the other. This has been so

Winifred Ethel Banker, wile of Mr. the days of Kay and George Banker of Messrs. Banker & Co. Arkwright, Hargreaves and Crompton,Mrs. Banker was was only years old and the world still owes the same deep had been ailing for about three months. debt of gratitude to England, the home

The funeral takes place this evening at the Protestant Cemetery, Hongkong.

ever sir.co

WATERWAYS of the spinning-jenny and power-loom.

Since the war broke out textile machine-

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[BY_COURTESY OF THR ́**CKUNG N901 SAN PO."}

THE VICE-PRESIDENCY.

PRKING, Kop bar 97ah.

The to

Tha Funtien troops, whe........ Peking, intend to assist Tua secure the Vice-Presidency.

LUNG'S TROOPS.

Lung Chat-kwong's recruits are dis- The turbing the peace in Shantung.

The

making has been superseded by the cortege will pass the Monument at 5 p.m. Peking Government proposes to dispersa

The bad characters of the Colony have them. received close attention from, the local

Laponition. Previous experience required COMPANY LIMITED CHINA-BORNEO and containing twelve Quotations spindies, and looms have been almost police recently owing to their increased

Apply, stating salary required and giving Offers of Mears GIS LIVINGSTON AND references, to

Box No. $453, Care of "Daily Prom Ones

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HONGKONG CHINESE RECREA TION CLUB,

"AT HOME."

MEMBERS and Friends are heroby

that the Club's annual "AT HOME" postponed from the slat instant, will take place on SUNDAY next, the 29th

instant, at 4 PM.

There will be Tennis matches between the Champions and the Fest in Division A, B and C of the Hoogkong Tennis League Members and Friends are cordially invited to attend.

UN HEW FAN,

Hon. Secretary, Hongkong, 23rd September, 1918. [2450

KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

"EMBERS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED

MANNUAL GENERAL

MEETING will be held in the Club Houss MONDAY, September 30th, 1918, at

BUSINESS:

·8.30 P.M.*

Report and sccount for 1917-19 8. Election of Ocers for 1818-1919. Genersi.

1. J. BLACKBURN, Hon. Secretary. Kowloon, 19th September, 1918.

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KOWLOON CRICKET CLUB.

OPENING OF NEW GROUND..

MEMBERS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the OPENING of the NEW GROUND will take place "TO-DAY (SATURDAY), September 28th, at 3.30 7.3.

Members. Friends and Members of other Sporting Clubs are cordially invited to attend. There will be Cricket, Bowls and Tennis matches.

LJ. BLACKBURN, Hon. Becretary, Kowloon, 19th September, 1918.

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THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED, NTHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the

BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 1st to the 5th October, both days

inclusive.

Warrants for the INTERIM DIVIDEND can be obtained at the Office of the Company, 2 Queen's Buildings, on and after MONDAY, 7th October, 191.

By Order of the Board,

R. M. DYER, Chief Manager. Hongkong, 23rd September, 1978. [2447

G.

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NOTICE...

NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asistic or Indian

COMPANY, St. George's Building, Victoria, Hongkong, the Registered Office of the above-named. Company, on TUESDAY, the 1st day of October, 1918, at 1130 o'clock. in the forenoon, when the subjoined Besain- tion which was passed at the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company held an the 18th day of September, 1918, will be ubmitted for confirmation Special Resolution:-

"That the new Articles siready "approved by this Meeting and for the purpose of identification thereof subscribed by the Chairman thereof, "be And the BIO a.re hereby "Approved, and that" such Artides "be and they are hereby adopted as the "Articles of the Company to the **exclusion of and in sübahitation for

“all the existing Articles thereof.”

A copy of the new Articles referred to may be inspected by any Shareholder of the sald Company at the Company's Offices in Hongkong, or at the Offices of Messrs. JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER (the Company's Solicitors), sa Prince's Building, Victoria, aforesaid, on any week-day between the hours of 10 ax. And 4 PM.

Dated this 13th day of September, 1918.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,

Agente

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HONGKONG JOCKET GLUR.

THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING of Members will be bold on TUESDAY,

from the

"SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS'

with six verses

on river and lake

written by famous

CHINESE

POETS,

Packed ready for posting,

Price $2.50

the lat October, 1918, at 19.30 PM at the A. S. WATSON &

Offices at the HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB, on the ground floor of the Hosotong CLUB ANNEXE, Chater Road.

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A Report will be made at this Meeting as to certain proposals to substituta spectators' stands for some of the Mataheds hitherto tod on part of the JOCKEY CLUB property and the adjoining Land.

By Order,

T. F. HOUGH, Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, 16th September, 1918. [2490

THE DAIRY FARM IOE AND COLD STORAGE CO., LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE TWENTY-SECOND ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE- beid so the. Compsay's Town Office, 2 HOLDERS in the above Company will be Lower Albert Bond, Hongkong SATURDAY, the 5th day of October, 1918, NOON for the purpose of presenting the Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts to 31st July, 1918.

at

on

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 27th September to 6th October, 1918, both days inclusive.

By Order,

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M. MANUK,

Secretary. Hongkong, 20th September, 1918 [2444

crime.

CANTON NEWS. [EY COURTESY OF THE

SAN. PO."]

CHUNG NOOI

CANTON. September 27th,

THE CIVIL GOVERNORSHIF

The Provincial Assembly held a meet- ing to discuss the question of the Civil Li Yew hon to remain in office. Li han Governorship. The members requested

brief visit to Hongkong, Martial-law is recently returned to Shiu King from a being enforced in Shiu Hing. All im portant places are strongly guarded and gunboats are patrolling the river.

Ten Chinese mistresses of junks were charged at the Marine Court, yesterday, with making fast their boats to the 9.5. Sui Yang in the harbour whilst the was ander way. Two of the defendants, THE AMOY CRISIS. who had previous convictions against

LADY MAY'S ROSE FUND.

LIST NO. 2.

The authorities have received reports

[FROM THE CANTON INTELLIGENCE BUREAU.).

J

DR. SUN YAT SEN,

Illustrated by six Photogravures making of munitions of war, and the Britial horse and export trades in

entirely suspended. Japan, it is true, activities. The work being done by has had some few of her wanta supplied the Police is of a dangerous character by America, but the balk of textile and is being very highly spoken of. There machinery-making has of necessity been

is reason for the belief that, when the in abeyance since 1914. By adopting the numerous criminals now under arrest are as overely punished as those who have manners of the freebooter, Germany is, perhaps, the only country which can

been convicted recently as the Magistracy, there will be an appreciable decrease in how any substantial increase in her textile resources during the time the war has been in progress. She has enriched herself at the expense of the places she has over ran by insolently despoiling the country she had sworn to protect and by utilising her occupation of Northern France to transport bodily to her own. territory the ready-made and privately-them, were fined $50 each, with the alter-stating that the Peking Government has owned plants of factories in the French native of two months' hard labour. The appointed Li Ting-san as Tuchun of manufacturing area. As a result of these other defendants were fined $25, with Fukien. The Consuls in Amoy have met act the feeling against the KAISER and the alternative of a month's hard labour.to discuss the situation.

The Fukien his marauding subjects is very strong The coxswain of the steam-launch Fat people have requested the Military indeed in the whole textile world, and it Hing, who Wan also charged with Government to appoint Chan Kwing is certain that Germany will be made in neglecting to stop his launch when called ming, and to send troops to Amoy to the long run bitterly to regret her upon to do so by the police, was fined maintain order. cupidity. "Whatever the peace terms

on the two charges $75, with the alter- and whatever the fiscal arrangements native of three months' imprisonment after the war, we shall not forget these wanton acts of spoilation," remarked one of the most powerful of textile machine- makers in the north of England, and if after we get to work again we have oge request for machinery from a German and another from the representative of any other country we shall, without doubt, know to whom we shall attend first. Very little machinery will, I main- tain, find its way into Germany for a long time to come." This is a very plain hint to the textile communities of Allied and neutral countries, who, at the same time that they are assured on this im. DEATH. BATE-At No. 11, Hankow Boad, How-

portant point, will find also that no As a result of a big fire early yesterday loon, on Beptember 28th, WIN17ARD other country will so quickly recover morning No. 111, Wing. Lok Street. a ETHEL, beloved wife of GEORGE from its military absorption as England three-storied building used as a medicine BANK Funeral this evening. Cortege will pass the Monument at and be in a position to deal with demands shop, was completely gutted. The avail-

COMPANY REPORT. [2461 abroad. The time taken to bring down able details are meagre, and the police THE DAIRY FARM, ICE AND COLD Hondzone Urrica: 10s, Da Vaux Boan, C. | materials to a reasonable level of cost are still making inquiries from the Lanos Orvica: 181, FLS ST, E.C. will be utilised for converting or renew teannts. It has been ascertained, bow-

STORAGE CO., LTD.

ing the machinery and tools. Then Eng-ever, that at about 4.48 8.m. i constable

The report for presentation at the land will start with full baskets of orders, who was on duty in the neighbourhood twenty-second ordinary yearly meeting, and the difficulty will be to know whom noticed smoke issuing from the ground to be held on October 5th, states:- to supply first. That there will be huge floor of the building and immediately

The directors herewith presel to the arrears to make up is patent from the raised an alarm.

The Fire Brigade

shareholders a statement of the Com- fact that there has been no mill building arrived a few minutes later.

pany's accounts for the year ending 31st during the war, and renewals and exten-In the meantime the inmates, who had July, 1918. sions both at Home and abroad have been rudely disturbed from their sleep. been impossible. · After Britain's own needs and those of her Allies have been their night attire. Apparently, there was ran down belter-skelter into the street in met, neutral orders will be considered,

no time for them to save any of their and those who have been enemies will naturally have to wait. doubtedly a busy time in front of

CO., LTD.,

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

6 p.m.

TILL 16.

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The Daily Press.

HONGLONG 28TH SEPTL HER, 192E.

THE ALLIES AND THE TEXTILE TRADE,

There is un-

$600

100

Already acknowledged Hon. Mr. E. Shellim H. P. T.

20

Wong Siu Woon, Esq

100

$820

BIG FIRE IN THE COLONY. THREE-STOREY HOUSE BURNT

belongings.

DOWN

Several boses were put into operation

Dr. Sun Yat-sen has formally assumed office at one of the Administration Direc tors in the Military Government. Mr. Hsu. Chien arrived in Cantor to-day and pre- sented his credentials, which gave him full power to act as Dr. Sun's delegate.

TYPHOON WARNING.

The following telegram has been General, Hongkong, from the Manila received by the American Consulate-

Observatory:—

1 pm, Sept. 27th, Typhoon in about 137deg. Long. E and 11dag. Lat. N., moving W.N.W.

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brought forward from last account (after The profit for the year, with the amount writing off 29,394.24 for depreciation

and bad and”, doubtful debts, and providing for directors' fees) amount to $159,431.58, from which it is proposed to

THE INDO-CHINA, STEAM NAVIGA-

TION COMPANY, LIMITED. In view of the fact that the textile HAREHOLLERS are reminded of the trade holds such pre-eminence in the

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL desiring to leave the Colony should MEETING of the COMPANY, to be held world, it is natural that in all countries apply in person at the CENTRAL POLICE

on TUESDAY, the 8th day of October, 1918, special consideration should be given, STION between the hours of 9 AM to,1 PL

at 12 o'clock Nocs, at the Uffices of Messrs. even at this etago, to the problem of how

from different angles. A strong wind made pay a dividend of $2 per share, absorb- and 2 P.M. 10 4 P.M. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce No. 6, Fedder Street, Hongkong, for the

JARDINE, MATHESON & COMPANY; LAXITED, that trade can best be put upon its feat British machinery makers, for foreigners, the work of the Brigade more difficult ing $120,000; to add $20,000 to cattle Passports or identification papers.

persons with certain exceptions who purpose of considering and if thought it again the moment the belligerents have who make their engineering establish than usual.

Resolution set out underneath which was confirming ss & Special Resolution the

reserva; to transfer to fire and typhoon The fire spread rapidly insurance fund $10,000; and to carry passed at the Extraordinary General Moet

the firemen saw that it was futile to to the first and second storeys, and when ing of the Company held on the 19th day of

attempt to save the building they turned the uncalled balance of the Company's

forward $8,431.30. September,

Capital. During the year under review their attention to the protection of the capital, viz, 100,000, was called up, an ters-of-an-hour the premises were com- held on 6th October, 1917. adjacent property. In about three-quar-sanctioned at the meeting of shareholders pletely gutted

remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Begister themselves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE, 1916..

Forms of Registration giving the parti culars ́required may be obtained at the @P.O. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for non compliance is a fine Not exceeding $50.

GRACA &

No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET,

HONGKONG,

2

Dealers in

POSTAGE STAMPS, SEEDS. VIEW POST-GARDS. TOYS,

Just Received FLOWER AND VEGETABLE. GARDEN FERTILIZER.

D. Box 820

sis

WAI KEE.

FLAG & BAILMAKER,

Ko. 138, Dez Vanz Bood Central,

Top Floor...

HONGKONG,

Telephone No. 1883.

*687

That

laid down their arms. problem seeing that the whole of the It is not a simple mechanical arts have been for the best the regulations contained in the part of four years employed in fashion priated document submitted to the ing instruments of destruction.

and for the purpose of identification subcribed by the Chair- Allies, however, are fortunate in being The man thereof be and the same are able to count upon one of their number "hereby, approved and that such "regulations be and they are hereby who will be an overwhelming avset in the adopted as the Articles of the Company machine-shop when the time of recon- "in subanitation for.. and to the "exclusion of all the existing Articles struction comes, and upon another who An exercise pressure through her extra ordinary command of raw material. Great Britain bas so large a share of the textile machinery trade of the world

"thereof."

Dated the 20th day of September, 1918:

By Order of the Directors,

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LADY

General Managara.

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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMETED.

THE

HE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above Company will be held st the Company's Offices at Noux on SATUR DAY, the 19th of October, 1918,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 5th to the 19th of October, both days inclusive.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co, General Managers. Hongkong, 26th September, 1918. [2459

poses in addition to textile machine menta serve a variety of trades and pur- making, cannot hope to compete with the highly-specialised system obtaining in experience has proved this, for, though the English machine-shops. Japan's

during the last year or two she has gone to other enuntries for a few of her spindles and looms, she made known recently that in future she will have in her mills none but British machinery.

One case of diphtheria was reported in

Entries for the V.RU aquatic sports close this evening at 6 o'clock.

has decided to calculate the value of the We understand that the Government dollar on the basis of three shillings in the Estimates for 1918.

and no proper estimate can be given of How the fire originated is not known,

the damage done, though it is roughly computed at between $30,000 and $50,000 It is stated that the building was in- oured

MAN STABBED IN THE STREET.

ASSAILANT ARRESTED.

wounds, & Chinese, 23 years of age, died As a result of receiving five stab

the Government Civil Hospital Fe terday.

It appears that the deceased was walk-

Consequent upon the purchase of the capital was increased by extraordinary Hongkong fee Co., Ltd, the Company's

$450,000 to $356,000 by the creation of resolution passed on 7th May, 1918, from

54,000 new shares of $7.50 each fully paid. Directors-Messrs. 3. Scott Harston and W. B. Brown retire by rotation, bat are eligible for re-election. Dr. 3. W. Noble retired in accordance with the Company's Articles of Association. Bir C. P. Chater, Kt., C.M.G., and Mr. L' Leefe have joined the Directorate.

THE ICE AND COLD STORAGE DEPARTMENT. į

Department states:

The report of the Ice and Cold Storage

In accordance with the terms of agree ment dated 28th March, 1918, between the

Dairy Farm Co., Ltd., and Mezars

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., General Managers of the Hongkong Ice Co., Ltd.," the directors herewith present to the

as to hold a practical monopoly, while the Colony on Thursday: America's grip on cotton makes her co- operation of the utmost value to her friends in Allied and neutral countries The supremacy of Great Britain as maker of everything necessary to equip a textile mill has always been unques tioned," and will remain so after the war Besides providing machinery to meet her own ever-growing spindleage and weaving

The Hon. Secretary of the Bikh Temple, ing along Third Street when a man af shareholders a statement of the Com requirements, Great Britain, at a modest Hongkong, asks us to inform the generous costed him and suddenly plunged a knife pany's accounts for the Ice and Cold estimate, supplies, 75 to 80 per cent. of subscribers to the Sikh Soldiers Wounded into his ribs. Four other wounds were Storage Department for the period 9th the wants of the world. Germans can Fund that the amount collected-$882.50, inflicted, and the knife was left sticking May to 31st July, 1018.

The net profit for the period mentioned, boast one or two textile machine works, equivalent to Rs 1.601/14/2-bas been in the deceased's body. Police whistles after writing, off 322.379-70 for depre

were blown, and the assailant was ar and looms and spindles and preparation remitted to the Hon. Birdar Bahadur rested. The injured man was bleeding ciation, is $18,550.00, which it is pro- machinery are made on a small scale in Sunder Singh, Secretary of the Chief was taken, to the Hospital and dist there. Pay a dividend of $2 per share on cách

profusely and collapsed in the road. He posed to appropriate as follows: Switzerland and one or two other places; Khalsa Diwan, Amritsar, who is also the The reason for the crime is not known. On Sale at the HongKong DALLY FR but, taken generally, the world looks to Secretary of the Bikh Boldiers' Wounded

of the 8,500 Ice Company's shares as per It is stated that six men took part in above mentioned agreement, absorbing the affray, but they have not yet been ar- airing of towes within a radiue of 40 or Committee.

$13,000.00 and to carry forward rested.

$8,080.60

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