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WAR DEPARTMENT CONTRACTS.

NEALED TENDERS will be received at

the Headquarters Office, Victoria Barracks, Hongking until 12 o'clock Noo

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2325, 1918, for the supply of Indian Supplies for the period December 2nd, 1915, to March 31st, 1918.

Forms of Tender and other particulars ay be obtained from the Office of the Officer Commanding, Army Service Corps, at the Headquarters Offices.

Hongkong, October 15th, 1818.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION

No. 8. 975.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT."

IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that

I BRALED TENDERS, duplicate, which should be clearly marked "TENDER FOR MEDICAL DEPARTMENT will be received at the CONTRACE

Colonial Secretary's Office until Noon of THURSDAY, OCTUBER 31ST, 1918, for the supply of Aerated Waters; Bedding and Clothing Beers, Spirits Wincs, etc; Spirit of Wine; Chemicals, Drugs, Surgical Instan- ments and Sundries; Furniture Washing: etc; Milk, atas Provisions; Sundries; and (Schedules Nos. 1 to 10) required locally by this Department from Le First of fan the priod of one year

January next inclusive.

Application should be made to the Colonial Secretary's Office for the necesary forms of bender. All other information may be obtained from the Principal Civil Medical

Officer at the Civil Hospital.

J.T. C. JOHNSON, Principal Civil Medical Officer.

October 15th, 1918.

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8.8. "PROVIDENCE" will have prompt despatch for SAIGON,

Particulars for Freight only

“Apply 10-10.

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Co

3, Queen' Buildings

Hongkong, October 15th, 1918. [8433

JAVA-PACIFIO LIJN.

OF THE

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

THE Steamship

THE

“TJIBALAK *

having arrived from San Francisco, Con-

sig 90s of Cargo are hereby notified that all Goods are being lauded at their risk into the bazardous and/or extra hazardons Godowa

INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG DAILY -- PRESS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 1915.

THE TALK OF

HONGKONG.

WISEMAN'S DINNER

AND

WISEMAN'S

NEW ORCHESTRA

"INTIMATION

CHRISTMAS

DAINTY

CHARMING

of the Hunan local Government bank notes to one third of their face value. Yet postal results showed an improve

Robbors are reported to have entered No. 160, Wellington Street, on Saturday night, and stolen fewellery worth $1,085

The Chinese postman is one of the beat types of modern China, and the nation has especial reason to be proud of him. In the cities and towns he may appearment. Prace was maintained in Klangsi, | and $5otsin money. None of the inmates sa the ordinary letter-carrier; but on the and, consequently, the postal record was of the house, apparently, was disturbed, Fmain lines of communication, away from satisfactory, Kiangan also reported pro-the theft not being

abe Treaty parts and centres of popula gress, the rapidity of which was checked, morning. tion, be is s much more picturesque however, by the depressing atmosphere

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covered till the

Foo Man Cher secountant and

a

Partner of the Hip Cheung Co., of 39 Connaught Road Central, has reported to the Police that on October 9th the secretary of his company absconded, taking with him 81,000 in money and three promissory notes for $3,000, $1,000 and $1,100 respectively.

CARDS.gure On occasion he has to defend with created by disorder within the nation. his life the mails which he carries, for he In Shanghai the satisfactory results is-obliged to travel through regions where obtained show that, "given peaceful-com- law and order are not very átmly estab-ditions throughout the country, immense lished and in which brigands do not progress is certaio. In Anhwei there respect even the servants of the Chinese were local disturbances due to movements Government Ha may have to wade of troops, anarchy, brigandage and through tracts of inundated country or mutiny. Nevertheless, general im swim turbulent streams. Across the provements of inland services, were pro- Capt Charles S. Bignell, and King's dreary wastes of Chinese Turkestan heceeded with." Chekiang had to chronicle Own Scottish Borderers, was married in is subject to the extremes of hest and a temporary declaration of independence, Reading on September 5th to Gladys PHOTO GREETING CARDS. cold Yet, in spite of these drawbacks local disturbance and revolt of troops. Paine, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Boodle, his green uniform has become familiar with the usual looting which accompanies of Tower House, Reading. Captain throughout China, even in the most these outbreaks; still, "postal business Bignell, who has been suffering from outlying regions. To illustrate the con-made progress." The same"máy, bo said. | wounds, was formerly with Mesara. ditions under which the Chinese Post of Fukien, though highway robborics | Collins & Co., of Shanghai. Office manage, to develop, and to demon.. were frequent. In one case stainpa wers strate the courage, intelligence, resource, stolen to the value of over $1,600, but honesty and bodily strength demanded through systematic search they were of the courier who carries the mails, recovered together with 23 it is only necessary to refer to the report parcela Kwangtung was, of course, in for last year, which has just made its ferment. Courier services had to be appearance. In the metropolitan prospended and coast and river steamer vince, notwithstanding the many impediservices were interrupted. Commerce ments due to political upheaval, food was at a standstill, there were severe

The annual exhibition, of the Hong- and famine, the results were the floods, and piracy and brigandage were

Much inconvenience rife. As was to be expected in the kong and Kowloon Sketching Club will bighest recorded.

"the natural progress be held in the City Hall on December was caused by the floods in Tientsin, and circumstances, **inland the couriers had

to of the Post Office, was impeded, and 18th The total proceeds of the ticketa swim across swift, running currents with the results of the year's working the mails on their heads. Several bad while satisfactory, are by no means what narrow escapes but no lives were lost. they would have been had the year been One unfortuhade courier who lost his

a peaceful one.” Kwongsi, also, suffered clothes but saved the mails had to travel front political unrest, floods, stagnant **Bandits held up 98 couriers several to the nearest village before trade, etc.

PICTURES OF CHINESE

LIFE AND SCENERY.

EVERY EVENING

∙12 Cards neatly boxed.

77.30

Price $3.50 per box.

Send them to your friends at home,

A. Great Feast and

Musical Treat.

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CO., LTD.,

HONGKONG STOCK EXCHANGE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all

TRANSACTIONS OF SHARES for December Settlement will be negotiated on MONDAY, DECEMBER 23xD, 1918, instead of Friday, December 27th, as previously salvertised.

By Order of the Committes.

1)

E. M. RAYMOND, Secretary, Di HONGKONG Srook BrihandL. Hongkong, October 11th, 1918. [2312

SEAMEN'S INSTITUTE.

21. PRAYA EAST,

HONGKONG •

All Departments of the above are now Open after extensive repairs.

Billiard Room (two tables), Restau Reading and Writing Rooms,

of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf sadrant, Concert Hall and Meeting Godown Co. Ltd., whence and/or from the Wharves delivery may be obtained.

No Claim wili de simitted acour the Gooda have left the Godowas,

Good remaining undelivered after Noon, October 21st, will be subject to mat.

ail Claims against the Steamer mast her sented to the Undersigned on or before October 25th, or they will not be retorninad.

All broken chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on October 19th, st 10 AM by the Company's Surveyors. Moura. Goddard & Douglas.

To

a trobad,

lesurson whatsoever

bas

Bills of Lading will be conniereigns1 be

JAVA-CHINA-JAPAN LIJN, Arente Hongkong. October 15th, 1918,

..12834

HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY, LIMITED:

Room

Sleeping Accommodation-33 Cabins and 70 Beds in Dormitories.

All men of the Mercantile Marine, H.M. Navy and Army are welcome to use the Institute.

Manageress-MRS. ALLEN, Rev. W. T. Featherstone, Acting-Chaplain and Secretary. [2510

and

BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME.

FLOWERS BEAUTIFY make attractive THE HOME as (Incorporated in the United Kingdom.) nothing else can do.

GRACA & 00.. Dealers in FAND

LOST

TRANSFER RECEIPT NL 200 fred

I BABY CHỊU HONG PÔNG LO

Transfer of 950 shares of this Company into his name having been MISLAID. LOST, GR DESTROYED, NOTICE IS HEREBY - GIVEN that unless the said· Receipt is produced at this Office within 30 days from the data bersot, the Carsificate for the mid Bhares will be delivered to the said ME. CHIU HONG PING, and the Transfer Escaipt will thereafter be held by the Company as null and voil. By Order of the Board,

W.B ROBERTS,

rotary. Hongkong, October 1st, 1918. · [2471-

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

LIMITED.

THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the above Company will be held at the Company's Officer at Noor on ATUE- DAY, the 18th of Ucbaber, 1918,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 5th to the 19th

October, both days Inclusive,

DOUGLAS LAPRATK & Co.,

Gel General Managera,"

Hongkong, 25th September, 1916 [2459

HONGKONG DISPENSARY

TEL. 10.

(10

valuable

A declaration of war on Hau Shib- chang, the new President, is offcially announced by the Canton Military Government. We are informed, however, that in spite of this declaration, the Administrative Directors of the Military Government are still in communication with Hsu's representatives.

sold for admission will go to Wat Charities, and it is suggested that 50 per cent of the proceeds of the sale of pictures by auction shall be devoted to the same object.

he could obtain a few rags to cover him- and robbed 17 of their mails: One courier Kremer Street, has reported to the. Police was murdered, but another, with the assistance of some farmers, captured the

self.” · It should be noted that the same phrase, but the mails were saved,"

A coal dealer, living at No. 57,

that at 5.30 am. on October 14th two men entered his house by forcing back the window bolt. They seized him

then cut a girdle, tied round his waist. containing $110, and, after taking the money, made their escape.

appears very often in the report. Revolt robber who attacked him. Six motor roughly, threw him to the ground, and

ing troops and roving brigands hamper ed progress in Shansi, in which province hamlets, towns, and even cities were looted. Couriers were attacked and mails lost, but postage stamps and official

funds were in all cases saved." Paeu-

boats and three native (post) boats were pirated, mails being lost in five cases. Four motor-boats were wrecked, but only in one case were the mails irrecover- able." Yunnan continued in a state of lawlessness, bat, "with commendable patience and resource, merchants adapt ed themselves to this constant state of unrest and uncertainty, and business was better than in the previous year." There

were 50 highway robberies in which mail matter was lost. Three courier were,

monic plague also interrupted the mail service. Disorganised trade and indus try were the features of Honan, where, however, owing to the native banks closing down, the Post Office money order business increased. From the point of killed and 15 wounded. Several post particularly bad year in Shensi. Bands offices had heavy losses in money and stamps through the looting of cities. Yet of tufes roamed through the province, the parcel and money order services

view of postal operations, 1917 was a

A conservative estimate places the

number of houses destroyed by fire at Woosung on October 9th at 500 (saja the NC. Daily News), the entire central, and best, portion of the village being burned out, the houses being of fairly recent construction, many of them foreign-faced, two-storey structures and not of the shack order with which one usually associates fires in rural cities

ammin.

Ho Hing Ting of 62, Pei Ho Street. has reported to the Police that at 9.30 am. on October 14th, when he was, in his cubicle at the rear of the shop, three men catered and stated that they desired to purchase opium. They went to a cup. of them drew out a revolver-and-point ing it at the inmates, threatened to do them bodily harm if they made a noise. The men then stole 28 pats of Govern' ment opium and a few cents, and made their escape.

MARRIAGE. SMITH JOHANSSON.-At HH. Consulates General, Shanghai, on October 8th, and afterwards at the Union Church, before the Rev. C. E. Darwent, M.A plundering and looting, and rendering made-good-improvement."Of- Ewa board where the opium was kept, and one VIVIAN SMITH (Deputy Foetal Com missioner for Chihli, C.P.O.) £2 BALLY ELVIRA, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. A J. Johansson, of Shanghai.

51 years

years.

DEATHS.

front; Lisut' Gozvon Benningtow

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The Daily Press.

HUNGLONG, OCTOBER 18TH, 1918.

frequent suspension of the mail services necessary. Nineteen offices and agencies

were

looted. Despite the wretched con ditions (ruined cities, etc.), or perhaps because of them, confidence in the securi ty of the Post Office as a transmitting

chow, mach the same may be said. There

were robberies and loss of mails, one

Anh a

The total output of the Kailan Mining Administration's mines for the week end ng th September, amounted to $2,287

tons and the salce to

58,709 tons.

Police, who were informed of the occur the hospital. She expired on the way, once, removed the unfortunate woman to however, and her body was removed to the Public Mortuary."

A crowded meeting of the Scottish ladies of Hongkong, beld yesterday after arrange for a Ladies' Stall at the coming noon at the Hongkong Hotel, decided to celebration of St. Andrews' Day Thera A telegram has been received from was much discussion as to the arrange- ments, and it was finally decided that the Bangkok stating that the quarantine restall should be in the charge of Mrs. gulations, which were imposed on ships Dyer, with the assistance of a Committee from Hongkong, have been withdrawn of Conveners representing the various districts, as follows:-Mrs. Milroy (West. Point) Mrs. Shaw (East Point), Mrs. from October 7th.

Templeton (Quarry Bay), Mrs. Buther- land (the Peak), Mr. Ormiston and Mr Black (Central District) Mrs. Forsyth and Miss Neave (Kowloon). Contribu received by the above-named Conveners. tions to the stall will be gratefully

courier being murdered and many others BRANDT-At bis residence, French Con-

wounded. To sum up, mail matter

A Chinese woman was killed on Satur cession, Hankow on October 3rd,

posted during 1917 reached the total of suddenly, from apoplexy, Axiz THOR VALD BRANDT, Royal Danish Consul medium grew, and was manifested in 278,381,400 articles, an increase of 28 day evening through falling off the gangway of No. 18, The Peak, which was The and Acting Vice-Cons for Norway, increased money order and parcel busi-millions on the previous year's figures, undergoing repair at the time Sweden and the Netherlands, aged nes.” Kansu, though usually little which, in turn, were 24 millions deceased, who resided at 42, Bridges Street, was carrying two buckets of water slung on to bamboo pole, and was half FEARSON. At 53, Avenue Road, Shang disturbed, by the political struggles in above the total for 1916. Post offices

way across the gangway when her foot hai, on October 7th, CHABLES EDWARD other parts of the country, suffered from and postal agencies increased in num- PLARSOR, of the Shanghai Munfeipal bandita, and exceptional rains made the ber by 06-a very satisfactory figure in slipped and she fell a distance of 25 feet. Electricity Department, aged - £3

Immediately assistance was rendered by roads impassable. Many travellers lost the circumstances-while courier lines the workmen on the premises, and the BACH-Killed in action, on the Western their lives through the capsizing of ferry were extended by 11,000 li, principally RIACH, of the Gordon Highlanders, boats. Binkiang reported postal condi- in Kwangtung, Manchuria, Chihli and youngest son of the late John Risch, tions in many respects normal. ̈ Here of Shanghai and London, aged 23

special methods of transport have to be STEWART At Seattle, Wash, U.S.A., adopted to suit the long lines of com on October 11th, ALEXANDER STEWART, munication across the desert. Improve director, Dodwell & Co., Ltd. manager for the Pacific Coast. 12529 meats were introduced during the year; the nomadic Hassas and Mongol, enjoy Handzane Oreich: 10a, Das Vœur ROAD, U. LONDON OFFICE: 181, Fzam Gräser, EC. ing the benefit of two new agencies.. In Manchuris political changes, the great war, the Russian revolution, highway robberies, and the unprecedented fluctua tion of foreign, moneys were the disquieting features that retarded postal extension. In Shantung "the

FLOWER

VEGETABLE. ETH ROMANCE OF THE attempt to restore the monarchy in the SEEDS, TOYS, POSTAGE CHINESE POST OFFICES summer, and the consequent withdrawal

STAMPS, POSTCARDS.

of troops from inland places, caused a In our minds were not engrossed

with the

recrudescence of highway robberies all great war, the achievements of the

over the province." Droughts and the Chinese Post Ofice would attract greater overflow of the Grand Canal-the worst attention. This institutionis one

for many years did not improve matters, of the most remarkable in the world but to postal facilities is largely Though comparatively young, it has con-

attributed the rapid recruiting of tributed more than any other agency to Chinese labour (for France). The in- Since the outbreak of the European the spread of enlightenment, among the cessent bid for military rupremacy in was the artificial-bye industry has masses of this great country. It has Szechuan developed during the year into sprang up in different parts of Japan, assisted to bring the people from theif the most serious crisis the province has until the number of factories has now centuries of seclusion into contact with yet faced, yet the natural expansion of reached 80, with a manufacturing capa the outside world, and it has helped.

& growing service manifested itself in city of 7,700,000 kin (10,164,000 lb.). create new businesses and to develop results surpassing previous records." News has been received that Lieut. existing ones. In short, it has a record Hupeh suffered from a declining tes Colin B. Frost, R.F.A, formerly of the of progress that cannot be equalled any trade due to lack of freight, high prices, staff of Messrs, Butterfield & Bwire, was where

While the organisation etc. From the beginning of 1917 Hunan

1017 Hanan killed in action in France on July 24th reflects administration of the highest was in a state of unrest and under lart. Lieut, Frost, who was 29 years of its conduct berpeeks devotion martial law. Brigandage, alao, was rife, came out to the Far East in 1912 order, its

employs Widespread floods ruined the rice crops, and left Newchwang in August, 1915, for duty on the part of the ham which is worthy of the highest praise

and the climax came in the depreciation · active service,

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ONGKONG HANSARD HEPORTS

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Mr. F. C. Jenkin has been engaged to take part in the defenes in the case arising out of the loss of the Meifoo No. 4 which is commenced in H. M. Suprema Court, Shanghai, on Monday

One case of diphtheria was reported in the Colony on Saturday last. One case (one death) of cerebrospinal fever and one case (one death) of diphtheria were reported on Sunday and Monday,

LADY MAY'S ROBE FUND,

LIST NO.

Already acknowledged. Commodore Y. G. Gurner Mrs. Humphreys Monsieur Lecable.... Mr. G. P de Martin

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50.00

25.00

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$3,138,60

NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN.

Telegraphic advice has been received that subscription lists for the new French Government 4 per cent. War Loan will

be opened on the 20th instant and closed

on the 24th November, ON

The issue price is 7.70.80, thus yielding

a net revenue of 5.65 per cont

The local office of the Banque Indus- trolle de Chine in prepared to accept applications for the loan