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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

"TO THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE FOR HONGKONG.

to thank the Justices of the Fasce

Teg to vacancy on the Licensing Board.

AR LOWE Hongkong, November 5th, 1913.

NOTICE

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HAVE Today commenced Business as

A Bill and Bullion Broker.

A. DA BOZA.

Hongkong, November 8th, 1918,

NOTICE

INTIMATION.

TOE HONAKONG DAILY

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:

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DISEASES.

ring of enemies who had pledged them- selves to tear her to pieces. This curious unconsciousness.

of wrong doing was carried so far that be actually consider ed himself and no doubt honestly-a ATİYr. His enemies were not created by his own act; they were actuated by envy. Ia much the same way the pre- sent ruler of Germany no doubt per-

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martyr; an out-

to appear. Even the origin of the Savez Years' War-che" possession of Silesia, part of the Austrian Empire which FREDERICE, in common with the other Powers, had solemnly sworn to maintain intact brings no censure from CARLYLE, THE BEST PREVENTATIVE OF although he deems the subject of sufficient importance to devote the whole of his first book to show that Silesia was originally a part of the Prussian sundes himself that is Kingdom, and that therefore Fesanics that he is the victim of was not entirely wrong in claiming itrageous attack; forgetful of the fact from Austria and in defending his claim that the entrance into the field of by arms. True to tradition, Germany enc.. and that not the least, of his has again shown her disregard for trea antagonists was due to as gross a viola- ties by invading and occupying a neutral tion of treaty promises as was over per country, perhaps on the precedent which petrated by his ancestor. Once again, FREDERICE established. Shortly after

too, the German nation has allowed itself FREDERICK'S accession, the many crowns.

to bo deluded into the belief that it is of the House of Hapsburg," in MACAU

fighting a defensive war, that the enemica car's words, passed to AncEDUCHESS who surround it have entered into a con- MARIA THERESA, the daughter of the late spiracy to crush it, out of envy. The Emperor. The succession had been the tactics of FREDERICK in feeding his own subject of serious consideration for many insatiable ambition have been followed years before the Emperor's death, and a by the "KAISER, and so successfully that law had been issued, called the Frog there are probably very fow in Germany matic Sanction, by which it was hoped.

even to-day willing to acknowledge that that a ärm settlement of the question her sufferings arise from her sins. had been reached. To make the matter yet more secure, all the great Powers had

Sir William Bees Davies, the Chief been persuaded to bind themselves by Justice, leaves to-day for Shanghai to treaty to maintain this law, and, on the sit on an Appeal to the Supreme Court young Queen's accession, the King of CONCENTRATED Prussia was one of the foremost in pro dociety acknowledges with thanks the The Secretary of the Church Missionary

IS

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HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE

Alexandra Halldings.

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By Order of the Directors,

G. STEWART JONES, Assistant Secretary,

Northwich, England. 12630

Shanghai, October 29th, 1018.

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21, PRAYA EAST, HONGKONG. LL DEPARTMENTS of the above are

now OPEN after extensive repairs. Reading and Writing Rooms, Billiard Room (two tables), Restaurant, Concert Hall

BLACKREAD & COMPANY, BONE 4% FRENCH GOVERNMENT B

F. J. R. SCHWARZKOPF, E. H. THIEL and

J. E. DANIELSEN, in pursuance of an Order

of the Hongkong Government to sell by Public Auction až 3 o'clock in the afternoon

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THURSDAY,..

the 28th day of NOVEMBER, 1918, at their Anction Rooma at No. 8, Des Vax Road Central,

THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLDS \"

PROPERTY

nitrate and being Rural Building Lots Nos. 37 sui 38, and known as

Smith's Villa, The Peak,

IN ONE LOT.

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LOAN 1918

(Reate Perpetuelle 4%). Price of issue Frs: 70.80 yielding a net income of 8.65%. Bearing Interest from OCTOBER 16th, 1918.

ናኑ

Subscription List will be Opened

on OCTOBER 20th, 1918, and Closed on November 20th, 1918.

The Property has an area of 88,000 square Farther particulars on application to the-- fent or thereabouts. On it is situate, a

well-built European Bangalow,

which

contains & Good Rooms & Panty, & Drying BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE,

6 and a Hall. There is a

Large Basement belo, in which are situate

the Servants' Rooms and Kitchen. There is. also a Tennis Court and Garden.

The Property is held for the residue of s berm of 75 years from the 29th November, The Crown Rent is $202. per

OFFERED

1886.

annuz.

THE PROPERTY IS

5, CHATER ROAD,

M. ROUET DE JOURNEL.

Manager. Hongkong, October 18th, 1915,

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SUBJECT TO A RESERVED. PRICE OF 4% FRENCH GOVERNMENT

$35,500.

Particulars, and conditions of Sale and Inspection Orders may be had from:-

Messrs. DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON

EAPSTON,

Bolicitors for the Liquidafora

or from MESSES. HUGHES & HOUGH,

The Anctioneaza.

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RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET.

HONGKONG AGENCY.

NOTICE.

THE Undersigned, leaving Hongkong for

LOAN 1918.

Price of issue 'Frs. 70.80. Bearing interest from OCTOBER 16th, 1918, payable quarterly. Free of Taxes. Not to be redeemed for 25 years. Subscription list will be closed

on November 20th, 1918. ⠀⠀ Bills and Bonds of the "National Defence bought before October 29th, ars accepted in payment.

Applications will be recerved by:

the North marly in November for THE BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,

period of about three or four months, begs to inform that all inquiries concerning the RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET may be addressed to the Agency, at St. George's Buildings, Second Floor, where they will be attended to by his Assistant in charge.

B. N. SHNITNIKOFF, 'Agent. Hongkong, November 4, 1918.

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WINTER NOTICE.

TOPKIN'S BUTCHERY, Corner of Hiro and Szechuan Blood, Shanghai, Gare now prepared to supply to their Patrons and the Publie in Hongkong during the Winter Season their well-known GAME PIES PORK PIES, BRAWNS, PORK SAUSAGES PRIME FRESH and

(FRENCH BANK)

Princes Building, Charter Food, where full particulars may be obtained.

A. SIRE. Acting, Manager. Hongkong, October 19th, 1918.

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4o FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN 1918.

PRICE OF ISSUE FOS. 70,80, CORNED BEEF, FRESH and CORNED NET INTEREST PRODUCED 5,65%. RUNNING FROM OCTOBER 16TH, 1918.

PORK.

Shanghai, November 1st, 1918. [9817

A COMPLETE AERATED WATER

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and

THE MACHINES Are made by Memim. Bratby & Hinchliffe, Ltd., Manchester, guaranteed in perfect working order. This complete plant will turn out 3,100 eckozen Aerated water par day, purchasers to take over about 6,000 dozen bottles at cost

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-RUSSO-ABIATIO-BANK, GR. A. RODGERS.

October 28th, 1918,

Sleeping Accommodation-33 Cabins and 70 Beda in Dormitories.

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

Manageress-Yas. "ALLEN.

NOTICE.

[$539

desiring to leave the Colony should

NY EUROPEAN, Non-Asistio or Indian

pply in person at the CENTRAL POLICE STATION between the bours of 9 M. to 1 PM. and 9 PM to 4 PM. daily.

Applicants will be required to produce Fassports or identification papers

All persons with certaîn exceptions who remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register themselves under the REGISTRATION af PERSONS ORDINANCE, 1916.

Forma of Begistration giving the parti enlara required may be obtained at the G.P.O. and at all Police Stations.

The Fenalty for non compliance is a finer not exceeding $50.

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DAIRY FARM NEWS

There is no substitute for any Dairy Product.

FRESH MILK

is both Food and Drink.

Children must have it adults

should have it.

FRESH CREAM

is concentrated food.""

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His Honour Judge Sir Havilland de Saumarez has refused to grant the plaintiff leave to appeal to His Majesty in Council from the decision given in the recent case of Gordius Neilsen Shanghai Club.

Tessing his support of the arrangement. Yet no sooner was she on the throneum of $117.30, half the offertory at St. John's Cathedral on October 20th, for the than he secretly collected an army, and CMS. Hospital at Pakhoi. almost before MARIA THEREsa was aware she had an enemy, the Province of Silesia ws overrun with Prussian troops. FREDERICK thus tore up the treaty, by which be had solemnly engag- ed himself to preserve the Austrian Empire, with as much sáng froid sa the present KAISER trampled underfoot, the

The following cases of communicable "serap of paper" which bound him to

disease were reported in the Colony respect the neutrality of Belgium. The during the week ended last Saturday: Prussian claim on Silesia had been Bubonic plague, one (one death); cerebro. spinal fever, two (two deaths); and waived for a hundred years, and enteric fever, three (three deaths). Ons FREDERICK himself, did not raise it until case (one death) of cerebro-spinal fever

was reported on Sunday and Monday.

At a recent inceting of the Executive American Red Cross, the following Committee of the local Chapter of the

appointments were made Mrs. J. H. Taggart, Chairmas Women's Work Committee; Mrs. W. Dunbar, Hend: bỀ American Work-room;' Mr. 0. H Ritter, Chairman Purchasing Com- mittee

Mr.

Thomas Sammons, American Consal-General at Shanghai, has return- ed from leave in America, having been away since the spring. Mr. Johnson, who has been Acting Consal General during Mr. Sammons' absence, expects to sail on November 9th to take up special work with the Department of State, at Washington,

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be found the Austrian throne occupied, & one who, he thought, could be easily cowed into resigning her rights. In private he was apparently quite candid on the subject, although it was necessary to raise the ancient claim in public. statements, since the most callous ruler must make a show of decency even if he has it not. In the same way the present ruler of Germany has found it necessary to defend the invasion of Belgium on MOLLER MCCABLE-At Robe, on Octo the ground that the country was already

ber 21st, W.

APPLERY MOLLER invaded by France, or that it would have Chinese Government Railways, North China, to ALICE THYRA, been invaded by both Great Britain and youngest daughter of Mrs. Hester France if Germany had not been before Leroy Smith, Shanghai. SKINYER-MCMURRAYA H.B.M: Con-hand-all of which seems to bear out the sulate General, Shanghai, on October contention of the English philosophers 28th, and afterwards at Holy Trinity

of the last century that the moral pro- Cathedral, before the Very Rev. Dean Walker, CHARLES ARTHUR Low-gress of mankind is by no means comthe Bev. A. D. Stewart will speak on DAY SKINNER to CATHERINE only mensurate with its mental progress. daughter of Mr. William McMurray, FREDERICK, however, did not stop here. of Shanghai.

His attack on Austria, and the ease with CAMPBELL-On October 17th, ALEXANDER which he had wrested Silesia from the

OF CAMPBELL, of St. Brannock, -East-

grasp of the Queen, had broughs other bourne, England. (By cable.)" COOKE-At the Victoria Nursing Home, claimants into the field, with the result Shanghai, on October 27th, JEANNIE, that the Austrian Empire was threatened the beloved wife of Jimmy E. Cooke, with dismemberment. This was not at aged 34 years GEANT Át the General Hospital, all agreeable to FREDERICK He was Shanghai, on October 28th, MARY willing to receive help in overcoming -ASER GRANT (of Mokanshan).

Austria's resistance to cede Silesia, but HONGKONG OFFICE: 104, Dai Yaux BoAD, C. he had no desire to see other provinces London. Orsion: 181, FE BRA, E-C. ceded to other Powers. He, therefore,

DEATHS.

The Daily Press.

HONOKONG, NorzMBER 6TH, 1918.

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF. Ar the present moment, when the FRENCH LESSONS Quadruplico e crumbling to dust and

G. MOUSSION,

the war is nearing its end, it is not without interest to glance back at the pages of history and trace the analogy between the parts played by the KAIKEE

15, MORRISON HILL BOAD.

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The Brst of a series of papers to be given in St. Paul's College on Foundation Truths of Christianity." is Tuesday evening next, at 9 p.m., when

The Besurrection. The meeting is in connection with the Church of England Men's Society, and members and friends are cordially invited to attend.

Is reproducing the Hongkong scheme of Insurance for men sent on active service, the Straits Times Saye *We do not suppose that it is possible to. shame the rich Governments of Malaya into dealing as generously as leas wealthy colonies have done with men sent on military service. But we can at least shew what has been done elsewhere."

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The news will be learned with regret throughout the Far East that Mr. B. W. tive of Messrs. Edward Lloyd, Ltd., Cartwright the well-known representa- proceeded to forswear himself a second paper manufacturers, has been drowned, being in a ship which was torpedoed. For time by throwing over his allies and over twenty years Mr. Cartwright bad making a separate peace with MARIA made regular business tours for his firm

and was very highly esteemed.

He was THERESA on the basis of his original in Hongkong about a year ago. claźio. The Austrian success over

from the model of the Tamar, which had

very much regretted that alter It is France, in which Austria was helped by the M.CL. Bazaar last Saturday in Great Britain, caused himr misgivings as Government House grounds two boats. to his safe tenure of Silesis should and both anchors and cables were stolen Mana Tamara bring her other enemies to their mean accordingly he again took the field, this time as an ally of France. A successful campaign, which Dearly took him to Vienna, seemed

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been in use or the Zamar Dip Buch conduct reflects the greatest discredit on the individual or individuals who stole these fittings, and also on the watchmen whose duty it is to prevent such occur

rences.

An extraordinary general meeting of the members of the Royal Bangkok Sports house on Thursday, October 24th, for the of considering for adoption the new purpose o No German or Austro-Hun- Rules: -(1) garian subject shall be eligible for elec tion to the club as an ordinary or honor sry member; (3) No German or Austro H rrors Hungarian subject shall have extended to

him any and strangers,"

OE the privileges relating to visitors

specified in Rule 22 of the club..

and his ancestor, F2ZDERICK the GRZS to him sufficient to place Austria The estimates of the character of hors de combat again, and, alarmed Club was to have been held at the cinb FREDERICK the GREAT given by MACAULAY by the French successes, he again broke and CARLTIE vary so greatly that they his oath and made a separate peace with might almost be taken as referring to Austria and Great Britain, leaving different persons. It is true that Francs helpless. It is curious that when Macauar pays a fitting tribute to the FREDERICK was involved in the horrors military genins of the Prussian King and sufferings of the Seven Years War and dwells again and again upon the it seems never to have occurred to him doggedness, resolution and unfailing that it was by his own first misdeed that courage, which enabled him to emerge he had raised around him a ring of successful from the Seven Years War enemies. Had he not violated his treaty CAZUTLE's special pleading in regard, to to respect the Austrian dominions had the darker side of FREDERICE's character he not played fast and loose with France fnds, however, no place in MACACIAx's he would never have aroused the animo easy CARLTLE forgot the man in the hero, and, for the sake of those seven years [of resolute struggle, wrapped a cload of glory round him and entered no blot

Mr. W

Mr. W. P. Ker, CMG, HB.M.'.' Consul Teneral at Tientsin, on the occasion of his departure: for Home, was the recipient of a handsome silver cigar: bez from the members of the B.M. Councils, engraved with facsimiles of their signatures, and accompanied by a letter expressing the gratitude and ap preciation of the Councils for the onerous work undertaken by the Conml- General in connexion with the foods, the Electric Light Conference, and

sity of MARIA THERESA or enabled her to turn the anciens enemy Aparis into an ally. FREDERICK forgot all this. He, saw only. Prumis surrounded by a Amalgama