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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

HONGKONG' JUNIOR TENNIS LEAGUE.

WILL. the Secretaring of

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

NOTICE.

THE

THE POLO GYMKHANA, which was

HUNOKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 26TH, 1919.

INTIMATIONS

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY,

LIMITED.

communicate their names and telephone / SATURDAY, MAY 31ST, at P., not GENERAL

league, please numbers to the Hon. Secretary (H. J. HENNESSY), H. M. Naval Yard.

NOTICE OF REMOVAL

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UN MAN WOO CO., Shipchandlers, Naval Contractors and General Pro- viders, have this day REMOVEll from. Vos, 18 & 19, Connaught Road Central, to their hew promises at Nos. 99 & 101 DES VEUX ROAD CENT. fopposite to west corner of the Central Market) Telephone 300. Hongkong, May 26th, 1919..

WANTED.

T FOSTPONED from Saturday, May

S. E. GRIMSTONE, Wednesday next, as previously advertisext.

Hop. Secretary. Hongkong, May 24th, 1918,

PEAK HOUSE TO LET.

[800

IX ROOMS and FURNITURE, June

185.

Apply

DENNYS & BOWLEY.

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[802

TO BE LET FURNISHED, From July 1st.

OLD ESTABLISHED British Birm

MAN, capable of taking charge of their Department. Only those with first-class

ference ne d apply.

Write Box No. 803.

Care of Daily Press" Ofice.

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O. 7, MOUNTAIN VIEW, THE PRAK: No

Apply to-

W. L. PATTENDEN,

GILMAN & Co., LTD.,. BA, Des Voeux Road Central. {797

*TO LET:

WANTED.

FURNISHED HOUSE at the PZAX.

Care of "Daily Press Othon"

AT the

No 3 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Furnished ar Uafurnished.

Apply to-

T

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TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ANNUAL ORDINARY

MEETING

SHARE- HOLDERS of the above Company will be held As the HoGKONG Hori Hong- kong, ou THURSDAY, MAY 29TH, 1919, AD Yous, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the year ending April 30th, 1919.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 24 h instant to the list instant, both days inclusive.

PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, LTD.,

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SUN,

General Managers. Hongkong, May 30th, 1919.

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INTIMATION

WATSON'S

FORMAZONE

(REGISTERED)

A Refre hing, Invigorating and

be possible to see clearly a direct tendency all legislation and send,representatives to running through man activities: to a central Soviet council which representa trace a clear line of subconscious thought | the"nation as a whole. This would, sugs aiming at one object, which, if never gest separate parliaments for ench karali. altimate, was at least the road to bety, which would elect the representative traversed to attain a still more distant | the bentral body and would also dise object. It has been the object of Sociology, cuss all measures before the country, thus Luo trace and indentify the main europat keeping their representative un "tonéh, of man's movements in the work of co with lowal feeling it hås "often Byvu" ole ordination, and is it has not been veryjected to in our" present system of election successful this does not imply by any that when once a member is 'tural be means, that success is net to be attained. | is responsible to no une. He may or any The diffenlty is that most of the secialog. not represent the majority opinion of his ists differ as to what is the main current.constituency on any measure, and he may The Etilitarians identified it as the even change his opinions without thing himselt being called upon to cosign, search for the greatest good for the At the same time, ut course, he can notar greatest, number, and nowadays we are flaut his constituents without the risk of not so ready to deaongee this with Carlyle losing his seat as the nest election,

How far the tendency towards deven- aspir-philosophy. The hero and his tralisation can be carried practically it orshipper have fallen ou vil times, is difficult to dreid. Logically, it Bada perhaps because of a lack of discriminato individualism. As the powers of the central body decline so, it may be sups tion in the choice of beroes. Curlyleprised, with the powers of the local lasdire selected his heroes on the principle, be delegated to minor bodies, until at apparently, that any strong man who did as there emerges the self-governed State which philosophical Anarchists are fondl something, no matter whether it wasof depicting. WILLM Morne, although good or bad, was to be included in thee classed himself as a Socialist, drew a picture of such a State in his Newa list, but the moral lapses of such heroes from Nowhere," that is if we take indivi-

SIEMENS CHINA ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING COMPANY, (HONGKONG) LIMITED. SIEMENS CHINA COMPANY-BERLIN, FRANZ EMIL AUGUST EHRHARDT.

required to send in their Claims against the above to the undersigned, Alexandra Buildings, Des Four Road, on or beure SATURDAY, MAY 31ST, and Palatable Drink. Particularly have come so home to us today that we donlisin to include communism. Social

C BERNARD BROWN,

Liquidator. Hongkong, May 19th, 1919.

CREDITORS are

1919.

H. E POLLOCK, Supreme Court'

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LLOYD'S REGISTERED OF SHIPPING.

NUTICE

NO

GOVERNMENT BILLS, ETC.

ENDERS

SPECIE current

SHANGHAI. up to and for the

of $500,000 current ia Shanghai,

will be mocired by the TREASURY CHEST

TJ LET (UNFURNISHED)

(785

FO: 10, MOUNTAIN VIEW, PRAB THE undersigned JOHN LAMBERT,

trom June let, 1019, in excellent condition.

Addreas.

* A. B.,* Care of" Daily Pres? Ofios.

TO LET

OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT, at the Peak.

until 11.30 AM. on May 17th. 1919

The amount accepted is to be placed by the tenderer to the credit of an account with BHANGHAI BANKING the HONGKONG AND

CORPORATION, Shanghai, xou to be available cu May 28th, 1919.

Fersons tendering to state alternatively The amount of Dollars current in Shang bai per £100 for Telegraphic Transfer on the H.M. Treasury, Commissioners. Lords London.

The tender to be in duplicate, and in somlod covers, addressed to the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT and endorsed "TENDERS FOR GOVERN- MENT BILLS, sic.”

The right to accept or reject any or all of the tender is reserved.

Copies of Forms of Tender can be had an application.

Persoas tendering for Billa) are hereby "actifled tǎst. having regard to the provisions of tha Acts 23 George IIL, Cap. 45 And 41, George III. Cap. 55, the acceptance of any such Tender subject to the express condition that no Member of the British House of Commons shall be admitted to any share or part in or to say besefit to arise from the Contract thereby nade for the allotment of such (Bill)."

The provisions in question do not apply to Contracts entered into by any incorporated Company in its corporated capacity, and mada e-general benefit of the Company." for the g

Any further information can be ahtaized by personal application to the TREASURY CHEST OFFICER. AP.D...

FJ.THURSBY-PELHAM LICUT. COL

Treasury Cheat Officer, A.P.D.

His Majesty's Treasury Office.

Hongkong. May 28th, 1819.

A. G. DA ROCHA.

AUCTIONEER.

1805

SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKEL

Queen's Rol Central, Telephone No 2938

FAVOURED with instructions

The Concerned..

t-sup

will sell hy Public Auction, on TUESDAY, My 27th, 1-18. at 2.30 PM, ONE OF THE LARGEST AND OLDEST STOCKS OF CHINESE PROCELAINS AND CURIOS EVER PLACED ON AN AUCTION FLOOR FOR SALE. A. Large Variety of 3-coloured and 6-coloured Yare sad Plates, Blue and White Vases, and Figures, etc, including Incense Burners of Sung and Wing Dynasties, Feking Cloisonne, Crystal Agate and Jadestone. Vases and Ornamente, etc, and a number of Bauff Bottles,

Alan Lacquered Screens," Panels, Old Chinese Engravings and Kakewonos and a long line of Sundries.

Catalogues will be issued. TERMS:-Cash on Delivery. Hongkong, May 24th, 1918.

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A. G. DA ROCHA, AUCTIONEER, SURVEYOR

AND

GENERAL BROKER.

Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2932,

NAVOURED "with instructions

FAVO

The Concerned,

from

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102 THE PEAK, &-Roomed Howe

Apply to→

PERCY SMITH SETH & FLEMING

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TOR

THE PEAK.

Residence.

SALE. A FIVE-ROOMED

For particulars apply to-

*X.YZ..* Oure of "Daily Press Office.

TO LET.

A. FLAT in Nathan Road, Kowloon

14

1434

A Four-Roomed House in Gordon Terrace, Kowloon.

Apply to-

HUMPHREYS, ESTATE. & FINANCE.

CQ.. LTD., Alexandra Baildings

WANTED.

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Ship and Enxincer Surveyor to the above Society being transferred to Europe, the surveying duties will in the future be attendert to hy Mr. J. S. GARDINER, M.LNA,, Ship Surveyor. and Mr. T. S. MORRISON, Ship and Engineer Surveyor, appointed from New York to this port

JOHN LAMBENT; LLOYD REGWTER OF SHIPPING, Alexandra Buildings, Hongkong, May 23rd, 1919.

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HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA WAR SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.

NOTICE.

announce

beg to

suited for Tennis, Shooting and ruin accomplished by a foolish KisER given powers to regulate man's life dottern.

Bathing Parties.

Plats $1.20 Per Dozen.

Splits 70 Cts.

on

is

heroes, while also including Communism, i are inclined to throw over

in solne notable respects

A directly altogether and put our trast in the

opposite policy, since it is based on this After contemplating the authority of the State. which is to be ordinary man.

to the minutest detail. The application of Socialist principles can be seen all over the world in State-ownership of one kind or another. In many cases, howe fever, aneb State-ownership is merely a means of cbtaining revenue and does not imply any desire for a fairer distribution of profts or ameliorated roadition of about, which are the idens underlying: State-ownership from the Socialist point of view. Legislation which Socialistic on the surface, therefore, way appears

on examination. prove to have no Sorialis- tic intent, and thus the trend towards NO great as would Socialism is not appear. At most it is confined the regulation of wages in a few industries and stray enactments like the law provide Socantisht ing for old-age pensions. demands the destruction of capitalism and universal State-ownership for the benefit of the people, not for the pu

and remembering the rain wrglight by an ambitious NAPOLEON, there in some reason for thinking that the ordinary man, hot so brilliant. is a safer guide. Thus her-worship to-day is more and more the decline, and pig-philosophy mare and more becoming popular.

All modern scheines for the ameliora tion of social conditions are based on the principle that it is in this world we

· find our happiness or not at all." They demand the greatest good for the greatest number, and in jududing weans for intellectual development they do so only because this is one of the means whereby it is thought that greater worldly happi- ness can be attained. Perhaps if there

of increasing the State revenas, of this, save in countries where there has been

is any political tendency which can be a complete subversion of the social organi-

WE SteBits Settlements War Loa

that all A. S. WATSON & CO., traced more clearly than another it isxation, there can hardly be said to lug

LIMITED.

taken up by this Association for its All Members bae now been exhausted. moneye paid in to this Association will, in fature be invested in British War Loan bearing interest at 5 per cent per ERÄTED WATER MANUFACTURERS prevail among wackind in a primitive

sonum

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

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CANTON, LTD.

Hon. Secretary. «

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM CALCITTA. PENANG and SINGAPORE THE Steamship.

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*KUMSANG" having arrived from aboveport Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby ini red has all Goods are being landed as their risk into the

COMPETENT FINE hazardous and/or extra hazardous art

Shop Training for Local Engineering of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Works.

salary Apply stating experience and

Godown Company. Limited, hence and/or from the wharves, delivery may be obtained. required to-

Goods not cleared by May 27th, at Noon Box No. 777,

will be subject to rent. Care of "Daily Prees" Office. [777

A

FOR SALE. :

PORTABLE GARAGE, with all appurtenance, and a Fire seater Car tsed only 14 months. No reas nable offer will be refused. Owner leaving Colony.

Apply-

Box 778, Care of "Daily Press." Office.

G.

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NOTICE.

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A those of Chinese race desiring to leave LL PERSONS, with the exception 'of the Colony should apply in person between the hours of 9 A toi P. and P. 10 4 PM daily, at the PASS OFFICE, POST OFFICE BUILDING.

Applicants will be required to produce

or or identification papera. persons, with certain exceptions, woo remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register themselves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE, 1918.

All broken chafed, anzi damaged packages are to be left in the Godowns, where they will

1 be azamined. Claims against the stearner must be presented within 10 days of arrival; otherwise they will not be renknized.

TEL. 436.

BIRTH.

BRANCH-At Government Civil Hospital, on May 24th, to Capt. and Mrs. B. R. BEANCE, & SOU.

[798.

MARRIAGE.

DEATHS.

the tendency towards decentralisation. To some extent this seems like a return to conditions which might be supposed to

state, but it may well be that centralisa tion has reached its limits of benefit, or räther, exceeded them, and that man is

any indication at present. Capitalism reigns supreme, and with en many inter ested in its support there is little probe- bility of its downfall. The prospects are thus all on the side of individualisp- that decentralisation of power which would allow of local legislation to cover tion which was injurious or unneersenry. local affairs, and the removal of bigisla.

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Prince Yagala 'and bis enite left "for route for Bangkok, oft Singapore, en Saturday by the Dilwara,,

Mr. E. V. D. Parr is gazetted unofficial" member of the Legislative Council during the absence from the

Mr. Trueman. Leading Recorder of the Dockyard, and Mr. Parry, Electrical Supervisor, who are leaving for Home by the Yeuralin shortly, were each pre- wented with a silver tea-set on Friday Inst by their brother officers of the Derkyard.

[1retracing his path. Yet centralisation is a very old principle in politics. The ancient empires were ruled by means of instructions given from the centre, which, however they were influenced by the advice of the local administrators, were yet the opinions of a central body-some- Colony of Mr. P. H. Holyoak Dawson-OutRay-At the Congregation- tines, if the ruler were a strong charac

Colonel A. Chapman. V.D., has been.. al Church, Sainthorpe,, Lines., on ter; of only one man. The evils associat-appointed to act as Superintendent of the March 29th, 2nd-Lieut. J. ARNOLDed with this led to the first step in deern Botanical and Forestry Department, in DAWSON, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.

addition to his other duties. during the ' John Dawson, Alevon, Cumberland, trallaation the appointment of repe absence on leave of Mr. W. J. Tatcher. to EDITH MAY, elder daughter of Mr. septatives from each locality, at first a and Mrs. C. E. Votram, Froding-

an advisory body and later as the actual ham, Lines

originators of the laws, which received CARVALÏO.—Ät St. Paul's Hospital, the nominal sanction of the ruler. Alang Causeway Bay, on the 24th inst, with this decentralisation of power there ALICIA MARIA, the beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs, C. C. de Carvalho, are arisen many local bodies which have been granted limited powers of making Amoy. Shanghai and Manilag, papers please regulations applicable in their own locali copy.

Funeral will pass the monument at 5.15 ties, and there are constant demands for this evening:

|806 an enlargement of these powers to cover KAY-At the Peak Hospital, on May activities in other directions. There are

25th, NELLY HENDERSON RAY, of

also demands for the reconstitution of Edinburgh: aged 27 years. [709

legislative bodies which have long been TROUD: At Portemouth, England, on

March 17th, ANN, the beloved wife of abolished." Ireland, for example, de- Alfred Baldwin Trodd, aged 70 years.

mands a parliament which can make laws FRENCH LESSONS OG OFFICE: 104, Dze Vox EAD, C. only applicable to Ireland, and if it bad

LONDON OFFICE: 131, Fiat Srak, E.C.not been for the unfortunate division of a British merchant ship unless he is a natural-born British subject and the son among Irishmen she would undoubtedly of parents both of whom were at the time have had it tafere now: From this step of his birth either natural-born British there logically arise separate parliaments subjects or British subjects by naturali- for Scotland and Wales, further depriv

We regret to record the death, which ing the central body of its legislative. powers. From one point of view this after mid the Peak Hospital, shortly

after midnight, on Saturday, of Miss tendency is explainable by the failure of H. Kay, of Edinburgh, a sister of Mfr.

W. Kay, of

College About three Queen's the central organisation to afford ade years ago Miss Kay came out

Fant to quate recognition to minorities. Majority her sister, Mrs. Bishop, wife

Inspector of Schools in

No Fire Laurance will be effected by us in iny case whatever.

Bills of Lading will be countersigned by JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LIĎ,

General Managers. Hongkong, May 20th, 1919.

G. MOUSSION.

15, MORRISON HILL ROAD.

CHILDREN OF FAR CATEAY.

A SOCIAL AND POLITICAL MOVEL OF

"ABSORBING INTEREST,

Lome Service, Author of "The Mystic

The Baily Press.

'HONOKONG, MAY 26, 1919.

SOCIALISM OR INDIVIDUALISM ?

The Polo Gymkhana, which was to have been held at the Racecourse on Saturday May 24th, has been postponed until Saturday, May 31st. The decision was at owing to the soft state of the' ourse, which would have been damaged if the gymkhana had been held.

arrived

As already announced in our colunas, regulations have been issued to the effect that "a person shall not, unless specially" authorised for the time being he the Admiralty or Board of Trade, act in the capacity of master or person in charge

sation."

of the

at

Kunla

SINCE the time of Plato philosopher,government.is based on the principle han taught in the Diocesan FM.S., and By CHAS. J. BALCOMBE, Forms of Registration, giving the parti

both professional and amateur, have the desires of the major part of the Lampur with Miss Pope, sister of the culars required may be obtained at the Formerly of the Imperial Chinese Cuamused themselves with devising schemes people shall be carried out. On all mat became unwell she left for Home, stop- ate Rev. Mr. Pope, of Kowloon. As she G.PO. and at all Police Stations."

The Penalty for non-compliance it a fine

for the better government of the world. tera which concern the people as a whole ping en route in this Colony for the wine- ant exceeding $50.“

thus indicating a dissatisfaction with the the principle is unassailable, although until a short time ago, when she contracts ter season. Here her health improved, social organisation of the time. At frat even then a mere majority is an unsafe these imaginings had but little relation guide; but in matters which concern only to practical affairs; that is to Bay, no one section of the people there is obvious

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Flowery, Land," etc.

HE, VOLUME, which consists of 401

ed a chill. The funeral took place yes- terday afternoon, at Happy Valley.

PALACE HOTEL, KOWLOON, Tages, and includes a Sketch Play will mall by Public Auction on THURS. | Corner of Häiphang and Hankow of historical interest showing the dispost-attempt was made to put them into prac, unfairness in demanding that before their duced by Mr. T. A. Martin at St.

Roads.

DAY, May 29th, 1918, at 2:30 PM.

at his Sales Room

A QUANTITY OF

HOUSEHOLD 'FURNITURE AND EFFECTS,

Comprising:- Wardrobes cher of Derwers, Dressing Tables, Iron Bedsteads, Couch, Arm-chairs Carpets, Tables, Pictures, Overmantels, Deske, Crockery and Glassware, Rugs, Curios, Type- writers, 1 Piano, by John Broad wood de Sons, and a long line of Sundries.

Tera: Cash on Delivery. Hongkong, May 26th, 1919.

Tel. K. 3.

Tol. Address: Palace. TWO Minutes from Ferry on! Railway

station. This Hotel has just been com plately renovated and refurnished, is now up- to-date in every respect and under English

Managemen Caixine ander personal supervision of the Proprietor,

BAR AND BILLIARD BOOMS."

TERMS MODERATE Epecial Arrangement for Families on Application to:

1. EL OXBERRY, * 103]

Prǝrrietor.

Its description of Chinese Social conditions in China, makes "CREEN OF FAR CATHAY" an excellent volume for Customs and Superstitions, combined with the insight it gives into political presentation to friends at Home.,

PRICE

$3.50.

Considering the standard of music pro

tion of the Forces at the battle of Kwei- lin, in dedicated to Sir Roszar HABT, tive or to inculcate them ne ultimate aims wishes are granted they shall convince all Andrews Church. Kowloon, on Friday night, the attendance was discouraging. G.C.M.G., and Dr. A. RENJE.

which should be striven for; but gradual the other sections of the population that M. Martin, who is an ex-pupil of Mr. ly, with the increasing complexity of they are legitimate. Majority rule, it is Denman Fuller, was at his best in his civic relations, there arose reformers thus being felt, is only good up to a interpretation of Nevin's A Water "and Faulkes "Postlude. Mo Scene whose aims were towards some such certain point, a point somewhat hard to derato in B Flat," in which his mani- extremely reorganization RE the dreampers hax but broadly definable as limited by pulation of the stops was dreamt. More especially has this been the legislation on purely national affairs. In clever. The singing of the girls of the Diocesan School was much appreciated, Calvary," My case since industrialisation became the Russia it would seem that an experiment especially in Rodney's leading factor in political organisation in decentralisation on a still larger scale Laurie Owen, ex-handmaster of the Middlesex Regiment, who was to have No doubt if we were removed far enough is being tried. Boviet councils are rendered two cello solos, was unable to from this scheme of things" it would appointed by each district which discuss do so owing to indisposition.

To be obtained from Mesars. ExLLY & WALSH, LTD., Mesara. Barwen & Co., or from the Printers and Publishers, the "Hongrong DAILY PRESE" Offee.