NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NUTION TO CONSIGNEES.
DUBAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LTD.
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD.
CONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer
#ANTILOCEUS“
are hereby notißed that the Cargo will be disebarged into Hold's Whart, Kowloon, where it will be lie at Consignes's risk. Thes Cary will be ready
for dislivacy from
8th.
|
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
THE
HONGKONG DAILY
Bentative of W. CHARLES
Order of the Personal Legal
JACK, deceased, ME JAMES MCKENZIE JACK son of the late Far! Jacx) has been appointed-trenerul Manager of MESSES
WM C JACK & CO, ETD
Hongkong, August 7th, 1949,
NOTICE.
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Clown on and after August, antess notice EXERAL BROKERS at No. 1, Queen's WE have this day established Our selves as FREIGHT SHARE & tinal cargo will ba aded, hase given prior to steamer's arrival.
Building-Floor, and have appointed Mr. V. A. Yvanovien na Our Manager, with power to sign for the Firm.
YVANOVICH & CO. ·
Telephone No. 2175. Bongkang. August 8th, 1910, [1080
All bruken, chafed, and damaged goode am tol left in the tin
where they will:
days and Fridays
be examined on any between the hours of 10:45 am, and Youn
within the free storage perivi.
No claim will be admittel after the Goods have left the steamer's Uodown and all gol remaining undelivered after Aug. 12th, will be subject to rent.
All Claims against the Stemmer must be printed to the undersigned on or before August 6th, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
Agents. Hongkong, August 6th” 1919. (1084
A. G. DA ROCHA, AUCTIONEER,
SURVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2932.
AVOURED with
CAPTAIN, OFFICERS & ENGINEERS
REQUIRED.
CAPTAIN All complement of OFFICERS and ENGINEERS wanted for steamer recently Required by Hongkong Company. Applications, with the very best recommendations only will be considered.
Apply
Box 1065, Care of "Daily Press " Office.
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VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB instructions from Members will be held in the THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Concerned. will by Public Auction, T.DAY GYMNASIUM TO-AAY (THURSDAY),
THURSDAY, August 7th, 1918,
AUGUST 7TH, 1919, at 53.0 P.M. for the
at 2.16 P.M.,
purpose of considering and passed...the Annual Reports and Statement of Accounts for 1918, and of transacting all other business which ought to be thanusated therest
R. H. B. MITCHELL,
Act. Hoa. Secretary, Hongkong, August 6th, 1918,
at his Sales Rocar, HOUSEHOLD FORNITURE AND EFFECTS
Ward obes, Deaks, Chairs, Chest of Drawers, Dressing Tables, Bookcases, Arm- Glassware, chairs, Curio Crockery and Brace Ornaments, Vases, Picture, Ice Boxes, Bedsteads, Clock, Typewriters, Ovarantels, Bidsheards Napkins Table Cloths, Hat Staudis and a long line of sundries..
ONE FINE PIANO,.
Fine Piano by Chillon & Co., Londen, manufactured speci lig for Lane, Crawford +k La
TIAMS-Cash on Delivery.
Houkung. August 4th, 119,
A. G. DA ROCHA. AUCTIONEER, ...RVEYOR AND GENERAL BROKER.
Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2833.
with
instructions from
FAVORE The Concerned,
NOTICE
E HAVE This Day REMOVED our WE
Otics to Rooms Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the 2nd floor of ALEXAXORA BUILDINO,
SOARES & CO. Hongkong, August 4th, 1919.
WE
NOTICE.
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1,
E ARE REMOVING our Offices as from Acoust 4T8, from No. Doddell Street to 41, WYNDEẨM NTÁZET,
CURRIM BHOT & CO., LTD. Hongkong, August 1st, 1819. 11061
NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
will sell by Fatdic Auction SATURDAY, WE HAVE This Day REMOVED our
August 9th, 1918, at 230 P.M.,
ab his Sales Room. Queen's "Rond Central (Old Post Office Building)
EXCELLENT HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Comprising:-
Ofices to 2nd floor Paiser's Bo LDING, Ice House St.
A.
E A. BEAUMONT & CO. Bongkong, August at 1919 · 1073
8. WATSON & COMPANY, LTD.
the GREATLY INCREASED
Chesterfield Couch and Arms Chairs, Black- wood Faraiture, Brain and Iron Bedsteads, "PRICE of SUGAR, the price of all our Table, Brussels Carpets and
Covered SWEET waters will be advanced Five Cents Fenders, Overman elk Silk Tapestry Brace Drawing Room Suite, Sofan Easy Chairs, per dozen, us from this date, until further Occasional
Tables,
Extension Dining Taois, Notice. Beveled Mirror Wardrobes Hat Stands.
A. 9. WATSON & CO, LTD. Curtains, Heil Sheets. Dyckery, Glassware, Hngokong, August, 019 Ornamenta, Cabinet,
Teak Bunkcase, Dinger Stands, Dining Chaira Silver
Ware.
Clocks Marble-rop Washstands, Cooking Store, Cutlery, Toilet Sous, Electric Reading
WANTED.
1:037
Tempe Cabinets, Sideboards and a long line By a British Qualified Man an appoint-
"of Sundries.
Catalogue will be issued.
Texas Cash on Delivery.
Eungkong. Awgust 4th 1919
дая
A. G. DA ROCHA. AUCTIONEER, BURVEYOR AND GENERAL BRUKEK.
Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2832.
AVOURED with instructions from
FAVOURE Concerned.
TUESDAY
will cell by Public Auction, în
August 19th; 1918, at 2.30 PM.. at is Sales Hcoin.
Queen's Road Central,
A Splendid Collection of OLD CHINESE PORCELAINS AND
CURIOS, Comprising:-
coloured
A variety of 3-coloured and Vases and Plates, Brue and White Vases and Figares, etc, Old Bronzes, including Inceuse Burners of Sung and Ming Dynasties, Pekin Cloisonne Crystal, Agate and Jarlestone
ment SURGEON on Board & steamer suiling for Singapore on Panaog.
MEDICO, Apply..
Care of "Daily Press" Office. (1074
WANTED. October or would take over at once if lesired.
ÞILAT, Small Hone'or Half House with F
Kitchen, Bathroom, etc. Hongkong or Kowloon.
Apply
Box No. 1078). Care of "Daily Press " Office.
[1078.
TO LET (UNFURNISHED),
TO. MOUNTAIN VIEW, from lat
October, 1919.
Apply -
·A.B., Cars of" Daily Prom" Qfire.
2
TO LET.
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INTIMATIONS
PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 1919.
HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD, NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
A DULLAN per Shure for the sit N INTERIM DIVIDEND OF ONE
monthy eating 30th June, 1919, will be PAY BLE OF TUESDAY, AUGEST STE, on which da e Dividend Warrants may bo obtained on application at the Company's Ust ce
will
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company be PLOSED from WEDNESDAY, days inclusive, during winter did no July 30th to TUESDAY, August 5th, both Transfer of Shares can be Hegistered.
By Order of the Board of Director JOHN ARNOLD,
Acting Secretary, Hongkong, July 22nd, 1918,
[loes
HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY.
LIMITED. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom.). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an PENCE per Share on account of the year 1918, has been decent be payable on and
INTERIM
DIVIDEND of NINE
The DIVIDEND will
after MONDAY, dia 26th day of August, 1919, to Shareholders on the Register on MUNDAY, the 11th day of August, 1919, and will be paid to Shareholders on the Colonial (Rongkong) Register at exchange rate of 3/8 per Dollar.
By Order of the Bot ROBERTS,
W. E
Secretary. Hongkong, July 28th, 1919.
INTIMATION
DEWAR'S
WHITE
LABEL
*
time
Major T. M. Wakefield, "D.... has returned to the Colony to taka.over.com-
repeated incursions of ferocious invaders
agé, religion and customs-is nobium easy from Aghanistan and Persia, By degrees, one, and the present generation forgets- under the British regime, peace, orderit, indeed, is ever know--the evils which and justice took the place of strife. the Britishy have erudiested. Discontent is chaos and corruption. Today the natural and, to a certain extent health- peninsula is covered with a network of tuk, for without it there would ke (ponds, railways and canals, and, thauksstagansion. Fondiets of opinion as to to the extension, of irrigation and the how far self-government may be extended improved means of transport, much with advantage to different natives, races, has been done to prevent the dread pre bound to arise from time to scourge of tamine from darkening the baing, perhaps, to an excess of prudente land in years of drought. Though drawn on te side, and to impetuosity on thes
uther." from ever-widening sources, the revenue of the Government remains about the same as that of the" Moghul, Emperor in 1905, but, instead of being dissipated, a in bygone day, by idle and licentiousmand of the H. K.-S. R.G.A. at Kowloon. potentales, it is now devoted to reprodue." Lieut.-Col., W. H. Passby, R.G.A.. and. Live" works and to the public weal. As a Lieut. B. L. Stephen, R.G.A., are going result of the peace and prisperity which House on the Empress of Asia, to-day, have dower from this conscientions to resume civilian life. stewardship and of the steps which have" The so. Mom Krina(formerly the Ameri been taken to gribag disease, the populateur), a maił steniner, was sold by auction. tion has increased by soothing like by Mr. Lammert, yesterday, for $180,000 per cert, during the last three decades. Mr. Chan Harr was the parchaser. A fast as circumstances will allow, the
Major A, J. 98. Roche Kelly, RGA,, people in British India are being admiteaves for Home on the deres on or about. ed to an increasing share in the conduct August 18th. By, the same ship, are sail- (of affairs, and, by example and education,
ing Commdn. J. F. Finlayson and Lieut.
the FINEST SCOTCH the future rulers of the Fandatory States. T. F. Featon Livingstone.
St
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SHELL TRANSPORT AND TRADING
COMPANY, · LIMITED.
XXVE have been requested by the xbova W
Company to announce that new shares will be issued at par to shareholders on the 18th Juna, 1919, in the proportion of ONE new share for every TWO old abaren, fractions being di-regarded.
Holders of HEARER" Warrants shoaki depot toair holdings not layer than the 9th vangurs 1019, accompanied by payment of the equivalent of £1 String for each new share claimed, with their Bankers who will stamp the warrants on the face tuerbot with the words "RIGHTS CLAIMED $19.
Registered shareholders should pay to their Bankers the equivalent of E Sterling for each new share claimed, not later than the 9th August, 1919.
For the BoxoKONG "AND, SHANGHAT
BANKING CORPORATION, N. J. STABB,
Chief Manager."- Hongkong, July 24th, 1919.
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
"OCEAN 'STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.,
AND
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.,LTD.
MUNSIGNEES" per Company's steamer
**HYSON."
are hereby notified that the Cargo_will be discharged into Holt's Wharf, Kow loon, where it will lie at . Consignee's risk. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and sitar August 5th.
Uptional cargo will be landed, unless cotice has been given prior to steamer's
IZITAI.
All broken, chaled, and damaged goodi see to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on any Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of ̈10,48 „6.12. and noon within the free forage periol.
No claims will be admitted after the Good, have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods remaining undelivered after August 11th, will be subject to rent.
All Claims against the Steamer mus be presented to the undersigned on or before August 25th, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be sllected.
BUTTERFIELD & BWIRE,
Agents. Hongkong, August 2nd, 1919. [1008
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.“
OCEAN STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA
TION COMPANY, LTD.
MONSIGNEES per Company's Steamer
“AGAPENOR"
Vases and Ornaments, etc., and a number of NO. 102 Tax FEAR, &-Roomed, House Co
Snuff Bottles.
ALSO
Lacquered Screens, Panels, Old Chinese
Engravings and Kakemozce, etc.
Note-The vendor wil give a guarantee
the quality for the majority of the goods
of
offered for sale.
(Catalogues will be isчurd).
Ciah on Delivery
Hongkong, August 6th, 1919.
A. G. DA ROCHA, "AUCTIONEER, BURVEYOR -AND- GENERAL BROKER.
Queen's Road Central, Telephone No. 2802.
FAVOURED with instructions from
The Concerned,
will sell by Public Auction on WEDNES DAY, August 18th, 1918, at 11 am 'at his Bales Room, TWO FARM LÓTS AT NEW KOWLOON
SECTION DISTRICT NO.
REGISTERED No. 5428, NEW TERRITORY.
Lot No. 368 comprises 4701 square foot.
No. 364-
1300
at the Peak. Apply to-
PERCY SMITH SETH & FLEMING
Terrace.
TO. LET.
AND
are hereby notified that the Cargo-will be [di-charged into Holt's Whart, Kowloon, where it will lie a Consignee's risk. The Cargo will be ready for delivery from Godown on and after August 5th.
Optional cargo will be landed, unless notice
been given
prior to steamer's arrival,
WHISKY
OF
GREAT AGE.
SOLE AGENTS:
The Jatilochus which conveyed the Germans deported from China hack tO. Germany, returned to Hongkong, yester. Filte Bo Vladivostock, She is carrying 30 Russian officers to Vladis stock.
are being imbued with Western seals of
The death occurred at Shanghai on July good goverument.
29th of Mrs, F.- H. Wallace,, mother of Much the same may be said of EgypThe deerased Indy had lived in Shanghai Ars. Li, H. Putts, at the age of 59 years. although our eupation of that country i ferd tears Originally_she_mang_troni lia of comparatively recent date. In little Singapore.
more than a quarter of a century Great Britain, in the nebulous character of adviser." has lifted Egypt out of the slough of insolvency, into which the reek less extravagance of her pufers half plung | fed her, un to a high plane of prosperity. and has conferred upon her people, whe were the victims of gross cruelty, oppres sion and extortion, the lessings of
This trans just, and enlightened rule, formation has been effected in the fnce of exceptional difficulties due to interna tional jealousies and loent prejudices, Though hampered by lack of funds, before
A.S. WATSON & CO., the Public Works Department had been
LIMITED.
WINE AND SPIRIT" MERCHANTS,
ولر
TIL 616
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DEATH. COSTA-At his residence, F90,. Woochang Road, Shanghai, on July 30th, Fran- cisco (Chiquito), SERAPHIM GÓMER DA Costa, aged 50 years.
Hongrono Urvich: 101, Dre Vœux ROAD, 0. LONDON OFFION:"21, Fuw Bran, E.0.
The Daily Press.
HorGzOTO, AUGUST 7TH, 1919.
GT. BRITAIN'S STEWARD- SHIP.
Amongst those who arrived. By "the Antilichus wer Major H. M. Edwards, 1.5.0., RF, Livata. G. B. Colthurst and played very good cricket, in Ceylan five or E. H. L. Jacobs-Barkcom, Majos Edwards
| 838 years 480.
The Kobe express me with a terrible collision on July 29th, near Tarui station, shortly after 10 p.ne. There were name oua casualties, the injured - including Chant Uchida, Minister of Foreign
Affairs. The engines were smashed and
three coaches were more or less destroyed..
IDUS..
under British direction for ten years the cotton crop was trebled, the sugar crop H.M.S. Kent paying off, to-day. She was more than trebled, and the country will be in the Nayal Dockyard far six months undergoing repairs Amongst was intersected with agricultural, roads those of her officers who are leaving for and light railways. The use of the cour Home to-day on the Empress of daid wro
Capt... Edwards, Surg. Comodr bash, which had been the principal GM. Easturent, Lieut-Commdr. H. V. instrument of government, was forbidden, Lavington, and the Rev. P. C. Gongh. and the system of forced labour for The Rev. G. T. Waldegrave, MA., clearing the agricultural canals was dis-Chaplain at Lowestoft, has been appoint Hon. T.4.R.N., the Missions. to Senmen
continued upon Great Britain promisinged Chaplain of the "Missions to Sommen. the Powers that, it necessary, any deficit September, when he will take over the Hongkong. He is expected to arrive in due to this reform should be paid out of work from the Rev. W. T. Featherstone. the interest accruing to her from the who has been acting Chaplain since April, shares held in the Suez Canal Judicial reform was introduced in spite of great Colony, Yesterday, by the Protestans were Amongst those who arrived in the logal opposition, so that helplass people Liest ul. L.
Humphrey. C.M.G. were no longer flung into thy prisons for indefinite periods, and even excent ed, on the Bimsiest pretext, and an honest and efficient police-forge was organiseda T, greatly to the disgust of tha vincial governing classes, who 'protested that their authority would suffer as u consequence. Owing to the changes which the British have effected, the national revenge has been doubled while taxation has been considerably lightened and the glaring inequalities of its incidence have been removed.
pro-
H.A.M.U, who will relieve Lieut Col. Hospital; Major D. L. Harding, D.S.0 Crisp as D.D.M.S. and O.C. Military F.R.C.S.I., R.A.M.C. Captain H. ( Monteith, D.S.O., R.A.MC and Captain
R. Archer, R.A.M.C.
Ellis, Logan, Dick, Kelly, Henderson, Sergt. Bloor. Pes. Murphy, Mebellar, Dorrington, and Phillips, of the Hong kong Police Force, whe left for Home.n Military Service, returned to the Colony, resterday, by, the Antilochu, Sergt. Bloor was, a. prisoner-of-war for two years. Four new recruits for the Fores also arrived by the same boat
on
Nost but a pronounced anglophobe will pretend that Viscount Mitgen's defence of Great Britain's colonial policy is not fully justified by the facts. It is a favourite argument of "those who have lwen aplly described as "the friends of every country but their own" that we are engaged in exploiting the native races
nmitted to our charge, and that all our. talk about improving their condition is hypocrisy. Though it would be impossible so tyrannously, have the consolation of will be a certain amount of accommoda- tion for first-class pasengers on both thes deny that our Colonial history cuntains collecting increased revenues without steamer jasaages" which we should be glad to any difficulty.' It is not without in- expunge, Lord MILNER's statement cannot terest to mention, also, that all the he disputed, we think, that Gt. Britain's Ministers are natives and that the resent-day policy in vigorously directed policy of the British has been to limit, as
It is understood that the text sailings The fellabeen is from Hongkong of the Montere a tree man with the opportunity of August 19th, and of the Empress of Japan. reaping the frails of his labour, while on or about August 20th, will ace a depar ture from previous arrangements. These the Pasha and land-owning class, Yessels will sail for Vladivostock to take from Siberia. It is likely that there
if deprived of the powers they exercised, in British troops who are being evacuated
"
Home, the Daily Chromicie says that the
Referring to Cal John Ward's return - Siberian papers eulogise him ns the Siberia from Bolshevism, and recognise... liberator of the Ussuri region of East
to the prevention of abuses in her overseas far as practicable, the number of Euro the salutary influence which his demo- possessions.
In the process of making peans and to increase the number of the Russian had on those classes of
letter use of the natural resources in these territorica our fellow-countrymen inevit ably enrich themselves, but this furnishes
DURNISHED at the PEAK, No. 4, Stewart has broken, chafed, and damaged goods are no ground for reproach if the benefits are established, and to-day the proportion of shak's Government in its claim to recogni-`
Apply--
HI. E POLLOCK, Supreme Court.
TO LET.
1937
FURNISHED for 13 months, No. 87. Tar (No. 1 Stewart Terrace) containing 3 Bedrooms and Bathrooms, Hot and Cold Water, Drying room, Dining Room, Drawing Room, Sitting Room and Ugual Offices and. Bervants' Quarers, also Large: Gardeni Possession July 15th.
Apply b
HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
CO. LTD. Alexandra Buildinga
The lot is under Crown Lean of 16 years F
Particular and Conditions of Sale may be
obtained from the Auctioneer.
20% deposit to be paid-immedi”
·ately on the fall of the hammer. Hongkong, August 7th, 1919.
A1
THE PEAK.
SALE. „A FIVE-ROOMED Residence. Fus particulars apply to......
Care of "Fiddly Prum” Filion. 1494
All to be left in the God was where they will mutual. Nor can the claim be contented be examined on any Tuesday and Fridays between the hours of 10.45 am. and Noon that, as a general rule, the men of cur within the fren storage period.
cratic
who were unconscious Egyptians in the Government service. In leaning lepres who und
Colonel furtherance of this object schools of law, form Parliament on the present situation Ward is returning Home in order to in- medicine and engineering have been in Russia, and to support Admiral Kolt- Egyptians to Europeans in the Civil ment.
tion as the All-Russia Provisional Govern- Service is as tep to one.
Similar achievements, necessarily of a
with the direction of affairs. A case in smaller scale, stand to the credit of the British wherever they have been entrusted
When the British went to India, for point, close at hand, is furnished by example, they found the great Moghul British Malaya, the romance of which is We do not Empire crumbling to pieces, and a host well known to our readers.
Sir Grieme Thomson, K. C.B., has been appointed Colonial Secretary of Caylon
Admiralty, since the commencement of the in succession of Sir-Reginald Stubbs, Sir the Office of Director of Transporis, Graeme is 44 years of age and has held
war. The Ceylon Horning Leader says Transport Department of the Admiralty of him-Eis salary as Director of the was £1.200 a year, while his new salary Colonial Secretary of Ceylon will be ing that men prefer lower salaries in their £2,000- not a very material rise, consider. own country to much higher emoluments
No claims will be admitted after the Goods | race who have been entrusted with power remaining undelivered after Aug. 11th, will well, and have striven to raise the people have left the steamer's Godown, and all Goods over dependent races have used that power be subject in rent...
All Cisims against
the Steamer must be committed to their charge. presented to the undersigned on or before August 26th, or they will not be recognised.
No Fire Insurance will be effected.
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE,
..Agents Bongkong, August 2nd, 1819... [1078 of rival chiefs striving to carve out of it deny that mistakes have been made with the sword kingdoms for them.2 times as in the case of Egypt recently, FOR SALE or TO LET on long lease.
elyen. At that time the burden of taxn--but Britain's record, regarded as MURNISHED or UNFURNISHED from tion was at least three times as heavy as whole, is one of which we may legitimately & Colony. Sir B. E. Stubbs when be October 1st, 1919. No.98 THE PEAK it is now, and those who struggled beneath feel proud. It has been the admiration It will be a very great advantage to Ceylon came to us drew a salary of some £800. (Ead House of Stewart Terraca) Hot Water throughout Double Grass Tennis Court its crushing weight did not receive in and envy of other nations. That there to have an educated, experienced and with Pavilion and large Kitel en Garden,
return even so much as protection of per- should be occasional manifestations of cultured Englishman, coming out straight Apply --
frum England, unaffected by those narrow. E. A. M. WILLIAMS.
ion and property. To the constant terror discontent in our possessions and proteeing influences which overtake man who LOWE BINGHAM & MATTHEWS,
al internal warfare were added the torates is only to be expected. The task have been long in the Colonial Serving Chartered Bank Buildings.
and lost touch with the currents of liberal races alien to us in langu-thought in their own land. [1049
depredations of gang-robbers and the of governing
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