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THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,
HE SEVENTY-SIXTH ORDINARY
THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Office of the Company, No. 18, Bank Buildings, Queen's Road Central, on TUESDAY, the 16th August, at 12 o'clock, Naon, for the purpose of receiving a report of
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TELEGRAPH »MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1904.
THE RIFLE and the BOW.
ANCIENT AND MODERN CASUALTY LISTA CONTRASTED.
The horror of war increases part paste with the advance of civilisation, and the value set upon life has risen proportionately with our' ability to appreciate its pleasures, its mutuality, and associations. Our interests are more catholic, our sensibilities more acute, have eliminated from our h bits and customs that ferocity of temperament whose excitement could be appeased with nothing short of blood
We
the Directors, together with a Statement of IMPORTANT NOTICE, shed, and have to a large extent lost our
Accounts, decl ring a Lividend and electing Directors and Auditors.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the and to the 16th August, inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
'T. ARNOLD,
Lecretary,
-[873
Hongkong 25th July, 1904.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK- ING CORPORATION.
OTICE is hereby given that the ORDI.
NARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING
of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held at the CITY HALL, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 20th day of August next, at NOON, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with
a Statement of Accounts in 30th June, 1904. By Order of the Court of Directors,
J. R. M. SMITH,
Chief Manager.
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Hongkong, 30th July, 1904.
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
NOTICE
ING CORPORATION,
OTICE is hereby given that, the RE- GISTERS of SHARES of the Corpora- tion will be CLOSED from SATURDAY, the
FRESH ARRIVALS.
familiarity with death in its more violent forms which hardened the sentimer ts of our less law- abiding ancestors.
The modern newspaper, the telegraph, and the ubiquitous war correspondent have done much to unnerve us nowadays with their speedy lists BY GIVING A VERY LARGE ORDER, of dead and wounded friends and relatives ;
WE HAVE SECURED THE
CO-OPERATION
OF THE MAKERS OF THE
'APOLLO MASTER PLAYERS"
whereas of old the news was broken to us much more gradually, and after a considerable interval had allowed some period of preparation for the sorrowful tidings. How, for instance, would this generation face such losses as those of Crécy and Agincourt, Blenheim and Mal. plaquet, if they figured in our telegraphic reports to-day, when we regard with shrinking such casualty lists as those of Colenso and Kin-chau?
:
actually lain.in battle to the numbers of those who are wounded show a sensible decrease, but that the total casually lists are almost lovariably smaller, in proportion to the numbers' engaged, in spite of the fact that the weapons
of war are always described as growing more and more deadly. In the campaigns of Marl- borough there was still much hand-to-hand nghting; for although artillery had taken its place in the battlefield, the infantry firearm was possessed of little range or accuracy. Ac- cordingly, at Blenheim and Malplaquet, two of the most bloody struggles ni later times, although the slain show a decreasing ratio, the losses on both sides, out of a total of about 150,000 combatants, were, in the former en- gagement, 44,000 killed, wounted, and pri soner, while the cost of driving the French from a strong position at Malplaquet was 20,000 killed and wounded out of a force of about
90,000.
times losses have reached in many instances a Although in the larger armies of more modera high figure, yet the percentage of slaughter, especially of killed to wounded combatants, has shown a remarkable decrease from the horrible figures of ancient battles and sieges, before the discovery of gunpowder and the in. it may appear--began to diminish the butchery Creasing perfection of firearms-paradoxical ai
which invariably attended the encounter of armed hosts in olden times,
Partly the sentimentalism of up-to-date
The explanation is that fighting is now car- journalism, partly our own modern sensibility of nature, has disposed us to regard any battle ried on at such a distance and in separato `losses over a thousand as "terrible." But the bodies of infinitely greater mancavring power, strange truth is the further that we go back in that the least tactical advantage becomes 77 the history of war we shall notice an extra-instantly obvious, while the abandonment of armour and the ponderous weapons of the ordinary increase in the proportion of losses to the numbers engaged, until we begin to realise mêlée has endowed bodies of troops with that the longbow and clothyard shaft of our an, uperior mobility, both in advance and retreat. cestors were much more deadly weapons than in old days, when the effective range of the the modern magazine rifle, with its diminutive longbow was not more than eighteen to twenty bullet and high velocity.
score yards, a battle could only be decided by
IN LOWERING THEIR PRICES, AND WE NOW OFFER THEM FROM
6th, to the 20th day of August next (both days $365 TO $850.
inclusive), during which period no Transfer of
Shares can be Registered,
By Order of the Court of Directors,
J. R. M. SMITH,
Hongkong, 30th July, 1904,
Chief Manager.
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HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
HALF-YEARLY
MEETINGASHAREHOLDERS Will
be held in the Offices of the Company, Queen's Buildings, Connaught Road, on MONDAY, the 22nd August, ni 12 o'clock, Noon, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounts lo the 30th June, Iços.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
NEW
CONSIGNMENT
JUST ARRIVED
PER S.S. "EMPRESS OF CHINA."
WE WILL SUPPLY AN UPRIGHT PIANO
IRON GRAND AND
will be CLOSED from the 8th to the 22nd PLAYER FOR $825.
August, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
THOS. I. ROSE, Secretary.
Hongkong, 29th July, ropa.
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A. S. WATSON & CO, LIMITED.
ISSUE OF 30,000 NEW SHARES OF SIO KACH.
URSUANT to Resolution the General
Maugers of A. 8. WATSON & Company, Limited, hereby invite applications from the Shareholders of the Company for the issue of 30,000-new-shares of $10 each at a Premium of
10 per cent, or $11 a share,
CREDIT TERMS.
A
CASH OR
These Playera have been tested in Hongkong
for 5 years (at Peak included) without a
Single Failure, which can be said of no other
Player.
THE
Such facts would doubtless have confounded M. Bloch, whose favourite contention it was that owing to the deadliness of mo'ern weap- ons war was rapidly becoming impossible. A closer study of history would have taught him that the discovery of gunpowder was in reality a beneficent invention which has enabled an armed struggle to be decided without the former necessity for prolonged close-quarter fighting and the deadly weapons of the melde Moreover, the abolition of the ponderous armour of the ancient warrior, together with the introduction of a lighter equipment, has synchronised with the growth of manœuvring power and the assertion of superiority in the field by the application of successful tactics, enginy's array in place of the heavy bludgeon and with the defeat by disorganization of ar
ing of former days.
It cannot be charged that men are less
courageous nowadays when they are called upon to face much more terrifying instruments of warfare. But the fact remains that the Lee Enfield, the Mauser, quick-firing artillery, and high explosive shells are productive of nothing like such an amount of slaughter as the long- bow, the battleaxe, and the sword in the bands of our fighting ancestors.
If we take battles like Golenso and Kin-chau since the employment of magazine rifies and quick-firing artillery, and compare them with engagements such as Crecy, Poitiers, or Agia court, we cannot fail to be impressed with the astonishing discrepancy in the casualty lists. In General Buller's attack on the Boers at the "baitle of Colenso, his men presented as fair a
Each Registered Shareholder on the 28th day ROBINSON PIANO mark for the action of the modern firearm as
of September, 1904, applying for the New Issue
will be entitled to one share for every two shares
registered in his name. Shares not applied for by those entitled to apply will be dealt with by the General Managers in accordance with Article 40 of the Company's Articles of Association.
Applications for Shares in the New Issue will be received by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong from the 28th September, 1904, to the 30th September, 1904, both days inclusive, and the whole amount of Şi per share will be payable on application,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 28th September, 1904, to the 8th October, 1904, both days inclusive.
The present paid-up Capital of the Company
is $600,000, divided into 60,000 shares of $10 each, and the New Issue'is required to increase
Co., Ld.
Hongkong, 3rd August, 1904.
our enemies could have desired. Yet, as a re sult of several hours' hot fighting, during which many brave deeds were done by officers and men, who recklessly exposed themselves to a [39 storm of bullets and shell fire, our losses were not more than 1,100 men out of a force of 25,000 10 30,000, whils those of the Boers wern probably far less.
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Compare such a casualty list with the slaugh ler al Agincourt in 415, a battle which lasted. for not much longer than three hours between an English force of 14,000 men under Henry V, and 50,000 French led by their Constable. It was the longbow and the clothyard shaft which broke the French array, and was the most potent agent of destruction on that great day in our military annals. Over 10,000 French were
the Capital of the Company to $900,000 divided ESPECIAL OLD TOM GIN, slain outright, and two or three times that into 90,000 shares of Sto each.
The whole of the premium received from the Marshall and
New Issue will be placed to the Credit of the
Permanent Reserve Fund.
The New Issue will rank for Dividend for the three months ending 31st December, 1904, pay. able in May, 1903.
Elvy's
Satinette
Forms of application for the New Issue can be obtained at the Company's Offices in Alex- andra Buildings or at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Hongkong, Shanghai, and London.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers.
Hongkong, aand Juge, 1904.
ROYAL AERATED WATERS
MANUFACTORY.
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AND OF
MATURED AGE.
PRODUCE the highest, Class AERATED TO BE OBTAINED FROM-
WATERS in the Far East on account of their High Class Machinery and also of the superior ingredients they use in the manufacture of their goods, and the cleanliness, &c., are all under strict supervision of Europeans only.
REPORT OF An Expert,
The representative of Messrs. BRATBY and HINCHLIFFE, LIMITED, Aerared Water Engineers and Chemists, Manchester, visited
THE MUTUAL STORES,
Des Voeux Road. Hongkong, 11th May, 1904.
SPONGES.
SPONGES.
number were wounded.
armies coming to close quarters at one way stage of the combat. The consequence was they became so intermingled that they could with difficulty be separated, and, indeed, the victor was often quite unable to feel assured of success until he found no more of his opponents to slaughter. Moreover, it was much more difficult to make effective use of cover then than now, and the bowman of Agincourt was debarred from the use of his weapon in the prone position adopted by his successor the rifleman of to-day.
Auction.
PUBLIC AUCTION.
HE Undersigned have received instruc THE
tions to Sell by,
PUBLIC AUCTION, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,
од
WEDNESDAY,
the 24th August, 1904 at 3 P.M., at their
:
Sales Rooms, No. 8, Des Vaux Road, (Comer of Ice House Street), HE British Screw Steamer
"HOICHING,"
TH
Built in London, in 1879, Length over all; Tonnage soo, H. P. nominal 200, Cylinder 28. 175 feet, Breadth 26 feet, Depth 14 feet, Gross in. by 48 in, Stroke 22 in.. Revolution of En- gines per minute 8o, Working Pressure 60 lbs., 3 Donkey Engines and Ona Winch.
She has a Government Licence to carry 400 Passengers, TERMS:-As usual, For Further Particulars, apply to➡
HUGHES & HOUGH, Auctioneers.
Hongkong, 4th August, 1904.
To Let.
TO LET.
WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION.
1910
Insurance.
NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG,
THE "Vader ned AGENTS of the above Company are prepared to accept Finit Class FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS a CURRENT RATES,
SIEMSSEN & Co.
Hongkong, 28th May, 1805
ONE
For Sale.
FOR SALE.
NE ICE-MAKING MACHINE with
GAS ENGINE complete.
For full Particulars, apply to
HUGHES & HOUGH,
8, Des Voeux Road,
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Hongkong, 27th June, 1904.
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LUTED.
PORTLAND CEMENT.
In Casks of 375 lbs. nel $5 per Cask ex Factory,
NO. 7, BONHAM ROAD, Tennis Lawn In Bags of 250 lbs, net $8 per Bag ex Factory,
and fine view of harbour, Apply to~~
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Princess Buildings.
Hongkong. 6th August, 1904.
TO LET.
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flats or whole.
CHAN SHAU U,
or
A. STEVENSON,
Agent for Lessee,
C/O THE PHARMACY,
夯藥大法中
No. 56, Queen's Road Central. Hongkong, 6th August, 1904.
The romance of war once associated with the gallantry of hauberk and helm and the glittering blazon of heraldry is a fascinating re- gret at this distance of time. Bol, as we speak with bated breath in these less warlike-times, of the deadliness of scientific armaments and
warfare, or shiver at the reports of "terrible"
lasses in the field, it will be well to remember that we are at rming ouselves quite unneces
sarily and that our warrior ancestors went into action with far greater odds on their becoming dust and their goed swords rust than does the soldier who goes up to battle against the lead- pumping weapons of to-day.
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demand.........
Do. Da 4 months' sigh ....................... France-Bank T.T...... -America--Bank T.T..
Germany-Bank T.T.......... India T.Trolaszere.
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(908
Hongkong, 4th August, 1904.
TO LET AT MAÇAO.
TOUSE NË 15, PRAIA GRANDE, well
and nice yerandab.
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For Particulars, apply to-
OMER CASSAM MOOSA, 49, Rua Central,
Macao.
[909
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co., General Managers, Hongkong, 1st August, 1904, 1,
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Gasoline, Lamps of all descriptions from the best makers.
Incandescent Mantles, Chimney Globes, Sha des, &c., for Gasoline and Gas Lamps
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Lamps fixed up for Buyers free of charge.
Naphtha of the best kind
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.1/10) .................1/10 3/16 1/100
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..138
7.11
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OPIUM QUOTATIONS.
.2.361
...2.38 .1.93
......26 15/16 13/
To-nay's qoutations are as follows
Malwa New
With the results of this three hours' battle it is interesting to contrast the sixteen bours' struggle at Kin-chau between the Russians and Japanese, where both sides were armed to the teeth with modern weapons, and a position of epormous strength was defended and taken Patna New
Per chest
.@ 3B0/1,040
13
10
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.@ 1,050/1,120
..@ 1,150/1,200
H
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@ 1,182)
1,162
... 840/890
Intimations.
after successive assaults in the face of an ap| Benares New. parently murderous fire from beavy artillery Persian (Paper)..... and magazine rifles. At the end of this pro- longed contest the losses of the victors, com- pelled to advance through the fire-swept zone in front of Nan-shan, were no more than 4,000 men, of whom only 750 were killed, out of i total force of about 60,000.
How infinitely more terrible again was the work of the bow and the battleaxe at the battle of Crécy in 1346; when our Edward III. and his son the Black Prince routed the great army of Philip of France, The English army num. bered 30,000 men, that of Philip 120,000. Again the longbow proved its terrible effectiveness. [608 The French were utterly unable to sustain the heavy fire of its yard-long projectiles, against which armour was but an indifferent pro- tection, and were routed with the loss of 1,200 knights, 1,405 equires, and 34,000 men, of whom no less than 30,000, were' killed outright. The same heavy casualty lists were
SPONGES.
our factory recently in the course of a tour JUST UNPACKED A VARIED ASSORTMENT
-amongst Eastern Aerated Water Makers, and
was greatly surprised at the compactness of our factory and also the methodical way in which
of
everything pertaining to the making of Aerated TOILET and NURSERY SPONGES of noticeable at the battle of Poitiers, where
Wators was carried out. He also expressed him. self strongly on the absolute cleanliness of our whole establishment, which he assured us was equal to any he had yet visited and superior to a great many, He also reported that the quality of our goods was of a first class nature, And they showed that scrupulous care was exercised in the course of their manufacture,
Order Books and Price List. Please apply to FACTORY and OFFICE, West Point, Tel. 367. Depot, fes House Street Tel. 374;
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12,000 English defeated 60,000 French, and to terrible was the execution, dona by the English howmen that 11,000 of their enemy were stain outright. Both Hastings and Ban, nockburn bear additional testimony to the formidable and deadly character of these old: battles. At the former 30,000 men fall on both sides, while the latter resulted in total Ipsans of 38,000, in both cases a heavy percesinge of the numbers engaged.
As we gradually approach our own time wa
· [74 | shall find not only that the proportion of 18019
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34.00
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