INDUSTRIES OF HONGKONG!
THEIR RISE AND DEVELOPMENT.,
[&ecially Written for the "Hongkong
Telegraph,"
IX.
THE DAIRY FARM`COMPÁNY, LTD.
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We are all more or less familiar with the products of the Dairy Farm Company that -appear on the breakfast or the dining table at the cair may be, but it is a callous fact that pot a low, rosidents of the Colony who dally use there edibles are utterly ignorant regard- ing the Fatma from which they emanato, this instance, however, one cannot say with The poet that "Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to, be wise," for the Dairy Farm is one of our lasting and beneficent Colonial institu- tions, without the existence of which Hongkong would be poor indeed and wanting in one of the most important essentials of modern life conditions. When re renda about the early days in the history of the Colony, one can hardly help wondering how it ever contrived to gal an for. 10 many years without such an establishment as the Dairy Farm and one is inclined to imagine that the early European babies brought upon the bottle must bave unpleasant infantile recollections about the strength of flavour that pertains to the goat's milk that war almost the only available licial Auid locally when the Settlement was alto in its infancy historically. Dr. Smith in bis Things Chinese" refers to no even more dosavoury, way in which the much-desired milk was provided for infants of the pioneer generations in the island, but he mill leaves the question in doubt with a dubiaty born of the art of the delicate writer.
But be that as it may, the fact remains that
BOTTLE-FED INYANTS
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY
the collecting paile brought in from the! various shode, and sach sample 'is subject to analytic treatment in such a way that tho possibility of any contamination is reduced to A minimum.
Everything about the Dairy Farm spells of sweetness and wholesomeness. The cows are carefully tended, their udders are washed be fore the alikers, start work, and the lacteal pro duct is so carefully sieved before undergoing the sterilising process that not the utmost fastidious taste could find fault, against the methods of serving the market that the Dairy Farm employ.
WHEN BOTTLED
the milk is sent Into Hongkong by hand-cart to be distributed emongst the Company's cus- somers.
:
WU'S LAST NEWSPAPER 'INTERVIEW IN NEW YORK:
#1think," said Dr. Wu, “tis only time I ever became angry at newspaper men was when some of them came to my houssia Washington at 2.90 o'clock in the morning and asked me where I was going to send my son to school. 1. said to those reporters. Do you want me to tell you my ides of Washington reporters And they and they would very much like to know what I thought about them, So I sald, Well, you sit around a table all night trying to think of the most foolish thing you can aik1 *Wo, and the reporter who thinks of the most
foolish thing gets a' prize from the rest.”
Dr. Wu," said one of his callers, "do you
mind telling how old you are?".
"How old are you?” he shot back quick as flash. "You may think you know, but you don't wanw, Nobody knows how old he is. All we have is the word of our parents that we are of auch and such an age. I think I'm over 100, but my family informs me that I'm only a little past 60. But I'm getting ten years younger every year and I will tell you how
I do it.
Now
LUBBBR IN 1909.
YEAR'S RETROSPECT-
Masare Laws and Peat haveissued this your an ingenious curd with a barometer showing the highest and lowest and monthly prices of fiue para (Crop 1909 38,930 tone) and plantation, rubber (4,600 tons). The recaid was reached in October 9/3). To balance that we have the significant lest we forget fine para. Feb 1908 2/2 par lb The following is the repor of the year. :-
6, Mincing Lane, London, ist Jan., 1910,
1910
Today's Advertisements.
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOOK COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
F
Intimations,
CHEESE
THE ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY CHOICE CANADIAN
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held in the Offiess of the Company, Queen's [:] Buildings, Connaught Road, on, MONDAY, 1st February, at iz o'clock, Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors and the Statement of Accounti
the 31st December, 1909,
The year 1geg hak been a phenomenal Dis. for Rubber ard at times the variations in
values extraordinary. Prices for Fine Fars have doctuated from 5/1 at the lowest to 9/33 at the highest, or roughly speaking 4/ per lb., a variation hitherto unknown in the article. The previous record highest price i was 5/9 per 1b, in 1995. The average price for five years, luctuding 1903, works out at 5/4 per 1b, and for the last ten years at 4/6 per lb. Plantation Pais has fluctuated in price from 5/rk in January to get in November, nod
for Fine Para ca the spot and 7/5 for forward close 7/6 for Biscuits and Shests against 78
delivery," MA
As a whole, the herd is made up of the bouf- milking breeds that can be obtained, and, as Mr. J. Walker, the manager of the Farm, de clares, it would not pay the Company to keep any but the very best milch cows that can be produced in any stack-breeding country avail. able to them as purchasers. One of the "show" animals of the Farm is a Holstein pedigree dairy bull; which weighed something like a too when it was landed in Hongkong and sometimes I drank champagne, but I'hare *Once I drank whiskey, just a little whisker, from the United States and which after pass- ing through a period of sickness, success-quit that. A litia unfermented grape juice
The Brazilian Cropy commencing last July fully combatted, mili tips the scale at woit over satisfies me and ja'all I ought to have.
about eating. I am not a vegetarias, but, a
will doubtless prove a large oni, although sup. a toxi.
THE FOODSTUF
sanitariau-one who eats only simple, whole-plies have up to now been somewhat binderă used comes mostly from China, and is got also some foods. My luncheon today was com by the low waters of the Upper Amazin, bu from Australia and the United States. On the pated of corn flakes, sweet potatoes, this poly means that they will arrive later tho Farm itself, there are grown quantities of Lu- little bread and butter, mi'k and apples. If you was expected, and it is probable the heavy cerne grass or (as the Ameticauza call it) Al-Americans would eat those things you would weight of the Crop will be fost in January March. The Americana bave up till now phaifa grass, which makes excellent callie food. live longer and be much happier. But you taken the bulk of the supplies received in and is much liked by the jeeding cows. Al-
won't. Lots of people I have said farewell to Manaos and Pars, so that only just suffici ached to each byre, by the way, is an exercise will be dead when I come back-that is, if, 1 cot supply he reached Europe for Euro- ground where the kina may take a run, when
ever return, I am not so suip that I shail.pean Trade :equirements, and yet prices have dropped from 9/31 in October to 7/6s they get tired of being sålled.
Maybe if I do return I shall come sailing into
December, as soon as the squeere was nvir. New York in the airship. Don't be surprised All Interested in either Fine Para or Faptation to see. Wu land on the top of oin of those great Rubber, when considering the likely course of prices during 19te, should bear in mind thai buildings iome day."
1910 commences with a range of prices 3/4 per and whilst it is true the demand for the pit, 1b, above the prices ruling is January, 1929,
six or eight months has been extraordinary and very little, affected by the enormous and abnormal prices consumers have had to pay, it in not reasonable to expect such dates will be maintaibed, when the heavy supplies come to band as come they must. Possibly early. will be a decline in the year there of 6d. or gd. per ib, followed by a rỆN covery as cortumers fil their requirements, bat we do not look for range of prices for some time to come, but should rather venture a pre- diction of a 77. basis with variations of 3d. per
Needicis to say, the cattle thoroughly ap- preciate this change of venue thus afforded and staid old cows may be seen scamparing in the paddocks like a lot of schoolboys let loose from the scholastik domicile,
aad their mothers revolted at a very early stage of the Colony's history, against the absence of the boyins givers of milk, 4od numerus attempts were made in the way of bringing milch kine bere from Europe and Australia. In recent times, and at present as well, the Very litle success appears to have attended Company have been expending a good deal of those initial ventures, but a different com.
money in the erection of masure pits, in which plexion was put upon things when, nearly a❘ the resultant manure from the byrer may ba quarter of a century ago, the Dairy Farm Comstored without breeding a plague of fine such pary_was_staried on a properly organised and as assail almost every dairy farm that is systemic basis,
established la tropical countries. These chans here are fully ventilated, andfitted with gauze. protected window apertures capable keeping out any of "the multitudinous-breeding lusects that thrive in such a locality and are
To se early days Crowa lands were cheap And Clown rents not 'sa intolerable as they are now, so that the newly formed Dairy Compasy, which came into existence with a capital of only something like $30,000 to it credit, was able to rent a fairly good acreage at Pokfulam at a comparatively small rental Sood, bowever, this capital was found to be intofficient to meet the requirements of the business and it was increased to - $100,000. Subsequent to this increase of capital a calamity hofcll the company when its fios
of
Some one wanted to know how Dr. Wa felt, about the matter of votes for women, so Dr. Wu made a little speech on that subject.
"Whenever a majority of the women in the United States prove that they really
•
want to vote they should be allowed to vote he said. And there isn't any Legislature or Coogicis brave enough to keep them from As it stands дам voting in that care.
women of iba
bave a majority
act, vote. Most shown that they want to women scom
be lukewarm. about
to
it. I have heard a good deal of talk and some, or possibly ód, either side of 7/- for the next
a source of as much physical annoyance to the sprecbes'from women about this matter, but li cows and calves as are mosquitoes to the Euro-comp, after all, as if the--what do you call pean whose lot is cast in the tropics or sub tropical countries such as Hongkong.
It remains to be said that the Dairy Farm Company do not curtail their activities to only one side of productiveness. Their
PIGGERY
them? Suffragettes? That is as if the suffragettes are it a minority. Still, I have noticed that women in any country are pretty apt to get what bay want. It may take time,
but they get it." ·
"Have you been to the theaties lately," Dr. Wu was asked, "and what kind of play do
you like best?"
"I'm too busy to go much to the theatre,
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The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company
will be CLOSED from the 8th till
February, both days inclusive,
By Order of the Board of Directers,
W..JOLLY,
Hongkong, 9th February, 1910.
Secretary
HONGKONG ICE COMPANY LIMITED,
THE TWENTY-NINTH T ANNUAL MEETING ORDINARY HOLDERS" will be held at the Offices of the General Managers at 17.39. P.M. 00 SATUR- DAY, 16th-instant, to receive a Statement of the Company's Account, to 311 December; 1909, and the Report of the General Managers, The TRANSFER BOOKS of its Company will be CLOSED from the 16th fast, to 26th instant, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,
General Managers. Hangkring, h February. 100.
PUBLIC AUCTION,
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"HE have received instructions
dent
on designed. nie repaid superinten of Police, to sell by-
PUBLIC AUCTION,
OD
MONDAY,
the 14th February, 1910, at 11 M., at the Water, Police Basin Compound, Kowloon, 25 OLD BOATS, a Quantity of WOOD, 10 Bags of SHELLS, 4 Bags SALTPETRE
OLD WINE and CABLE,
4
'AND
Ona Bag SULPHUR." Terms:—As Usual.
HUGHES & HOUGH,
Government Auctioneers. -Hongkong, 9th February, 1910. [177
STILTON. 60 Cents per lb.
THE
DAIRY FARM
LIMITED
Hongkong, 12th January, 1bio,
ASAHI BEER SAPPORO BEER
TO BE OBTAINED
FROM ALL WINE DEALERS!
"SOLIGNUM."
prvative stain for Wood
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION AStone, and Brickwork.
PERFECT
six months, bith for Para and Planeatiso, Such a position and basis must be considered a most satisfactory one for Planters and Pro ducers, and equally so to those who have taken as interest in Rubber Companies as ap
invest ment. benefits being derived; and to be derived, in
We du pot besitate to call at Dtion to the THE Company's Steamship London and in the Rubber World generally. from the enterprise, capacity and intelligence of Planters in the East, which has brought about this great, lucrative and important in dustry, to their own advantage and that of averyone connected with it. Au enormous,
Companies, but it must be borne in mind that
COMPANY, LIMITED. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND
SINGAPORE. ··
NAMSÅNG,"
herd of cattle was wiped off by a virulent is one of the largest in China. As a role piga epidemic of rinderpest. This necessitated the are. bred on the premises, but some are reconstruction of the company and new capital bought te from the surrounding villages with called for which was furaished by the optimistic a careful discrimination that results in selec. said Dr. Wu. "A busy gran basn't much time amount of capisal bar been invested in Rubber tanded at Consigneo's risk, and expense.
believers in the farmy's future. Since then the 'company bas lost heavily by disease among the cattle from time to time but the serum treat ment introduced by the present administration bas secured protection agaient the ravages of cattle disease to a certain extent. With this par tial immunity from loss, the Farm has gone on growing apace and now it covers an area of over 100 acres, situate on the bell crop growing ground on Kongkong island, with a frontage to the sea-shore at convenient points.
THIS CONTIGUITY TO THE SHORE
One for
is valuable in more wayi than not only does it enable the milch cows of the hard to have constant access to the salabilnos water-front, but it affords facilities for the delivery by junk of all the vast stocks of fodde; and bedding sequied by the herd. All such material is landed at ika Compacy's" owo wharf at sea-level and i thence, hoisted by means of an endless wire rope right into the stuin.coom of the establishment. This
AERIAL RAILWAY,
it should be mentioned, is used only for the bringing op of needed supplies such as fuel, building materials, fodder, etc, whereas all the products of the Farm-milk, egg, cap pork and veal-are sent into Hongkong by bandcart and there distributed by coolies from the Town Depoi..
for plays. When I do go I like to see som thing bright and cheerful, to see pretty gids and boar lively music. I do not like heavy carious plays, because I want to be entertained and made to laugh. Some people think that the mission of the stage is educational. May
mission as far as I am concerned is amare be it is. I won't argue with those people; but
such an industry requires, and it entitled to,.6 huge, capital, and we are of opinion that the outlook is a bright asa for Rubber Produces and Investors from the simple fact that the de- mand is a growing one, and that Consumers and Manufacturers are finding by experience
high merit and purity to be relied upon and that in buying Plantation Grows Kubber they are receiving in their factories an article of free from the irregulirity, and uncertainty of native prepared and wild Robbers. The res cult is cortale. The demand for coltivateil
tion of only the most suitable kinds, and alter they have been fattened on Dairy Farm food they are slaughtered and put on the market,
The same remark applies to fowls. It im not part of the Dairy Farm Company's busi- ness, so far, to supply 'fresh eggs to their customer, but when an egg order accompanies an inclusive order for other kinds of dairy produce they make a point of procuring the very best eggs that are to be got locally. Meanwhile their chickens and capces are the theatre much is because most of your Rubber must and will increase, and we do not
bought is only to be fattened and sold.
Quite a feature of the 'Dairy Farm is the ice-factory where is made the ice that is used in sterilising and pastturising the milk before the tatter is sent out for consumption. In the underground cellars beneath the milk-house proper so cold storage rooms and curing
chamber where hams and bacops are prepared for the market with fully equipped ice-making plant by Messra. H. and E. Hall. No one who has lasted the better that the Dairy Farm produces reeds to be told agent the excellence at the products that emerge from the Farm's churas.
.
At present, the Company are going in for a lot of building operations, including the reconstruc- tion of some of the old octagonal cowsheds and piggetics. The latest structures to be completed "include a piggery mads entirely of cement and iron, the cement having been supplied by the Messrs. Stewas, Tomes and Co.'s Green Island Cement Company, This is a notable building in more ways than one and its styos are fitted with iron brood rods to prevent the sucklings being overlain by the mother-sow in the early stages
ment.
"Another reason why I do not like to attend
theatres até so poorly ventilated. The air so bad. especially when you sit jo a box and Lot waver come up to you. It is not at all pice."
Dr. Wo said that he did not know what he wis going to do when he returned to Chica. He could not say whether he would be in
official life.
"You know that I am a lawyer and one of the literati at home," said Dr. Wu, “and in any event I shall and pleaty to do. 1. do not like to be idle. It's too much fun to work."
He said that he believed he had 80.000,000 friends and not one enemy in the United States. and that made him very sorry to leave.
**1 wish I could shake hands with every man,
woman and child in this country, said Dr. Wo, "but since I can't I would like to have the news papers give this message from me. Say that Wu presents his respects to the American people and thanks them all sincerely for the pleasant things they bave said of him and all of the courteous things they hive dose for him. Would you like to read what President Taft, aid of me at my final audience with him? Here it is; He said;
"Io quitting the country you carry with you the esteem of this Government and the good will of my countrymen in whose name, as in my awo, I wish you health and happiness for many years to come."
believe, with all the new enterprises entered inte, that it has beed overdone, alibough we do not for one moment expect the present enormous profits are going to last, although for some time to come we are persuaded that there is no ledustry with such prospects as present themselves in connection with the Plantation Rubber industry.
Points-During the past year features of Plapatation Rubber may be tummarized as follows.
General improvement and regularity of quality and colour of Crepe; which facilitates business and the execution of manufactor' oners.
The special demand and top price paid for Smoked Sheet, the smoking process having apparently increased of preserved the strength of the Rubber, and saved it from deterioration
by beat or microbes action, de, exampled by "Highlands and Lowlands" and "Vallim
brosa."
The extraordinary "demand and relative in- crease in prices paid for cleta brown Crepe and good Creped Scrap,
The maintained excellence and evenness of the Premier "Lanadron" Block.
The lead for colour and quality by the Warriapolla Biscuits, and for prime thick Crepe by "Rosehaugh" blankels.
. It protects against Decay, Fungus, Dry Rat, the Ravages of Insects and Vermaln ((especially the white sut) and the action of the
weather.
"Bolignum" really does what is claimed for it, as may be seen from the testi Sudat, &c, montals of the Governments of India, the
la Drams and Barsis of various colours, Prospectus and all further information
having arrived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo by her are hereby informed that their Goods will be delivered from slongside..
Cargo, impeding the discharge or remaining on board after 4 RM, the. rith int, will be from
No Fire Insurance will be affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by..
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LD,
General Masigers. Hongkong, 9th February, 1910.
SIEMSSEN & 00. (Machinery Dept.) Hongkong,
Sole Agents
[B Hongkong, 7th December, 1900, 1
SALON-CINEMA THEATRE,
WYNDHAM (FLOWER) STREHT, OPPOSITE GENERAL POST OFFICE FIRST APPEARANCE IN HONGKONG
OF THE
FAMOUS COMEDIENNE
HAPPY NELLIE MARSHALL.
Miss ADA KING.
AND
Miss RUBÝ OHRYSTAL
IN THEIR NEW REPERTOIRE.
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EXCELLENT TILMS. ORCHESTRA IN ATTENDANCE, DAILY CHANGE *OF PROGRAMME, COMPLETE CHANGE TWICE A WEEK, MONDAY and FRIDAY, DAILY TWO PERFORMANCES. First commences: 6.80 half-price. Second commences 8,15;
MATINEES EVERY SATURDAY and SUNDAY 4p.m. Half-price.
Hongkong, 29th January, 1910.
MARTELL'S BRANDY.
We have mentioned some of the leading THE crack Marks examples of successful prepiri toas, but there are many other Marks fast ap. proaching an equal standard of excellence, and there is no doubt in a very short time, at in the case of Fios Para, regulir Contracts will be possible, made simply upon a guarantee of "It is nice for and to leave with that com- Agiven Mark that has established its reputa pliment in his travelling bag," added Dr. Wuncul and regularly, whether it be
Block, Crepe, Sheet or Biscuit.
The arrangement of the Farm building carried out alter the most approved modern methods. The cow-sheds as scattered all over the Farm ai convenient places, 01, thess sheds there are no less than 29.89 well as four hospitals to which any of the cattle showing the least sign of sickness is
of their existence, as well as with concreto at doce removed for observation and treatment feeding troughs that ensure the utmost possible "When it is said that the berd numbers, 430, it cleanliness of feeding as well as the maximum will be easily understood that there are always of washing out facilities The troughs were some of the many needing veterinary attention
made by the Green Island Cement Co. whit the calvers require constant attention. As regards the keeping clean of the byres and care. The herd-comprises cows of-all-the-has-to-be-raid that the strictest possible best milking stocks of Europe and America, attention is paid to this department of the including Holstein's, Ayrshires, Jerseys, half busines. The cow sheds are washed out bred Galloways, etc Bulls of these different
at regular interval,, the stall are disin stocks are also kept at the Farm, and great pains fecled and the walls and roof limswxibed at are taken to 100 to the crossing of the breeds stated periods more than sufficiool to satisfy so RI to assure the getting of calves:ol the best the call of our local medical men part of whose milking kinds. Only the cow calves are kept, duty it a tớ sao to the wholesomeness of the the bull-calves being fattened and slaughtered duifies that supply the community with a very of China and the United States are willing to essential stopla of ayary-day consumption. On admit Japan in a friendly spirit to a moderate the whole, one may say of the Dairy Farm that participation in the fionacing of the Chiacbon- it supplies a public want which bas got to be natisfied, in one way of another, and it supplies it in such a manner is to win the approbation
for the market.
THE MILKING
"
takes place twice in the twenty-four hours and done, by specially trained Chinese milkem, who ath made Lo don clean avarsuits before starting work in the byres, of every householder in the Colony.
· Patent milking pails are used, of such con- struction as to preclude the possibility of any
AMERICA AND JAPAN.
'TERMS OF COOPERATION. IN MANCHURIA,
London, Feb. 3. The Standard declains that the Governments
Aigun Railway, and Japan may also, possibly, supply some of the requisite malerisi, unless this participation in demanded as a political
right.
The Pall Mall Gazette hopes that Japan will define her request for moderate participation amicably, thus avoiding friction regarding
forelta matter satering along with the liquid. A Torro massage to the Mainichi states that All the milk from each shed is mixed and is ❘ the charge of the Governor-Geners) of Kuan- | "sights." The paper expressss regret that the carried in collecting pails to the milk-house, tung will bring about some other alterations Japanese policy hitherto la regard to Man: where it is put through a series of
among the officials of the Kunntung Govern- | churia does not admit of Chinese program. A ment, but the system of administration will like goodwill would groatly assist in the ex. remain unchanged. As a result of the proposed pansion of trade and woold benefit all matjons, opening of Port Arthur, however, it has been N. Ç.D. Now!, decided that the naval "utation there shall be 152
COOLING TANKS
where it is reduced to a temperature of nearly Bresilog point before it is bottled up. The Dairy is fitted with the latest Dairy intents ard maker a speciality in preparing Souted, abolished. The Naval Department has con- As the result of a colliery explosion at Drake werlized, and postsurized milk. So as to detect sequudly made proatations to concentratesboro, In Kentucky, thirty-five men have been acy possibls lasquality in the milk, samples its mavil forces. In the Kuantang vicinity at a killed and a score of other mangled, some are Inkom in tiny vessels from each of certain other polat.
fatally.
in fact a good many contracts have already been entered into for crops and outputs, and with a continention of the careful préparation which has mida such strides during the past yes, the forward and delivery business should present few if any difficulties,
Worms have been coming much darker in colour and, unless very pale, bave been difficult to sell, we do not recommend this form of pra paration,
CASTILLOA...
".
The quality of parcels sent during the part year ham improved, but the colour bas
in course of construction and wo baya valued some excellent strong sheet, - almost white, prepared by it, and we have every co- fidance of a great fatore for this class of Rabber. when new methods are discovered and per-
bess very dik. A new machine is now
fected.
FICUS ELASTICA,
Prepared in Crepe form has always mata ready demand and we do not get nearly enough to supply even the smaller buyers.
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MOST RENOWNED AND RELIABLE
COGNAC BRANDY IN THE
WORLD.
Used by Connoisseurs, the Medical Profession and Hospitals in pre- ference to other Brandies.
Messrs. Martell & Co. are the Pioneer and leading Cognac Growers and Distillers in the World.
SOLE AGENTS—
THE NABIRA FOREST RUBBER (Fustamis) has met with extraordinary sucesiv, which goes to show that other Rubber besides Hevan, properly prepared and sent home la good condition, will meet with a quick aud ready tale, and bring excellest prices.
· LEWIS & PRAT." | Telephone rg5.. Kabber and Rubber Share Brokers.
H. PRICE & CO, LD,:
MERCHANTS Queen's Road,
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