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HE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY DECEMBER 8 1911

PASSION FOR PEDIGRESS and her of the present head of Intimations

Americans Anxlous for

Family trees.

the family.

Courtlander de Paystor Field, the millionaire, is descended from ļi family well known in Yorkshire in the fifteen century. Some of Mr. John E. Rockefeller's at. Whitneys trace their origin to tempi to prove that he is descended John Whitney, member of the from that Duke of Clarenon who Marchant Taylors' Company of is popularly supposed to have been London in the seventeenth cen drowned in a butt of Malmsey is try. Ulysses Grant, the Senator oausing some American newspa- for Colorado, is son of the famous pors to heap ridicule on the oil Pesident, whose ancestor, William king. They say that if the gen-Grant, died in Roxby, Yorkshire, ealogist who supplied the mil-early in the sixteenth century. jousite with his family tree is correct an ancestress of Mr. Rooke- feller's must have been married

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"Our American Conslos."

AERTEX

CELLULAR.

REGAL

SHOES

J. T. SHAW,

AILOR

and OUTFITTER

"LIMITED.

There are hundreds of promin- ont Américaus who can trace their before she was ten, ond-had horescent in direct line from Eng- first child before she was elevon, and they seem to think that justiliahman of the fifteenth and six- fies them in laughing at the million-teenth centuries, and if female airo's claim to royal descent. This descent were taken into account is rather hard on Mr. Rookefeller. the majority of leading Ameri- Americans generally have an abans would probaly be found to

have records of English ancestors. 21, Hongkong Hotel Buildings, solute passion for podigrees, and There is more truth in this phrase in aceking to show that he comes our American cousine" than in

Que n's Road.[1258 fromroyal stock he is only doing generally recognised. There are PEAK TRAMWAYS 00. whatthousands of his follow coun- trymen have done. Many Americ-lso, of course, many other well- answho proudly boast of distinguish, and German blood. Mr. Roos known Americans of Frencli, Dut hed anoastry have far more serious ovalt is descended like the. Van- Aaws in their lines of descent than lerbilts, from Dutch ancestors. the difficulty which confront Mr. Claes Van Roosevelt emigrated Rockefeller. Their family trees from Zeoland in 1650, and his son, pass unquestioned, because they are hot so well known. Tho mil-Nicholas Roosevelt, was an aldor lionaire is suffering through the man of New York. Charles Jos fiore light which bonis upon an eral of the United State, is the oph Bonaparte, ex-Attorney-Gen- oil king's throne.

descendant of Prince Jerome, whom the Emperor Napoleonmade King of Westphalia,

Hunting for Pedigrees Once he has made in pile the donnerie Amurican of to-day is anxious to establish his pedigree; Having made a forthine, he wants a family tree. This deinand has lottes regular trade in pedigrees between England and America. Thoro are people all over England

With so many of his compat riots possessing genealogical troos, it doos soem rather hard that Mr.

gckefeller's attempt to outshino

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DATE.

7.00 .in. to 8.00a.m. Every 15 min.

10.00 am to 11.00 m 11.80 am to 12.45 pm. 12.46 p.m. L. 1.15 p.m. 1.15 p.m. 1.45 p.m.

8.00 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.

BANKS.

SHARE REPORT.

PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL

Brooks & Pad ST-VALOR.

CLOSING

$865

STEAM - NAVLAOSTOR

WILL deepatah VESSELS to the Undermentioned PORTS na or about

the DATES named-m

STRANNES

TO BAIL OX

About (Capt. H. W. Potter, ......} 21st Nov.).

**

FOR-

SHANGHAI

MOJI, KOBE) & YOKOHAMA

BAXDA

AMATE

Hongkong & S'hai 125

National Banks

· MARINE' INSURANCES,

ORD

610

$50 $182 ・お茶 T145.

$100 $830

Cantons

KENARKI.

North Ubina

Freight only.

Unions

· 450

$210

About--. || Freight and Passage.

PORN VILE INSURANCEA

China Firen

Hongkong Fires

$20 $128 $80 $352

$95 $101 $50 21 $15 $27

£5 256 60.

SHANGHAI

****** - Uspt G. W.Cookman,n.v.a. J. 23rd Novi) LONDON, VIA)

USUAL PORTS OF Capt. E. P. Marlin, X‚A. CALL

DELTA.......

For Further Particular, apply to.

P. & 0.8. N. Co.'s office,

Hongkong, 16th November, 1911

'Noon,, Bes' Special 25th Nor. Advertisement.

E. A. HEWETT,

Buperintendent

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,

Foa

SHIPPING.

Ching & Manilas Douglas Steamships.

Steamboats

Indo-Chinnu

(Preferred) (Deferred)

"Shell" Transporta

82/0

1611 b.

SANY DIVIDBED AND DATE

Interim dividend of 42 per

sharo

at grobságs 1/91 $92.82 for year end- ing 80th June 1911

In Liquidation

$16 for 1910

Interim of 10/- for 1910 Final of $20 making $50 Ior 1909 and Infarin of $80 for 191006 $12 for 1909 and Int. of #8 on account of 1910-

47 & b'e of $9 flor-1908 $27 for 1909

$1 for 1906

5 p.e. for year end'g 80-6∙11 Dividend of $13 för halky

your ending - 80·011; 3% final making 6% for 1908 6% div. for 1996 on preferred aliares d 1/- per share Coupe No

15 2/6 per share Con pon No. 16 for 1910. Dir. 7 p.a. for year end Den. 5 p. c. ing 30.4.11.

$10 for 1910

88 for 1897

Interim of 1/- on account for year ending 38.2.1.1 (Coupon No.16)

14. 20. per share on 150,000 $3 for year ending 81.12.10 $1 interim dividend för } }

$10

"Star Ferry"

1897 BA

$5

$17 'b.

RAFINERIES,

Ohlas Sugars

$100

Luzon Sugara

.$100

8100 B. $28 B

MININO

10 min.

1

15 min

41

Chinese Engineerings £1

T14

15 min,

**

10 min IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINES.

15-min.

Tronoha

£1

68-b.

10 min. 15 min. 10 min.

Baabs

DOCKS, WHARVES, & O'DOWNE Kowloon Wharfs

++

STEAMERS.

TO SAIL OF

$50

$98. $48 b.

H. K. & W'pon Docks $50

$49

"ROOK"

15,900 Capt. H. Ruhm...... 199

Shanghai Dooks 'T. 100

1:57

13th D.cember at Noon.""

Hongkow Wharfs T. 100 LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS, Anglo French Landa T.100

T.92

T.94 b.

T. 6 29-2:10

$110

Paine Louw: 18,300 Capt. F. V. Blozor......

About THURSDAY,

14th December.

Hongkong Hotels

$50

876

Patna SigisxUND" 6,000

Ompt, F. Braoning

89th December, at 10, 4.W

1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p.m. s 2.10 p.m. to 0,00 pm. 5.00 pm to 8.10 p.m.

NIGHT CARS, d.45 pan, and 3 p.m., 0.45 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. every 10 minutes. SUNDAYS.

7.30 a.m.

3.00 a.. to 10.30 a.in. overy 15 min.

NAPLES, GENOA, ALGIERS, GIBRAL TAR, SOUTÍAMP- TON, ANTWERP and HAMBURG

thom should meet with so much 1.30 am to 11.00 a.m., 10 min. SHANGHAI TSING-} derision.

Motor Car on a Precipice.

President Tuft had a thrilling experience recently when his motor car broke down in a dan- mountain pass gorous narrow

why not their business to MR. TAFT IN DANGER. brace, the ancestry of Americans, They hung up fantily histories in tho British Mecum in travel to varions part of the country to make extracts from parish regis- tors. And since the buyers are onger to have their descent está blished and are willing to pay while ascending Mount Rainier, handsomely for noble forbears, the

noar Taconia. Alter a wait of be- seagher naturally looks with a veral hours, the President's car lenient eye upon such slight diffic-bore him afely down the preci ulties as that discovered in Mrious mountain side in pitch Rockefeller's list of ancestors,

darkuess, several times uarrowly

11.45 min. to 12.00 noon

1.00 noon to 1.00 p.m.

1.00 p.

15 mio.

*

10 min.

5.00 pm.

15 min.

17

,,

10 mia:

at

5.00 p.m. to 6.00 pm. 6.00 pm to 7:00p.m. 15 min.. 7.00 p.m. to 8.10 p.m.

1,10 min. NIGHT QARS as op Week Daya, SATURDAYS.

hall

Extra Cars st 11.45 pm

SPECIAL CARS.

Arrangement at the Company's Office, Alexandra Buildings, Des Voeux Rosd.

•

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,

General Managers, Hongkong, 3rd Nov., 1911.

THE

CHINA · PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE JO., LD.

ko.

Such genealogical charts com-

| escaping toppling 4,000lt, over a pilod in England are often among the proud American's most cherecipice.

The citizens of Tacoma had ar- ished possesions. Some luve been framed in gold and hung in the aged the journey up Mount Ran-

(CAPITAL PAID ur...$1,250,000.) uiar for the purpose of showing most prominent possession in the the bad state of the roads in the owner's homeos Ong wealthy mer Hainier National Park, but their Loss on Mortgage of Home Pmping chant has gone even further than demonstration just fell short of Goods received on Storage. this. To ensure that every one disneter. The Presidential party shall know that he belongs to a noble race lie has had a miniature proceeded five miles into the park beyond the legal limit for motor reproduction of his family troo

cars, and had travelled up the printed upon his visiting cards contains to the limit of perpe There is no doubt that many of (ual snow. The party turned these pedigrees are inaccurate bo- round as darkness was was ap- deproaching, and started homeward, ing manufactared to moet.

Hustlers from old Famlites.

Advances made on Merchandis Lana mida.on the Provident System. (Bates and Particulars on application).

The cars, however, stuck deep in mand, but, on the other hand, he mud, and could not be extri- a very large number of promin- ont Americans are undoubted des-cated, with the result that the cended from old English families. party became marooned nearly a To note how, for generation after ile above sea level ou a path goneration, English stock that carcely a dozen feet wide.. On can trace its history back to the Afteenth and sixteenth centuries, has been producing men who have

Somo rangors learned of the done so much to mould the des.

President's predicament, and they tinies of America gives one a strong argument in favour of the lerbrush with which they built brought picks, shovels, and un- hereditary principle, which has lately been questioned by sons and dragged Mr. Taft's oar from a solid roadway over the mud, English politicians. Several of the the mud hole. This required best-known "hustlers" of America

one side were the high cliffs. and on the other a precipice of 1,000rt.

TEX ÖSTION OF

TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c.,

Undertaken and Executed.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Üɔ, General Managers." onykang, 19th March, 1908. F14

TAU, KOBE mod} YOKOHAMA sanai)

MANILA,

SUN GLASSES.

Any tint made to any prescripti.n. No charge for testing sight. apiles of all dicription made by

can trace an unbroken line of deg nearly three hours' work, part of competent workmen. cent from men known in English which time Mr. Taft spent in s

as well as American history while snowball fight to keep himself

warm. The secord car was simi-

othera comes from reputable Fren-larly extricated, but four others

oh and German families:

N. LAZARUS,

Ophthalmic Optician

14, D'Aguilar Street, Hongkong.

YAPY ANGAUR, QAMARI, NEWGUINEA, DRIS BANE, SYDNEY & MELBOURNE

KOBE & YOKOHAMA

+420

WEDNESDAY,

·SATURDAY,

Pawz Sigismund "6,000 ( TUESDAY, Capt. F. Bruening

12th Dec,

BORNEO"

**** 5,050

{Middle of Des.

RUDAT & SANDAKAN Bapt. F. Sembill........

All the steamers of the European Liar are fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.

„Now System of Talefunken.

For farther Particulare, apply to

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD

MELCHERS & CO., *

general agentS, HONGKONO «DI CHINA.

Hongkong, 72nd Desember. 1911.

A. P. JEANNOU, 15. Queen's Road Central.

[1220

Just arrived a Large Stook from Italy," MACARONI, VERMICELLI and SPAGHETTI, fja Packets of 17b. and in Boxes of 45 lbs. THOS. COOK & SON, Tourist, Steamship and Forwarding Agents, Bankers, &c.'

Head Office for the Far Eush -16, DES VŒUX ROAD, HONGKONG SHANGHAI: 2-8, Foothow Road. YOKOHAMA : 82, Water Street.

CICKETS SUPPLIED to" EUROPE by the principal STEAMSHIP

LINES and TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. TOURS arranged to ALL PARTS of the WORLD. BAGGAGE collected, forwarded and insured at lowest rates.

LETTERS of CREDIT and CIRCULAR NOTES ISSUED. and

CASHED.

FOREIGN MONIES exchanged.”

Chip: Oppion :—LUNGATE IUREUS, LONDON, EC.

REPAIRERS, SHIPBUILDERS, SALVORS, AND

BOILERMAKERS FORGEMASTERS, BRASS AND IRON FOUNDERS, CONSTRUC-

TIONAL, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.

Proof of this can be found in a two cars then started down the Hongkong, 24th July, 1911. [929 9921 carefully compiled work recently published by the Sackvilo Press of London. Taking names hap hazard from this work, one finds,

were left behind in the mud, The

arrow mountain path, that of the President lending, because there was no space to permit the roar oar to take the lead, and Mr.

for example, that Mr. Pierpont Taft refused to change cars. The Morgan is descended from a Miles driver could not seenhead because Morgan, son of William Morgan of the darkness, while the road gove many sudden twists, com-

of Bristol. This Miles Morgan emi-

TAIKOO

Hongkong Landa Humphreys Estate Kowloon Lands Shanghai Lande

West Pointe

$100. $102

$10.

07 $80 $90 *.

T. 80.96.

$50 $48 b.

Maalla M'polo Hotel P.:0 $11

COTTON MILLE

Eros Hongkong Coltons

MISCELLANEOUS,

T. 50 1.85

$10 $4.75

$12 $10

$1.80 6. $10 38.50 4.

China-Borneo Light and Powers $101:

Do. (Bpeo, share() $1.] Obins Providenti Dairy

FATME

Green Islands

Hongkang Katrien

Hongkong Ices Hongkong Roper

Langkats

Morning Post

Peak Tramway

› Do. (#) Philippine

88 $21

$8.75

$10

$10 $211.

$25

$210

$10 $18

T.81 b

$35 828 #10 $11.50 b. #1 #1.10 6.

$10 $5. D.

H. Prics & Co., Ld. $10 Bocete des Preferred. $50)

B12b.

Pulpaldo 35000 Paplanteries

..

Benept $400 T162

da Toskia Shanghai-Sametram T. 20 Steam Laundry United Asbestos Orion-}

tel Agency, Lat} $10, $14 United Asbenson)

$10 $800 Founders Shares ........ Union Waterbost $10 $7.50

Webmano, Ltd.

Watson

William Powell

$10-$15. $10

year to 80th June 1911

T. 2 for 1910

Final of Tis. 4 for 1910

$8 on old shares, $1.80

on new shares for half

your 31-12-10

Interim div. of $8) for 1811

· 45 cents for 1910-

$21 for 1910

5% for all year to 80-6-11.

Interim div. of $2 for 1911

15 per cent for 1910 Taforyearended 31·10·10j 17 for year ended 20-12-10 50 cents 81.7.08

$1 for 1910

80 cents for 1910-

$1.26 for year and'g 81·7·1X Interim of 15 cents per

share for 1910.1 $1.20 per share sud-b's of 10 cents WWE $5 interim for half year.

ended 30th June 1911 $1 interim account 1911

Special bonus T.2 13-1∙11 Interim dir T115-811 Interin die T.14 18-6'11. Interiin die. T.1† 18-9-11- None.

Acouts an fully paidy

shares and 8 deals onl 31 paid sbare for year ending 30-4-11 Noue -$1.50 for 1910

Finit yasi

No dividend this your

30 cta. for year end'g 30

16 per cent. per ondary share for year, andaj 81-5-1911

5 per cent for year and-"

Blog B1:12-1910

10 par sent, for year end-

fug 817-10-

80 cents for 1910.

Corrected to December 6, roux. by WRIGHT AND HORNBY, Blowe 'Sunural Prelours, Quonn's Buildisz. Tel addreu! Rakuda,

*The Tilegraph“ does not hold itself vagonable for any of the above quotations.

LIFE WITHOUT HEALTH IS LIVING DEATH.

AND

VETARZONERVE FOOD

Ihla veniarkable quaporind, the latest discovery of modern Lines, la without equal foi a p af defective nerve and brain, power, whether induced by wory, Overwork, disepatinkay in des

since displeasuese, palpitation, defective circulation, uervosa dyspejela, die or deursigt low spirits, memlat and boltý prostration, wint of conddrnon, generál debility, presinture de rediency of the vital forces, lots of vitality, karamelsg dermaga, Test learnené last coN APAR wking dienses, comumption, might sugats, muddy, kign-coloured water; &c., are all yo sfferent phases of brain and serve witckage and exhaustion, the crime of be fat:tise pre suraton of the misery, lil-kenith; and despondency by which we low.cóɑfromlad on crury kind, an only be escoessfidly combated by the use of thile wonderful and kigfdy scientile prepare delisig discharges, restores than falling energie, and liaparta new lía qud vigour to than had an recently seemed played out, used up and radachesá), Bešikne Price ža, úd

Modern Appliances for quick construction and repair of Ships thing fibility of temper, female comptalats, hysteria, backache, bearing, down semantlock,

Engines, Boilers, failway Rolling Stook, Bridge, and al

Glassos of Engineering, Iron and Wood Work

Electrical Drives, Bydraulic & Pneumatic Tools, to the system reserasy, lives tone to the exhaupted nerves, arrests migrates

installed throughout the Works

TAIKOO DOCKYARD,

DOUK

pumpa empty Dock in 787th, by 88f1. by 84 & in

8-4 hours.

gratar to Manchusetts in 1,030, plotely concooling the President's aut during the eighteenth century car at times from the view of two Morgans, father and son, saw those in the roar car. One of the OBAVING much service in various wars,.

party frequently explored ahead The Sherman Family" - with a limp, and several times Philinon Sherninn, sometime the wheels of Mr. Taft's car were alderman of New York and Com- only from '18 to 24 inches from missioner of Labour for the State, the edge of the precipice." can trace his family back to Henry The descent was finally accom- Sherman, who jo the sixteenth plished at a walking pace, and century was a man of property in Mr. Taft arrived safe at Ashford, * Colylicster, Essex, In the seven- a small station near the mountain, *ra tichhlilcentury one of the Bher where his special train had been mage was deputed general of taken from Tacoma to meet him. Court in Conecticut, and his son The President is none the worss was Speaker of Assembly in the for his adventure, but it is un- oigliteouthcentury. In 1824 aderstood that he will use all poss Charles Sherman was Judge of the ible influence to induce Congross Supreme Court, and son was the to grant an appropriation to repair celebrated general in the Civil war the Rainier Youds.

*

50-ton Hydraulio TESTING MAO HINE

for Ohsing Wire Ropes, Rivets

and Metal Spesimons.

• OF HONGKONG, LIMITED.

DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING CO.

HONGKONG

THREE PATENT SLIPWAYS aking vessels up to 8,000 tons/ assent, providing conditioni for wanting ships with most efficient result 100-Tex ELECTRIC OBANE or Quat ELECTRIC OVERHEAD OFANES TURUUTUUDE The Snore Rakuino vr zo 100 Tons,

Costmaten given for Docking, Repairs to Hall and Machia

Merkins and AORITES

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

"HONGKONG, CHINA

Teisgraphic Addr

AIKOODOCK

WITHOUT PURE BLOOD HEALTH IS IMPOSSIBLE.

VETARZO BLOOD

Wever before was there anything in it, mnör van lie warretos prenerisks, Ameri di caser af poornam, impurity; or other lan porficiion of the blood; lives, No sooner ja i imidbed into the system thair it permésser vad penetrates larken, omrcoming and expetting disease, wheresievor und in wijstinguis [aši bltējies, ja migles, sent?, neuvy, scrofulous and glándular.

sid panichly patchen. Bc. Jis cherteaan, mimoni magient

stick, lumbigo, paina and swelllege of the Jotnía), dlackargate" jaartosis; Uut Legal-hal te Njate”, a' sértosa, micrże, WINDČA, BOKMAN RI Emprorat the zvočtak X-zięk, ad) $ipu ekly sensores long-standing i

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