1912-05-23 — Page 5

H. E's ADDRESS.

Interesting Speech to Queen's College Boys.

H.E's remarks were followed with rapt attention, and hearty applause granted soveral of the more pertinent allusions.

Wo reproduce the address

verbatim.

Boys of Queen's College,

I regard it as a great privileg to be allowed. to come here and address you for a few minutes this morning on the subject of

Empire Day."

M

44

of the finest instincts in the over and over again in nations human race, and has resulted

merging from the conflict stronger in overy way.

More

I do not, however, propose to {*8.

on this subject of national responsibility and n tional self-secrifies, but I willst pas on to the main point which wishi you to consider this morning;

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1912,"

College. May it always be so.

Hip On Exchange Co.

JAPANESE LOAN OF $2,000,000.

The Nganking correspondent of the "China Press" writos ou

king, the Aoting Military Gover- May 16-In consequence of the stringonoy of the finance in Ngan- nor fog has negotiated a loan of $2,000,000 with a cortain Japan- 80 Company. They have agreed that the sum will gradually be

of the financial department in Wuhu, has proposed to construct arailway from Wuhu to Nanking, He undertakes a contribution of $5,000,000. Funda

rro also

rate of one candaroon per pioul. A railway office has been established

thore.

To-day's Advertisements

CHINA AND JAPAN TELE-

PHONE AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE.

BUTTER.

BUTTER.

We are pleased to announce that the selling prices of our difforent BRANDS BUTTER at present are as follows:

REDUCTIONS

"DAISY "

"DAIRYMAID

"BUTTERCUP

PASTRY

BRAND 80 cents per

ib.

75

770

05

*

THE DAIRY FARM CO., LD.

GARNER QUELCH & CO.

WINE MERCHANTS.

DES VOUX ROAD

TELEPHONE 636.

Supply the nighest quality Wings, Spirits, Cigars

circumstances to submit hornato in this respect, and among the APPLICATION OPPOSED. differences to arbitration by foremost mon who have rendered othora. There comes atimo valuable publio service in this when something is dono or threat Colony are old scholars of Queen's Creditor Wants to Wind Up the ened by another to which a nation has to say, "No, we cannot ugree

But this sense of responsibility to that not only our national may be learnt enrly in life and it honour, but our material inter forms one of the most important morning before the Hon. Mr. At the Supreme Court this An interesting address was

cats would be so injuriously af- branches in the training of the, given to-day by H.F., The Officer fected that we would be guilty charac.or of a boy. Education Hees Davies, the Chief Justice, Administering the Government," of grave dereliction of duty if does not consist merely of book Mr. Eldon Potter applied for the Mr. Claud Sovarn, to the boys off wo wom to agree to it." In learning, but also of the moulding winding up by the Court of the Quoon's Collego in their Halt such a caso, in the last resort, iffaf the mind and body to be ableto Hip On Exchange and Loan froduced by salo of iron dust or

agreement cannot be reached by face' all the vicissitudes of life. There were present on the plat-poaceful negotiation, there isnoth and to take a proper part and use Company. Mr. Potter appoured buggota dug from the Tunkuan- form Mr. G. R. Wood, Director of ing for it but an appeal to arms, ful place in the Civil Community. for n petitioning creditor, who hun inine to the said company. Education, Captain Agg, A.D., and qui honourable war. With the have road with great pleasure he said was the principit un-The loan is used to moot the sol- the Hond Master, and the mom-deepest sense of responsibility the the tribute paid by the Director disputed creditor making a claim diora pay and for the adminis- bors of the European Staff.

nation gives up willingly her of Education to the spirit of dis against the firm. Mr. Alabaster trativo affairs. mon and her money and, with afcipline, which has existed here in opposed the application on behalf Mr. Tang Chien-chien, the chief splendid spirit of self-aner fee Queen's College during the past of eighteen eroditors, including pures nothing in her efforts to year. It was a year in which stir-the Manila Yuen Shing Exchange protect her national houeur and ring events were happening tour Company. her national rights. War, de-doors.. Events in which through spite its horrors, brings out some family ties niany of you hand adeopment said that he could not 800 devised by lovy on rice at the

Mr. Potter in his opening state. interest, and the temptation why the winding up should be press it, your sympathy with those to demonstrate, if I may so ox-opposed.

Mr. Alabaster: I must first events, and to break through the let your Lordship kuow what fam bols which send discipline here for. I am instructed by) bad set, must have been very Messrs Johnson, Stokes, and I need not remind you that this

strong. It is a thing to which Master, on behalf of creditors day, the birthday of Queen Vic

may look back with the deep-representing $73,000 to oppose toria, is now kept throughout the

misfion, that in this face the winding up and also to oppose British Empire as a day on which

of such temptation you were pre-in on behalf of other creditors our minds as British Subjects are

pared to sacrifier your own solfish the clients of Mr. Otto Kong. director in an especial degres to and that is Civil responsibility ligations in maintaining the Sing. These represented the -a-contemplation of our position self-sacrifice-wht, in fact, reputation of Qoren's College, majority of the creditors and also in the world. A few yours!

is kaiwa as citizenship,

fand in supporting your prefects the greater portion of the money It would be impossible for mon whom lay the beavy respon-concerned. ngo Lord Mouth, who done so much to establish in the short time at my disposal sibility of securing good order

Mr. Potter said that did not apOWING to repaita being carried out this annual colobration, was in enumerate the various ways in

and discipline..

pear on any document and Hongkong, and his took the

which eitzens arb: cnlled upon to

Some of you will be proceeding wouldsubmit that there was no op-jonction lines, sound duly may be ox- on the Subinarine soution of the opportunity, as he did wherever make scrifices on behalf of the this year to enter is Under-pisition before his Lordship at all. posted on telephone calls.bs weeu long and Cigarettes obtainale, consistent with price. All he went, impress upon the community among whan they graduates the University of Hong. The learned attorney had men kong and Kowlo a daring this week- younger members of the cordwell, and I propose there fore to kong. If you have a sense of tinned Mr. Lai Chati-pak and the und. Through the courtesy of the War Wines and Spirits bottled in Europa by Shippers of munity is important it was refer shortly to one or two waysingination you will try and Hongkong and Manila Yuen Department and Civil Government to World wide reputation. that they should remember that in which good citizenship can be realise what your tesponsibilities Shing Exchange and other cre-iuteriupti n will occur, they were British Subjects and shown in this Golony. Firstly, as urg as the first members of that ditors represented by him. He

W., L. CARTER,

Hongkong, 15th January, 1912. ha mindful of the four, watch regards the spread of infectious University; as the first to sot the would submit that none of those

Maringer, words; Responsibility. Duty,

Jisorse. The law has laid down standard by which, that Univer-reitors came before him at all. Hongkong, 22nd May, 1912. Sympathy and Self-sacrites. They that it is this duty of the resity is going to be judged. None of them could properly were the witch words of thosponsible hoad of a family, or of became a member of n now appear in this Court at all. brave men of the pist who won a household, to notify the proper College at Cambridge Univer First, in regard to Mr. Pak, he was the Empire, and they should tuity in this event of the-or-sily within the first fow yours the official liquidator in the wind-TE DRAGON CYCLE DEPOT bo our watchwords C-dy, for turrence of certain diseases of its earer, and well rememing up of the Manila Yueo Shing upon, us is laid the harden among those living under his ber how one Mister impressed and in that capacity he was n the world. We unit at hen done with a view to protecting which was ours to set the tone not shown that he had permis: of maintaining that Empire foreroof. It is obvious that this is upon us the rosponsibility sorvant of that Court and he had aboutthe greatness of the Equine the community as a whole, and by which the College was going sion to oppose that petition in or boast, that, wo are so much though personal inconvenience to be judged in the eyes of the guy way. His Lordship would botter than neighbours may be caused to these fancient foundations which surfil in section 146 of the Com-son have extends to us hi t'is past, and That is a men and potty thing fintely coarned by the rounded it. Some of you, as I panics Ordinance the powers a sen ingy of the very best of atten- Indo-Chin Steam Navigation Ca to do. Anyone can wave a Bulonsures which have to be taken to have said, will shortly become the liquidator had and what he may con Jack, voll" Itule Britannis," and provent the spread of such di- first members, not of a now do with the sanction of the Court declaro that he, as a Briton, will sense, it will, I think, bo clear to College only, but of m now and what he may do without nover be a slivo; but most of us on that it is the bounden duty University, Can I put it higher snetion of the Court. It was have had nothing to do with fof a goud eitizen to obey the law, than that?: A University which quite obvious that ho could only Hougang 22nd May, 1912. making the Empire what it is, though he himself and others under the inspiration of your late oppose that potition under prop 80, therefore, to try and ex-may have to mako somo sacrifier Dovernor, Sir Frederick Lagard, Section 140, sub-section la, plain to you how we may do our by iloing so I can imagine no with the munificent belp of the and to that he must have the part in maintaining the splendal greater form of selfishness, leading men of the Colony sanction of that Court. Ho N traditions which have been hande greater neglect of a clear duty and and with the leadership of one would say that thay (his clients) I acording with Ordinal No. 5. down to us; and I take for my greater exhibition of a want of of the most distinguished men in were the largest creditors and it BANKS will be closed for the ru subject, the first and loss of those sympathy with his fellow-man, England, is to embark on its was admitted in affidavits that notion of Pellie Business on MON- four watchwords, Responsibility in failure to notify the existence work within a few months, Tran they were the largest creditor, the AY, the 27th instant. and Self-sacrifice, for they involve infections disease.

express no better hops for Empire amount being $12,000. ThatHgkong. 23rd May, 191, thic other two, Duty and Sympathy. Sve ndly, in the pas Day in this Colony for 1912 than elam waw admitted whilst the

that our Iniversity may start on her was disputed. the measures which have to

BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS. The responsibility which be- longs to the subjects of any grant.

be taken to prevent the spread its career with a bly of Under

Mr. Alabaster said that the

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. and Civil. Wo roast of a nation kn..w comes home to many of desire for academic distinction, winding up was so overwhelm- nation is of two kinds: National plagan. This is a subject which graduates filled not only with the number of creditors opposing the in days of old that there was not insist too strongly on the ab responsibility which lies on them Mr. Pak opposed it or not,

those I am addrossing, but I can- but with a profound sense of the ing that it did not matter whether king, that is no settled Ca-

to set an oxample of a true and vernment, and

solute responsibility which is that every placed on all the citizens of this manly life which may be followed for a compulsory winding up by Tis Lordship: You are asking man did that which W04 right in his own nges. The abelony to carry out the duties by succeeding generations of the Court?

Undergraduates. Your school Bonco of any responsible Govern-imposed on them by the proper

life and your university life form

IT'

Caf

Mr. Potter:-Yer.

H

Offer.

NOTIUE.

[387

FOR MOJI AND KOBE.

"CATHERINE APOAR,”

THE Steamship,

ASAHI BEER SAPPORO

[21

has found it vessary to renova Captain. E. W. Unilyn, will b from No, 63, Des Voons and Central despiteliod for the above porta-on Voeux Road Central, nuxt to 1.&O.modation for passengers, is instal'ol more commotions quarters, and will SATURDAY, this 1st Juan, at 3 1.46. for the future to located at No. 21, Des This Steam has suavior ay? »Ù- thranghent with Electric Light apl Wo solicit your kind patronagas carries a duly certif, doctor.

Beturn tickets ari available by Vis

Steamers are for round trip $ 20. For Freight or Passage, apply to

DAVID SASSOON & CO., LD,,| Note our Price $12.00 par case 004.

Agents.

We bg to remai

Yorrs Faithfully, DRAGON CYCLE DEPT.,

Phone No. 482.

888 Hongkong, 23rd May, 1912.

BANK HOLIDAY.

1.

of 1912, the EXCHANGE

[350

8.8. "BENLAR G," FROM: 1 EITH, MIDDLESBRO, LONDON AND STRAITS.

C

“ONSIGNZES of Cargo are hereby Inforicel that all Gods are being inded at their risk into a hazardous

Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., wlece and/or

ment led to an entire absones of authorities. This year the plague the preparation for your future liquidator would be the rocoiver, rad/or extra hazardoes Ord›wns of the responsibility throughout the in Hongkong is severe, and I will

nation.

not dwell now on the causes careers in the world, and just which have contributed

10

far as you have trained yourselves to realise your responsibilities and

His Lordship: If that is s), the

Mr. Potior-Yes, and thon the

ublained.

shareholders could hold a meeting from the whuvas delivery may be National responsibility, in its the epidemic; but I may say highest form, is the power which that the Government have hoard have formed your charactors and appoint a liquidator of their] citizens entrust: to those who with much pleasure of the way in you be fitted to take your place in! own, and I you sanction, that hel

Civil life hereafter.

would be liquidator instead.

No Fire Insurance las is an effected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned JIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO.,

Arenta.

1 890

No Chims will be admitted after the direct the affairs of the nation in which the community have co-

Jode have left the Godowns, and all its dealings with other nations; operated with the authorities in

Hi Lordship:-I am not quite sining undelivered after the for it is their duty to keep in doing their duty, as the cast of about the British Empire as a liquidator at all,

I have said very little to you sure that the Court can appoint a 30th ist, will be subject to real, touch with the national conscience, considerable loss in many cases. whole, I have not expatiate I on

All olanın against the stemmer must and, in the last resort to decide Believe me, such personal sacri-her Navy and Army. I have noting up order has been made, liber the eth prox, or they will 201 Mr. Putter:-Wlien tho. wid-be presented to the Undersigned on.or whon occasion arises whether there fico for the benefit of the com- given you figures as to her aren Official Receiver will call a meet-A broken, chafed, and damaged shall be peace or war. Ae you manity is a fine thing. The Go- and population, her growth and ing of the company and determine finds are to be left in the Godowns,

he reagulted. are aware, great effor's have been vernment can do little without her resources; all that you can whether an application be made there they will be examined on the made during the past few years the help and sympathy of the get from the books, but I have to the Cout to appoint a liquilt 10.h in-t, at 11 ... to bring about Universal Pence. people themselves, and the ma- tried to place before you what to tor instead of a receiver. If i Many men of the highest attain-terial loss incurred is nothing my mind ments and some of the deepest compared with the moral gain to needs of the present day, a meeting of the sharehol fera and by

Bro the greatest receiver is liquidator he must call thinkers of our time honestly con- the community which will result. the growth in ench individual contributaries. sider that it is possible for nations I take this opportunity of express British subject of a feeling of his to settle all their differences by a ing the gratitude of the Govern- own personal responsibility as a voluntary winding up to go on How 23rd May 1912.

His Lordship:To allow the referonos to arbitration. It may ment to the inhabitants of this subject of the Empire. I have subject to the supervision of the A. 8. WATSON & CO., LTD. be so, and if wo look only to what much overcrowded city for the taken the opportunity of consider Court? must be the terrible results of a assistance rendered in carrying ing this aspect of our national war between two great nations un-out a disagreeable but necessary life because it appears to me to der present conditions in loss of

TOT CE IS HEREBY GIVEN life, destruction of property and

duty.

be of supremo importance at the

thatthe TWENT F-SEVENTH vast expenditure of resources, we which a citizen may demonstrate feel that if we neglect to carry To Meet the Rev HC Moyle registration) will be held at the HONO-

Another important way in present moment and because I

ANNUALORDINARY GENERAL, wald naturally hope so from the his responsibility to the com-out our civil duties we shall

MEETING of the Company (since is bottom of our hearts. You know munity is by rendering gratuitous not

The Church body of St. John's KONG HOTEL, Horgorgon how our late King, Edward VII, public service. Throughout the fully the great trust handed St. Paul's College (which fe 10' 2, at 12.16 m., for the purpose of discharging faith Cathedral will be At Home SA URDAY, the Ist day of June, earned for himself the title of British Empire, both in the down to us by those who won our boon courteously placed at ildir eiring the Report of the Genera! peacemaker, und we shall prob- United Kingdom and her depen- Empire for us. If we are alive disposal by the Rev. G. A. Buff Managers, together with a Etatement of ably never know how often, by his dencies, men of worth, intelleat to our responsibilities, and if we hury) to-morrow, Friday the 24th Adcounts to the 81st December 191 wonderful tact and knowledge of sn business capacity havonlways have within us that spirit of inst., from 4 to 6 pm to ranet THE REGISTER OF SHARES man, he was able to solve a diffi- been ready to place their ser- loyalty and self-s1orifice, of duty the Reverend H. Copley Moyl TRESD LT, the 28th May, to cult situation and bring about an vices at the disposal of the State, and sympathy, which are the and Mrs. Moyle; and it is hoped SATURDAY, the 1st Jans, both days of the Com any will be CLOSED from honourable peace.”

ancrifice their time watchwords of good citizens, wo that all members of the congre- ins saire, during which erfod no trans- Hamna experience; however, and their leisure for the benefit need have no fear but that our gation, whether seatholdere or for of shares will be registered. hes not yet shown, that a strong of the community among Great Empire will continue to otherwise will take this oppor- JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, nation with a vigorous national whom they dwell. In Hongkong maintain her high posit on in the tunity of welcoming Mr. and Mrs, life would be willing, all wehaye been particularly fortune world,

Moyle to the Colony,

and to

bo

Mr. Potter: Yes,”

(Proceeding.)

NOT

General Managert)

2016 May, 1839,

OBTAINED

391

taining dozen quarts or 6 dosen pinte,

$70

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT

ISUAN ?

"TASTE IT”

THE MOST DELICIOUS NATURAL MINERAL WATER IN

THE WORLD!

THE CHINA COMMERCIAL COMPANY,

3, Duddell Streal,

Tel. No. 1208.

KING GEORGE

IV? Scotch Whisky

Its world-wide popularity is due to its mature ripeners, soft refinement, an exquisite flavor.

One of the principal brands of

STILLERS COMPANY

EDINJURCH, SCOTLAND,

IMITED,

(387

Page 5Page 6