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SPECIAL CABLES.

INTERPORT FOOTBALL.

HONGKONG WIN AGAIN.

[Our Own Correspondent.]

Shanghai, February, 10. The Hongkong football team met the Shanghai Football Club to-day and won by four geals to

pil.

The scorers were Pennell, Pearson and Lewis (2).

COMPANY MEETING.

The Hongkong, Canton, and Macao Steamboat Com- pany Limited..

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1913.

uages to and from Canton during the profits of the Company war- the whole of the period under rant the payment of interim review. Such a contingency is dividends they will be declared. regulated by the forces in com-Gentlemen, I pat it to you that petition.

we can safely leave things at that I am pleased to inform you that with the hope that the era of after somewhat protracted no-prosperity we are at present gotiations with the Chinese enjoying may continue and permit Provincial Authorities in Canton, of our Directors giving effect to a renewel of the lease of the Com-this understanding by declaring pany's wharf site at Onnton has such interim dividends as the been granted which will enable results of the working permit, us to start rebuilding the wharf With regard to the new steamer which was destroyed by fire on contracted for, I feel sure that, the 9th November last. At the with me, you all anticipate with previous meeting of shareholders pleasurable feeling this addition held in August last the Chairmaó

to our float It cannot but mentioned that your directors had be satisfactory to the share- under consideration the question holders to be in a position to of building of a new steamer, confirm the action of the Board

HIGH CLASS

B BB

and it now gives me pleasure to in all they have done in this con- POUCHES, CIGAR &

inform you that the Board's deci- nection which encourages me to sion to construct a vessel suitable look forward to the time when for either the Canton or Macso she will take her place in the The ordinary half yearly meet- ing of the shareholders of the Service was arrived at after very working schedule and become an Hongkong, Canton and Macao careful consideration. By this carning factor. We welcome the Steamboat Company, Limited, means it will be possible to Chairman's statement that the was held at the offices of the Gom immediately replace one of our difficulties in connection with the steamers in the Canton Service renewal of the Canton Wharf pany to-day at neon.

"There were present Messrs R. should it be found necessary, Lease have been overcome, which, Fuhrmann, (Chairman). Hon. Mr. while the vessel will in ordinary in itself, in an eloquent testimonial U.B. Ross, H. A. Siebe, F. H. Arm-line. The difficulty

employed on the Macao to the assiduous work of our was to management, staff and the agents strong, G. Friesland, R. Laurenz (Directors) and. W. E. Clarke, so plan and arrange the vessel as concerned. I am sure I voice your Secretary, T. F. Hough, J. M. to be particularly suitable for intentions when I place on record Alves, J. M. F. Machado, North- either service. The result can our appreciation of this vexatious cote and H. Schluter.

The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting.

Chairman's Speech, The Chairman said Gentle, men, the report and statement of accounts with Auditors' report attached hoving been in your hands for the usual period, I will, with your permission, take then as read. In view of the continued keen competition experienced on

all the lines operated by the.Com,

pany, the amount" standing at oradit of profit and loss account for the period under review will, I trast, be considered satisfactory by shareholders, and I hope the proposed appropriations will meet with your approval,

The statement of accounts as Osual is so plainly set forth that they do not require much further elucidation on my part than to mention that investments in shares and deben.

more

be

be seen by inspection of the plan matter having been so ably hand- produced. From several tenders led. With these remarks I second received the contract was award-the adoption of the Report, and ad to the Hongkong and Wham-Accounts. pon Dock Co. Ltd., on the 30th

The Chairman:-It is proposed

August last, at a price acceptable by myself and seconded by Mr. to your Board, and shareholders T. F. Hough that the Report and are to be congratulated that the Statement of Accounts as present- contract was settled thus early, as ed be passed. All in favour please prices of all construction material signify in the usual manner. have since risen from 20 to 30 Carried unanimously. per cent. This vessel will be The retiring Auditors offer

built to Lloyd's specifications and

CIGARETTE HOLDERS

IN LARGE VARIETY.

KRUSE

& CO.

OPPOSITE THE NEW POST OFFICE.

To-day's Advertisements

BOXING!

BOXING!!

A GRAND BOXING DISPLAY TO BE HELD AT THE

CITY

HALL.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Now then-Variety is the spice of life, and a change of diet is good for all of us. We provided you with Sausage the finest in the land, now we have im ported for your consumption, DIRECT from LONDON. KIPPERS, HADDOCKS, FILLETS.

Just landed and in prime Condition, We have received from the NORTH

1,000

BRACE of PHEASANTS,

they are subject to your order.

WM. POWELL,

LTD.

TELEPHONE 346.

GENTLEMEN'S OUTFITTERS. TAILOR MADE

PYJAMA SUITS.

IN GOOD WEAR RESISTING MATERIALS,

$6.50

$11.50

$8.50

WM. POWELL, LIMITED.

TIFFINS!

themselves for re-election. It has On Saturday, 15th February 1913. commencing at 9 p.m. $1

Board of Trade requirements and been proposed by Mr. Northcote of the very best material and and seconded by Mr. Schluter that workmanship. She will be of Messra, A.O'D. Gourdin and W.B. the twin screw type with en- gines and boilers to make a speed of 15 knots,

I

Elewry and Middiewe

Huge Champlonship Programme.

15 ROUNDS.

DINNERS!!

THE BEST IN HONGKONG. SPECIAL MONTHLY TERMS

$1

FOR FULL OR PARTIAL BOARD.

AND. A SCONES, ARE ACKNOWLEDGED TO," BE PAR EXCELLENCE.

Championship of the Oriant and for a Pung of $1000. OUR BREAD;' CAKES.

ht

And a vide stake of $750. Jack Cordell. U.S. A.

Champion of the Orient and Middleweight Chainpion ALEXANDRA CAFE CO.

of the Pacife Count

V

Seamen Nobby "Grant, H M.S." Flora:"

sei t

ampion of the China Fleet.

15 ROUNDS

For the Heavyweight Championship of the Army and Nary in Hongkong. Corporal Scott, R. E.

V

Seaman Powell H. M. S. "` Monmouli,"

WRESTLING.

Best Two out of Three Falls. Catob-as-catch-dan Siyle. For the Hearywright Wrestling Championship of the Orient

Maurice Senberg.

Potts, be elected Auditors for the For the Heavyweight ensuing year at at a remuneration Her dimensions of $250. each. Carried unan- will be extreme length 200 feet. Timonsly. breadth of beam at main deck 53

The Chairman, Thatconcludes feet and on the 7 feet water line the business of the meeting, 48 feet. Her light load draft will Gentlement. Dividend warrants be 7 feet and with 387 tons of are now ready and may be deadweight 8J moan draft obtained uponapplication. Thank Her engines will develop over you for your attendance, and tures of public companies have 3,000 LILP. with the boiler work particularly Mr. Hough for the beep incronsot by $80 465 in pressure of 180 lbs. She will kind expressions of confidence clusive of $25,903.75 apprecia-be built on the collular double- in the management of this om tion in value as adjusted in hotlom principle and of gront pany and for his wishes for its accordance with quotations cur-strength. Her accommodation for fatare prosperity. On behalf of rent on 30th December last, all classes of passengers will be of the directors I do not think that Loans on mortgage remain the the very best and calculated to should lot this opportunity pass same, the loans advanced show a meet the changing requirements without saying a word of praise The builders hope for the work of our secretary, Mr. satisfactory margin of safety, the of the East. properties having been inspected to have the vessel completed by Clarke, to whose antiring zeal, energy and great care, assisted by. and re-valued by the Company's September of the current year.

As decided at the last General Mr. Arnold, much of the success surveyors, Messra, Palmer and

Meeting and proposed and cor of the company is due Turner:

two Extraordinary Mr. Clarke-I thank you, Mr. The value of properties at firmned at Canton has been reduced by the Meetings held in October and Chairman, for your kind remarks. amount recovered from Insurance November last, the revised Articles The prosperity of the company owing to the recent big fire that of Association were adopted and is due to the floating staff, the occurred at Canton on the 9th in accordance therewith this is commanders and engineers and November lagt, If you follow the last occasion we shall for also the help received from Mr. these accounts Ba, issued from gather in attendance at a Half-Arnold and the staff in the office. year to your, you will notice the Yearly Meeting. But please rest gradual writing down process of assured that your interests will as steamers, wharves and properties usual be safeguarded and, if the belonging to the Company and I profits of the Company warrant ain sure shareholders will apit an interim dividend will be preciate this method as adopted by declared..

your Directors. The net earnings" Mr. F. A Gomes resigned his

Learyweight Champion of Hongkong.

Massan All

Beary weight Champion of India,

10 ROUNDS.

For the Featherweight Champious ip of the Army and Nary in Hongkong.

Private Smith, 'D. C, L. I.

V

Seamen Grayston, H.M S. "Minotaur'',

AMATEUR 6 ROUNDS'

The meeting then concluded. For the Brutamweight Championship of Hongkong for Gold Walsh to the

SIX COUNTS.

The man charged with commit ting a robbory at 2. Knutsford Terrace, Kowloon, was brought

of steamers compare favourably sent on the Board at the end of before, Mr. F.A. Uazland, at the

counts were

preferred against him.

Wince And A Cod Pin to the Lover.

· Cordell's "Nipper," Hong Kong.

Adam Ismail. Hongkong":"

Booking at Messrs. Moutrie and the GRAND HOTEL

Ringside $5.00. Other. Scats $3.00, $3.00 & $1,00. Soldiers ƒ HARRY KELLY.

F. E. HALL..

with the previous half year and the year after serving on the Police Court, this afternoon when and Sailors half price to $2,00 Seats. corresponding period for 1911. Directorate for the long term of 20 no less than six

Amounts expended in repairs years-sinco March 1884 and his

Mrs. Robinson, "wife of Major are always heavier in the second [valuable advice and guidance has half of the year as more vessels always been acceptable to his Robinson, of the 25th Punjabis aro docked at this time by taking colleagues on the Board and it is said she resided at 2, Knutsford NEW YEAR FELICITIES.

Terraco, Kowloon. On the 21st advantage of the finer weather with much regret that we now

The four chair coolies in the and freedom from typhoons. In- lose his service. I do not know January, she was in her house in come from investment is about of anything else calling for special Kowloon. In the early morning, employ of the French Consul were the usual average. An amount mention, but, should any share about three o'clock, she was charged before Mr. C. D. Mel- of $12,433.86 has been debited holders require further inform awakened by the turning of the bourne, at the Police Court, this bedroom door handle. She then morning, with absenting them- to Special Repairs Fund" for tion, I shall have much pleasure switched on the light and saw a selves without leave. extraordinary repairs to the s.a. in answering any question.

The defendants said they went "Honam" and, cost of increased There being no questions, Gon-man come into her room. She

Prora igre:

To-day's Albertisements

G.

NOTICE.

R.

statercom Accommodation on the tlemen, I beg to propqre the adop-jumped out of bed and the man to wish their friends the compliT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that}

His Worship agreed, and fined

Today's Advertisement.

realed tenders will be receivod at the Colonial Secreta y'a Office until Noeu She then ments at the season. steamer."lleungshan ". These tion of the Report and Statement ran out of the room.

The Consul said he thought at Saturday, the 1st day of March, 1913, for the letting of the Old Pot improvements are necessitated by of Accounts es presented. Secondl. ran into the hall after him increased demand for cabin traffic ed by Mr. T. F. Hough who said and turned on the electric small fine would meet the oase.

Office building firm the 1st July, 1919, or Bo Foon ti ereafter as possesion can be and to fulfil desire on the part of I rise to second the adoption of light. She called the orderly

given, to the Blat Desember, 19:4; your Board to keep the vessels of the Report and Accounts. At the who was on the front verandah, the defendants fifty cents each.

subject to a ndition which can be 1800- the fleet in un up-to-date etate, same time I congratulate the She told him to chase" the thief"

inio d at this offius, Your directore having been ad-Directors and management on the and the orderly followed him through the bathroom. She did

Each tender bould bear on the coror vised by experts that the as presentation of soch satisfactory

the words Tenter for Lease of Old "Heungshan" should be fitted figaros. A reference to the not see the orderly make any with double funnels to accure Minutes of our last half yearly arrest. She went up stairs and greater economy in the working meeting will remind you that called Major Hanter. She ideati- HONG KONG, UANTON AND Post Offies Build'ug" and must be NOTICE TU SHAREHOLDERS that the tenderer bas deposied in te Colonial Treasury asam of One thourad of her boilers, it was decided to when the necessary remodelling fied five pairs of boots and MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD. necontained by eccit to the effet

shoes as her property. adopt-the-system-and-I-nin of our Articles of Association was

Share, declared at the ORDIN life of his offer which-sun-shall- pleased to say that the result is mooted I threw out the suggestion The orderly deposed to being TE DIVIDEND of $1.00 per Dolls ($1,000) as a pledge of the called by his mistress and told to very satisfactory.

that in common with the practice follow a Chinese who was run-ARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING beforfited to the Crown, if thatooderer f The loss in exchange by sub-adopted by other companies suc

ning away with a bundle ander OF SHAREHOLDERS, had This refure, to ostry out his tender and com- sidiary silver coinage during the cessfully working in the Colony, in my reach a man the Day, will ba PAYABLE at the Hong-ply with the conditions of a bore tifer ol mix months working, amounted to one meeting per annum might and then arrested him about two/kong and Shanghai Banking Corpots to should the tender be accepted.

$24,081.58. With reference to suffice for us. This suggestion this loss, for loss it is, provos was given effect to and was in-

tion, on and for TUESDAY, hundred and fifty paore from 11th FEBRUARY, 1918.

The man threw the

the

The Garveser does not bind ivell e owpt the Lighest or any tender., apply For of sud further particu

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GOOSEBERRIES, RASPBERRIES & CURRANTS, RED CURRANTS,

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STERLING.

SOLE AGENTS

what a mistaken idea it in to say, corporated in the Now Articles bundle away after he had tan Shareholders are requested to War Romeo obtained from the Ditéstor GANDE, PRICE & CO., LTD.,

about forty paces.

"

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI.

TEL, No. 186.;

o! Publie Work...

SAW. CHATHAM.

Di aator of Public Works Public Works Offics. Feb, 1918 [168 Hongkong, 10th Feb, 1918, 167) Hongkong 27th January 1918.

suols loss can be off art by cliarg under which we henceforth work. ing higher rates. Such an abWe-today-haro-the- assurance

After further evidence the deBy Order of the Board of Directors.

WE. CLARKE, surdity could not work with all of our Chairman that to use fendant was committed for trial she opposition vessels in the river his own words our interesta

arging 10 cents for deck pass will be safeguarded and that if at the Criminal Sessions to be

held in March.

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