1914-10-12 — Page 13

Commercial:

British Trade with the Enemy Powers.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1914...

decreases were spread over all

NOTICES

because it positively killa disease germis, stops infection and instantly

the different classes, except the produce class of raw materiala,

MAKE IT A HABIT-USE REGULARLY. which atowed an increase of 85 million dollars, and manufactured Perfect sanitation being so necessary for health, disinfection is metals which gave a small in-imperative. Make a practice of using IZAL every day just a little, diluted with water-pouring it down drains, sinks and w.o.'s Mr. Chiezza Aloney, M., orence of about three hundred and sprinkling it in dustbins or other harbours of 6ith. Cet IZAL. points out that more than ore thousand dollars. half of our food of meh kinda se To the advance in raw materials can be grown in the United King- copra contributed 47 million dom is produced at home. Of the dollars and Para rubber 52 imported supplice, nearly the million. The principal decreases whole has been imported in peace,

seen in unmanufactured and oin now be imported in war, metal, especially tin which showed from places outside Europa. a decrease of 0.8 million dollars The chief exceptions to this general and foodstes, expreially tice rule are sugar, bacon, butter, and which degrensed by 3 millions; eggs. Even as to these, anpplies opinm declined by nearly a of the last three may be as plenti. million dollars and pepper by ful in a few weeks' time as before half a million.

will

WALO

31

the outbreak of war. As to Jew

Straits Currency.. materiale, by far the greater part) Ia his Budget speech, the of our supplies is derived from Governor of the Straits Settle. extra-Europeo scurces. There mente, epeaking on currency

ba necessarily

some matters, asid:The course of difculties with regard to special exchnge has shown no bao: mtl materials,

GP, for example, lacuations, though during the European dyes or yarns, but it is current year the rate has been trae of the great balk of our teadily lower than on the cor-

no

the fact that in 1000, a boom there

notea

3

cf regel ve

ZAL

DIZAL

TRIUMPH OF CONCENTRATION.

removes bad smells. IZAL-the guaranteed disinfectant of unrivalled strength is the pioneer

·modern high power germicido, -

Officially adopted throughout the. British Empire..

Mixes equally well with salt, brackish or fresh water. Write for Free Booklets-Practical

Disinfection

and

"Rules of Health," One Gallon of ZAL" makes 400 gallons of efficient disinfecting fluid.

B

AGENTS

W. R. LOXLEY & CO., YORK BUILDINGS.

is the result of a bad landing at the Brussels Aerodrome

When he volunteered for service

sn

con-

PUBLIC COMPANIES

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD. NOTICE.

NOTICE is bereby given that

Scrip Certificates for Shares issued as under

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Sehing FT......10 1/8 Demand ............1/9 3/16 30 dis ............1/9-1/4 60 dia. 1/9 5/16. 4 m/s 1/936 TT Shanghai...7634 Frivate 30 dia sight T/T Singapore 75 5/8 TT Japan

87 T/T India

133

11th March 1889 17296/0 27th May 1890 17358/9. 23504. Demand India.....1334 27th June 1896 1771921, 19154. T/T Bnbay... 121947/8.

Demand Bombay 113314 in the name of Joro A. Da Luz: T/T Calcutta (Deceased) of Hongkong have Demand Calcutta...1334 been lost, and should the same Demand Manila... 87 not be produced before the 13th T/T. San Fau & N.Y.43.1 proximo, new Scrip. Certificates Demand, New York 435% will be issued in favour of the TT. Java said Joao A. Da Luz deceased', and no transaction tak pg' place. under Scrip Certificates issued on the above-mentioned dates will be recognised by the Company.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., Chinese...10

Age: ts. Hongk.ng. 28th Sept, mber, 1914.

.10636

EXCHANGE.

T/T. Marke.

Nom,

Demand Germany...

2.20

Nom

TT. Francs.go. On Haiphoog ...** On Saigonin On Bangkokuudhary.

Buying

4 mla, L/C

1934.

4 m/s, D/P.....1,936 Pal

6 m/s. L/C.................1/10 l 30d/5.8'ney &M, 110

30 d/s.San F'cc&N.Y:4534#q/qF

4 m/s. Markadsets com Nom,

4 m/s. Francs 2.31 at 6 m/e, ao

2.36

Gold Leaf pertael. $57.2), Sovereign .......... 11.15 Noms BarSilver, ready.........?

forward

Bank of England,

SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Discount per $100

Chinese...20 ots, pieces $1636

$17 13/16

· BANKS

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INTERNATIONAL BANKING

HONGKONG,

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

Ordinance 1911 and

In the matter of the Hongkong

Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

a Petition was on the 20th

the

LORPORATIUN,

Head Oficedő, Wall Sırsat, New York, Londos Once;-36, Bishopsgate, K.G.

BRANCHES :-

Landon

JJJJA

Mexico City PESATAR

Polyg

Вомбат.

Calca

Canton

Ceba

Empire, C. Z.

San Francisco

Hankow

Shanghai

Stogalera

1

Colga

Hangkong $.004

Panite' pall up cammu U.S. Gold $315,000 Reserve Fund

THE

4

Gold $750,00

&

"That the provisions of the YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK "Company's 'Memorandum of "Association with respect to

1.

LIMITED.

Established 1880....

30,000,000

Hongkong.20 ots, pieces 1216 Hongkong.10

BANKS

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HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORA-

TION;

Paid-up Capital...$15:000,000 RESERVE FUNDS:

Storting

£1,500,000 at 27-

$15,000,000 Silver $18,000,000

$33.000.00

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors....$35,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS, Hon. Mr. D. Landale.Chairman, W. L. Pattenden, Esq.- Deputy

Chairman.

S. H. Dodwell. Esq.

G. T. M. Edkina, Esq."

C. S. Gubbay, Esq.

P. H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shëllim. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabb ACTING MANAGER. Shanghal-J. D. Smart. London Bankers— London¦:

County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong Interest Allowed;

On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per aanum on the daily balance

ON FIXED DEPOSITS For 3 months 24 per cent për

annum

For 6 months 3h por

annutu.

Authorised Capital Yen 18,000,000 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund...... 18,900,000 For 12 months, 4 per cent

Head Office-YOKOHAMA.

T

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material supplies that the war respradinu dates lost year. The scheme to register themselves at places

under no great maximum varie in the rate such office and to deliver goods disabilities. If we analy.e, our for deud drafts between not for immediate requirement imports for 1913 we find that our October 1013, and the end of for account of such fice. These the authorities put him in charge imports in 1913 from Germany July 1st was 7.32. the highest goods could go through the usual of an armoured motor-ear, but In the matter of the Companies were valued at £80,500.000; from rate quote wing 2/4 632, and Austria-Hungary, £7,700,000; the lowe : 15 16. Since the process up to a certain point, the Brit of all he was commissioned fice to make advances apon to take a message to Liege on a making a total for the enemy catbreak of the tales quoted each gode to cover coat of labour bicycle. Returning thence, he Powera of £88,200,000. The rest of have been fictuating and in and, perhaps, a percentage of the discovered ante-car Europe was £221,000,000. If we many cases ucminal. On the cost of materials.

taining four German (fficers. want a properly sober idea of 31st July 11 currency notes to

After the war in oterand trade Those be surprised and shot with what the reduction of importe the face vat of $43.834,548 is resumed all orders received by a Winchester rifle from cover. NOTICE is hereby given that would mean let us reflect upon vere in airenlation. To meet such makers who have taken "C'est la guerre," he said cheer- day of August, 1014, presented to year, the world's importe were $12,536,059.90 in silver and advantage of the scheme abould fally, "and my colonel gave me the Supreme Court of Hongkong All Kinds of FOREIGN

be submitted to the cfice and a corporal's stripes for that."

by the above named Company to LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS £523,000,000, and that as recent-2514,085,71 (or £203,310) in percentage of such orders might A Surprise for Uhians.

confirm an alteration of the said ly as 1907, another boom year, gold was held Leally, a total be taken out of the stocks which Then câme work with the Company's objects proposed to be

transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- they were £846,000,000. It will local reserve of $15 050,145 61,

bave accumulated; thus the armoured car, which, like its effected by a Special Resolutioned and of the note

FIXED DEPOSITS be seen that the cutting off of or 34.3 per cent

accumulation could be spread fellows, bas proved a bare to the of the Company unanimously received at rates to be ascertain- trade with the enemy Powers, circulation, while $9,474,657.16 over a period of time and not Ublans. At Diest they surprised passed at an Extraordinary

ed on application. serious as it is, cannot possibly (or £1,105,576, 1. s. 3d.) in gold allowed to lod the market and a patrol of thirty-one Uhlans. General Meeting of the

which was held by the Crown Agents in cause depreciation of the trdinary The latter bolted down the road, said Company held on involve us in the "rain

N. 3. MARSHALL, has been so freely spoken cf London on behalf of the Currency values.

Manager. but the mitrailleuse mounted in 4th day of June 1914 and sub-

9, Queen's Road, Hongkong With regard to our export trade, Commissioners. The coin portion The Trade Outlook. the car quickly accounted for sequently unanimously confirmed

at an Extraordinary General Hongkong, 1st Nov. 1912, twc-thirds of the whole is done of the Note Guarantee Fand thus

An instructive opinion on the twenty-eight of them, and two Meeting of the s id Company with countries catside Europe amounted at the end of July last trade war was expressed to more were captured. Only one held on the 30th day of June 1914 and there is no reason to Euppose to $24.524,802.71, or almost Daily News representative by Sir accapad.

and which Resolution runs as that we cannot carry on a cor exactly 50 per cent, of the notes John Brunner, bead of the firm The next day, reconnoitring at follows: siderable European trade in the in circulation. The investment of Brunner, Mond, and Co. "The a neighbouring village, they were course of a little while. In this portion of the Note Guarantee fact of the matter is," he said, informed by peasants that forty we shall be assisted by the fict Fund, valued at latest market trade will be thrust upon us. Germans were stationed at a little. that our chief commercial com prices, amounted at the end of We are receiving orders from the redoubt near by. Deserting the is object be altered, so as "petitor will be poible to trade: Jaly to $19,492,467 in respect of Cntinent for goods that have, car, the venturesome Belgians

"to readas in the Frint signed The total import trade of the securities purchased for $22,728, been supplied hitherto by Ger- (hore were five of them alto

"by the Chairman of the British Empire is valued at 250-a loss of $3 235,783, due many, and I have no doubt other gether) crept into a wood, and

"Meeting for the purposes of "identification." £95,500,000, so that the longer to depreciation in securities. firms have the same experience. from trees rapidly sniped fourteen And notice is further given that their laste, and the longer To Angust expantion of "But," he added, "I don't see of the enemy. Then descending the said Petition is directed to he Gomaay is incapacitated, the the currency was necessitated greater will be the opportunity by the stringency in the local y chance of capturing this extra with lead shouts of "En Avant," heard before His Honour, o ho trade permanently except by the little band charged with bay-Henry Hessy Johnston Gompertz for the British trader in the money market and the sum of people who have stadied the onets fired.

Acting Chief Justice of the said Colonial export market. It may £35,000 in gold was exchanged wants of other countries and are A Narrow Escape.

Court on Wednesday the 21st day be added that German trade won, kcally for currency notes, and prepared to deal with them on The Germans, thinking a big of October 1914, at 10,30 o'clock as it caght to be won, in these telegraphic transfers on London their own lines. It's an old force was coming, fled for their in the forenoon and any person places is likely to be retained, it to the extent of £100,000 were story, which has been harped lives. "They did not once look interested in the said Company Creditor policy feast for a very ccnsiderable time, purchased by the Currency Com upon in Consular reports time, behind," said Straus: "A curious whether

holder or missioners while $3,165,000 was after time.

otherwise desirous for very obvicuS IEBRODS.

British manufac thing followed, We discovered

to oppos the making of invested by the Currency Ucm

turera must

fixed be prepared to that they had

their order for the confirmation of missiouers in Straits Settlements suit the particular methods rifles Stack held by the Federated Malay of other countris if they want with grips, so that when they the above Ordinance

all round the trench the said alteration under

shouldland on application. States Government. The total new markets. For instance, they fired only their fingers at the appear at the time of hearing, by The value of imports in 1913 er et inflation of the currency note must put up their stuff, no matter triggers showed. The cowards himself or his Counsel for the ceeded the figure for 1f 12 by about circulation during the month of what it is, according to Con- kept theit heads below. This they purpose and a copy of to the Hongkong, 6th April, 1913.

August amounted to $4,341,600tinental weights and meatures; do always, I am told." three-and a-half million sterling, bringing the circolation at the they must learn the taste of the The next day the car was order-such person requiring the same and exporta similarly showed an increase of nearly two million. end math up to $48, THE CHARTERED BANK OF But the trade of the year was not 170,148 against which 2 coin and so on; and they must send the presence of masked German Solicitors on payment of the re- Bestisiz ctory as the statistics reserve of $25,711,102.71 (or out smart commercial travellers guns was suspected. would appear to indicate; it 53.3 per cent. of the circulation) who can talk floeatly in the The guns were discovered when 1914. Galleted reverely from the heavy was held here and in Londen, language of the people they are the car was 400 yards away, but DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON

The gross oirculation of dollars fall in the price of rabber and and fifty cent pieces at the same of dyes, we should have to go retreat backwards down the

visiting. As to the production the moment the car began

"top": the decline in prices. of lin and ante amounted to $6,441,355, and through a long apprenticeship to narrow road the German infantry produce. The advorce ipfluence of these factors extended to the that of bank notes at the end of

come up to German achievement opened fire. With its front tyres import trade during the latter July, to $216,682; the total in this direction. No, I don't punctured and one cylinder half of 1913, and owing to the circalation within the area using think we should be in a position smashed the car stopped, and general financial stringency the ear currency thas amounted to to compete with the Germans Straus had to jump out and re situation grew worse in the $6,655,037. The work of with permanently in this line of start her. While he was engaged closing months of the year when drawing worn-out notes from business even by the end of the in this operation four ballets war, any more than we could, struck the radiator, but none of trade began deGoitely to evicce circulation has been

on very actively in the past year The importa into the thres and the currency has been fresh-compete with them in beetroot them hit him. After backing a r." Sir John added that the mile they were able to fix new Settlements during the first half ened by the free of one and a British electrical trade should wheela in position. of this year show a decrease in quarter million new one dollar capture a large amount of extra duns as Hay-Ricks, value of 147 million dollars notes, new five dollar notes of the business, on it was well equipped (£1.7 millions) or 0.1 per cent, face value of $2,000,000 and new with lieguistic travellers." compared with the figure for the ten dollar notes of the face value corresponding period of 1913, the of $2,500,000 to replace those

Straits Trade.

The Governor of the Straits

Settlements, in his annual Budget speech on October 2, said :-

a downward tendency.

total imports for the half-year of

carried

withdrawn Approximately 20

sugar."

:

tte THRILLING ADVENTURES OF

BELGIAN MOTORIST.

A...

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"We and our ecare, marked Strane, "to the fact that the Germans did not want to disclose their gun positions. The little gune were disguised as

Jut them out of action on our return, them.

It was a good joke on

1914 being 224 4 million dollra per cent, of the circulation of each IN AN ARMOURED CAR. hay-ricks and our guts quickly and those for the same period in denomination of small notes in 1013 being 230'1 million dollars. has less than a year old. Old All classes of imports with the subsidiary silver coin is being exception of the produce class of steadily withdrawn bat raw materials showed decreases amount is circulation is still more The increase in the above is than, double that of the new principally seen is copra by 31 subsidiary silver. million dollars and in Para rubber by 27 million dollars....

Manufactured and partly manu

Government Help for

Manufacturers. Writing to the Manchester

factured imports decreased by Guardian, Mr. J. Blackstock about4 2 million dollare, of which says

The Z-ppelin having failed to appear we went to bed at two o'clocks, and this morning I saw Strata in bis ballet-pooked car starting, or another hazardous mission.

"Good luck," I shined,

Good luck or good death," he answered gaily as the car started down the street. Central News,

Daring Exploits

"Antwerp, Saturday, Last night on the moonlit roof f hotel Sub Lieutenant (late textiles fell off by 24 million With regard to a Government Corporal) Stráns, seated near his dollars, metale by 13 million schemofor helpingmaoulsenrera, nachine gun, told me in hie

"Lie Factories" dollars, and miscellaneous importe the following might be built up clipped English a tale of adven by over four hundred thousand to form workable scheme for ture which left me breathlese, yet

Washington, Sept. 2. dollars. The value of exports the cotton trade, and perhaps for which in its modesty of narration The German Embassy has

ierced along wireless com during the same period was 1816 others. million dollara compared with An office might be opened Strana is the son of a wealthy munication from Berlin, in which 1944 million dollars for the oor ander Government control for Belgian-American. He has bret Rats:ans and Belgiengaro responding period of the previous Bay, collon goods, covering Pan anto cyclist, amateur motor of revelling atrocities, yeaf, a decrease of 99 million duction of yarns and cloth. Mont racer, and airman, and last year London and Paris 10

facturers willing to join in such he sustained two fractured legs as lie factories,Reater.

dollars or 51 per cent. The

bore the impress of truth.

cused

ribed.

86

Branches Antung-Hil

Agun:les at Nagisak

Newchwang

New York Osaka Pelia

Ryolca (Port

Hobay

Calcott

Changchus

Daire

Harbla

Fangtien

Arthur)

S. Proa

atvankala

Kobe

Load a

an

⚫ Tilnytay

Petition will be furnished to any

gulated charge for the same.

Dated the 21st day of August,

& HARSTON, 3, Des Voeur Road, Central,

Hongkong. Solicitors for the Company.

NOTICES

AMERICAN DENTISTR)

PORCELAIN FILLINGS. The Latest Improvements tow Lasting Workmanship and Patni Operations. No charge ferstaminatious. Fees moderate. Diploma. Tokio.

Dr. T. YAMASAKI,

34, Queen's Road Central

(Corner of Flower Street.):

Telephone 62.

EAK TRA·M÷WAY··`U0

PE

7.00

VÄLIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

TEEK DAYS.

to 1.00 AM Eviny 13 Mye.

Lo A..10 10.00 4.2.- ot 10:00 243,19 2500 A+. 21.30, 10:29:45, 2.30

1.75 FM. 7.15 2.K, 10: 1.45, 2.M

#35 -4, to 1.00 AM, 25

NIGHT CARS

GE

as Min.

19 Mr. 10

33 DA TIME) BYary, half hour. ;

́every quartus of us bout, TRA, SUNDAYS

10.30 4.3. 10: IMOD & MUA 10 Kiswa 11.) A.M. 10, 2500 Noon-29, 19,

·18. Mino

8.00 9.3; 193,00 g 435 Hsm:

NIGHT CARE, ne^on Week Days..

SATURDAYSHAVN AN De Katra Cásd as “yu 1midnight)

SASA FECJALUCARS

3.00 7.1. $0.00

10. MIG

10 Min

iviao-Yang

Lyons

Sbekal

Tiebling Tiental

Tolya Los Angeles Tulagtan

Interest Alloved on Current Accouor. Deports received for fixed periods at rates, to be

EISHI ONO, Manager'

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

ÜHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.

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HEAD OFFICE. LONDON: Paid-up Capital

£1,200,000

Reserve Fund......................£1,800,000 Reserve Liability of

annum.

A. G. STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.

HONGKONG SAVINGS RANK

HE Business of the above

Bacond noted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Rules inay be obtained on ap plication,

INTEREST ón deposits is al-

balances at $3 per cent. per an......

lowed on the minimum monthly

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Depositors may transfer at their

option balances of $100 or more

to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT et 4 per cent. per annum.

For the Hongkong and Shang- hai Banking Corporation,

AG STEPHEN Acting Chief Manager,

Proprietors.......£1,200,000 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- soted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- Subscribed.

Authorised Japítal, ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- Paid Up ceived for 1 year or shorter periods Reserve Fund it rates which will be quoted on application.

Wm: DICKSON/

Manager. Honokane, 11th Anril, 1912.

THE

NOTICE,

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CHINA

PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

(Capital Fald up...$1,250,000.)

Loans on Mortgage of House Pro porty, &o.

Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Provident

SystemPro

(Rates and Particulars on ap-

plication).

The Office of TRUSTEE EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c.

Undertaken and Executed.A MASHEWAN, TOMES & Co.

General Managers. Hongkong 10th March, 1908- «

BANKERS:

€1,500,000

$1,125,000 552,500 465,000

Bank of England: London Joint Stock baug, Limited.

Every description of Exchange business transacted."

Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts at 2 per cent per annum. on Daily Balance and on Fixed „Deposits at rates which may be sscertained on application.

A. R. LINTON

Manager.

OPILM

Malwa, New: Maiwa, Old

QUOTATIONS.

Sept. 14 18,300 per p $8,300907

9.325 par cle 9.2007 9.030.

Atna, New Patna, Qld Benares New Benares, Old........... 8.25

THE ALEXANDRA CART Cannot be Beaten, if EquZ. for Bread, Cakes, Confect land meals with Wines &