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GENERAL NEWS.

Bangkok's Commission of Police: The King has been pleased to give Major Eric St. John Lawson, Commissioner of Police, Bangkok, authority to wear the Insignia of the First Class of the Order of the Crown of Siam, which decoration has been conferred upon him by His Majesty the King of Sim in recognition of valuable services rendered by him.

Loyal Malay Footballers. Penang, April 26. At the auntal meeting of the Mohamedan Football Association, represents- tives of 18 olubs were preagot was decided to challenge the Malaya Football Association, Singapore, to a match at Penang. Patriotic speeches were made emphasizing the loyalty of the Malaya and the meeting closed with cheers for the King. -Straits Times.

A Horrible Pate. Oswin Jarome O'Brien, & mil- lionaire, sentenced himself, to

seat on the water wagon for four years. If he doesn't retain that seat during that time he losss

NOTICF.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1915,

THE VICTOR VICTROLA

BRINGS TO YOU AN INFINITE VARIETY OF ENTERTAINMENT

Call in and we will gladly demonstrate it to you.

EXCLUSIVE AGENTS

MOUTRIE'S.

control of his $2 000,000 fortune GAS COMPANY MEETIN. mineries have been opened and

The Electrical Competition Question.

nothing will be wanting on our part towurde, as I have already sxpressed it, reaching a basis for conserving both competing con cerns in the best interests of the community.

I will now turn to the accounts. The result of our your shows" decrease in Working account profit of Tie: 33,804 49 and in the total net profits of Tis. 44,053.80.

1913."

our

Prepaid Advertisements

ONE CENT PER WORD

FOR EACH INSERTION,

* TO LET.

TO LET.

TO LET Flats in Nathan TOLET-On the 1st of May.

Road. Kowloon.

No. 27, Conduit Road, very "PENYRHEW Minden Row, large dining and drawing rooms, Kowloon, 6 Roomed house with three excellent bed rooms and tennis court, 1 & 2 Minden Villas, bath rooms well furnished Kowloon, 5 roomed house with throughout Apply to-Masers, Tennis Court Four roomed PERCY SMITH SETH & houses in Humphreys Avenue, FLEMING. Gordon Terrace and Salisbury

Avenue, Kowloon:

21.

יד.י

A Flat in Humphroys Build-TO LET.-Houses in Clifton inge, Kowlon.

Gardens, Conduit Road. Apply to.

Godowna, New Prays, Код- HUMPHREYS ESTATE &

nedy Town. FINANCE CO., LTD.

Alexandra Buildings

TO LET-Office 2nd Floor, No. 14 Pedder Street; also Large Godown on Water Front. East Point.-Apply Property Office,

JARDINE, MATHESON |

& Co., Ltd.

TO LET A House in Torres Buildinge, Kimberley Road, DOMINICAN PROCURATION. Kowloon. Apply to:-SPANISH

Godowns, at Wanchal Road. 58 The Peak, The Retreat."

21 Wongneichong Road, Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND IN-

VESTMENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd.

TO LET Queen's Building.

The South-West portion of}· the first floor, including Treasury on Ground floor, lately in oc-

cupation of the German Bank.

Godown, No. 9, Ice House Street.

Offices facing the Harbour between The Hongkong Club and Post Office.

TO LET No. 59 The Peak (5 Apply to:-

Cameron Villas) "ROGATE" Austin Road, Kowloon,

the first floor of No. 3 Duddell ROOMS.suitable for offices, on Street.

THE HONGKONG LAND IN- VESTMENT'& AGENCY Co., Ltd.

No. 2 DES VOEUX VILLAS, TO LET The Ground Floor

5 Peak (unfurnished).

of No."6. Des Vœux Road Rooms in Beaconsfield" Bat-Central, ecoupied by Madame tery Fath..

Gains, etc. Apply to DAVID SASSOON & Co., Limited.

Bishops Lode South" No, 11 The Peak, unfurnished 5 rooms.

55 ELGIN TERRACE, "Eugesford ""No, 124 The Peak, unfurnished (6 rooms) from 1st May, 1915.

"Merion No. 6 The Peak,

TO LETA House in Knuts-

ford Terrace. Apply to: THE HONGKONG LAND IN- VESTMENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd.

WANTED.

WANTED. Gentleman with private family on the Peak. Apply"H. EX c/o 'Hong- kong Telegraph."

do-ires room and board.

3 rooms, suitable for office, Ist

Westward Ho" Bonham Road. No. 25 Belilios Terrace, with entrance on Conduit Road.

No. 27 BELILIOS TERRACE, with entrance in Conduit Road. In very good order.

No. 3 Des Voeux Villae, 52 Kellett, The Pesk. Mount (Furnished or unfurnished),

No. 1. Cameron Villas, No. 61

FOR SALE. The Peak, furnished, (immediate possession.

FOR SALE Two Pekinese Apply to

Poodles (Bitches). Apply LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 11 Hankow Road, Kowloon.

Shareholders may wish to put, to the best of my ability.

Thore were no questions, and the following resolutions ware unanimously adopted :.

That the report and sooomate passed-proposed by the Chair- as presented be accepted and

man and seconded by Mr. F. Ayscough."

Foonyuan Signboarddealers Wongyo chee, Shanghai. Hopwoo" 5 Central Francisco.

San

Kwongwuchong Jervois Street, Rangoon,

Lingwaicbea, Manila. Quesada China Hotel, Manila. Singfunghong, Penang, Winlug Bank Queen's Road, Sgravenhage.

for the rest of his life. The situa tion game to light when papers filed in the Supreme Court dis closed that his wife had brought proceedings to have him declared incompetent because of his over- indulgence in liquor. To avoid the necessity of having com- The annual general meating of mittee appointed to ours for him, shareholders of the Shanghai Gras O'Brien signed an agreement to Co., Ltd, was held on April 27 a ride on the water wagon.. the office of Mesare, Scott, Hard Compulsory Testotailsm." ing and Co. No, 6 Peking Road, Forbidding officials of its minen] Mr. E. Jenner Hogg pre-ided, and and offices to drink intoxicants, was apported by Meuare. F.

Working account shows either on or of duty, the Four Ayscough, U. W. Wrightson and ceipts to have been Tle. 672- sylvania Cosi Company and G. A. Richardeon, (directoral, 92.78 against Tia, 708,73 73 Hillside Coal and Iron Company Mr. F. W. Potter, (Engineer), Mr. for 1914 (a decrease of Tis 36, has issued ordera from its offices G. R. Wingrove, (Secretary), ́the 810.95) whilst expenditure in Duamore, fring dismissal as Rev. O. H. Bandfield, Modern Lamanted to Tls. 400,852.77 the penalty for violation. The J. Cubitt, E. H. Dauning, E. E. against Tis. 409,839.23 a decrease purpose, it was explained, is to Parsons, J. Ambrose, F., Uross-of Tle. 3,000 46, aet decrease make better men of the officialsley, B. Anderson and W. Arm-on working account of 33,894.40. unfurnished (6 Rooms).

Our carbonised material coat. The experience has been, it was strong, representing 3,090 shares. said, that drinking detracts from The notice calling the meeting Ta: 232 378.33 gint Tiedoor, Queen's Road Central. the efficiency of employees and and the auditors' report having 1667.51 although 4,914 tons less 230,710.82, an increase of Tip. the company hopes to stop the been read, the Chairman said :--- habit. The order follows the Gentlemen, I regret that I have material were used and 42,581,400 efforts of the Erie Railroad Com- not a good report to submit to gabio feet less gas manalactured, pany in the licensing courts to you. A year ago I had to speak Too average cost of the material have licenses for five saloons near to you very seriously about Carbonised was Tis. 5.53 per ton its shops and roundboase refaeed, Electriol competition and the compared with" The, 490 in Prolonged Artificial Respiration. way it was affecting our businese,

Lafayette Reuter, 23 years old, owing to the facilities farden by Charges for manufacture of gas whose every breath in more than its possessing the many avantages and maintenance and of coat of seven weeks depended on friends derived from being favoured as a distribution show a decrease of and relatives, who have kept him Municipal institution. The com- only Tis. 1.054.15, the fixed alive by means of artificial respir-petition had contianod and we charges such as Wages and Salar ation, died recently at Washburn bare suffered as I saticipated. flies applicable to these accounts U.S. A. This was ons of the most do not wish to trouble you with remaining practically unchanged, peculiar cases that came to the reiteration and may, therefore, whilst a lesser amount of gas was attention of physicians in that perbapa be permitted to recalland made and sold. vicinity. Last sulama Reuter ask you to refer to my speech of a Management and General was-stricken with nerve paralysis, year ago. The effect of Municipal charges amount nearly the same which affected the muscles of his Competition being practio illya last year, Fire Insurance pra arms and lege, and later the the same to-day as it was then. minmehowing an increase of Tls mnacles of the pulmonary region. Our lighting account has pensibly 835.71. Relatives and Irionde forced air diminished and, although the into the young man's lungs by heating and o:oking demand has the acosun', receipta from Ges Turning the credit side of pamping the chest with their progressed satisfactorily, it as Sales show a decrease of Tis year ended 31st December 1914 hande. Is his entire illness the not increased sufficiently to com-8136.43. Our Residual products be paid to the ebareholders at the victim remained conscious and pensate for the felling off in gave ide ructions as to how boas lighting. Again, the favourable are done very well, coke having rate of one and a half taele (1.50 yielded Tis. 12,830.34 more than par shaza-proposed by the Chair result of our Residuale in very last year and sar and pitch an ismin and sounded by Mr. F. to do the pumping.

Extensive Help for Chlon, satisfactory, but on the other hand

orease of Ils. 5896.68, an expan- Ayscough. The Rockefeller Foundation prices paid for Carboniaing ion that I foreshadowed a year has announced that it has de material were considerably higher. cided to undertake a comprehen. Had the same prices prevaild a go. There is also a satisfactory Profit and Loss Account remain Give plan for the improvement of in 1913 we should have been Account. Our stocks have been declared at this meeting be sp increase in the profits on Fitting ing after payment of the dividend medical and hospital conditions some, Tls. 26,000, better off on taka at a very low value and propriated as recommended by in China. For this parpo e; the this account. To make matters foundation plans as the first step worse, dollar exchange, which has special depreciation bas teen the director in their report for toward effective work, the develop for many years bean a credit.write it where necessary the year 1914, proposed by the

As regards Profit and Loss Ac- ment in China of medical educe now appears as a debit. We are

count the figures, on the oredit ation. This will include aid for the worse off under, this beading, un two or more medical schools in empel with last year, by The side speak for themselves and on the other side the principle items China, described as inadequately 8.874.48. It is not therefore sur- equipped; the strengthening of prising that we bave to reduce are the appropriations sanctioned the staffe of the mission and other our dividend and it is with the our last meeting, including hospitals; assistance in the esti greatest rest what we are com- lishment of two modern tulur pelled to face that fact,

That Mesare. II. W. G. Hayter culosis hospitals; and the estab Having Blinded to certain items longer a profit, but, as you will as auditors of this company pro- Mid-Americans during the week.

that dollar exchange is no and J. E. Bingham be re-elected lishment of six $1000 scholar which are capable of recoveryre, showe a debit of Tis. 3,572.62 posed by Mr. L. J. Unbitt and The latest New York quotation ships, with travelling expenses, such as carbonising material and and I must farther deplore a seconded by the Bay, G. H. are, 10.20 cents Jaly and 10.62 to enably Chinese graduates in dollar exchange, it is my duty to dies abroad, and of Ave sohalar unguins calculations therson and cost as The 702.30, Balance of The Chairman thanked share-pool güntations are 5.741. spot medical to prosecute further sin point out that we onnnot base collector's defalcation which has Bondfield. ships to enable Chinese nurses to wo mast look matters in the face Laterest amounts Tla, 1,777.71, holders for their attendance and and 6.088. March/April, 1916. obtain training in this country, and recognise that it is Electrical being on Bank overdraft &c.

announced that dividend warrants The Shanghai cotton market Not only have many prevent competition that is the crucial Referring to the Balanco Sheet, would be posted to-night. able and easily ourable diseases question, and it is to the Ouncil here has been a trifling addition Shanghai Mercury, prevailed there almost unchecked and the Rate-payers that we must of Tls, 658.89 to Buildings. The from the earliest days down to the look for some arrangement that additions to Manufacturing present time,reade the found. shall retain the services Branob have cost Tis. 7,050.51 ation's statement," but inter of this Company to the Com for necessary, plant, and the cost UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS. Black Italians were Armer, greya dourse with foreign countries and manity on equitable terme of those for Distributing Plant modern methods of communicat Gentlemen, I admit the bas boon Tle: 83,209:43 for new ion have introduced into regions, difficulties but I feel confident of mains, service, meters and other previously unaffected, such ters Bulation of them, as I fully things necessary for the conduct Eastern Extension Australasia rible scourgen sa bubonic plague, believe that all concerned are of this branch of the business, and have contributed largely to now approaching them in a spirit Other items on either side of the the spread of other dangerous of all round" fairness. 80count do cot require any infections. A special obligation H resta apon western civilisation; toi that mitigate this sufferi

for par

of which it may be held directl”!

That a final dividend for the

That the balaros at credit of

O airman, and seconded by Mfr. C. W. Wrightson.

That Mr. C. W. Wrightson be re-elected a director of this com pany-proposed by Mr. E. H. Dancing and seconded by Mr. E. an ample amount for E. ParaoEB, depreciation. I am sorry to say

trast clacidation

will recognise the desira With thees remarks I will to

ining from propose the passing of the Raport lefinitely to-day and Accounts, but before doin ave seen that proli-1 so will answer any questions that

J. M. BECK, Superintendent.

Hongkong, 26th April, 1915.

Great Northern Telegraph

pCompany, Ltd. Heinfat, Shanghal. Shipmanyuyut Central Street, Shanghai.

Keinyuenhong, Shanghal. Laehus Kassinho, Amoy.

Laiwah Keeson 6 Western Market, Amoy.

Leeyanchong, Kobe. Yufungtai, Shanghai.

Hudsomaru, Nishinomiya.

DR. BLACK,

Superintendent. Hongkong, April 30th, 1915.

The Cotton Trade.

There was not much change in

Pin cents October, the latest Liver-

& China Telegraph Co."

Boeyholkok 26 Road, Singapore.

Bracken, Melbourne, Ferrrier, Passe

Shanghai.

was quiet, but steady.

The market for all varieties of yern was very dull during this period..

At the piece goods auctions, ateady on the whole and whites a abade essier.

Connaught I

you have lost your one of the big variety dainty dishes at the ALEXAN Nubia” DRA JAFE is sure to tempt

you

FELUCCA

UT FRERES.

FABRIQUÉ RAE MASPERO FILRESUR JANË IKUR MANUFACTURE-AP

CAIRE,EGYPTE.

NOTICES.

THE

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