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JOHN MURRAY FORBES. illustration could be olted, if it

A LINK WITH OLD HONG- KONG.

Chinese Capital and an American Railway.

wore

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1915.

COMPANY MEETING.

J. Llewellyn and Co, Ltd,

We will, with your permission, follow the usual course and take the report and accounts, which possession, a read, have been for some days in your

amounts to $14,763-07 and sub- The balance of profit and loss ject to your approval, we propose to dispose of thistum as follows:- To pay a dividend of 10

per cent. say $8 per " .ebare...

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

BUTTER & CHEESE.

DAISY BUTTER

DAIRYMAID

BUTTERCUP

PASTRY

CHEESE

...

...$1.10 per lb,"

1.00

.90

80

"

,70

These prices have been approved by the Food Committee and will come into force on and after the 24th instant.

·CORRESPONDEnce.

LANGKAT OUTPUT, Messrs. Wright and Hornby

B.V.D.

COAT CUT UNDERSHIRTS

$1.50, $2.50 Bach,

KNEE LENGTH DRAWERS

$1.50, $2.50 Per Pair.

LOOSE FITTING UNION

SUITS

$3.00 Por Suit,

SLEEPING SUITS

SHORT SLEEVES.

KNEE LENGTH,

$3.00..$5.50 Per Suit,

ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET ON APPLICATION.

MACKINTOSH &

16

LTD.

16

Men's Wear Specialists.

DES VIEUX ROAD

advise us that the Langkat output WM. POWELL LTD.

were necessary, of a great house that took hulf a century to grow from a small beginning into a financial power exercising its wealth in half the lands under the sun and that then, in the brief space of ten years or so, led practically all its

Owing to the abnormal prices ruling at presont in Australia clients juto sweeping and dis- The annual meeting of Messrs. or Butter, and the rise in the price of Canadian Stilton Checse, we patrons losses and has lost a very J. Llewellyn and Co., Ltd., was large part both of its prestige and held in the Chamber of Com-have been compelled to advance our retail prices to the following:- its power. These losses were not merce roomg Shanghai, Mr. C. W. An interesting link with the due to dishonesty, but merely to Wrightson occupied the chair China Ocast of the old days bad judgment and to a desire to and there were also present, Dr. R. sppears in the form of an article, gain profite very quickly, Father J. Marshall, and Mr. G. R. Win- Bigued C. M. Keye, which is then to build op by constructive published in Los Angeles processes great wealth-producing Platt (secretary), J. A. Donnelly, grove (directors), Messrs. H. C. paper, which we give helow.. properties.

Nearly seventy years ago a

E. J. Chatbura and A. W. Bur- "These illustrations provide a kill. The chairman said :- young American named John' Murray Forbes went on a visit.toof cor filence. If, in investment guide to the fundamental factors, China. Among other people and finance, you are going to whom he met were two Chineseive your confidence to any man merchants, wer of great wealth and influence in their owingly forinnate if by clience you er any firm, you will be exceed- kingdom and men appareils entrust yourself to this bande of with progressive idene. Both these men, who were great friends, acter, but also great ability; for men who possess not only char took a strong liking to young character without ability is apt Forbes. They talked to him to be exceeding negative and to great deal about America and leave, you pretty much where you about the wonderful opportunities of new lande, lying to the weat of without character is almost cer before; whereas ability the Allegheny Mountains, for sin to turn into piracy and to prautically all of the United States at that time west of those under you of all that you en-To write off deprecia-

trust to the man who possesses it. tion mountains #89 new and only

"When, in your investment To reserve for bad partially developed country. He desliage, you find a firm or an and doubtful debts fold them of the opportunities individual whose record discloses (bringing this food that seemed to exist and they both character and ability, you listened with deep and abiding will be fortanta inleed to become Carry forward to 1915 up to $2,000) ....... interest.

**After quite a lengthy friend abip these two merchants of China made a proposal to the young American that he take for them a large sum of money, nd use it in carrying on soins plitis which he had for the development of railroads and other enterprises in the new country, le rked for very explicit instructions before accepting such a trust and he got them. In a joint letter wiitton him in Boston, they instructed him to look first to the eality of the principal and second to the rate of income, and then to put into any enterprise that he might choose, as much of thoir money as be put in of bie owo, and that they would be content with the results, whatever they might be.

account.................

$ 7,200,00 [The opinions expressed by the correspondents are not necess- 1,190.90 arily those of the "Hongkong

Telegraph."]

805.44

5 567.83

(To the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph).

Canton News,

$14,763.07 Sir: notice that in your

Shameen and that such Patition is the outcome of a Meeting of the Municipal Council.

a silent partner with that man, or that firm, and go forward, with eventful fortunes of investment. them the quiet and perhapet They will, perhaps, make for you to you to-day are so self-explada- the heading of Canton News, The accounts which we presentisane of the 20th instant, under at wealth, as John Murray tery that they require little or no you state that a Petition is being Forbes made for his Chinese com comment. Notwithstanding the sent 10, British Residents here rades in fusnce, or as a great conditions of trade throughout for signature requesting the Scotch financier hos tande for bie the year, our business has been British Minister at Peking to thousands of English and Sooteh satisfactorily maintained and remove German subject from adherente because the times of credit is due to our manager, Mr. to-day are different from the times Chatburn, and the other members of yea orday, and investment that to the Staff.

I am pleased to inform you that Wise in thole daye, might be very foolish and dangerous to-day, the results of the past nine month's but they will at least give you working of our new aerated what you do not possess, namely, water factory have fully realized nutters and an honest judgment fied the aetion of your directore expert guidance in investment our expectations and bave justi as to the events that have not yet in incurring the costs of its instal- lation. Our waters, subjected to transpired."

Hongkong readers will be the the electric process of steriliza- more interested in the above when tion, have met with general they learn that the John Murray favour and we confidently losk Forbes mentioned," entered the forward to greatly increased firm of Russell und. Co. (Meara eales during this year.. Shewan Tomes' predecessors) as

I have nothing farther to add,

On that basia he went abrad. He was a quiet, conservative in, with a laige vision and with a good deal of coniage. Backed by this capital and by very large amounts of audito sale-pital that

a junior olerk, in the your 1830. but shall be pleased to answer flowed to him as time went on, and I those pre-Hongkong days the any questions shareholdere may a bie business venture proved be headquarters were at Can-wish to ask, successful, be pushed forward and Leceme perhaps the foremost on, and it was between there,

The report and accounts were railroad builder of his day. He Macro and Lintin that young passed on the motion of the chair- was largely instrumental in build-Forbes seems to have occupied man seconded by Dr. Marshall..

his time. "After a couple of yeare A dividend of $8 per share was ing the Lake Shore and Michigan he returned America, married, ordered to be paid on the motion Southern, the Chicago, Burling

I would advice you that your information is incorrect, the Council having no cognizance of this matter whatsoever.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

D.. V. LANNING, Chairman, Shameen Manioipal Council.

Hongkong, May 21. 1915- [A petition was signed by re- idete of the Shamean, request Peking to cause the removal of ing the British Minister German subjects from the Sha meen, and is now, we believe, on its way to Peking. Ed. H. K. T.

for the current "follows:-

ARE SHOWING

LATEST MODELS,

•

is as

May

Тоде 342

2

"

370

3

321

"

369

BABY CARRIAGES

11

330

389

362

14

357

35B

WOOD OR CANE BODIES

419

.300

332

WIRED ON TYRES,

3274

*

»' 328

15

11

311

16

310

17

873

"

320

19 20

346

334

414

411

304

357

204

Total to 25. inst. 8,850

Daily average 354.00 THE HALF-BRICK IN ACTION.

There is one Prussian officer

now convalescing in his native special hate for England and h country who cherishes a qut methode of warfare. This officer

and I tell the story as it wo told me by an American friend who heard it from the man's own lipe was recently in command of a small detachment who were holding a farm building againer

and having taken a year's leave, of the Chairman seconded by PROPERTIES OF HEATED our men. The British attack was

came back to Canton in 1834. Of Mr. Wingrove.

eervant as most of us in Bong-

atill. I take him to Manila

STEEL.

he share of three-sixtoonths in Russ- and after annealing.

American returned home to con-hard-drawn tuba, which contains duct the firm's affairs in his own a good deal of amorphous materi- country. Seven years later the al, behaves like a viscous fluid, celebrated Daniel Webster, then and flows more or less freely under **Secretary of State "sent a circolar stress; whereas at the same

vigorquely pressed, and one by one the Germans were killed or wounded. The officer almost alone remained, unbart, to meet the final charge of his enemy, and he was preparing to sell his life as dearly as he could when a British soldier with a "disgust ing obuckle seized a broken half-brick and krocked him senseless. The officer (I forget bow) subsequently rejoined his own army, and soon afterwarde received in an orthodox fashion the wound from which he is now recovering. But the abrasion on bio scalp is what is really troub ling him, and be declared to my informant that it must be due to

toa and Quincy and several other railroade that to-day are among bis doings in this part of the Mr. Wingrove was reappointed our greatest railroad systems.

world we are able to learn some-director on the molicn of Mr. The inception of this great enter.

"Letters and Donnelly seconded by Mr. Mat- prise, as well as the foundation thing from his of the great fortune of John lin and Co. Boston) edited by his

Recollections", (Houghton, Miff-thews.

Messrs. Lowe, Bingham and

Some experiments described in Marray Forbes, and the basis upon which bis lasting reputation daughter, Mrs. Hughes. Matthewa, were reappointed audi-a paper on the elastic properties was built, was the confidence of Mr. Forbes seems to have been tora on the motion of Mr. Burkill of steel at moderately high tem- peratures, contributed by Mr. F. E. these two oriental merchants in as much in love with the Chinese seconded by Mr. Chatbara.

Rowett to the Royal Society, the integrity of the man

were prompted by the differences "This story is told to illustrate kong are to-day. He writes (May the power of confidence. It cuis 8, 1835, " Apee is my valet

in the behaviour under stress of bard-drawn steel tubes before both ways. Not only did this in the bope that confidents thus bestowed help may ran away when he gets there, ell and Co.'s business the young At a suitablo temperature a very greatly in the making of a great Americas, but it helped the or, if not, fall overboard. men who gave the confidence cannot get a plate or a glass of

water without running over quite as much. It brought them whole room and capsizing two or great wealth from a wise invest- meat and gave them alse the three boys and chaire.” sense of something accomplished, It was during Mr. Forbes'.se to China merchants, asking for temperature an annealed tube, this not being considered an some real work done in the worldcond period out here that the suggestions from them in view of being crystalline, flows in a much honourable wound that he failed end cométhing for posterity be- East India Company gave up its the public mission about to start less degree, corresponding to the to get the iron Cross for his de- sides mere money;

monopoly of the English trade for China for the purpose of amall amount of amorphous fence of the farm building.

Manchester Guardian In past generations, sach con- with Chinn, At that time there cultivating friendly relations with material in it. At a temperature fidence has been quite the usual was a steady inlux of Britishers that empire." Mr. Forbes was of about 300 deg. C. a hard- thing in the relationship between into Canton, and among them deputed to draw up the answer drawn tube shows properties banker and oliout, A dozen in they formed a club-the Union which was signed by the Boston similar to those of pitch at ordin- of which Mr. Forbes bacame a merchants engaged in the China ary temperatures, or of glass at a stances could be adduced of great

temperature rather below its TO FLOUR DEALERS bosses built up in London, Glas- member. Apropos, one of his trade.

"Sometimes we We find no mention, in the softening point. It is still bighly & OTHERS, Paris Boston and Philadel letters says: phia, asa result of the bestowal raced our bosta on the way to the book quoted from, of Mr. Forbes elastic under rapidly varying

Messrs. H. SKOTT and Com- of such confidence. As a matter baseball grounde, then played meeting with the two Chinese of stress, but flows perceptibly when pany having learnt that empty American contemporary's the stress is applied for a long flour bags bearing their "BRI- of fact, the three great-under- leapfrog along the dykes towards our

'MAGNOLIA," writing houses of New York, all the upland. In outdoor sports article; but there is much detail time. On the other hand, in the TANNIA," of which have broad international the Englishman has perforce to given of his own connection with annealed tube at 300 deg. the "CHINESE FLAG" and "DAN- ornoections, were created by just drop his insular dignity and be- the various railways of the United energy dissipated in a cycle of ISH FLAG" brands have been

without He died on October 12, etress is still almost independent manufactured como democratic, and he never Staten. such confidence as this. In every does it by halves. Often we found 1898, having left his mark on of the time taken over the ayole. authority and imported into instance, they proved worthy of ourselves holding, or jumping American politics and finance. At a higher temperature, for Hongkong, hereby give notice the confidence, sad, therefore,

William Hathaway example 540 deg., the bard-drawn taken against any persona found that legal proceedings will be they have held it generation of er over the head of, a high dignitary His son, generation. When the time of the Company's service in India-! Forbes, married a daughter of tube flown rapidly, and continues in possession of, or in any way .........I think we had no quarrels Emerson, the celebrated man of to flow for a long period, though dealing with, or handling such comes, as occasionally happens, and that the best spirit prevailed letters and their child was Mr. at a diminshing rate under bags, and steps will be taken to between the American and William Cameron Forbes, whom sheer stress of less than one ton recover the severest penalties of whom a large number of people foreign residents, The Eaird many of our readers knew sa Gov- per sq. in. Moreover at this tem the law, have placed their faith in money of Innes, was not, I think, ernor General of the Philippines perature the steel like pitch or Hongkong, 26th May, 1915. matters become too avaricious,

member, but some "of The last head of Russell and glass, shows considerable elastic

WANTED. too.apвoalativo, or too dishonossa to be trasted farther, the dis- Jardins and Co. were; and the and Co, before the firm became working. If the stress be and-

ANTED-An European to

ising."

informed, William Howell Forbes, elastic recovery in followed by a State qualifications and salary Sanging that he was to have a General,

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