THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
EXTRA
HONGKONG THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1916.
LATEST WAR TELEGRAMS,
YACHTING.
COMPANY REPORK
- BIG RUSSIAN SUCCESS.
ERZERUM CAPTURED.
[Renter's Service to the “ Telegraph.”}
February 16, 6.25 pm.
Bauter's correspondent at Petrograd says its is officially announced that Ecretum has been captured.
THE EFFECT OF THE CAPTURE.
February 16, 800. p.m.
The capture of Erzerum by the Russians is welcomed enthus- iastically. It may mean that the Turkish resistance in Armenia is broken for good, and will have an excellent moral effect on the campaigns in Mesopotamis and Persia,
ANOTHER OUTRAGE IN AMERICA.
TWO STEAMERS DESTROYED BY FIRE
February 16, 6.00 p.m. Renter's correspondent at New York states that a fire, believed to be incendiary, has destroyed the steamers Bolton Castle and Pacific, as well as scores of scows and lighters and 900 feet of the pier at Brooklyn.
Over
The steamers were loading for Vladivostock, when an explosion in the boilers forced the scamen to jump into the water, twenty-five firemen of the Bolton Castle are missing. The loss amounts to over a million dollars.
CORRESPONDENCE.
The opinions expressed by the correspondents are not necess- arily those of the "Hongkong Telegraph"]
WISDOM WHILE YOU WAIT-
faint.
Royal Hongkùng Yacht Club.
The Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co, Ltd.
The results of the seventh of the series of Club Championship
The report of the shore Com- Races for the Handicap and One pany, for presentation to share Design Classes are as follows:- holders at the twenty-ninth ordinary, aunusi meeting, to be Course-Channel Rock (P), held at the office of Messrs. Kowloon Rock (P),North Fairway Jardine, Matheson and Co., Ltd., Buoy (P), Distance 10.1 miles.
on Thursday, March 2, at 11.30
Yoost.
Handicap Class.
Course
Printebing
Time
Correoleda
The Directors beg to submit to shareholders their report with a
MS HMS HLS statement of accounts for the year
ended 31st December, 1915.
less 141 5.39.30 5.41.11 Scratch 5.1411 514.11
Dione. Scratch
Rona La Linda Kathleen Colleen Dorothea Ayesha
The profit on working waAI $471,291.75 as compared with
LAI 547.35 5.45.54 $507,080.03 in 1914. 5.53 5.58.57 5.53.04 6.445.39.55 5.33.11 10.06 D.N.S. 10.06 D.NS. Baccaneer 15.09 D.N.S.
Pu Position
The balance at credit of Profit and Loss account,
Pts to date
for Race
(1) Bona....
(2) Colleen
9. 7
51
(3) Dione
50
(4) La Linds (5) Kathleen
29**
Dorothea Ayesha Buccaneer
One Design Class.
29889011
including $101107.41 brought forward from last year, and after deduct- ing Directors' and Auditors' fees, and paying for all interest and repairs, amounts to $471,895.67, which it is proposed to appro- priate as follows
To psy a dividend of 7 per cent. from
working profits
$210,000.00
To write of launches 10,009.00 To write off Lighters 50,000.00 To writs off Machinery 20,000,00
Course-Trocas Rock (P.), To write off Kowloon
North Fairway Baby (P), Distance! 8.45 miles.
Yaolit.
uo duo,11
fo Courso,
Finishing
Timo.
Correotod
Timo,
Wharresah 000 000
To write off West
Point Wharf
10,500.00
500.00
To write off Railways'
and Rolling Stock: 10,000.00 To transfer to Euro- Employees' Provident Food 25,000.00
105,895.67
$471,895.67
A
pean MS HMS. HM Scratch 5.43 57 5.43.5 To carry forward to
5.58.32.5.43.32, 77
5.59.24. 5.59.24
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Ailsa
Daphne Halcyon- Benits
Position
6.12.03 6.12.03
Pts.
Pta
for Esce. to date.
5
27
3
27
2
12
1
B
new account
Business, Considering the abnormal conditions the returns from all sources may be consider- ed satisfactory."
Mr. G. Apperson.-The modern girl's gymnasium would have (1) Afles made cor great grandmothers (2) Daphne (3) Halcyon Father Bernard Vaughan.In (4) Bonita the present day we are so taken Heyward Hays and Gael Classes, 3 Wharf were proceeded with as: Wharres-The repaire to No. SANITARY BOARD ELECTION. P with trying to improve others
Conree Frocas Rock (P) opportunities offered. A number and to ameliorate their conditions North Fairway Bay (P.) Distance of new steel piles were driven, that we forget to be good our 8.45 miles selves.
(To the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph.) •
Best on the Sanitary Board. From
Hr. O lo Williams-It is the amateur who gets the most enjoy ment out of music.
*
On secount of the course pot and at the centre the Wharf is being completed by firat toat of being strengthened by submarine this class within the time limit bracing. A start has been msôn viz. 6 p.m., the race will require it is expected the erection of the to be re-esiled.
wharf will be completed about the end of 1916
Hongkong Heads the Exports
List.
on the New Steamer Wharf and
Launches The Albatross WAS
Lighters. The whole fleet is now in computasiou
Directors.-The directors have to record with much regret the death of the Hon. Mr. E A Hewett, C.MG Messrs. A. 8.T.
Consland and C. 8. Gabbay re-
Bir-I fail to understand why
Mr. Roy Campbell-Do not the four nominators of the other traat entirely to literary gar candids te should state that Dr. lands" and elegant extracts," Ozorio riaims that he would re-but read for yourselves the works CHINA'S FOREIGN TRADE. old during the year. present the Portuguese Section of authors of merit even though of the Community if he not generally popular. should be elected to the vacant ; M. Douglas Cala-Working are too apt to figure the s careful perusal of their letter it Oxford student as a bloated and appears to me that Mr. Pellock platocratic individual, full of and his co nominatore desire to class arrogance and supercilions- convey to the minds of the peas; whereas many are ill enough. There has just been "aned by unbited public that Dr. Ozorio off and of small pretensions. the Chinese Maritime Customs a tire according to the Articles of would look after the interests of Sir Leader Branton.-Long ago bulky volume giving an analysis Association and being eligible the Portuguese Comma.ity only we thought that the deaths from of foreign trade with Chins dar-offer themselves for re-election. and not of the other inhabitants consumption were only to be met ing the year 1914, dealing more Auditors.Messrs. F. Maitland of the Colony at all.
in & spirit of resignation; but now especially with the export of and H. Percy Smith, F.C.A. hare The insinuation also that the we know that if we allow people Chinese produce to foreign coun-audited the accounts now present- man with higher scientife qualito die of consumption it is our tries. For the year coder ed and offer themselves for
review it is shown that the re-elestion partial manner is uncalled for Mr. W. J. Eccott-History is, if value of the exports amoun and absurd, because Dr. Osorio in not the worst teaght, the worst ted to 345,280,874 Hsikwan Taels, his address to the electors clearly learned subject in our schools.
whereas in the previous year they Hongkong, 21st January, 1916. stated that, it elected, be would always keep in mind the great creator in art is the end of and in 1912 370,520,403 Яk. Tla Mr. Alfred Kalisch-Every totalled 403,350,546 EL TIs, general welfare of the rate-pay one procese of development and Of the first named total to less ers and other inhabitants of the beginning of another.
1h 93,399,758 Hk. Tie orth Hongkong.
Mr. Aylmer Maude. The cen- of produce was exported to Hong- Does Mr. Pollock construe this sorship in Busia is a valuable kong, this being by far the largest as meaning the welfare of the institution because it serves to amount exported to any single Portuguese Community only? l indicate the books which intelli port or country. Japan comes this is his interpretation then gent people would care to read an easy second with 63,476,859 Hey L. White.We Ek Tis. Apart from Hongkong, nowsdays to live on the surface, 20,113,753 Hk. Tis. worth were life, indeed, rens ao fast that it exported to Great Britain and never appears to be very deep. British possesiona
fications would act in a more in-
Yours faithfully,
ELECTOR. Hongkong, February 17, 1916.
Forthcoming Marriaga.
The notice board at the office
own fault.
Theatre Collapses Under
Weight of Saow,
DAVID LANDALE,
Chairman.
DAY BY DAY.
Civil Service List.
In an appendix is set out the The Hongkong Civil Servim
Tist for 1016 has now been pub- total imports into China for the
fished. same period and here it is shown that the importa during 1914 werD
Flagstaff, Arizona, Dec. 31-represented by a mum of 539,417,
The André Labon.
of the Registrar of Marriages bearu The Majestic Opera House here 881 H. Tla; during 1918, 845,-
The Massagezien Maritimes Co. the names of Lient. Col. Henry collapsed to-day under the weight 067 211 Hk. Tls. and during Wilson lies, B.G.A., 82, The of snow which has fallen steadily 1912, 640,120,905 Hk. Tia. It is has immed invitations for an ins Peak, and Mra, Alms Sydney Iris for the last forty might hour, not stated into which countries spection by guests of their new
VERKÄNNAër Andre Labot on Hewett, Ridge House, Broadwood and which continued washed these goods was importad. Road
During 1914 the value of the Saturday next, from 3.30 to 4:30 Haikwan Tael was given sa 2,64€ pm:
to-day.!!
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