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HISTORIC MIDNIGHT.

W WAR WAS DECLARED.

A dramatic story of how, at aight on August 4, 1914, the apire was informed that we re at war was revealed recently Lord Harcourt, who was lonial Secretary in the first ten He nths of the conflict. lated it to the Empire Parlis- entary Association.

"On that unforgettable night," said, "I was in the Cabinet bom, Downing-stress, with a w colleagues Our eyes were the akck, our thoughts on one abject only; but there was

eble effort to direct our onversation to other matters Je were waiting for a reply. hich we knew full well would avome, to our ultimatum to erh. When Big Ben struck 1.30-midnight in Berlin-we eft the room, knowing that the British Empire was at war.

"I crossed to the Colonial Office, o send a wat telegram to the hale of the British Empire. I sked the official in charge of that inty how long it would take. He aid; 'About six micutes.'

"I asked him to return to my room when he had done his work. In seven minutes he was back there, and before morning I received an acknowledgment of my telegram from every single Colonial Protectorate, and even islet in the Pacific.

cause.

mare

"So the grim machinery of war bagan revolving, in perfect order and with perfect preparation, be!

than two years previously an individast war- book had been prepared by the Colonial Committee of Defence for every single Protectorate and island. It was at the moment locked in the safe of each Gover-i nor or Commissioner, and they knew at occe what to do."

Lord Harcourt also male an interesting disclosure about South Africa when the rebols went f with shell, arine and ammunition possessed by the Union Govern-

meet.

"General Botha telegraphed to me to replace the arms and am-) munition at the earlies: possible

I moment.

turned natu- rally, but not very hopefully, to Lord Kitchener. His reply was: No, my friend; ao: one rifle or -cartridge shall be diverted from the European front.'

"So I searched the world over

"for five or six days, and ultimate-

ly, in a friendly codiatry, I found

THE HONGKONG

LEGRAPH

NOTICES

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THAT GO TO MAKE UP AN IDEAL

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ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY

WAR BOND DRAWING,

SALE OF TICKETS OLOSES

ON 15th FEBRUARY.

Tickets, $5 each, obtainable at Banks, Stores, Clubs and Hotels.

NOTICE.

the arms and ammunition 1 THE HONGKONG ICE CO.,

wanted. An empty ship was dispatched, the arms and am-

munition were loaded in 30

urs, sad in 16 days they

LIMITED.

reached Cape Town. That 16 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

days was the most critical, per-

in pursuance of Section

iod for the Union of South 188 of the Companies Ordinance Africa that it has gone through 1911 that a General Meeting of the members of the above named since it was formed."

Lord Harcourt also recalled company will be held at the that although we never lost a registered office of the Company, colony during the war, we were Pedder Street, Victoria, Hong within 24 hours of doing so ineng, on FRIDAY the 31st day January 1919, at 12 o'clock noon,

the Falkland Isles, which were for the purpose of having an saved for us by our Fleet. The account laid before them, show history, the preparation, the voying the manner in which the age and the accomplishments of wind ng up has been conducted, that Fleet was a story which he and the property of the company hoped might now be told.

£10,000,000 to CHARITY,

disposed of, and of bearing any explanation that may be given by the liquidator, and also of extraordinary determining by

HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

HE NINETY-NINTH ORDINARY MEETING OF

THE

SHAREHOLDERS in the Com

pany will be held at the Offices of the Company, Hotel Mansions, on TUESDAY, the 11th FEBRUARY 199, at 12 O'CLOCK, NOON, for the purpose of receiving a Ra- port of the Directors, together with a Statement of Accounts, declaring & Dividend and electing Directors and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 27th January to 11th February 1919, both days inclu

sive.

By Order of the Board of

Directors. W. E. CLARKE,

Becretary.

resolution the manner in which Hongkong, 7th January 1919. the books, accou-ts and decu-

According to her will, Margare:ments of the company, and of Olive Slocum Sage, widow, New the liquidator thereof, shall be York, requested that £8,000,000 disposed of. or £10,000,000 of her, estate

should go

Her to charity.

Dated the 23rd day of Decem-

brother, Colonel Joseph Jermain ber, 1918.

Slocum, gets £2,000,000. The JARDINE MATHESON & CO.,

sum

set aside for charity is

divided among 36 religious, éducational, and charitable institutions, with a request that

it should be used to commemorate

her husband.

JAPAN AND CHINA.

LIMITED.

Liquidatore.

GERMANS IN CHINA,

The report has again obtained

The Shanghai Chinese Press currency that arrangements have

THE HONGKONG & SOUT! CHINA WAR SAVINOP ASSOCIATION.

forma fo Membership of the abov Association may be obtaineć from all the Banks or from the andersigned.

APPLICATION

THE UNION INSURANC) SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD

Honorary Bedretaries & Treasurers.

Association has sent a circular been concluded to repatriate-ngtong, 15th January. 19** telegram to all newspapers in 4,000

German and Austro-

Japan asking them to give fall Hungarian subjects from China support to the new doctrine pro- by the steamer due at Shanghai posed by the Japanese government in March and April with the that she is ready to abandon her Chinese labourers returned from special position in China so as to France. The first steamer, the create entirely new relations British vessed Pyrrhus, with between China and the rest of the 1,800 Chinese labourers, will nations. The telegram is being arrive in Shanghai, at the end of distributed through a Japanese February. Press Association.

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