THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1912.
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WINE MERCHANTS.
Des Voeux Road.
TELEPHONE 636.
Supply the highest quality Wines, Spirits, Cigars and Oigarettes obtainable, consistent with price. All Wines and Spirits bottled in Europe by Shippers of world wide reputation.
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Banks
Banks
ONGKONG & SHANGHAI THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE HBANKING CORPORATION.
KELLY
HARRY WICK:
PAID-US CAPITAL.......
$18,000,000
Sterling
£1,500,000@2/-- $15,000,000
AUTO
16,750,000
BUKE ILLEST OF
$15,000,000
PROPREITORA .maoman
BANK LTD.
ESTABLISHED 1880.
➡831,750,000 | AUTHORISED CAPITAL...Y 48,000,003,00-
PÁZD-UP CAPITAL .......
30,000,000.00 RICKY FUND
... 17,150,000.00
COURT OF DIRECTORS. E. Sex, Esq.-Chairman
F.H. ARMATRONU, Esq.-Deputy Chairman, Andrew Forbes, Esq. G.E. Medhurst, Nay. G. Friesland, Esq. W, L. Pattenden,
B. Gubbey, Eaq. Esq.
G. B. Laurenz, Esq. Hon. Mr. H. RBS F. Lich, Esq.
H. Siebe, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGEX: Hongkong N. JE STABB,
MANAGER:
Shanghai-H. ER. HUNTER
KALA
LONDON BARIES-LONDON COUNTY AND Wenzhongter BANK, LISTED.
HONGKONG-LITKEZET ALLOWED."
Un Current Account at the rate of Two per cent. per annum on the daily balance.
OX FED EXPOSITAS ---
For 8 months 2 per cent per annum.
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*
F. J. STABB,"
Chier Manager.
Hongkong, February 17, 1912.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
TAXK business of the shore Bank is con. ducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA- MON. Rales may be obtained on ap plication.
HUD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA,
·· BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AN ANTUNG-HAL NAGARANT BOMBAY
NIWEKWAMU CHANGCHER NEW YORK DAIREN (DALNY) 'Osaki" FANGTIEN (MUKDEN) PARIS HAYEON HONOLULU KOBE
LAO-YAN LONDON LYONI
BYOJUN (PORK ARCHUB} SAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHAL
THEBLING
Team
Τοκτο
Interest allowed on Current Accounts. Deposits received for fixed periods at ratos to be chiained on application.
~ TAKLO TAKAMICHI, *Manager. Jongrong. September 26, 1911.
MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LIMIKRED.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL
SUBSCRIBED PAID-UP
do: BESERTA FUND *********
CLEARANCE SALE.
All the old Chinese porcelain, Chinese embroidery and ivory Teal ware, which remained unsold at the HONGKONG UNIVER. The SITY BAZAAR, is to be sold at Messrs A. TACK & Co's
Virago premises, No. 26, Des Voeur Road, Central (first floor), from wat
the 23rd March, 1912, at HALF PRICE Simply Wellan Saturday, given away.
Don't misthe chance. THE HONGKONG UNIVERSIT
Hongkong, March 29, 1912.
NEWS FROM HOME!
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
LONDON, March 5.
gas. cruiser
MOTOR VEMEL
The motor battleship his Ingged behind. A gas destroyer is building: a ly believed to be projected. £1,500,000 Both were set going by rumours of
Bike £562,500 German motor battleship, which, however, £365,000 has diniinished to a ship with one-third of
£1,125,000
... HEAD OFFICE}], 40-TRAZADEXEDIZ STEKTE, LONDON, 1.0.
Bombay.
Calcutta. Howrah.
INTEREST on deposita is allowed at 33 PER CENT por um, Dipo V may transfer at their option balances of #100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK," to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at.4 PER CENT. per
Baauen
For the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
N. J. BTABE
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, January 24, 1911.
1517.
BRANURES:
Gallo.
Singapore Perent.
Kuala Lumpar, FMS Hongkong Karachi. Bangoon Columbo,
Shanghai Kandy.
AGENTS IN: Jarang MEMES JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
BANKERS:
BANK OF ENGLAND.
· LONDON JOT STOCK BATE. Lasized,
her power supplied by auxiliary engines, and even that is not authenticated, 140 Germans are going slow. They have discovered, as we have, that motor battle- ships do not entail any really important reduction in superstructure and may need fanuals almost as much as mearishide
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defent the passage of the Conciliation Bill or any similar messure. Thus we see Lord Weardale, a Liberal, and Lord Curzon, 3 equally pronounced Conservative, appearing As joint-presidents of the "antie while a number of waverers both in the Lords acq Commons have now definitely joined the opposition. Probably no more supid tactier have ever been adopted by any party than (Chis window smashing outburst, for the blow
has been of hoomerang efect against the Duple cause it was intended-to forward.
BIRDS OF THE TULLERIES,
M. Poly a familiar figure in the life of Paris, whose yes have benefited by the hopes to be back again in the Tuilerier Gardens among his little Bock, with his cigaz, his napkin and his bread-crusts.
1400)
bost
960 8500
torpedo bost
pedo bost destroyer. torpedo boab-destroyw
Lt. Coindr Litat Come Tout-Com
El Com, MT
Li Comac
LA O God!
Winsloo,
Is Dund
V.O., U.M.G, Commander.
Foreign Men-of-war on the China and Japan Station.
Gral. Colloch de Kerül
-130
500
Lieut. Bincall
Laat Puech
Commander-in-Chief, the French, Chins Station
Name
Fing
Jose
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cruiser
Tons, Guns, EP.
4000
Cuplatne
Capt Alfred Cicol
French armoure
10,014
30 20,000
Kleber
1st class cruiser
Capt. Vergoe Capt. Gouts
Decidón
Argus
- French gunbo
French river gumboat.
French gunbost French
French Fab-masing
Fresch sub-marine
French sub-marine
French sub-marine
French armoured French destroyst
destroyer
destroyer
destroyer
French destroy
300
Lynx
!! The advantage lies solely in increased radias and decreased engine-room staff the disadvantages contre round increased trouble with a novelty. It is to the credit
Eo has confided to the New York Herald of the Admiralty that it has recognised these things in true perspective. Nearly how he started on his career as a hird; twenty paars ago we took the water tabs charmer. Every morting on my way to ↑ Protec
Styx boiler ides from our then enemy Francs, the telegraph office I sat down on a banch With turbines we took the lead. To-day to mad the paper and there I became we verge on asking whether the United zoquainted with the birds. People often Fronds States, which tends to hold a watching express surprise at my power of distinguished The brief, was not wiser than we were Tomorrow well, the turbine is not where
it was two years ago.......
Every description of Banking and Rx- change businoes lapsected, and Stocks and Shares bought and sold our Moooot of INTERNATIONAL BANKING constituents. Letter of Credit granted on agents and Correspondents all over the
Those two considerations have caused world
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Manager Hongz, March 18, 1912,
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then one from another, but is matter of fact every single sparrow is different from its fellows, and you would hardly believe how quickly they leam to answer to their names
Pistolet
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risk of building one of the new type, which, During the Transvaal war 1 had
little friend, the little Boer, him, who would answer to-1
if successful, will give us a headway at least equal to that secured by the much advertised first Dreadnought, but it it willvitation given in Eng not, the risk is rather too great to be little bird After that taken
The Inmous Scandinavian splorer-and Author, Bren Hedin, hea published a strong brochure that has sold to the extent million copies, aimed obviously st
of
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