THURSDAY JULY 18, 1912.
AN APOLOGY
is not required from us when we offer you”.
ALEXANDER'S LEMON SQUASH
AS THE FINEST SWEETENED LEMON, SQUASH, This Lamon Squash is made from fresh Australian Lemona. Warranted no added. meid, with full flavour of the peel. It is an excellent, summer drink. One or two tablespoonfuls with cold water or serated water forms a delicious and refreshing beverage.
PREPARED BY
J. W. ALEXANDER,
MELBOURNE,
GARNER, QUELCH & Co.,
TELEPHONE 636.
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3 STRAND
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CABLE LAID 5 to 15"
4 STRAND.. 3" to 10"
CIRCUMFMENCE.
CIRCUNTASYCE.
Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length,
Prices, Samples and full particulars will be forwarded on «pplication tu
Shewan Tomes & Co., General Managers.
Hongkong April 11, 1919,
TUBE RAILWAY FOR LETTERS.
More About the Coming Revolution in Loudos.
HONGKONG AVERAGE MARKET
PRICES.
Correolad to Thursday, July 11th, 1918,
di 100 cents per Dollar Mexican,
Butcher, Mont.
Beel Sirloin & Prime Cat-Mei Lang 1
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Sirloin Cotoni-Ngan Lao
Sausage,-Ngau Chsung
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20
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Shark,—Be Yu Skate-Po Yu Shrimps,-Ha
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Solos,—Tab Ba Yü
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and the head of one of the largest dry goods stores in the world.
Since then the system has been intro- duced into most of the great American cities. Each carrier of eight-inch tube 30 MILES AN HOUR.
weighs 13lbs., and has a cuble enpacity Is is pretty certain, the Fork Office of 800 inches, If filled with lead it would carries out the scheme announced by Mir weigh 342lbs., yet this beavy projectile │* Samuel in the Tonse of Commons to can be hurtled through the tube at the buiki a tube railway in London to every rate of 30 miles an hour with as much mails and parcels, the department will case as if it were stuffed with feathers. $31,750,000 AUTHORINED CAPITAL...Yo 48,000,000.00 not be taking a leap in the dark. The most ingenious--and to the lay mind 90,000,000.00 For some tine"post_x_experimental utterly uncanny-part of the system is 17,500,000.00 railway, built under the supervision of the arrangement by which the cylinders Mr. Kenneth E. Stuart, M.E. (chief engi- | deliver themselves, after travelling miles aver of the British and Colonial Pheuma. through a tube, at the station to which tie Tube and Transport Company), has they are accredited. It is managed by been running at Chelmaford. It has been fixing metal discs of graduated sizes on inspected by the Postmaster-General, the the front of the carrier, which in conjune." French Minister of Posts, and by many tion with an electric circuit perform officials from both Governmeals, who miracle which never miscarries, have thus had an opportunity of examin ing the actual working of a railway such as is contemplated for the Brst under ground Post Office line--probably between the General Post Office and Mount Plea sant.
E. Sarrian, Esq.—Chairman.
F.H. ARMMONG, Esq.-Deputy Chairman.
Andrew Forbes, Esq. G.H. Medhurst, E-AT-HI
G. Friesland, Esq.
8. Gabbay, Eng.
G. R. Laurenz, Es
. Lieb, Esq.
W. L. Pattanden,
Freq.
BOMBAY
Hon. Mr C. H. Rom.OHAYGUHUN
H. A. Biebs, Esq.
ChIKE MANAGER:-
Hongkong-N. J. STABB.
ACTING MANAGER!
Shanghai-A. G. STEPHEN.
LONDON BANKERS-London County anD
WESTMINSTER BANK, LIATED. “
HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWEL.
Un Current Ascount at the rate "of Twoj per cent. per annum on the daily balance,
OK FIXED DEPORTE :-*
For 3 months 24 per cent per annum;
NAGASAKI NEWCHWANG New Yor
"Darren (Dalny), Osaka
FENOTIEN (MULDÉS) PREIN HANTO HONOLULU Kosz
Ryorum (PortÁZTEVE) SAN FRANCISCO SHANGHAI
İXAO-YAND
TERULING
LONDON LYONS CALCUTTA
TOKYO
Interest allowed on Current Accounts.
TAKEO TAKAMICHI,
Manager.
Hongkong, April 1, 1913,
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N. J. STABB,
Chier Manager,
THE
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Hongkong, May 29, 1912.
HỌNGKONG SAVINGS BANK,
THE
BE business of the above Bank is con- dnoted, by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORA TION. Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.
the
INDIA, LIMNEKD.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL..
SUBSCRIBED
PAID-UP
RESERVE FUND
do. da.
HEAD OFFICE.
40 THREADNEEDLE STREET, LONDON, EC.
BRANCHES
Galle. Singapore..
From the London peint of view the interesting thing is that the electric sub- way also affords accommodation for the pneumatic tubes. For the British capi tal and for Paris, which is also entem. plating the adeption of an electric postal The railway at Chelmsford is an exact subway, pneumatic tubes would form replica of the electric system designed by merely a complementary means of transit Mr. Stuart in order to provide for the-but it is one that 'cannot be overlooked. transit of mail natter in cities when the
QUICKER CRBAN DISPATCH..
Deposits received for Axed periode at quantity is too great to be carried in
The service by pneumatic tube is one pneumatic tubes, even of the largest size. of extreme expedition. It is, in fact, rates to be obtained on spplication.
The only respect in which the model doubtful if anything can ever quite equal differs from the real thing is that it is it in point of celerity for urban dispatch. built m the surface, except for a short For it combines the highst practicable length ruuming through a tunnel which speed-thirty miles an hour-with grent represents the subway in which the cars frequency-four to ten dispatches per MERCANTILE BANK OF will rum beneath the surfaen. In other minute, thus ensuring immediate Aispatch particulars, the line reproduces whatever of mails and parcels, which is erẫn, more, problems may be met with in the build. important than high speed. It also saves £1,500,000 ing of a railway-gradients, curves, and time by dealing with postal matter at the $1,193,000
so forth. For example, Mr. Stuart spent very centre of the sorting or delivery £562,600
385 000 weeks in working out mathematical for rooms. The twelve-inch pneumatic tube mule for the precise "banking" required has a capacity of 7200lbs. of mail per for different curves
so that the car hour, which is mor ethan sufficient for ahould run at a maximum speed consist-most postal rostas. ent with safety. Every foot of the half- As a matter of fact, a smaller tube-at mile of experimental railway was planned most one of eight inches-will be suf on paper before it was laid, and the ficient for all practical purposes when theory was so good that practice has disused in conjunction with an electric sub- covered nothing to correct.
way. In these circumstances it would only be employed for hurry up! mat In this system small curs are sent ter which had muurd the ordinary mail gither singly or in trains-depending on underground trains. And it is surprising the needs of service-through a tunnel to And how lew of the packages that are having space for two track and a passage sent ordinarily through the post or de way for attendants. The cors are driven livered by vane could not be accom by a motor, which is a component of modated in a pneumatie tube. The ques each er, so that the length of the train tion of whether an eight or 12inch pacu- is not material. Tiwy, of course, carrymatic tube can be utilised for the trans- no operators, and are automatically con mission of goods purchased when out when they are either stopped, to di test in Philadelphia. A man was station trolled until they are at the stations, shopping was subjected" to a practical
charge their freight, or passed throughed at different times in several of the to their proper terminus. Mr. Stuart's large department stores provided with invention comprises a very perfect ays hoops of iron representing in size eight, Lem of signalling to the operator at the ten and 12-inch carriers, He passed station, so that he knows exactly where every parool through the rings, and noted. every car in his section is situated and when they were too large. whither it is bound.
Bombay. INTEREST on deposits is allowed on
Calcutta. minimum monthly balances at Howrah.. 3 PER CENT. per annum, Depositor. Madras. may transfer at their option balances of Karachi. $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND Rangoon. Colombo. BHANGHAI BANE, to be placed on Kandy. FIXED DEPOSIT & PER CENT, par
SEID UIT.
For the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
N. J. STABB,
Chier Manager.
Hongkong, July 1, 1912,
£517
THE
TEE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, - AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA,
INCORPORATED BY Royal Chastka 1883, HALD OPVICE, LONDON.
PAID-UP JANWAL
BuyForD ... Kierre LiasILITY OF PRO-
PRIETORA
+
+
•
...£1,200,000 ....£1,650,000
...£1,200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year or shorter perioda st rates which will be quoted on application.
WIL. DICKSON, Manager Hongkong. April 12, 1912.
EDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.
NEDERLANDSS
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY). ESTABLISHED 1894,
AUTHORISED
CAPITAL PAID UT
CAPITAL RULETE
FUND
£. €0,000,000 - (£5,000,000-/
{ ...f. 45,000,000=(£3,750,000-/-)
Peming Kata Bahru, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S. Zongkong. Shanghai.
AGENTS IN Japan Massa JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
Irvo.
world.
BANIFE:
BANK OF ENGLAND LONDON JO STOOR BANK, Listrad. Evary description of Banking and Ex. change business transacted, and Stocks and Shares bought and sold on account of constituenta. Letters of Credit granted on agents and Carrespondents all over the L-INTEREST allowed on Carrent Accounta at 2% per annum on the Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposits at rates which may be ascertained on application.
F. U. MACDONALD,
Manager Hongking, March 28, 1912., “
I
NTERNATIONAL
1
Depository of the U.S. Government in the Philippine Inlands and the Republic of Panama HEAD OFFION: 60, Wall Street, New York.
NO OPERATORS.
fa onder to secure as great frequency of discharge as practicable the cars are made as smail as will permit of the carry ing of the largest parcels and mail bags. Those at Chelmsford are two feet in
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Turbo-Cho How Yu
Turtles, small, fresh water-Kork Ya
White Bait,-Ngan Yn Chai.........
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14
Fruits
Almonde,--Hung Yan
Apples (California)-Ism Sao Fing Kho
(Chafee) The Chun Plag Kho
Smal,--Hai Tang
Custard.-Fan Lal Ohio.
Bañanas, Iragrant, Canton, -Uze Ekini
Houng Chin
Bartsais (bride) Moo JinHeung Chu
Chestnuts, Chinees,—Fung Lat
Carambola, Teung Tue
Cocoaneta-Ish Tea
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Heart, Chu Sum Kidneys,Chu Yiu Liver,-Chu Con: Pork, Chop–Chư ThiKwat.. Corned,-Ham Chu Yuk Leg,-Char Pei
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Sheep Head and Feet,-Yeung Tau Kürk set 60
Heart-Yeung Sum Kidneys,-Yeung Yiv Liver,-Young Con Sucking Pigs, To Order-Chu Chai Suet, Beef-Sang Ngau Yau
21
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Mutton, Sang Yeung Yau Teal,-Ngan Chai Yuk
Sausage,Ngau Chai Chaung...
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Chicken,-Kai Chai Capons, Large, Small-Sio Kat Ducas,—AP; Dove,-Pan Kau
Eggs, Hen-Kai Tan Fowla, Canten,--Kasi
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Lachew Dried-Lai Chi, call Stone
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20
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Lirons, (Saigon)-Sai Kung Ning Mong mich 19,
Mangu, Manila,-Lui Sung Mong
Mangostera-San Chuk Te
Oranges, (Canton)-San-abing Tim China to: 50.
Oranges Sweet
Pears; (Amarican)---Kam San Short Lay
. (Canton), Cooking, --Sa Lay
Persimmons Large-Hung Chie
Pineapples, Ist quality,-Poon TiFew Law each
2nd-Chung-bang Paw Law „'I
Plantain,Tal Ches
Puinelo, Siam,-Chin Lo You
sach 99
Peanuts, -Fa Sang. .......
Plans-Swatow, Hung Lai.....
Shanghai-Lo Kwat
Walnuts-Hop Tho
(China) Sai K
Green, Sang Hop Tuo...
Water Malon-Kom San Sai Ew each
Grapes,-Bang Fo Tai Tae"
Vegetables &c,
Artichokes, Shanghai-Sheung-hei Ab
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Cabbage Red-Hung Ten Choy
40
Hainan, Hoi Nam Kal Geesa-Ngo
34
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24
Goose, WildS'hai,-Shang-ho Yea Ngoi pal Musk Doer,-Wong Keng
each
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Pheasant,-Shan Kai Partridge,-Che Khos
Pigeons, Canton,-Pak Kup
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Caulifesor, Large'sizu ---Tai Yeh Chn Fach
Medium size,Cheng Yeh Chu Fr
Small size,-Sai Tea Choi Fa" Carrots, Kam Shun
Celery,Chinese-Tour Kan Choi...
,,English,-Yeung"
Chillies Dried,-Gan "Let Chiu
Red-Eung-Far
Green-Ching Lat Chiu
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Cucumbers,Ching Kwa
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The result of the experiment, was to Snipe,-a-Choy show that 81 out of every 100 parcels will turkeys ock-Phor Kai Kung go into the 12-inch carrier; nine more
Elen, ++ could he made to fit it by rewropping. An eight-inch tube will carry 60 per cent., Wild Docks, S'hai,-Sheng-hoi Sui Ap and a ten-inch 70 per cent. of all the
leal,--Sai Ap Chai, parcels sont out. A. 12-inch, tube will carry nine out of every ten parcels, put up at the stores.
It points to a future when all our par-
Wild Ducks Cantou-Sazg-Shing Sui Ap
Fish.
Barbel,-Ka Yu
TORPORATION BANKING width, with a rather greater height and CORE
a length of about six feet, and they will carry over 300lbs. of mail. But there is nothing arbitrary about the type, and cars of a rather wider gauge and a much cels will be distributed in this way: when both by our own Post Office and that fly by tube with the great arterial system, Bream-Bin Yu larger capacity will probably be adopted every large stond will be connected direct-
France. It is merely a question of niak and its goods delivered to customers from ing the tunnels a little wider.
the nearest depot, thus saving nearly all At full speed the car travel at 80 surface transport.-Home paper. miles an hour, but the average speed is considerably ls, owing to the time re.
LONDON OFFICE: $8, Bishopsgate, E.C.
BRANCHES:
Kobe, Manila
Bombay. Calcutta. Canton. Cebu.
Colon.
Empire.
Hongkong. Haukow
Mucxico,
Panama,
Peking
San Francisco.
Shanghai. Yokohama.
quired for accelerating and braking.
for trains of two or more com.
NO LIFTE NECESALEY.
Canton Fresh Water Fish,-Hoi Air. 7t Carp,--Li Ye
Catfish,-Chik Ya Codfish,--Mun Yu Crabe-Hai
A vast wealth of merchantable timber Probably an average of 24 miles will be lies hidden in the extensive Philippine maintained though it may be greater on forests, far more than sufficient to supply Cuttle Fish-Muk Yu CAPITAL AND Reserve GOLD $6,800,000 short lines and those uncomplicated by all home demands and those of many dis Dab,- Es Mang Yu
About... £1,400,000 curves or gradients. The frequency of EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANK dispatch is one per minute, and the tent porta, and steps are now being taken ING BUSINESS transacted.
capacity of the aystem is practically un-
to market some of these timbers, certain Dace-Wong Mei Lun
usual terma
QUERENT ACCOUNTS opened on the limited, if there is room at the stations lumber lings in the United States being Dog Fish-Tit Tu Sz
represented in the Philippines by persons Eals, Congor,-Hoi Maan DEPOSITS RECEIVED, fixed forone year at 47 per annum or for shorter
seeking concessions.to open up the forests L-periods, at rates which
m application.
may be ascertained
Tunnelling for postal subways, which it for the purpose of supplying the demand done by this company will be under the of the eastern markets at a lower rate BILIS NEGOTIATED & COLLECTED. supervision of Mr. Farshall, it's consult than they can now do with American
MAILS and TELEGRAPHIC REMITing engineer, whoso wide experience in
lumbers. Ex.. TANCES made"
LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS connection with the Central London and Bhaaghai, Rangoon, Samarang, Soury, granted on all the principal cities in the other works makes him an authority an Djember, Cheribon, Tegal, Facalongan, World. Tilatja
this subject, can be done at any depth, Bandceng
THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS R OF CREDIT are available all over the but in practice na doubt it will be found most convenient to build the "tubes " bay, Colombo, COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREaa near the surface as is consistent with
DI issued,
the avoidance of existing subterrancan PURCHASE and BALE of Stocks and structures. The subway stations connect Sharms effected,
The Officers of the Bank are bound noted with the central and branch post offices
...f. 7,692,€98, (£641,008-/-) HEAD OFFICE--AMSTERDAM.
·HEAD AGENCY-BAHATIAL
BRANCHES-Singapore, Per jag,
Medan
Tebing Tinggi (Dal 20er World..
Hadja, (&cheen), MacasEST,
Bangkok, Balgor ham Robe, Melbourne, Sydney, New York, Bui Dreamin c đều đ
Amoy, Toko!
to disclose the transactions of any of its or the railway torinini will gain in con-
PARIN BAMSERS-The Union of London and Smiths-Bank, Limited. je Poustomers, "
-The Bank buys and sells and receives for collection Bilis of Exchange, ismice letters of credit on its Branches and surreeporel ante in the East, on the Continent in Orsit. "Biltain, America, and Australia, and trans- sets banking bewindes of every description
INTEREST ALLOY ED.
Annun
On Current Accounts 2% per Annum on
Fized Deposite 11 months 4 % per
montba $17
Doy 8 months 37
TAX REES, 4genis. bengkong July 18 img
GEO, ROGG, Manager,
venienes and the rag handling of the mails If the cars canje run into the base.
No. 3, Queen's Road Jautrement of the buildings without recourse to Hongkong, March 23, IPIK
THT
OHINA MAIL
Washing Books,
At the Chelmsford experimental ground there is also an installation of the Bat cheller pneumatic tuba srutem which bar worked so complete a revolution in the handling of mails in the United States. The first carrier sent through the Phila- delphia tubo on February 17th, 1993, contained a Bible wrapped in the Stars and Bipos. It was dispatched by Mr. Wanamaker, thon Postmaster General,
LOSING WEIGHT BY THE POUND
"Under Weight, à condition, of ill-health, shows your assim. llative powers are decreasing.
WATERBURY'S. METABOLIZED. COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND
Seppika: the blood, with the wanted tourishing and healthy flesh building materiala. Very palatables
OF ALL CHEMISTS
Price: $1.35 and 32 26,
Fresh water,—Tam Sio Yo... Eols, Yellow, Wong Sin Frogs-Tien Kai Garoups,-Sek Pan Gudgeon --Fak Kup Tu, Herrings, Teo Pak
Talibat Cheung Kwan Kup Inbeus-Wong Fa Ya
Losob,-Wu Ya
Lobsters-Lung Ba Mackerel,Chi Yu
Monk Fish,
Mullet, Chai Ya Optera Sang Hoo Parrotish-Kai Kung Ya ParchTau Loo Pike-Fa Paw Poung. "Plake
20
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1
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Horse Radish, Shark Kau
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Lettu-Yeung Sung Chef,
Water Cheanuts,—11a/Ta
11
Mandarin,-Kwai Lu Ma Tei
31ashrooms, Frosh-Sang Cho Koo Musk Melon. Amos.—Kazi-san Bog okross.
Dnions, Bomlay-Yeung-Chong Jas
Green-Sang-Chong, Slanghal-Chang-hoi Chung
Pape, lat qualTai Man Sau Kus
Chiny
15
2nd
Farley,-Kun Chọ
Green Peas,Ching Tau
Potaton, Sweet,-Fan-Sla
Shanghai, Shang-hol Shu isa
Japan, Tut Poon Shu
,, American;-F KI
Foochow
Pumpkin,Tong Kn
Radish,-Hung Lo
Klubab
Sage.—The So
Shallots,-Gon Chung Ted Splunch,
Tegetable
Chil Kwa
Wazen
Chong
-Pak Chong