PETER'S CHOCOLATES.
The Proof of
PETER'S
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TRY.
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The China Mail.
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HONGKONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1913.
丑癸 年二國良率中
BUSINESS NOTICES,
WATSON'S PETER'S
FORMAZONE
A "MOST REFRESHING AND
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CHOCOLATES
ON SALE AT
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CAPTAIN G. W. GORDON, 8.8.8.
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f. A. HEWETT, Superintendent."
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Race Season 1913,
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103D CHANCELLOR ON LORD IKOBRAZN
AM STRATEGISE.
Lord Roberts as a strategist was a 'mattor raised in the House of Lords recently by Lord Portsmouth, who said that in his speech at the Eighty Clab the Lord Chan- cellor seemed to imply that Lord Roberts was no strategist and that the Committee of Imperial Defence was a mort.competent body to form an opinion on questions of defence than our greatest living soldier,
sum of One Thousand Dollars (81,000) as a pledge of the bona fides of his offer which sum shail be forfeited to the Crown, if the tenderor refuses to carry out his tender and comply with the coudions above referred to should the tender be accepted. The Government does not bind itself to accept the highest or say tender.
Forms of tender and further particulars can be obtained from the Director of Public Works.
W. CHATHAM. Director of Public Works. Public Works Office,
Hongkong, February 11, 1913,
order by our own tallers.
Foreign Goods of every description
Large assortment of Uhinese Silks and
The Cheapest and Best place in Centre & All goods sold at reasonable Picos.
Hongkong to buy Chinese and Foreign Gooris,
SUP PAT POD STREET, Tat. No. 140C..
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Lasing the actualities of war. "The Lord Chancellor in reply said he sertainly never intended to convey that Lord Roberts-perbag the macet disting
ished of living soldiers was dercid of strategy. On the contrary, no man who, had carried out great campaigns and fought much successful hatties as had Lord Roberts, could have done so without strategy. But military strategy was one
RAZORE GROUND AND SET, thing and the strategy "which devised organisation of armics was another thing. No. 54, WELLINGTON STREET,
It was the strategy...which pertained to organisation that he referred to.
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At the China Boruse Company'slips way at Sandakan, among other operations Bow proceeding are the building of starim launch and a lightor. The former is built on particularly good linen, aud in ex- posted to develop a speed of nine anë s
alf knots.
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ri
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