Peter's
Nestle's
Kohler's
Prize Competition.
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BUSINESS NOTICES.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
PRIZE COMPETITION No. 2.
PETER'S AND NESTLE'S go hand in hand,
They're found on me in every Land.
In the land of Loter Eaters
The sweet they abe
Was Enroly PETER'S
MILK CHOCOLATE).
Keep on thyming, insskwa rustro, Lots of words will thyme with PETER'S. Not so word to rhyme with "NESTLE,' To and match you have to wrestle.
NES
As in rhyan, so M • sweet, Hard to match and can't be beat
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CONDITIONS.
We are fond of 'poetry,' as you may judge from above, and if you will sood in your efforts you may win a prize consisting of Chocolate. It depends on or estimation of your attempts.
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If you like you may send in your attempts under a nom de plume, which, if a winner will be published in the Local Papers. Your name will be treated son- identially by us.
Pest your efforts to Biosara Frizz and `NASTLE, P.O. Box 551, Hongkong.
It costs you nothing to try, and we will give a ROLLED GOLD WRIST, WATCH for what we consider tho baut attempt sont in by 30th April, 1913. Make your verses topical and descriptive if possible, and accompany each attempt with A Peter's, Nertlés or Kohler's Wrapper."
Versou may be rendered in any language.
Imitation being the sinesrest form of flattery, we reserve the right to make future use of the verses without disclosing the perpetrators' names.
No Hongkong Store dealing in Confectionery is so behind the times as not to stock
PETER'S. NESTLE'S AND
INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDES, HONGKONG.
PAPER will be road by Mr J. MACDONALD (member), on FRIDAY, 11th April, 1913, in the icetitute at
9.13 г.3.
KOHLER'S.
KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.
(BATIN SECTION).
NOTICE.
TT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that com-
mencing on SATURDAY, 12th int Subject: THE LOAD LINE.'
aud each succeeding Saturday until further Members and their friends are invited to notice the Train booked to leave Kowloon
attend.
R. B. WOOD,
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Hongkong, April 8, 1913.
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
- NOTICE.
THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the above Club will be held ou SATURDAY, the 19th Araiz, 1913, at 19.30 r.M., at the Offices of the HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB, on the Ground Floor of the HONGKONG CLUB ANNEXE, Chater Road.
By Urder,
TY HOUGH,
Oath of the Coura.
467 Hongkong, April 7, 1013.
MANILA GAS CORPORATION. TENDERS FOR. GAS COALS.
Mitsui Bussan Kaisha,!
522 TE
Hongkong, January 3, 1918.
SIGNALLING ROUND THE WORLD.
At the annual meeting of the stock- bolders of the Mackay Companies held in Boston last month Mr. Clarence H. Mackay, the president, anid the notable event of the year was invention of Mr. Johu Gots, why has been the chief engineer of the Commercial Cable
most
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Company since ita organisation in 1884. He has invented a detics by which the Moise dot and dash signals can be used on
long submarine cables; that is to say, messages may be sent by the ordinary land lice mors key and read on a Moro sounder." It it expected that Mr. Golts invention will make too cable service as Bexible as the lard service. It links up cables or land ies, or tuth, or alternat cables and taud lisos, and is an achievement which inventors and the foremost scientists
in
the world in caule working ire striven
to attain ever stuce the bruk "Atlantic cable
was inic.
COUNTING THE STARS.
An important stage in ocnuuction with the taking of a census of the stars at Greenwich Observatory has just boon com- plated. After over two years work a special staff bas enumerated all the stars 208 photographic platos, representing about 62,000,000 stars.
This ittal will probably be increased by another million when photographe of cer tain areas of the sky not yet dealt with
·ata, received from Johannesburg Observa-
1ory.
Each photographic plate was ruled off into twenty-five "sections of equal size, The stars in a tiny square, about a hun- dredth, part of the section, were actually counted. From the number thus obtain- ed the total number of stars on each "plate was estimated.
THE FORTY YEAR TEST.
artibia niust have exceptional merit to survive for a period of forty yesın. | Chamberlain's Cough Remedyas Brat offered to the pablis in 1872. From amall beginning it has grown in favour and popularity until it has attained a world wide reputation. You will find nothing better for cough or cold. Try it and you will understand why it is a Zavorite after a period of more than forty yena, Chamberlain's. Cough Remedy, not only gives sellet-it curce: For sale by ait Chemist and Burek cep
TENDERS are iarited for about 10,000 teis (more or lem) of GAS COAL, delivered in Manila tay in equally monthly quantities, from 1st September next to 3rd August, 1014. Tenders to be sent to the Undersigned, not inter than 15th April, 1913, together with working testa and Analyses where possible.
A. O. JONES,{"
Manager.
P. O. Box 1206,
Manila, Philippine Islands." 1st April, 1913
NOTICE.
at 9.15 r.. will leave at 2.00 .. and arrive Shum Chun'at 2.54 P..
By Order,
H. P. WINSLOW,
Manager.
Kowloon, April 9, 1913.
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