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THETWENTY EIGHTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Offices of the Company Cleorge's Buildings, hater Road, Victoria, Hongkong, on TUESDAY, the
wear of March, 1917 85 $1.30AM...
the purpose receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ending 31st December; 1018, and declaring Dividend.
By Order of"
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hongkong. March 6, 1917:
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THIS IS TO INFORM the Genera
Public that the Undersigned is the Sole BROTHERS, Hongkong, and all con- Proprietor of JOSEPH nection with the Firm carried on at Shanghai under the same name n ceased as from the 1st October, 1916.
EDWARD MENASHIH JOSEPH. Hongkong, March 13, 1917,
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
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ALL outgoing and incoming steamers 1353 and stem-launches are hereby yarned that "when passing" Holt's Wharves, which are under construction with divers working, that they must not pass within a distance of 50 yards of them and to slow down their speed to knots.
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED & REDUCED
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, 1st March to SATURDAY, 21st March, 10, both days inclusive.
The retan of Capital of 83:51 per shard will be paid to Shareholders on and after the 35th March, 1917, on presentation of Share Certifientes for endorsement.
By Order of
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Fongkong. Feb. 29, 1917.
HONGKONG E COMPANY, LIMITED.
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Harbour Department.
Hongkong, March 12, 1017. 1519
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and after 19th March, 1917 the business by the Hongkong Savings Bank will be 10 to 12 Noo8, Saturdays included.
For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORATION:
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Chief Manager. Hongkung. March 5, 1917.
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THE THIRTY-SIX FFF. ORDINARY,Į
ANNUAL MEETING SHARE- HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the General Masazers as F1.3 FAM. WEDNESDAY, 2th instant to receive a Statement the m Areonits to 1st 1ovember, 1916 and the report of the feneral Managers.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the SERVICE RIELE CHAMPIONSHIP
Coniany will be CLOSED from the
14th t9th insins both lays inclusive
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COMPANY, LIMITED.
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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS...
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS
will be held at the Ctices of the Undersignaz Noos, on WEDNESDAY theth instant.
The TRANSFER Hocks the Company will be 'CLOSED from the 14th to the "sth Instant, both days inclusive.
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A FRENCH VIEW.
The following review of a French Ink lately published, which we take from United Empire, is of special interest at the present time:
It has the distinction of invigorating the nerves and brain of the business man.
Does not bum or
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throat.
was due to circumstances which are Enlly
analyses in the tng under notice.
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Te has been remarked that Dr. Camin's MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA
(Mitsubishi-00,).
COAL DEPARTMENT.
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mono mph was written before the out- break of the Wat. The condusions.ar which the author arrived are therefore of peculiar interest at the present
time. The interests of Trance, states. Dr. by the Bagdad adventure as were those Lumin, were not adversely affected of Russia and Great Britain. In fact, he makes it clear that the Bagdad Rail way, as weh, was not directly opposed E French. interests in the Year and
KISHIDARE YOSHINOTANI, Middle East, anel shows that it was HOJO, NAMAZUTA SAYO,KANADA, Entrance Free St to be todo, Italian, and Cierran authorities. Apare mainly in deference to the apposition of
THE GOVERNORS CUP.
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FASTER SUNDAY, Aprilsch, 1917.
in Colony, onnection with Printing expenses)
Service Res
Open Sights. -yes. Cerarping 100 yds. Deliberate
N
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If we wish to study fermian policy is connection with the Bagels Railway, we have in the main to turn to French,
SOLE PROPRIETORS OF
TAKASHIMA, OUHI. MUTAER
SHINNEW. SAMIYAMADA. BIBAI
articles, one or two descriptive Exks.her co-operation in the project, That & OTURARI COLLIERIES and chapters in other works, there isition having been overcome in 1910.
10
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the position. uk France, and subsequently. 2 yds. Deliberate 400 pils. Deliberace nothing in English dealing specifically that of Great Britain, became euntenable, THE FORTY-EIGHTH ORDINARYys. Deliberate er yds. Deliberate with the question of the Bagdad Bait and the final act of the diplomatie drama
application to Inspector H. Aint of view. This is to be regretted, Printed Conditions may be obtained way from the diplomatic and political break of war put an
was initialled a few days before the out-
fend the
whole Lammert, Heulquarters Club, .E.P.R.
controveninating attente from Hongkong, Feb. 19, 1917.
because British "policy during the last
mmt, which In an twenty years has been so intinintely in the only passage we shall quote connectel with communications through this interesting book, the writer the Middle East that it may almost be clear exposition of the French point of Nagasaki. Moji, Karatau, Wakamatau,
view
Pagdul for the Germans; Syria said to have hinged upon Persia, Eusru
for France is his. terse summing up of and Mesopotamia. That this fact is now the situation. "Would
not frank more or loss recognised is abundantly understanding limiting the spheres of action of each be better, he eska, than proved by the attention that is at last. diarrelsony and dangerous rivalry being directed towards those Eastern placing 1 and landa which are the cradle of civilisation and will form it is to be hoped, the grave of German ambitions.
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LA.
General Managita Hongkong Pine Laurance fompany Ltd.
Hongkong. March 8, 1917.
CHINA 'SUDAR REFINING COMPANY LIMITED.
NOTICE...
1650.
THE THIRTY-NINTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the above Com pay will be held at the (fices of the General Agents, Pedder's Street, on FRIDAY the 20th instant at Noos for the purpose of receiving the Report an Statement of Ascounts for the rur ewling 31st December, 1916
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 18th to 30th March both days inclusive. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.. Uma.
General Ageats. Hongkong, March 9, 1917.
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in her pocket but has not the money in Torkey? Germany has a concession carry out her enterprise: in exchange for our financial participation an Entente Of recent books dealing with this ques orucco. Whilst the Bagdad
could be arranged on the subject of tion none more admirably traverses the coun
enterprise counts numerous partisans in France, tortuous paths of European diplomery to those financially interested are than Dr Lavis Cumin's "La Question joined many of the Colonial party. Chemin de Fur de Bagdad. Although Germany towards Western Asia dices
In their
the orientation of written before the outbreak of war, and not present any inconveniences. Is it at a period when the Bagdad question spemed to be settled satisfactorily, at least to France and Russia, this book deals with the intricate iplorate would have been that Russia would MANTLA. Mesers Masondray & history of the negotiations a dominate Armenia, whilst "England with the policy perated by the
could obtain Araoin in exchange for the
Co. Kaiser in his quest for a Germanic outlet he towarda the East. The author apparent write
With the timate H
not in ursinterest to aid Germanist to OHINKIANG: Messrs Gearing & turn it back upon France?" The result
Co...
of this policy; according to Dr Cumin,
abandonment of her designs upon Syria" SINGAPORE: Mesera Borrco Co.
latter country of course falling to inFrance. These views are naturally of
Ltd.
affairsonal knowledge of men and purely academic interest at the present GLANGOW. Diesɛra A. R Brown,
the Near and Middle East hat they indicate the trend of, by M. Chéradame.
thought:
with regard to the Middle East knows more of the inner prior
authreak of the War and the history of the Bagdad Railway and serve to explain the attitude of our own of Gorman intrigues at Constan- heartily recommend Dr Cumin's sle
Government towards this. tinople than any other authority, but he nevertheless sums up correctly on the book to students of German policy in whole, as we believe, the
the Near and Middle East. policy pursued
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by the four Powers chiefly interested in this question, and possessen, moreover,
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his narrative making coherent and intensely interesting kur. vey of current diplomatic history. In other words, we see the undercurrents of diplomatic intrigue
work,
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en opposed"
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various national interests involved
to the consummation of"
were, as Dr. Cumiz, ahows, by no mea similar. In fact the interests of Great Britain, France, and Russia wore diver reality facilitated the task of the Kaiser gent, and
this
conflict of interests in
and in gaining the consent in gradually breaking down Russia, then of France, and hasily of
of
COUGHING INTO
IN HONGKONG AND ORINA Great Britain, to the completion of the GENERALLY.
of
Bagrind Railway. A unrefal perusal Dr Camin's book reveals the methods by which Russia was persuaded to with draw her opposition, which owing to s ORDER IT, BEFORE GOING weakening until the meeting of Baiser variety of causen lind been gradually
first rate certitients as hinnes Loucher. H HOME; AND THUS KEEP IN and Czar at Potsdam set the seal upon |
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Russia's positioned. of
in Por tia in return for the ment and toleration of German plans in Asia Minor and Mesopotamia. Dr: Cumin give an admirable, and lucid account of these proceedings, and of the to masterly part played by King Edward, whom he acknowledges as a greate
raatiat and statesman, in
our three router to the Fant the Mediterranean, through Mesopote mis, and through Persin and fghan- istan. That the second of these greit world-muter seemed about to fall under the control of the Germans was not the fault of the Kings Emperora policy, but
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