SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1917.
SHIPPING
P. & O. S. N. CO.
ROYAL MAIL SERVICE
UNDER CONTRACT, WITH HIS MAJESTY'S "GOVERNMENT
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MARSEILLES AND LONDON,
TAXING PASENGERS AND C100 TO
`STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT, &c.
Steamers
Larva Connecting Mail Die at Due Hongkong Steamer from Marcillos. Lodklon
Colombo.
1917 · 1917.
to
Colombo
Nood
When Passengers change Steamers at COLUMBO,
"MONITORS AS FOES OF
THE SUBMARINE,
THE CHINA MAIL.
SIDELIGHTS FROM GERMANY.
NATIONS THAT ARE DOOMED TO
EXTINCTION,
When some two, years ago:Mr Chur- chill made his famous speech about
digging the rats out of their holes," In the "Tagliche Rundschau". Pro- and rumours were rife that the British fessor Radolph Huch discusses the in- Admiralty were building a vast leet of teresting question. Whether or not the alonitors, I had hopes that some of the Bigher development of mankind still dreams of ten years ago were to come continaes. After a lengthy argument he tre, writes Mr Foilongins Fan and jarrives at the weddeyra eonclusion that Water.
progress, it slow, is being muache, and that The value, or otherwise, of any parti- there are no sufficient reasons for any qlar erats depends upon its suitability anxiety as to the future of the race as a for the purpose for which it is intenced whole. Some of his remarks are worth If you built a monitor to bombaedhoting na admimble examples of modern German forts on shore, in which gans of German megalomanis!-- equal power and 'range are moanteri, you must take one of two courses, either fof which will enable the monitor to achieve its purpose. If the monitor can only restraight while stationary," it Imust be absolutely shell poof, for, in a renfest between guns mounted shore
Accommodation in the connecting Stester from COLOMBO is definitely reserved in and out, the salvantages in attaining
Hongkong at the time of Booking.
On the Australian Race Tickets Interchangeable with Orient Line.
SAILINGS DIRECT TO
SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA.
8. S.
Leare Hongkong About
Pensary any travel by tailway in Japan between Parts of CatPfces of char Hatun Tickets are available by Messagurios Maritimes Company:
INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS
Noo Transhipment
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS,
WILL LEAVE DIRECT FOR
MARSEILLES AND LONDON, Calling at StsAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM, PENANG, COLOMBO AND PORT SAID,
JARRYING 247 184 29 SALOON PASSENGERS AT REDUCED RATES.
STEAMERS.
PROFOARD SAILINGA:
Louva Il'KON
Lonve S'rouk. About
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Due t M'NEILLES. "Due
it railing About
LONDON sbout
THE INTERMEDIATE SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ÄLL STEAMERS.
Cabine as fitted with Electric Fans free of charge and each Barth Furnished Electric King Lamp.
G
Round the World Tickets and Through Tickets to New York in connection with the Principal Mail Lisen
Return Tinkage at fore and a ball ceailable to Farops for Two Years; or to Intermediate Parts for Six Month,
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arruracy are so overwhelmingly on the sil of those used froin a stable pätfora ami served by
system of fire control | that can use the long bise which the not affords, that they must be expected' te nauke, uscany size, at least is hits to the sea gon's one,
Supposing then, your monitor can only shoot when stationary, it must be desigual to suevive this fire to be useful If you cannot pake it shell pool bus an equip it with fire control which ables it to shoot just as apunteis funder way as when Anchored, then you are obviously giving to the monitor a grant an advantage over the shore guns gs in the first cases the shorn guns poss til over the monitor. For the only movent introduced into the problem is under the control of those at sen, and it while easy therefore to adopt such movenants as the fire control party on shore all hot anticipate. The monitor youll only be hit by chance shots
collimase its super total of hits on the fort. Hat if monitors are neither shell proof ner endowed with a capacity to shoot under helm then, clearly, they are useless.
In theory there sees no reason why the monitor type should not be developed along both of these lines, and a form of ship produced which would moques tionably, m
make the barriending of the fleet exits effective, and bence, the establishment and pintenance of anti-sobourine in the barrier possible. It would involve, of course, a temporary monopoly of a ha propuction of the whole of our shipbuilding
Capacity But
in this matter it is as well to keep one measurement in our minds. The Ger four merchant tourage at the rate of mans have claimed that they are sinking.
gross exaggeration. 3,600,000 tons per annum. This is
merchant tonnage of the output required What would be the equivalent in
Owing to the War a Eropa Stanmors and Sailing dates are liable to be cancelled or altered with a antica.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. Consignees are reminded of the necessity to apply to the Company's Agents regarding arrival of bonsignments expected of which they have received, locnmentsy or advice..
chamaged pickages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Any Consignees and the Compary's Sarroyors, Mesars Gosida and Douglas, at 10 am n Mondays and Thursdays. All claims must be presented within ten lays of the steamer's arrival here, afties, which date they eust be recognised. No Claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.
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For Further Toföcston, Pasanga. Fatay, Freights, Handbooks, Dates of Sailing ate... apply to
B. V. D, PARR,
Superintendent
CHINA MAIL S.S. CO., LTD.
FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS, S.S. CHINA
WILL SAIL FROM HONGKONG FOR
SAN FRANCISCO
VIA SHANGHAI, JAPAN PORTS & HONOLULU.
SUNDAY, APRIL 15th.
AN UNSURPASSED HIGH CLASS PASSENGER
·SERVICE AT INTERMEDIATE EATES.
0. H: RITTER,
Princa's Buildings.
Freight and Passenger Agout,
Ice House Street.
INDIAN AFRICAN
LINE.
INTIMATIONS
KEATING'S
KILLS
BUGS FLEAS MOTHS
BEETLES,
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"To far greater extend than the. French and English-mes continually talking of frevidom, we Germanı have that we may omsider nutolves for he made such progress. in social equalition vond the Romans-and this in spite of
harror how the British nation in its the bottle Western Powers.", Turning another section of his subject Herr Hach
save: We notice with unter and entirety has shown itself, false, cruel and KING EDWARD HOTEL criminal just as the French have penned thetsselves in the treatment of their Prisoners as barbarians.”
THE DINMAL PROFESOR..
"If my mart." sira Hach, "aut con- vines that the French are doomed to elition and feel myself free of every emotion of recre Politically France rane still sist for centuries, hat the nation is so dipendent for its life on admixture that after the life of a few generations it will be na more.
leventh hour of British world dominion Fapally envind am I that the has struck. I do not believe that we shall live to say the end of this British eleventh hour, for in the surn of a han
-
oth the English and the French is World Empire do not emish to earth sion to the work bites hd their day. and have done their Turt bat the more firmly we now close nor ranks against them the better will it be for German Kultur, As the Romans, sd the British
Kulturtan flourish. But to create Kultur they have Drenged the soil on which
was not in their power.
There are races" says Huch, which are inpable of attaining humanity, incapable of infrencing the high world. Such rations are destined to how wed and dm water for the dominent nations. If they cannot fill his inferior office they must perish." Herr Huch does not say that this will he the fate of the British but clearly he believes it
A COAL.CONTRACT FOR THE PHILIPPINES.
The uartermaster Department of the for making an unsinkable feet-makinga. Philippines has urded to the Kalan unsinkable, otherwise making the neces bontract for the supplying of 66,000 sufficient proportion of our present feet Mining Administration, Tientsin, a material for effective blockarletons of coal for the Philippine Depart And how long would it take to produce ment, United States Army, during the such a fleet and other material fit fiscal year frem July 1.1817 to June 30, took six months in time and the eqai 1918 At present, the same company is valent of a million tons in shipbuilding furnishing the coal supply for the forces and engineering effort, it would be of the United States in China and the cheap price to pay for putting an end to Philippines, the submarine menace altogether.
PANAMA CANAL.
SLIDES CONQUEREIN AT, LÄST.
The Panuna Canal is in Sne shape and is not likely ever to be closed again. except for more than two or three days at a time for pairs.", said „Brigadier- Genera! William E. Sibert, nu is return to Fort Miley from the Canal Zone. The Geners had been absent nearly thre months."
The defenses of the canal also are in god edition, he said, and likely to be improved as the War Department may think Et, cirquent upon repat General Sibert made in Washington before turping to San-Francisco,
While General Sibers would not admit it, it is stated confidently in local! army eireles that he was sent down to Panama in a hurry by the Secretary of War be eau at his recognized shility as a crite "of heavy artillery and coast defenen. He has now resumed command of the coast defenses of San Diego, Los Angeles. San Francisco. Puget Sound and she Columbia river. As anch he is the heavy
Cargo carried on through Bills of Lading from HONGKONG to BEIRA,artillery expert on the Pacific Coast. DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN (Natal), EAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and CAPE TOWN with transhipment at COLOMBO to Steamers of the INDIAN AFRICAN LINE!
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FROM HONGKONG;"
PROPOSED SAILING,
Connecting with
FROM COLOMBO
EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR LE AND 2ND ULAN PARESGERS.
ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE,
Regular Direct Service from JAPAN, CHINA Rod STRAITS BEIRA, DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN, EAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and CAPE .TOWN, calling at MAURITIUS
on rate and affording the Quickest Freight : Transport from the ORIENT to SOUTH AFRICA. ||
For dates of departure Rates of Freight apply to
THE BANK LINE. LIMITED
MANAGING AGENTS"
ELLERMAN”. (Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship
LINE
Ltd.)
JAPAN, CHINA AND STRAITS
TO
UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT.
FOR PARTICULARS OF SAILINGS SHIPPERS ARE REQUESTED TO APPROACH THE UNDERSIGNED.
Steamers proceer via Suez Canal or Cape of Good Hops at Owners option: Subject to chase without notics.
Rezas & Co. Canton
THE BANK LINE LTD.-
General Arent.
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The Kaina Mining Administration secured the contract on the following quotations: 33.50 per ton for bituminous fump coal and 33.73 for washed nut coal, f. o. b. Chinwangtao, China. The con tract allows for an additional charge of 50 cents when the company is forced to lighter the coal to kad it on, the Army vessel transporting it to the Philippines.
· LOSING WEIGHT
BY THE POUND
"Under Weight," 'condition of ill-health, shows your assim. ilalive powers are decreasing.
WATERCURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND
Supplies the blood with the wanted nourishing and healthy flesh building materials. Very palatable.
OP ALL CHEMISTS
PRICES': "$1.25 and $2.25.
WANTS
"For the Blood is the Life.” ------ YOUR BLOOD
PURIFYING,
IF YOU are trumbled with Rezoms, Blotches. Spots, Pimples,
Boils, Sores or Eraptions of any kind continually bursting through the skin.
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YOU are suffering the whee and pains. of Bud Lega, Abscesses, Ulcam, Ecrotalous and Ulcerated Seren, Glandular Swellinga, "Blood Poison, etc.
IF YOU have that constant itching IF YOU me in the grip of Rhou-
matiem, &iatica, Lambago, Gout, sta
and inflammation of files. All these are sure signs of clogging blood impurity, calling for immediate trastment through the blood, don't waste your time and money on useless lotions and messy ointments, which cannot get below the acrisco of the skin. What you want and what you must have is a medicine that will get right to the root of your trouble, a medicine that will thoroughly free tas blood of the poison Dus matter, which alone is the truts cause of all your maffering. Clarke's Blood Mixture le just such a medicine. It is composed of ingrediants which quickly stack, overcome, and expel from the blood alli mpurities (from whatever cause arising), and by rendering it clean and pare, can be relied on to effect a lasting dure. The True Value of CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE is certified by most remarkable col. lection of unsolicited testimonials from grateful patients of all classes-patients who have bean cured after doctors and. hospitals have given them upas in ablepatianta who have been cared sites trying many other treatments. without success patients, who not only have been cared of the particular Bkin uz Blood Complaint from which they work anftersag, bub alag bare found great improvemons in their general health. See pamphlet round
Clarke's Blood Mixture
The World's Best Bio Parlier. OURES ATT
Over 50 JOKES #cocess, Plesssad to Lake and warranted froufrom anything Infurions. Of all Chamisty And Shore Kospe.. MABUSE SUBSTITUTES, SKIN & BLOOD DISEASES
Central Location.
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Masiaurr
•MARTIN'S
APIOL & STEEL
SPILLS
Breed The Tarida at N
MARTIN'S
SAPIOL&STE
SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK)
COAL
SHIPPING
PACIFIC MAIL S.S. co.
U. S. Mail Line.
OPERATING THE NEW FIRST CLASS STEAMERS “ECUADOR," "VËNEZUELA
"
14,000 Tons cach
and "COLOMBIA
HONGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO,
via SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA and HONOLULU,
The Sunshine Belt.
#
The tnost Comfortable Route to Americs and Europa. Sailings from Hongkang,
SA COLOMBIA 8.S. "VENEZUELA '
144
S.S.. "ECUADOR"
onth April
31st May.
29th June.
Theee Steamers have the most modern Equipment including ALL LOWER BERTHS and large comfortable Staterooms
A ingle and two berths only)
The Safety and Comfort of Passengers is our first consideration. Tickets are interchangeable with the Toyo Kiser Kaisha, and the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services Ld. For further information, rates, literature, schedules ato, apply to
COMPANY'S OFFICE in Alexandra Buildings
Chater Rind.
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BANKS
HBANKING CORPORATION
'ONGKONG. & SHANGHAT
PAID UF CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDS
Sterling
الي
£1,500,000@/$15,000,000
Silver
***
... 18,500,000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS ***
$15,000,000
$33,500,000
} $14,000,000
COUET OF DIRECTORS.
S. H. Dodwell, Esq.,-Chairman,
J.A. Plummer, Esq.,-Deputy Chairman.
Hon. Mr.
Pattanden, Esq.,
EV.D. Parr, Esq. OE Auton, WL G.T.M. Edkins, Esq. C.S. Gubbay, Esq. Hon. Mr. F.Shellim.. Hon Mr. F. H Holyoak. CHIET MANAGER:
Hongkong-. J. STABR. Esq.
MANAGER!
Shanghai-A G. STEPHEN, Esq.
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BANKS
EDERLANDSCHE HANDES MAATSCHAPPIJ
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY)
ESTABLIRICED 1834.
AUTHORISED
GAPITAL 8,000,000
PATD-UP
CAPITAL £1.80,000,000
RESKEYS
(£5,000,000
(£3,000,000,
FUND £9,237,149 (£ 769,793.
HEAD OFFICE—AMSTERDAM Branches at
The Hagua
Rottards.
HEAD AGENCY-BAJATIA,
„Branchen st
BANDJEKMASIN,
BANDONG, CHEAISON,
DJKYBZE
DJOKJAKARTA, KOTA RADIA,
MAKASSAR
MEDAN
PADANG
LONDON BANKERS-LONDON COUNTY AND PALEMBANG,
WESTMINSTER BANK, LISTED.
HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED.
THE Undersigned having been appointed Aaxas for the COWIE HARBOUR COAL CO., LTD., are prepared to quota prices, for best quality BILIMPOPON CUAL trimmed into Bankers at SEBAT-
On Current Account at the rate of Two TIK or SANDAKAN (British North per cent. per annum on the daily balance Borneo
ON FLAXD Deposits :— NILIMPOPON COAL comparas favour For 3 months 2k per cent. per annum Coal and gires good results or a very thly with the bettar grades of Japanese moderate consumption.
Stoscars calling a SKBATTIK or PUN 004L (sither cargo or Backers) SANDAKAN exclusively for SILIMPO, exempt from payment of all Port charger
Are
At Sebastix Steamers are herthed along- side the Company's whart where there is a minimum depth of 27 to 28 foot at low water Spring Tides.
Charts of Sibuk Bay (Sebettik Har- bour). Prices and all other information concerning the Port can be ha oD application to the Agents.
BRADLEY & CO., LTD.,
Agenta Cowie Harbour Cual
Company, Limited.
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N. J. STABB,
Chief Manager Hongkong Feb. 24 1917.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
THE business of the sore. Bank is
AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR conducted by the HONGKONG
PORATION. Rules may be obtained on application
·INTEREST oq, deposita is allowed va the minimum monthly balances at 3 1027 PER CENT. per sonum Depositor may transfer at their option, balances of $100 or mom to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK, to be placed on FIXED DEPOSET at 4 PER CENT per annum,
PATELL & CO. Importers-Exporters
AD
Commission Agents
HONGKONG.
Branches:
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. YOKOHAMA, JAPAN. BOMBAY, INDIA. China :-
HANKOW,
BEANGHA
CANTON.
JAPANESE MAKERS
Every kind weat
MADE
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For the Hongkong and Shangha
Banking Corporation.
.. N. J. СТАВЕ,
Chist Manager.
Hongkong May 14, 191
PEKALONGAN, PENANO, PONTIATAK
RANGOON,
SAMARANG, SHANGHAI SINGAPORT
BOURABATA SOFRAKARTA (Solo) TANDJOTO-HALIZ
TEBING TINGE (Delly
TEGAL
TALOK BETONG, TIILATSAP,
WELTEVAESIA.
repondents at Bombay, Colombo, Saigon, Haiphong, Hanoi, Amoy, Yoko Pondicherry. Calcutta, Bangkok ham, Kobe, Melbourne, Sydney. New York, San Francisco, &c. &c.
LONDON BANKERs-The Union of London and Smiths Bank, Limited. The Bank boys and sells and for collection Bills of Exchange issue [received letters of credit on its Branches and correspondenta in the East, on the Continent, in Great Britain Ameri and Australia, and transacts banking business of every description.
J.-F. VAN BEES
Agents.
Hongkong, Feb. 15 1017...
THE YOKOHAMA SPECI
BANK, LTD. ESTABLISHED 1887.
AUTHORISED CAPITAL... TED $8,000,000.407 PAID UP CAPITAL REKTE FUND
30 000,00000 21,300,000.00
HEAD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT ANTUNG-HAIKH NAGASAKT
517
BOMBAY CALCETTA
CHANGCHUN
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NEWORWING
New York ОБАКА
7.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LIMITED; ·
HANKOW
DAIREN (DART) PEKING, FEROTIN(MURDEN)RTOJUN(PORTANTSUK
SAN FRANCINCO. SHANGHAI: SINGAPORE
Authorised Capital
* £1,500,000 || HONOLULU
Subscribed
1125,000 HARRIN
Paid-up
562,500
Kour
LLAO-YANG
Hoserve Fund...
560,000
LONDON
BANKERS
BANK OF KHOLANY,
LONDON JOINT Brock BANK, LIMITED.
"BYDNEY
TIZHLING
TIENTEIN
LOS ANGELES TOKYO
LYONS
EMENANJU
THNOZAU Interest allowed on Current Account Deposits received for fixed perioda
Every description of Exchange business rates to be obtained on application
transacted...
Current
INTEREST allowed
Arcounts at 1 per cent. per Auqum en Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposita st rates which may be ascertained on, application:
C. CHAMPKIN
Acting Managn..
Fonekang, March 27, 181#
THE CHARTERED BANK 1 INDIA AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
OF
ORDER CORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTYI
CHERRY Z 00...
PRODER STREET Opponby Hongkong Estal
kong Marta 20, 1914
1853.
HEAD OFFICE, LONDON,
PATS-UP CAPITAKILA FRAKEVE FUND ANRE RESERVE LLANILITY OF FEO-
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General
EISHI ORO
Manag
Hongkong, March 12, 1977.
NOTICE
HIGH CLASS PRINTING
AND
BOOK BINDING.
DONE AT
THE UKINA MAIL" OPPIE
BOOKS&PAMPHLETS A SPECIALTY
Banking business transseted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FLED DEPOSITS reaved for or shorter periode at mate which will be quoted application
Trade, Cirenler us, ető,- etc.
ged:
year
efully
DOWNLI
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rinted