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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG.
MEETING the THEATRE
THURSDAY. the 3rd May out 3.30 .. to pass the proposed Rules and Regulations (copy of which can be een at my Other. 4 Du Vux Ronel Central and to elect Officers and Committee and transact wither businers.
The Honourable M1. 12. H. HOLYOAK. will take the chair
A. S. D. COUSLAND
Rangkung, April 3, 1917.
THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC COMPANY. LTD.
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INTIMATIONS
NOTION
have This Day REMOVED my OFFICE fron, Queen's Building to 2nd Floor of Mera A TACK & Co. Building, Des Virus Road Central
WEI A YUK.
Hongkong, May 1, 1919.
NOTICE
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WE have frum. This Day OPENED
Our OFFICES at New York, San Francisco and Hongking, under the asm name of KARANTA COMPANY.. Our local office is situated at No. 2 Dannunght. Rond)..
KARANJIA and COMPANY. Hongkong. April 30, 1917
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF
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The TWENTY-EIGHTH DINARY GENERAL MEETING will be held at the Company's Offers, St. George's Buildings on SATURDAY, the 5th WAY, 1917 ao E2 o'clock Nony, for the of penting the Heport of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 39ta FeStary; 1917, and electing Directors and Anditors.
The TRANSVER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the Slur Arnin, in the arm May, both days inclusive,
Ey Order of the Bouril of Director
GIBB. LIVINGSTON & Co..
Agents Fongkong, April 17, 1917. 180:1
INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD
!
HE THIRTY SIXTH DRDINARY THE
GENERAL MEETING GE the Company will be held at the Offers of the General Managers, Mass. Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltil. Les Feux Road.
ongkong on WEDNESDAY, the 9th May, at Moos for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors, passing the Accounts and electing Directors and Auditora,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLASED from Mny to the 23rd May, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., L.
Heneral Managers. Hongkong, April 26, 1917,
CANTON, LTD.
NOTICE.
TAROM This Date and dining the Absence of the Undersigned from the, Colony, C. H. P. HAY will perform the duties of the General Manager of the Society.
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By Order of the Bounl,
LA MONTAGUE IDE
General ManagHY. Hongkong, April 30 1017.
THE CHINA MAIL.
HREE CASTLES MAGNUM
The
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CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO, LTD,
SOTICE
TROM This Date and during the
Absence of the Undersigned from
Generi
CIGARETTES
CONNOISSEUR says :
They are "Superlatively Excellent,"
"FASCINATING.
REFRESHING.
FRAGRANT
the Colony, M. C. HP HAY will CREATING NEW ARMIES, perform the duties of the Manager of the Company;
By Order of the Board.
MONTAQUE EDE,
General Manager. Hongkong, April 30, 1917.
17.50
BRITISH TRADERS INSURANCE CO, LTD.
NOTICE.
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FROM This use and daring the the Colyng, Me CHP HAY will 1730 perform the duties of the General
Manager of the Company,
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
By Order of the Board,
CA MÖNTAGUE EDE
General Manizer,
Hongkong, April 30, 1917.
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WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE WAR BEGAN.
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Whatever the leaders of Germany may think of this country as a nation, one thing at least of ours has always called forth their unqualified praise and udnimation. That is the organisation und development of our new armies. It is true that enormous strides had beeri
maile in the training and organisation of troops sines the South African War. and the arniy that went out to Mons in the early days of Angust, 1974, was probably the last trained army that has
ever left England. But the urmy,
regardly numbers, was but a drop in the bucket compared with the rust quantities of men at present under arms. Still, the high standard set by the Expeditionary Force was a magnificent, though perhaps hers DAIRY FARM NEWS. onattainable ideal for the new armies
to have before them?
E beg to notify that or and from the 1st May, 1917. Mr. NOSSER WAN BOMANJEE KARANJIA will retire from the business of our firm h and branches aboard. His responsibility will, therefore, cease from the firm of PATELL & CO. from that date, and
r MR. MANCHERJI JAMSHEDJI
PATELL will Larry all the businesses
of
of PATELL & CO. on his own sejount as usual: while the businesses BOMANJEE CO of Hongkong and Canton will be carried on by Ma. Nos. SERWAN BOMANTEE KARANJIA on his own account, and Mr MANCHERIT JAMSHEDJT PATELL'S responsibility will case from the firm of BOMANJEE *.00. from that late.
PATELL & COMPANY,
·BOMANJEE & COMPANY, MANCHERJI JAMSHEDJI PATELL, NOSSERWAN BOMANJEE
Hongkong, May 1, 1917.
COLUMBIA
KARANJIA.
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The difficulty of arming them was even greater. When the war started this fiery had less than 80,000 rifles, little more than half of which were of the new short pattern, and were being resighted for a new make of ammunition.
he weekly output of rifles was under 2009 az infinitesimal amount comparest with the needs of the new armies and
::: the gille requires a longer time than any other weapon before its rinnufacture: with new plans can be started, owin largely to the number of gauges of ex treme accuracy requin in the process.
THE SUPPLY OF OFFICERS.
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INTIMATIONS
THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1917.
FALCONER & CO., LTD.
WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.
Hotel Mansions.
Agents for ADMIRALTY CHARTS
ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S 'NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,
ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers. High Class English Jewellery.
INDUSTRIAL
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INTIMATIONS
YOUR EYES SEOULD NOT BE NEGLECTEL
At the first symptom of eye strain you should. consult us.. We test eyes scientifically and fit glasses to individual re- quirements.
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But perhaps the greatest difficulty of all which Great Britain and tu meus be fore being able to confront the well- equipped German armies arose from the. depletion of cudres of officers fit to train these armies. The Expeditionary Force swallowed up all the best trained officers B0000 and non-commissioned officers,
To соре with the situation. retired officers-dug-outs us they are called were appointed in large numbers, and the bulk of them did invaluable service. of the Expeditionary Force in Flanders wounded officers were impressed for training duties, and rendered very good service in this capacity, with all their recent experiences of modern, warface,
not always After the first battles
As for the junior ranks, the ast avenues for permanent commissions in the army, Woolwich, Sandhurst, and the Special Reserve, were enlarged hy in- creasing the establishments and shorten
the "equrse. A certain number
It must be remembered thas the Ex. peditionary Force had the country's best soldiers, to train them, and nearly all these had gone abroad, and so were not available for training the new recruits. Further, the new armies had to get what
of ex-warrant and non-commissioned training they could in as many montis dicers were given emmissions, and as the old army had years. There were
finally
the wisdom of Lord Haldane also other great dithenities, as well
ein appear from the following inforation providing a method of rapidly expanding which tes from an authoritative the commissioned riks by means of the ficers Training Cops became apparent. At the outbreak of war there were 92
The least diffealty encountered in the senior Officers Training Corps, and con organisasion of the new armies was the siderably over 100 of the junior division, apply of men and, indeer at first these
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rush of recruits was extremely difficult which comprises the public schools
University B to deal with But before they could be cadet unit.
the provided one mi ofices JAPANESE MAKERS, the count of themselves in for the army, within the first year of the
Every kind of Footwear!
MADE.
TO
all quarters of the globe, they had to be war, the Cambridge OTC over 2,300, housed, fed, clothed, armed, equipped,versities' OT C'aver 1,000, and the Inns thres of the smaller northern un- distributed into units, and taught the of Court OTC over 2,500. drill, discipline, and technical skill need-
ed ut modern soldiers,
THE HOUSING OF THE MES
In the very first place, however, there was only accommolation for 250,000 men in barracks in the British Isles at the out- break of war. Consequently in the early days of the war about 800.000 troops
ORDER were housed in hired buildings and bil
CHERRY & 00..
PEDDER STREET, Opposite Hongkong Hotel. Tolpbone No. 491
Hongkong March 20, 19:4.
lets which necessitated new rules and
MADE IN CHINA."
"Made in China "will be the slogan among Chinese manufacturers bereafter. | Definite announcement has been made through the Shanghai General Chamber
Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce expects to develop markets for Chinese home made goods and raw products.
A manufacturer who is able to export and sell $100,000 worth of products and who has been in one particular trade for
regulations and new machinery of quor of Commerce of methods by which the turing committees &c. Luckily ir. the early
days of the war the weather was fine and could be used but when the bad weather came the overcrowding and the depre
ressing curuditions of rain and mad were responsible for the great dis comfort and sickness. The only satine tory way of housing troops was infat least three years will be given the hutments built in camps near the First Class Medal A Second Class training gronds, and within a year huts
Medal will be awarded to one who owns to hold three-quarters of a million men with water a light laid on, had been and operates a factory with a capital of built, besides various enormous depots 30,000 or more dollars Inventors of for stores, remounts, &c.
machines and intruments useful to in- dustry will be entitled to medals of the Third Class.
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The commissariat is the one branch of army supply which bus never suffered from a lack of materials. There have
Certificates. of Merit will be given to been many complaints of wastage, and owing to a temporary shortage of splitors of mining, farming and fishing ances and trained cooks, of haud cooking industries with pure Chinese capital as hut, now the mest ration has been re-well as to foulers of industria) schools. duced and the necessary inpuvements Clambers of Commerce and Agricultural made in the matter of schools of Associations which have been active in instruction in cookery. The gigantic encouraging the development of their
be gathered
front nature of the task may SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK) LONDON DIRECTORY. the fact that some of the base depots respective industries will receive medals in accordance with their work and feed us many as 250,000 men-even niore, Ons advanced depot too, sends out full influence Chine Press, rations for 100,000 troops and part NABLES traders throughout the World rations for 40,000 more, 340 issues of to communicate direct with English rations to so many separate, units being made daily from this one storehouse. MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS
One bakery alone has a daily outpat of
COAL
BC Undersigned having been appointed
Auna for the COWIN HARBOUR
COAL CUP LTD., are propaged tu quorel
THE
(PUBLISHED ANNUALLY).
CLOTHING ANIS ARMING.
pres for best quality SILMIPULON in each class of goods, Besides being75,XX) loaves. CAL trimmed into Bunker SEAT Compiste commercial guide to London and THE SANDAKAN (British Norih taaburbs, the Directory contains lists of Borney
SILIMPOPON CUAL compare favour.
EXPORT MERCHANTS
and the Colonial sbly with the better grades of Japanive with the goods they stip, Coat and gives good results on very sad Fataign Markets they supply; modorate consumption.
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Steamers calling at SEBATTIK SANDAKAN zelusively for SILIMP FON COAL (either cargo or Bankers) Are exempt from paymnus of all Fort
At Sphatik Steamers are berthed along side the Company's wharf where there is minimum den
of 27 to 23 foot as low water Spring
Charts of Bibeln Bay Sebattik Har bour). Prices and other information woncerning the Fort can be had on application to the Agents.
BRADLEY & CO. LTDA
Agenta Covis Elarbour Col Company, Latiited,
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of loading Manufacturers,
The problem of clothing the now amics was most difficult to sale. The avail. Able stock in, the country were, Boon exhausted; and roachinery, and supply of dyes, cloth, leather, &e, for the mari afacture of new stocks.could not be imprevised in a week or two, while the dozen manufacturers of khaki cloth be fore the war wero being expanded to 900. All rørts of monkeshifta' had to be. reported to. Recruits had to
wear
their own suits.
NOW IS THE TIME, Orheumatism you will End nothing
Deslsen seeking Agencias can advertise their trade ords for £1, or larger adverbetter than Chamberlain's Pain tisements from Bầu
The London Directory Co., Ltd., 55 ABCLTRON Lawn, Lommon EC.
Balin Now is the time to get rid of it, Try this finiment and see how quickly
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