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BTEEL-BOREW STEAMER "KANO MARD".
4158 TUNI ORONA, BUILT 135-
JALE of the Stramer-her Hull, Tackle, Apparel, Furniture. Machinery, Boilers and everything connected there with, as they may lie at Pratas Reef off Eungkong.
CONITIONS OF TENDER. (1) Tenders are invited for the above wreek. The week is sold as it lies. and no responsibility is taken by vendors for sy damage or defect whatsoever that may how or may hereafter exist.
(2) Intending tenderers must deposit at Shanghai or Hongkong the sum of Mex. $5.000 with Mesars. Mitsui Busan Kaisha, Ltd, agents of the Tokio Maring Insurance Co, Ltd, Tokia, who will issue deposit receipts (3) All tenders should reach the office of Messrs. the Mitsui Bosann Kaisha Ltd, Shanghai or Hongkong, not later than the 4th July, 1917, or the Tokio Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.. Tokio, not later than the 25th July, 1917.
(4) Tenders will be opened at the office of the Tokio Marine Insurance Co., Ltd., Toking at 3 p.m. 25th July, 1917. Eayers will not be admitted. (3). The vendre are not band to accept the highest or any, tender, but have the liberty tcl for entirely fresh tenders, or to sell the week in nay other way they may think fit. In the event of ideationl tenders, verdion reserve their rights o acceptance or rejection.
(8) Should the company notify the acceptance of any tender, the sale is thereby concluded on the conditions set forth berein and such buyers' deposit is appropriated as bargain money and in part payment of
purchase.
(7) The
halance of the parelaise money shall be paid to vendors not later than 24th July. 1917, in defauit of which the contract is considered
panelled and the bargain money is forfeited.
(E) On a tender being accepted, the delivery of the wrecic is effected, and thereupon, it is at the risk und
xpense of the huyers.
ex
(9) No interest will be allowed an terderers, deposits, which will be.
refund ansneversful tenderes un or before the sth July, 1917, and only in exchange for the original deposit ruipt:
THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA.
LIMITED, Avents for THE TORIO MARıxe'issuraser Ut, LTD.
Shanghai or Hong'sung, July 21, 1917. 1981)
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HONGKONG" TRAMWAY COMPANY LIMITED.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
NT INTERIM DIVIDEND at the
"rate of 3 per cent for the your ending 31st December 1917 has been det lared The dividend will be payable on and after WEDNESDAY the 15th day of August 1617 Shareholders on the of Register pa SATURDAY the 4th day August 1917, an will be paid to share- bubles on the Colonial (Hongkong) Register at exchange of 2/5 per dollar."
By Order of the Bourdi,
W. E. ROBERTS,
Secretary.
Honchong July 23, 1917.
1982
THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.
N INTERIM DIVIDEND of Three A and half Dollars per share for the
A
six months endling 30th June, 1917, will
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UPSIDE DOWN IN A CLOUD.
CAPTAIN HUCKS' ADVENTURE.
HOW, NOT TO GET FILLED.
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All this neeurs without the pilot being in she least aware of the position his minchaine
taking relative to the ground.
ACETIME IS TURPE TEARS. Ménsured by the advance in Rying, the Just three years. Captain Hucks' said, had bres a veritable lifetime. The rate of
Captaic 1. 24 Hocks, the famous air-improvement in aircraft is so fast. the man, described a thrilling adventure in puer en alarmingly rapid, that it is almost timpse cloud during a, lecture on three inipossible for manufacturers to keep yeurs flying progress at the Royal Society pace, for it seems think by the time the
of Art Inst evening. He was explaining the need for seace instrument which will
diran up in the clouds the
show.
hy is flying on a level koel....“
** I set out on a very cloudy, windy day
be Payable on THURSDAY, 28th July to do a test sanh to 10,000ft, on a late on which daso Dividend Warrants may bo obtained on application t Company's Office,
the type two-seater, Cu risching 1,200ft. we
to check the compóns had the effect of
fatest and most efficient of machines is manufactured in ficiently large an hers to gratily half the requirements of the Services, that type is cut of date and obsolete." The advance had been by improvements on what might be accepted standard designs; zo good rewita bad
INTIMATIONS.
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SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTEL.
At the first symptom
of eye strain you should consult 18. We test eyes scientifically and fit glasses to individual re- quirements.
LARK &
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HONGKONG
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MITSUBISHI COSHI KWAISHA (Mitsubishi Co.) COAL DEPARTMENT.
SOLE PROPRIETORS OF
TAKASHIMA, OUHI MUTAER, KISHIDARE. YOSHINOTANT HOJO,NAMASUTA, SAWO KANADA, SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI & OYUBARI (OLLIERIES.
AGENT FOR SAKITO COAL.
Head Office- MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO.
BRANCH OFFICES —— Nagasaki, Moji, Karatan, Wakamatau; Otaru, Muroran, Hakodate, Kobe, Osaka, Kure, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Tanruga, Vladivostock. Hankow, Faking, London, New Yox, Shanghai,
Hoarkand. Espor
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Cable Address:-"IWASAKI Codes:-A1 A B C 6th Ed Western Union, and Bentley's.
*** The' nearest equivalent to the aựt of Hying" said Captain Hucks, in dealing with the mixing of pilots, "is that of
A person motor.car driving.
who thoroughly understands and who can drive car. 1cally well "should possess the qualities required for piloting an aero plane. I agree that good hands, a good head, steady nerves and judgment aro essential qualities, all of which should be found, in' good motorist, with thi advantage, that the good motorist is moore MANILA, Messrs Mazondray &
kely to be naturally mechanical, a
Co. faculty intors and not easily acquired, SINGAPORE: Messrs Borneo Co. and so important in the matter of flying."
Ltd. "BULGING HEAD "ar 20,000. UP.
GLASGOW, Messrs A. E. Brown, Capacity for quickly climbing
to a great
McFarlane & Co., Ltd. height was the most marked development
in the modern machine. At the begia
no active service was 4,000-6,000£1., simply because few of the marlines then
nt into a rain cloud, but carried on to been obtained from any departure from The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from WEDNES beyond 5,000. still in the cloud, when that standard. Improvements in engines DAY the 18th to THURSDAY the 28th the compass apparently begun to swing were
were responsible for present-day per- July (both days inclusive) daring which period no transfer of shares can be really it's the schine that begiasformances to a far greater extent thanning of the war the average height flown
swinging, "not the "compaed), and efforts improvement in machines, registered
By Order of the Board of Directors, A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Secretary. Elongkeng, July 30 1917:
THE WEST POINT BUILDING co., LIMITED.
1040
in use with the impediments carried
height
AGENCIES:— CHINKIANG: Messrs Gearing
Co.
For Particulars, apply to
K. KATO,
Manager.
No. 2 PEDETE STREET,
Εσάσκοπα.
SINGON & CO.
ESTABLISHED A.D, 1880,
་ The chief cause of crushes," he said, causing it to ssing more violently in the was engine failure-nct a defect in the other direction. The air speed then engine but a small detall, failure of the could get much higher.. To-day a rushed up far beyond normal itying speed; petrol supply generally, Dirt in the of 20,000lt. is. I believe, on certain all efforts to pull her up checked her only petrol tack was a prolife cause of engine ccasions reached, and it is fairly certain slightly; then the rudder was tried, back failures. The pict's most common error that if progress continues at its present went the "air werd 'to zero; there was an
was losing tying speed on a turn. This rate, heights a great deal beyond this AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of Threel, umeangy feeling of being detach started a side-slip, and, given ancient figure will be reached as a'usual thing.. share for the sixed from the machine, and I knew her height, ended in a nose dive or, the more be felt át a haviphat of annt. 10,000. Dulkus per ព
The eflects of the rarifed as begun to TRON STEEL, METAL and FABR WARE MERCHANTA Wholele months ending 30th June, 1917, will be Fayah on THURSDAY, 26th July to be literally tumbling about in the serious predicament, a spia.
Breathing bennes affected, rexpiration and Retail Ironmongers. Pig Iron an on which date Dividend Warrants may clouds. All efforts to settle down aguin
shorter und quicker, there in & curious Foundry Coks Importers General Store keepers and Shipehandlen No. 85 and he obtained on. application at the
The position a macbir esumes in appressive sensation and sbulging feeling 37, Einso Loose diz, (Sud Street, wont
in the head until the height of about of Central Market) Telephone No. 515, 20,000ft. in reached. The effect felt
Hongkong September, 1915. varies considerably with individuals, and with the state of one's health. I can remember the unpleasantness of my first fight to 1600xt. it was very marked, specially the pain experienced in the drum of the ears on descending. The fact that a fight, now, to 21,000ft," or 22,000ft. does not have so much effect I put down entirely to acclimatisation.
Company's Office
to & straight tight seemed to be unavail.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Coming: until we emerged from the cloud very pany will be CLOSED from WEDNES DAY the 18th, to THURSDAY the Dearly upside down. Assuming control
26th July (both days inclusive) Juring again was then an enay matter. which period no. transfer of shares car be reguered.
By Orler of the Bouit of Directors,"
1! A SHELTON HOOKER
Beertary Hongkong, July 10, 1917.
BROADWOOD
** Joy Krick" CURE FOR A SPIN.
pin is a rapidly revolving side slip ne a fairly steep spiral diva, with this rather serious drawback, that the more one tries A few days ago a squadron commander to pull it up by means of the elevator the told me that on one cession when in faster it spins. Ne chatter how high one is, if cae pereista is trying to pull it ous France everything loose in his machine 1047
in a normal way it will remain out of fell out while in cloud. A week of et ago, en tisu south coast, machine distrol because the elevator has now become the rudder, and instead of pulling integrated as cloud and the main plases landed half a mile from the fuselage. Is it out increases the speed of turning. If a loud you see nothing whatever but the controls are abandoned the machine will come out of its own accord, but
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your machine. There is no fixed punt personally I have always found the best Fisible. The only means by which you and quickest remedy for spins is t aan tell if you are flying in a straight straighten the rudder sad shove the course in by your compass, and your at joystick forward. A clean nose dive will
Sour spood. The compass should give you direction horizontally, your air spoed your direction vertically. How often you ARE YOU BEING POISONED hear a pilt say that as soon as he gosp
by constipation
Are you pilion into a cloud his compass started spinning livariah, troubled with dick headacher Before your compass starts to move your pimples, poor appetité, coatod tongue,
unpleasant breath 7 The remedy is machine has already started to turn. You rudder the opposite way to check it, overcorrect it, and turn sharper the other way on to a hauk turn, then the to drops and speed goda pp. Pulling back assist nature. As good-for children sa
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