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INTIMATIONS
RONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY LIMITED
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
NOTI
An INTERIM DIVIDEND at the rate of 8 per cent for the year ending 31st December 1917 has been des lured. The dividend will be payable on and after WEDNESDAY, the 15th day of August 1917 to Shareholders the
on Register on SATURDAY the 4th day of August 18, an will be paid to share holders on the Gulonial (Hongkong) Register at exchange of 28 per dollar.
By Order of the Bosid,
W.E ROBERTS;
Sveritary.
Hongkong, July 23, 1917.
1082.
RUSSIAN 5% INTERNAL * LIBERTY LOAN 1917, '
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
THE RUSSO-ASIATIC BANK. HONGKONG, IS BEADY TO RECEIVE FURTHER SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE ABOVE LOAN UP TO THE 28th JULY, 1917.
G. TISDALL
Manager.
RUSSO-ASIATIC BANK.
Hongkong July 8, 1917.
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THE EXAMINING GUARD. the subalters took me to look at trimmensely proud of it.
ONE OF THE MINOR HORRORS
OF WAR.
jav A JÚNIOWE MEBAUTEEN.]
MAIL.
with the aid of rasion cheese, T' soon' became able to coneget most savoury messes, and I was looking forward to the gourds and eggplants coming into season when I received orders to rejoin my unit. It is decreed that anyone who, alapts himself to circumstances in ope place
It soon palled' uter supply and explained my duties: however, and not being versed in You mount the guard duity, and inspect etymology, I took up cooking as a hobby. is once by day and one by night. You | Even before my researches with Christo- ake your sentries inspect the passes offers had fearnt the one Greek word everyone act in un organised mit whe universally known throughout the British. goes past the post. This month the Army," AVGA or
By diut of passes are pink the A.P.M.L. of CT wilf | buying these from passing hawkers, and
t you know when the colour's changed." „One can gẹp decustomed to anything.
Do I look at officer's passes, as well?" | even the monotony of war as waged in You should do so but it's ex well to Madonio, and though only a juxercise discrución A Major-General in a hurry disn't particularly relish Having subaltern land heete serving for more bis car stopped. With subalterns, and rhan aine months with any battalion nesprains you're quite unfa.. And what the, Salonika front, so that my existence do you do with yourself the rest of the shall immediately be transferred to was way ari ntenfel doe. I had time Dh anything you like. Colleet another. This is one of the minor horror
Jutterflies or learn the language. · Chris fof war." wn throughly to understand" my
toforos the interpreter messes with the platros, and knete precisely whose kit men, but be loves talk. You'll have
·required constant checking and whose plenty of leisure to spend with him. letters ruled vigilant censorship, the, Well, I think that's all. So-long.". principal ditios of a regimental officer HE Undersigned having been appointed during period of rest," I was, how-
As for the CQWIE HARBOUR COAL CO., LTD., are prepared to quote ver, pudely awakened from this pleasant pedalled away in a cloud of sunlit dust prices for best quality SILIMPOPONile, by a message from the Adjutant and I was left to my own devices. It did COAL trimmed int. Bankers at SEBAT:
K or BANDAKAN (British North ordering me to depart with a sergeant and pot take me long to settle down, and I Borneo.
twelve men to a certain spot to set used the work by no means uninterex
The end, was one of the main **Examining Guard," was informed thoroughfares, by which our armies, wars that an interpreter would meet me there. I supplied and a constant stream of traffic I cannot say that I was pleased and I passed along it. Convoys of moter hated "leaving "ory platoon. My felles ambulances rolled down the road filled with kick and wounded, while drafts, were
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CUT OFF, FROM THE WORLD...
Id a few minutes he and his men had
ing.
of these stopped to drop our rations and accusioasily and paper or a wildly were completely cut off froth the world fantastic mour, but except for this we
COLD WATER LACKING.
American and Canadian visitors to London, who are great water drinkers, complain that they can get any drink more musily than water, says the Daily News," and that in order to procure s glass of water they have to produce passport in the form of an order for lunch or dinner. Then, after an interval, the water is brought half reluctantly and in a lukewarm and uninviting condition.
Dr. Arrow-Smith, of the American-
subaltern gave me but little consolation, always moving up to replice the wastage or the Lewis gun and bomb specialists of war. Long strings of lorries chisted were haughtily contemptuous of such a up the dust, bearing supplies and trans At Betartik Steamers ara berthed along. side the Company's wharf where there is a commonplace duty, while those who like tions up to the front line. Every day ou minimum depth of 27
25 foot at low myself surely commanded platoors and
Belgian Relief Committee, stated to an water Spring Tidos.
Charte of Bibuka Bay (Sabattik Bay. polowed a special accomplishments
interviewer recently Owing to awful bour Prices and all other information exalted loudly because such a louely and
Germags grows hotter daily. I recently brutalities the Belgian hatred of the pencerning the Port can Log bad tedious task had not fallen to their l application to the agents,
and the war.
visited a hospital, containing returned The only comfort. I got came from my i BRADLEY & CO., LTD.,
The work was not ardanu The deported Belgions, and it was heartrend. Agente Cowie Harbour Coat company commander. Seeing that I was natives gave little trouble, for Hardouising to see the wrecks of men of 25 years. Company, Limited. depressed he took me aside and said. understands war from bitter experiences of age who look to be 60. Some of the
Laok here you needn't think, thin ichand does not chale at the restrictions nuen had bingk feet; sa a. result of the f
imposed by it. The word pass was favourite German punishment-standing you've got is a sort of booby prize quickly learnt and understood, and the in water for 24 hours. I saw horribla we're dissatisfied with you. Thought only occasione oiz which trouble was bruises and unhealed woandar that were you're very junior as for pa rank is co-used was when an out-of-date pan had canned by clubs and kicks,
red, you've been with us longer than not been renewed. Even this was quickly dying in the hospital at the rate 14 140 some of the other boys and the Coated and as my predecessor hnd pro- daily.
...
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LONDON DIRECTORY.
of that
phesied, I had plenty of time on my hands,
knows that he can trust you by yourself. A Brst I endeavoured id learn Greek, but
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battalion
This put a slightly better aspect on things but I did not feel parti cularly cheery when I sed my email party left camp followed by a pack male loaded with the men's blankets and bivouse sheets and my scanty kil
with the goods they whip, sed the Colonial Þad Fuzsign Markets they supply ;
STEAMSHIP LINES arranged under the Porta to which they ssil and indicating the approximate dailings : PROVINCIAL TRADE NOTICES loading Manufacturaz, Merchants, etc., In the principal promosi won and ladastrial contros of the United Kingdom,
THE ALPOINTED PLACE, After twelve miles trek across country A copy of the currant edition will be we reached the appointed place, where we forwarded, freight paid, on receipt of found the subaltern of the Divisional Podal Onter for 205.26 199 Cyclist Company, whom we had come to Dealers waking Agencies can advertise reliefs. He showed me the guard house, bhair tools verde for £1, or larger adter a tumbledown relic of tho Turkish,
aduate from Rating 1 had two rooms, one of which I
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my efforts were frustrated by the fact that Christoforos would insist on talking
dish. Be had spent three years fo Cardiff, which he described as "as best fif city indeed, and bis English had i strong Welsh flavour but he was
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