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BRITISH TRADERS: INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED.
MESSRS, BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE have This Day" been appointed GENERAL AGENTS. of the above Company for Fire Insurance for Hong kong and Chins:
By Order of the Board of Directors.
7 CH. F. HAY.
per pro. General Manager.
Hoogkong, August 8, 1917.
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THE HONGKONG STEEL FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
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NOTICE TO STÄREHOLDERS. THE SEVENTH ORDINARY
TEARLY MEETING of SHARF HOLDERS in the above Company, will be held at the Company's Office ST
BUILDING; Hongkong, on
GLOSSTAY, August 15th 1917 at
11.30 A.M. for the purpose of presenting the Report et the General Managers, and Statement of Accounts to May 31st, 1917.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from. August 6th to 13th, 1917, bath days
nclusive
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W. WILKINSON, Acting Adjutant & Honorary Secretary.
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THE HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK CO., LTD.
NOTICE TERISI DIVIDEND of 88.50
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
per share will be paid to all Shareholders on the Company's Register at 30th September, 1917.
-By-Order of the Board of Directors,
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EDITH CAVELL'S LAST LETTER.
Thoughts of life were stronger than
pol. s Leipzig; total distance, 9,530 milexx,igtal time on journey, 39 hours; LORD MONTAGU ON THE FUTURE Real dying time, & hours. As the those of death in Edith Cavell's last hours on earth. Her anxieties were directod fastest average times by railway and boat toward the future welfare of a young
OF FLIGHT,
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The
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to India before the war was 14 bq, 15 days, girl friend sticter with an appetite for the saving by air would amount to abdrugs. A letter written to this Inst 11 Eny, while in the case of Austrs: the evening of the 11th of October, 1915, Hi there would be saving of 23 or 24the night before the execution, is here
reproduced: days of the 477 now occupied by the My DEAR GIRL
Lospes, June 21. Levturing last night before the Acro-¦ journey, nautical Society of Great Pritnin World's Air Loutes and their Regulo. tion.” Lord"Montagus of Beaulieu gave an interesting ontline of a shame for the control of flying after the war.
There were many signs, he said: the By Order of the Court of Directors,
an effort would be made by all the N. J. STABB,
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civilised nations to develop pretul god 2023 rcmmercial communication by means of the air. So far as internatinal law was
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How shall I write you this last day? Standing where I stand now, the world looks already far away. I worried about Lord Montagu Suggested that slow speed yen a great deal at first, but I know God plaars should use the tower levels of the will do for you abundantly shove all air, and high speed places the upper you so much better than I do. can ask think, and he loves levels. The first 21. from the surface earnestly beseech you to try and live as of the ground shund be prohibited to aire
would have had
Nothing you live. traffic in general it should be usable by matters when one comes to this last the private owner of the soil if he desired hour but a clear conscience before God. and for the purpose of descending to his and life looks so wasted and fail of
and things left undose.
own lading or intermediate safety I have helped me often, my dear,
case of countries with seaboard there an hour. Next would come a similar zone must be added the fringe of the three-mile for general uir traffic and fast commercial.
the Hangkennit round the roast. The position of flying, From 6.000ft. to 10,000 the on the other id You Bed wait for you
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meet the clain of the owners and I have remembered our happy holiday landing place. This private level would and in ways you little treamed of, and at present enneurned, there could be donecupiers of houses and land to he secured with mother and many small pleasures. private or national rights in the dir over some privacy from auisances arising from want you to go to England at once nów
and ask
to put you where you ais true. Above it would be the com- can be cured. Don't mind how hard it. the sea beyond the three mile limit: but national air rights presumably existed mercial level, ranging from 2.000ft, to is, do it for my sake, and then try and planes with a maximum speed of 80 miles to make you forget yourself while mak- ever the land of any outing, and in the 1st, and subir, only by silenced and something useful to de, something
ing others happy,
If God permits E-shall still watch over you and
Be sure to get ready want you to know I was the Dritish Empire in this respect was levels would be reserved for the official for then.
(planes of eich mution,
neither afraid nor unhappy, but quite. used by its paval, military, and civil to give my life for England. forces, and by police planes, for sir police Mr Gatan because it was always with am sending you my wrist watch by
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God for you at the last that I shall pray pilots and perhaps postal services would he will keep you in his tender care. also use these levels. At 10,000. Forgive me that I have been severe, cesions from other nations. "There was a
the air would internationalized. sometimes; it has been a great griel to chain of Imperial landing places south.
PAMPHLETS It would be, free to all, provided me to remember it. I think I was too ward and eastward' Ford Gibraltar pilots complied with certain les snxious about you this last year and that was why I am sure you will forget towards the Cape, to Payph. India, and for meeting and invertaling and their it now and only remember that I loved
craft were passed as airworthy, say, you and love you still Australasia, while the nearest points registered as A. 1 in a Lloyd's serial between the North American Continent register. Aircraft: desiring to leave their and Europe, the West Coast of Ireland own levels would, of course, use their
arcount 1917, will be payable on FRIDAY, the 94th August, 1917. Share- holders are requested to apply for Dividend Warrants at the Ollice, St. George's Huiklings
The TRANSFER BOOKS f the Company will be ULOSED from peculiarly favoutable. r widely MONDAY, the 20th August, 1917 to separated possessions would enable our air FRIDAY, 24th August, 10.7, both days inclusive.
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IN ACCORDANCE with the Provisions
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be
"EDITH CAVELL
Accuracy is one of the most nieces- wireless to ask permission from national sary qualifications of the present-day or international flyttig authorities. Con- business girl-or so it would appear from trol of the various levels could only be the following conversation overbeard the After pointing out that, owing to wind dreised by police pilots or fast planes other day in the park "So I answered
and he said, the phone
As Mr X there?" DIVIDEND WARRANTS may be currents it was unlikely that straight-line above the ordinary trahe, whence they and I obtained on application at the Office of routes between place and place would be could descend on breakers of the laws of him and then what do you think he maid, Tex, do you want to see the Company on and after TUESDAY,
those ordinarily followed, and that owing the air and take their numbers or compel sald He said: My dear girl, this is 21st instant
to questions of landing places and exact them to light. All planes would be notitaloscope; this is a telephone?
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will Le CLOSED from the 10th to 20th instant, BOTE DAYS inclusive
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and commercial planes rad.
To secure, law and order on oversea routes would be more dificult. It would probably be found necessary to define the
world routes to be regularly organized colours, private planes would be white, would probably to these over land, Lord Montaign gave time-tables for the various stages of journeys from England to India and back by alternative routes. The cut paths to be followed within, say, certain ward journey Croydon to Karachi would degrees of longitude and lafitudey and DAIRY FARM NEWS. be by way of Marseilles, Naples, the West here again international control would be
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WD miles each, at 120 miles an hour; some of the problems of weather and with a rest pach night and a change of wind. He waded-Nations are spending pilot at defined stages, he calculated that milions of money upon the development this journey of 4,550 miler would be of dying, and the lands of brate ineti nude in 231 hours, of which 30% would have sacrificed their lives, both in fighting: and experimental work The greet represent actual fying time. Leaving ! Croydon at 7, Le passenger would developinens of flying pesauce
arrive at Karachi at 6.80 p.m. three days
Flater. The return journey from Peshawar
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