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THORNE'S
ESTABLISHED
1898
製九十月正年八十登百九千登英
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1918.
已丁天歲年七國民華中
BUSINESS NOTICES.
BUSINESS NOTICES
OLD VAT W. S. BAILEY & CO., LTD.
No. 4.
SCOTCH WHISKY.
--
SOLE AGENTS.
A. S. WATSON & Co. Ld
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,
HONGKONG,"
TIL 618
NOTICE...
NY EUROPEAN Non ASTATIC or INDIAN desiring to leave the Colony should apply in person at the Central Felice Station between the hours of 9 AM to 1 P.M. and 9 PM to 4 P.M. tally.
Applicants will be required to prodzen Paasports or identification papers All persons, with certain exceptions, he remain in the Colony for more than 7 days are required to Register them- selves under the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1916. Forms of Registration giving the particulars required misy be obtained at the G.F.O. and at all Police Stations.
The Penalty for con compliance is a Bue not exceeding $50,
NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE
INSURANCE CO.
WHICH AAN VISSED THE BRAKES OF THE OCEAN MARINE. INBUBANCE
Contrary, Lathes
and
THE BAILWAY - PASSENGERS ASSURANCE 00.
TWTAL FUNDS AT 31m Dreaza, 1814,
299,970,387.
I-Authorised Capital £6,000,000'
Subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital............................. £2,437,500
11-Fire Fundi..........................
3,637,047
-Life & Annuity Fund... 17,567,590 Sinking Fend Account ......
Baronne Fire Branch......
Life and Annuity
Branches...nel Revenus Maring Department... Other Receipts *********
128,230
£29.270,387
£2,381,458
2,141,503
$37,299 479,940
£5,339,908
The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, ars set aside to mest the claims under the respective Depart- ments of the Company's Buriness.
SHEWAN, TOMES & 00.,
VAgmis
PEAK
TRAMWAYE COMPANY.
LIMITED
TIME TABLE,
WHAT SAT
7.00. 8,00 sm...dvery 15 minutes. 800 by 10.00a.m... Every 1 minutas, 19,00 m.in. to 11.00 a.m... Every 15 minutes. 11.50 am, to 19,45 p.m...Every Lamdantes. 12.45p.m. to 1.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes,
1.15 p.m.1 to 1.45 p.m. Every 15 minuten: 2.6 p.m. to 8.15 p.m...Every 10 miuotes #15 p.. to 5.00p.m...Every 15 minutes. 5.00pm to 8.00pm. Erary 10 minutes.
VIGEZ CARS
1.50 p.m. and 9p.m., 9.30 pm to 11.00 p.m. every half hour.
21.00 p.m. to 11,45 p.m. every quarter of
7.30.
an hour
BONDAYE.
8.00 . to 3,80,am...Krazy 15 minutes, 30.30 am to 11.00 .... Every 10 minutes 11.30a.m. to 11 Yoon.....very 15 minutes. 22.00 poon to 100p.m... Every 10 minutes. 1:00 pm to 5.30 pm...Erary 15 minutes, £30p.m. to 8:00p.m... Every 10minuta. 00 pm, bo 6.30p.m...Every 15 mlambor, 80p, 60 8.00 pan. Every 10 mirzabek,
NIGHT CAES a on
SATURDATE.
Extra Car at 12 midnight.
SPECIAL CARS by arrangement at the Company's Office, AIMKAKIKA BUILIN MUN” Dux Road Central
A
Benson and penah tekme avaliable for
all may not already full running at the
me sta bock fur the Company's thon tablos,
but
not for special care, paz, be obtained
application at the Company's Office
Boston ticket will be wrzed until
·
ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.
"KOWLOON BAY.
Sveam and Motor Vessels,
Steel Building Work of every Description, Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies,
HONGKONG, CANTON & MAÇAO STEAMERS.
JOINT SERVICE OF THE HONGKONG, CANTON & HAUÃO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD, AND THE CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED, HONGKONG CANTON LINE,
Sailings-To Canton daily at 3 a.. (Sundays excepted) and 10 p.mi. From Canton daily at .. (Sundays excepted) and 4 b.m. SERVICE or the HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD, HONGKONG-MACÃO LINE.
Sailings-To Macao daily at 8 a.m. (Sundays 9 am) and
2 p.m. (Sundays 1 p.)
From Macao daily at 7:00 am and 2 p.m. (Sundays 3 p.m.).
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Further information may be obtained at the Company's Örvicz, Hotel Mansions, or from Messra. THOA, COOK & Sox, Booking Agents, Hongkong.
DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.
HUDSON
AND OVERLAND
ECTOR
41 CARS
SOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR THE FAMOUS
*TELZYLONE-432
COME AND INSPECT
BEST CARS IN THE COLONY FOR HIRE.
THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Go,, Ld.
Established 1883.
-MANUFACTURERS OF
PURE Manila ROPE
STRAND
" to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE.
CABLE LAID
„4. STRAND
́5" to 15"
3" to 10" CIRCUMFERENCE
CIRCUMFEREN Z
Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length
Frics, samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application te
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OVERLAND CHIRA MAIL (PUBLISHED "BY2LE"
MAIL DAY
Contains toe Work's News
of Hongkong and the
Far Easte
Prions (including Foshpen) he i part of the word "gang"
PRICE, $3.00 Per Month
THE WAR.
→.ovor THREE-QUARTERS of a CENTURY TO-DAY'S
WILKINSON'S
The
THE SAFEST A.
SARSAPARILLA
-WONDERFUL PURIFIER of the HUMAN BLOOD HOSTS Torpid Liver, Debility, ERUPTIONS, & WILKINSON'S INDISPENSABLE TO
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TAIKOO DOCKYARD
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OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
-THE TUKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY
OF HONGKONG LTD.
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DUTCH SHIPS SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINES.
CLAIM AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN
FOR COMPENSATION.
STRONG BRITISH REPLY.
Lospos, Jan. 18.
MAN-POWER BILL: PASSED.
COMPULSION FOR IRELAND REJECTED.
LONDON Jun.
F
In the House of Commons. menent moved during the second A White Paper giving Correspon reading of the Military Service Bill dence, which has taken place be- to enforce compulsion in Ireland, tweun Holland and Great Britain, was rejected by 136 votes to 48.
Sir Auckland "Geddes, Minister" shows that the Dutch: Minister, on October 28, claimed compensation National Service, said that the ap for the loss of the ships Elge, and plication of compulsion in Ireland Berniss through enemy submarining would not belp on the war and even because they were compelled to pro if such a measure were adopted, it ceed to a British port what on a would be months before the effects voyage from French West Africa.could be felt. He had approached Mr. Balfour replied, denying the question with an unbiased mind liability for the loss of neutral ships and without political bias, and he by German legality, and added that had come to the pnclusion that, it the action of a neutral nation whigh would be folly, from the point of apparently does not protest at such view of the warto suggest cornerin," submarining and confines its efforts tion in, Ireland
amenities.
to presenting claims to Great Britain Mr. Asquith following questioned is inconsistent with neutrality. He whether the size of the Home said it is difficult to characterise Defence forces was not excessive. such action by professedly friendly He advocated, firstly, sending to the Power with due regard to diplomatic Front considerable numbers from the
Home Defence forces: secondly, further combing out of fit fighters who were hond the lines, in order to replenjar the depleted units which had fallen considerably below effec live strength and thirdly, increasing" the existing numbers of those em-
The Dutch Minister, replying on December 17, contested the Briti elam to bring a neutral, ves port,cunder
was therefore
chaita for compensation.
Mr. Balfour, replying on Decemployed in shipbuilding, which was
ber 81, repeated his inability to enter. tain the cisim.
THE HOSPITAL SHIP QUESTION.
THE BASIS OF GERMAN' ALLEGATIONS.
LONDON, Jan. 17.
The Admiralty announces that
primary of all our necessities.
Mr. Lloyd George interposing, said I give that assurance. We regard shipbuilding as a primary necessity.
Mr. Asquith continuing pleaded the cause of retaining a sufficiency. of young,
skilled workers upon rauni- tions
Throughout the land, he said,
there was no more banging back from
the Army than there had ever bean
Shewan, Tomes & Co. General Managers | GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. Geman wireless message states the in any previous stage of the war.
Hongkong, April 11, 1912.
WATSON'S
COLD CURE TABLETS.
CURE A COLD IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME. AN EXCELLENT REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA and MALARIAL HEADACHE.
Copy of repeat order recently received from England:-
“All Saints" Lodge,” Howley, Blackwater, Eante.
Mrs will be much obliged by. Mesara WATSON sending to her by post
10 bottles of their "Cold Cure. She will be glad to hare these as soon as possible,
as abe is to-day sending her last bottle to her son (Capt of the Butts), who is
at the front and finds the Tabloids excellent for stopping Cold.
PREPARED ONLY BY
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.
KONGKONG DISPENSARY:
Folephens 18.
THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.
(NOW RECONSTRUCTED).
NGINEERS 1nd 88IPBUILDERS, BOILER MAKERS BRA
FOUNDERS All work down in bis
over thicty years experience. We own two Bipways son can becom at 900 feet long,
PORTLAND CEMENT
Ti Conka (of 375.1km, not
Bags of 250 The ne5,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
GENERAL MANAGER
THE HONGKONG HOTEL
GRILL ROOM
PEAK
H TAGGART
HOTEL.
ADMIRABL
SITUAZED AT VICTORIA GAP,
and
ND TOCEISTS HOTZK
The temper of the people required English themselves, according to the Daily Chronicle of December 11, no stimulus, it was constant, re- admit that hospital ships were used solute and unwavering.
Mr. Hogge, Libanil Member for to transport troops.
The so-called admission was a Edinburgh, said the 450,000 men deliberately false statement made by mentioned by Sir Auckland Geddes Miss Ethel Marski for which she was was a flea-bite compared with the sentenced to a month's imprison-numbers actually required. He de
sired to ask a nomber of questions," ment at Portsmouth.
The public should know the whereupon, the House went into grounds on which the Gerraon war secret session.. on the wounded is dimittedly
BRITISH REPRESENTATIONS TO SPAIN. Heuter learns that the British Government has rande representa tions to Spain in connection with the sinking of the Rowa
A GERMAN OFFICER CON FRONTED WITH HIS LIE A Gerinan officer, who is a pri Hoper in England, has been con fronted with a statement in his book that he had scen guns and troops, on British hospital ships and has frankly admitted that his statement is entirely unfounded.
SHIPPING CASUALTIES.
TWO STEAMERS LOST.!!
LONDON, Jan gister reports that the
bodies, – suppos
LATER!!
It is officially announced that at a secret session after a discussion, the Prime Minister spoke on the second reading of the Jun-Power Bill which was then carried without a division, and the Bill was com mitted to 's' committee of the whole. House
"ENDORSEMENT OF MAN-POWER PROPOSALS
LONDON Jan. 18. The papers emphasise the un- in favour of the man-power onimity proposals, pointing out that there war not a single amendment hostile to the measure They declaro, how ever, that the people are doubtful as to whether the best use is being made of the resource
The Daily Mail says the difficultica. confronting Sir Auckland Gedded will be lessened if the count Passured that the huga war machi
run with a minimum of waste and improvidence.
GIES BUPEX
SONG FENG
J.