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INTIMATIONS
NOTICE.
INTIMATIONS
WANTED.
THE & boston REEPER required. Apply stating THE HONGKONG & CHINA DASOMPETENT BRITISH BOOK- And the Public that owing to the experience and giving copies of HEAVY INCREASES in the cost efTestimonials. Good salary to capable. obtaining ita necessities, particularly man.
Col it has no option but to INCREASE
the PRICE OF GAS by 50 cents per
1,000 cubic feet, making the price $4.80
er 1000 cubic feet, dating from the lat February, 1018.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
GEORGE CURRY,
Local Secretary.
Hongkong, Jan. 22, 1919.
,
Box No. 1209.
C/o 'CHINA MAILLO
Honzkong Jan 28, 1918-
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HUAT, JANUARY 80, 1918.
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UNION WATERBOAT COMPANY,
LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHULDERS.
THE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS ll be hell in the Offices of desers. DonWELL & CO. LIMITED, on TUESDAY, the 6th February, 1919, at 11.30 A.M., for the purpose of receiving the Report of General Managers together with Statement of Accounts to 1st Desember, 1917.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be ULOSEU from the 3th January to 3th February, 1018, bota dates inclusive.
DODWELL & COMPANY, LTD.,“
General Managers.
Hongkong, Jan. 25, 1919.
HUMPHREYS ESTATE AND
FINANCE CO., LTD.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
that ORDINARY ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SEARE HOLDERS in this Company will be held at the HaNGKONG HOTEL, Hong- kong, on SATURDAY, the 9th Febra- Bry, 1918, at 11.30 AM. for the purpose of receiving the Reports of the Directors togather with a Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1517.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 4th February to the 14th February (both days inclusive), daring which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Manager's,
Hongkong, Jan. 28, 1918.
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HONGKONG.
ROYAL
TWO GRAND CONCERTS
SATURDAY, 2nd
and
THURSDAY, 7th Feb.,
at 9.15 p.m...
A. MIROVITCH
(PIANO)
M. PIASTRO
(VIOLIN.)
BOOKING AT
MOUTRIE'S.
PRICES:
$3.00, $2.00 & $100.
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PURPOSES
FOUNDRY AND SMELTING COKE
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FOR ALL INFORMATION APPLY
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-TIENTUIN, „NORTH OKINA.
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SANITARY BOARD OFFICE,"
HONGKONG.
TO THE
OWNERS OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS.
TAKE NOTICE that under No. 3 of the TUMESTIO OLEANLINESS ADA
VENTILATION BYE-LAWS (as amend- ad), every Domestic Building or part of ach Ballding within the CENTRAL Division of the City of Victoria, and the WESTERN Division of Kowloon. occupied by mambata of more than
one "family, except them within the Empen Reservation or in Kowloon Bouth of Austin Road, or those parts of a Domestic Buliding died as Shop, Office or Undawa, must be ÜLEANSED and LIMEWASHED TAROUGHOUT by the Owners And ring the months of December
Fannary.
NB.The word 'thenaghoot aned in this Notice means that the Houser should be
Limewashed in respect of all the Walls of
mch Room, all Odbicles, Partitions, Stair Casings and Stair Linings, all Ceilings and the Undersides of Boots Main
Buildings, Offices and Servants" Quarteri and Inclusive of Verandaha.
The Backyard must bare its Containing Walls Limewashed up to the level of the
Floor.
HELENA MAY
야
INSTITUTE.
CONCERT
Under the Patronage of His Excellency The Governor,
WEDNESDAY, 30th January,
at 9.15 p.m.
TICKETS $8 EACH
may be obtained at the Institute.
www
Proportion of Proceeds in aid of
WAR CHARITIES.
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., LTD
THE SHIPPING PROBLEM.
OUR OCEAN FRONT.
DEMANDE ON HIRCANTILE MARINK measure to the splendid behaviour of our merchant scamen...... Its early successes--- When we contemplate the immenses.far as they went were largely due to work that the British mercantila marine has to perform we can under the novelty of it. As Admiral Mahan, previous commereu- speaking of a stand why it is that a vast propastry destroying campain, so its principal The victims 6. it is absorbed for naval and military were taken unswares. In (BY ADMIRAL SIR CYPRIAN BRIDGA, ..) purposes. That proportion has been object the German submarine campaign stated, on good authority, to amount to
starve the United Kingdom into surren- Frequent recurrence to the shipping nearly 4 per cent of the mersantile has been a failure. It was intended to
ocean-going tonnage. No doubt s
s pro Ger-Erst within three monthe then problem needs no excuse. It is of the portion of our mercantile tonnage within six months. It has now lasted first importance, and should be a matter employed on more or less directly naval nearly ten months, and it has not doce and military purposes in time of Peace. of daily consideration by all of us. Inwe can make allowance for this, and what it set out to do. [73 deed, it ought to be more than that, still End that in the present ar we THE ENEMY'S FRESEST AIM.
There is no exaggeration in affirming have less than half the number of
But though the submarine campaign. ocean-going vessels for that we are really called upon to think otherwise supplying ourselves that wing, with persistence, another object
feeding and bas failed in its main object, it is, pursu it whenever we take a mealno matter considered necessary in pesce time.
It may bow plain and simple that meal zaay be. be admitted that a good dest which, unless we take the pmpar steps The whole of the tea, coffee, cocos, and has been done by shipping to control to defeat it, will do as great injury. This sugar that we consume; three-fourths of deficiency in available shipping, bub no the end of 1916 wa wisely devoted nearly and improved organisation to reduce the object is to diminish the number of car occan-going merchant vessels. Down to the bread; most of the meat-ot to attempt of improvement in organisation the whole of our abipbuilding resources mention the large quantitios of raw will enable 40 ships to do the work of to the work of increasing and maintafo 100. Unly two things can possibly re- material necessary tourmanufacturers
ing tho
fighting
feet and its many merly this one is, to practise vigorous auxiliaries. policy has been fully must be brought to us in shipping. We and persistent economy, in the consumptied by the result. We followed it must also rely upon shipping to carry tion of imported supplies, especially with come modification during a great abroad the exports which we are obliged food; the other is to throw all the
THE ANDERSON
MUSIC CO., LTD.
First, Painted or Polished Woodwork SOLE DISTRIBUTORS
In good condition, however, need not be Limewashed, but must be Cleansed.
The CENTRAL Division of the Bity lies between Gilman Street and Peel Strest on the East, and Tank Lize and Cleverly Street on the West.
Kowloon is divided into the Eastern and Western Divisions by Nathan Road and a straight line drawn from the
FOR
COLUMBIA
North and through the Yaumati service GRAFONOLAS
reservoir to the Northern Boundary of Kowloon.
C. M. W. REYNOLDS,
Berekaty. Dated this 23rd Day of January, 1918,
ALFRED. HYNDMAR
43 Wyndhan Street Has for sale
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CARBON PAPER at $1.00 per dozen
sheets
RIBBONS at 11.60 each.
UNDERTAKES, to clean and repair
U Typewriters at $12.00 per madrina
per unnam.
For particulars spply to the above address.
Hongkong. Nov. 7. 2017.
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SILIMIPOPON (SEBATTK)
COAL
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KILIMPOPOS OTAL cumparse favour ahip with the batter grades of Japani „Chial and girns-good sucalts on a very msprate consumption.AZ
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SEBATTLE or BANDAKAN szelosively for. BILIMIPO. PUNTOO&L (either cargo or Bunker) from payment of all, Parb
As Bebatlik Stekmens are perthed along- piás the Company'a wharf where there is a 'ninfuvari' depth of 27 to.. 29. feet at lőri
wazer Upring kiidass.
of Sibuke Bay (ebay Har
other informati
of
The result of the battle of Jatland and
its effect on the bastile wavy showed us
to send to foreign markets to pay for the every of which we are capable into the st
of building ex-going cargo- commodities which are indispensable to carrying ships. Our continuous cry our existence. To be a sea-surrounded ought
shipbuilding capacity to turning out country has great advantages, but it to be-ships, ships, and still more that we could safely, divert, more of our cargo-carrying vessels. We had, bow also has some disadvantages. It is our It will be noticed that the conditions ever, a considerable deficiency to make good fortune that these disadvantages are being what they are we should be com- up. In addition to this we find the of a kind that we can neutralise, if we eller to carry on an immense ship-demands of our Allies for indispensable building work even if there was not * articles growing larger. This accente only will b
single hostile submarine in existence atea the necessity of putting all our In many of its conditions this war i, The depredations of the submarine make energy into the work of merchant ship more urgent what was already urgent building, and seeing that every ship unprecedented. Fer the first time in the necessity of filling up the enormous already built, no matter under which history the British Empire has come out gap in commercial shipping caused by Allied dag she may be, should be ita- as very nearly, if not quite, the greatest the demands of our fleets and armies mediately and continuously employed.
abroad, and the needs of out Allies, military Fower in the world. Only two well that the public should have the various land fronts or the "single We talk much and read much about or three weeks ago we were told officially always before it the operations of the front. We should do well to talk • 18, Das Vœux Rond. Tel 1892 that we had three and a half million troops German submarines Ifft, however, ex-great deal more than we do, road a grost tremely unfortunate that the attention deal more, and think a great deal more serving in the various theatres of war of the public shcold be but rarely called about the ocean-going shipping front outside the boundaries of the British Em to the principal cause of the food and Even when the war is over sedicion y of pire. Nothing like this condition of things other abortage-viz, the diversion of shipping will continue for a long time to has ever been known before. In addi- not much less than two-thirds of the be an urgent need of ourselves and our tion to the numbers above stated there is shipping previously employed in supply: Allies-- Daily Chronicle.”
great" multitude of persons, not fighting to us work of a very diferent
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fully as the troops themselves Alto- The menace of the enemy's submarines gether, we have to supply the require is serious and we have to admit that se
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