WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1918.
SHIPPING
P. & O. S. N. CO.
ROYAL MAIL SERVICE
UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
ΤΟ
GRAVE FLIGHT OF
PETROGRAD.
THE CHINA MAIL.
PETROGRAD, April 30.
rously high pay and many privileges. It is nos likely, therefore, that we shall have many workmen for another your.. Owing to the rigors of the climate, the destructive effects of the biting winter frosts, and the blistering summer sun The faune in Pregrad is becoming Petrograd is a city which each successive positively alarming. There is practically getferation of inhabitants have had to në food on the incṛkets or in the shop repairs, so that it dilapidated condi
prebuild afr-h by instalments él azmual quite atweuthirds, fure of the th after four years' neglect in this pa lutter are permanently closed he want sport may be easily imagined. As all
MARSEILLES AND LONDON, gusts of all kittis besides fonts, pet is expropriated without
TAKING PASSENGERS AND CARDD TO STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT, **.
Steamers
Leave ! Hongkong Noon
to
Colombo
Connecting Mail Steamer troca Colombo.
Dae Marseilles
**Due London
When Passengers,change Steamers at COLOMBO Accommodation in the connecting Steamer from COLOMBO is definitely reserved in Hongkong at the time of Booking.
On the Australian Route Tickets Interchangeable with Orient Line.
SAILINGS DIRECT TO
SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA,
8. 8.
Leave Hongkong About"
Passengers may travel by Railway in Japan batsen Forte of Call free of charge.
INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS
(Non- Transhipment)
IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS, WILL LEAVE DIRECT FOR
MARSEILLES AND LONDON, Calling at SINGAPORE, FORT SWETTENHAM, PENANG, COLOM
AND PORT SAID. "JARRYING LET UND 2D SALOON PASSENGERS AT REDUCED RATES.
PROPOSED SAILINGS:
STEAMERS.
Leara E'xoxo about.
S'TOBE Book
Duo as M'SKILLS. if calling xixat
Due LONDON about
THE INTERMEDIATE SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge and each Berth Furnished with an Electric Reading Lampi ·
Owing to the War in Europe Steamers and Sailing dates are liable to be" cancelled or altered without notice.
or advice.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES, Consignees are reminded of the necessity to apply to the Company's Agents reganding arrival of consignments expect of which they have received documents Any damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignes and the Company's Surveyors, Mesars Godded and Douglas, at 10 a.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised. No Claims will be admitted after the goods bave left the Godowas.
For Farther Information, Paasage Fares, Fraights, Handbooks, Dates of Sailings
etc., apply to..
P. L. KNIGHT,
Acting Superintendent.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.
(JAPAN MATL S.S. '00).
SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG BUBJECT TO ALTERATION. DESTINATION
STEAMER & DOPLACEMENT SATING DATER
Shanghai, Kobe & haba Mara, 12,600 tons SAT., 17th Aug., 11 am
Yokohama
[* Iyo Maru, 12.230 kaps WED., 4th Sept., 11 a.m. Nagasaki, Kobe &j+Tango Mara, 13,500 tons SAT., 17th Aug. 11.
Yokohama... Nikko Maru 9,600 tona. SAT., 14th Sept, 11 am.
Shanghai, Moji &
Kobe
London or Liverpool via S'pore, Colombo, Delagoa Bay & Cape Town Melbourne via Manila Zamboanga, Thursday Is., Townsville, Brisbane, & Sydney
There is no tots, my surpassion for the alleged benefit of the natin, and under the management febcrse, or milk, no grains o groats, atlet very unwilling committers el inexperi very little neatsalt is under control areneed tebuts, u have to pay their lows accidently or privately obtaimeni.
rent into the Bal-hevist exchequer, it is The principal necessarion of life bave to be expected that the interior wear pand tear will be wuds good for some time to be got when possible throught friends to come. As the exteriors of build- und hauer acquaintances at egermans ings, the walls and facades of palaces, ant, if your have money to pay for them, private house, and shop fronts are all as the meagre rations duled out by the disfigured by thickly-plastend surcesive mathirities are absolutely inadequate and advertisements, funerable win- lagers of agged posters, preglamativas. sabsistente. The present ration vy
Andows are broken, and núsh vẽ the shueco" digestible Black_breni, "half.bakni, with work is ruined, as unch water as possible lett in to in- grease the wright, only one-righth, et
Į Pathouding omarcourt of the hopeless discher and univeral thieving babit.
The Neva has now been free of its own fee for some little time, and the hist ve Hers trom Lake Fadega are now coursing
INTIMATIONS"
MITSUBISHI SHOJI
KAISHA, LTD. (Mitsubishi Trading Co.) COAL GENERAL INPORTS and
EXPORTS.
SOLE PROPRIETORS OF
TAKASHIMA, CONI, MUTARS,
KISHIDAKE, “YOSHINOTANI,
SHINEW, KAMIYAMANJA, KIBAI' HOJO, NAMAFUTA, BAYO, KANADA,"
and OYUBARI GOAL MINES.
AGENTS FOR SAKIFO COAL
Head Office:-TOKYO.
Branches and
Representatives¦—
★ ponnal pop slay, and often that is how-stream past Armadi nút late the Guti. An as the river opened in was utcm deeplast below the brakes sure, Kobe, Osaka, Tsurugu dagora, Nagasaki, Karatau, Wakamishen, Moji, the ash-poloured cruisers, guaboats, de- Behrives sind dependents to one aurther, tryers, and uther wir exit exiped Yokohama, Tokyo, Hakodate, Moran, of food withing sunction. Hunger' form the Bernans at Helsingfors. These Otaru, Vladivostock, Feking. Tiantai, plus to consciencg, ali a noveset of page Ypsaels crowded, alongside the quays and Dairen. Tsinanfa, Hankow, Shanghai,
thing by left me the plate for later con
wharves at present, but the üle has been Taipeh, Hongkong. Canton. Haiphong, broached et sending them out of harm's Manlia, Singapore. Calcutta, London uption will disappears as into Ladoga Lake and the Marie
and New York. fanu tüm yiur bucks, Berry scrap has to binet under love and hey whter macke, Heal. In mp-lown ease the house done mitter which reviis four from the town, authorities the distribution to us tegants could not wount for mine prods, for 72486% of tour, so that we all hand to without any bread for two days.
it
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system of canals, as the belief was guter- twined that the fiermans would Besa come
Kroustalt and Petrograd by water. Count Mirch, the German Ambassador n Moscow, is now reported to have de fared that the Kaiser's troops will not
here at all for the prispose of a military occupation. All the shipa pre- seal the dirtiest and most disordered applazamos possible, Thors boud do just what they like. sinner, they have been offering to sell. Furniture froze their cabins to the public
Gable Address: Hongkong: "IWASAKI”. Canton, Haiphong: "IWASAKISAL". Cału:-A1, A. B. 0. 5th Ed.,
Western Union and Bentley's
on Agency for THE OSAKA MARINE & FIRE INSURANCE 00., LTD., OSAKA
For in-
S. KAWATE, Manager.
No. 14, FADDER STERET, HONGKONG.
In spite of spuitini comunissions and stringent mesures against hearding and speculation, profcegras de great extent aning all glasses. In fact, er, M. Triety, writes thus a detachment
out the quays. The Military Commission For Particulars, apply to feel is a far more valuable, vanusality of the 1st Battalion of Baltic Marines than paper money, and secretly circulates have covered the name of the Baltic instead of it. All conversation indoors seamen with shame by befusing to obey and ont is about food and how to get foniera, deserting, and stealing gune, all the working day is wasted in which they took away with them in arm | parsuit of sufficient to you. As an illus. Foured cars. All citizens are called upon tation of how far disorganization and to help to arrest and disarm this muting armlet go I may mention, that no fewer ous detachment, wherever it may be thas 15 cartleads of rotten hares were hand.
merely broughtinto the town and securit atbempts were made to feist then us to the municipal executive, but they were) Enally rejected, and deed. FETTERING GERMAN WORKERS. bars are being sold at £2 15 pingo according to the rate of exebange before the star.
!
BANS AT £! BACH.
The prices of other articles are quit fabulous. Hacs are offered at the and 16 anch. Butzer costa #29. a 1,, che
WAGES PORCIBLY-INVESTED IN JAAN.
One of the reasons why any wide- spread upheaval among the German people is improbable is explained in dispatches from Washington based on Bis. o 15., white flour 3. a 5, informaation recently received by the
s. spiere, varmds 58, a lb., prestis p. Wick the exception of rasional
.
Government.
It appears the German employers, by
limited sales, innet of these articles cardirection of the higher authorities, now
only
blaired privately.
pay the workers only a portion of their Ia se circumstances the "British wages, depositing the remainder in the community of Petrograd, which le now
hanks. In the case of all women work- reduced perhaps to nhout 300 pinwallowed them is five marks (shillings). ere, the maximum amount of cash who were unable, for various reasons, weekly. All bank balances are "syste Jeave' Bussia, have felt obliged te iubematically commandeered, the deposits the British Consel and the incumbent going into War Loan automatically, of the English 'church to wire to Lantion without the formal consent being asked for a few edible supplies to help us ide of the persons in whose names they over this sgricus eritis. I am told that stand:
a telegram to this effect has been ext
In this way the interests of the popti-
to the Foreign Office, but so far no assist,lation are inseparably bound up with
ane is forthcoming. We do not wait Inzuries, but a few. cases of crushed onto
for riple, some sugar, margarines and
fou, would be a godsend.
There has been no essential improve ment of internal affairs here; on the contrary, the situation in many sexperts has been going from bad to worse. The only real change for the better has been in the weather With a sudden increase! of temperature & changu appeared in the general sport of the ex-capital. The solar is powerfully assisted artifigni.
the successful termination of the war, every one being made to realize that
unless heavy indemnities are recovered from the enemy Power, national of the repudiation of the war debt is bankruptcy is inevitable. The spectro thas made to act as a deterrent influence against uprisings."
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BANK
SHIPPING
PACIFIC MAIL S.S. CO.
U. S. Mail' Line. OPERATING THE NEW FIRST CLASS STEAMERS
“ ECUADOR,” “* VENEZUELA * `and ** COLOMBIA “
-14,000 Tons each.
HONGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO,
vis BHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA, and HONOLULU,
The Sunshine Belt
The most Comfortable Route to Americs and Europe.
Sailings from Hongkong
at Noam MITTETULUSALOONS BELFRIDAY,
*8.8. "ECUADOR"
6.8. "COLOMBIA" AS "VENEZETLA'
Ang 16th, ISH ren's WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11th 1928.
WEDNESDAY, Och Sth, 1916 These Steamers have the most modern equipment including overbelo alectele fans and electric lighting ALL LOWER BERTHS and large comfortable Blaterocia (All single sad two berths only).
The Safety and Caufort of Passengers le our fast, consideration. Sperial cara la given to the cuisine, and the attendance ou passangers cannot be surpassed.
Tickets are Interchangeable with the Toyo Kisen Kaisha and, the
Canadian Pacião Cecan Service, Lid. For further information, rates, literature, schedules etc., apply to
COMPANY'S OFFICE in Alexandra Silding 6,
Chater Bent
TAL PHONE 141.
BANKS
YONGKONG & SHANGHAI TEDERE.
BANKS
BANKING CORPORATION. NEDERLANDSCHE
PAID-UP CAPITAL........ REXXY FUN DÖ
Sterling
£1,500,000/$15,000,000
-$15,000,000
H
MAATSCHAPPIJ
(Nezerrlands Tone Booty'
PAITAUE
Besta 1824.
CAPITAL. 75,000,000 ==° (£8,258, CANITAL L. 80,000,000 (2,0¢we
Salvor
19,300,000
RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORE .mcevon
$34,500,000 $15,000,000
AUTHORISED}
Count or DraECTORS.
Fu
Hon. Mr. P. B. Holysk.--Chairman,
|
G. T. M. Edkins, Ex-Deputy
Chairman,
8. H. Dodwell, Esq. E. V. D. Parr, Eag C.B. Gabbay, Esq. J.A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr.
Hon. Mr. E. Shallim,
D. Landale,
W. L. Fattanden. Esq,`,
CUTE MANAGEMA Hongkong-NJ. STABB, Esq.
MANAGER:
"Shanghai-A. G. STEPHEN, Esq.
ERRETH
11,535,481
(8_965,250°
BRAD OFFICE-AMPERRIAM. Branches að
The Hague
HEAD AGENCY-BARAVIL
HANDTERMAIDS,
BANDOING,
CHREGION, DJIR
DJOKJAKARTA,
RADTA
KOTL MAKAMAN MEDAY,
PADATO
PALEMBANG, PEKALONGAN,
KEATING'S LOOK BANKERS-LONDON COUNTY AND PETAKO
WORM TABLETSI
A parety
Hold in
Eesting's Worm Tablets furnish a most- agreeable method of adefriending the. only certain varnady Ery Intestinal or Thread Worms, Periactly trin, mifid,
and especially adapted for childre
To be cocaland' of off Demerita,” Proden, THOMAS SKATEBO London, Eng
MARTIN'S
SAPIOL & STEEL
PILLS
A Franck Hansedy for all Irregulanting.
dartin's Plus in the home, de
ab of Laces whiz e
thirdly dose may be admbistered. The who whers argene there, hason that man. con mir. All Charolsta und Broome sell them “Về throwghout the, Work, or, past, tema_Sin, * MARTE, Chenkt Southampton, Eng.
MARTIN'S
SAPIOL & STEEL
SIPILLS
METALS
of all kinds, especially for
shipbuilding
nelters with tires of wond to thaw down BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE and engineering works, Largest and
CHINE.
PAID UP CAPITAL have been sleng arepair. The SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL. Franci 40,000,000
22,500,000
FOR DATES OF SAILING
the switchbark, ice-caked roadways to the raugh, perra cobblestones."uud fotten woolen cubes of antiquated paving which
and frozen fth cavering the roadways
sp by moves of men and women, with
whom the bourgeois were requisitioned
to e-openite, and at or places they
New York via Shanghai, Kobe, APPLY AT THE COMPANY'S
Yokohama, San Francisco & Panama Canal
Bombay via Singapore, Malacca,"
& Columbo
Calcutta via Singapore, Penang &
Rangoon
Omitting Shanghai and/or Maji
OFFICE.
Wireless Telegraphy.
wo or three feet deep whe first broke (1/3 of the Capital, sa. Franca 15,000,000
subscribed by the Government of the Chinese Republic)..
were to be seen plying pick and shovel Chairman of the Board }
under the supervision of arned soldiers General Manager......4. J. PEINOTTL
of Directors...ANDRE BERTHELOT
of the led Guard. Resisting or, as the fashionable revolutionary jurgen now goes,
sabotaging persons who cbjected to, take part in this street zesvenging were, threatened with heavy fues and imprison ment in a few gases, these penalties were inforged, but, like so many more
HONGKONG-VICTORIA B.C.-SEATTLE of the tyrannical edicts lately issued,
VIA
Manila, Keelung, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokkaichi, Shimidzu & Yokohama,
Next sailing from Hongkong:
their general application was impossible. and the dominant proletariat had to be
HEAD OFFICE:
74, Rue Saint-Lazare, PARIS.]
BRANORES: PEKING,
الا
SATOUN, HAIPHONG, YUNNANFQU.
SHANGHAI,
TIENTSIN, ' HONGKONG,
BANKERS
set to do the work at extravagant weges In FRANCE Société Générale pour
texting the salaries warned by
educated ieu and the best skilled arti
before the wa
In
favoriser le Développement du Commerce et de l'Industrie en France.
LONDON: London County & West,
minster Pank, Ltd.
mercial centres of In NEW YORK: Redmond & Coc
Correspondents in the chial com
the world. Telegraphia Address:OHIBANKIND
Interest allowed on
on Current Account
Operated by the magnificient and splendidly equipped
A DILAPIDATED KITS Passenger Steamers Fushimi Marn," Suwa Maru," any advantage to Fetrograd it prescut The return of unmer will not bring "Kashima Maru" and "Katori Maru," each of over 20,000 conditions continue to prevail. Is the tons displacement.
piping times of peace 100,000 workmen Grave Plight of Petrograd THO came into the citye from the country and Fixed Deposits in Local Currency build and do necessary repairs. The war and in Goid. Terms on application. and the Revolution have taken away Every description of Hanking":ånd: host of these men, and although peace Exchange business transacted M opecial ferilities for French archangu. has been ofgard and sealed it cannot Se called a piping one, seeing that hostili
M. ROUET DE JOURNEE
nie population are to be trained to ties are still going on, that the whole BONGSUNG BRANCH:
**Queen's Boildings farms, and that the authories are hastily
5. Chater Road, recruiting, a new Ted Army Into whose Hongkong, April 6, 1813 y racks, men are being sliced by ener
1* Suwa Maru, FRIDAY, 16th August. at 11 am. 'Fushimi Maru, WEDNESDAY, 11th Sept. at 11a.m. Omitting Manila Eastbound.
Telephone 291 & 293
For further information apply to
NIPPON YUSER KAISHA
B. MORI. Manager
best assorted stock in the Colony.
SINGON & CO.
ING LUNG ET,
(ESTABLISHED A.D. 1860).
影
-WESTMINSTER Baxx, Enoxamin
KOKOKONG-TEREST ALLOWED.
On Current Account at the rate of Two per cent. per sunum on th daily balance
OX FIXED DEPOS
For 3 months se per cent per annum.
1
13
M
17
5. J. STABE,
Chist Manager,
Hongkong, March 23, 1918. g
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
THE business of the above. Bank is
THE
conducted by the HONGKONG
PORTIANAE
EOXDUS
Branches at
RANGOON
SHARTELL SINGAPORK SOURARAZA
SOKKATAKIA (Slo).
Texora Tamaar Welk¥
TALOK BE TIKLARJAT, WALAKTERDEX.
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Correspondents at Bombay, Colombo, Madras, Pondicherry, Calentia, Bangko Saigon, Haiphong, Hanot, Amor, Lako ham, Rob Melbourne, Sydney, New York, San Francisco, de de
BATIONThe Union of London and Smitha Bank, Limited,
The Bank bays and walls and receiver for collection Bill of Exchange ser letters of credit on its Branches and Correspondents in the East, the Continent, in Great Britain, Amseries and Australia, and tracusets hanking bažinass of every description,
J. F. VAN BEES,
Manager,
Hongkong, Sept. 20, 1817.
AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR THE YOKOHAMA SPROIE
PORATION. Rules may be obtained on.
Application.
INTEREST on deposits is allowed on
the animum monthly balances at 3)
FER CENT per annum. Depositos
BANK LTD.
ESTABLISHED 1880,
may transfer at their option balances of ATHOKING CAPITAL... 48,000,000.00
8100 or more to the HONGKONG AND PAID OF CAPITAL, IN SHANGKAI" BANK, "to' be placed on EZERVE FUND
FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER JENT.
per annum.
For the Hongkong and Shangha.
Banking Corporation.
N. J. STABB,.
Chief Manager.
Rongkong May 14, 1916.
42,000,008,081
" 25,100,000,60
HEAD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA
BRANCHES AND : ÁGENGIRA, ARE
BOKHAT
BURNOS AYRES
E17 CALOUTTLE -
CHASTOCHUR
Dazer (Danny)
NEWCHWANG
NEW YORK
OF FILA (MUNDEN HAS FRANCONG
THE CHARTERED BANK
INDIA,YUSTRALIA & CHINA.
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1853,
OSKA
Pike
RANGOOF
Hixsow
SKATILI
HONOLULU
BELJOR
BARDIN
SHIMOTOSIE
Hrab Ornice, LONDON,
Kas Yors KOSZ LONDOX
BENSATORE
BOLZARATA
SIDNET
FAID-UF CAPITAL RESERVE FUND...
€1,200,000 LOS ANGELES
LYONS ...£2,000,000
MANILA ΠΑΟΑΒΑΚΙ
Tocade
TORTO...
TEĽKAMPU
TRINGTÁN
...£1,900,000
PHONE 515, BEKERTY LIABILITY OF 'IEO-
SAVARESSES
SANTALE CAPSULES
-Desconeisid textided to the modelia “ha paccived froes MIMROD'S CURE and every post brings
* akutlay·lectaru:tonbe
CURE for
ASTHMA
FINED FOR 40 YEARS: ¿Bold is, sambý Choptists and Storse-/ throughout the, Country
PET ZORA
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General
Banking business transacted
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year oz aborter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
35
T. 0. DOWNING,
Manager.
Hongkong, May 7, 1917.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED
Authorised Capital
Subscribed
Faid-up...
Reserve Fando
BANKERS.
BATE OF ENGLAND."
£1,500,00
1125,000 302,500
850,000
Lobo JonT STOOK BANK LIMITED
Interout allowed on Current Accoun Deposits received for fixed periods ab`
rates to be obtained on application.
EISHI ONC, Manage
Hongkong, 11 March, 1916,
NOTICE
HIGH CLASS PRINTING
AND
BOOKING BIND
DONE AT.
THE CHINA MAIL" OPPICH
Every description of Exchange businem BOOKS & PAMPHLETSA SPECIALTY
truzzanated.
باشد.
« Programmes,
INTEREST allowed od Ourrent Prospectusas, – Tru
Accośnts at 2 per cent por manom in Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposits st rates which" msy, be: ascertained on Application, wit
Qubo ng pag- 0. CHAMPKIN,
doting Hanaize No. 7 Queen's Bond Gentia Longkong, Pet. 1917
Artistically
Carefully
Clean Froofs and