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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST £1, 1918-
SHIPPING
P. & O. S. N. CO.
ROYAL MAIL SERVICE
UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT
TO
MARSEILLES AND LONDON,
TAKING PASSENGERS and CargO TO...,
STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT, #o
Steamers
147
Colombo
Leave Hongkong Noon
Connecting Mail Steamer from
Daa Marseilles
Due London
Colombo.
When Paissagers change Steamers at COLOMBO
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NEWS FROM HOME.
{From Our Oven Oorrespondent.)
THE CHINA MAIL.
LONDON, June. 21. THE NEW STAR.
colour. The books will come into INTIMATIONS
force on July 14, and meanwhile we are working on loose ration cards, each for a different article. It is partly a tribute to the system, and partly a tribute to the Navy, that
SHIPPING
METALS PACIFIC MAIL S.S. Co.
it is shortly expected to increase the of all kinds, especially shipbuilding
ment ration.
(ESTABLISHED A.D. 1880), HING LUNG ST.
and engineering works Largest and The greatest dithculty of the The discovery of a new star, with moment is that owing to plugues of boot assorted stock in the Colony- a brilliance equal to a star of the caterpillars, the fruit crop is an
SINGON & .CO. Jalmost total failure. To-day, tliero- first ignitude, causeil quite a fork, you cannot get strawberries and motion in learned circles, and one cream at any festaurnt or market evening paper, 'probably less learned, in London remarkable situation had a sensational article, describing this, we are not really suffering. for this time of year. Apart" from
it as the greatest event of our the except from the fact that food costs and one on which the destiny of the alt double, the rates of pre-war
days. human race right depend. It gave phe impression that this new celestial world was running mol through space and might "one day come hustling into collision with us to our
Accommodation in the connecting Steamer from COLOMBO is definitely reserved in total destruction, before we had time
Hongkong at the time of Booking.
On the Australian Route Tickets Intemhangeable with Orient Line.
SAILINGS DIRECT TO
SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND YOKOHAMA,
S. &
Leave Hongkong, About
41
Pasang ora may travel by Railway in Japan between Ports of Call free of charge.
(Non- Transhipment). IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS, WILL LEAVE DIRECT FOR
INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS
MARSEILLES AND LONDON," Calling at SINGAPORE, JURT SWETTENHAM, PENANG, COLOMLO
1
"
AND PORT SAID. CARRYING" AND 2ND SALOON PASSENGERS AT REDUCED RATES. PROPOSED SALINGH :
STRAMRES.
Leave
'kord
■boat
LOATE S'roni 'bout
Duo n M'AKILLBE.
if calling shout
Dae Lospos
boat
THE INTERMEDIATE SERVICE IS TEMPURARELY SUSPENDED.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.
All Cabins arm fitted with Electric Fane fue of charge and each Berth Faralshed' with an Electric Beading Lamp.
Owing to the War in Europe Steamers and Bailing dates are liable to be -cancelled or altered without notice
..
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
regarding arrival of consignments expect of which they have received documents Consignees are reminded of the necessity to apply to the Company's Agents
or advice.
Consignees and the Company's Surveyors, Mosers Godded and Douglas, at 10
av damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the 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 have left the Godowns.
For Further Information, Passage Fares, Freights, Handbook, Bates of Saltings sta, apply to
P.L KNIGHT
NIPPON YUSEN
Acting Superintendent.
∙KAISHA.
(JAPAN MAIL 8.8. 00.) ́ ́.
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WAR CONDITIONS.
On the whole, people are less jafraid of air-nics than they were,
the us to districts outside the railing area waning. Top door flats are still at a discount, however; ind put for the travel restrictions poop would live out of town in grunt sumbers. By the increase of
WAI KER.
FLAG & BAILMAKER, No. 129 Dos Voeux Road Central, Top Floor, HONGKONG.
Telephone No. 1833.
fures. fewer mains and season ticket KEATING'S
RACING OUTLOOK.
[ to cader a drink oropery one "bills.
To the alumist view the leamed surllus spon administered i cold do lie..
Soine were disrespectful restrictions the Government has engl to the new star to say that, knocked the rush to the country on the hend. The suburbs are doing a Fir was due to a collision at a dead big winess in bases and flats, star as a burning star and that the white in Mayfair and Belgravio, the bright light was due mirely to the muder of empty houses has likt to incanlesefner of an eñonnous dust the division of the large one into. Flats. One peer who hus fent All his hand. They went with apparent tw-houses for war work or hapital recklessness--coiisidering their uns services, is living in a suite of some pending dom-to declare that it was over bis gauge, formerly occupied altendy extinguished in reality, but by his chief chauffeur. owing to the millions of miles it was away the light was only now rench-3 It felt that those interested in hg this planet. Sure dough," in a ring and horse breeding" would be ley night the new star began to well advised in accepting the poet- tion crouted by the stoppage .... of wine in brillinruse, whereupon the National Hunt racing next winter. įtrůmulus regained their courage and There is litth-likellad of the deci put some more money in the War sion being rescinded, and those who Lon 27. But the comments of the clonouring for the reopening of the case are thought by wise men working man on the theories of the to be doing a bad service for racing astronomers, being far beyond his as a whole. They should remembo: scomprehension. E Ghad! not allow my that a real victory has been won over the anti-racing cranks in getting typewriter to attempt to sit down mucing officially recognised because Con paper, in view of the shortage of of the military and national import- (balli paper and richbeer and the gomane of light fire Breeling.
ustible nature of both.
INFLUENZA ŽUPENIC,
The Hotspurs we are intent on
e defence of ti, nueing of geklingsi
winch, experts declare, un
WORM TABLETS
{| Keading's Worm Tablets fürstink a mont. agreeable method of adminiscing the only certain reasady drz InmedNİ OR Thmed Worms, Puedently mis. EDC, and especially adapted for children Te le skuinst of all Dracchus.”
Over 90 yici ago the leta 1908 Bescondeid besplied to the bon be received trees HIMEDD'S CURS, and every past belangs gimise locises to-day.
HIMROD'S
CURE for
ASTHMA
FAMED PER 40 YEARS.
Bold Kleina bralt Chemists and Stores. Shemaghơet the Country
Beware of Dultados.
1396
ere entarking oi à lepees policyFRENCH LESSONS
But whether the new star is re-jeopardise the genuine meing which Esponsible or not, cur"hme weather is well managed by the Jockey Chib.
year and we are today shivering as followed the present of last things are now, there need he to
under sunshades. The under umbrellas, after being broiled
is that London has one of the finest "pidemics of influenza experienced
for years.
Fear thus there will be no 'racing. Best your. The enemies of ricing
G. MOUSSION:
15. Morrison Hill Road..
the War Office view that racing must go on, in the interests of horse-bregst THE FIRST CHINESE NEWSPAPER
not harm it further, in view of
with the Anny.
WOMEN IN POLITICS.
"
The nditions to the electorate We are also suffering in places, involved by the new Reform Bill will |
even
EYER ISSUED UNDER PURELY NATIVE DIRECTION.
from mysterious diseases, one of be very much greater than The Chinese Mail
華字日報
THE LEADING CHIFINE POLITISLË AND COMMERCIAL. JOURNAL.,
PUELHED EVERY MORE..
Containe sur "Mori Retran TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM SOKTH CHINA.
them, named botulism, and the only Padintment was led to expect. The endrmous raunber of women who are tenable theory is that our millionsclaiming the vote goes a long way of fighting men, coming from towards explaining the difficulty that trenches where conditions Eave not being experienced in getting the register ready in time for an elec been perfect, in spite of the greatest in the Autuna In some of care, have brought back with the the great cities women will actually germs and microbes that are afflicting be in the majority. "It is now and that while Parliament calculated cau the civilian population in many curi- the inclusion of six million woman, ous and uncomfortable ways. And the metal figures will show two yet, in harmony with the topsg-tur-million more on the register. The reydom of the times, the death rate art that election expenses are fixed
anding to the number of voters ALL THE LATEST INTELINKYCH FROM THE is the lowest for a generation Sailing DatesE
TARIOCH POZTE IN CHINA AND JAPAN, en the list, mutkes this matter more Firpportant--tuan "appeurs ut first ] MILLIONS OF "RATIONS. – 12,330 tons WED., 4th Sept; 11 am. Shanghai, Kobe & f*Lyo Mara,
glanee, + Kitano Mara, 15, 360 tons WED., 18th Sept., flam,
The work of preparing something 9,600 tons SAT., 14th Sept, 11 am.like sixty-three million ration books 12,300 tons SAT." 29th Oct., 11 am now completed, and soon we shall
SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG SUBJECT TO ALTERATION,
DIFTINATION.
STEAMER & Durlacement
Yokohama Nagasaki, Kobe & Nikko Marn,
Yokohama
Shanghai, Moji &j
Kobe
*All Maru,
London or Liverpool via S'pore, Colombo, Delago Bay & Cape Town
Melbourne via Manila Zamboanga, Thursday La, Townsville, Brisbane, & Sydney
New York via Shanghai, Kobe, Francisco .& Yokohama, San
FOR DATES OF BAILING APPLY AT THE COMPANY
OFFICE.
Panama Canal
Bombay vis Singapore, Malacca,
& Colombo
Calcutta via Singapore, Penang &
Rangoon
Omitting Shanghai andjor Meji
Wireless Telegraphy.
is
HONGKONG-VICTORIA B.C.-SEATTLE
VIA
Anel now fe lawyers are engaged in ensidering a petition of the women to be admitted to rests in Parliament. Some of the wonen,'s advocates declare that, their entry into politics will texxi to purify their unolet being based on purity and the character of the men, mather
all be carrying about the official permits to eat foodstuff. As the time of writing. Lord Rhondda, the author of this edible book, is dying, than politics. But one may be ex- critically ill at his home in Wales, rusét doubts about that, in view of
812.00 per Annam delivered in Hongkong
$19.00 to a Coast Porte,
No S, Waixo105 STREET, Honorow.
BANK
having overtaxed his strength in the the fact that so many women pinned BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE
itional service. But his epitupli is their faith to the wild and uncor roborated statements of Pemberton
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OPERATING THE NEW FIRST CLASS STEAMERS ECUADOR." VENEZUELA ""and. “ COLOMBIA,
14,000 Tous sol...
HONGKONG TO SAN FRANCISCO,
via BHANGHAI, KORE, YOKOHAMA, and HONOLULUI. The Sunshine Belt.
The mori Comfortable Route to Amerion and Europe.
Ballings from Hongkongcat: Noen.
BAL. "COLOMERIA". 8.8, ́"VENEZUELA” B.S. ECUADOR
Mamede store straig som varme.WEDNESDAY, Sept. 11th, 1976,
ms and cat manWEDNESDAY, Oct.
4th, 1915 WEDNESDAY, Nor. 6th, 1918)
TH
These Steamers have the most modern equipment Including overhead electria fans and electric lighting A&L LOWER BERTHS and large
comfortable Staterooms (All
a (Al) single súd two bertha only)..., The Safety and Comfort of Fassengers fa our first consideration.
· Special oire la given to the cuisine, and the attendance and passengers cannot be rurpassed. Tickets are interchangeable with the Toyo Kinen Kalači and the
Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd. For further information, rates, literature, schedules etc., apply to-
COMPANY'S OFFICE in Alexandra Buildings
Chater Rand
TELEPHONE 141.
BANKS
BANKR
TONGRONG & BEANGHAI NEDERLANDCORE HANDIC
BANKING CORPORATION,
·PAID OF.. CAPITAL... FastERVE: FUNDE
Sterling
£1,500,000-$16,000,000
Silver
00,000
19,500,000
RESETTE LABELISE DE PROPRIETORS Santacan
$34,500,000 $15,000,000
COURT OF DIRKÜTORE.
Hon. Mr. P. B. Helyoak-Chairman,
G. T. M. Elkins, Esq.-Deputy
*. Chairman
S. EL Dodwell, Esq. E. V.D. Parr, Esq. 0.8. Grabbay, Esq.A. Plummer, Eleg. Hon. Mr.
D. Landala Hon. Mr. E. 8ballim..
W. L. Fattenden, Esq,
ONKEY MAXAGT
Hongkong-J. STARE, Esq.
MAYAGER: Shanghai–A. G. STEPHEN, Esq.
LONDON BANK-Lardos CocaTY AND WESTHINGSEL BANK, LIMIT. """-,,མ་་ ་་ HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWEDL On Current Account at the rate of Two per cent per annum on th daily balance OF FIXED DEzortes -- For 3 months 2 per cent. per annum.
N. J. STABE,
MAATSCHAPPE
„ČETVERLANDE. TRamone Socimet!!
Ertamented 1894,
AUTHORIZED)
}£75,000,000= (E8;290,8 # CAPITAL RIVERS TO MENS PAID-CT
RE
'FOND
CAPITAL50,000,000-- (25,800.00
11,595,451 -- (2 906,193 HEAD OFFICE—AMSTERDAM Brioches ab
The Hague
Robberdam
HEAD AURNOY—BATATEL
BANDJUNKMACON, BAXDOING,
CHEALMON,
DJEMBER
DIORJAKANZA,
KOTI RADFA MAKAMMAR
MADAN,
PADARO PALKISAND, THEALONGAN,
Branebow, as
RAFOOOK
BARAKAN BRATORAL,
SINGAPORE.. SOUKAMATA
LANGER
Tasino Tangor Daisy
TALOS BIESS, TIKELFTAT,
Ocerepondent ab Bombay, Colom Madra, Pondaharry, Calcutta, Brugkok Saigon, Balphong, Hanot, Amor chain, Koba, Melbourne, Sydney,
York, San Francia de don
Chiet Manager.
Hongkong, March 23, 1918.
Y! HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
THE
E business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAL "BANKING OOR. PORATION. Bales may be obtained on Application.
INTEREST on deposits is allowed 'e the minimum monthly balances at 35 PER CENT per annum. Depositaes may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGKAL BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT At 4 PER CENT.
per song.
For the Hongkong and Shangha Banking Corporation.
Hongkong May 16 1916“,
heyzor Banker par Unfort London and Smithr Bank, Esthed
he Bank bays and india iad zgoníves for collection Billa of Exchange lamour latband of credit on It Begles xal Correspondents in that Thết; ma・ the Continens, in Great Britain, Ameri and AB, and teammate, banking bostném of every description.
J. F. VAK KORE
Egkong, Sept. 29, 1927.“
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE
BANK, LTD.
ESTABLERED 1880.
APESO KIND CAPIPAD,3%an 65,0 P. or Caritakan, a Raasaya Furs
L003.00
HEAD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA
EXANCHEN AND "LOUNCING" ANG"
THE CHARTERED BANK OF DAINEN (DALNY)
INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA,
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 185.
SENCEVANO
NEW YOLE
N. J. STABB
Chief Manager.
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CALOUTTA
ORXA
CLAROCIUM:
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Baxsex
Faro (MULA SAX PANORA
HANKOW
BRATTLE
HONÁLULU
SHANGILLI*
HARBIYA.
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SERGAPORE
SÖERAKÁKA
SKINET
£1,300,000 LOS ANGELAN
2,000,000 L
MANILA „£1,300,000 | Magaláxi
TOKYON TazwXPU
TRENGTAN
HEAD OFFICE, LONDON,
PAID-UP CAPITAL **
22,500,000 Ravn Luandary of Pro.........".
subscribed by the Government of of the Capital, La., Fration 16,000,000
the Chinese Republic) and ohairman of the Board
FRIETORS
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trameted.
already written, if the worst comes Billing and his witnesses in the re- to the worst with him, fer never has cent notorious libel case, and that SPESIRE CAPITAL, France 45,000,000 FD
tygant been more beluded in the their faith remains uishaken by the Pao Ur CAPITAL: The public and inthe Press. We had further development that Mrs. Vil- liers Stuart, one of his chief wit- aisgivings about rations, but now, nesses, has since been arrested or a except for the profiteers, we all give charge of bigamy. It appears that thanks to Rhondda, whose bassiness she first married in oinaibus driver, methods have so distributed the hop, who is now with the AS.C in plies that all chisses are served alike, France, but last year she married a and money alone" cannot achieve an young officer, now on service, in India. All the response she made advantage over the ordinary cus when charged was to exclain with tomer. He found chaos of the Food a laugh, How shocking!" Ministry, and be has evolved a syn
tem that hus caused even his afor
time critics, to rise up and call him; blessed.
The rition" book is quite a produ- |
Manila, Keelung, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokkaichi, Shimidzu & Yokohama. tion, and telineet, the various scules
of rations it is possible for a single eight Operated by the magnificient and splendidly equipped funity to have as "muny Passenger Steamers "Fushimi Maru," "Suwa Maru," different books to work on. There ***Kashima Maru" and "Katori Maru," each of over 20,000 is a scale for children under siz,
tons displacement.
Next sailing from Hongkong: Fushimi Mart, WEDNESDAY, 11th Sept at 11 am
10th Sept, at 11 am- Kashima Mar, TRUESDAY,
| Omitting Manilla Eastbound.
For further information apply to
NIPPON YUBEN KAISHA,
B. MORI Manager
another for hard anual workers, and several other deviations from the normal. The book has nine, leaves besides the ever (which is utilised for the names of the retallen) und comprises separate coupons for sugar, fate (butter, margarin and Jurdy, butcher's meat, and bacon, and there are two spare leaves for duse it other commodities" rationed, later on, particular article bas
Be
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is the man who has blood- Tal rich red blood apd Elcaly of a body.
WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND
knakes blood-lots of it--life giving brain nggrist strength replenishing blo
OF LE CHEMINSIN
$1.35 and £9.95
of Directors ÅNDEN BEETHELOT General Manager.....A. J. PERNOTTE.Į
HEAD OFFICE
74, Bee Saint-Lazare, PARIS,
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FERING,
BAIGON FATHONG, YUNNANPOU.
BANKERSERA
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS.róceived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
T.G DOWNING
-Manazit » Hongkong, May 7, 1917.
KAY YUEN
Koss.....
Loxox
Interest allowed on Current Accomm/ Deposita received for fred perioda sé rates to be obtained on application.
„ONO, Manager Houstong 11 Bat£) XIX/10}
NOTICE.
LED
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