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As a Rule you find that the longer people have used it, the less inclined they are to go without it.
1
Calvert's
Tooth Powder
They know they can tell from their teeth-how well the denti- frice does that, they want, that food particles are never allowed to accumulate round teeth which are kept so beautifully clean. Then it contains the antiseptic properties needed, and it polishes without scratching he enamet and is distinctly plant to usc
Your local Chemist or Store. in sure to stock and sell it.
F. C. CALVERT & Co.Manchester, Eng
MARTIN'S
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COPILLS
487-1
#mash Mandy for DLTsregiihiristRN
in the house, no Sat on the Best -gign of any Irregularity of the Byalaris a Limaly down may be adipfisterad. ThoseW50 kne than recommend thun, kenca Ibair önári mone sale. All Charelste and Bihorns sell thejo_ MARTIN, 2 malas, Bópanampton, Eng.
MARTIN'S APIOL&STEE! Barr PILL
As SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS
THE KOWLOON-CANTON
RA LWAY
(Continued from page 1)
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER SIH, 1911.
shown by the Northern Railways, and to which I have just referred. To permit of these new enterprises being rapidly and economically built, China must flid a means of buying. lan required for construction purposes on cheap sud osny terms, and still more knotty problem to be solved by her Statesmen is the question of Lekin obstruction, an obstruction which at this
very moment is lampering the progress of the Shanghai-Neaking Bakway, and causing
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it to be a burden in place of a-paying_|_~_ and profitablo Investment: Finally, and perhaps the hardest task of all, China must realizo that efficient maintenance of. her railways is the only sound policy, and that to allow a well-constructed live to go to rot-and ́ ́ruin for lack of efficent maintenance or supervi~~- sion is a suicidal policy, which must react to
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Silk SOCKS
IN ALE COLOURS.
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the great detriment of the Empiro. All the $2.00 per pair
world knows that China Lan conceived andi earried out grost enterprises,some of them perhaps on a greater scale than any hitherio attempted by other antions-hat nhas, which of her many great works has boon officiertly maintained? As in instance, witness that magnificent conception the Tungchow Road. Gentlemen, China's greatest need is now boing cared for, and to that end great Trunk lines aro being built strotching from North to South and from East to West, and further great schemas are in active preparation., Should no neforeseen delays or difficulties.ooor, in a few years from now, you will be abló to travel by ralf not only from Canton to Hankow, but should your fancy lead you in the direction of Szechuan, a road will ha open, and from the comparative security of a Pullman Car, you will -be able to feast your eyes on the far-famed görgen of the Yangtze, and possibly are on the sandgions walls of Chengtu! Or should you desire to visit the Great Wall of Chizo, the splendid railway engineered by Taotai Jeme Tien Yab is available, while the silk locus of Sookow, the famous porcelain kilts of the Poyang Lake or the sal nincs of Shausicaa in turn may be visited by Chinese railways That this opening up of the country will
THORNE'S benefit China's Leeming millions, by the oradic
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After all, says the N.C. Daily News, there is the despondency it felt into last year. We are ovory indication of Shanghai recovering, fron glad to be able to state that the native bank have been pruned and purged of the mushroom growths of the past. The banks have been oceaful in reorganizing themselves in a way, and possibly for the first time they are exercis ing very commendable-caution in the conduct of business. Trade is waking up, and, in spile of foods and troubles, legitimate business will not lack support.
Hut the system of beating has undergone no radical change, and there is an ever-present danger of failures so long as the system remains what it is Thore has been no addition to the unlimited-cironlation of banknotes, and some banks, we understand, have at last grasped the necessity of keeping reserves.
pairs for $11.00.
QUEEN'S ROAD.
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THE TYIHOON IN FORMOSA.
-DAMAGE-TO- SUGAR-FANE......
The damage cuased to property in Fermosa has not yet been approximately ascertained with by the recent storms, the Japan Chronicle,
GRAMOPHONES
English Make
$50
ROBINSONS.
734
CANTON-KOWLOON RY.
STATIONS
Llongkong and Kowloon
JOINT SECTIONAL FARE TABLE.
operation. Previous Faro Tables cancelled.;
Hunghom
Yaumati
Sbutio
Tai Po
Tai Po Market
Pan Ling
STATIONS
Hangkong al
Tai Po Market
any precision. According to a Taipeh dispatch, On and after Bid October, 1911, and until further notice, the following Hare Table will came into the damage to the sugar cene is very serious. The loss of the Taiwan Sugar Company is es timaled at about 50 per cent, the loss of the sugar companies in Hagi district at about 30 per cent, and that of Taipeh district at about 20 per cent. of the orop. The average losa throughout the island is estimated at 30 per cent. It is calculated that the total output of crude sager frem Formosa this year will be re- duced from 500,000,000 kin to 350,000,000 kin, so there is no fear of any over-supply of sugar being seen this year.
Hung Hom..
Yaumat
Stip
In order to supply fonds to the people whose Further, after a long interval of suspicion, houses have been destroyed, the Formoran Cor- the Chinese are willing to enter into the markot
ernment bas decided to draw a sum of Y200,000 Tai for investment. Besides general trade, the out of the Dienster Fond and borrow 100,000 from the Bank of Formosa. This money will two principal investment branches are property and shares. The property market does not offer be advanced to a Building Company at 61 per good inducemente, and under ordinary condicant, interest, and is repayable in dve annual tions in Shanghai we do not expect moch brisk instalments. nous for a considerable time. Until there is n
60 decrease in the number of unoccupied buildings and the Chinese are able to appreciate and demsed better house than the hovels they live in, we must wait for extraordinary syanis to back up the market.
The share market has been shooned like poison since the "boom" of last year. More. over, it has become a habit on the part of our great companies to treat the shareholder with supreme contempt, It has been pointed; outer companies like Linggi and Vallambross, publish no fuller balance-shepts than are present- ed to our shareholders, nor hold more meetings than we have. So long as a company is paying Food returns the shareholders bare reason to be satisfied with the management. But when the results are scaut, or are not up to the promises made by the management it is incumbent upon them to satisfy the shareholders as to the cause of such failure
us that companies at home, and even
To attract investors there must be a radioal change in present methods. The Chinese, who ore the main clientele in all our markets, are beginning to shake off their polley of distrust; and if our captains of industry are wise they will not let this opportunity to improve our position slip from their Angers.
VANCOUVER'S RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CONNECTIONS.
Fan Lig
From private sources our Kobe contemporary Char learns that a serious railway disaster occurred in Formos os a result of the typhoon. Owing to a bridge being destroyed a train, folly loaded with passengers, was preoipated into a deep ravine, thong who escaped death being seriously injured.
VISITORS AT HOTELS.
Mr. C. Brach
HONGKONG HOTEL.
Mr. & Mrs J. Bryan Mr R. C. Burgess
Bucket
Mr W. E. lowermon Mr. &
Mra
H. Cameron Mr. S. A. Crosby and child and hurge Mr. F. T Chi vers
Mr. W. E.
W. E. Marke Mr AH.Cobb Mr J, W; Chanston Mr G. P. Cromer Mr G. Dabas
Mr W. Drew
Mr E J. W. Eames Mr J. E. Edwarde Me F. Fay
Mr. Flabor Mr J. Forrester Mr Hugo Fromm Mr Desman Faller Mr & Mrs J. Bould Mr. Goulbourn Capt. T. P. Hall Mr & Mrs. A. Hanoi
stion of prejudice and by incalculable incroage in trade, I myself have no doubt, and therefors heartily congratulate her to-day on the com- pletion of this small link in that great chain of communications which is now being forged. "I wish her all success in the enterprises now boing undertakan and I ask you gentlemen to rise, and drink with me to "Success to Railway Enterprise in China", coupled with the name of Tuotai Chong Wang Cheng. (Applause).
TROVA CHEN YUNO, Director of the Police Department in the Chinese Sestion of the SCOTCH WHISKY. Canton-Kowloon Railway, spoke as follows-I feel highly honoured to be able to participate with the Chinese and British Ofeials and Contry in the colabration of this historical ceremony which officially opens the whole line of the Canton-Kowloon Railway to traffe. It is my belief that such valuable mesum of communication as this, having once been established, wil henceforth facilitate the com morial intercourse and substantially promote The interest of the two friendly nations con- served. The opening of this Rollway so far as the Chinese Section is concerned, particularly interests ma, as it is the duty of my department to mos pence and order always maintained Canadian-Australian Steamship Company for throughout this Section and that nothing with- Australia, and the Great Northern Railway Capt. & Mre. J, L. Hines in my control should be overlooked which will which has a branch terminating at Vancouver. impodo business progress on this line. There and connecting with the main line at Everett, fore I sincerely hope that the opening of this Wash. Two of her transcontinental railways now line, to-days, to traffic, will be on set of benetic. under construction derose Canada will touch ence to the general public. (Applause.)
at Vancouver. The Grand Trunk Pacific, which will run from Eastern Canada to Prince Rupert, on the const 500 miles north of Vancouver, will have a branch from Fort George, on the main line, to Vancouver. The terminus of the Canadian Northern in to be at Fort Mann, on the Fraser filver, about 20 miles from This line no doubt will have Vancouver. terminal facilities in Vancouver, so that after the completion of these two systems Vancouver will have connections with the eastern part of the continent over four great trank lines. Mr. E. Arndt Vancouver las one of the finest harbours in the Dominion and vessels of the deepest draft are accommodated. Steamship lires ran to Great Britain. Australia, Honolulu, Mexico, all Oriental porte, the Pacife and Puget Sound ports of the United States, and other foreign ports.
MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA.
(MITSU BISHI CO.) OOAL DEPARTMENT BOLE PROPRIETORS of TAKASIMA OCHI, MUTABE, YOSHINOTANI, HOJO, KANADA, NAMAZUTA, SAYO SHINNEW and KAMIYAMADA, Collleries.
AGENTS FOR KISHIDAKE AND, SAKITO Coals. HEAD OFFICE MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO.
BRANCH OFTICES:-NAGASAKI, MOJI, KARATSU, WAKAMATSU, KOBE, OSAKA, SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, HANKOW. Cable adresses for sbore, “ZWASAKI "
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Two large transcontinental railway lines now have terminals at Vancouver the Canadian Pacific Railway, which connects there with its Oriental Enes and with the steamore of the
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Mr. & Mie 3. H. &
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and family
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A. ohustone Mr.P. J. Kolman Mike Anus 'owin Mr. A. A.-Mcore, Jr BIT. and Mrs W. E.
McMahon
Mr.J. &. Macarloy Mr. B. Markha Fr. O, Marritt
Mr J. Marecki
Mr B. V. Mitchelmore-
Mr L. C. M
Buore
Mr G. Moule
Mr& Vr. R. Moulder
Mr V. d'Oottingon
Mr & Mrs Pan Barent zen and child
Mr 8, A, Petherbridge Mr Ernea H. Pond Mr A T. Prichard Mr. EH. Bay Misa F. Bony Mr. H. 8. Richards
MB G. F. Mr.
Ravell Mi Men Russell Mr. & Mr. Sablior
Mr., Shelton Hooper
L & M O E. Staine Mr J.
Mr B H. Solomon Dr.& Mr. Spaldins
and infant
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Mr A Farrison Mr&Mrs G. W. Hayos Hon. Mrs. E.A. Herstt Mr. & & MXA. W. C.
Hollis
Mr W. Dr. Spencer Hough Miss Toner! Capt. R. Innes
Mrs L. M. Walker Mr Ms H. A. Jaren Mr. E. Warren
chill and infant Mr H. A. E, Jrh
My E. J. Waberman Mrs. Geo. E. Wolf
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Mr&Mre Aucott Mr W. Anderman Mr, H. Fornett
Miss K. A. MaMOY
Mr. K Mrs J. F.
Dr N a. D. R.
HE. LUNG CHIEN CHANG, Conncillor, Board of Communications, said Your Ex cellencies and Gentlemen-For the last ten years the Peking-Muk3on, the Feking-Hankow, the Tebeng Tai, the Kai-Fong, the Tao Ching, the Shanghai-Nanking, the Ping-Cha, the Paugchow Shanghai, the Tientsin- Pukow, the Keigan-Chanchan railways have all shown very satisfactory results. The Center-Hankey, the Szechuan-Hankow, the, Szechuan and the Kwang-Bi railways are successively in course of construction. These afford through and easy communications to all the provinces of China, which in olden days China had not. The Peking-Mukden railway which connects with Codes, AI, ABO 5th Ed., Western Unis: the Siberian railway forms a principal connect ing lae between the two great continents, of Asia and Farope and now we have the Cauton Kowloon railway, the completion and opening of which we are bere today witnessing and which will be of no less importance as it will be the means of communication between the fre great continents of the world. I say that in the Dear future the products of the four great continents of Europe, America, Afrios and Aus-
and by At the twenty-first sorual meeting of the Mr&Mrs a. C. Logan tralis will be assembled at Hongkong a rallway connected with the Croton-Hankow Association of Life Insurance Directors some fsets were brought out in regard to the best railway, the products will be distributed smag build of men and women from the insurance
AGENCIES 1
YOKOHAMA: M. Asada, Esq. CHINKIANG: Messrs. GRABING & Co. MANILA: Mosers. MACONDRAYA Co. BINGAPORE: Messrs. BORNEO Co., Lt
·For Particulars, #pply to
T. SHIBUTA, Maragar,
No. 2, Pedder Street, Hongkong Hongkong, 10th August, 1911
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Nor-Those Fares are quoted in Hongkong currency.
Return tickets will be issued to 1st and 2nd class passengers at one and a half single fare, Goods Tariff may be hed on application af the Head Offices British Section, Kowloon, and Chinesw Section, Canton. Price 60 cents.
By Order,
E. S. LINDARY, Manager,
British Section,
Canton-Kowloon Railway.
THE
By Order,
THE ADMINISTRATION, Imperial Chinese Section. Cantou-Kowloon Railway.
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Me & Fr. Grundy Miss Grandy
Mr & Mr.P. Lammert
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the provinces of China. Railways form the princi. man's print of view. pal means of communication and wherever s
In the New York Life Insurance Company Mr & Mr. B. Crew way passes commercs will greatly develope and efforts have bees poing on for many years to W. A. Freser, people be benefitted. The completion of the determine the exact influence of build on Capt 1 A. dny. kind assistance of our friendly neighbour and I suggested that a mistake has been made in ailway has been brought about through the longevity, says the Medical Record. It is
B JAmen earnestly hope that not only the merchants of esaming that this average build at my age is
Mr. and Mrs Jorgens
and child foreign nations coming to China to trade will
Dr. F. T. Kert increase, but the existing friendship between the most favourable build at that age of the build from which it may be expected the mont
John-R Kinekorn Ching and England will be strengthened. favourable mortality will be sustained. (Applause).
For instance, figures show that at the age of FP. Leofestey Mr. J. W. JAMIESON, H. B. M's. Consul 20 all risks from 24 per cent. oversight to 10 General at Canton, briefly thanked the Chinese, on behalf of the guests present for the per vent, underweight are better than average risks. Does it not then seem probable that the reception accorded them, and the proceedings point of most favourable build is about half-way ended.
The party then returned to the station where from 24 per cent, ororweight to 10 per cent, an good-byes were said, end the Hoogkeng guesta derweight, or in the neighbourhood of 7 per cent. were soon speeding hook to the Colony. It was overweight? If this inference is sorrest the a glorious day for a railway trip, and the journey tables now used are too favourable to the under.
picturesque country was immensely en-
weights by about 7 per cent.
At age 60, on the other band, the superstand-
Mr. & Mr. Frank, Moss
and children
P. W. T. Nanninga
Mr Bow rts
Birs Smith and-child
F. F. Stonebam.
E Taylor
B, Wailing
ON SALE.
THE FIFTY YEARS
ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR
日歴英中年十五,
ball on the train, Grest care had beoli, j. ard-risk begin at about 8 per cent, overweight From tar JANUARY, 1864 TO 31ST DECEMBRE
by by Loco Superintendent Lambert taken by
Gin Walker in decorating
rd
and
engine
I extend to about 22 per cunt, underweight, which drew the train from Hongkong, and their The mean point between these extremes lies work was decidedly artistic. Worked in vari at about 7 per cent. underweight and the son coloured flowers on the front and rear of the bed on average weights is too high. by about olasion appears evident that the present table boiler were the letters KR., while drooping ahove the foremost display were the British and Chinese flags. The foot plates, handrails and tanks of the engine were also garlanded with flowers and greenery, and above the lattor ran a rów of small flaga.
7 per cent, Bi the intermediate ages, 30 to 50, the mean point lies not at the zero, but on the heeryweight side of the zero at the age of 30 and at the lightweight side of the zero at the age of 50, and only at the age of 40 is the table apparently correct,
1913, BEING FROM THE 187 YEAR OF THE 76TH CYCLE TO THE BOTH-YEAY OF THE 76TH CYOLK
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