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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1914.
THE UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER
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THE EXPANDED
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EXPANDED METAL FOR RE-INFORCED CONCRETE.
TAMOYES MACHINE TOOLS.
* FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO.
All Kinds of Machinery and Engineering Supplies,
DOUGLAS AND GRANT
Rice Mills and Steam Engines. -
FRANCIS WEBSTER AND SONS Canvas, Twines, &o. LIDGERWOOD MANFO. 00. Hoisting Enginos, Pile Driver, &c. Wm. BRIJGS & SONS, LTD. Dundee.
Bituminous Enamals and Solutions and Marine Glue
and
VARIOUS OTHER MANUFAC- TURERS.
Quotations for any description of Machinery or Engineering Plant on application
DODWELL & CO., LTD.
Machinery Dept.
PINE LUMBER.
OREGON PINE
LARGE STOCK OF ALL SIZES ON HAND.
UNION WATERBOAT CÓ., LTD.
CONTRACTORS TO HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY; *
Telephone No. 41.
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DODWELL & CO. LTD.,
General Managers.
THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO.
New Scheme for Children's Early Endowment :-
Principal features: Small Premium. Liberal Surrender Value, No Medical Examination, Return of Premia in the Event of Death and Numerous Options at the Age of 25.
Write for Pamphlet and Full Particulars to
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SOLE AGENTS MITSUI BUSSAN "- KAISHA. Hongkong, June 11th, 1913,
LESSONS IN CHINESE.
ASTHMA
CAN Be Cured.
THEN why be half suffocated,
and sit up all night cough.
NOTICKS
DRAGON CYCLE DEPOT.
MOTOR CARS FOR HIRE AND FOR SALE. PROMPT SERVICE.
TEL 482
WE "EXPRESS" TO ANY ADDRESS.
We Clear, Ship, Pack, Carry Transport,
*Store, Insure.
WE FORWARD TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.
HONGKONG PARCEL, EXPRESS
Telephone 1208.
HOTELS.
STORAGE CO.
3, Daddell Street.
HOTEL
THE HONGKONG
GRILL ROOM.
Hongkong, July 14, 1914.
AND
J. H.TAGGART,
Manager.
GRAND HOTEL.
QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
THE COOLEST PLACE IN TOWN. REAL COLD ICED DRINKS.
THE GRAND HOTEL ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY SELECTIONS DURING TIFFIN AND DINNER AND AT INTERVALS DURINO'
THE DAY.
SPECIAL MONTHLY TERMS TO RESIDENTS. Phone No. 197.
F. REICHMANN,
[PROPRIETOR.
Tel. Address "COMFORT."
KING. EDWARD HOTEL.
AL
CENTRAL LUCATM ON.
e and gasping for breath when One Minute's Walk from Ferry. SINGLE dose of
NOBBS' ASTHMA CURE
will give you cortain, prompt
relief and ensure a good night's
Electric Trams Pass Entratice.·
«Telephones on All Floors. Electric Lifts, Fans and Lighting, European Baths and Sanitary Fittings. Hot and Cold Water System Throughout.
rest? This, the only genuine oure Telegraphic
for Asthma, discovered by Mr.
NOBBS, a qualified Chemist, and
a sufferer for many years, will, if taken when necessary, effect a radical oure of this erstwhile in- curable malady.
Obtainable at Messrs. A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd. and all Chemists and Patent Medicine Vendors,
Price $2.50 per bottle."
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED.
PORTLAND CEMENT:-
In Casks of 375 ibe. net. In Bage of 250 lbs. net.
General Managers.
Best of Food and Service. Hotel Launch meets all Steamers.
Address; “VICTORIA}"
B. H. NORTH, Manager
THE CARLTON HOTEL.
PERFECT SANITATION.
Tel 373
High Class Accommodation for Families at Moderate Prices; Those desiring Economy combined with Comfort, Quiet and a Most Refined Home, Free from Household Annoyances, should inspect thesa Residential Quarters.
Rooms.
Luxuriously furnished Lounge, Drawing, Reading & Writing
Under Personal Management of
O. E. OWEN, Proprietor.
Try Our ist Grade Guaranteed Australian Butter, Absolutely the Best Imported-75 cts, per ib. Coffee 70:ets) per tb. For the Best Cakes, Scones, Bread, Coffee, Meals a la Carte
and Table d'Hote, Afternoon Teas, Ices, Milk, and Gold |
Minerals. Only at
THE ALEXANDRA GAFE
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. Grand Hotel de l'Europe, Singapore.
BEST SMAD49 HOTELIN TOWN,
Mongkong, 16th August, 1910
W
EUROPEAN AGENCY. VHOLESALE. buying agen- cies undertaken for all British and Continental goods, including Ma*.
MR. LI HON FAN, a Chinese Books and Stationery.
graduate versed in litera- ture, has been a teacher to European officials and merchants in this Colony for over ten years. He has a good method of train- ing Europeans to pass in the Chinese examination, and is ossossed of a first rate certificate as a Chinese teacher: He Has slso a good knowledge of Manda rin and Hakka;"
Those who intend learning the Chinese language are requested to write a/o "Hongkong Telo graph, office or direct to 37 Hollywood Road, 1st floor. Mongkong, 29th Jan., 1919..
WING KEE & CO.
47-49, Connaught Rd. SHIP CHANDLERS
PROVISION & COÄL
MERCHANTS
Hongkong. 3rd October 1918,
Boots, Shoes and Leather. Chemicals and Druggists“ Sundriss.
China; Earthenware and Glass-
ware.
Oyoles, Motor Cars and Ar- cessories.
Goods.
Drapery, Millinery and Piece
Fanoy Goods and Perfumery. Hardware,
Machinery and Metals.
Jewellery, Plate and Watches Photographic & Optical Goods, Provisions and Oilmen's Stores: Commission 21% to 5%, Trade Discounts allowed: Special Quotations on Demand. Samble Cases from £10 upwards. Conairments of Produce bold "on Account. "RAIN
WILLIAM WILSON & SONS
(Established 1814), prot 25, ABGHUROH LASE, LONDON E.G. Cable Address; “Andunirà” London."And
Dr. CL CHOW.
DENTAL, Surgeon
"Obatral, Hangkong."
EVERY ROOM" HAS A BATH-ROOM; DRESSING ROOM ATTACHED:
MOST UP TO DATE SANITARY ARRANGEMENTS,
Under the New Management of
F. P. BAUR; late SAVOY HOTEL
LONDON.
NEW MACAO HOTEL,
PRAYA GRANDE: MACAO.
The above Hotel will be opened on August 1st, 1914, under new proprietorship and European Management. The Hotel now offers for Residents and Tourists excellent accommodation. Large dining room facing the sea. It has been entirely renovated throughout and newly furnished, and is now up-to-date in every respect. Large and airy rooms, excellent sanitary arrangements, Hot and Cold Baths, electric light and fans. Private and Publis Bar and Billiards. Terms Moderate. For further information apply to Tol. Add, Phoenix."
O C. MOOBO.
HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.
PLUNKET'S GAP
The Peak Near the Tram Terminus.
MEE CHEUNG
ART PHOTOGRAPHER
HONGKONG..
·TELEPHONE NO. 1013.
to the
Developing,Printing & Bulat MANAGER Hongkong, 18th July 1919,
NOTICES
S.O.A.E.O.
THE FAR EAST OXYGEN & ACETYLENE
CO., LTD.
We beg to notify our cus tomers that our expert French welder having returned to the Colony, we are again able to undertake all work pertaining to autogenous welding.
Oxygen and acetylene gas, also
blowpipes, for sale from stock in Hongkong,
For particulars apply to:---
OUR CONTEMPORARIES
Daily Press.
Japan and Kiaochów:
A clan in the Agreement
about which something may soon many at some future time express the wish to return Kiaochow Bay the lease China engages to refund has toured at Kidochoir, and to
be heard says that should Ger-
to China before the expiration of
to (iermany the expenditure she
cede to Germany a more suitable place: No refund is likely to be made to Germany for the retroces sion of the place when this is done
by Japan. There is much apeculation, as to what compensa tion Japanne going to get for her present undertaking, and it may be that she will be satisfied to
A.B. THE SWEDISH TRADING CO. receive from China the value of
IN CHINA LTD.
AGENTS.
YORK BUILDING (TOP FLOOR.) Telephone: Office 171 294 Workshop Office 1033 (#
CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co.
ESTAB
1864
SOLE AGENTS FOR
MACGREGOR'S V.O.S.
WHISKY.
(Parliament Blend).
SUPPLIED TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS.
FAMOUS FOR QUALITY,
all the Government property the place contains. China will prob- ably make Kinochow an open port, especially if it is possible to reconcile this with her ambition | to provide herself with a satis
factory naval depot in those waters. It is clear from the information appearing elsewhere in our issue to-day that the limite of Japan's action have been olearly defined and we do not believe that any complications" are likely to follow Japan's inter- vention.
South China Morning Post.
Exit the War Correspondent.. Without war there could," of course, be no war correspondents but those who are directing affairs in Europe at the present moment have proved that it is quite pos sible to conduct war and yot dispense with the picturesque and somewhat larid recorder of its horrors. Our old friend Martin Donohoe, recently Paris cor- respondent of the London Daily. Chronicle, while" noting as oor repondent at the front for the New York Times, Las been but fated about from pillar to post in bis effort to gain news, and is finding the billet somewhat. different from that which he held in the Boer war when, a welcome guest, he was here, there, every- where, now with Methuen, next. with Macdonald and finally with Lord Roberts. Even his tatingly curbed activities with Karoki, through Korea and Man- ohuria, were a treat to his novel experiences of the present wår
China Mai,
The War Though the important telegram
YOU WANT A MOTOR CAR?ent to E. the Governor by Sir
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PHONE: 1036
THE EXILE GARAGE.
33-35
DES VOEUX ROAD,
Where You will get Expert Service and every Satisfaction
PHONE
RAMSEY & CO. No. 1683.
12, POTTINGER STREET, HONGKONG, TYPEWRITER TIPS.
John Jordan and published by us in last night's issue contains nothing that was not already known-
it is nevertheless, a valuable confirmation of the tele- grams
sent by Reuer's agency.
At the same time, it gives the lie. direct to the many and "various rumours that were so persistently circulated regarding: anavali eskemant in the North Sea barik tween the Fleets of Great Britain and Germany. We now know with absolute certainty that no such engagement took place and that the loss of H.MS. Amphion, the destruction of the German minelayer Königin Louise and the
YOUR TYPIST IS AN EXCELLENT TYPIST BUT HE IS NOT A MECHANIC DO NOT EXPECT HIM TO KEEP HIS MACHINE ALWAYS IN FİRST OLASS
DORDITION. LET US DO IT FOR YOU AND SO INCREASE UTILITY INsinking of a German submarice.
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completes the naval warfare,
As we conjectured of the Time, It is now clear that on has approach of the British Fleet, the Forman High Seas Navy which had left for the North Sea to
participate apparently in
that they had looked long, doubtless – deal of vapid enthusias mediately returned quarters and baasince 'fined" to`g harbour, being the
better part of
they acted wisely
quite in accordance with the sp
manifested in their
"The Day For
come and what 'do had the British the the Seas protect mercantile marine, mercial dealinge "Almost normal” borne commerceɛbl.
ing for
istress of her vast