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GENERAL NEWS.
Post for Dustman Y.C. Wandsworth Council proposes that after the war Corporal Foster, V.0§ formerly a local distman, shall 4 edoras dust inspector, the appointment to date from Tast Jode, when hir V‚0. was gutstied.
1918 British Industries Fair. The British Industries Fair of 1918 in aiready in the making, and will be considerably larger thap in the two previous years. There was not space enough" for exhibitors heeda "at last yetz's fair'in the - Vietaris and Albert | Museum and the Imperis! Ins titats, so the Board of Trade ha obtained from the Port of London Authority the use of a large warehouse near Tower Bridge*** "big enough to accommodate two fall-sized Rugby football falda Owing to the war, ex. hibite will again be restricted to the following trades-Euthen ware, and obima, gles, fancy goods, paper, stationery, and printing, toys and games.
Blue Triangle Asks for £100,000, The Y.W.CA, saya the Daily "Chronicle, is arking for £100,000 to be need in the erection of hate in munition areas, for clabs in military centres, for hostela and canteens; and, generally, for those sotivities which hays made the Blue Triangle for woman war workers what the Ked Trifgle is for the fighter. An important branch of the "Y.W O.A work concerns itself with the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. Four hats are now in running order in France, 20 are on the way to com- pletion, and 25 are needed. In England 100 bata are asked for to serve the needs of the W.A.A.0. aloze. Daring "The Girls' Week," girls employed in offices| and banks in the City backed up their sistera in collecting towards tbe $100,000.
How Dublin was Saved from Riot.
Only, Bir Bryan Mahon's fore- sight (says a London contempor ary) in ordering the military to be withdrawn and ignoring the advice of Sir William Byrne (the Under Secretary for Ireland) | saved the streets of Dublin from being turned into a shambles, said the Lord Mayor of Dublin at a meeting of the corporation 3 ester-
of Ashe's
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY JANUARY 17, 1918.
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"LAZLOISM”
The Laterament of an Artist.
"Lazloism" is a word coined in London to represent "a friend. ly enemy alien." The contradic tion in eccha phrase expresses what she people regard as a large class who ought to be interned. The distinguished portrait-pain: te, Mr. Philip Lazlo, who happêng to typify bia class, bas bern domiciled in Eaglead for a number of years where he achiev- ed
Barker Road, 155 Peak, Apply Duncan Clark, c/o Lane, Crawford & Co.
CEO. P. LAMMERT.
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AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER AND SURVEYOR. PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
A Valuable Collection of Anti-
que China and Curios (Just arrived from the North). HE Undersigned has received instructions to sell by Pub. Auction on
lic
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, the 17th and 18th January, 1918,
commencing each day st 2.30 p.m. #
at his Sales Rooms, Duddell Street,
great popularity, as the portraitiet particularly of the EN nad women of the smsit set, He whe member of the Arts and the Barlington Auts clubs, and hes von medala for his work at Sune ta
A Valuable Collection of Antique China and Curios from Ming Dynasties and
Comprising: and white vases, platea. bowls, 5-coloured, 3-coloured blue figures, flower pots, etc., etc.
Fine famille rose wine cups Kienlung (Imperial ware.)
Venice, Budapest, Munich, Milan, Kanghi to Towkwong periods. Madrid, and Paris, Fa sitters have been Leo XIII, King Ed- ward VII.. Qeen Alexandrs, the King of Portagal, the Kaiser, the Mr. Food, whose reply is Impossible Austrian Emperor, and to way." But stocks have dwind-Theodore Roosevelt. A native of led, and it is believed that there Budapest, where he was born in is not mash of it left. There is 1869, England has been his home no intention of ruling cat of the of late and the eaaro of a large in- Ofder the facty teas at fancy come. "He entertained on a large prices. The official view is that Gazette, and in the summer his they are a negligible quantity,
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Fine famille rose screens and placques, Kienlung.
Fine jade ornaments, Hon (Imperial ware.)
Fine Bang-de-boeuf penholder, White Goddes of Meroy. Ming. jade ornaments,
Fine bronze vase. Sung.
Also
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DIRECTORY Dollar Directory Company P. O. Box 431, Hongkong,
THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY CO., LTD.
"OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that tha THIRTIETH A Few Pisces of Soochow Red ORDINARY MEETING
SHAREHOLDERS, in this Com- On View from Wednesday,
pany will be held at the offices of Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Catalogue will be issued. Terms-Cash on delivery.
Company Limited, on TUESDAY 29th January 1918, at 11.30. A. M. GEO. P. LAMMERT, for the purpose of receiving the
that the THIRTIETH Report of the Directors together
ORDINARY MEETING of...... with a Statement of Accounts for SHAREHOLDERS in this Com- the year ending 31st. December pany will be held at the Offres 1917.
Auctioneer.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
Farthing Costs £5. Shortage of farthings was of day with reference to the sitenge, fered as an souse by a grocer, ments for Thomas Ashe's funeral.ho at Bootle recently was fixed God alone knew what the com$5 for absrging 641. instead of Japan Royalty and Newspapers, beautiful house at Datchet at Fine crystal vases and green Bequences would have been
It has hitherto been the Court soted notable gatherings." The 61d. for b. of batter. through the country, where the
rale in Japan that the heir to the reasons for his internment are not feelings of the people ran very Sequel to Shooting Mystery,
New York, Nov. 1.-A telegram Throne should not be allowed to made public, and he himself has high on sccount death. When 8 deputation from Concord (North Carolina) read the newspapers until he entered an appeal. In the spin- aslled on Bir William Byrne, ansoure that Gaston B. Mesos comes of age. The rule is, of course, ion of the Pall Mall Gaile he Wood esid the Lord Mayor, the Under has been indicted for the murders old one, considering the news is likely to prove a thora in the decretary expressed surprise that of Mrs. Maade King. This an. Paper literature is a modern in-flesh of cfficialdom for some time the 16th, inst.
stitution of Japan; probably it to come." This journal, teking the Chlef magistrate should have nouncement marka a startlings & survival of the feudal him as a type, has some esvere sympathy with criminals and development in a mystery which ers when the Emperor and things to say about the immunity euicidea, Sir William refased to has aroused considerable atten-
his family were kept ander enjoyed by him and others, and withdraw the gased from the Clity tion throughout the country strict supervision and their thus reveals a problem that Hall during the funeral, but the Mr. King was shot accidentally, mental activities directed into bafles others of the Allied Irish Commander-in-Chis! came as was first believed, near Con
harmless channels. How far the Governments:-
"The public, unhappily for into the room and having listened card on August 29.
The REGISTER of SHARES of Messrs. Jardiner Mathason respectfully and attentirely to motoring with her private secre role was observed in regard to
January, 1918, at NOON, for the instructione to sell by Public from SATURDAY 19th. to what the deputation had to say, tary Gaston B. Means, his brother the present Emperor when he was the peace of mind of the Home THE Undersigned has received of the Company will be CLOSED & Co., Ltd, on TUESDAY 29th at once gave orders to have the Afton Means, Captain Bingham; fal, but at any rate the role was to the bottom of the mystery
Crown Prince is somewhat doubt Office, is ill deermined to get Auction on
TUESDAY 29th January 1918 purpose of receiving the Report. of the Directors together, with eentries removed.
(both days inclusive), during Statement of Accounts for the a citizen of Concord, and the
supposed to exist and is now to which shroude the naturalisation SATURDAY, the 19th January, which period no Transfer of year ending 31st December, 1917. Murder in a Palace.
negro chauffeur,
be broken, says the Japan and internment of this
per
Bhares can be Registered. Milan, Nov. 1-The famons! Thirty Millon Cattle.
Chronicle. The present Crown ticular alien enemy, People at Godowns Nós 10 and 51 of the
By Order of the Board of Giustiniani Palco in Bome, the Brasil had come into the war Prize is only 16 years of age, naturally want to know how and Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf &
Directors, Grand Headquarters of Italian at the right time, said Senhor A. but he is to be allowed to read why de Leslo was able so easily Godown Co., Ltd: Freemasonry, was recently the de Fontura Xsvier, the Brazilian soane of a mysterions orima. An Minister, at King's College. As the new, though only in a special to acquire the conveniert elosk For account of the concerned
censored form.
of British nationality, and what unknown individal, well dressed, the struggle was for humanity Novel Tribunal Plc. it is precisely that he has done to middle-aged, giving bis name sa and democracy on one side kod
One of the quaintent of exemp- forfeit that kindly protection. Gidbe, strode into the saloon of tyranny and oppression on the tion plass yet recorded came The public in very patient, bat the Palace, where choisis were other, he felt confident that Chili before the Oily Local Tribunal. there is a limit to its complais- preparing for the election of snd the Argentine would jain Is concerned the secretary of the ance, and it is quite evident to Grandmaster, and having sought them. British opportunities for British New Gaines Development the man in the street that Lez'oiem an audience with Commendatore commercial expension in Brazil Company, who said he had solved may be as dangerous as Boloism Ballori, the candidate elect of the were greater than those of any a dificult labour problem in that the former, indeed, may te group that seeks to give a re other people. There the word New Gaines. In the ordinary the undesirable parent of the publican trend to the present Euglish was synonymous with odarse of things, he said, latter. We distrust the whole political situation, forthwith reliability, sound workmanship, the male islanders left all the legend of the friendly enemy whipted out a revolver, fired four and good faith. It was only after work to their womenkind. Be-alien. We don't believe there abots point blank, wounding him war began that Brasiliens realised oently the Australian Govern is no sich person." Efe is in the month and forehead. The they possessed 30,000,000 head slainase singing in atentorian world. Righ in agricultural and not be tempted to work for we are cooly neked to sesome assailant then find down the great of cetile, the biggest stook in the ment prohibited women labour in a myth invented to explain the the plantations. The males could battalions of the uninterned, and tones the Vendetta gong from raw materiale, their industrial money, and he hit on the idea of that an uninterned enemy is Mascagni's Opera: Cavalleria potentialities were immense, offering fancy decorative things, pecessarily a friend. Our officials
Bargalus in Tea,
1918,
75 Steel Plates -
sx 10' x 3/16" 30 plates 5' x 10' x + == 25 do -5 x 1 x I
20 do 36. Steel Plates
5 x 10 x 5/16 - 30 do 5' x 10' x
6. do TermsCash on delivery. GEO. P. LAMMERT.
Auctioneer
WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS SELECT DANCING CLASS
-16 p.m.c!! 10 GENTS $10. LADIES. $6 per month."
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Secretary to the Hongkong Land Investment
& Agency Co., Ltd General, Agents for the West Point Building Co., Ltd. Hongkong. 11th January, 1918
THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE LIMITED.
#
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the FOURTH ORD: INARY COMPANY MEET-
this Company will be:
The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CEOSED from. SATURDAY 19th to TUESDAY 29th- January, 1918, (both days inclusive) during which period no Transfer of Shares can be Esgistered.
By Order of the Board of Directors.
A. SHELTON HOOPER, Secretary Hongkong, 11th January, 1918.
THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMATION CO, LTD.
ING OF SHAREHOLDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE SEVEN- in Held at the Offices of Mestz TEENTH ORDINARY MEET Jardine, Matheson & Co Ltd ING of SHAREHOLDERS in on TUESDAY 29th January, this Company will be held at the 1918, at 11.45 AM. for the par Offices of Mesers. Jardine pose of receiving the Report of Matheson & Co. Ltd, on TUES The Directors together with the DAY 29th January, 1918, at statement of Accounts for the 12.15 P.M. for the purpose of 12-year ending 31st December, 1917, receiving the Report of the The REGISTER of SHARES Directors together with the of the Company will be CLOSED Statement of Accounts for the FROM SATURDAY 19th to year ending 31st December, 1917, TUESDAY 29th January 1918,
The REGISTER of SHARES both days faclusive), during of the Company will be CLOSED Which period no Transfer of from SATURDAY 19th to TUES Shares cante Registered. DAY 29th January 1918, both By Order of the Board of days inclusive, during which Directors
period no Transfer of Shares oknTM* be Registered rder.
Bakicona.” Meantime the victim
such as beads, gaudy clothe, argue in a viciona circle. So wie naisted back to his audy by After to-morrow (kyse London doge teeth and musical in many thousands of our enemies Professor Canti, acting Grand paper, dated October 30) there atraments. To get these things are at large in this country. But Single Evenings charged master; but he expired before will be no tes above 4. 1b; and men engaged themselves to they say, these men are not moderately. Music Store, medical aid could be procured. a very small percentage should work for a twelvemonth, and really enemies, they are friends Nathan Road, Kowloon. Private The assassitt, who is still at large, reach that figure. Meanwhile, when they returned to their and who would intern's friend? Lessons, 7 Durbar Villas.", afterwards visited the residence the choicest blends, which in pre- villages they inspired others with They have, it is true, generally Hongkong, 15th January, 1918. of the outgoing: Grandmaster, war times ran to as much as 128. the ambition to do likewise. By proved their friendship by Ettore Ferrari, situate two miles 8. Ib. are being got rid of as this means a large amount of competing in our labour and tead- distant. Luckily, Zazrati, Jhangh“ bargains," being" chered" at neefal and necessary work was ing markets, to the disadvantage st home, had given orders that from. 40. to 6.
done. He was the only man con- of the native population, and was to be received. The ten which was in hand prior nected with company who they are still doing as this dubious danger, and must not be enter
to the control scheme and remaine knów" the sort of icles the service." We refuse to bellave in Iained for a moment." Lezlowm THE HONGKONG CENTRAL
'nstives required.
he were their friendship... decline to must be sismped out, and "thoo| ESTATE LIMITED, FA
split hairs on the ma
who favour it must be taught that - -_A. SHELTON HOOFER, Aliens Era zuszny aliens, that than onlyřdhly is to their ow
Becrets should be the the of it. This country and to their own codi
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