THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1018
BROSSARD, MOPIN &
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Road and Railway Bridges, Bunds. Wharves, Weirs, Retaining Walls, Dame, Industrial Buildings, Towers, Tanks, Godowns Frameworks, Cul- verts, Vaults, Floors, Rools, Piles hollow and full, all lengths and sizes, Soles and Foundation plat- forms, Chimneys, Poles for support- ing Telegraph and Telephone lines and carrying Electric Light and Power.
COMMISSION, ÎMPORT & EXPORT:
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Industrial materials for railways, factories, mines, iron, steel, pipes, steel angle bars,
joists, iron sheets. motora and Fichet's fire-
proof safes"
REINFORCED CONCRETE IS ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF AND OFFERS SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE "SHOCK.
BAILWAY, FEBRY BOAT SINGAPORE, JOHORE.
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MARINE CONSTRUCTION: Lighters (river and ses) up to 1,000.
Hulks, Ferry Boats in steel, wood and reinforced concrete. “ Sex going ships in reinforced, con- crete, and wood. Steamers and Sailing vessels up to any tonnage.
IRON WORK:
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M. M. Brossard, Mopin and Co., shall be pleased to study all technical and industrial questions and are prepared to supply specifications and plans on every kind of metallic or reinforced concrete construction which may be required. Address as above or to their agents Wm. C. JACK & Co., Ltd., 14, Des Voeux Road, Central.
Reinforced Concrete SPECIALISTS.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
kinds of seeds, Shipments will 250,000 NEW HOUSES.
be made sia "the Pacific and
| steamera will be allocated by the
United States Bussian Barea. American Wireless,
Iron-Or Discovered" in Dutch ladies. The Dutch Elat
Progress of Nations Scheme.
f
Of the 200,000 new honger
character of local architecture, á| design which might be suitable
for
Lancashire would be quite out of a manufacturing town in keeping in rural sartosndinge The work is to be done by locs architects, and there will be
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GORDON'S DRY CIN.
BOTTLED IN NEW YORK,
"CONNOISSEUR'S CHOICE."
STOCKED BY ALL DEALERS.
Sole Agents
H.
RUTTONJEE & SON, Wine and Spirit Merchants.
Factors to Eastero Trade. At the weekly meeting of the Aberdeen Rotary Club a paper on the Extension of Commercial Education in the Eistern Trade,
-Indiar which, it is estimated, will be by Dr. B D. Keith, Principal of Archipelago Review, a Batavis required after the war, nearly King Edward Medical School, monthly publication in English 250,000 have been promised by Singapore, was read. Pathetic which promiese to prove a very locs authorities, with the useful and successful commercial financial aid of the Government. interest was attached to the paper, as Dr. Keith had passed away on journal, has a distinctly amusing Sites are being selected, and des that day at the residence of his article in the August number igne are under consideration. The aking of Government methods Government have inculated model brother at Tarriff. The paper! dealt with the frotors which of exploitation, Referring to
plans, and the Royal Institute) sided the nations in their certain iron ore deposits, it of British Architects are publish trada with the Far East, that first of all in a certain die especially Germany, whose chief trict where iron ore has been the approved designs resulting side wale Governments wabaidies known for the past fifty years to from local competitions through to shipping and other branches exist, the existence of this are is out the country. In the selection of trade, a eyatem of long credits, anddenly "discovered," the die doe attention must be given to the mach approved of by the native very being followed by mach State sud willingness to adapt the commercial rejoicing..
engineers are rant to make nature of their imported goods to the needs and ideas of the native, clots investigation. They and went on to state that on the clude that the deposita will set whole a youth coming cut to ap only hundred years when Eastero firm had largely to make worked in an exhausting way. bis own way and learn much Nothing more is beard but it is very wide choice of designs,
It is understood that the pro by tradition.
The first thing understood that dreadfully secret vision of building material i to do after their first tentative experiments are being made with receiving the close attention of venture, in seeing how thing stories. Eventually s report is In addition to the financial aid to the ore in Government labor-the Ministry of Reconstruction. were gring 10 ise, was. to
issued and the report givees Tery be given to less authorities. get efficient
funds to pay careful survey of the iron-ore an adequate teaching staf well.
assistanos is also being offered to The second point was to make the deposits of the whole of the
public utility organisations. consider all the circumstances, teaching entirely practical, so far Dutch East Indies.
They deputation from the Federation and deal very generously with that was possible, and the third receive great praise for this, of British Industry will be receir the lossi authorities.
in
fact: that point was to see that the subject
He had slso been asked whether ed by Mr. Hayes Fisher when the they contemplate overhealing iaght referred immediately to the particular trade centre in the hole knowledge about the question will he fally discussed the Restriction Act was to be which the students were situated. Archipelago. Stupid people how. Mr. Hayes Fisher on Finance regarded only as a war emergency At a conference of represents expendient. His own opinion wse After the war women would taku joyer ask what has been found out a coach larger share in commerce about the iron ore deposite of this tiras of the county boroughs of that it would be far better to set and trade at home, hat they would particular spot, so in order to Lancashire and the West Riding up fair rent courts than to com not do well in the East; they satisfy them another investigation of Yorkshire at Sheffield recently tinae & very crads Act of this were quite aneaited for it. is commenced, this time into the the opinion was expressed that sort Land most be obtained sta most learn to think of carselves possibility of a coke industry. the annual liability on approved reasonable rate and if it could Demand, New York, 196 more as trusters of British A fall description of how coks is housing schemes entered upon by not be the obtained under T/T Bombay
local authorities for the first seven present powers the Government Den and, Bombay *** 22016 made in other countries is comp years should not exceed a penny
mast see that this matter was not T/T Calcutta......... suprimary and success than AB
iled end the question is then gone potentially successful individuala.
22034 Off From Shale. into as to whether steel ships rate, and that afterwards the allowed to be an inenperable Demand, Calcutta... Demand, Manila... whole of the defolt should be difficulty.
161 The new Swedish State Oil could be built in the Dutch East defrayed by the Government
Demand, Singapore, 1424 Comping, which basa meximum Indies to transport the iron ore.
On Eaippops.
211 Mr. Hares Fisher said-be capital of sixteen million kroners, lane are now drifted and brought thought the Government scheme
prem. On Saigon .........
2 prem. i producing oil frm shale, of before the House of Represents was the beat that had been pro
On Bangkok.com 4871 #hich there 1 ra large deposits in tives at the Hague and the quest duoed. Whenever he approach
Sovereign
5.90 Nom. the country. Ocly about 14 to 21 ion is immediately discussed upon ad the Chancellor of the Ex
12. Farrels per day are expected at the lines as to whether iron ore chequer on this question of Arst; but in about two years this deposits ought to be wholly or housing he was frowned at. The T/T will be increased to nearly 200 partially worked by the Site Government had come to the Demand barrels per day.
This canses such a diverg, ponclusion that there wea po 30 dismissal. U. S. Trade With Russia and fenos of political opinion that?
likelihood of an coonomic rent 60 dis the existence of the shines being produced from the 1/8 Washington, Dec. 14-Plans is threatened and another matter house for some years after the TT Shanghai.... for recaming general trade with has to raised to tide allaire over. war, therefore the Government Japan parts of Russia sed Roland are Meanwhile no one is a fraction the scheme was that they IT Indis disclosed by the announcement wint shout the particular won would bear the low with regard Demand, India of the War Trade Board that deposits which formed the matter to 75 per cent of the expenditure, Tf Ban applications will be considered of enquiry, but ten or sent the local authority to bear the co& New To report losness for commod year hence which the Dutch ibee the
chief of which, are Indien is overruni › withi and various hides and foreign-iron the deposita will be ina, fuel, aniphur and Vanous, uno sgain “* discovMed”.
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EXCHANGE.
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Gold leaf per oz
420
220
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...FS. 48,000,000 50,000,000
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$54.300.000
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|HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
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Incorporated by Azyal Charter 20.
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Manager Hongkong, 11th April, 1912,
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