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SARPEDON" 7th April "RHEXENOR 20th April. "PATROULUS' 5th May, **TROILUS" 18th May.
Marseilles, London: B'dam & GangaSE Marnoillon, London, B'dam & I burg Marseilles, London, B'dam & Glasgow Marseilles, London, R'dam'& W'burg
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Victoria, Vancouver & Seattle Victoria, Vancouver & Seattle,
Boston, New York & Baltimore New York, Boston & Baltimore
PACIFIC SERVICE via KOBE &. YOKOHAMA, TALTHYBIUS" 6th April, "PHILOOTETES 21st April. NEW YORK SERVICE "CALOKAS"" 9th April. "DIOMED". 7th May. PASSENGER SERVICE.
SARPEDON" 7th April **PATROGLU8" 5th May. LANTENOR" 2nd June. "'HEOTOR" 14th July. "SARPEDON" eth Sept.
Singapore, Marseilles & London Singaporo, Marsailles & Loudon Singapore, Marseilles & London. Singapore, Marseilles & London. Singapors, Marguilles & London.
Alan dargo steamers with limited, assenger acoummodation al specially rùduced tarus.
For freight and passage rates and information apply to. —
Butterfield & Swire.
Agenta:
AMERICAN ORIENTAL
MAIL LINE
The fast "Short Route"
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SEATTLE & VICTORIA via SHANGHAI-KOBE-YOKOHAMA S.S. "PRESIDENT JACKSON" .. April 10th, 5.00 p.in, Y 8.8. "PRESIDENT MCKINLEY" April 22nd, 5.00 p.m. S.S. "PRESIDENT JEFFERSON"......May 4th, 5.00, p.m. A
EUROPE LIZO-LII2-£110,
› First Clans on the Pocille. First Cla on American or Onadian Ballway. Firat Cluar and Monoclass on the Atlantic, Choice of Trans- **Continental Railways. Any Line on the Atlantic. Through accommoda.
tion and Banking Arranged.
FOR MANILA
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8.8. "PRESIDENT JACKSON” ................April 2nd, 5.00 p.m.
S.S. "PRESIDENT McKINLEY”.April 14th, 5,00 p.m. 15: S.&. "PRESIDENT JEFFERSON".....April 26th, 5.00 p.m.,
Through Bill of Lading to all Dested Stator And Canadian Overland points, als viu Panama Canal Lines to Atlantic Ports.
Copios of this paper on file in our Offices FEATTLE, CHICAGO. NEW YORK.
For passage and Freight Booking apply to
ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE
Manueling Oprekines for Usited Sexes, Soleging Band
Telephone Central 2477, 2478 and 795. No. 4, Des Voeux Road. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Building, Ground Flour.
この
WEDNE AY MARCH
[CAGED NIGHTINGALE TO END COMPETITION.
PROTEST OVER--WOMAN'S
TAME SONGSTER."
Public protest is being aroused at an announcontent that caged nightingales are to be shown for the first time at the Grand Na {tional Show of Gago Birds at the
Crystal Palace
Three birds are to be exhibited, one of them being the property of the Hon. Mrs. Bourke. They are aaid to sing freely
Of all birds the last to be caged should be a migrant," said the secretary of the Royal Society
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BIG OIL COMPANIES COMBINING.
London, Anr, 8-It is learned on the bost authority, says the United Press, that the great oil interests of the world have roached an informal " Locarno " agreement to co-operate in all oil-producing countries and end the relentless costly, under- ground warfaro which began with the armistico. It is stated the agreement opens the way to undreamod exploitation of oil re- sources and resultant develop-
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for the Protection of Birds, and ment of cil-using activities TO EUROPE AND NEW YORK
of all migrunts the last to be caged should be the nightingale. Migrants show, obvious discom- fort at the migrantion season.
The agreement principally
¦ concerns the United States and Great Britain, who control most of the world's oil bearing soll. It PROTECTION LAW...
explains the recent announce; Each nightingale, taken from ment that the Standard Oil Com- the countryside deprives nature pany was rolinquishing its in- lovers not of an individual song-terests in Mesopotamia. It also stor only, but of a succession of furnishes the reason for the singers in future years.
Royal Dutch Shell group turning The taking of nightingales is their Vonezuelan concessions. prohibited throughout. Great Bri-over to the Standard Oil Com tain, but these birds may have been made captive in a foreign country"
pany.
Further similar adjustments are imminent. In some areas the Mr. A. W. Smith manager of British will step out in favour of the show, said that Mrs. Bourke's the Americana and in other areas nightingale WILS
beautiful vice versi A
Elsewhere, as in specimen and in very fine condi- Mexico, both British and Ameri- tion.
cans.ace working separately and "Its tameness is wonderful,” I peacefully in the same region, be said, "I cannot say how it was caught, but Mrs. Bourke has specially shortened her holiday in France in order to show the bird.
"The birds sing as well in captivity as in their natural haunts. Very few people have seen a nightingale."
It is expected that loading Bri- tish and American, companies will form an alliance to bloc Russia's attempt to exploit her oil. Their first efforts toward this end will be through diplomatic channels. If that fails they will resort to a price-war,
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families, and the town of Melks- GENEROUS EMPLOYER. ham, and also the people who
100,000 SHARES AND HALF SALARY TO WORKERS.
had put money into the business. This in spite of the fact that he taking an interest in a large was enjoying his rotirement, and
number of other enterprises."
To mark his return to re-
SPECIAL LIMERICK. organise the engineering works He asked for a vote of con- which he founded at Melksham,fidence, which was unanimously Wilts, over 40 years ago, and had given, after which a Limerick, rocently retired from, Mr. Little-which Mr. Littlejohn Philip had John Philip is distributing 100,-composed for the occasion, was 000 shares among the workers, Į sung, tó a popular air. and sharing with them his salary Colonel J. F. Lister, director of and bonus
the company, said he knew Wilt-
He uniqunced this at a meet-shire was a sporting county, and ing at Trowbridge Town Hall, to what Mr. Lit lejohn Philip had which all the workers were put before them he regarded as a brought from Melksham in a sporting proposal. special train.
Rasuming, Mr. Philip said he Mr. Littlejohn Philip founded had purchased 100,000 shares, the business 40 years ago, and which he was distributing among built it up from very small be.The staff and employees of the ginnings. When he decided to company, and as they had agreed rotire he held a farewell.moeting, to co-operate with him in build- at which he gave every employee 91 for overy year of servico.
ing up the business again, he had decided that when the dividend RESUMING HIS TASK. was paid on the preference shares Recently he was urged to re- he would divide all his personal turn and reorganise the concern, receipts from salary and bonus and Trowbridge Town Hall meet-on profit, less Imperial taxation, ing was the result..
equally with the men, 50-50, the The outstanding factor which secretary of the company being decided him to accept the invita accepted by both sides an sole tion to return, he told the gather-judge as to the amount to be dis- ing, was to benefit the men, their tributed..
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Waishlog Wed. 31st Mar. at nooo. KOBE, Amoy, S'hai, Y'hama Kutsang Thure. 1st April at 7.a.m. HAIPHONG
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S.S. "EMPRESS OF RUSSIA"
will sail for
VICTORIA and VANCOUVER
via
Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama
ON FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND, AT 1 A.M.
Passengers will embark previous evening.
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for Australian-Hongkong Service:
Please address enquiries to the Chief Manager
R. M. DYER. B-SO, MINA Kowloon Dock Hongkong
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