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Intimations.

G, FALCONER & CO., LTD.,.

WATCH MAKERS, JEWELLERS AND OPTICIANS, GOLD WATCH BRACELETS. BROOCHËS, RINGS AND PENDANTS

. IN.

GOLD AND PLATINUM SETTINGS.

Inspection Invited.

HOTEL MANSIONS: OPPOSITE NEW POST OFFICE.

WING KEE & CO.,

Nos. 47, 48 and 49, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL

MERCHANTS, COAL SAILMAKERS, PROVISION (HIP-CHANDLERS.

MERCHANTS, ... ... OF FIFTY YEARS STANDING. SHIP CAPTAINS ARE REQUESTED. TO GIVE US A TRIAL. FRANCISCO TSE VAT, General Manager.

Bongbong. Alpst 12, 1908.

MEE

1788

CHEUNG & CO., ART PHOTOGRAPHER, ICE HOUSE LANE SPECIALIST IN ENLARGING AND BROMIDE-WORK. Select Views of Hongkong and South China. Special Department for Developing and Fri ting for AmateurE, CAMERAS FOR HIRE.

WING ON Co.,

1788

TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS. EXPORT AND IMPORT MERCHANTS. HAVE JUST RECEIVED NEW SHIPMENTS OF Drapery, Grocery, Ironmongery, Crockery, Glass and China Ware, Furniture, Watches & Clocks

The Cheapness and quality of their Goods have no equal, 108-213, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,

Intimations.

MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISH

(MITSUBISHI-00;)-

COAL DEPARTMENT,

SOLL

OLE PROPRIETORS of TAKA. SIMA, OCHL. MUTABE, VO. SHINOTANI HOJO, KANADA, NAMAZUTAGSAYO, SHINNEW and FAMIYAMADA Colieries.

AGENTS' for KTAĦIDAKE & SAKITO COALE!

HEAD OFFICE :—TOKYO, BRANCH OFFICES :—

Nagasaki, Mojl, Karatea, Wakamatan, „Kobe," Osaka.. Shanghai Hongkong, Hankow

Tel. Lubrustus for shore: TWASAKL God:-1,ABO 5th Ed., Western Union,

AGENCIES:

YOKOHAMA:“M. Asada, Ezq. CHINELANG: Messrs Gearing &

Co. MANILA: Mesers Masondray &

Cď SINGAPORE: Mesars Borneo Co

*Ltd.

For particulars, apply to

T. SHIBUYA.

Manager,

No. 2, Fox Szaki

Ногокома.

816

THE CHINA MAIL.

ANOTHER

SHIPMENT

HAS

JUST ARRIVED.

NATURAL SHAPE -CORK TIPPED

PALL MALL

-FAMOUS CIGARETTES

Butler Butler

NEW YORK

B.B

THEIR DELIGHTFUL FLAVOUR AND FRAGRANCE NEVER VARIES.

These celebrated cigarettes are a blend of Oriental Tobaccos of the finest growth and selection, and are so carefully blended that "each cigarette will smoke to the end with the same delicious taste and aroma.

IF BRITAIN WENT TO WAR.

What Would Happen in the

City?

would be a tremendous fall in value of all securities on the Stock Exchange, so great

fall that the Stock Exchange might oven. have to be closed. Banks. would bare to carry" their customers who had Harrow- od against securities, and would find a large part of their assote unrestigable. The discount market-ie.. the bill market

would be no better off

Intimations.

TUESDA

THEATRE

ROY

FONGKONG.

FIVE NIGHTS ONLY

COMMENCENYE

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8th.

UNDER the the OrrICKA APART

NDER the Distinguished Patronage of

ISTERING THE GOVERNMENT.

MAURICE E BANDMANN

" PRESENTE-AT ENORMOUS EXPENSK The World Famous Comedian. THE ONE ONLY ORIGINAE

R. G. KNOWLES

AND COMPANY OF ARTISTES from the Leading West-End Halls..

The Wave of Laughter will strike Hong- koeg on Wednesday,

Pricas $150, 83, 82 and 81.

זו יי -

Seats Play now open at MOUTRIE'S. Hongkong, April 30, 1912,

AOL

NEW THEATRE.

KAW

TO-NIGHT!!!

AT 9 PM

FONG.

-TO-NIGHT!

THE GREAT

Raymond

MASTER OF MIRACLES,

WILL APPEAR IN A

The Round Table, that admirable arous for the discus ion of the serious problems of the Empire, pablished last month a most luminous and interesting article on the..

London Goances Garmsny by meños of credit system of the world, and how it acceptances to the extent probably of about would be affecto)_by_war. The article, £70,000,000-sterling at any one time. This GRAND CHANGE entitled, "Lombard Street and War," is

means that accepting houses in London anonymous, but it has been described by, will hava pande themself responsible during break of war for the payment, maluly to the Timerns "one of the most romarkable the two or three months nfter the out-

history of "the Ciy" that has been the Joint Stock Banks, of £70,000,000, pablished for some time. The writer against bills drawn on German account,. displays an amount of knowledge of the which these banks and others will have

167 & 108, CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL. (Tray passthe Door) CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE CO., articles on what we may call the natural Hongkong, gest 15 lúja,

Telephone 189.

Protect Your Eyes. SUNGLASSES and GOGGLES

OF ALL SHAPES AND SHADES

NEW STOCK,

771

J ULLMANN & CO.

Jewellers, Watchmakers and Opticians,

CORNER OF FLOWER STREET.

1

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO.,

-LIMITED, 1

NOTICE

will act as SECRETARY of the Company

By Order of the Board

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

Secretary.

A

OF PROGRAMME.

PRICES #3, #2, 81 & 50 cts. Hongkong, May 6, 1912,

NOTICE.

5'3

in MCHSTER use this day been admitted

TROM this date and during my absence/working of the London Money Market and bought in the discount market." But the at it is written with a purpose makes they receive, is they would in the ordinary govern it which is unusual and refreshing. tion to pay the whole of this large sum if

course of affairs, the same amount from their German clients, to finance whors business the bills, were drawn. In is quite probable that these clinos would not or

Hongkong. May 2, 1812.

613

UNION INSURANCE "SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED.

NOTICE.

TAROM this date and during my absencs from the Colony MR A. B., ROUSE will act as SECRETARY of the Society.

"By Order of the Board,

CO., LTD.

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

· Secretary,, Hongkong, May 2, 1912.

614

(NOW. RECONSTRUCTED).

NOTICE.

its scientific breadth all the more sar prising"

LONDON AS THE NEUVE CENTRE OF.

THE WORLD.

The writer says

WILLIAM GILBERT WOR

and General Brokers as fieretofore under PARTNER in our Firm, which will continue to carry on the business of Sharo the style of Hoxor & TayLOR"" ~-

MOTON & TAYLUR. " Hongkong, May 1, 1912":

604

An infinite number of standa, binda alt could not pay. It is probable that in auJPROPERTY INSURANCE CO.,

the great nations to one another, and, like the nerves of the human body, there strands miste from the great nerve cantres of credit.

The art of banking is to speculate with success on the chance that only a small proportion of creditors will ask for their «

money in gold at the same moment. But they may all demand it,

case, whether their money were received or not, the discount market would be so hopelessly disorganised that w storium" would have to be declared.

** mor

LTD. OF LONDON -

(FIRE DEPARTMENT), THE Undersigned, having been Appoint WOULD LONDON, PUT UP • SUCÍTEAN,

ved GENERAL AGENTS of the above Cumpety for Hongkong and its The whole credit system resta on the Dependencies, are prepared to accept approved risks against Fire at current

MON TUNG ĐÒN

General Agents. Hongkong, May 1, 1912.'

supply of banking oprrency. If this currency is withdrawn, no me eam most his debts, because no one has means to pay. The whole money market would be Gold must be always available some struck with paralysis. As Ragehot said, where. And it is always available, but all that would be left would be a mass only from ons place in the world. Tondo of failures and a bundle of securities,

the sudden stop of th wo have at prosent the Centre part has undertaken the task of mosting every discount machinery would cause incalu- guaranteed. We have NGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOLLER-MAKERS, BRASS and IRON WE beg to announce to the Public that long, the great financial coptres, In any case over thirty years' experience. We own two Slipways and can accommodate any craft of a block of VALUABLE GREEN legitimate demand in gold at all times and lable damage and confusing to trado JADESTONE of the most famous and Fes any amount. No other banking ustion and enterprise "throughout the world. of 200 feet long.

Town Office, 48, CornatoHT ROAD CENTRAL, Hongkong. Telephone No. 450.popular LO HANG quality has rentured to face the risk of meeting Everything would depend on the action of

Telephone No. K.3. Shipyard, Shum-Sui-Po. Kowloon, Hoogkong. Estimates furnished on application.

ENGINEERS and

Bangkong, April 1, 1912

"

WONG PING WA, Manager.

MARIE BRIZARD AND

ROGER'S

"

FINE LIQUEURS AND

AGENTS:

BRANDIES.

AS. WATSON & Co., Ltd.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. -

ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS.

p. Fanuary 11, 1912.

IALINE

REGISTERED TRADE MARK

136

24

very transparent and of first water. It weighs 76 158, of which 9 lbs. are bright not only the demands of its own depositors, our foreign clients as a whole. If they chrysoprase and can be made into numerous but of the world self. If Germany has to took fright and demanded inmediate valuable ornaments. Its total value is pay gold to Turkey for a loan newly grant-payment in gold, London might have to estimated to be at 8100,000 odd. Visitored, she gets it from Tandon; it Now York put up her shatters as a free gold market. are welcomed to make inspection.

wants gold, she gets it from London; if simply through lack of time to save herself PO WO CHEONG,

the Argentine or Egypt or India have had by the realisation of some of her immense *. No. 287, TAL SAN STREET,

(Great Now Street), good barvesta and, want gold, they get it assete abroad.

CANTON. from London.

Canton, April 30, 1912.

BUTTER!

BUTTER

599

We are pleased to announce that the selling prices of our diferent BRANDS

of BUTTER at prosent are as fallows;-

IIREOUS TIONS !!

|_ DAISY “ BRAND 80 ct per lb 75 st. perib. 'DAIRY MAID'

· BUTTERCUP !...

PASTRY!

70 st. per lb. 16 ct, per 16.

THE DAIRY FARM CO, LTD.

Bongkong, November 12, 1910,

·68.

She undertakes to supply on demand zot only the countless depositors in her own bank, but the world at large. Anybody in the world who keeps money in London or can raise a credit or get an advance in London can get gold from the Bank of England

WOULD WE EVIR ELCOVEL,

London might never regain her lacr. Gold would flow in again, no doubt, to pay for the interest on our present investments, which amounts to something like £180,000,000 per annum on a capital of £3,300,000,000 sterling. invested The most dangerous period, therefore, will be the faw" days or weeks after the declamation of wan, if it was quite ölear war The Bank of France holds to the was inevitable the few days before that amount of £128,000,000; the Bank of declaration, when our enemies might at Russin. £125,000,000; the Reichalsak, tempt to withdraw as much money s £5,000,000; while the bank of England, possible.

LOADOR'S GOT KENELVE.

rates.

SCENIC RAILWAY.

-613-

KONG UNIVERSITY BAZAAR,

THE game as was shown at the HONG- will be open to the public from WEDNESDAY, 1st MAY, 1918,

at the

OLD LAND OFFICE IN QUEEN'S ROAD (opposite the foot of D'Aguilar "Street)

36 EXTRA FILMS 36.." Will be exhibited, so that passengers may

ROUND THE GLOBE with all the thrills and excitement of a railway journey in the record times of HALF AN HOUR.

OPEN DAILY. OPEN 'DAILY !-

from 2 r.. to 11 P.M... A Fresh start made every 30 minutes, -FARE; GO Cznza. Boogrong, April 28, 1912

PIONIO PARTIES,

692

with world-wide finbilities, has only Bat if we were defeated mur position as £35,000,000 lying in bullion or coin in the the world's financial centre might be lost LAUNCH FOR HIRE.

vaults of the Bank of En.land, together for over.

estimated that this sum

with the stock of metal hold hy" other The moral of this in, according to the banks, in all, perhaps £70,000,000. It is writer, that The British feet is the best THE Handsome "KING EDWARD protector of London's gold, reserve To Horer Launch can be hired to not much more than six par vary the phrase, Lombard Street Boats in for PICNIC PARTIES by the Hour Font of the total deposits of the the British Nary, and the nerve centre of

or Day... banks of the United Kingdom. While the the world depends for its usfety upon the stock scattered about, among the different maintenaher of the standard of two keels Banksia vainable stand-by, the final reto zna Herve is the reserve of the Bank of Eng land. That is the reserve which all the

BURT BOULTON AND-HAYWOOD LTD., LONDON CHEN KWONG & CO., LD, banks in the United Kingdom, fall back

FOR THE DISINFECTION OF DRAINS, WATER-CLOSETS, LAVA- TORIES, SICK-ROOMS, FLOORS, WALLS, GUTTERS, 80-

IT IS THE STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL

GENERAL IMPORT & EXPORT.

CARBORIC DISINFECTING FLUID, CANTON'S LARGE

THE CHEAPEST AND MOST RECOMMENDABLE FOR GENERAL HOUSE USE, & LOTION OF 2 PER CENT. BEING SUFFICIENT. Recommended by Sanitary Authorities.

Government Analysis at Buyers. Dispos

OTOR.

AVENARIUS' WORLD KNOWN COPPER PAINT.

For the Buttoms of Vessels and Boats and for the Coatings of Wooden Structures of Wharves and Docks Penetrates deep to the wood, thus rendering sama imun against attacks

No Teredo, Barnacles Marine Growths, etc.

Bole Agents:

MELCHERS & Co. Hongkong

on. In 1907 America draw nearly £15,000,000 in ten months from London. The Bank of England's reserve fell over £0.000,000 in two weeks. There Father nation which has been able to under

take, these trementinas responsibilition

Since 1806 the world's guld has facrossed hy£1,000,000,000, Agrent portion of URNITURE, Draperies, Groourin, this hugo sam bas passed through London,

Boot Sho

beeruss London is a free market, Uply £20,000,000 has stayed there

WHOLESALE & RETAIL

STORE:

Makoss

of Jewellery, Lacqueros, PWC Crockery Ware. from-roomgary, Wine and Spirits Foreign Clothes for gentlemen made

order by our own Large Assortment of Chinese Silke

*COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION

*Only a Cough but you stop it while it 1 ONLY a cough.

AYATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

For terms apply to the MANAGEE,

EL HAYNES, Hongkong March 1, 1912.

293

PATELL & CO.

DEFECTIVE EYESIGHT NEEDS A SPECIALIST. 19 YOUR. VISION CORRECT ?

Do your eyes focus properly for all distance.If you are nokaume about** Fit owímulă a reliable optician or sogulist,

NOW. Fou will find it the winet. thing to do and the obespast

A thorough, professional training in optics, yes of costal axperienos and, thoumans of plossed patrons, is our guarantee to you of competent. satisfactory sorrion,

Vore is the only completely equipsi. ped, lens grinding establishment in South China,

·SCIENTIFIC OPTICIANS S

YORK BLOGS CHATER

HONGKONG

Hong, February 14, 1911,

To Let

BEACONSFIELD

WILL be converted into & FIRST

CLASS BOARDING HOUSE, with large Dining Room, Thirty Bedrooms and Eighteen Bathrooms. Plan to be soon at our Office. Apply to

LINSTEAD & DAVIS,_ Alexandra Buildings...

Hongkong, March 30, 1912,

TO LET

2ND FLOOR, No. 2, PEDDER

STREET

(2) Ores at present occupied by US.

Censul General

(2) Oficer at premont occupied by U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service.

Can be divided to wait temanter Apply to be l

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., IZD. Hongkong, April 30, 1912.

TO LET.

50G

od, for July and August..

"TUKNOB,” 116, The PEAK, Furnish-

Apply

Mason TULLCOH,

Head Quarters Office. Hongkong, "April 27, 1912.

TO BE LET.

0 £ 400 1:3ance, 1019,

BUPS and OFFICE, in Alexandra BUILDs, adjoining the Floogia mg Dispensary, at prosent ocupied by Messrs Wm. Powell, Lizl

A. S. WATSON & Co L Alexandra Buildings. Hongkong, August 29, 1911.

1110

TO LETS

ODOWE Na. 4, NEW PRATA,

Kennedy Town

---- Spply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

IMENT & AGENCY Co., La“. Bongsong, May 1, 1912.

TO LET.

J

VFFICES in KING'S BUILDING

OFFICES I

Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.

MENT & AGENCY Do, Lo Fongrong, May 1, 1912.

TO LET.

£594

TEW & Commodious SHOPE, NATRAM NROAD, Koinon, Immediate posses Cheap Rental.

Apply to HUMPHREYS" ESTATE & FINANDE

Ca. L. Hongkong, March 23, 1909.

OFFICES TO LET

FIRST Cla Central acusanodation,

light and airy, on First, Second, or Third Floor, in new building being erected. for Mesza WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW &

CO., LTD. Entrance from Bas Vo

Road. Electric Lift to all fours, Electrio Light throughout

The Plan can be seen, and all particulars obtained at the Offices of MESSAS. PALMER VERTURNER, BUDDIES, 32D FLOOK

Hongkong, March 12, 1913:

N LET

TALEK AMOKA

FFICES And GODOWNS to let

Daddal Street,

100

No. 13. BEACONSFIELD.

Top Floor

ROGATE Aultin Bload, from 1st Apri.

No. 12 BEACONSFIELD

First floors of

Exporters & Importers 19, BEACONSFIELD

General Merchants

Commission Agents

First Bock C

NEWESTWARD BO No. 13, Bonai

[STEAD,"&"DAVIS-

Alexanden Balidioris

SAVARESSES

SANTALN