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** NOTES" DE WILD

LIFE IN HONGKONG

AND SOUTH CHINA.

BY THE B. O, A

SUNBURY. M.A.

To be bad at the

Cum Min. Office.

Part1 and Part S

Price $1.CD

No. 16.178.

The China Mail

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

ESTABLISHED 74 YEARS

Wine & Spirit Merchants

HAVE BEEN APPOINTED

Agenta for

JOHN DEWAR & SON'S

SCOTCH WHISKIES.

PRICES ON APPLICATION.

HITTING AT 17,000 YARDS.

PERFECTION OF BRITISH GUNNERY.

HOW IT EAS BEEN REACHED,

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We began to hit at 17,000 yards." So Sir David Beauty in his preliminary despatch. It is worth while to ponder over this statement and consider what it means, rays the "Pall Mall Gazette,"

'p to about ten years ago gunnery practice in the British Fiest consinted almost wholly in the training of the eye of the gunlayer, and the practice of the loading hambers in the rapid handling of the ammunition and beach-mechanism. Those were the days when the medium calibre gun was the pet of the Navy and rapid-Be its content of perfection. Kange finding instruments were faulty, and the chiel guide to correctness of racgo was the Fall of the shot, watched by the gunner himself.

Then came the era of Sir John Fisher and Sir Percy Scott, of big guns and scientific fire-control. Then battlu- 13 was substituted for prize-firing. practice while the individual skill of the gunner. was still fostered by the "gun-loyer's test" at shorter ranges. The object of battle- praction is that the ship's company may learn to work togutbar sa a whole, on the principia that a ship, for fighting purposes, is a gun-carriage and nothing mors. The captain, gunnary lieutenant, quartermaster. engineer commander. and stoker all operate with the guns' crews with the one object of hitting the targut.

THE ONE BUILNESS,

There are no sudden and unnecosary charges of speed and course to put this ganlayers off the mark; the one business of the ship is to shoot, and shoot straight, and to about at the longest posible efective range, so that fall adrantago may be taken of superior armament and superior

detailuet baltia. practice have always been carefully kapt secros. No one in the Navy is exactly at what range ships have fired, or the size of the target, or the speed at which the ship has moved, lat the result is, We began to hit at 17,000 yarda

BASSE STREET TO HARROW,

五十月三年五十登百九千登英

ESTABLISHED

1345

HONGKONG, MONDAY, MARCH 15. 1915.

卯乙大歲年四國民華中

BUSINESS NOTICES,

BUSINESS NOTIOES,

STEAM LAUNCH FOR SALE

יז

$5,000 nett

W. S. BAILEY & Co., Ltd.

ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS.

HONGKONG TURKISH BATH & TOILET CO. LD.

NÓW OPEN LADIES DAYS MONDAYS AND THESDAYS

CHARGES

Turkish Bath

Electric Bath

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nay họ made ba Đôn Tranh Hà the feltuwing porta -.

Canton Paris & Co.

Pechor." Taecyer a Dài: Satabal. KILIY & WALEY Yoantema KELET di WAZ 200.-

Marin, At. Watch 06, 2

PRICE, 88.00 Far Month

BUSINESS NOTICES.

THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD AND GREEN ISLAND CEMENT GO..

IS

ENGINEERING CO. OF

HONGKONG, LTD.

TALEJO DOCKYARD. BONGKONG

(EXPBUILDERS, SALTORS AND REPAIRERS, BOILERMAKERS, FUNDE MASTERS, BRASS AND IRAN-FOUNDERS, CONSTRUCTIONAL.,

ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

WELDING AND CÚTIDEO OF METALS BY OXY-ACETYLENK AND KLECTRIO SYSTEME.

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Rolling Stock, Bridgen,, and all Classes of Engineering. Iron and Wood Work,

GRAVING DOCK 737 × 88 × 34′2′′

Pumps empty Dock in 9-5/4 bar

THKEE PATENT SLIPWAYS taking cals to to 3.000 tocs d'eplacement).

pesrkāng conditions torpainting ships with most amclent reanite.

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75 ota*

100 Toa ELECTRIC CRANE ON QUAY-ELECTRO OVERHEAD CRANES

throughout the Shops ranging up to 100 Tone,

FOR MEDICAL BATH DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION WANTED. SPECIAL PRICES FOR VOLUNTEER. 13 Queen's Roar CARTEAL BORGRONG.

J. 6. SOPIESS, Handser,

THE HONGKONG AND KOWLOON CHEN KWONG & CO., Ld.

WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED.

that

GENERAL IMPORT &

EXPORT.

CANTON..

HE SHARE CERTIFICATE No. T680 TWENTY (2) SHARES numbered 68162,81, in the above Company standing in the name of Mrs. Laură. Mcinroan having been reported lost. NOTION IS HEREBY GIVEN unless the ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE LARGE WHOLESALE & RETAIL is produced within one month from date bareof it will thereafter be held by the Company as NULL AND YOLD, and a NEW CERTIFICATE for the said Bharon will be issued.

W. B. BROWN,

Secretary.

Hongkong, March 10, 1915.

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE *

COMPANY LIMITED,

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

BE

STORE:

MURNITURE, Traperies, Grocerie,

Boot and Shoes. Maxers of Jewellery, Lacqueres, Crockery Waco. Iron-mongery. Wine and Spizita.

Foreign Clothes for gentismen made bo order by our own tailors.

Large assortment of Chinese Sike and Forsign Ccods of every dascríption.

All goods sold at reasonable Prices, The Cheapest and Best place in Cantua â ; Hongkong to buy Chinese and Foreign Goods-

SUP PAT POO STRMET,

CANTON and

TEL. No. 1408.

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In Casks of 375 lb. nat

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PETROL & KEROSENE MARINE MOTORS T-IM to 150 KR.P.

As supplied to the British Admiralty and War Ofics. HUTOR VESSELS, LIGHT. DRAFT CARRIERS, GUNBOATS, LAUNCHES, HOUSEBOATS & PLEASURE CRAFT OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

MOTOR PUMPING & LIGHTING SATS. MUTOR VEHICLES. #7. Dockyard Manager can be seen between the tours of 11 am and 12 nove at the

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TELEPHONE NO. 219..

Telegraphic Adares :--" LAIKO DOCK,

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No, 1 Tea 95 cts. per lb. Foochow Buds 80 ots. per lb. Our own Special Blend of India & China Teas 85 cts par lb.

Roasted & Ground daily the best Java Coffee

,75 cts, per lb.

For absolutely the best Epp of Tea, Coffer, Cocco: also Scones, Cakes 4o. procurable in Borgking to be obtained only at

and No. 150. Onnanght Road Centr THE ALEXANDRA CAFE

FORTY-SIXTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the OFFICES of the Undersigned at 12 30 P. on THURS- Tel. No. 811. DAY the 18th instant.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com- pany will be CLOSED from the 4th to the 18th instant, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LED"

General Managers. Floogkong Fire Insurance

Company Limited.

Hongkong. March 1, 1915.

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CHINA SUGAR REFINING CO., LTD.

NOTICE.

Now, 17,000 yards is not far short of ten land miles: about as far as from Baker- street to Harrow. A battle cruiser is about THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ORDINARY 700. long and ft. wide-that is to say,

Hongkong-

DEAR TRAMWAYS

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE

VILI DAY.

COMPANY.

1.00a.m. to 8.00 am...Every 15 minutes. 8.00 to 10.00 m...Every 10 minutes. 10.00am to 11:00 am...Every 15 minutes. 11.30am to 12.45 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 12.45 p.m. to 1.15 p.m...Every 10 minutes. 115 p.m. to 1.15pm...Every 10 mizute. 1.45 p.m. to 2.15 p....Every 10 minutes. 15m.to 5.00pm...Every 10 minutes. 6.00p.m. to 8.10 jam. Every 10 minuten..

NIGHS CARA,

ANNUAL MEETING of the 5.50 p.m. and 9 p.m., 9.30 p.m. to 11.00 she is about half an loog again sa St. Paul's, I SHAREHOLDERS of the shova Company

D.. every half hour. but only half as wide. Her hull stands up will be held at the Offices of the General

LADIES CLOAKROOM.]

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-P-6 Up, Daily. -P-35.00 Up, Weekly

about 30ft. from, the water forward and Agents, Fedder's Street, on WEDNES- 11.09 p.m. to 11.45 p.. orary quarter of Special Rates For Prolonged Stays

about 20ft. alt. She teavela through the DAY, the 24th March at Noor for the water at about half mile minute and at parpose of receiving the Hoport and State- 10,000 yards x shell takes right seer mis to ment of Accounts for the year ending reach her. It has to rise to n haight which | 31st December. 1914. would easily clear two snowdons piled on The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com. the top of one mother, and descend on a space represented by height of bull out of water plus beam-that is to ray, brut 110-120Ft.

.** KREUR OF THE DAY." Moreover, the speed of the two ships he to be nicely calculated, and the error of the day. which is a complicated thing ascertained by reference to barometar, hermometer and hygrometer, síuce colite

pany will be CLBKD from the 11th to 941h March, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESUN. & Co., Lær.

General Agents. Bongkong, March 4, 1915.

dues not behave the me in all tempera- LUZON SUGAR REFINING CO., LTD.

care and refraction is greator in one states of atpur-pherd than others.

So that in what “beginning to hit at 15,003 Jarda" involves, and when you have learned to chuck a camel through the eye of needle you will begin to under- stand what is menus.

NOTICE.

an hour.

SUNDATI

7.46.m. to 10.80 a.m... Every 15 minutes. 10.30am to 11.00 ....Every 10 mientas. 11.30am, to 19 Noon....Every 15 minutes 19.00 Novato 1.00 p.m...Every 10 ministe 1,00p.m. to 6.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 6.00p.m. to 8.00 pm. Every 10 minutes. 8.00 pm to 7.00p.m...Every 15 minutas 7.00p.m. to 8.10 p.m...Every 10 minutes.

NIGHT CARƐ an un Wook Daya.

SATURBATE.

Extra Car at 12 midnízka. SPECIAL CANo vy arrangement ab the Company's Offios, ALEXANDRA. Buildings'

THE THIRTY THIRD ORDINARY Des Your Road General.

ANNUAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of the above Company That the British Fleet can perform this j-will be held at the Offices of the Generál miracle is in main due to four mea, though Agents, Pedder's Street, on WEDNES- it must not be cuppread that to mention | DAY the 94th March at 12.16 p.m., fur them is to igre, the excellent work of the purpose of receiving 'the "Report and

JOHN D. HUMPERETS & SON,

othes The four are: Admitof-the Batement of Accounts for the year ending SINGON & CO.

Flest Lord. Fisher of Kiverstone, View | 31st December, 18Ľ. Admiral Sir Percy Scott, Admira! Sir John Jellieve, and Captain F, C. Uroyer,

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OF ALL CHEMISTS (

PRICES: 31.25 and 89.25

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com. pany will be CLOSED from the 11th to 24th March, both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTE.

Geveral dyents." Hongkong. March 4, 1915.

THE QUINA FIRE INSURANCE OUMPÁNY LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED A.1. 1880.

IRON STEEL, METAL" and HARF 2031WARE MERCHANTS. Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers. Pig Iron" and Foundry Coke Importers. General Store- toopers and Shipchandlers. Now, 35 and 37, HING LOONo’&raxxt, (2nd Street, west of Central Market) Telephone No. 515.

Hougrong. Beptember 4, 1912.

THE FORTY-SIXTH MEET NG of SHAREHOLDER in the Company

will ho hold at the Company's Office, No 3, Queen's Rend Central, Victoria, THURSDAY: the 25th March, 1915, at 12 a'clock xoox, for the purpose of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Director for the year ending 31st December, 1914,

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will to. CLOSED frum the 12th to the 25th Mares, both days inclasira

By Order of the Board of Directory

FRENCH LESSONS

G. MOUSSION,

15, Morrison Hill Hora

C PEMBERTON, DONE Forver alter the show, Supper,

Secretarys:

*Hongkong, March, 4, 1915.

Tight Refreshment

ALEXANDRA CAFE,

Open XII Hidaight

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THE HONGKONG HOTEL

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PE

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THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Co.,L4.

Established 1883

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STRAND

1" to 15"

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Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length.

Prices, Samples and full particulars will be forwarded on application to

Shewan Tomes & Co., General Managers. Y

Hengkong, April 11. 151a,

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