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NOTES ON WILD

LUTE IN HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA.

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BUNBURY, M.A.

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Part 1 und Fart 2

Prica 31.CC

No. 16.288;

The China Mail.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

Wine & Spirit Merchants

ESTABLISHED 74 YEARS

MESSRS.

Agents for

W. & A. CILBEY'S

WINE & SPIRITS.

MESSRS..

JOHN DEWAR & SON'S

SCOTCH WHISKY.

MESSRS.

ESTABLISHED

1845

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, MAY 25. 1915.

BUSINESS NOTICES,

五月五年五十壹百九千登英

BUSINESS NOTICES,

AZARTECASP

AGENTE Cedars for the "CHINA

AUG) ** (YKRANU CHINA MAM may be made to our syappa the following miss

„Fenton, Parall i Os,.

Foochem, Banassar à Ca, Shangra KGAY & WALAMPE-N Yokohama KaLKY DO VALUR Li Manila .. WATSOḥ, de Co, Bab

FRICH, 88.00 Per Month

BUSINESS NOTICES...

1.9.

STEAM OR MOTOR VESSELS THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD AND GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LD. Forgings Castings and Repairs

PUMPS INJECTORS AND ENGINEERS STORES

SHIPPED TO ORDER

Write for Prices

ENGINEERING CO. OF HONGKONG, LTD.

TAIKOO DOCKYARD, HONGKONG

W. S. BAILEY & Co., Ltd SPILDERS, SALFORS AND REPAIRERS, BOLLERMAKERS, FORGE.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

Sole Agents for KELVIN MOTORS. .

NOTICE

JOHN JEFFREY & CD'S. PILSENER BEER.

I. ERNEST

TER CHINA MALL!

NOTICE

Communications relating to nowe should be addressed to Tux Evítên,

Correspondent must forward their Dames and addrosus with any communic tion addressed to the Editor, not necessarily for publication but as evidence of good

faith,

All mattor for publication should che written on one side or the paper only.

WILLIAM KNIGHT.

heretofore called and known by the

HOTELS

BRASS AND TRON FOUNDERS, CONSTRUCTIONAL ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS WELDING AND CUTTING OF METALS BY OXY-ACETYLENE".

AND ELECTRIC SYSTEMS.

Fatimates given for quick constanction and recair of Ships. Engines, Biles, Bulway Rolling Stock. "ondgas, and ail Classes of Engineering, lese and Wood Work.

GRAVING DOCK 737 x 88 ×346 Pampa empty Deck in 2-9/4 hours«.

Bame of ERNEST WILLIAM! SCHENK, KINGSCLERE HOTEL, TAKER PATENT SLIPWAYS tosing verse's up to 900 tras displacement,

hereby give Public Notice that on the 18th day of May, 1913, I formally audi abeolutely rehouse, relinquished and abandoned the use of my said suin me of Scanys andthen

BONGKONG.

ed and nepted and determined thescaforth un'all decasions whatsoever to subscribe the surname of Kenner une and instead of the said surname of SCHENE, A

And I give further Sotice that by a docd poll dated the 18th day of May, 1915, duly executed and attested formally and Alelutely renounced and abandoned the aid suram if SENK l declared that I had assumed and adopted and intended thenceforth upon all occasions whatsoever Cable Address, *Sachasi.' to use and witscribe the

surmme of

[NRIVALLKO position in the El! Gardians and facing the Harbour.

USTA Boring the Botanical

Namerou quiet Suites with anturiously atted Bathrooms, Talephones and Elbetrie Fanz..

Ksent instead of Senexx ani ko as to be at all times thereafter called, known and

Letters relating to business, should be described by the name of ERNEST addressini to THE MANAIRE.

Rate of subscription to "China Mfail” is $36 per annum per quarter and peż men- vem pro rata'.

The China Mail is delivered free to thecribers in Hongkong and Kowloon.

Postage is Charged at the rate of Stry cents per month.

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cte., pur copy.

Rate of subscription to the "Overland Chics Mail" is $12 per annum postage $1 per annum extra. Slagle copies twenty

carta ench,

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2p.m.

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Telegraphic Address · Matz' Horgevag Code, A.B.C. 5th Edition. Telephone No.

THE CHINA MAIL LIMITED

THE COTION SCANDAL.

Supply of Ammunition to the Enemy.

WILLIAM KNIGHT exlively.

Dated the 18th day of My y, 1915. ..

ERNEST WILLIAM KNIGHT,

te ERNEST WILLIAM SCHENK, Hongkong, May 19, 1915.

Telephones fa Bedrooms and Sitting rooms throughout. Telephone No. 11,

"A.B,C. Code 5th Ed. Hongkong, Sepramaber 1, 1908.

1208

KING EDWARD HOTEL

Central Location.

À IL ELECTRIC TRAM Pass Entrance, A Electric Life, Fans and Lightlos European Baths and Sanitary Fittings, Hot and Cold Water System throughout. Best of Food and Service.

GHEN KHONG & CO, Ld nheo vào

GENERAL IMPORT & ̈

EXPORT.

CANTON

LARGE WHOLESALE & RETAIL

STCRE

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS.

VICTORIA FRANE L CO

Manager.

WHO'S WHO IN JAPAN

EDITED AND PUBLISHEn sy 8. KURIT

MURNITURE Draperies, Groceries, The first (1918 edition is already saed.

Boot and Shoes.

Makers of Jewellery, Lacqueres, Orockary Ware.

Iran-mongery. Wine and Spirita. Foreign Clothes for gostemen made to order by our own tailors. Large assortment of Chinese Silks and Foreign Goods of every description.

All-goods sold at ressonable Prices. The Cheapest and Best place in Canton & Hongkong to buy Chinese and Foreign Uccas. SUP PAT POO. STREÍZT.

CANTON and Nos. 217, 239. Dan Your Hond and No. 10, Unnaught Road Central

TEL. No. 1406..

**I cascot conceive why this thing should continue," said Mr. Hilaire Belloc in a lecture at Queen's Fall, referring to the Tel No 811

refusal of the Government to presunt

Germany importing colton, the Lentisl

paturial for the manufacture of explosives.

Hongkong.

"

Ho estimated that Germany had an a NORTH BRITISH MERCANTILE

zuserve of 1,000,000 bales of cution, unu- ! balf obtained through neutral countries' and the other half through her own ports. Germany, he said, had imported since the

INSURANOE CO.

IN WHICH ARE Trized the shares of

beginning of the war about 50 per cat. THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANO

mora gutton than in normal times, and all the neutral countries, "except Italy, wore supplying the enemy to the best of their ability.

The gravest thing of nil Zemnita to be said," declared Mr Delice, "and it is time it sit old he said. It is that the

Ison why, in spite of the blockade, partial as it has been, this catton, which is gunpowder, is allowed to go through, is that it is believed that the preventing of its passing would involve trouble with FIL neutral country whose friendship we naturally desire to maintain. and which

Company, LTD..

And

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS

ASSURANCE □0.

TOTAL FUNDS OF 3187 DICINIEL 1913

£23,622,185.

1-Authorised Capital £6,000,000 Subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid up Capital £2,437,500

* 5.899,11 III-Life & Army Funds... 16, 136, 160

Sinking Fund Account ...

also is the market in which we may purFire Fanda... chase munitions. 1

Supposing that culton had hees pur. chased by to what would it have Bmounted? It would have cost us.rome- thing less than the bill for one week of the

**

Life and Annuity

Branches....

£22,501,268

2,667,158 1,973,260

wir, and eren as the price that Germany Rerente Fire Branch. has to pay it would have cost us less than

the east of the wax for a fortnight. In

permitting cotton, to go through to the Revenue Marine Department. 262,892 enemy, you are doing exactly the same as if Other Receipts ........... Bismarck and Fun Moltke in 1870 had permitted gappowder to go into belengsered Paria."

The Man Who Gets There

Ja the man who has blood- real rich red blood and plenty of k-in his body.

WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED. - COD LIVER OIL

COMPOUND. makes blood-lots of it lifo giving, brain nourishing.. strength replenishing-blood.

OF ALL CHEMISTS

PRICES: $1.25 and $2,25

430, 193

£1,973,313

The Accumulative Funds of the various

|

DIOGRAPHIES of ever 5,000 people

seval hundred foreigners associated with Japan appear in the book. Quito new materials and sccurate sketches, both being alterly free from prejudices.

Many portraits sib insorted. The book contains over 1,400 pages.

The price is yes € (12%) or $3 per copy. Orders for the book should be accompanied by payment.

Subscribers for the second annual udition of * Who's Who in Japan' will be slłowod

reduction of one yen.

The registered postago is 18 zen, to Korea and China 10 sen and to Europe & America 70 sen or 35 cents.

IT'S A GOOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM. · Many inluential papers of the world noticed this work in the highost terms.

For example, The Daily Mail says:—

providing conditions forpainting ships with intust efficient results.

100 Tor ELECTRIC CRANE ON QUAT-ELECTRIC OVERHEAD CRANES

throughout the Shops Daging up to 100 Tons. 50-Ten Bydraube TESTING MACHINE for Chairs, Wire Ropes, Dívota, etc,

AGENTS FOR

JOHN 1. THORNYCROFT & CO., LTD.

PETROL & KEROSENE MARINE MOTORS 7-172 to 150 B.H.P.

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

MOTOR PINIPING & LIGHTING SETS, MOTOR VEHICLES, ETC. Dekyard Manager can bap between the bar "uf 13 s. m, ked In the

Toxa Ufico.

* BUTTERFIELD SWIRE

HONGKONG. Cuina and Japan ÅGENTT

TELEPHONA No. 912.

Telerṛaphic Adures :-* TAIKYODUCF.

The Best Meals in Hongkong

Either light or substantial

Available only at the

ALEXANDRA CAFE.

BAGUIO HOTEL

Baguio, P.I,

ان

5.000 Feet Aboro Fed Love!- Mean Temperature, 85

The Coming Health Resort of the Far East Eight Hours From Manila, Hail or Azto Bracing Climate in the Fine Country of Northera Luzeu The RAOUI, acxcuffed for location, cuisine. homelike atmosphere" and

modern up-to-date · funtorus if

Yet another Who's Who and this -P-6_Up, Daily. “-P--35,00 Up, Weekly

time from Japan! The reader is apt at first to regard it as a curiosity, as sign that the East has now become Western practically almost to the last detail.

"But

Who's Who In Japan is far more than a curiosity; it is a very sound and useful reference book. It is printed in English and contains brief biographies, on the accepted modal of prominent men in Jrpan. Mr Kurita is a skilful editor and has done his work well.

Who's Who 15 Japan PUBLISHING OFFICE,

No 5, 1-chome, Uchikaiwsicho,

33

Kojimachi-ku, Tokyo.'

PATELL & CO.

11

Exporters & 'Importers

Special Rates For Prolonged Stays

BENGUET COMMERCIAL CO., Propmeurs. Cable address-” BECOME,"

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

GRILL ROOM

J, H. TÄGGART,

MANAGH,

HOTEL

General Merchants

PEL

and

ADMIKAELY ĮSITUATED AT VICTURLA GAE.

Branchen are separately invonine, and, by Commission Agents,

Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet

the claims under the respective Depar ments of the Company'e Business.

4" SHEWAN," TOMES & QU

Aginti,

A

913

Adjoining the Tramway Teminde, 1,400 feet shore Sex Leral."

FIRST ULASE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL AND TOURISTS" · "HOTEL,

Tolephones in a room. First-class Cusine, Lounge, Smoking and Ladies' Romina,

Terme-From Bu per day híaz.

Telograph Add: Feaceful."

2.0. FEUSTEP, Marriger

HONGKONG, CANTON, Boo! Gazdas

SHANGHAI AND

HANKOW.

FRENCH LESSONS SINGON & CO.

[7]G. MOUSSION,"

15, Morrison Hill Ford,

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, it Equalled. For Bread Cakas, Confartianort-Meals with Wines di Inqueurs.

ESTABLISHED A.D. 1880.

GRAND

HOTEL..

ithin

FIRST CLASS AND LTM-DATE HOTEL, mon central tocation with Aiko vicinity of all the principal Bat

Noted for the Best Food, Refreshments, Accommodation and Cleanliness. Chiana under European Superelson & First Eles-tring Orchestra renders selections from

Special monthly terms, for residents and for Shipping: partionises only

RON STEEL, METAL and HARI WARE MERCHANTS, Wholesale and Retail.ronmongersig Iron and Foundry Coke Importess Goneral Store 530 pm to 11.30 pm

eopers and Bhipesandfers Nos. 35 and of Central Market) Telephone Go. $15. 27, HING LOOKG STET, (2nd Street, west

Honguong, September 6, 1212.

For further partiéntary apply.

Telephona. 197. TELEGRAPHIC APPELIS" COMTORY.

Mewin

Portland Cement

In Cuals of 378 lbà. nat.

In Bags of 250 lbs. net.

Shewan, Tomes & Co.

GENERAL MANAGERS.

A PREVENTIVE OF MALARIA

*

MOSCATINE.

THE INFALLIBLE INSECT REPELLET,

Frices 50 cts. $10 and $2.50 Per Bottle. Prepared only by

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY.

32, Queen's Road Central.

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING CO., LA..

Established 1883

„MANUFACTURERS OF...

PURE Manila ROPE

STRAND

1" to 15"

CinerwynnxCE,

CABLE LAID

5" to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE.

4 STRAND

3" to 10"

GIRLCEPTRENCH.

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

Pricer, Samples and fall particulary, will be forwarded on application`to:

Shewan Tomes & Co.. General Managers.

Hongkong, April 11, 1912. .

-

'MUMEY.

"While-you-walt" Photography

JUST ARRIVED FROM JAPAN A FULLY QUALIFIED ARTIST WITH

APPARATUS AND MATERIALS WHICH CAN FINISH

IN AN HOUR.

PRICE 2.00 per 3 pcs. for Post. Card

No. 8 Queen's”Road Central.

TELE. NO. 251.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD.

(NOW RECONSTRUCTED;

TINGINEER and SHIPBUILDERS, BOILER-MAKERS. BRASS and JRUF FOUNDERS. All work done in this etablishment is guaranteed. We have over thirty years' experience We own two Slipways and can socommodate any and of 200 Izat loog..

Town Office, 43 CorNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL. Hongkong. Telephone No. 456,

Telephone Ha. I, Shipyard, Shum-Ani-Po. Kowloon, Hongkong, Estimates furnished on application,

WONG PING WA, Monagur dongkong, April 1. 1912

Bournville

COCOA de Luxe"

HIGHEST GRADE: BRITISH MADE

Cadbury "BOURNVILLE COCOA represents the highest grade of nutritive cocos at present pil the manice, it fully maintains its high reputa- tion in food value and delicacy of flavour, and

The lack of Purity. [ssecond to none in any respect whatsoevera Medical Magazine, Morch, 1912

NADBURY'S

CAL

CHOCOLATES

In Tins and Fancy Boxee

Specially Packed for Export

FROM THE FACTORY IN A GARDEN," BOURNVILLS. ENG.

Hongkong, Dr. XV, 130°′′ j