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INTIMATIONS -

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SOLE

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AGENCIES; 'DINKIANG: Messrs Gearing &

Co.

THE LITTLE GREEN **TIN.

Time. Obvions,

I'm agar old bach, and. I live alons.

In a little back room I call.my own,

And life for me would be na joke

If I had'nt "Three Castlen." Cigarettes to awoks.

CHORUS

Ho-ba-ba, you and may maaa Little Green Tia, don't I love thee, Ha-ha-ha, you and mo, a Little Green Tin, don't I lure thee.

(2)

When I go down to work each day I've got to awoke upon my way,

I smoke the best in all the land Which means Wills "Three Castles" brand.

Chorus.

(3)

I can't afford to sweke cigars.

My slender pay that habit bark, But I'm as pleased, it's common sense, With a little Green Tin at 50 cents.

Chorus.

(4)

Like Johnson, it has proved its worth; It is the "Greatest Sinoks On Earth ", Obtainable from East to West Tho "Three Castles" Cigarette is the best.

Chorus.

(3)

1Tda tree that grow such leaf,

F'd pluck the foliage by the shen!:

Then lay me down with spirits light Kad smoke "Magnums" all day and night.

CHORUS

»

Eta-ba-ba, you and me,

Little Green Tin, don't I love thes, The Fa but you had me, Latre Gaven In, da'g low the

INTIMATIONS

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BIF

| INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL Į INTELLIGENCE BUREAU,

16, St. Holan's Flace LONDON E.C.

with correspondents and extermivo annnections in all countries, Manager: J. BENDIEN.

This Bureau aims to further interna. tional business connections ad puta itself FREE OF CHARGE at the disposal of respectable firms, and fur nieber

a. Agente in any country.

b. Agancice

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c. Addresses of Exporters, importare, Manufacturers, Agents, etc.. in every country,

d. Offers in any article desired. The Burean does not accept any Commission for Connée tions accomplished by its Medium

Each firm desirous of utilizing the me diam of this Bureau is asked to state roferences.

Tho Burcan is enabled to GRANT ITA SERVICES FREE OF CHARGE because some "thousand firms are subscribers and sup port the Bureau through an annual fee. All correspondence to be addressed to:

International Commere al 3xtelligener Bareas.

MAJAGER J. BENDIEN.

18, St. Helen's Place. LONDON, E.C.....

Hongkong, Jane 1, 1915.

SILIMPOPON (SEBÅTTIK)

COAL.

MEE Undersigned having been appointed?

Aaza for the COWIE HARBOUR COAL CO., LTD., are prepared to quote prices for best quality SILIMPOPON OAL trimmed into Bankers at SEBAT- TIK or BANDAKAN (British, North - Borneo),

BILIMPOPON COAL compares favour. ably with the betice grades of Japanese Coal and gives good results on a very moderata comaumption.

|KEATINGS LOZENGES

"cure the worst Cough"

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

Yor

CAN ALWAYS GET YRON US THE BEST QUALITY LOCAL

BEEF AND MUTTON" AND

AUSTRALIAN FROZEN MUTTON; LAME, RABBITS 4x1 HARES, OUR FRESH MILK

AND OTHER: DAIRY PRODUCTS ARE

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MARTIN'S

APIOL SSTEEL

SPLITPILLS

KÝranen KomadY TOP SILIPPOCHILPIKOND, Sapsands of Ladim sivagy karp w baz A Marstar x jilla la khe house at Siniat lhe Erst Sips of May tersquiatky at iba Uzuka S Musely done M887 De Admislykaralı Dam whe

“HANGE Vễn, 17 Craenlass und Biovet pad than

MARTIN'S APIOL & STEEL SPILLS

NORTH BRITISH & SERCANTILE

INSURANCE CO.

IN WHICH CHE. VESTED THE KHARE OF

THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANO

Company, Lad.

and

THE RAILWAY FASSENGERS

ASSURANOR, CO,

TOTAL FUNDS AZ 31ST DEORREZ, 1915,

£23,970,287.

I-Authorised Capital £6,000,000" Bubscribed Capital £4,500,000 Paid-up Capital ............................... Steamere calling at SEBATTIK or -Fire.)

Fundatie SANDAKAN exclusively for BILTMPO-II-Life & Annuity Funds... 17, HON CUAL (either cargo of Bankers) Sinking Fund Accounţ um ace-up-from-paymont of all Fort

charges.

AE Bebattik Steamers are berthed along Revenus Fire Bracel aide the Company's wharf where there is a minimum depth of 27 to 28 feet at low water Spring Tidce.

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IONS ANA PROSPECT

IN CHINA

SATURDAY, DECEMBER

£2 TO £10 WEEKLY

FOR ONE HOUR OF YOUR TIME DAILY.

With an Iden and £9 to start

I made £5,000 in Two Vaars.

If you work over a set of books or behind

INTIMATIONS

„Orne 90, paars, aen the bite Larg

· Bearunekalu testicles to the benefits he escaled from HIMROD'S CURE, kasterweg gost ketogs

HIMRO

the counter, or ever typewriter, or beURE for:

kind a team, or on the tram, oria factory, 'or wherever you work, I can show you the Freal, rapid, reliable route to something a thousand times botter. I will show you how to start a busines of your own on small spital during your para time. Yan can cooperate with

ma in the mail-order bual- nom (selling goode by poach and can ha a the business: -æt - your

home, and under your uwn ownership.......1{"you. Are making £75 or £150 or £500 a year end really want to make £800 or £1,000 or more * JEST, en show you haw

No matter who you are (or what you are doing; no matter how, low your

salary, or how poor your prospecta no matter how disccntented or discouraged you are; no matter how inespable achievement” your friends or tamily may think you are--you can at once become the partyer of the world's greatest promoter of mail-ordon

enterprises.

a. You can begin, for thei fi af time in your life, perhaps, Loses the money roll in to you at every sixit of the postraan, without grindig out your heart, soul and body for avery shilling of it. Right

FAMES POR 40 YEARS.

ASTHMA

s. 1. Sold in tins by all Chemists wad. Stores. throughout the Country,

Beware of tesitations.

YOUR EYES

SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED,

At the first symptom,

not offer you the money making chapes of eye strain you should

of you life with us Kaking you to a tenge

vour le time, without driving gime consult us. We test cold-blooded Shylock's hazgain, with you.

Tha

VLA

Aradh£ and made piafin eyes scientifically ard At

be mail order

w: quiet y tenen tea the rest glasses to individual re-

and m8quirements

that yo

ok the whole word in the fier d sev rak your shillings where they came Money wy new book entitled making opportunities in the Mail order Business" fully explains. The book in Since the settlement of the Bin Japane yours for the saving. No money need be differences there has been little authentic sant, but those who wish to do so may news from Chì à, though: sporta se enclose 10 cunts (stamps of your own persistent that Presidest Tuan Shi Raountry to cover pestage, stc. Address desires to have the Imperial en offered Hagh hicKoka, Suite 1061 3 230 W te him. Thu Tientsit cere pondeup of the minster Bridge Road, London, S.1. Jorning Post la a long letter in Tuesday England.

sano, cónelders that these reporta ́ara

-founded. so far as they describe tha President's owo wishes and thean of the

military party. But there is, he says, eddavebipment. Improvement in interra

other information confirme thir.AL

amount clm at useful and Interesting largely owing to toler

competi

wid-spread movement in favour of such communications will extend the opportuni change. On the contrary, the gear iter for derslerment in external iride. At feeling seems to be that in apke of the pist China prope and Mancharia, with stormy conditions of ix inauguration, and an area of 1,780,000 square miles, have All the new difficulties created by the out-only 5,000 miles of railway in operation, break of European war and Japan's about 7,000 miles more boingocntes- Fir participation in it, the new Constitution is sioned" or under construction.

par working mach better than its critica thousand miles of railroad is one mile

77 millions of population, against one mile expected.

The Manchester Guardian has leated, per 8 millious in Indis, one mile par 10

· 3 with the President's sanction. a special millions in Japan, and one mile per Chins number, which contains a wash millions for the Russian Empire..

German and extent to information about the Republic from every point of view, and especially from that of tion, Lancashire's trade with China ander the openings available for British trade has not only not developed, but has the main export heading of plain staples there. Allowance must be made for

shown a distinct retrograde movement.". point of view throyhout very optimistic

So far as Bianchester goods are con and there is room for more exact informa flon than is always given; but on the whole cerried, the exports to China of the prin the supplement is a useful production, worth cipal classes of plan staples taken over

three decades-onmely, 1385-1894, 1835 attentivo rending China, with 1. Area of over four million square miles, in 1904, and 1906-1914-re as follows; habited by a population intelligent and laborious, enjoying an ancient civilisation, and endowed with rare artistic faculty, in, from the trade point of view, only at the upening of its history. The Foalth of

been to be fields and mines has only just begun. developed. England as present enjoys one- half of the total foreign trade of China i but if the

position, gained largely by the energy of Lancashire, is to be maintained and extended, the internal resources of the country must be developed ad ite

pecial characteristics anderstoodes

China has, since the outbreak of the war, been cat of from the world's money, market and cast upon its own resources, it has, on the other hand, enjoyed a term of internal quiet unknown for two decades; and the fruit of that peace is seen in the atesdy

development of the

Insterial, Bources of the country. **Revenue, to quota from the introduction to the Sup plement,

**has flowed in punctually and in facrossing volume, the provinces have remitted to the Central Government with ready alacrity, and an internal loan bas bean taken up with enthusiasm by the nation." How much is still to do, and how necessary

· re-

in internal peace to permit of its perform.

ance, is clear from the article on the cattra

Tobal

Drills and sheeting..........

Grey shirtinga

1886-1894.

1895-1904

1905-1914.

cloths, 32 ins and 38

ins

↑ Bleached goode, ali kinda.

9,304,394

17,681,150

15,348 300

54,138,004

Pieces. 1,373,000

Pieces.

Pisces.

45.811.032

33,897,07€

7,653,829

27,009,840

1,631,890

8.304.500

2,025,620

:8,095,960

*97,914,003 82,283,159

77,398,747

18,894, 103

trade and that on the railway system. It will thus be seen that,

The population extremely afB.

6,387,447

while

the

figures

cleat and ledustrious, but at presept of bleached goods are made satisfactory hampered by the obselete credit system advance, the grand total shows a falling off in the interior, the primitive banking with a far back as from 1880-1894, of no in turnover in the last decade, as compared ÿstem, and the absence of system India's prosperity is

based on the Hope Wiz

Japan

20,400,000

pisces, 40

yards, equalling 21

per

enjoy the advantaga geograpb-

fact that it exports far more than it between 20 and imports In China the average advare cent, decrease. balance of trade has been 140 million tabla per annum during the last decade; to which must be added 70 million tasks on account of interest and redemption payments against external loans. A large pact, of course of these external loan is against sum of $50,000,000 taels (87,800,000) Industrial and railway enterprise, but apen which the interest and redemption charge amounts annually to 90,000,000 aola (sly at £2,000.00 at the exchange

ical aitaation and cheap labour supply bas its competition has been for the rating channels of trade rather than the Lancashire opening out of a wider field, asks for nothing more than a fair Beld sad. the open door for exports will be of little no favour, which is the principle of the Open Door would only add that use if a Tarif Reform, moremont closes the dour la importando raises the cost of

500 upon which this loan was based), is entirely production. The Economist.

auproductive, for it represents the amount 590 of indemnity which the country has to bar for its indiscretions of the Boxer ers of 1000

123.294

*£23,270,367

£2,381,468 2,141,593

Life and Annuity

Branches? "Charts of Silako Bay (Subatlik Har Bayenne Marine Department. 337,239 bour) Prices and all other information Other Receipts concorsing the Port can be bad on application to the Agents, an

BRADLEY 400., LTD., ..... Agenta Cowie, Barbour Coal Company, Limited. Hongkong, Dec, 2, 1015.

SIEN TING

1027

Burgeon Denlist

Nh14. D'kovILAR STERET,

TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation.

DONT Forget atter the Show, "upper,

Tight Hetrokimya

478,040

£5,839,228

The Accumulative Funds of the various Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parliament, are met Laila to meet the claims noder, the respective Depart man's of the Companr'a Business.

SHEWAN, TOBEES & 00.

Asenti

THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY:

THERAP ON No.:1 THERAPION NO 2

CORES DISCTALĞALKITMENSEL WITHOUT INTENTION

*CURTA PLOOD, FRISON, HAD ZROK, VEZN. ERUPTIORE,

THERAPION No. 3

Hopeful sigas are, the organisation of the salb administration, and the enthusiasm with which China has now taken to railway

COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION

BEND STAMP ADDRENG BAYE AFE FOR FAGUNE

TRENER DRAGERSTATTEZZA TEAM OF PRAY-20 TAKE.

CHR te

HATERZO 20 LOR YOUT

THERAPION BLASTING CURE,

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"Only a Cough" but you stop 11⁄2 while it la ONLY a congt.

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mada

The finest preparation, for combating severe cong CUES any "cough that is ch. Very palatabia G. ALL CHEMISTS

Przypi $1,25 and $2.95,

ber

PIPER LAIDLAW AND VICTORIA CROSS,

A Pioneer cable, dated London, Norém- 21, mys Piper Laidlaw's, own Account of winning the Victoria Cross states: Our gas was drifting towards the Germans when their high explosive:abella

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Apply to

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1051

Hongkong, Dec. 9, 1915.

CHRISTMAS

AT THE

HONGKONG HOTEL.

T the request of several patrons of the

A Hotel die Management has stringed.

a series of dances, to be held daring Christmas Week open to residents and diners in the Hotel. These will take place on the following night

CHRISTMAS EVE FRIDAY, 24th December, 1916.

BOXING DAY MONDAY, 27th December, 1916

NEW YEAR EVE FRIDAY, S1st December, 1915. By kind permission of Lieut. Colonal L A. WATSON and Officers the Band of the 74th Punjabia under Bandmaster Christian will be in attendance.

Special menus will be served in the Grill Room at 83.60 per head and in the Main Dining Room at 82.50 per head,

Table accommodation can be reserved at the Eutel Main Office.

The Hotel Launch will leave Blake Pier Bach night for Kowloon after the dance. J. H. TAGGART,

Manager.

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JAPANESE MAKERS, Every kind of Footwear

MADE

TO

ORDER

CHERRY & C0, PEDDER STRE

Opposite Hongkong Hotel Telephone No. 491. Longkong, March 20, 1914,

EUROPEAN AGENUY,

THOLESALE Indents promptly

including

sent it among the K.O.BR.s. Lailay's Werbed at lowest saab pgloos company was disconcerted hens lientou for all British and Continental goods, ant exclaimed; For God's sake, Laidlaw pipe them together?” Mounti; g the parapet Laidlaw piped, effectively. When Laidlaw was wounded and obliged to stop he saw hia.comrades well through the German third lines.

C

Books and Stationery. Boots, Shoes and Lontan

Chanicals and Druggists' Busdries,

Harthonware and Glamwars,

• Motor Gäis and Accessories,

allinery and Place Good, Fancy Goods and Perfur

THE YELLOW SAILOR MAN ----Hardrace, Machinary and

Sir George Askwith met on the 5th alá. deputation of guionish sailors and tran- sport workers who object to the engaging Asiatica in the national maritime services of the country

The whole subject is assuming important proportions, s Lendon paper mys,

ALEXANDRA CAFE- YSTERS Prab, Bried or Stewarde

Jewellery Plate and Watches

potographic and '

Optical floods, (and Oilmen's Btaris,

Comendation 21%

Trade Discounts allowed, Special Quatations on Demand. Sample Cases from 850 uppáarela, Consignments of Produce Hold on Accssant.

WILLIAM WILSON & SOME

(ESTABLISHED 1814)4

95, AZILURON LAND

TONTON BO Cable Adirasa OH ASAVAKE, KOWNON,"