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THE LITTLE GREEN TIN.

·Time⋅ Obvious.

I'm a poor oll back, and I live alone

In a title buck room. I call my owR, And hfe for me would be no joke –

111 bad'nt Three Custles "Cigarettes, to smoke.

Ha-ha-ha, you and me,

CHORUS

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Little Grera Tin, don't I love thee,

-hh, you and me. Little Green Tin, don't I love thee.

(2).

When I go down to work each day.

I've gut to smoke, upon my way,

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

WEDNESDAY, DEOLMBER 22, 1915.

INTIMATIONS

say

KEATINGS LOZENGES

cure the worst Cough

.CUSTOMS 'REVENUES AND THE

BANK OF CHINA,

Chorus.

(3

I can't afford to atoke tigars. My slender pay that habit bars, Bat l'o us pleased, it's ecrimen sonde, With a little Green Tîn at 50 centa....

borus,

(4) „Lika Johnson, it has proved its worth ;

It is the Greatest Smoke On Earth Obtainable from East to West The Three Castles." Cigarette is the best.

(0)

Chorus.'

If I'd a tree that grew stich leaf,

I'd pluck the foliage by the sheaf; Then lay me down with spirits light And smoke *Magnums”all day and night.

CHORUS

Ha-ha-ha, you and me, Little Green Tin, don't I love thee, Ha-ha ha, you and me, Little Green Tin, don't I love thee.

MRS. ASQUITH,

Question of Deposita.

YOUR EYES

SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTED, At the first symptom of eye strain you should- The Chinese Correspondent at Peking of consult Us, We tast the N. J. Daily News, writing on Des eyes scientifically and fit

9th mys

The Ministry of Finans has repived a glasses to individual re-

report from the Bank of Chins to the effect

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that for the purposes of uniformity, an quirements. agreement was signed with the Inspector General of the Mâ itime Customsin Peking little over 3 ear ago, in connexion with the deposit of the rerendes of the Chiasso Customs Servico in

this Bank instead of in the Hongkong and Shangtal Bank and

other foreign banks. As the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications bave bean ap pointed Government Banks

s by the And their branches bate been. all the cities whore Maritime" and Native Customs exist, the Beak of. China requests the Ministry to sak Mr. Aglen to instruct the Commisioners of Customs at Tientsin,

Harbie. Chelook to adhere Kinochow, Wabu and Elukiang to to the articles of the above-mentioned Agreement by depositing the revences of the Cestome at these local branches of the two Government Banks eo shat the uniformity may be preserved.

WZWYPIFER-VERSION.

with regard to this, the Mindhipa saya that in August last year, the Ministry of Finance signed an agreement with Mr F- Agian, fuspector General of the Maritime

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AGENCIES: CHINKIANG: Messrs Gearing &.

tinues as the wife of the Prime Ministar of Great Britain, to manifest than disregard Co.

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SOME REMINISCENCES.

and acquaintance which distinguished her prior to her marriago, and in 1908 excited 07 and of criticism by her enthusiastic Co.

The telegrant relating to Mrs. Asquith's friendship for Miss Maad Allan. Although SINGAPORE: Messrs Borneo Coaction against The Globe Lewapaper the Manchester mualcipality after riaring Customs, about the deposit of the Customs

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lame dance Reclined to loody interest to the following ramiai. Miss Allan's Salome

her to present it is public at Man-Revenues in the Chungkap Yiabing. The stipulations bave boon carried the Chicago Daily Tribune."

Miss Ailan parforth at har husband's niicial Quite a stir has been created in England residence in Downing street bas garelill-several Commissioners who refuse to the Ground Floor, King's Building, at the various Treaty Ports, but there are Kaisha are This Day REMOVED to by the azuuusement that Mrs Herbert number of entertainments there, in the Asquith, wife of the premier and generally shape of lunchsons and dinners, in honor do desitate repeated requests of the Connaught Road Central (formerly occupied

Bank of China.)

by the Pacide Mail Etonmabip Co.) supposed to be the original of EF. of the young California dancer.

According to this paper, the revenues Telephone numb : us are 399 and of the Maritime Customs Benson's novel. "Dodo," has completed a

could be 299 (laiter replacing No. 1941), with Sub- roleme of "reminiscsaces" which is to be"

deposited in the Government Bank of Exchange to rach Department. inued to the public in the near future.

Chins instead of in foreign banks without

Hengking Dec 20, 1915, Now, without ad sitting that the poet

any breach of China a Treaty obliga ions 816. Win Watson hd any justification what

with the Powers, provided the Chinese xinted finitions is his extraordinary

Guvernment always meets such financial sprinted ambitions in

cial comeliness, birth, or fortune, handi- obligations as indemnities and loans for Luzes entitled The Woman with a capped in a matrimonial sense by a family which the Customs revenues are security i

at be con cr-ed. Srpent's Toogue," it must be

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fax children, utterly lacking in personal and in the various Treaties it wir not at Mrs Asquith is extremely indopen maagastiem, and with the kindest heart stipulated that the Customs rereaus mase DEMONSTRATOR IN ENGINEERING.

be deposited.

Is Finance is n

is negotiating with the Shuiwuchu and the Inspectorate General of Customs about this matter because it concerns the uniform organization of the Central

Treasur Government

Poting

E. KATO,

Manager No. Pro Stazze,

BONGKONG,****

SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIK)"

·COAI.

Borner SANDAKAN (British North

expression to his dis

How the brilliant Margot Tonnant came to marry Herbert Asquith is a question which har friends and acquaintances are still asking today. A self-made man in every sense of the word, without any spa.

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dest, unconventional and outspoken in hot concesied under the coldest manner he is be top has the Ministry of HE Bervices of a Demonstratin

utterancer.

the very antithesis of his wife. That he is sai blindly devoted to her to-day as when they were married thirty years ago is apparent

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1 back to a time more than thirty years ago,

The Prandent has appointed the Chias: TIK

empire. Fer foreigners of nute have when she had just returned to London tung Tinhang or Bank of Communications England without making her from a yatching cruise in Scandinavian Geyernment Bank in addition to the She has been cognizant of waters on board one of the caatic liners as Changkuo Yiobang in recognition of its thing that has taken place :

the guest of the owner of the line, the late services in the flotation of internal loans. the Sir Donald Durrin, who organized the trig for the benefit of the bealth of Gladstone, then in office ns premier. The late Lord Tennyson was likewise of the

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as she was

was then, had outrageously with the two grand old men,

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ince.

in

last three decades, has known, too, what has taken place bebind the scenes. In fact there is no woman better qualified to write a book of "reminiscences that will prove of the most interesting and even of the most national nature.

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At Sebattik Steamers are berthed along. side the Company's wharf where there is a . There are people who fondly imagine minima depth of 27 to 8 leet at low that because he happens to be the wife of water Spring Tides, bour). Prices and all other information concerning the Port can ho bad on application to the Agents,

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SHIPPING. RESTRICTIONS.

she had ended by so completely winning are much perturbed by the two Orders in Shipping intereste (says a London paper) their hearts that they developed jealous Council published recently, the drastic rivalry on board for her nociety

character of which seems hardly to be The descriptions with which she favoured realised, outside the circle of shipping of how the venerable Prime Minister experts. These orders authorise--the was always end of the ship in order to present to her of merchandise or foodstuffs any reasel his views on political, religions, social, and registered in the British Tales, and forthar literary questions, bila the aged post require any British ship (above 500 tour) laureate was beat on carrying her off to an to obtain a licanes before acting as a equally remote corner of the vestel in order carrier of goods from one feraign part to

Charts of Sibuko Ray (Sabattik Bar. the premier she will be forced to maintains of king to take her over to one Government to requisition for

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great an amount of reserve that her **reminiscences" will be deprived of all their paint and piquracy. Eat those who spprehend this assuredly do not know Mra Asquith, for he has never permitted the set that. Let husband is in office to

interfere with her whims or with her

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HONGKONG STOCK EXOBANGE. NOTICE

THE Committee has decided that the following shall be the Settlemens, Days for the year 1916-

FRIDAY,................... 28th Jhauncy. -MUNDAÝ,

2th February WEDNESDAY, ... 29th March. 'THURSDAY, ........ £7th April. TUESDAY,........... 20th May.

28th June.. 28th July. 19th August 28. Beptember. FRIDAY. 27th October. TUESDAY, .................... 28th November. FRIDAY,.......... 2nd December. By Order of the Committee,

WEDNESDAY.... carriago.

FRIDAY. TUESDAY, THURSDAY,

to secite to her his versas en toto-a-tets, another?" Criticisms come from various were exceedingly droll. She waveyed the point of view. In the first place, it is impression that Gladstone and Tennyson, open, to doubt whether

Government

freedom of spone reminiscences she will

Perhaps in ber gira ne the inside story of that one time the one always ready to crate and the other management will improve upon separato, famous London coterie which went by the over eager to road or recita his poemas on management by shippers. Secondly, the aims of "The Souls." It was composed of the slightest provocation, had ended by scheme sims a direct blow at our carrying number of clever people of zesthetic becoming tiresome to their follow travellers, trade, which is a very important item in tren and ideals interested in politice, art, esp cially Tecuyang, who always arranged our invisible exports. Moreover, if the DAIRY FARM NEWS. literature, and philosophy-it questions to have her by his side when he read andre era sitain i beir object of bringing moore superior to the banalities of the ordinary was wont to squeeze her hand at the most tonnage to these sbores our congested world of fashion-and considering them dramatic portions of his reading.

docks will become more congested than selves so far above the

I remember her telling us that when the even and increased delays will render the be independent if any conventional ties liner touched at Copenhagen and Tensy increase in available tonnage of very little and restrictions. They met often, discussed son, after a luncheon on

board in honor of practical use.

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common herd as to

everything, Imaginable and unimaginable, the late King Christian and Queen Louise These criticisms nesume that the Board invented a sort of language or rather get Rubeis and of his consort, insisted upon,

Barget of Danmark and of Alexander II., of of Trade will make extensive use of the of their own to admit of their with one another without being understood reading to the royal and imperial guests

CCOYersing by tbe Philistines around them, and, as some of his poems, but having created no wight have been expected, saded by end of amusement by tenderly squeezing developing affinities. In fact, it was these the hand of the now widowed Czarina by affinities which, getting mixed, unded by mistake instead of that of Miss Tennant. rending the society, and now, its former members, exclusive of Mrs. Asquith, ave inclined to resent any reference to "The Soub

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Henry Mannions, who is now the Duchers vessels and to be replaced by American LONDON DIRECTORY.

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Miss Toscant was, in fach, one of the founders of the society and was one of the

most daring and ultra of its members: bow daring, indeed, may be gathered from her championship of the talents of Oncar Wilde at the time when people were afraid to even mention his naine. She admired his works to such an sistent that they rendered her indifferent to bis extravagances of manner to his eccentricition of character sad to his momal shortcomings, va

cossed to be z. “Soul," yet she still can. Although Min 'Asquith "kus long since

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CHRISTMAS BOOKS

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(HILDREN'S Picture Books and Stories,

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*PUZZLES: GAMES. Plasticine, Puzzles, Gamer, Kag Fooks, Painting Boole

LACQUER WARE. Christmas Cards, Pictures, Boxes etc. Now stock just received.

Fictures and how in make them.

BIBLE STORIES.

astrated Prays. Books and Bibler.

The Depot will be kept upon until 7 pm 4 each evening this week."

Note address: Bible, Book, Tract Depot, Wyndham Street

Hongkong, Dec. 20, 1915,

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CHRISTMAS

AT THE

HONGKONG HOTEL

A

T-the request of serenit patrons of the Hotel the Management has arranged

a series of dances: to be; held during Christmas: Week open in residenta" and diners in the Hotel. These will take place on the following night

CHRISTMAS EVE FRIDAY, 24th December, 1915.

BOXING DAY MONDAY, 2715 December, 1915.

"NEW YEAR, BYE. FRIDAY, Slót December, 1915," By kind permission of Lieat. Colonal L A. WATSON and Officers the Band of the 74th Punjabis under Bandmaster Christian will be in attendance.

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Specialaeous will be served in the Grill Boom at $350 per head and in the

| Malo Viding Room at 82.50 per hand

Tablo accommodation can be reserved at the Hotel Main Office,

E

The Hotel Launch will farve Binks Fier esch night for Kowinon after thồ, đonco.

J. H. TAGGÁRT,

Manager,

P

Tom: $1.25 and $4 25

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