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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1918.

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so that British submarines, on the other hand. hare now rasde their appearance in

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ta represent us.

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NOTICE.

FROM MONDAY, 3rd to 19th Janusty 25 per cont, discount will be given For cash on all Winter Block, Comprising: → Heavy Uveronate, black Borgo. Walking Costs (full basques) Coats and Skirts. Moroing and Afternoon Frocks, also Triamed Hats and Folts,

All this season's goods.

M. GAINS. Alemandi Bolldings, Hongkong. Dvs. 30, 1915.

N110

CST-Betroan Union Church- and

Bettom of Carder Road or ou Tran hás Baltic and totally out of All German | Car, hatween 10.30 and 11 p.maj. 31at supplies from the Scandinavino portovala. Decumber:=&OULD CR SS set with The Germans dara no longerʼaven support | Gerants, insarip kel on, brak containing 4 their troops near Biga with their Bed anInitials Finder will be rewarded on achievement on the part of the British returning it to the CESTRAL POLICE Fleet which is beyond praise.

STATION.

GERÍAS BAILORN IN THE TRENCHE.. The deds of the British Navy, find an scho eran: in such, demote parts of Russin 18. the Caucasus sud Eastern Siberia. The

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Hongkong, Jan. 3, 1918,

THE HONGKONG, LAND "INVEST- MENT AND AGENCY CO., LTD.

LOST.

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of neutral-shipping from our shores and they Liste, a leading paper of Tidis, los to British owners of an important that the British Nary bas succended in accomplishing whát, only a few-months FROW THE 18.").

foreign connection with a consequunt gain to ago. WES considered impossible--it Sixtees the of wax have wrought; mutter off through the change. The root submarines. The ruthlessness of Tirpitz for Twenty-five starea numbered 4901 a neutral competitor. Nor will we be any affectually stopped the activity of German HE SHARE CERTIFICATE NO. 1209- eh nga in the shipping of this guntry trouble in a hopelessly inadequate number and his cruel methods of dealing with to 1895 inclusive, standing in the Register which neither the aplicists expected

commercial requirements, and is only and passenger ships-methods dictated by in the name of Frank Barrington Deacon

and it only needs despair- have found prophesied

a "most" aplaudid | bating been lost. Netice is heroby givan - I that an omnipotent mary weld the entry into the areas of Greece, with cocataratroke in the daring pluck and that unless the said Certificate be produced tererca

Connections into her railion. tons of shipping, to accentuate resourcefulness of the British Navy. Not the Office of the Company Queen's while the later hold, that the threatening the shortage and establish unparalleled any has the blockade of the British Isles, Road Central Victoria. Hongkong, ou or penximity of Ioatile at the next records in high freight rate.

'about which" Tirpita” basata so much before the Third day of February, 1918, powerful to our own would paralyse over Stay communicatio a I print uf

through. his mouthpiece, Count Raveetlow, now Certificate for the shares will be is. f-ver, at

proved a miserable failure, as the Germansued and the mid Certificate will thereafter co period of his war has the tyranny of

Fleet itself ie the German Say thanifested ittal as it

bottled up. Goresan, nes be held by the Company as vull and void. trade has stopped altogether, and her uav ought; not even in those anzious days

MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCOTE: 816 when the Euden and other consirs were

does not give any signs of life. It is more

Acting Secretary. nning a large, or when the submine

over, most interesting to note that while Great Britain has been able to find methods

Hongkong. Jan. 3. 1915. menace was at its zenith. En spite of the j

Bordealing with the German submarines, the ravages of the eremy on our mercantile tect the t difficulty has stisen from 1

Garman Admiralty is totally at low how Ito deal with the British submarinos in the Baltic Great Britain' navy vindicated her reputation and reigns supreme over all

SILIMPOPON (SEBATTIE)

COAI,

י

THE 'n 'ersgned having been appointed

feinado SUP rust shipping 15:

Bources to tha commercial requirements of the Briti h Empire..

In no other basiness does the law of

* QUEEN OF THE SEAS."

BRITISH. FLEET THROUGH

RUSSIAN EYES..

"87-Gorman Submarines

Destroyed."

NOTICE,

THE Businesses of Architects and Civil

On the occasion of the sinking of the the sens Amongst the prisoners recently trincos carried on by Coz

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AGENTW for the COWIE HARBOUR | supply and demand exercise such domin. Undine by a British, submarine the Russian taken by kuberans thera was a number arriz in Hongkang and by F.R.J. ADAMS

·FOIL CO. LTD., are prepared to quote anca In no other branch of emmarca: Pre a devoted lengthy articles of prains to 1 Germang sailors. "--It was evident that theyd MARABALL WOOD, (under the style of

At Belustik Beamer are berched along. side the Company's wharf where there is a minimum depth of 27 to 28 feat at low water Spring Tides

Charts of Sibuke Bay (Sehattik Har bour), Prices and all other information concerning the Fort ea he had on application to the agents.

C

BRADLEY & CO., IED

Agents Cowie Harbour Coal Company, Limited.

OCT AND H 38 CARGOES.

were the crawn from a number of ships. which had been rendered as less and Thomas, ADA and WOOD) in Canton formed naval brigades which had been sent hare amalgamated as from this data and to fight on· land. This is the direct will henceforth be

Undersigned. outcome of the activity of the British Navy.

WRITE CROSS SIGN.

FAN-TAN IN LONDON'S CHINATOWN.

conducted by

the

The New Firm Name will be LITTLE. ADAMS and Woon and the business of the firm will be carried on at their Offices in Hongkong and Canton as heretofora.

COLBOURNE LITTLE F.R.1.3.A. F.R. J. ADAMS, A.MIME MARSHALL WOOD, A.RI.B.4. Borgkong, Jan. 1, 1916,

"NOTICE.

A tale of London's Chinatown' was told recently at London Sessions, when Wong Ecie Chong, 35, described as a grocer, was charged with Zeeping promises in Lima- ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that. house-causeway for gaming, and Wong

there are TWO VACANOLES in the. Sing, 38 book, and Crang You, 30, MANCANTON PILITACE SERVICE, which will be Bar Conroe Cars, said the premises ware secordance with the General Regulations" were indicted for assisting him. filled by competitive Examination aitsated in the centre of a district ire of the Chinese Pilotage Service. quented by Chinaman, principally sailors, who apparently took pleasure in playing game called "farz 18.

prices for hest quality SILIMPOPON is it so necesy to ascertain in advance the the British Fleet.

The The Name Frames says that Great COAL trimmed into flunkers at SEBAT requirements of the world's markets. TIK or SANDAKAN (British North secret of success in tramp shipping: Britain has swept the North Sea free of

German submarines. It proceeds-- the" ships that roam the world.. Borner

distinct SILIMPOPON COAL compares favour enrgoes where they may as

The Queen of the Bear has most ally with the better gracion of Japanese liners with their legolar routes and wilings brilliantly upheld her repetation. German ta time table is to have borty in submarines no longer threaten or trade. Co-1 and gives good results on a very the right place at the right moment, to According to information received by us, moderate comsumption.

"just" delivered a cargo sta "SEBATTLE.or

have Seamers calling" at

post no fower than 67 submarines have been. SANDAKAN exclusively for BILIMPO hore a cargo is waiting for tanah tpment demroged, which is 80 per cent. of the HION COAL (either cargo or Backers) elsewhere, and to keep up this cycle of German submarine feet. To every naval expart this fact speaks volumen. Germany are exempt from payment of all Port eight transport throughout the year. charges.

cannot easily replace these suimarines, nor, which is more important, the cons. The The seasons play their part in regalari-crans have to be trained for years before sing thie trafic so that wheat exporting they can be put in charge of a submarine.

We Russians rejoica at each new fost countries attract tonnage as grain fizda ita way to the coast. The eagerness to

of our powerful Ally and Aor glorious nary, has shown itself worthy participate in this trade leads owners to During this war offer special inducements to exporters from of the traditions of the British Fleet, and other parts of the world desirous of sending no doubt ere long will cover itself with goods to the grain centres; and, with so new laurels. Honour and glory to the

any offers, freights outwards to say, all powerful Q ven of the Sear!”! Cabada, the Argentine, or Australis, become mero tempting as the ex gancies of

The Utro Rossi, & leading Moscow daily competition may be. In all these trans- actions nationality as such plays a relatively paper, con parce the British and German lusees in ship. If," my the paper, "we auitportant part. The ship, and the

Wong Chung kept a small shop where posicion of the ship in relation to the compare the losses sourding to the one could bay bottles of ink, cipacattas, or

Loonage, Great Britain will, perhaps, be matches, but the principal object was to apprenticeship of three months, imrard ate demand, is the determining the first on the list. But if we take into allow fan tan" in a back room!

It will be seen, therefore, that when war Fleet is three times as great as the tonnage absorbing character that those who played to the Harbour Master's Office, not later

consideration that the tonnage of the British The game was apparently of such an should forward their names and addresse broke out and shut uff nearly 6,000,000 of the German Fleet, if we remember the it did ant tire much notics of anything than January 10th 1916. A defnita cate twa of enemy shipping, held up something like 100,000 tons of British shipping, and astig orgy, with which her glorious elas that was going on, an that the police on which they may sit for axamination will su capsized the world's commerca that warships, but sine forced Gurman merchants Chizance, but went as sailor, and were

nary box not only swept the seas of German officers did not need to disguise themselves then be given them, xporting countries became importing countries, ther shipping disorganisation bigs to seek refuge in the ports of able to go into the rooms and watch over Germany and neutral countries then the the heads of the playars. This they did Lesuo insvita....le. The position was not British losses will look small ir deed, day after day and night after night. improved by the harvy, and Sccasionally injudicious, commandering by our admir-Britain has lost are all of the cld type, and the police what they wanted, sad they particularly so the ships which: Great From time to time Wong Chong asked aliy. The natural consequence was that wins feights, which had been supermally low, not one of her Fleets has bois sakened would then buy cigarettes or matches.

ecame exersively high, this being parti- power of Great Britain is indeed great. placed is the shop window, and a piece of

through

lossen. We realise that the neat certain times a white paper arose was cularly manifested in rates for coal and Especially does this become apparent if we paper with Chinese characters on it was Commissioner of Customs. genin.

ecmpare the losses not only in battles and stack on the door-signs that the game was through hearince, but also through

Forgkong, Dec. 2. 1915,

Telephone No. K 9..

Isay

WONG PING WA, Manager

Time was when disease was thought to be due to the direct influence of evil spirits, and exorcism and magic were invoked to cast it out.

Science has taught us wisdom. The evil spirits exist still. We call them "Disease. Germs," and they also must be cast out. Once lodged in the stomath or intestines," fever with it hallucinations, or biliousness with its aches and xins, is the result.

ENO'S

FRUIT SALT

is the approved remedy for driving out disease germs. Its action is quick and thorough. It clears the intestines, rouses the torpid liver to new life, stimulates the mucris membrane to a bealthy. action, and cleanses and invigorates the whole digestive tract.

It may be safely taken at any time bý #old

young

It is very effective in the early stage of Diarrhea By removing the irritating cause.

Be prepared for emergencies by always keeping

a bottle in the house.

Prepared on y br

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FOLD BY CHEMISTS AND STORES EVERTWEEDE

KEATINGS LOZENGES

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DAIRY FARM NEWS,

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factor.

*HARDENING BATES,

A SERIEFING COMPANION,

No, I did not care much for them," he replied. He had aren two or three popede put on the table at a time, and each game lasted two or three minutes.

Mr. Comyng Carr Was there a dog'on

"the

The examinatica will be held Harbour Master's Office. Chinese Maritime Customs, on or about the 15th January 1916.

Appractices who have duly served an who ars desirous of sitting for examination,

ARNOLD HOTSON,

Acting Harbour Master. Harbour Master's Office, Canton, 30th December, 1915. Chinese Maritime Customs,

Approved

F. H. MERBILL,

WHO'S WED IN JAPANS BorTED AND PUBLIERED AT 8.

The first (1915) odition is already konced,

IOGRAPHIES of crex 5,000 people' Dwho are well-known in niety and” of several hundred foreigners associated with

Quita ne Japan sppear in the book materials and accurate sketches, both coing utterly free from prejudices.

As time went on it was hoped that capture of the ships on the seas and irt The police found English money amount. matters would readjust themselves and ports. We shall then see that the British ing to £3000 and dollar to the raise of rates ease off. In point of fact they did doses are only 3.13 per cent, of the total nearly £50. A pass book showed that in during the midsummer months, but with umber of ships and 4.4 per cent. of the Wong Caong had paid in £2,800 this year. the awakening of the autumn markets rates total toppage, as against 21.18 per cent. & police officer who had watched the hardened considerably, no that whereas and 22.97 per cent of the German Navy | game was naked, by the Judge if the cigar grain from the Argentine in January of and merchant sbing.”

attes were saciently good to tempt anyone last year was being brought over for about

to buy them 10. 6d. and at the end of last yearn touch The Bussis. Blood anys that Great na 68, Latterly Sxtures have been tiede on Britalo, can be justly proud of the achieve the basis of 70s. Shipersers are busieged ments of her bary. The failure of Admiral for boats since thers are not enough to go Tirpitz'e bosat to starve Great Britain out round, and naturally they take the most with the aid of the acbmarine.blockade, the promises 7-Yea SMOKED TONGUES, tempting offor. One can hardly expect which, as wil he remembered, was them to do otherwise. They are making announced with much pomp, is the most

Did it conduct itself Dicely PORK PIES, GAME PIES.

The price is yen 6 (12;-) or $3 per copy. money, so much so that any old boat will terrible shock Germany has received. Once very ferocious. (Laughter.) &

fetch a good price and even then be run at agam is British superiority on the shed down the stairs at me when I was ben

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