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Connecting Mail Steaua? from

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*Colombo

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1916.

Friday

NANKIN

July 28

Through Steamer

· NOVARA ·

Aug. 11

*Kaisar-I-Hind

NORE

Aug 23

* MOOLTAN

Sept. 1 Sept. 11 Sept. 25

HALTA

Sept. 8

*KASHGAR

Oct

NAMUR

Sept. 22

Through Stoamer

Oct

BARDINIA

Oct. 6

Through Steamer

Nor, 9

NOVAKA, NORE

OuL 20

Nov. 3

* MOREA Through

Steamer

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Dec.

* Passengers change Steamers as COLOMBO.

Hangtong at the time of Booking.

Un the Australian Roate Tiokuta Interchangosble wish Ocient Line.

SAILINGS DIRECT TO

SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND

Sept. 10 Sept. 18 2.

THE CHINA MAIL.

METHODS OF WARFARE.

THE RETURN OF THE MIDDLE

AGES

in the branches," jasi "es" sarivegablo," as" when Gene's legions used it with less dangerous projectiles. Indeed, it and similar weapons are singularly conveniens when the rangea 'draw within that which can be conveniently, managed by

Studying missile weapons

ABHANGHAI, CUBRENGT

QUESTION.

"10,000,000". BAD 20. SENT PIECES IN CIRCULATION.

Hughes & Hough

AUCTIONKKEN TO THE GOVERNMENT,

General Anotioneers hare, Coal and Ganara! Produce

Brokers and Commission

Vagenta,

PROPRIETORS

Wan” Cos) Storäge.

Coder used Bentley's

a 4th 5th Editions

1 Telegraphy Vyda.

Telegraphic Address MELATON” HONGKONG.","

PUBLIC AUCTION.

"HE Undersigned have received in

BANKS

HINKING CORPORA

'ONGKONG & SHANGE.

PAID-UP CAPITAL

Sterling

21,500,000609/$5,000

Silver

RESERVE LIABILITY OF

PROPRISTOPA

COURT OF Dmgroas

W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairm SH. Dodwell, Ea-Deputy Ch GTM. Edkins Esq Hon Mr. D. C:8 Gubbay Eag Hon. Mr.

J. A. Phammer, Bag PFL Holyoak. Hon. Mr. E.Shellie

ARCHIRP MANADER":

Hongkong-J. STABB, Esq.

Shang

GSTEPHEN, Esq.

LONDON BANKERS-LUNDOY COUNTY LAB WESTMINSTER BASK, LISTIKA

HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED. On Current Account at the rate of Tw

Bructions us sell by Public Auction, per cent per saamon the daily befor

on

WEDNESDAY,

ON FIXED DEPOSITS

For 3 months of per cent per INDO

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OLD IDEAS IMPROVED UPON. Could the hosts who fought Flanders ordinary arts. The German Are The small change situation has not centuries ago look down upon the scene throwing machine, too, comes of an improved, way the "China Press" of the of their battles, they would miss little ancient and havorable lineage, going back 8th ivet. Indeed, ib looks as though those except the bow, One can not inclusis to the days when the besieged doosed the shiny twenty-cent pieces arebat no use even the arrowr, for we drop that nowadaysay with hang off and burning pitakept as poker chips or for try your fress seroplanes. The eliter of This is a very simple devices this fame weight" masliner--If there are say on Engineering Record (New York), who projector-merely a tank filled with petrol a twenty-cent Lasin. writer on Medieval Revival in Warlare, under pressure of several hundred The local Chinese bankers hald suggests that it is rather remarkabla that ponds per square inch, and provide necting yesterday and decided thas, i the bow has not yet appeared on the firing with a suitable long road from which the foreign banks nocept the new coinage line. It may even do so vet, for, as this the liquid, and by as electric spacks will they, otherwise they will not writer says, it "might prove a weapon it leaves the tube, can be directed touch Jo.. At the moment, the fornigh not to be despised in repelling a night a neat stream into the enemy's trenches banks are divided, some accepting is and attack where general direction is abous over a distance of a hundred feet or so come hot and there is no indication that the only thing to be hoped for la the way ad petrol been available five hundred they intend to gone to any joint decision. of "We read-

years ago it would have been welcomed Exactly how the one got on the for similar use on many a castle rampart market is still mystery--they ne On the defensive side the steel head at the bomb, spreading poisonous there and that is all anyone knows. One Oct. 13 plece lias re-appeared in the wrenched after gases, cantos lay claim to high novelty thing has been proved beyond all doubt Nov. more than two hundred years of disuse. sipre it is a dinct descendant of the and than is that they are of Japanese Nor. 13 is rather bester made, considering NOT. 19. Not. 16 what is require pit, then the pie Chinese salakpet, which goes back to manufacture, of the same surface dimen- unknown centuries. The wholesale use sions, but alightly thicker than the Dec. 15 pattern, and inven many head of deadly gases poured from the trenches genuine, dirty, but aceptable" Chinese

being Sroken by shrapnel-ballets, and borne by the wind against the enemy variety. Accusamrdation in the sing Scamser from COLOMBO is definitely reserved in detes: fully bullets travelling refinemens, perhes, of the old scheme ciridation of privately ininted coinage. it easily turns. In fact, is is reported to ends, however, to be an innovation The Chinese Government allows the 2,500 feet per second or more. Ordinarily ipealrig such ሲ

of smoking the enemy out-tried in many provided tax ban been paid, but this projectile would

8 medieral penetrate at, shots. "Yange a half-inch of

siege.

has not been paid in this instance, nor beiler-irón, very easily if it struck sipuuraky,

THE EENADE REVITED..

han the Grivernment had anything what.. point on, bus the modern bulles, having

httle over 6 do with the girenlation of the the 19th July, 1918, commencing st long and tapering point to decrease the farther, the writer-finds reversion to coins. This said now than the now pisces 8.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, No. 5, sir-riistance, is fairly easily turned deadly, schemes forestiadowed, at least.are of even less value than was Best Des Vosur Road, Corner of nede if it strike as an angle, as is likely in the wars of the middle ages. The hand though instead of sixty per cant., they

Ice House Street."" [to be the case, a well-shaped head-piece.repide, for generations a favourite only contain 45 per cent silver, the VALUABLE-TEAKWOOD" AND

Exempt for this gruas penetrating power shortrange weapon, han care more come greater part of the rest being wopper." we should docntless have body-armour asinto its own. Vastly more effective than, The Governorat coin contains per wellin fact, it is being tried in Italy, the crude both of former days, it takes sent. silver It is also understood.bat Iplaca is partially taken by small, various forms, sometimes thrown directly. they are having "uable down "in the

As Follows:-- loopholed steel shields, behind which a sometimes lashed to the end of a-stick over their dolls The British Upholstered Suites, Arm-chairs and THE business of the soove Bank i

Indian Carpets and Rugs (New)) redeman can work hia way forward, with Fand yet again delivered by soza de minted coin contsiar 72 per sent. silver, a fair degree of immunity from hits, kind of sling. To quote further

hut lately there have sppeared a large

Sofas, Card Tables, Bedroom Furniture, conducted by the HONGKONO Ansher very useful item in defense is

It is only fair to nota that the advent', number of dollars with.only 45 per cent, Double Brass-mounted Bedsteads, and PORATION.... Rales may be obtained om AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR the trench-periscope, of which divers of these theerful innovations has been vet. These, too, are charged to the Twin Bedsteads; Sideboard, Dinner Wag application patterns may be found advertised in the win by improved trenches, deeper a Japanese.

gons, Extension Dining Tables and Chair, foreign papery. It is a simple combina-narrower than of pare, nad, when feasible With these lesser Straits dollars, as with Tew and Occasional Tables, ete, et tion of mirrors very useful for looking partly roofed over, so that papping the new 20 cent pieces here, you can Large Dinner Services, Crockery. Gli over a parapet, either directly or with bomb into them in men like trying tourdly tell the difference through weight Ware Cooking Stores, Catlery Toilet

ap ↓ ricket into

alot-machine.nr size. It is the ring which marks then Sete, Tee Cheata,etc, Bath Room Utensils, Similarly, the modern trench is more and the trouble, with the foreigner is that, American Roll-top Desk etc, e queit liberally provided with traverses, or their le did take the native's trouble to ring of Electro Plated Ware. equivalent, than were those in which each piece of money in he got it, his Vale Tooy Valorously served, so that ears are nos sufficiently dicated to catch "Caille" Portable Motors with Battery, even when a shell drop into the slot the right note.

ete, complete, Pianos in good condition it very likely will disable ne more than The Chinese siste that there are at Electric Beading Lamps, Blackwood and two or three men, The mitraillegge, least s million of these depreciated coins Teakwood Screens, & quantity of Black again, however elever, its mechanical in Shanghai. The foreign banks teilwood Furniture, Pictures, Engravings, design, Bads ancient prototypes in theory tale. They sver that there are two a few Oil Paintings, Bath Tubs, a few armories of Europe; and, oddly enough,illion dollars worth at The barbed wire entanglement is sub-even the sliding block of the Krupp 10,000,000. So it can well be uzderstood

thepots of Bentwood Chairs (Now), etc.. stantially the old abatis improved in breech-action may be found in a piece of that the foreign banks are hesitating to

And

WIRELEIS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS,

structure. A tangle of barbed wire is the sixteenth century in the Berlin make a decision one way or the other. All Cabins are fitted with Electric Fans free of charge and etch Barth Faruished lainly better than a small tree with Arsenal. The old time armis-maker was Here's still other financial shocke with an Electric Ealing Lamp.

ita. Limbe carefully sharpered and tarned far lees leficiens in inventive ingenuitycra was an instance yesterday

NOVARA

·SOMALI.

NORE

MALTA

NAMUR

YOKOHAMA

Leave Hongkong Abort

MONDAY, TUESDAY. "SATURDAY,

MONDAY, SUNDAY,

17th July. 18th Jaly. 25th July.

14th August. 27th August..

Passeng may travel by Railway in Japan between Purts of Call free of charge. Rotore Tickats are available by Bossaguries Maritimos Company.

IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS, INTERMEDIATE (Non-Transhipment) STEAMERS WILL LEAVE DIRECT FOR

MARSEILLES AND LONDON, Calling at SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM, PENANO, COLOMBO AND PORT SAID, CARRYING Á A SALOON PASSEN TERS AT REDUCED RATES. ProFoged SAMINGS:

STEAMERS

Leste HRONG, about

Lease S'POBL about

Das M'EKILLER if calling About

Due LONDON about

EGMALI

Aug. 15

Aug.

21 Sept. 20 Sept. 29

Fava za Tickets Interchangable with the British India Co. Round the World Tickets and Through Tickets to New York in connection with the

Principal Mail Linos

Ratum Tickets at fare and a half available to Europe for Two Years; or to Intermediate Porte ter Six Months.

Owing to the War in Europe Steamers and Siling dates are liable to be cecualiad or altered without potica,

For Further Information, Passage Fares, Freights, Handbooks, etc., apply to

E. V. D. PARK,

Acting Superintendent.

CHINA MAIL S.S. CO., LTD.

FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS,

S.S. CHINA

WILL SAIL FROM HONGKONG FOR

SAN FRANCISCO

VIA SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI -YOKOHAMA, & HONOLULU. SEPT. 5-NOV. 11-JAN. 18.

AN UNSURPASSED, HIGE CLABS PASSENGER

SERVICE AT INTERMEDIATE RATES.

O. EL RITTER,

Prince's Buildings,

Freight and Passenger Agent,

Ios Home Street"!

INDIAN AFRICAN LINE.

BETRA

Cargo carried on through Bills of Lading from HONGKONG. DELAGOA BAT, DURBAN (Natal), EAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and DAPE TOWN with transhipment at COLOMBO to Steamers of the INDIAN AFRICAN LINE.

FROM HONGKONG:

23th July.

PROPOSED SAILING,'

Connecting with

SS. GUJARAT

FROM COLOMBO: 17th August.

EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR 1ST AND 28D CLAN Paminders, A

ORIENTAL AFRICAN

LINE.

Regular Direct Service from TAPAN, CHINA and STRAITS to BEIRA, DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN, EAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and CAPE TOWN, calling at MAURITIUS on Poate and affording the Quickest Fraight Transport from the ORIENT to 899г8 AVRIOL

PROPOSED SAILING.

5.5-SALTHS":

Fates of Freight apply to

from Hongkong.

18th Augm

THE BANK LINK LIMITED.

MARASING AGENCI

"ELLERMAN" LINE

Ellerman & Facknall Steamship Co., Ltd.)

JAPAN, CHINA AND STRAITS

UNITED KINGDOM & CONTINENT.

a pair of bisceralars, the mirrors being made largo enough to permit the latter use. Old Herelius, who flourished about 180, might well smile to see. his poleroscope put to spoly good use. This instrument on which he net great value, was quite exactly the same thing, except that is whÀ combined with a single barreled opers glass. Its modern form is merely better made and gives a bigger

Bold.

41

print forward to the enemy, particularly than in means of execution Mine, Tokohama Specie Bank $10 hote bezg

if the wire is thoughtfully painted green, in some large shipments recently, so sa to make it less conspicuous. In the same connection one must not forget the pita with sharp stakes driven at the bottom, and the amiable caltropa-thos four-pointed-iron afairs which, thrown on the ground, always stand with one point

up. The old ones, to be sure, were, of oughly forged, while technical skill has now benevolently provided caltropa

countermine and petard, all have their modern equivalents, reinforced by gun cotton and trinitrotolue, but used with no more desperate courage now than in the Thirty Years War.

Even the familiar scheme of screening. guns and men by carefully placed foliage harks back to the time when Biznan Wood cante, to Dunsinane In adroit concealment, however, the war widely utilised an improvement which is strictly

refused at a change shop. The mattor was followed up and it was found that exchange shops won't accept Japanese Dotes at all, though any bank and almost say hong will.”

BLACKWOOD TURNITURE

ite

Cabinet Gramophone with Records, Fowling Piece, Saddle and Bridle Two New Bicycles, Remington Typewriters, (Fall Particulars from Catalogue.)

Turan :-Cash,

Auctioneers.

-HUGHES LOUGH,

Hongkong, July 13, 1918-

199

PUBLIC AUCTION, TESSES. HUGHES and HOUGH have received instructions to sell by Public Auction

The reason? Well, the boycott hasn't died yet! W' paciib Japanese for making light in Shantung May 7M one Chinese, with great dignity

WIRE MAKING IN JAPAN.

ACTIVITY CAUSED BY THE DEMAND FOR EXPORT.

FRIDAY,

the 28th day of July, 1916, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at their Sale Rooms, Ice House Street, Victoria, Hongkong.

Property at the Peak

situate in Chamberlain Road,

of stamped steel with viciously sharp of modern origin: the painting of ships, edges and points adapted to the sama guas, and ever men, in streaks and spots old work. The water-filled moat is not of varied colours, so that they so quite part of feld-fortiñcations now, bas its lost in the shitting light grer either ses place is well supplied by the desperate or land. This has its origin, doubtless, defence organised along cans and the in recent investigations of protective made rapid growth some years ago, the

When the hydro. electric plants had The following very desirable residential old tactics of fooding the country to coloration in certain animale, which wire-makers in anticipation of the drown the foe:

Dature has provided with spots and crease in demand, made an increase in WEAPONS OF DYFEŃCE.

the productive streaks that blend so perfectly with the Advertiser gesparity, lays the Jupen When it comes to offence, our author creature's-wooted aroudings as to wire making in Japan is as follows

present capacity for finds that modem ingenuity has made tender is almost visible short ne of medieval precedents to an extent distance. Here inertising, knowledge of Fuj kurz. Densen Co.... Yokohama Densen Co... that is really astonishing. The says:the conditions of visibility has enriched Fins to the front comes clattering down the art of war with a radically new device.Kyusha Densen Co........

Nippon Densen Co... through the centuries the Romaz catapult All in all, it is rather remarkable to Samitomo Densen Co. the spring-engine invaluable for heaving discover how the close range ter Tsuda & Co. (Kyoto) Osaka Densen Co.. stones in attack or délence. It was used warfare of the present has brought back all through the middle ages until meats of destruction altogether similar temporarily driven out by compon, and to there of the ferocious hand-to-hand has once more appeared kere and there struggles of the middle ages.

Vessels Advertised as Loading

Australia Porte, completera Australia Parted "Am. 195. Albans Sail Ebay, T. 8'pars, Obo Boulay Maru! Boston & New Yote Muncaster Castle Hollow & Balpbong Tokeangi. Hollow Pakho Snozking Lotidon 8 pare Ac Nankin....... London & Swansea City of Bombay. London v. Spore &c. Novara Lendon & S'pore &c. Mishine Mar Locion'. S'pore de duwa Mara jovi

Unsang", Loongsang

Manlis, Amaliam Pork Changahs

Maniia, Osbu & Holle Chinhan

Mojis Kobe & Thama Borneo Mara

San Fcisco v. JapanT

Ban Francisco 15

Sad cisco, T. Japes Ban Fcisco 7. N'as

Shangha Shanghai

S'ha delapan?

Shal Koba, &

S'hal, Kobe

A Shal, Kobe & Thama

Ray

S'hal, Moji & Kobe Sydney Moourna ta äk Sydney M M'bourne &c T BDOPE PE CEL S'pore, Pang&R'goone

¿Mauritias d

100 yards from this Feat Tram Station and adjoining the Peak Hotel Being RURAL BUILDING LOT 10,000,000

4,000,000 No. 78" and known by the name of 1,600,000 TREVERBYN." 1,000,000

The property is held under Crown 1,600,000 Lease and contains an area of 44,04 1,200,000

square feet 1,000,000 Denki Co., and the

Besides, Oli & Co, the Byoritsu of sale apply to

Denki Co

of Tokic, and the Taniguchi Co- and Fuji & Co. of Oaks, manufacture to some extent.

ent. The total capacity of all these amounts to £2,400,000 s year. The demand in an ordinary year was said Rad the supply was Pto be Fros -

since the

For

to ba

though000,000

outbreak of the

war the

port has increased. By inc

last year has the demand in Russia, sia and the lands in the South Increased To meet this new Date of Leaven, demand for export every factor has kept un with 100 cm, AGATIS A Cez weir fait capacity. However, the makers are said to be making only a very low margin of But as they are making larger amounts prast owing to the high cost of material they before the profit, ille ske as the Yokohama Densen Co. and others good sum, and the factories such

holders for the current business term, are paying higher dividends to share

Gibb Livingston & Co. July 27, at 11am. GibbLivingston & Aug 17, 42,

ippon Yusen Kafsha

well & Co, Limited About July 18

M'son & Co.In July 18 at 76.m rfield & Bwire... July 20, at 10 am

Kipron Yaser Jardine,

"Jardine,)

Butterfield &

Butterfield

Dodwell

at Noon

11, at NooUROPEAN AGENCY.

Noon

p.m

2 pmHOLESALE Ladente promptly An executad at lowest cash prices for all British and Conticental goods, including

Toya Kisen Kaisha

18, at Look Toyo Kisen Kaishs Ang, 30.30 Toyo Klas Kaisha. Aug. 14 at Noon Uhina Mai 16. Ltd - Sept. Butterfeld & Swire July 18, mylight. Butterfeld & 8 July 18, at 4pm sanCo Ld. Julyga, Daylight. on Co., La July 23, Daylight

ippon

7:18 at 10am

Book and

Boots Shoes and Leather, Chemicals and Drugrats Sandrier Chiny, Earthersee and Gitarrears, Cycles, Motor Cars and Accessorina, Despery Hillinary and Piece Ganda, Yamy Goods and Parfumery, Hardware, Habery and Math

wwalle

Plate and Watches: phio and Optical Goods, Poormans Led Olmen's Stress,

NJ STABE,

Chief Mannga'

Hongkong, Feb 19, 1918.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANEM

INTEREST on deposits is allowed on the cinimum monthly balances at 3 PER CENT per annum. Depositors $100 or mors to the HONGKONG AND may transfer at their option balances of SHANGHAI BANK, to be pinced on

FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, per annum

For the Hongkong and Shings

Banking Corporation

N. J. STABB,

Chief Manage.. May 14, 1914 -1517

-THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED.

Authorised Capital Subscriber

-Beserve Fund.

BANKERS

BANK OF ENGLAND,

LONDON JOINT STOCK BANE

Every description of Exchange business transacted.

INTEREST allowed

TIO

Current

Accounts at per cent. per anna on Daily Balance and on Fixed Depourler at rates which may be ascertained en application.

C. CHAMPKIN,

Acting Manager. Hongkong, March 27, 1916.

THE

CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTES 1858

HEAD OFFICE, LONDON.

For further particulars and conditions in mana

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Vendor's Policitors, ARBETE LIABILITY OF PED No & De Voux Road Central

or to Mesars HUGHES & HOUGH,

The Auctioneers Hongkong, July 1L, 1816,

"ANDEL

TEDERLANDSCHE HAN

TAATSCHAPPIJ

(NETHÌKINDS: TRADING Socreer).

"ESTABLISHED: 1824

PAI-IB150,000,000

CAPITAL }£80,000,000.

"AUTHORISED

SAFTRAG RESERVE

824

BUND £8,237,149 (£769,763

HEAD OFFICE-AMETERDAM, Branches at

The Hague Botterdam HEAD AGENCY-BATATIE. Branches at

·BANDOON.

JERKÄRIN,

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PREÁLINGAL

Correspondents st Bo Madras Pondicherry Cal

York

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year or aborter periods at rates which will be quoted on application, mos

T. C. DOWNING,

Manager Hongkong, Juno. 13, 19162,5

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE

BANK LTD,

ESTABLISHED (880."

AUTHORISED CAPITAL

FAID-UP CATALAN BESKAVE RUND

-HEAD OFFICE YO

LONDON & SWANSE

CITY OF BOMI

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