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NOTICE TO MARINERS

L "HAINAN Buy now AINAN HEAD" Buoy is reported situated about one mile East of its charted position on the North-west edge of Flainan Bank,

Q. W. BECKWITH, ::

Commander, RN, Harbour Master. Sc.

Harbour Department-

Hongkong, Oct. 1918-

MADAME

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1:000

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HONGKONG JOCKEY OLUB THE HALF-YEARLY MEETING

Members will be held on SATUR DAY, the 7th October, 1916, at 13 o'clock Nocs, at the Offices of the HONGKONG. JOCKEY CLER, on the ground door of the HONGKONG CLUB ASSEXE, Chater Road.

By Ordur,

T. F. HOUGH;

Clerk of Course. Hongkong Sept. 23, 1916,

1071

CHINA EXPORT-IMPORT AND BANK COMPAGNIE.

CLARA BUTT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

ON

COLUMBIA

RECORDS.

COLUMBIA RECORDS ÁRE

MORE FAITHFUL

TO THE ORIGINAL. WHETHER. THE HUMAN VOICE OR INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC..

Sole Distributors.

ANDERSON MUSIC CO., LTD.

PATELL & CO. Importers-Exporters

ANDA

Commission Agents

HONGKONG.

Branches-

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.. BOMBAY, ~NDIA. China-

HANKOW

SHANGHAI,

CANTON.

Isay

KEATINGS "LOZENGES

cure the worst Cough

JAPANESE MAKERS

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

TO

ang persons or fries having claims against the Hongkong Branch of the CHINA EXPORT-IMPORT-AND- BANK COMPAGNIE Kre required to file same with the Liquidators on or before 31st October, 1918, after which date no cinira will be recognized.

BRADLEY & Co., LTD.

Liquidators

Hongkong, Oct. 2, 1916

1089

COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

AS from 1ST OCTOBER, 1016 the Branch A Office of the above Company will be at No. QUEENS BUILDING, (second floor) No. 1,Ice House Street.

By Order

E LESTER ARNOLD,

Local Manager. Hongkong, Sept. 30, 1918.

5% FRENCH GOVERNMENT LOAN 1916.

THE CHINA MAIL.

A REVISION OF PRICES OF

Mashers-frères

FAMOUS EGYPTIAN CIGARETTES.

SPECIALS

FELUCCA

(No. 11)

(Format grand)

These two well known brands that have made so many friends

in. Hongkong, China, and many other parts of the world are now sold at the following prices by the atores mined below.

$1.50 for a tin of 50 Cigarettes duty paid.

$3.00

100

KELLY & WALSH LIS.

BY A. SÉWATSON & Co., Ltd. VICTORIA DISPENSARY. LANE, CRAWFORD μ& Co.

• GRAECO EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE.

1084

WAR CONTRACTOR'S COMMISSION.

PRICE of issue Frs. 87.30. SUB-

SCRIPTIONS LISTS will be Open

on the 4th October and close on the 20th of the same month."

The Bands are issued in Francs, in multiples of Frs. 100.00 and upational

Bills and bends of the Defense bought oefore the 1st October.

payment

1918, are accepted in

Applications will be received by the Indo-Chine from date.

ANGLO EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE.

HONGKONG CIGAR STORE

A NEW TRANSACTION,"

The War Offre was under no obliga

INTIMATIONS

YOUR EYES I

SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTEL,

At the first

symptom of eye strain you should consultu,

test

peyer solennically and fit glasses to individual re- quirements.

SCIENTIFIC OPTICIANS DAK BLOGS, CHATER RD-

HONGKONG.

HONGKONG & MANILA

tion to place further work in our hands, MITSUBISHI COST KWAISHA

But by the time we had completed our REPLY TO THE CHARGE OF PROFIT in meeting hatting requirementa at

task at and—they were in difficulties

SNATCHING.

Sir John Jackson. MP., the eminent contractor, has given a represuptative of **The Dally Mall" his version of the butments contracts. His account of what

and they asked me to undertake the work there too. I replied that we were pro pared to do so, but this was a catirely new, transaction which would take all our

(Mitsubishi Co.) COAL DEPARTMENT.

SOLE PROPRIITORS OF

Hongkong Branch of the Banque de happened directly challenges several of further services, without "in any Y SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI

Hongkong. Sept. 30, 1916.

忄。

the statements made in the report of the 1086 Committee et Public Accounts, published in Saturday's Daily Mail, which bas been much discusard during the week

•

CHINESE IMPERIAL GOVERN- MENT 7X SILVER LOAN OF 1886 E.

GOTH HALF TEARLE DRAWING.

INTEREST DUE

DRAWN FONDS of this LOAN will be Fayable at the Offices of the Corporation on and after the 30th September, 1018.

List of drawn bords can be obtained on application to the undersigned. For the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION,

Agents issuing the Loan,

N. J. STABB,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, Sept. 20, 1916.

1083

DAIRY FARM-NEWS.

NOTHING CAN EXCEL OUF

DAISY BRAND

BBUTTER.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST NEW ZEALAND TABLE BUTTER

Sole Agents

THE DAIRY FARM CO., LTD.

ORDER SILIMPOPON (SEEATTIK)

OHERRY & 00

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Telephone No. 491.

Hongkong, March 20, 1914,

“CHINA MAIL ”

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YETAINABLE at the CHINA MAHLA

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Long P

HISTORY OF UNION CHUROH

(1891-1903) "HONGKONG'S MUSICAL

HISTORY

NOTES OF WILDLIFE

HONGKONG AND SOUTH

A

PartTMammals and Bizde OMD).

OTER

Part II-eptila, Ay

cad.

staff and would be a very grens under-TAKASHIMA, OCHI, MUTABE taking. Therefore I said I thought we KISHIDAKE YOSHINOTANI, should be paid some consideration for out HÔJO,NÁMLÁZUTÁ SAVO KANADA.

affecting my previous arrangement.

"They said. You will not want the&OYUBARI COLLIFEIES usual 10 per cent I replied: AGENT FOR SAKITO COLL.

Certainly not. There was "no barter- ing or considerable controversy about

Head Office MARUNOUUHI, TOKYO.

The work was not delayed in the least, nor was there any danger of that "Sie John was found at his riverside happening. We merely discussed mat retreat, Henley Park, where he findsters briefly while the work was proceed- relaxation from his great business said I would be satisfied with Nagasaki, Mail, Faratsu, Wakamatad,

responsibilities and his political duties as Coderrstite M.P. for Devonport At sixty-five years of age Sir John Jackson remains one of the world's leading con tractors, a man of iron will and wide fesoard-one who gets things done.".

CHARGE IN THE REPORT.

In the study, that overlooks an old world rose garden, he scanned some extracts from the report and comments thereon and then readily accepted the view that the

firm of which he is the thiel, Sir John Jackson, Ltd., is the one specially indicated in the following passage of the Committee's report:--

5 per cent. and that was quite easily and amicably agreed upon.

This, it was pointed out to Sir John, Jo is quite a different situation from that suggested in the report, which says:

It was suggested to him that: unde the gircumstafces, he could with greater propriety, work for some defnite leo, the reasonableness of which was not disputed; but be persisted in his demand, with the result that, under the necessity in which the military authorities found themselves wise have been caused, 13 was decidekl of avoiding the delay which would other

alter considerable controversy to pay him the "commission stipulated on all work additional to that originally undertakes free of charge.".

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"That again. is inaccurate,” said. Sir John with animation. They came to us At the beginning of the was a large with their diBculty and we undertook i contractor came forward with an offer to on terms that for normal contracts would erect huts for no payment beyond the be considered far too low. I repent

Sir John brought his hand down on the bare cost, but subsequently, when he was in possession of the work and the orcers or of his writing tables that we did

not hold up given him were consequently increased; vory least. We pressed on with the work the Department in the

he represented to the War Office that he and we did not see our position. In the ought to be paid a commission, naming slightest to exact any advantage. At 6 per cent, with 1 per cent., to cover not only built the huts but we also standing charges

did the designing and engineering work "The suggestion conveyed by that, of the water supply, drainage, and every said Bis John quietly, is that I did something else, of course in consultation with COAL

work for the War Office without profit the Department. H and then fached the red light before In the ordinary way for building the THE Undersigned having been appointed them in order to extract a profit on larger huts alone the contracter would receive.

AGENTS for the DOWIE HARBOUR criders. Of the pateret prata de 10 per cent, withont any of the respons COAL CO., LTD., are prepared to quots report that is the most misleading.bility of this designing and engineering. "prises- for best quality, BILIMPOPON “XUAL trimmed into Bankers st 'BEBAT- The facts, are very simple, and they What we did, therefore, was to do more. ME or BANDAKAN (British North put a very different complection on the than the contractor's work for half the Bernso.)

transactions. The day after the war usdal contractor'a charge Nor should

ESTANLISHEDĮ A,1), 1880. SILIMPOPON COAL compares favour. broke out, realising the sofarsal tank you forget that in these war times there ably with the beter grades of Japanese before the Hogal Engineers in coping with and we actually received about 23 and Betall Ironmongers. Pig Iron and

is the income tax on profits. Take that TROS STERL Goal and gives good results on a very the requirements of a great European WAT

SEY METAL and HARD TWARE MERCHANTS, Wholesale moderate consumption.

Steamers calling at JEBATTIK or and the necessity of housing a large now per cent. for all the services of our staff. Foundry Coke Laportars Genel Store- SANDAKAN DIclusively for SILIMPDay I wrote to Lord Kitchener The net result is that we received about keepers sad Shipshandien Nos 35 and PON, COAL (either cargo or Bankers) personally and asked, whickaer my stats fourth of the usual contractor'a charges.

(2nd Street?/ west ara exempt from payment of all Port could be to pay assistance. If so, I said Is what respect can you call that rapa chargen

Hongong September 4, 1913..

The result of our taking the mater

in band at was that we had 10,000

At Beha tik Steamers are berthed along we were at the disposal of the Depart tous side the Company's wharf where there is a ment to afford whatever relivi was minimum depth of 37 to 28 foot at low desired. water Spring Tides

Charts of Sibuko Bay (Sefellik HAT

In a week or ten days the Army 12,000 bien down there at work within boor), Prices and all other information Council asked me to relieve the Bayawo o krse work new township in concerning the Port can be had on Engineer by taking in hand, with fal themselves and we pressed the construe Application to the Agents

tion to completion with the utmost por

BRADLEY & CO, LTD., Agents Cowie Harbour Coal Company, Limited. Hongkong, Dec. 2, 1915.

102

FRENCH LESSONS

MOUSSION,

Hill Hond

AVARESSES

national interest

The Man Who Gets There

and unfettered authority, the hutments ble speed, with all our resources, in the sp the camps at and which were most urgently needed, I agreed to do so, and we began the work at once. They asked what remineration we would want, and I replied that for this under. talding. In the crisis in which the country found itself, we would look for no more than cut-of-pocket expenses. That is the work referred to us the criginal under taking in the report. It amounted to about half a million in il For that we no only built the hole but we designed everything required The War Onde merely showed us a design and tid; that His about the type of hot we wan

after that we carried out all

pleted

Is the man who has blood- real rich red blood and #his body. ERBURYS METABOLIZED

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