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WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

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BUSINESS NOTICES,

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SONGKONG. SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1917.

BUSINESS NOTIOEZ

STEAM OR MOTOR VESSELS

8,000 Tons, 4,000 Horse Power now Built. Steel Building Work of every Description. Castings, Forgings, Repairs and Supplies. Prompt Attention and Shipment to Destination. INJECTORS AND STEAM PUMPS,

W. S. BAILEY & Co., Ltd.

ENGINEERS and SHIPBUILDERS.

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bontains the Week's News of Hongkong and the Yar East.

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Prices (including Postage) in any

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WAR.

TELEGRAMS.

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THE ALLIES' TERMS.

NOTICE.

NY EUROPEAN Non ASIATIC se A INDIAN deuing to learn the Oblony should apply in person at the Central Police Station, between the kaara of 9 A.M. to 1PM, and 9 r.. to 4 PM. dily.

Applicants will be required to predly co Fporte or identification" pape... All persona, with certain exceptions, whe remain in the Calory for more than 7 days are required to Register them selves ander the REGISTRATION of PERSONS ORDINANCE 1914 Forma of Registration giving the particuları required may be obtained at the G. P.Q. and at all Police Stations.

The Penalty for nan"aompliance is 1 ine not exceeding 650.

TRAMWAYS· COMPANY,

LIMEVMEND:

TIME TABLE.

WIEK JATI,

7.00 m. no 8:00 am...Every 10 muniams, 8.00am to 10,00 am...Every 10 minutes. 10.00 to 11.00 ....Every 15 minutes.. 11.30a.m. to 13:45 pm...Every 15 minutes. 12.48p.m. to 1.15 pm...Every 10 minutes. 1.15 p.m. to 1.46 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 1.40 p.m. to 3.18 m...Ery 10 minutos, £15 6.00 p.m.24 CB, 6.00 pm to 3.10 p.m...Every 10 minata. МОЕТ САНЕ

8.00 p.m. and 9 p.m., 9.30 p.m. to 11.00

p.m, every half hóa..." -

11.00 p.m. to il1.45 p.m. every quarter of

7.90a.m.

an hour,

SUNDATE.

8.00am to 10.30 ...Every if minutes. 10.30 am to 11.00 ....Every 10 minuscs. 11.30a.m. to 12 Neon...Every 15 minutes. 18.00 Goon to 1.00 pm. Every 10 minutes. 100g.m to 5.00 p.m...Every 15 minutes. 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm...Every 10 minutes. 4.00 to 7.00 pm...Every 15 minutes. 7.00p.m. to 8.10pm...Every 10 minutes. NIGHT CARS Week Days.

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SATURVATI.

Bxtra dar as 13 midnight. SPECIAL CARS by arrangement as the Company's Office, Azizardsa Buildings' Des Voeur Road Central.

Beason and panch tickets avaliable for

all ċare not already full running at the time stated in the Company's time tables, but not faz special care, can be obtained en application at the Company's Offic No Season ticket will be issued antli Payment therefor has been made in Bank Notes or by Cheque or Compradora ordaz representing Bank Noten.

JOHN D. KUMPHREYS & SON,

·General Utanciğert.

NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO.

DF WHICH AMI VEED THE SHAKER OF THE OOBAN MARINE INSURANCE

COMPANY, JA

Y and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS ·

ASSURANCE 00..

FOTAL FUNDS. AT 3182 DECEMBER, 2914,

TOTAL £23,370,267.

I--Authorised Capital £8,000,000 Subscribed Capital £4,500,000 Palding Capital .....£2,437,500 -Fire Funds....... M,837,047 Iata & Anuusy Fands... 17,567,500

One Fand Accounð

Revenue Fire Branch.

• Life and -- Annuity ( Branchenstaaz) Ravenne Marine Department. Other Receipta

128,230

£23,970,367

£2,381,450

2,141,598 937,230

DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO.

XDDGOK:

150

OVERLAND

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BEST

SOLE DISTRIBUTORS FOR THE FAMOUS,

Talaraens 188. "

COME AND INSPECT

SILENT

"OZIT

HARLEY DAVISON MOTOA CYCLEO'

CARS IN THE COLONY FOR HIRE.

JUST

RECEIVED

PER S.S. SOMALI

CADBURY'S CHOCOLATES.

PRICES MODERATE.

TAIKOO DOCKYARD.

BUILDERS OF SHIPS & ENGINES •

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

-THE TAIKOO DOCKYARD & ENGINEERING COMPANY

OF HONGKONG LTD.

-Tesgrimic A95%-

* TAIXIOSA".

AGENTS: „BUTTERHELD & SWIRE

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REPLY TO PRESIDENT WILSON'S NOTE

LONDON, Jan. 1.

AN IMPRESSIVE AND HISTORIC DOCUMENT."*

LONDON, Jan. 12.

The Allies Reply to President Wilson is described as an impressive and historic document. The papers The Allied Reply to President are of opinion that its courteous and Wilson's Note after supporting the friendly tone, close reasoning, and proposal to create a League of Nattions lofty ideals are bound to be approved to assure universal peace and justice, by the American people who will. expresses the view that it is impossible contrast this frank avowal of objects As present to obtain a peace which would with Germany's curt refusal to give not only secure the reparation, restitu President Wilson the information be tion and guarantees, due through the the Central Empires being guilty of an set of aggression, and alse to enable the future of the European nations to be established on a sure foundation.

naked for.

GERMAN NOTE TO NEUTRALS."

New York. Jan. 12. The Allies regret and disclaim reNeutral Powers relative to

Germany has sent a Note to the the sponsibility for the losses and suffering tentailed on neutrals; as they in nowis Entente's Reply to the offer of peace. provoked the war. They feel it their The form of the reply excludes an duty to challenge in the friendliest but answer, but Germany considers it the clearest way, the analogy drawn important to express her opinion on between the opposing belligerents, which the situation to Neutrals and declares directly conflicts with the evidence that there is no reason to discuss the History bad clearly established one fact, origin of the way, but appeals to the nately the calculated policy of aggres verdict of history.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LDsion whereby Austria and Germany

VICTORIA DISPENSARY. PORTLAND CEMENT

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING Con LAH

Established 1883

-MANUFACTURERS OF.

PURE Manila

ROPE

STRAND

CABLE LAID

4 STRAND

" to 15" VINCENSKRIGA.

6" to 15". CACHAFEZANCE.

3" to 10"

CIRCUITERENGE.

Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length

Prices, samplas and fell partianlars will be forwarded on application to

Shewan, Tomes & Co., General Manager.

Hongkong, April 11, 2013.

KUL

GILBEY'S SPEY-ROYAL

SCOTCH WHISKY.

iS GUARANTEED TO BE MADE FROM

PURE MALTED BARLEY IN A POT STILL

10 YEARS OLD.

BOLE AGENTS.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS,

Telephone. No. 616.

THE KWONG HIP LUNG CO., LTD,

(NOW RECONSTRUCTED).

478,340 TANGINÉEAS and SHIPBUILDERS, BOLLER-MAKERS. BRASS and TROM FOUNDERA, all work done in this setablishment is guaranteed. We have £6,339,228 over thirty years expersonas. We own two Slipways and was accommBonde Kay ma's

of 200′ feet Towa

The Accumainifee Fonds of the various *Branches are separately invested, and, by Act of Parlatant, ara seb selle to meet ika olalına nider the rospective Depart ments of the Company's Buriacía. U

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Town Office 48, GoRxAWEET ROAN GERZzal Hongkong. Telephone Nu. Shipyard Sham-Bai-Po, Kowloon, Hong #Boumaron furnishet om application,

Telephone No. 2

WONG PING WVh, Manager,

In Casks of 375 lbs, net.

In "Bags of′ 950 lbs, net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

GENERAL MANAGER,

THE HONGKONG HOTEL

AND

GRILL ROOM

PEAK

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MANASIE.

HOTEL.

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Telephones in all ros." Fiat-odass Culaine, Lawngo, Broking and Emdies |rowiza, "Roof Garina.

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The Note asserts that Germany sought to ensure the hegemony of made an honest effort towards Peace, Europe and universal economie domina but the Allies, declined and; therefore, tion By her declaration of war her they are fully responsible for the instant violation of Belgium and Laxem continuation of the bloodshed.. burg, and by ber methods of wariare, Germany had proved that sho systema- ically scores every principle of kumanity and respect due to small States.

The Renlympresia to set out a recalls the horrors marking the invasion. of Belgium and Serbia, the atrocious treatment they are undergoing, the 'masseres of 'hundreds of thousands of izoffensive Armeniaca, the barbarities in Syria, Zeppelin raids on open towns, the submarining of lizers and shipping

THE ULTIMATUM TO

„CBERGI.

THE GREEK REPLY.

ATHENS, Jan. 11: The Greek reply to the Allies' ultimatum makes all the concessions accompanied by conditions, including the raising of the blockade.

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LATE

fucluding that of neutrals, the cruel treatment of war prisoners, the judicial

The Greek Reply, evades the de murders of Miss Cavell and Captainmand for apologies to the Allied Fryatt, the deportation and enslavement of civil populations, etc.

Such a catalogue of crimes, it says, explains the Allied protest at the analogy.

The Allies find no difficulty in meet. ing President Wilson's request to state their war airs. These can only be formulated in detail with all just

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Ministers and public salutes to the Allied dag's in connection with the events of December let. It also ignores the demand for the removal of the officer responsible for the December 1st. orders given on the release of the arrested Venezeliste Furthermore, it does not deal with in accordance with the spirit of the Allied demand for their immediate liberation.

REPLY CONSIDERED INSUE-

FICIENTLY PRECISE.”,

LATER.

compensations and indemnities for losses when the moment for negotia- tion arrives, but it is well-known that they include primarily and neces- sarily the restoration of Belgium, Serbia and Montenegro, the evacup- tion of the invaded territories of Beuter announces that the Allies France, Russia and Rumanis, the consider the Greek reply insufficiently reorganisation of Europe on the basis precise The Greek Government. of the right of all peoples to the will be told that the Reply gives enjoyment of full scounty for free pleasure as far as it goes but mora economic development; also upon definite acquiesence is necessary. territorial agreements and interna-The Allies do not intend to raise the tional arrangements framed to guar- blockade until the full demands ars

nice land and sea frontiers against conceded.

..

attacks; the "restitution of the pro- The Allies representatives remaia vinces and territories formerly tomat Athens. from the Allies forcibly or contrary to the wishes of the inhabitants, the Liberation of Italiane, Slavs, Rumanian Czechs and Slovaks from

A ZEFPELIN SCARE IN PARIS.

PARIS, Jan. 12

On reports from the front that KING EDWARD HOTEL foreign domination, the liberation of

the peoples lying beneath the mur enemy Zeppelins and aeroplanes were derous tyranny of the Turks, and the coming southwards, bugles sounded L: Exxonic Than Fame Babeszos, expulsion from Europe of the Otto the alarm and all the lights of Paris Wempe Bath and Basilary Fittings, mod. Empire, which has proved itselt were extinguished at 7. in the oven- Hat And Gold Water By throughers, radically alien to western civilisation.ing; but the end of the alarza was Best of Food and Servios. It states that the Tsar's inten signalled at 8 o'clock as the Zep-

tions in regard to Poland are shown pelins did not appear.. in the Proclamation just addressdd. to his armies.

TELEPHORN 375

WITCHELE,

TANG YUK INTIST, SUCERIOST SO the late BIEN LING,

TERMS VELY MODERATE

Consultation fro0-1

27

The Allies disclaim any intention to exterminate or politically, extin guish the Germanic Powers, though wishing to rescue Europe, from the brutal encroachments of Prussian Militariam

RUSHIAN POLITICS.

THE NEW PREMIER.

PETROGRAD, Jan. 12, The new Prender a Prince Nicholas Golitzin, of the Extreme Right party; not his distant relative. The Reply concludes: The Allics Prince Alexander Golitzin, are determined to endure every sacri, spoke in the Council of Emi fice in order to press to a victorious December 12 denouncing the close the conflict on which depends dark forces by Bussis. their own safety and prosperity and

Continued on Pint )

the very futaze of civilisatio