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INTIMATIONS

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BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES

Applications may be made through the undernoted Banks from whom Full information s the necessary forms may be obtained :—

CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Hoyagoso AND SHANGHAT

BANKING CORPORATION,

INTIMATIONS

THE WEST POINT BUILDING

COMPANY LIMITED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the TWENTY-NINTH ORDINARY MEETINGSHAREHOLDERS in this Compang will be held at the Offices o Mesers Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd.

13.30 .. for the purpose of receiving MONDAY, th, January, 1917 at the Report of the Directors together with a Statement of Accounts for the

anding 31st Deceraber, 1818. The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY 13th to MONDAY, 29th

MERCANTILE BANK OF INqLL, LTD. | January, 1917 (both days inclusive)

War Savings Certificates

Value 5 years

£500

£1.

after purchase

@luring which period no Transfer of

Shares can be Registered.

By Order of the Board of Directors. A. SHELTON HOOPER

Secretary to the

Hongkong Land Investment & Agency

Co. Ltd.

Beneral Agents for the

Purchase Price West Point Building Company Limited,

Hongkong, Jan. 11, 1917...

£337 10 0 155 04.

TREE OF INCOME TAX.

For every 15s. 6d. lent now £1 will be paid in 5 years' time. equivalent to 5 per cent. com- | pound interest. No Income Tax will be payable.

Anyone, whatever his or her Income may be ena bay War Savings Certificates up to a maximum of 500 £1 Corticates In all or their equivalent.

Meanwhile the money may be withdrawn in fail any time with an addition after the first year.

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THE HONGKONG CENTRAL

ESTATE LIMITED.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the THIRD ORDINARY MEET ING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Coo- pany will be held at the Offices of Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Company Limited on MONDAY, 29th January, 1917 at 11.45 for the purpose of receiving

of the the parts of Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the

ending 31st December, 1918.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY 18th to MONDAY, 29th: (1) A Certificate entities the purchaser January, 1917 (both days inclusive), to receive £1 for each 155, 61, on the Afth during which period no Transfer of anniversary of the date of purchase, FreeShares can be Registered. of income tax in respect of the secuina- Inted interest

(2) A Certifieste is not transferable; cent by permission of the Fortmaster General; afro of ts. will be charged in respect of each transferee. In the event of death, the same rules will be applied as in the case of Savings Bank Deposits..

(3) On written application (on a form obtainable at any "Pont Office) being mule to the Controller, Money Order Department, London, the purchase price, ar part thereof in multiples of

of 158. Gd... time, with an dition

for wich 15s. Ed on the first anniversary of the date of purchase and with a further addition of Id. per 16. B. for each month thereafter.

(4) No person may hold more than 500 £1 Certificates or their equivalent..

be 31.

A

The £1 Certificates (parchase prier

1.

By Order of the Board of Directora

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL

ESTATE LIMITED.

A SHELTON HOOPER,

Secretary to THE GENERAL MANAGERS. Hongkong Jan. 11 1917..

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THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT & AGENCY COMPANY).

. LIMITED..

THE CHINA MAIL

ASPER

RE

FRERES

EGYP

FELUCCA

CIGARETTES -

BEAR THIS HALL MARK OF DISTINCTION

N°33

IS THE MOST POPULAR

TUNNEL COMFORTS.

GERMAN EXCAVATIONS AT

BEAUMONT HAMEL

AN UNDERGROUND VILLAGE.

Describing a visit to the underground town the Germans constructed at Pea minos Hamel, Heuter's corespondent at

ritish Headquarters in France, iz telegram, says:—~

1

We had lunch in the remains of Beau mom amet. Our dining-room was a cave deep in a hillside, and the lighting was the wax candle on the top of

colabelled cigarette tin. The baug

coverings, camp washing brains of pala

INTIMATIONS

YOUR EYES

SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTEL

At the first symptom. of eye strain you should consult 119. We test eyes scientifically and t glasses to individual re quirements.

@LARK & CO.

SCIENTIFIC OPTICIANS

CHATER RQ

HONGKONG"

RK BLOGS.

HONGKONG & MANILA

green canvas. kit bags, and such things MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA

(Mitsubishi C6)] COAL DEPARTMENT.

Evidently the men slept in the pamaaga.

The colonel's tooth was further alonger ahandesno Ettle apartment by compa aun, and already lighted. The walls had Seen panelled by some German industri. mus hand in quite a pressing design, and salt, dark chintz, of pick roses on a black in places the walls had been draped with a ground. I remember having seen that TAKASHIMA, OCHI MUTABE,

SOLE PROPRIETORA OF

KISHIDAKE. YOSHINOTANI,

pattern years ago on copper role in a

Queen were visiting, mill at Accrington, which the King and HOJO,NAMAZUTA.SAYO:KANADA, SHINNEW. KAMIYAHADA, BEHAT & OYUBARI COLLIERIES!!

Stored in

TECTONIC INDUSTRY. 1 at this poins were boxes of explosives

The powage went further. bearing German marks and weeds.

One

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN this the TWENTY NINTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be at the Offices of inget shells outside was pleasantly box was filled with shining black eggs of Messrs. Jardine

Matheson & Company mutist by the thickness of the walls, and metal, each fitted with a time fase bear Limited on MONDAY, 29th January, though our habitation shook & little ating a red band on which were the words

Noex, for the

the

15. 6.) are issued in book form. The 1917 t of No ferving times, so that the wax guttered down dalis sekunden."

CertiEentes for £12 (purchase price the) tw.) and £25 (purchifau pricu_£19 7%. 6d) the Statement of the issued without books. The 1, £12

and £95 Certificates are on sale at local Post Offices and at most Banks.

The

де

wisk for the year ending GISTER of SHARES of the

31st December, 1916. Company wil be CLOSED from January, 187 (both days inclusive) during which period po Transfer of

·Shares can be Registered..

to the lid of the cigarette in zo one seemal to think it very extraordinary.

Whenever the door, opened a flash of daylight came in and eclipsed the candle

Singla Certificates for sms from £100 THURSDAY 15th to MONDAY, 29 light for an instant In those instante it)

to £600 may be obtained on application to the Comptroller and Accountant Geners General Pog Utice, London Application forms are available at all Post Offices. anda: most Banks

If Certificates be lost, and the serial numbers can be furnished to the Controller of the Money Order Depart ment, new Certificates will be issued at

■ cluarge of 18.

GENERAL PORT OFFICE, LONDON,

June, 1918.

· (For examples of investmont In War Savings Certificates, see the other side.)

Examples of Investment in

War Savings Certificates

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9187

200

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157

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45 17 -6.

18 28 --

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10

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Value after-

3 years.

D years.

4 yours. years.

410 16 ---

448 15-

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168 16

600.

167 10 ·

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177 10 - 2665

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NB. The Investment may be any multiple of 15%. 64, up to £387 304.

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NEW

DANCE

RECORDS.

Mighty Lak & Bose

LA Pericer Day

509-

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102 Bric-A-Brac

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▲ 6584 (On with the Dance

{Cecile

Loo Fest Kelly

♣ 5001 | Át A. Georgia Camp

Meeting

The Magic Melody $65Gborgin Grind

Walta

One-Stop

For Trat

THE ANDERSON

MUSIC CO., LTD.

Dew Your Road,

By Order of the Board of Directors.

A SHELTON HOOPER,

Becrdory.

Hongkong, Jan. 17, 1817.

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THE HONGKONG LAND RECLAMA- TION COMPANY LIMITED

was possible to get a glimpse of blue sky ourside, and now and again you might watch the landing of a big shell on the crest of the hillside facing us.

AT TABLE.

The table. bills

We found to end of these," said my guide

They are the German egg nascrewed one and made it harmleen. bomb." I stood grimly by while be

My taste for hand-grenades has not yet Nice little thing, isn't it," be asked. been cultivated.

The industriacs Germans must have

Soon we came to a stout door, bolted. I asked where that led to, and he repiled: Fretty close that one," I said once"To the neighbouring dug-out." It seems to the young lieutenant on my right. Ha that all Beaumont Hamel was thus linked looked up carelessly. Oh.. en-yes. up undergrond.. Have some shrimps?

Tanel leading ∞ They're jolly tunnel had made one fast underground good."

warrento underlie the whola village. ITundreds of people might fire here below plain boards, was ground. Bedrooms, living rooms, kit- nearly covered with a cloth. The walls chens, storerooms and armament rovina-—- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that were solid planks against the yellow clay.all were provided.

the SIXTEENTH ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in

The four, too, was planks. and also the his Company will be held at the Offices roof. It is not often one sees an apart spent days and days completing that of Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd. mens se uniform se to wails, foor, and wonderful system. Even the timber used an MONDAY, 29th January, 1917 at ceilings all planks. There was a steady represents hundreds of loads, all of which 12.15 P.M. for the purpose of receiving drip of water from one seam in the ceil had to be brought from afar. En places the the Report of the Directors together with the Statement of Accounts for the ing, but this had been provided for.

Alizka between the systems hsa bean stove year ending 31st December, 1916.

tin helmet had been placed conveni-in by our gunfire, and to get from work of SHARES of theently underneath to catch the droge. REGISTER Company will be CLOSED from

ing to working the enemy must have THURSDAY

Seven of us had our meal together in emerged into the open air, and crawled 18th to MONDAY, Sath January, 1917 (both days inclusive), that cave roem, and whenever the orderly over holes and rounds teamed up by our during which period no Transfer of came in to charge the plates cae had, as shells. shares can be Registered.

my he said, "to concentrate," for one extra person made na crowded. His journeys to and fro were to the kitchen, which was also underground.

By Order of the Board of Directors. HOWERAY, S. NORTHCOTE,

Secretary.

Hongkong, Jan. 11, 1617.

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UNION WATERBOAT COMPANY· LIMITED.

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

THE

THE Twelfth Annual "GENERAL, MEETING of Shareholders will be held in the Ofces of Messrs. Dodwell & Co., Limited on SATURDAY the 3rd February, 1917 at 11.20 .. for the purpose of receiving the report of the General Managers together with a state- merit of accounts to 31st December, 1918.

Here, by the light of a lamp, a born genius of a cook was solemnly plying his craft about a little iron range; his mind was much more occupied with such things as the exact shade of brown to which the gravy should be toned than with the noise and hullabaloo of the explosions outside. He sent us in some beef, piping hot and excellently cooked, and to follow it a milk pudding and some fruit. As there were not quite glasses enough for all to drink at once, turns were taken with the glasses available.

$122,000,000 IN-BOND.

ENEMY CAPITAL IN PUBLIC TRUSTEE'S CUSTODY.

About 22 millions of enemy capital is of property in this country held and in British companies, about 71 millions managed on behalf of the enemy and about 19 millions of debts over £50 and bank balances due to the enemy, making

total of £132000,000.

This was stated by the Public Trustee, C. J. Stewart, addressing the City of London Tradesmen's Club recently.

AGENT POR NAKITO COAL

Head Office:→→→

MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO.

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BRANCH OFFICES :- Nagasaki, Mojl, Karatı, Wakamatsd, Otaru, Maroran, Hakodate, Kobe, Osaka, Kure, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Tauruga, Vladivostock Hankow, Peking. London, New York, Shanghai. Bonglong. Buiphone

and Canton

Cable Address :-"IWASAKI Code:-AL, A. E. C. 5th Rd, Western Union, and Bentley's..

AGENCIES:-

CHINKING: Messra Gearing &

Co..

MANTLA. Messra Macondray &

Co.

SINGAPORE: Messrs Borneo Ob.

Ltd. GLASGOW. Messrs A. B Brown, McFarlane & Co., Ltd.

For Particulare, apply to

К. КАТО,

Manager.

No. 2, PEDIA Szmaze,

HONGER.

SINGON & CO.

· ESTABLISHED A.D, 1880.

RON STEEL METAL and HARD FRON

WARE MERCHANTS... Wholesala and Rotsil Ironmongers. Pig Iron and The best of pulpit oratory i often koopers and Shipchandlers No. 35 and Foundry Ocks Importers. General Store. responsible for lapses into unconscious, EKG LONG STREET, (2nd Street, weak A little contretemps wäre caused by the humour,

an American Univer Bity President made the following

TUKOWGH THE TUNNEL.

'

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com-arrival of two visitors from 8, neighbour.scrmon on the deirvery of a of Central Harkot) Telephone No. 516.

die.".

pany will be CLOSED from the 27thing case in the village to see the colonel dramatic attemnce: You have blind Jezuary to 3rd, February both dates but it was overcome by the quick wit of faith in the physician. He gives you inclusive.

DODWELL COMPANY LIMITED. sur host, who said Slip along to my medicine and tells you to take it. Yours.

General Managers.

bedroom" Whereupon the visitors, armed not to reason why yours but to do and with a feah lamp, opened a door in the of the minister who solemnly auroci has Hongkong, Jan. 22, 1017.

Almost equal to this is the story wooden wall and promptly, disappeared congregation that "Many persons have into the towels of the earth. To me in one eye on heaven while with the other that din candle light it looked like rome they are listening to the gossip l stage trick, but I found after lunch that earth."

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it was not..

THE KOWLOON LAND & BUILD ING COMPANY LIMITED.

Behind the door were steps leading NOTICE HEREBY ORDINARY lined with stout planks. The roof was [OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the below. At the bottom was a long corridor Company will be held at the All was pitch dar until my guide struck MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in supported at intervals by plank pillare

the

"Victorzā. BentDINGE

match and lit a series of candles that

Company's 10th Febrtiary, 1917, swers projecting from the wall on pegs

for the purpose of A.K.. receiving

REPORT of DIRECTORS stuck between the planks. Burning as ogether with Buatement of Accounts still and erect as a frozen flame, they shed for the year ending

ending 31st December, 1916.

s yellow light on low beds with dark The EEGISTER of SHARES of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, let to SATURDAY, 10th February 1917 (both days incluarve), during which period no Trander of Shares can be registered..

By Order of the Board of Directors,

A SHELTON HOOPER Secretary to the Hongkong Land Investment

"Agency Co., Ltd.

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THERAPION NË 2

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THERAPION NO. 3

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CASTINGOUTES

LEE THAT TRADE MARKED WORD "THOPRANGAN” US (AM. FAST DATI STANKATUTAKO TO ALL SENESNE ZACKET HASANI MAVING. THERAPEUT

The Man Who Gets There

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WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND makes blood--lots of it life giving, brain nourishing, strength replenishing blood

OF ALL CHEMIST

PRICES: $1.26 and $2.25

Hongkong September 4, 1915.

HEAD OFFICE KOWLOON.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1917.

INTIMATIONS

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IT IS VERY BENEFICIAL IN ALL CASES

OF

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SOLD BY CHRISTS AND STORES EVERYWHERE.

HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK Co. Ld

TELEGRAPHIC ADDERSS: MANIFESTO HONGKONG

Codes Cod: A1, AIB.Q. Fifth Edition, gering Firstand Second Editions, Western Union, and Watkin's.

Dock Owners, Ship Builders, Marine and Land Engineers, Boller Makers,

Iron and Brass Founders, Forge Masters, Electricians, lak

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All classes of light Steal work manufactured by the above process,

Tanks, Drums, Ventilators, Pipes, co., &c.

DETTE OVESELE OF TIDE

ELLI AT DEDINARY SPERE TIDES

SPRINGE

THE DIMENSIONS OF DOUKI AAD SLIPS ARE AS FOLLOWS

LENOTH

HAWN OF DDOX OR SLIP ON KEEL

BLOGES

HOWLOON

Moj Dock, Kevloch

Ka. Dock, Kowloo

Patani Blit, Xa, 1. Kowloo

Paleun 1:17, 200, 1

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TOWN OFFICE.

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