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'INTIMATIONS"

HONGKONO HOTEL COMPANY LIMITED."

NOTICE

THE

THE ORDINARY HALF YEA£FY,

MEETING E SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Company's Hotel an SATURDAY, 17th Februcey, 1917, at Nous, for the purpose of receiving, a statement of Acccurs of the Company" to 31st Decorber, 1916, with the report of the Directors, anel to discuss any master that may be enne tently brought

before the Meeting

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Cons pary will be CLOSED from 10th to 17th February, 117, both lays inclusive.

By Order of the Brite ›..

.

J. IL TAGGART,

defian Beerclary,

Hongkong, Feb, 1, 107.

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THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE ƯO, LTD.

י

ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE HOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Odices of the "ompany. St. George's Buildings, So, Connaught Rad, on FRIDAY, the 231 Fibruary, 1917, at 11:30 AM. for the purpust receiving & Statement of Accounts THE "the Report of the General Managers for

the

THE TWENTIETH

your ending 3 st December, 1916- and electing a Consulting Committee and Auditors.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 19th February, 1917, until FRIDAY, the 23rd February, 1917, both days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMËS & CO.

- General Mawyers,

Hongkong, Feb 18 1

HONGKONG & SHANGHAL

BANKING CORPORATION.

1493

FOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

NO

INTIMATIONS

A

LOST.

BETWEEN Glencly aral Condutt D. Ruul, a Lady's Solid GOLD CURB CHAIN BRACELET, "wish Gold Padlock. Findor will be suitably rewardi ei on returning same to

Post Office Box 235 Hongkong, Fes. 12, 1917.

WANTED:

1428

DOSITION by Young Britisher. Good knowledge of General Office Work and able to take charge of department.

Bux

No. 42.

Co *URINA, MAIL Ottige. Hongkong. Feb. 14, 1917.

1406

WALTER FORD &'CO;

THE Interest and responsibility of

William Walter Edwards in the Art of WALTER FORD & Co. Commission Agents, & Queen's Road Centful, conser on the 31st day of August, 1916, on which rate be by mutual consens of all the partners arused to part for.

Sg WILLIAM WALTER EDWARDS.

Hongkong, Feb. 14, 1917.

NOTICE.

1497

ARNHOLD, KÄRBERG & COMPANY

(Is Liquidation).

NOTICE is hereby given "that all

claims agaings the above Extate should be filed with the Liquidators on or before 8th February, 1917

DODWELL & CO., LTD.

Liquidators

Hongkong, Feb. 14, 1917-

HONGKONG

THE CHINA MAIL.

PERO

FRE

FELUCCA

CIGARETTES

BEAR THIS HALL MARK OF DISTINCTION

N°33

IS THE MOST POPULAR

THE FOOD PROBLEM.

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further requirements of the growers of

1498 IS A NATIONAL FAMINE POSSIBLE? of female labour, by setting to work our

the ORDINARY YEARLY MEET HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

ING of the Shareholders in this Corporation will be held at the CITY. HALL, Hongkong,, on SATURDAY, the 24TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1917, at No4, for the purpose of receiving the Report

THE

ANNUAL SHOW.

HE FLOWER and VEGETABLE SHOW will be held on the Sn and 97 MARCH, in the Botanical Gardiens.

of the Court of"Directors together with a stutersent

for the year of Accounts ending the 31st December, 1046.

The REGISTER of Shares of the Corpamtion will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the 1 FEBRUARY, TO Intending Exhibitors should send SATURDAY, the 24TH FEBRUARY, 1917 their entry forms to the Hon. Secretary (bath days inclusive), luring which period no transfer of shares can be not biter than 28th February. ***

gistered

Copies of Rules and Schedules may be obtained from the Hon. Secretary.

A NICOL

"QUAREY BAY. Hongkong, Feb. 12, 1917. -

By Omler of the Court of Directors,

J. STABB—

Chief Monger.

Rongkong Feb 4, 1917:

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RELIABLE LONDON SELLING

AGENTS

WE will sell for you your products:---

WGeneral produce, Oil seals, beans,

Oil, Hides, Wool, Chum, Fibre, Tel ere. SEND US YOUR SAMPLES, WE WILL VALUE THEM WILL MAKE. LIBERAL ADVANCES ON CON- SIGNMENTS.

Write D. H. NEVSHEHIR & Co. 505 and 685. Mansion Home Chumbers," “11, Queen Victoria Street, Losbox.

NB-Only first chass firms necel reply. 1445).

JAPANESE” MAKERS,

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

.TO

ORDER

CHERRY & CO.;

PEDDER STREET. Opporite 17 sagitorg Hotel

Telephone No. 491.

Bongbong Marco 20. 1314.

THE

LONDON DIRECTORY.

(PUBLISEED ANNUALLY)

FINABLES (alam throughout the World

COLUMBIA

NEW

DANCE

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SOME PRACTICAL, THINKING.

Mr Percy WD Izzard, the well known Agricultural writer, says in the *Thaily Mai

Is the war to be lost for want of foul for the people of the British Isles, as at

neclens of skilled male labour being left on or supplied to every farm, the

food should be met by a great extension

50,000 German prisoners, and, if necess- ary, by bringing coloured labour from India and

Regarding the women +frica workers, conscription of able-bodied women to work in the felds, and of

some form of war work, in women for not an unthinkabl

contingency. It could be done, and here again there is ttle doubt that the direct uppeal of the Government to the women of Britain would bring them out in their tens of

for that: country's sake.

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INTIMATIONS

YOUR EYES

| SHOULD NOT BE NEGLECTEL

At the first symptom

of eye strain you should consult us. We test eyes scientifically and fit glasses to individual re- quirements.

LARK & CO. Per BLOGS, CHATER RO SCIENTIFIC OPTICIANS

NONGKONG

HONGKONG & MANILA

MITSUBISHI COSHI KWAISHA (Mitsubishi Co.)

COAL DEPARTMENT.

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF TAKASHIMA OCHI, MUTABE KISHIDARE YOSHINOTANT HOJO, NAMAZUTA. SAVO, KANADA, SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI

one time it was in danger of being lest i distribution of food and the | &OYUBARI COLLTERIES S

for want of food for the guns?...

prices of foodstufs are other burning This is the grave question which questions to be settled. If a standar confronts the nation at the present louf, why not a standard price instead monient. The success which is attend of the disparity which now existal! And "The the enemy's submarine campaign, why should the well-to-do have a sufi now taking heavy daily tell of four because they cannot spend the necessary gieney of sugar, and the poor go without arrying ships, the loss of our huge at the grocer's shop in order to be purchase of Rumanian when the allowed to purchase ne pound of sugar? Lord Crawford suit recently, in ap shortage of labour owing to the neeping to the farmers of Norfolk: "We and demands of the army, and the do not mean to retire before the enemy weather which has seriously reduced the in Europe! Do not let us retire before area of autumn wheat have brought us our difficulties at home!

The difficulties in the solution of this ¦ within sight of a famine of essential-food-

problem of the nation's food can grave commechties, anet only, immediate and be overcome There is not one of us drastic Government action to control whe has not a part to play in the solving the supply, production, and distribution of them. What is necessary is that the who will have the control of our of food can prevent such a trazedy.

fod supply should take the nation into Far-seeing men saw the possibility of his full confidence and tell all classes the contingency many months ago. what is required of them. The nation has Apparently not until the Board of Trade waited overlong to see these difficulties

MAN

RECORDS. Food Supply Committee, with its two faced and fought.

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Leo FList Merilay

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Meeting

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The Magic Melody • Fox-Trot ▲ 5687 Georgia Grind

THE ANDERSON MUSIC CO., LTD.

6, Des Voeux Roud.

TEL 1393.

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

JUST RECEIVED

FINEST QUALITY

RIPE AMERICAN APPLES

Packed by the best Growera Splendid Flavour.

"CHINA

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MAIL PUBLICATIONS.

meetings a week, brought expert opinion together and set it to work to state the case and make suggestions was the extreme yrgency of the question comprehended by the Goyerament. Then, with other decisions respecting

CHRISTMAS AT HOME.

the nation's milk, flour, and bread, it Amazing prices were paid for Xmas, was announced that a Food Controller fare at Leadenhall, market in Christmas

AGENT FOR SAKITO COAL

Hoad Office ¡~~- MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO,

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BRANCH OFFICES — Fagasaki, Moji, Karatan, Wakamatas, Otara, Maxoran, Hakodate, Kobe, Osaka, Kure, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Tsuruga: Vladivostock. Kankow. Peking, London,

New Y, Hanghai Hongkong, Hư phong and Canton.

Cable Address :-"TWASAKI Codes -A1. A. B. C. 5th Ed. Western Union, and Bentley's.

AGENCIES:-

OHINKIANG: Messrs Gearing &

Go

would be appointed. "... The post week, one Turkey being sold for £3-6-7, MANILA. Messa Macondray & should have been created and alled equal to 23. 3d per 1h. The entire months:

sago.

absence of foreign birds due to the cost of Awaiting him is a task of organisation feeding, etc., had made the supply of birds not second to that which has given as very short. Pheasant reached the record 4,000 controlled munitions factories to sum of Cs or 78 each, just double their pries of as high as 123 6d cach, and price of last Xmas, bile ducks and" the

geese were not to be bad

day. The supply of food from overseas, question of freights (with which the nert report of the Board of Trade Com mittee is expected to deal the produe tion of food at home, and marketing and distribution will be matters of direct concern in his department.

FARMERS AND COMPULSION Home production, especially of bread stuffs, must and can be increased notwithstarding the fact that, owing very largely to delay in organising the sowing of wheat, the area at present under wheat is ecnsiderably smaller than this time last year. Agriculture must be marshalled at once for a great spring advance.

You cannot compel the production of specified quantities of food on a farm, for the reason that you cannot compel the sun and the clouds, but specific sowings and plantings can be compelled, and also the Labour for cultivation.

FLD

One of the special features laat Xmas was the rapidity with which our men in France received their parcels of home comforts. All parcels were sent through the Army Post Office is Regent's Park, where a staff of over 1,500 are busy sorting. From this collecting centre over 91.000 bags, containing between daily, and it was estimated the average 200,000 and 250,000 parcels were sent off time occupied on the journey to the recipient was three days. Some 100 women and girls were also occupied daily

in repacking broken parcels which had reached the Army, in a damaged condition."

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AFTER-THE-WAR SHIPPING.

Proposals to be laid before all the Prime Ministers of the Empire by the Executive Committee, British Imperial Chamber of Commerce, include:-

The idea of compulsion as to their industrial methods will be distasteful to the farmers of this country. They are a very independent community, but at the same time intensely patriotic. If the Government would take them into its

Tou-for-ten as part of peace terras. confidence, get into direct contract with

Lower charges in British ports, for them, and tell them exactly what is British owned ships sad for ship of wanted, few would not be compelled by Allies and neutrals in proportion to the conviction to run their farms on the privileges these countries give to British Decessary lines.

The farmers should have a guaranteed shi

price for their wheat, and the guaranteo Double duse in British porte er enemy. should be extended over several years, shippzig.

the

while the producers of the wheat regain Inter-British trade in British or Allied

from chaos.. which will arise ships us far sa possible. interference with their methods of

cropping

Agriculture must have its machinery and implements. Something must be done to ensure a suficient output from the manufactories and proper distribu- 4tion, the Government itself

self acquiring

to communicate direct with EnglishBTAINABLE at the Unma day

·Office, Wrudhka Street, Bang MANUFACTURERS & DEALERS kong> ind das bi gooda Besides being

Ch. complete commercial guide to London and HISTORY OF UNION CHURCH' ite rabarb, the Directory contains lists of

(1891-1909) EXPORT MERUBAN TS

HONGKONG'S MUSICAL

HISTORY...

with the goods they ship, and the Colonial sidersign Markets they supply;

STEAMSHIP LIKES arrkuged under the Porta to which chay unit, and Indiasting- the approzimate dailings ... PROVINCIAL, TRADE NOTICES of landing Manufacturera, Merobantu, no. in the principal provincial towns and industrial centres of the United Kingdom. A popy of the currant edition will be Yorwarded, freight paid, ou receipt of For Order for

E

- Dealera' noeking. Agunoies can advertise kheir trade cards for £1, or las ger adver-

samente from £3.

The London Directory Co. Ltd., i

28," ASCLAVECO Lang, Loxton, F.C.

***

ROTES ON WILD LIFE IN HONGKONG AND SOUTH CHINA (by Rev. G. She

·Bunbury's M. A.J Part 1-Mammals and Bids Part II-Raptiles, Amy albis and,

Fishes...

(HF: MISSIONS ETRANGERES

(latory of the Eastern Charches)

CHINESE BCHOOL BOOK

(Bam-Tm King **/

ROBERT HARTELAND

1,00

and

tod kaning machinery if necessary.

There must

st be an adequate supply of labour on every farm to carry out the agricultural advance. At present one finds the workers very unevenly dis tributed. On some farms the labour. above the scalo agreed on by the Board of Agriculture and the War Office on many others it is below it and there are farmora in the Eastern Counties especial ly who are in despair at their position.

STANDARD PRICES. ***

The labour problem must be solved at the earliest possible moment if we are to have any increase at all in the home. production of food, whether on the farm or the allotment holding,

on the

by Eitel), ktor "en vacant building sites and cultivable common lands which are to be taken over for the growing of, foodstuffer und er the Defence of the Realm Act all this now land, anonhi be under the plough the apedo Ho

TAX HEMORANDUM A oritielam

WASHING BOOKS (farmen

COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION

"Only a Cough" but you stop

It while it is ONLY a cough.~

WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED

COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

The finest preparation made for combating severo CURES 7 only a cough.

HUPALLICHEN

SINGAPDHE: Messrs Borneo Co

Ltd.

GLASGOW. Messra A. E. Brown. McFarlane & Co. Ltd.

For Particulars, apply to

E. KATO,

Manager,

N. PLODNA Starr

HONGIANG..

SINGON & CO.

Entaktinned &.D. 1980. TRÒN STEEL, METAL and BARD RARE, MERCHANTS. Wholesale and Retail Lronmongers, Pig Iron and Foundry Coke Importers. General Store. 3 Hra Loone SET, (2nd Street, we Keepers and Shipchandlers Nos. 85 and

of Cenust Market) Telephone No. $15.

Hongrong, September 4, 11.

HEAD OFFICE: KOWL

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917.

INTIMATIONS

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Hotel Mansions,

Agmio for ADMIRALTY CHARTS

ROSS'S BINOCULARS and TELESCOPES, KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS,

A

BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,

ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers, High Class English Jewellery.

KAIPING COAL

FOR ALL.

INDUSTRIAL AND HOUSEHOLD PURPOIES

FOUNDRY AND SMELTING COKE

FIREBRICK IND FIRE LAY

FOR Mich DODWELL

KAILAN

INFORMATION APPLY TO

CO.! ·LTD... QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, HONGKONG. OR

LI

MINING ADMINISTRATION,

TIENTSIN, NORTH CHINA.

HORLICK'S

MALTED MILK

IN THE BUSY STRESS OF LIFE

}

Horlick's proves. a. reritable pick-me-up,»Set -it-- helps nature to impart life and vitality to in- poverished blood and impaired digestive powers. Made in a moment-no cooking. Most delicious.

Of all Chemists and Storm, in 3 sizes, 1/6, 2/6 and

11/-(in England).

PRINTING

THE

HORLICK MALTEDM

OF EVERY

"executed at the Office of

CHINA MAIL "

COMMERCIAL FORMS SHIPPING FORMS CIRCULARS PAMFELETS

"DESCRIPTION

LTD.,

5, Wyndham Street.

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMES

WINE LISTS:

MENUS

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INVITATION CARDS

BOOKBINDING.

HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK Co., Lt

TELEGRAPHIO ADDRESS: MANIFESTO HONGKONG.

Codes Used: A1, 4.3.0. Fifth Edition, Engineering Fire: and Second Editions, Western Union, and, Watkin's

Dock Owners, Ship Bulders, Marine and Land Engineers, Boiler Makers,

Iron and Brass Founders, Forge Masters, Electricians.

ACETLYENE, CUTTING AND WELDING FOR SHIP AND BOILER REP

Modern up-to-date plant operated by our own specially trained

with workmen, under expert] European supervision.

All classes of light Steel work manufactured by the above pro

Tanks, Drums, Vantilators, Pipes, So, do

UTME DIMENSIONS OF DOCKS LAD SLIPS ARE AS KOLLAYS”

LENOR

ENTRAJUK: NAME OF BOOK OF SIAP ON KEEL TH

KOWLOON

No. & Bock, Kewloo

(Palans sálp, Ba

TALKOK

-BLOOTS

Prices $1.25 and 82,25,

Plusso Address Enquiries to the Chist Manage

DEFTR 077 BILL AT HORDINARY

ZEME OF TIDE

SPRING TIDES APRINGS |--NBSAPS

REKL

9999.9

TOWN OFFICE,

QUEEN'S BUILDINGS

Tuixerare No. 90 Hoxerass

KEL DIEK BAL, MIKA 8 plon Desk "Bongas re