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TWEDNESDAY, MAROH 21, 1917.

SHIPPING

P. & O. S. N. CO.

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UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT

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MARSEILLES AND LONDON,

TAKING PARENGERS AND. CARGO TO

STRAITS, COLOMBO, INDIA, AUSTRALASIA, EGYPT, 40.

Due

Steamers

30

Leave Hongkong

Connecting Mall Stanmor from

Calon be

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Colombo

Due at Marvoillek 1917.

London 1917,

Whon Passengers change Steamers at COLOMBO,

THE CHINA MAIL.

CIVILIANS ON SERVICE. Is may be added thas the Loent (freenas-

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SCHEME.

Mr. Neville Chamberlain is now ready to luuuch his scheme of National Civilian Service The scheme is to be brought Elite operatiua Immediately," and the following outline of it thay be accepted authoritative, wrote a Parliamentary correspondent on January 18th.

unt foard in wpeking in close coajira- #tion" with- Mr.- Nevills" chamberlain's Department. As thero in every intention

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if enlisting to the full the services of the WHAT THE COLONIAL. SOLDIER Iscal Authorities, thy experience of Lord hondda's Department, must obviously. prove invahmbie." The Department be fully conversant sells the working of the learnt a good lot from this war. We all A Dominion officer writes have

Military Servich „fats, and its experience | Bare-Canucks, Anzacs, and the rest of of the work of the Tribunals cannot fail I have been comparing views with to be of great wility to Mr. Neville and officers from Australia, Canada, South Africa, and New Zealand, and we Chamberlain.. Is inay baepted, there have all agreed upon one point-amely, fore, that the cont Governinast Board that we have learnt a lot more than you The bulk of the men required för the † will make a considerable contribution, to people at home. You have, so far as any Army to bring the war to a speedy wn in expected suges of the scheme for of us can see, taken the war ay 22 Imperial sikir, as something in which end as possible are to be found in muni-National Civilian Service

we "all were and must be just as fully interested as you yourselves without Lion: works, coal mines, shipbuilding.

having it explained to us. The British trongjort work and agriculture." "A

Empire was in it up to the hilt. That effort is to be directed to Ruling »

was no far an you could soo it, MatŘolent, maniser of substitates for those

you didn't worry about anything else. You didn't even ask us to come sud yho may be called upon for military

help, and that is just the one thing that has tickled us. We came along for a bit Bertice.

of fun. Just for something like the outh African affair. For a bit of sport, with death as the big stakes

Lait play and devit take the hindmost, and we have found that it has been grimmer bargain. But we haven't com plained. That is, not as a whole. We have come tack to dai

› darkened London to, muddy

Everybody is to be asked to phy, his

accommodation in the connecting. Steamer from COLOMBO is dadhitely reserved in part, mark at first vidongeers wil be called

Hougkong as the time of Booking.

the the Australian Route Tickets Interchangeable with Orient Lino.

SAILINGS DIRECTITU

SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE AND

2. 8.

YOKOHAMA,

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Pananger may travel by Railway in Japan between Ports of Call: free of charge. Retura Tickets to available by Messageries Maritimes Company.

Con Transaipment) IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE MAIL STEAMERS,

INTERMEDIATE STEAMERS

WILL LEAVE DIREOT FOR !**

MARSEILLES AND LONDON, Calling at SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM, PENANG, Coloжno AND FORT SAID,

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GARRYING IT and SALOON PASSENGERS AT REDUOED RATES.

PHOPOUR SAilinde :

STEAMYES.

Lesta H'KONG

about,

Lease S'PORE. Abeat

Due at M'ATILLES If calling about

Duo LONDON about

THE INTERMEDIATE SERVICE IS TEMPORARILY, SUSPENDED.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FITTED ON ALL STEAMERS.

All Cabins a fitted with Electric Fans free of charge and each Barth Furnished" with an Electric Reading Lamp.

Round the World Tickets and Through Tickets to New York in connection with the Principal Mail Lines

Retura Thints at fare ang half craillie to Farope for Two Years; or to

Intermediate Porta for Six Months,

Owing to the War in Europe Starmers and Sailing dates are fisble to be cancelled or altered with “a: notice.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

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Consignees are remigical of the necessity to apply to the Company's Agents regarding arrival of consignments expectel of which they have receivel documents ar advice,

Any damaged packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the, Consignees and the Company's Surveyors, Mesiry Goddard and Douglas, at 10 am- Mondays and Thursdays. All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival hert, after which date they cannot be recognised. No Claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns.

For Further Information, Passage Fares, Freights, Handbooks, Dates of Sailing eto... apply to

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FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS,

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WILL BAIL FROM HONGKONG FOR

SAN

FRANCISCO

1.

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VIA SHANGHAL, JAPAN PORTS & HƠNŐLULU,

SUNDAY, APRIL 15th.

AN UNSURFASSED HIGH CLASS PASSENGER SERVICE AT INTERMEDIATE RATES.

O. E. RITTER,

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INDIAN AFRICAN LINE.

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

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The rate of remuneration will be the standard rate of pay for the job to which smid is sent."

There is not to lus a simultaneous appeal to men and wonen. Only men I will be appealed to-nh present, Women' my be railed on required. A Department will be

Berular Direct Service from JAPAN, CHINA and STRAITS, to BEIRL. DELAGOA BAY, DURBAN, EAST LONDON, PORT ELIZABETH and CAPE TOWN, calling at MAURITIUS: en toute and affording the Transport from the QRIENT ¿te BOUTH AFRIDA,

For dates of departure. Rates of Freight apply to

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JAPAN, CHINA AND STRAITS

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FOR PARTICULARS OF BAILINGS SHIPPERS ARE REQUESTED TO APPROACH THE UNDERSIGNED

Steamers proceed is Buez Canal or Cape of Good Hope at Owares option Sabject to chaögn, without notice. ~

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THE BANK LINE LTD

General Arritat

later

up

In a few days in "deal with women volunteers, but they will not be enrolled con precisely the same lines as men.

WOMEN YOLUNTEERS.

ENROLMENT ONLY IN CASE OF DEFINITE WORK.

MIAN MARKHAM DUTLINES THE NEW AERVICE SCHIME,

"We mean to organise the work be Ifore we organise the workers.”

To these words of Miss Violet Mark-I ham, Assistant Director of Women's National Service, is the keynote of the new system which is to develop woman power to the full. Mrs Tennant and Stian Markhamn have already been over- whelmed with offers of help

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Is and 30 years, The limit of 60, was danilt upon when it beans clear that (only' rams intúli viguit were needed.

It is not intended to take men already engaged in work of national imperfance from their present neruptions if they cannot be replaced.

No one will be able to escape military service by volunteering for Civilian Service

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and we have "cured country, which couldn't provide man with a drink when he wanted one or had had so many that he wanted a few more thana are good for him, and we have toll rach, other and the world at "We are only two days' old," observed large that we had come to fight for ** Miss Markhani, humorously, to Daily country and not for a Board of Liquor Chronicle representative on February Control. But we haven't meant it.

rd. "We started with a couple of We read a great deal in your papers charwomen

sad

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or in that, whether we learnt a great dealmore from you. You you know, or can't you guess that you make as sick! You are always gaming about the great deeds of the Canadians, the Anzacs, and the rest of us You can't stop giving us the glad hand and all the time we know that your boys are doing most of the work. We are good, for our share! Yes that's all right There isn't a better soldier going than a Canadian or an Anzac, or an Irishman man. Welshman, or any other member fors Tomonas

Scot, or Or

Yorkshire

of the Imperial Forces. But most of the Army came

From

the Thres King-

going to deal as well as whole day work, if we mean to atilise the brains of educated women as well as the muscles of great Arizies of mimition workers All that we ens doing as, the monent, and sil that we can do is evolve policy. The rest will come later."

made

But already one decision has been

appeal for women workers will pressed and immediate demand. Miss be issued except in relation to an

Markham stated, "That is to say, she continued, "there will be no general

general comes along with a request for 14,000 women for munitions, for fratance we shall immediately make known the Lppeal.

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£1,500,000/$15,000,000

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18,500,000

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$15,000,000

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COURT OF DIRECTORS,

6. H. Dodwell, Esq.,-Chairman..

Hou Mr. J.A. Plummer, Esq.-Deputy Chairman.

*E. V. D. PAT, Eng. CE Anton W. L G.T.M. Edkins, Eq Pattention, Exq

Hon. Mr. P. E. Holyoaks

Efforts will be made to find salstitutes *ppert for volunteers. If the director- f'dums, and that most his done most CB.. Gabbey, Esq. Hon. Mr. Shellim.

fr indispensable unen.

Volunteers will

wherever the

Diretor-General may ask them to go, but they will be kept in their own dis tricts as fuas passible.

Volunteers' will gut be put into other captions than those for which they have volunteers, until it is established that they are more suitable for others,

The Employment Exchanges will be pred for reeriting for National Cviðan Service, and ecu withorities wil asked to help.

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NO MORE DISAPPOINTMENTS -

of the work, and done it as well as any men who ever lived. Indeed, they have done it better than we have, because they have settled down to discipline mil the time, while we are only just begin- ning to see that in war discipline is "the only thing that counts.

» CHIEF MANAGER:2 Hongkong-N, J. STABR EN,

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MANAGER: Stanghai-A. G. STEPHEN, Esq. LOMON BANKARS-LONDON COUNTY AND WESTMINSTER Burt, Longtd.

HONGKONG-LYTEREST, ALLOWED, S On Current Account at the rate of Two cont per strum in the daily balance.

OF FIXED DEPòstes ¿---

When the 'women respond we shall know exactly where to send them and

Discipline is a great thing. We never what to do with them. Women are tired guessed how great it was before. It is n of Alling up forras, tired of registering bigger thing than

than hustle. We've all themselves for war work for which they learns that. But then you never took may not be wanted. It will be our aim the trouble to call us. You have never to prevent the disappointment which told us anything, and that is why we has so often come to women willing to used to

Bat that tign has now work, but who were met with vague need a plus, out the sign, No English

apply? uggestions on

been pulled down and burned. As an on volunteering." It is probable that with

bthe coming of Australian put it the other day, we shall per besuch a capable sad clever woman at kiss always answer the call be heard from a

Markham into this great new depart-treach which was dissolving under mint there will be infinitely more scope Hun bombardment. Ha van carrying & For than hitherto

berto for the highly educated dispatch, and had been caught in the . Aleutings will be organized at once to woman. Naturally, Miss Markham is strafe," had gone into shell crater for

unable to discusa

discuss details, but one gathers safety, and meant to stay there until he Emm her immense enthusiasm and her heard a boy calling out, Oh Snow that every branch of woman power is answer came Come over here you quick, alert way, that she means to see what shall I do, what shall I do?” The is used to the utmost degree.

"That was young and die with me."

CAR FOR ENROLMENT."

stimulate, enrolment,

be

Letter cards will be provided to

in by recraits. Each recruit will be asked to give his name, then his employer, his trade, his condition single or married), and the work for which he is particularly fitted.

These cards will also contain's forta,

a

with y

Bath Mrs Tennant and myself hope enough for me, I crawled out of my for the widest co-operation from women fank hole and went on of brains and education," said Misa Markbam.

But please do say," she went on, "that at the moment we do not want offers of service. We do not want women enrol. Every hour, since we started work women have been calling, asking

to:

of endertaking to be signed by the recruit, by which he with place himself unreservedly at the disposal of the for posta as typists or offering their Director-General ob Nations! Servien

These cards will be obtable at any ffice, and will be sent out to the leaf authorities,

The local authorities will be naked to Mart recruiting rallies, 'and earðs will be. available all the meetings, i

All the cards will be sent to London

in the first instance, and will be sorted

services in some other direction. It will take some days to get our: plane of campaign together. But we are losing no time.

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Chief Manager. Hongkong Feb 24, 1917.33, &

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STREETS ARE NOT FOR GAMES.application

SAY BELLS OF ST. JAMES

Newspaper advertisements addressed to children in the form of "Nursery Rhymes for Present Times is the latest development in the " campaign in England:

***Safety First Most of the rhymes are adaptations of olt favourites. The first of the series

Little Jack Horner b Stood at the corner,

Watching the traffic go by; And when it had passed. He crossed over at last,

stal clasified there. They will then be The Journal of the Union of German: sept to the local Exchanges, whem War Administrations publishes an in- instructions will be received for the call.spired explanation of the shortage of coal, which is at present one of the chief ing up of volunteers in batches not larger causes of distress in most parts of Ger than can be deals with at any time. many. The authorities say that the Valunteers will, he classified according shortage of coal is due entirely to tran to occupation.

sport difficulties, and they now for the publish what are alleged to be accurate first time since the outbreak of war

Local demands will be first dealt with, and larger demands will be sent on to railway statistica. the general burran in London.

t is observed that at the beginning of There will be five recruiting areas in the war the railways were well armed

achieved land. Each ares will be presided over by rolling stock has been increased by 8,600 Since August, 1914, the

■Commissioner, who will be assisted by engines and about 20,000 wagons two Deputy-Commissioners."

Thirty-six new engines are still provides It will be the duty of these Commis.overy week, but the supply of new sioners to keep the Central Department Wagons is irregular. Meanwhile the

strain on the

bas become so engines in constant tooch with everything which

cent of them are under Breat that

per affects it, and also to act in a judicist repair, as compared with 18 per cent, în capacity in the ease of any complaint or times of peace. It is added that 10,000 appeal that may be rande, by employer or miler of new railway hara boen opened in the occupied amemy territories, and employed.

have to be run mainly with German No provision is made at prosest for materiale. At the same time there are men giving part time, but something of many thousands of wagons, which can- the kind may be arranged later on not yet be brought back from abroad, Transylvania and especially from

England, one in Wales and one in Scots Splendid results in the

The establishment of minimum wage Rumania. In these circamatanced, the

is being considered. "

restriction trafic, with consequent There will be a subsistence" allowance abortage of oral is described – ás of 176, 6d, a week for every man who is

called away from his own district,

In certain case the Department will

vitable

fund accommodation before hand for PATELL & CO.

transferod

KARAT

A specially urgent appeal will be made to those qualified to assist in agriculture. Employers will be asked to show oqp- sideration to volunteers who may learn their service by keeping their places opes, and wherever possible seeing that the men suffer no pecuniary low, DESPRE done in the case of volunteers for the Anny in the early days of the war.

Seven days notice will be given to the volunteers before they are called up. This infereal will give employers." the opportunity, it they wish to avail them selves of 15, of appealing to the incal Commissioners.

Alen, engaged in trades of númal importance "who volunteer will not vat present be transferred to other, occupe- tions If, however. It is shown that there" is sa excoss of elilled labour in a paztie cular factory, such e men will be trans- ferred another factory in the Com

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And said "What a good boy am 1: But all boys are not good. For in- stance

say

There was a little boy.

And he had a roller skate

He flew along the highway

Travelling in state

He spied stor-bus,

and thought he'd lang behind- The rest of the story will easily be The Appeal of the London Boils

that "The streets are inst los

bells of St. James: Not for foolsbrking! clang All

Hallows, Barking. Balety first for all ring Allhallows-

on-the-Wall

games

I'my

the

And be sure you, understand | peal St.

Mary-in-the-Strand

So repent, this rhyme again! says the

booming of Big Ben.

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