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INTIMATIONS

"HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY LIMITED.

(Incorporated in the United Kingdom).

TOTICE is hereby given that the

COLONIAL (Hongkong) REGIS TEE of the Company will be CLOSED from TUESDAY, 27th Mamint, 1917, to WEDNESDAY, 25th April, 1917, both days inclusive.

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By Order of the Board of Directors.

WE ROBERTS,

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Secretary,

Hongkong, March 10, 1917,

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LI TED & REDUCED.

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TANYCAL MEETING of SHARE- THETWENTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY

INTIMATIONS

HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The Members of the ANNUAL GENERAL MEET- EONOKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE will be held on MONDAY, the 26th March, 1917 at 4 PM precisely, in the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ROOM, NEW GOVERNMENT BUILDING, for the following purposes. ;~~~ (1) To receive the Report and Accounts of the Commities for the, year ended Jist December, 1918. (9) To elect a New Committee. (3) To transact any General Business.

By Order,

..

EA. M. WILLIAMS,

Secretary 'Hongkong March 16, 1917.

OF COMMERCE

THE CHINA MAIL.

Smokers of discrimination always select

The

GARRICK

SMOKING

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THE GARRICK SMOKING TOBACCO

HOLDERS in the Company will be | HONGKONG ĠENERAL, CHAMBER beld the Offer of the Company, St. George's Baillings, hster Roul, Victoria, Hacking, on TUESDAY, the 27th day of March, 1917 8 11.30 AM. for the purpose of reviving W Statenant of Accounts and the Report of the Directors for the year ending 31st December, 1918, and

declaring a Dividend.

By Order of THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hongkin. Msinh ý 1972

1000

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED & REDUCED.

"

ATOTIUR IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED THURSDAY, 1st March to SATURDAY","

inclusive. 31st March, 1917, ich days

The return of Capital sf $250 share with paid to Shareholders on and after the 15th March. 1917, 9 presentation of Shars Certifientes fare endorsement.

By Declan af

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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. ... Hincken. Feb. 24, 1917.

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THË BONGKONG & WHAMTOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY YEARLY MEET- INO of SHAREHOLDERS. will be helh in the Office of Company. 2. ptaegins a Buildings, Hongkong, on TUESDAY 7th March 1917, at 12 Noos for consideration of the Direct Report

1 Statement of Accounts for this ye ending 3txt Dermire, 1014

The SHORE REGISTER

NOTICE of a SPECIAL EXTRA- ORDINARY GENERAL MEET- ING of the HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE im- mediately after the Annual Meeting to be held on MONDAY, the 28th March, 1937, ut 4 P.M. in the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ROOM, NEW (OVERNMENT

TAUILDING.

A desire has been expressed that the following resolution shall be pit-

That Clause e of the Bules and Regulations of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerco should be amended by the inser- tion of the word "British" between the word "ten" and the word. "number" IT' the first line thereof.

By Order,

E. A. M. WILLIAMS,

Secretary. Hongkong, March 18, 1917.

HONGKONG CLUB.

NOTICE.

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THE THIRTY-FIRST YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the HUNDKONG CLUB,. wi ly held in the Cram House, n THURSDAY, the 29th March, 1967, at 3.30 0.34.

By Order.

E. DES VIEUX,

many.

Hongkong, Mar 16, 1917.

1585

TRANS- THE HONGKONG, ELECTRIC CO.,

FER BOOKS will, be "CLOSET from the 21st to the 27th instant, both rys

nclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors.

RM. DYER,

Chley Maang.

Hongkong. March 17, 1927.

HONGKONG ICE COMPANY, LIMITED.

THE THIRTY-SIXTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING of SHARE- HOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the General Managers at 11.3). & M. on WEDNESDAY, wth instant th retive & Statement of the Company's Accounts to 21st December, 1916 and the report of the General Managers

The TRANSFER BOOKS" of, the Company will be CLOSED front the 14th to 28th instant both disys incla dive. JARDINE MATHESON & Co. Inc. Corneral ManagJEVA, S Hongkong. March 8, 1917. 1662

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, - LIMITED.

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

`ITE FORTY-EIGHTH ORDINARY MERTING of SHAPEHOLDERS will be held at the Offices of the Undersigned at Noon, on WEDNESDAY the 28th instant.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 14th to the 29th instant, both days

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inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd.

General Managers. “ Hongkong Fire Insurance Company Ltd.

Hongkong, March 8, 1917.

CHINA SUGAR REFINING

COMPANY LIMITED.

NOTICE

1009

THE THIRTY-NINTH ORDINARY

LIMITER.

NOTICE.

It

LAMBERT

TOBACCO

ARBOR DAY FOR CHINA.

(By D. V. igx.) Ching Ming is fast approaching.. Is entres this year on 8th April Thursday.

It has the distinction of invigorating the nerves and brain of the business man...

Does not burn or irritate the

throat.

(3) It might also be well for the school to invite some lecturer to speak or to give a demonstratal lectore on forestry or forest trees. The lecture should consist of a series of experiments to show the utility of forests and the results of deforestation Für instance, a' fost on a nip slope may be cloth upon a tilted table! ford: then if water is p bigher edge.

it will creep on the ward through

ach the cloth and drip slowly from the lower

lower elke a would rain falling upon the fores. Such an experi ment would make vivid before the students the relation of forests to stream-

It will be remembered that before the picture!

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How and Hoods.

presidential mandate of 31st July, 1915. Ching Ming was observed as a festival merely for cleaning ancestors' graves and this cleaning consisted of burning griss or shopping down small shrubs that might have grown round the graves. Travelling in the interior, one would be: No doub; there are many other ways surprised to find that most of the forest by which Arbor Day can be made to fires in the spring were caused directly leave lasting impressions in the minds or indirectly by such cleaning. Now it of the students. But it must always bo that presidential mandate should year remembered that the true message of after

year acceed in bringit.g to the Arbor

Dor Day or Ching Ming should be of the people

the serious and the tree or the forest as producer and consequence arbing from custodian of the necessaries of life and

in observing the festival, is happiness of a nation.

would be duing a wonderful thing from the forestry standpoint, not to say that it will add an arbor Day idea to the

May I then ask all the missionaries in China to co-operate in making Cbing Ming on Arber Day with a true message for China-Shanghai Mercury-

Pamphlets and circulars are being sept out by nur government urging schools, clabs and officials to observe Ching Ming BOILING POINT" AT HAMBURG, THE Apecial attention of the Public is as an Arbor Day. It is hoped that all directed to the undermentioned will co-operate and observe the day with Regulations which form part of the due

emphasis. Regulations muide by the Governor in, Council under Section 3 of the Electricity Supply Ordinance, 1911, on the 15th March, 1017.

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33: Any person making any addi- tion to any electrical installation connected to the Company's main without obtaining the written unsant of the company thereto shall be liable to

a penalty not exceeding $100 for every such

ditiona

An elifying moeting was held at Arbor Day in the West has been Hamburg recently of the local "Patriotic chserved as an occasion fur impressing ociety." The chief subject of discussion upon the minds of the young people the ing Germany's " offer of peace." Speak- was the wickeriness of England in reject- importance of the tree in the life of a nation, hence the true message of Chinging of the feeling in Germany when the Ming should be the tree and it must be proposal was made, the president of the remembered that the tree that is signi society, Dr. Balier, said fiunt in the life of the nation is the forest tree.

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every day or part of a day during which such addition shall have

planting of a few trees by the been in existence. In this regula

young people under the direction of should no doubt be the main tion "consumer"

teachers means the in whose name the contract for the thing in the

it is to be remembered for the day. But

found."

person

1.

of a

is

must

It is

chat

of history would some day celebrate

the greatest deed of

forth enthough word. God alone knows how many |

We all felt that the greatest hour in the history of the world had struck when The object of writing this short article the victor magnanimously made this at this time is to call the attention of proposal. We alfunderstood that distant some of the missionary schools which ages, remote generations and the truth this 34: Any consumer upon whose Buy not have received the pamphlets

All the premises any such. acdition shall and circulars und also to furnish in a as perhaps

snail

certuries. some practical suggestions as

Re

recognized that never be found shall be liable to a

To bad A conqueror shown himself penalty not exceeding $ico for to how the day might be observed

fitably in China.

modest, so yielding, so purely German TEA

But the great event of the evening was a speech by the chief

chief pastor, Pro fessur Hunzinger. He said:

The peace offe

offer

was an Emperor's supply of electricity to "such of setting out a few trees,

the diversion word, Christian word, a Christmas premises was made with the, Com

exciting

calling and

hearts of men and women, even in Enz pany, or if there be no such person,

only e be regarded means to the land, blessed the Kaiser on that day. the principal teruat or person it desired end rather than as the end itself. But our enemies beld a council and actual occupation of the premises The students should be taught on arbor turned blessing into cursing. England in which such addition, shall be Day the use and value of the tree in the was the soul of the business.

This life of the nation, and it is essential that England who dares to play the part of Having regard to the possibility breakdown of the Company's present

permanent results-lating impressions | protector of civilization has always plant through unauthorised additions to

be left in their minds.

worked with whips and whisky This is suggested that one of the follow-England who wants to free the world instantions the Pablic. existing

from

barbarism Germin ing things be done to assist in making

. country in earnestly requested to co-operate with Arbor Day more memorable or the in-which one has to go about with a lan

QDs Di pressions the Company by bringing to the Com

more lasting in the minds tern to find really educated men.

The idea of humanity was born of pany's notice y contraventions of the of the students. above regulations.

(1) After the

in the spirit of a Lessing and a Herder, planting ceremony Dated this 20th day of March, 1917. ovor, the students might be given an and mude glorious by Klapstock, Schiller, GIBE, LIVINGSTON & CO. opportunity to write or to discuss the and Goethe. The Germanides of humanity. importance of forest trees: how they is pure. How different it is from the Agents, 15091

supply material for homes, for fuel, and puny, anemic and dry-na-dast idea of for thousands of industrias; how they humanity which now proposes to come store water for streams to quench men's to us by way of England and America WAR LOANS INVESTMENT TRUST their mills, and to fill their rivers do tallen; they have seen through. Now

thirst,

to irrigate their lands, to drive This humanity wants to deceive the world once more. But the mask hoe APOF MALAYA.

fer vast traffic of inland navigation; how (INCORPORATED IN THE FEDERATED"

they influence rainfall, humidity, sanita we must be as steel. We bave no choice. sion; how they check soil erosion and The furor teutonicus must rise again. MALAY STATE).

essen the severity of floods; and how They would not have it otherwise. Now they protect useful wild life and increase is the time for the fipal affect. He who CAPITAL $8,000,000-

the beauty of the country,

does not see it is blind, who does not (2) It would certainly be very profit feel it is senseless, and who does not will able for the teachers to bring the it is weal students out, after having the planting Finally Professor Hanzinger

น some the

the claimed Ceramony observed, hills and moutains in the vicinity and To our Kaiser, our Chancellor, and our of soilerosion, fresheta, leaders we cry. We are ready." And to all the mountainous districts

of China made us hot, but you have not yet made been held us boil. When the boiling point comes, ment of the Federated Malay States.

Interest accrues from the 1st day of ass borrisle example of up before the rest of the

of forest the month following the date on which we see freshets, and gullies on mountains neglect) subscriptions are received and will be and hillsides that have come to exist as peid 1 half yearly on 1st January and on result of long continued deforestation. Lomen of the prospectus and forms of plain and to impress on the students on 1st Jair

If the teachers should take pains to ex- applications for shares can be obtained that day the results of deforestation, from and subscriptions will be received and make them rememer by asking by, any of the following Banks.

to write themes on what they have seen

ANNUAL MEETING of the In shares of $10 each (Straits currency)

SHAREHOLDERS of the above Com-

ду

will be held at the Offices of the

General Agents, Fedder's Street, on

fully paid

ex

FRIDAY the 30th instant at Noor for BE Shares bear interest at the to have me lained to them."In nearly our enemies we cry "You have already

of which titlement of receiving the Report your with repayment of capital together and gullies

purpose and ending 31st December, 1916.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 18th to 30th March both days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Ltd.

General Agents. Hongkong, March 9, 1917,

1565

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY LIMITED.

· NOTIOR

AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of FIVE

per na bee Declared and will be Payable at the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corpors tion on or after WEDNESDAY the 4th

Gril

REGISTER of the Company will be: CLOSED from SATURDAY, 31st March to WEDNESDAY, th

April both days inclusive, during which days. no Transfer of Shares can be made

DIVIDEND WARRANTS

ready on WEDNESDAY the 4th April, and may be obtained or application.

DOUGLAS LAPRAJE & CO. # Deneral Managers. Hongkong, Merch $1, 1917. 2001-

liquidation is guaranteed by the Govern(by the way China hasized world. God help you!"

THE CHARTERED BANK OF LA & CHINA, after they come back, Am or Day would THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING | meso a great deal to students.

CORPORATION,

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA LED.

Hongkong, Jan. 9, 1917.

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THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY.

THERAPION No:1

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THERAPION, NË 2

CARIS BLOOD PORZE. BAD SKOR, DER KRYPTIONS,

THERAPION NOA

FILES WORK TO ONGLE CLARINS HENÓ, Ca

TO HAVEARNOCK ME VAKARPETINEERING PONVOU]

THERAPION C

JUST ONE AFTER DINNER will prevent that uncomfortable hoary |fveling and aid digeation'. Two takan st bed-tiran dispel Constipation as gently

nature next rpopning::

cure

PINKETTES

Bitournees, 24 Sick! Liverishness, clear the com sweeten the

Ebert for 60 by: William Medicine Con Road Shanghai

COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION "Caly a Cough but you stop

it while it is ONLY a cough.

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COD LIVER OIL COMFOUND

The fact preparation-made

for combating Revere com CURES any cough, toat Only a cough. Very pala

JEMISTS

INTIMATIONS

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1917.

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HORLICK'S

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* Puce full-cream milk, enriched with choice malted

barley and wheat in powder form. Keeps indefinitely.

+

THE FOOD DRINK FOR ALL AGES,

A refreshing and sustaining beverage, ready in an instant by the addition of hot or cold water only.

No cooking. Nourishing and convenient.

In 3 sizes, 1/6, 2/3 and 11/- (in England).

SOLD BY ALL CHEMISTS AND STORES-

HORLICK'S

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Variety of Uses.

The uses to which LEA & PERRINS' SAUCE can be put are innumerable.

At Luncheon, Dinner or Supper, it is the ideal sauce for Roast Meats, Fish, Game, Cheese, Salad, etc.

In the Kitchen, it is indispensable to the cook for flavoring Soups, Stews, Gravies, Minced Meat, etc.

In India, a favourite "Pick-me-op" is Len & Percing' Sance with Soda-water,

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Hongkong September 4, 1915.

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