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THE CHINA MAIL

INTIMATIONS

HONGKONG CLUB.

NOTICE.

THIRTY-FIRST YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the HONGKONG CLUR will be held in the CLUB Nous, on THURSDAY, the 90th March 1917

By Order,

At 1.30 г..

E. DES VEUX,

Secrsany; Hongkong, Mar 18, 1917.

CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY LIMITED.

1583

INTIMATIONS

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SANITARY BOARD OFFICE, HONGKONG.

TO TIENĀ

OWNERS OF DOMESTIC BUILDINGS,

TAR •NOTICE that under No. 5-of the-

DOMESTIC CLEANLINESS and VENTILATION BYELAWS«faa ameod- d) vary Domestic Building or DAYS DË ugh Building within the WESTERN Division of the City of Vistoria, occupied by mombers of more than one family. axoups thoas within the European Reserta είναι σε those parts of a Domestic Building aned a Shop. Ofice or Godom, maar be OLEANSED and LIMEWASHED THROUGHOUT by the Owners during the months of February and March.

N.B.-The word "throughout" used in THE THIRTY-NINTH ORDINARY this Notice means that the houses should be ANNUAL MEETING of the Limorashed in respect of all the Walls of SHAREHOLDERS of the above Com-cach Room, all Cubiclen, Partitions, Stair pany will be held at the Offices of the Casings and Stair Lirings, all Oxilings and Roots in Main General Agents

Pedder's Street, on the Undersides of FRIDAY the 30th instant at Noon for Buildings, Ufices and Servante Quarters the purpose of recriving the Report and ad inclusive of Verandaba. Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1918

NOTICE

The Backyard must have los Containing walla Limewashed up to the level of the

Firsh Floor.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the

Carrad, Palated or Polished Woodwork Company, will be CLOSED from the 18th to 30th March both days inclusive.in good condition, however, need not be

Limewashed, but must be Cleanmod JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LID.

The WESTERN Division of the City General gents. lies to the West of Tank Lane and "Hongkong, March 9, 1917." 1585 Cleverly Street.

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT

+

ADAM GIBSON, Secretary. Dated this 24th day of March, 1917.

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COMPANY, LIMITED & REDUCED. 1819)".

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TRANSFER MOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY, 1st March

31st March, 191, or to SATURDAY,

days inclusive.

SWEPT CHANNEL-EASTERN ENTRANCE HONGKONG. SHIPS are cautioned that they should approach, and leave the barbour by The return of Capital of $2.50 per the swept channel and that deviation share will be paid to Shareholders on from it is attended with risk. The and after the 15th March, 1917 on channel is swept between the hours of presentation of Share Certificates for sunrise and .30 .. a should not be endorsement.

used between those times.

Ry. Order of

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Hongkong, Feb 22, 1917.

1323

In the event of ships arriving in the swept channel before the sweeping is completed they are wamed, that it is 1. inngerous to appronel or to attempt vessels employed sweeping the swept of vessels sweeping to pas hetween

The Vessels sweeping carry a a ball at position where the yard would be and un that side on which it is dangerous for vessels to pass.

TRY

ONE BOX

OF EITHER

OF THE ABOVE

1

11.

BRANDS

AND YOU WILL

ก

"BE DELIGHTED.

THE BRITISH CENSOR

FICTURES BY AMERICAN

CORRESPONDENT.

A-REPLY TO FEEVISH CRITICISM.

A particularly interesting descriptive article on the British censorship, AD American's View of the British Mail

GOLOFINA CIGARS

PRICES

INTIMATIONS

PERFECTOS $5.00

BOUQUETS $3.00 :

PER BOX.

YOUR EYES SEOULD NOT BE NEGLECTEL,

"PERFECTO"

Actual Siza.

Conspired with the Frog and the Bear

Imb the Prussian Eagle, and How the

At the first symptom of eye strain you should consult 118. We test eyes scientifically and fit. glasses to individual re- quirements.

LARK & CO.

NONGKONG

SCIENTIFIC OPTICIANS

OK BLOGS: CHATER RD

HONGKONG & MANILA.

INTIMATIONS

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Hotel Mansions

Agents for ADMIRALTY CHARTS.

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

BENSON'S ENGLISH WATCHES,~

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

German Bird of Freedom Punished all MITSUBISHI GOSHI KWAISHA

Three.

But I saw a book about another bird of. freedom, whose cover depicts the same surrounder with the Stars and Stripes in colour. It is published in Portuguese by ons Fermann Fattel

Berlin, and entitled " Condar por Sud

America.

Its plain purpose, at which titel to the Latin America Repub it works very hard, is to represent the States as a menace to the inde. fies. Dountless the State Department

Send

Govertment for a copy of this interesting

I

(Mitsubishi Co.):

COAL DEPARTMENI.

SOLE PROPRIETORS' OF TAKASHIMA, QUEL MUTAJE KISHIDARE. KOSHINOTANI

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY the masthead and another ball in Censorship" by Robert Sloss of the has had occasion to thank the British HOJO, NAMAZUTÁ, SAYO,KANADA. |

LGAITED.

NOTICE,

All signals made by the vessel strictly obeyed.

Chicago Daily News" has been reprint- ed in pamphlet form by Mesura W. Speaight & Sons, London. Mr Bloss

AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of FIVE superintending the sweeping are to be was affordert every facility for seeing

DOLLARS per Share has been

Declared and will be "Payable at the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corpon- tion on or after WEDNESDAY the 4th

C. W. BECKWITH, Commander, RN, Harbour Master, &c.

Hongkong, March 27, 1917.

REGISTER of the Company will Harbour Department-

be CLOSED from SATURDAY, 31st March to WEDNESDAY, 4th April, both days inclusive, during which days no Transfer of Shares can be made.

DIVIDEND WARRANTS will be ready.cn WEDNESDAY the 4th April, and inay be obtained on application."

DOUGLAS LAPRATË & CO.

„General Managers, Hongkong, March 21, 1917. 1001 (

COLUMBIA

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1870

RECORDS

ARE

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO.. MORE FAITHFUL

LIMITED.

NOTICE.

THE special attention of the Public is

the

directed to the undermentioned Regulations which form part of Regulations made by the Governor in Council under Section 3 of the Electricity Supply Ordinance, 1911, on the 15th March, 1817.

33-Any person making

addi-

tion to any electrical installation connected to the Company's main without obtaining the written consent of the company thereto

TO THE ORIGINAL,

WHETHER

THE HUMAN VOICE.

. OR

· INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.

SOLE DISTRIBUTORS.

che de fible to penaltyTHE ANDERSON MUSIC CO., LTD.

exceeding $100 for every such sedition.

34:"Any consumer apon whose premises any such addition shall be found shall be liable to s penalty not exceeding, 8100 for every day or part of a day during which such addition shall have been in existence. In this regula tion "consucher" means the person in whose name the contract for the supply of electricity to such premises was made with the Com- puny, or if there be no such person, the principal tenant or person in actual cocupation of the premiser in which such addition shall be found.

Having regard to the possibility of a breakdown of the Company's present plant through

unauthorised additions to existing installations the Public is earnestly requested to co-operate with the Company by bringing to the Com- pany's notice any contraventions of the above regulations.

Dated this 20th day-of March, 1917.

GIBE, LIVINGSTON & CO. 1509]

"Agenta,

t

JAPANESE MAKERS.

Every kind of Footwear

MADE

TO

ORDER

จอมลง ฟ OHEREY & 00,

FEDDER STREET, Opponite Hongkong Hotel.

daphnia No. 191

Dont Worry!

here

KEATING'S

KILLS

BUGS FLEAS MOTHS

BEETLES

- » TINS 5'61

DAIRY FARM NEWS.

CORNED BEEF

AND

CORNED PORK.

Por UP IS

Кков

AND BARRELA

EXPORT OF STEAMERS. „URE."

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THE NEW FRENOW REMEDY

THERAPION NG 1 THERAPION Nİ. 2

THERAPION NO. 3

· CURES FEROMIO WEARKERES; DEATRE,LOVE VIGOR, KILE BOLD BY BRADIES OPERETE FROCKIN KAULAYDEN

the British censors at work, followed muils through the departments until despatch to their ultimate destination and, was able, from the insight given him, to come to the following conclusion in article strikingly free from com

ment:

work.

COUNTESS'S WAR ROMANCE.

MARCHES WITH THE ARMY IN

THE GREAT RETREAT.

It was stated that defendant hard gone to the offices of the agent in search of a situation as a chef and the alleged assault followed on her failure to obtain the kind of place she wanted.

A romantic story of the war was told at Bow street recently when a well- dressed, frail-looking woman, who was Throughout such contact with it (the described as Frances Merlin but said she was the Countess de Gaston Merlin, British censorship) one cannot escape was charged with assaulting a Blooms- the impression that it is a "live" organ-bury employment agent Faution. Its rinnageraent has been en- trusted to comparatively young men who have been given a free band for the accomplishment of their task, and whose disposition is to get on with it" with the least possible friction and in the most workmanlike way. The efficiency of the organization is obvious, and 18 feels that whatever inconvenienses it nay cause they will hardly be due to provocative traditions of stupidity,

THE CENSOR'S MUSEUM. Mr Sloss in his description of the censor's museum speaks of the tricks to

set rubber into Germany, in 1 oz packages of dental rubber yielding about an ounce of the pure article at G. 8.25 filee newspaper rolle, hundreds of small consignments marked "Sample: no valce," thousands of solid rubber golf balls, thinly glazed, and astonishing

quantities of football bladders.

THE PUBLICISTS WAL WEAPONS. Of German publications, some of which

The version given by defendant wis different, and she prefaced it with an

inter account of her experiences in

when the wir broke out Her home was near Lille, she said, but, when hostilities began, the was staying with be daughter another part of the country She and her daughter marched with the French army on its great

retreat, and

and eventually reacted Paris. he had suffered considerable financial Icss through the war.

She

was the author of several books,

SHINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, BIBAI &OYUBARI COLLIERIES

AGENT FOR SAKITO COAL.

Head Office !----- MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO

BRANCH OFFICES:- Nagasaki, Moji, Karaian, Wakamataa

Otarn, Muroran,“Hakodate," Kobe, 'Cɛaka, Kura, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Tsuruga. Vladivostock. Hankow, Peking, London,

New York, Shanghai

Fon zone. En phong

and Canton. `:

Calde Address:-"TWASAK) " * Codes -A1. A. B. G. 5th Ed.,“

Western Union, and Bentley's.

AGENCIES:-

CHINKLANG: Messrs Gearing &

Co.

Go.

but, realising that detion would not be MANILA. Messrs Macondray & in great demand in war-time, she went to a school of cookery in Paris and qualified as a chef. Her husband was a SINGAPORE: Messrs Borneo Co. captain in the British Army

A police officer said he had found that defendant was very well connected and couftess looked anything but a violent the magistrate, remarking that "the

woman, dismissed the charge.

were calculated attacks on the United BRITISH SOLDIERS AND FRENCH

States, and others to weaken the adherence of the Allies, be says

If it is the fact and the postal censor

F

- NEWSPAPERS.

The "Petit

Ltd.

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

For Particulars, apply to

E. KATO,

Hanager,

Na & Proosi Brazer,

Honexong.

SINGON & CO.

Erraztanen A.D." 1890.)

1.5

Journal is said to popular claims to have acquired proofs of it in the British trenches in France. Every- that the German Foreign Office directs one knows, says a London paper, that the preparation and publication of these the new lingua frames is co of the books and pamphlets, and that they have proudest possessions of the British sol- erected a special plant of their own for dier in

France. He brings home his their production, then we have the scraps of "compris" and "Toplez vous." interesting spectacle of the rulers of a with as much elation sa his Pros J modern nation employing in self sian helmets, and he immediately tries defence not merely a large but an the jargm on many an unapprecative TRON STEEL METAL and 'HARD almost brimming, measure of falsehood

and bus conductor. But his WARE MERCHANTS, Wholesale and trickery.

of the spoken language and "Retail Ironmongare. Fig. Iron sal More pathetic still, perhaps, are the still remaine primitive and uninfected. Frandry Coke Imposters. Genar 1 Shores, specimens which illustrate the efforts of The French newspapers, however, are zooper and Shipohandlers Nos. 88 andă German firms in Germany to keep some becoming increasingly popular One gr, HG Loóra Brzzzz, (fnd Street, wästi semblance of's hold

hold on their vanished finds the French papers with English foreign trade, especially with Bouth and colonial paper, be all the alia of Central Market) Telephone No. $15. America Ohe whole side of the room rooms/ sand in billets and trenches men

Honkong September 4, 1815 was filled with sample lots of picture day by day with increasing success postcards, oleographs, photogravures puzzic out the latest news of the war, the latter of fine quality, worth $2.00 They say that it is well worth the each, and addressed to the New York trouble, because the information and branch of a Berlin house. Over $5,000 comment are so much fresher and freer worth of picture postcards slons have that what they get from English news- been seized in consignments. There

papers. It is not to be supposed tist were several gross of scissors and will lot the new study drop.

when they return to their homes they

German ed

shich had been railed to Mexico. meal from

andy! called from the..

States when Mexico was found to! brt. Lapenetrable for business purposes. These had been aught on the return trip. An interest- ing line that had been coming in const- Iarge envelopes each containing four flar boxes of

of cigarettes from, the Argentide.

A fair sample of the firds of this dea- Cription was photographs, wrapped-in Corrugated board; each corrugation con taining a thin bar of pure nickel. The German contention is that the inricl- ability of private correspondierica has Been broken. The British maintain that legitimate private correspondende has been prostituted to other purposes

Aside from the legalistic controversy over the censoring of the mails from which this interesting library emanstea there is no quation that it has been of practical, vaino eren! to 256- United

States, for has disclosed much

tent which has ini

ta

information for dur

variably beca turned Over to them by the British. One might consider the British authorities liver-exercise per

spe in preventing the circulation of the crúde satirs in colours entitled: “The Table of the Stuðled Lion 2. Hơi

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