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INTIMATIONS

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANU- FACTURING CO., LTD.

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AN INTERIM DIVIDEND of ONE A DOLLAR (8) per share, for account 2017, will be "payable FRIDAY, che ich Angust, 1917. Share- holders are requester to apply for Dividend Warrants at the Company's Office

St. George's Buildings, Hongkong. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will he CLOSED from MONDAY, the 20th August, 1912, to FRIDAY, 24th August, 137, both days inclusive.

SHEWAN TOMÉS &.CO.

General Managers..

Hongkong, August 10, 1917. 2020

Un

UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

CANTON LIMITED. -

ESTABLISHED 1935. Incorporated in Hongkong,

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the Union Insamune Society of Canton Limiter will be habi at the Head Office of the Society Nos. 3 and Queen's Colony of Hondings, Victoria in the

on SATURDAY.

the lat day of September, 1913 at 12 o'clock noon for the purpose of proposing. considering and, if thought fit, jassing the following Resolution vize

"That the provisions of the Society a Memorandum of Association with respect to its objects be altered so as to rend na shewn is the print signed for the purpose of identi Aestion by the Chairman of this Meeting.

Should the above Resolution be passed by the quisite majority, it will be abmitted for confinuation as a Special Resolution to a Second Extraordinary Ocueral Meeting which will be sub

convened. sequently

A print of the Memorandum as pro-. pemed to be altered can be seen at the Head Office of the Society.

fated this 18th day of August, 1917-

C. E. P. HAY,

R+49)

" perpan, General" Manager.

HONGKONG, HOTEL COMPANY,

LIMITED

NOTICE.

THE ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MERTING & SHAREHOLDERS will be held at the Companys Hatel on SATURDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 1917 at 12.15 for the purpose of recriving i statement of Accounts of the Company to auth

nth June, 1917 wish the report of

WHE

the Directors and to discuss any matter be competently brought before

That meeting

the

The

THE CHINA MAIL.

"Embassy

The Perfect Cigarette

In

tins

INTIMATIONS

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 1917.

G. FALCONER & CO., LTD.

WATCHMAKERS & JEWELLERS.

Hotel Mansions,

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ENGLISH SILVERWARE, direct from Manufacturers.

"High Class English Jewellery.

KAIPING, COAL

PURPOSES

FOUNDRY AND SMELTING COKE

FIREBRICK AND FIREOLAY

In

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Have you tried the handy pocket size tin of 25 ?

THIS ADVERTISEMENT IS ISSUED BY THE"

BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Co., Ltd.

TRANSFER BOOKS of the CITY HALL WORK PARTY, wat

Company will be CLOSED front 25th August, 1917 to 1st September, 1917, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board.

J. B.TAGGART........... Manager & Secretary,

Hongkong, August 29, 1017.

NATIONAL BANK OF CHINA „LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION).

--(Incorporated in Euglund.)

UNREDEEMED BANK NOTES.

NOTICE SANDING NOTES will

(OTICE IS HEREBY, GIVEN that

O paid on presentation to the under sigued on or before SATURDAY, 27th September, 1917, at Noox.

And

AFTER THAT DATE, holdere will it necessary to claim repayment in STERLING from the BOARD OF TRADE, LONDON, te

to whom the necessary funds will be remitted.

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THE BOARD OF TRADE make charge for payment of claims out of monies deposited in the " COMPANIES LIQUIDATION ACCOUNT" at the Hank of England.

AR LOWE

Liquidator.

Chartered Bank Building.

Hongkong, August 17, 1917.

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2040

SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION of the PAPER PULP MILL Situated at VIETRY, (TONKIN). THIS MILL is built upon a property The Muring is b,100 p, meters, and consists of the following buildings and machinery :-

Phiring the past two weeks the City: Hall Work Party packed the following? -

101 white,

141 pyjamas.

31 night-shirts,

141 vests,

53 bid-jackets,"

# reversible bed-jackets,

1 surgical niglikesitirts,

53 shrouds,

43 pairs slippers..

2 pairs invalid boots,

285 handkerchiefs..

14 dozen milk-covers,

42.cap bandizes

19 eye-bandages,

fi pairs operation sterkings,

27 white hospital-raps,

25 pairs gloves and miltens,

12 trug clothy.

43 mufflers. 106 pairs works,

95 pairs krig caps,

kilted hot-water-bottle covers, Kritled cabs,

The City Hall, corning, sorne, of them, from Green Island, Cos-,

opolitra Borks and Kowloon in all Weathers, but "they take rolls of runterial home and sent out during the week. Without their whole, hearted support the City Hall could never hope to meet the digimas 1990 it."

Tisy paid workers.pt the City. Hull, whom we are able to keep employed through the generosity of severni Indies, often askire whether I can find them regular work. I p10 pose..

in these fortnightly notes, to mention the quilibrations and needs

Sheets, Pillow cases. Draw siteets, Slippers, Handkerchiefs, Socks, Tablo cloths 9 x 6, White Tray cloths #1" x 14, and 30 x 36, Table Napkins, Arm Slings, Rath and Face towels. Under pants, Vests, Dusters. Cholera belts, Pneumonia Jackets Soiled linen bags, Hot Water-Bottle Covers, Bed Pockets, Bed Spreads, Toilet Gloves, Mosquito Hewi Nets, Sabal Fly Head Nets, Cardigan Jackets, Jersies, Swenters, Blankets, Balaclava, Mufflers. Helpless Bal Skirts.

I am sending you samples of certain things which possibly you have not got as patterns, but most of the things you will have probably been already making and will not need a pattern. If at time you require a

at any information any

I shall I trust in sending you such a large and always be very happy to give you, and varied list of articles You will under stand this is only to enable you to pick. and chose for your working party si

of each. I know that the only way to those articles which can be most apit-

satisfy want is to make it own.sbly made according to the materials

| you have available..Yours faithfully,

At present we have working for ik:

A Chinese, speaks excellent Eng- lish, wanta care of children, Peuk or Victori..

A Portuguese, good terdle-woman, wants cure of children, or seving, Penk-or-Victoria...

A Chinese, good needle woman and embroiderer, Convent trained, wants

The above were sent in four cases 1 to the Red Cross Depot, Bombay, who undertake to distribute to Hog.five sewing, Vietorią.

pitals in India and Mesopotamia.

ETHEL M. STABD.” August 24th, 1917.

Red Oross Depot. No. 2, Shed, Alexandra Dock,

Bombay, 7th July, 1917.

Mrs. ETHEL M. STABS,

City Hall Work Party,

The Cliff, 117 Peak,

Hongkong.

(Signed) A. L. DAVIES,

Hon. Superintendent,

Red Cross Depot:

Extract from letter from Mr. Davies to British Women's Work Association, Shanghai.

Anything you send to Mesopotamia will tend to reduce the demand on us leave us more for War hospitals in India, hospital ships a.

and

Owing to submarines and shortage of freight, India has now to take over the Red Cross Supply for Mesopotamia and your assistance at this time in most opportune. Should you at any time require samples, or information at all, I should be glad if you would advise me.”

QUARDING ENEMY PROPERTY AT

SHANGHAI

Included in the list is a consign. ment from Mr. J. McGregor's work! party, at Pagon Anchorage, Foo chow. They went 25 shirts, 20 vests and six eye-bandages. These at being knitted all by himwlf by a little boy of 8, doing his bit splen 1. EIGHT brick-buildings, with iron

pillars and beams. Corrugated iron didly for his country. Mr. McGre

DEAL MADAK.-I am în receipt of your roots. Two sheds with forrugated for ulso sent a parcel of children's letter of 7th June, with reference to the iron roof.

articles which are being made by your clothes for Belgians, which has been working party in Hongkong and have to the str. Nilesin was caught by the Mani turned over to the Kowloon Unity advise that these will be most acceptable cipal Police with two suspicious bundles to us for distribution in Mesopotamin on Friday night. They contained sun- Workers, who take charge of old and and also to the hospitals in India as well dry portable articles on their way from steamer to the pawnshop. The thief new, garments, renovating and reas to the hospital ships.

was handed over to the River Police and will be severely dealt with by the City Magistrate.-N. C. Daily News.

2 PLANT & MACHINERY of the bind required for making Paper pulp.

3. TWO European residences.

The

above Property will be sold by making where decessary, and send." Public Auction at PHU-CHO (Tonkin), ing home valuable boxes for refugees on the 1st day of September, 1917..

RESERVE FRICE $100,000. (One and destitutes. Hundred Thousand Dollars Indo-China Durrency).

Further particulars may be obtained sent on application to the undersigned.

C#. De LANSALUT,

Solicitor for the Liquidator,

Haiphong Hongkong August 4 1917.

2012

The Chinese Ladies' Work Party.

1,000 paper

handkerchiefs, which should prove extreïnely useful We have to peknowledge with many thanks, a further donation of $17.50, given by some of the ladies of Quarry Bay to buy wool for making the knitted woollen slippers.

I may mention that Lady Lawley, the has already written to us that she has Hon. Secretary · Q.M. N. Guild, London, advised all the Queen Mary Needlework Guilds working East of Suez to send their

us for distribution, as gifts to owing to the heavy toll taken by aub- aurines a considerable amount of these gifts have been lost. Some of the Guilds are already sending us cases of gifts and I need hardly gifte you can send us be, and how much they will be appreciated.

say how very welcome any

At present the garments that are being. used are all thin as this is the hat season of the year, but after about the end of

I would like to mention though September or early in October, the cold

Benson

will commence and if you can

DAIRY FARM NEWS, 1 can never express my appreciation arrange to send us warm garments from

CORNED BEEF

SAND

CORNED PORK.

PUT UP IS KEGS AND BARRELS

Export on STEAMERS USK.

then on until about the middle of March,

and gratitude to them the way in it would be a great help. which the cutters at the City Hall

We anticipate a considerable difficulty have worked, through very trying this year in being able to: receive warm weather, to keep up with the demandments from England and any supply you can send of warm clothing will help for cut-out garments, which, I am

to relieve the strain which will be put on as to meet all the requisitions which glad to say, has been very heavy will be received. For Four information I give you a list of articles which are all

this last month, with the American most useful and are continually lacing ladies joining in heartily, and requisitioned several new workers of our own,

Not only do they work two days a

Shirts, Flannel Shirts without collars, Pyjamas Dressing Gowns, Kimonds Overalia, Theatre SquaİES

One of the soldiers on guard on board

COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION

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it while It L ONLY a cough.

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COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND

The finest preparation mado for comballag severe

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PRICES: $1.25 and 2.25.

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FOR ALL INFORMATION APPLY TO

DOOWELL

00%, LTD.. QUEEN'S Buildings, HONGKONG, OR

MINING ADMINISTRATION,

TIENTSIN, NORTH CHIMA..

FOR

FITNESS AND EFFICIENCY DRINK

HORLICK'S

MALTED MILK

(MALTED BARLEY, WHEAT & MILKI

INVALUAPLE ON CIVES STRENGTH AND MAINTAINS IT. THE MARCH AND IN CAMP. REFRESHING AND DELICIOUS ENDORSED AND RECOMMENDED BY LEADING ATHLETES AND PHYSICAL CULTURISTS

Available in both POWDER and TABLET FORMS.

11

A tablespoonful of the powder dissolved in glass of hot or cold water or a few tablets dissolved in the mouth, will prevent fatigue & restore energy

Sold by Chemists and Stores.

In 3 dies. 1/8, 26 à 11/-in England). HORLICK'S MALTED MILK COMPANY, SLOUCH, BUCKS., ENGLAND.

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YOUR EYES

SEOULD 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.

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BRANCH OFFICES :--- Nagasaki, Hoff, Keratsu, WakamAISIE `

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For Particulars, apply to

H. KATO,

Manager.

No 2 PRO ŠTEFCY,

HONORANG.?

SINGON & CO.

Established A.D. 1880.*

"BUN "STEAKL, METAL and HARD.

WARE MERCHANTS, Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers, Pig' Irợn ani Foundry Coke Importers." General Store- keepers and Bhipchandlers No. 85'an" |87, Have Loosa d'rant, (fnd Street, word

of Central Market) Telephone No. 515.

Bouxkong Bewcomber 4, 1915.

HONGKONG & WHAMPOA DOCK Co., La

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