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THE UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF CANTON, LIMITED. Incorporated in "Hongkong.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

The China Mail.

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, Sept. 14, 1017.

THE POWERS AND PEACE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an

TRAORDINARY GENERAL NEITHER the Allies not the enemy MEETING of the NIOS INSURANCE Power crem yet to have returned SOCIETY OF Cantos, Ltd, will be hell

ht the Head Office the Society, replies to the Pupal. Prace Note. Nos. 34 Queen's Buildings

Victoria A prompt reply was forthcoming from

Meeti

t

on the

in the Colony of Hong clock the President of the United States,

7th September, 1917 at when

the

subjoined Resolution

and held on

THE CHINA MAIL.

must come not merely from the rulers but from the German people Banation. One of the German papera thin „week has declared that "a" gigantic majority" of the German people are in favour of peace. They presumably know the only conditions

THE PAY OF THE SERVICES.

THE DOLLAR EXCHANGE GRIEVANCE.

Mr. E A. M. Williams, Bos. Secretary of the Hongkong Branch of

PUBLIC WORKS IN HONGKONG.

FEATURES OF THE D.P,K.'1- ANNUAL REFORT;

The voluminous Report by

the

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 19:7,

Considerable progress was made with Ware pleu atianetarily arranged, the the alterations involved in, converting negotiations being concluded in Novem the old Cotton Mille buildings (Inland|ber, 1915. Lot 1018, Causaway Bay) for occupa In order to enable reliable estimates

The erection of a new huikling for the Missions Etrangeres of Inland Let

tion by the French Couvent, the School of the scheme, to be prepared, soundings and Sisters Quarters being complete were taken over en extensive area, the |by the end of the year,

arek to he ruclaimed being defined by: piles driven into the berl of the barbour- The cost of these operations was defray- expenditure during the year amounting to 86,969.21, of which 15,618.40 repres sente the fury of the officer priner. pally engaged on the work. Oporation were still in progress at the close of the

which they can have ity and it tho Navy League, sends for publication Director of Public Works for the year, at the top of Battery Path, was from an "Advance. Lecoun)," the

remains for this gigantic majority to give to the desire its proper expression in the Reichstag.

NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

"

A Chitose aged as tried to commit suicide vesterlay by jumping from a Yauranti ferry launch into the harbourd

We have rateived from the Chinese Maritime Customs Part II of the Returns of Trade for 1916. This

the following copy of a letter dispatched by him to the parent organisation :-. 8th September, 19172"

P. J. Hannon, Esq.,

General Secretary of the Navy League. 13, Victoria Street London, SW. Dear Sir, I beg to confirma my tele: ram of the 8th ultime reading as follows

1916 was laid on the table, of Legislative Council yesterday.

We give below a summary of leading features.

FINANCIAL

the

its

commenced.

Considerable alterations were male to the ticket offices at ang ware on the Star Ferry Wharf opposite lee House Stroot

The erection of a Chapel, Hospital | your. Dormitories, and Sisters Quarters for Elsewhere in the Report in connection- Dethe Italian Convent on Inland Lot 148, with the prospective Prays East Re- elaination Shome, it is mentioned that Caine Road, was commenced, ""

The actual expenditure of the partment totalled $2,272,949.70, bow. net decrease of $325,031.10 as compared with that of 1915.

The revenue from the Water Worka was $410,766,61, ahoving an increase of $19,249.12.

Hongkong Branch Navy League and Military Services for relief from

supports application Nary unbearable hardship caused by high rate of exchange, which reduces local

LAND SALES. pay silver currency by over one-third. Publish this London newspapers.” Land sales, extensions and grants In case this question of local currency during the year brought in a

tats is not clear to you I will endeavour to premium of $313,447.07, but in addition indeed, in China generally explain the position in this port and,

this premium darived from the sale of The currency of floogkong and of rights to erect piors brought in

be said to be the silver $35,409.09 and China may be a

thie with sterling equivalent of which

the

two

The erection of a large block of the farment claimed from Sir R." buildings, comprising gymnasinni, swim | W. B. Jardine, the owner of Inland Lot ming-bath,coneart-room, recreation- 29, a sum of $63,457 in respect of the roctos, class-rooms, hostel, etc., for the conversion into Marina Lot of a puz- Chinese bench of the YMCA. Untion of the fet mentioned, which frontei Inlind Lot 2048, Taipingshan, was en Prays Fast, Sir R. W. B. Jarlina commenced.

was also the owner of Toland Lote A Sebool for Indian Boys on Inland 1010-1021, sitatert in the Sockumpoo was comValley, where conditions were favour- Lot 2121, Sookunpoo Vallay,

abia for the formation of an additional pleted.. the wharf and godown for the Ocean tent

Considerable progress was made with public recreation ground of considerable. As the value of Inland Lots Steamship Company (K.M.L. 88), 1013-1021 was approximately equal to the amount claimed by Government in Salisbury Road.

respect of the partial conversion of

their surrender to Government honla be accepted in satisfaction of the claim. The surrender was duly effected.

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fascicle gives the analysis of the import Mexican della from day to day with other maller-ms--brought the accommodate the largest decan-going Toland Lot 29, it was arranged that

tradle

The Police have been informed that the 8. Kung Tung reached. Canton minus a passenger. It is presumped that the missing man must have committed suicide by jumping overboard.

7

A Chinese youth was admitted to the inverament Civil Hospital yester caused by being knocked over by day suffering from injuries to the head motor car belonging to the Connaught

Garage.

with the price of silver on the London actual amount of premium paid into the or New York markets. Ta illustrate this, please note the following samury Treasury to $331,716.89, whereas the of Hongkong Sise and sterling values estimate amounted to $150,000.

Silver Dollars -

of Bar Silver

.

Bar Silver in

London.

Fear

Highest. Lowest.

1880

100%

541 30%

Sterling

- equivalent to

Hongkong

Dollar.

Twelve lots in Hongkong and three in Kowloon were sold by auction during the year realising $64,994 and $88,834 respectively.

BUILDINGS.

The Report shows a considerable increase in the number of plans dealt with under the Building Ordinance as compared with 1915, the greatest difference being in the number deposited for new houses and for alterations and

¿ We have received from Mr. Stabb, hut America has a semi-independent the Hon. Treasurer, a list of some standing in the war. She is not 500 Chinese subscriptions to the Wara a general rule, their salaries fixed in airtions to existing buildings.

Plans for new European houses

A new steel pier, 655 feet long,"

steamers which visit this port, was constructed opposite K.M.L. 91 for the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and

·Godown Co

ROAD MAINTENANCE, The road surfaces of the City

HONGKONG GYMKHANA CLUB,

TIPS FOR TO-MORROW.

The weather promises fair and as-

approximate mileage 60, were maintained generally in satisfactory condition. the bituminous treatment of carriage- ways throughout the City being consi dembly extended with the satisfactory result of further appreciably diminishing all the results are so extremely open: erosion.

even to those in the know

With F Government Quarry in

operation, enabling carefully screened the racing at to-morrow's Gymkhana grades of stone to be obtained, it has will be very interesting; the nee for become possible to greatly extend the the big event The Gymkhana use of Artificial Asphalte in situations Sinker should result in a very close

where the bature' and amount of the

the 1st day of September, 1917 will be committed, as the other Allies are, to Charities Fund in amounts rangs fixing these sterling salaries employers/totaled 75, and for Chinese houses. 39o, paving desirable. With the products

from: 800 to Mingle dollars. This forms part of the 18th list of subscriptions, the number received being so large that the Ist has to be fuel in two sections, This first part represents a total of

at an Extraordinary General Meeting" convened for thas. purpose

bmitted for confirmation as a Special common action in the matter of the

•Resolution.

That the provisions of the Society Peace settlement, but her stand Memorandum of Asseriation with is clearly based on political prin- respect to its objects be altered so

to read as shown in the print ciples which carry her as far as any signed for the purpose of identi- of the Allies can desire to go. In Nextion by the Chairman of this acccordance with the Agreement $24,665,48. Mesting". Should the above Resolution be con-existing between them, the Allies firmed as a Spesial Resolution by the are considering together the Pork's requisite majority the alterations in the

Memorandum of Association proposals, and it the reply given is not messently involved will be subsisted a joint one the individual replica are to the Supreme Court of Hongkong for

likely to be identical No doubt confirmation.

print of the Munivrandum as pra the new crisis in Rusain has served posed to be altered can be seen at the

(to delay the joint consideration of blend-Office of the Society.

$

sday of Sept. 1017.

C. H. P. HAY.

the Note," but so for

the

It appears, says the Straits Times, that there is going to he "General Pot" among the Judges in the Straits and EMS. nither in January-or February next year, and it is not the Penang Judges will make periodical unlikely when that happens that one of

visits to Ipol, to assist the Ipeh Judge,

round"

out 2. It will

Highest. Lowest. 4/0 3/2 370) 3,01 1010 I

2/18 1/1. 201 23-3/10 1/10 1/8-6/10 During the War the price of Bar Silver na steadily increased until to-day it is 13 and the sterling equivalent of the Hongkong dollar is 3/3

Mercantile assistants and civil ser- vants coming from the homeland have,

sterling by agreement, and from 1994 to 1915 it may have har in mind a dollar having a ster be roughly assumed that in

ling the man whose sterling salary

value of is, say, $300 per annum has, until 1915, been drawing in loca

currency 30 silver dollar

This man now draws at the current of exchange $1904, shrinkage in income of $1106, or over. 30 per cent. At the same time the actual purchasing value of the silen dollar bas decreased, for the price of practically all local recessaries, and even in the case of things which may be said to be in the nature of imported luxuries. the bigh exchange has failed ta com pensate for the higher cost of production, currency, barely suffices for essi stins in freight, etc. In the case of the Services translated into locs! normal times, the position of hemen both Army and

sterling

about

| telegrams "revent the situation to us whose duties are getting more and more intolerable. Mar at the moment i

per pro. General Manager.there is an indication that a separate ardimus, ays the Times of Malaya! PUBLIC AUCTION.

HE Undersigned have received in THE

stractions to sell by Public Auction

(PUR ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED),

'00

THURSDAY,

in order to Ben

provide the bare necessaries of life for reduced to the de- gradation of

of accepting

charity heads of the Navy and Army to the

IMPROVEMENTS OF-PUBLIC

STREETS.

traffic renders the adoption of such

of the Quarry, the manufacture of granelithic paving slabe for footways has also been extensively introduced. The labs are made to standard sizez, The policy of requiring houses, when the standards being so aanged as, to undergoing reconstruction, to be built suit the prevailing widths of pavements, at a higher level where necessary in thus reducing waste to a minimum. During the year, 6,600 slabs' were made. order to provide for the future raising The manufacture of tar macadam is also of certain low lying areas in Hongkong carried on at the quarry, the quantity and Kowloon has bean continued. In produced during the year smounting some cases, arrangements are made with a 762 cubic yard

Kowloon roads, approximate mileage owners whereby-the-ground-foors-of-28 were generally maintained-in-a- their houses are retained at their former satisfactory manner. The same is said

to raise such doors when the raising of sarfacing was introduced on a number of levels upon their giring an undertaking of the roads in the New Territories, approximate mileage 50. Improved the street is carried out.

been taken towards effecting improve. ments in the building lines whilst in

In the case of some streeta, steps have

roads in Kowloon.

THE TYPHOON REFUGE MONGKOKTSUI

peace is aimed at by the military There will be two vacancies on the their families, are rate made by others schemes for widening have been breakwater, the central indicator refer-

group which is seeking to overthrow Bench next year, when Sir Thomas the KERESHRY Government.

Both Braddel's leave expires and when Mr.thepresentations have been

cor has communicated to

parties aim at triumph over the enemy. Justice Ebden retires, as it is rumoured authorities. His Excellenty the Gever-being carried into effect as opportunity Gover-decided upon. These proposals are Where they disagree is evidently in he will do some time next year, after of State and urgent telegrams Lave been arises. The principal echemes of this regard to the means by which unity Mr. Justice Sproule returns from a despatched by the Joint Committee of in the ranks, civil as well as military, holiday in Canada and the Stater. the

the 27th September, 1917, at 2.30 p.mwhich is essential to access, is

on the premises of the Hongkong and

Kowloon Wharf and Godown CA, Kowloon, (Godown No. 25)

The following SUNDRY GOODS

a Large rolls of Composition Runner

for machinery rooms, (3 feet wide),

1 × 40 gallon cask heavy 1.

4.crates of Glass Jars,

10x 40 gallon Drums Carbolineum,

3x 10 gallon Drums Spirits of Wine,

70 bags Stone, Nuts,

a bags Stellblacklis,"

30 hags Coco Nibs (damaged).."

7 cases Shell blacklips."

20 cases. Mineral Water Sauer

brunnen,"

Alku immediately following the, above sale; (in Godown 51), on the same premises, the undermentioned, (in Bond), "Il cases Houses of Lords Whisky,

20 cases of Beer.

On view from Tuesday the 25th-inst.

at noon.

Termos":-Cash.

10

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers.

Hongkong, Sept 14, 1917..

(Continued

on Page 8.)

THE CALENDAR.

1105

MEMOS FOR TO-HORROW.

University Re-opens.

3.20p.m.-Gymkhana at Happy Valley.

General Memoranda.

SUNDAY, Sept. 16:—-

6.27 p.m.-New Moon.

MONDAY, Sept. 17-

Jewish year, 5078 begins.

TDAT, Sept. 18:-

Das Perio, por

¡B, TURDAY, Sept 22--

to be achieved. The reports

which have been circulating in GREAT FLOODS IN CHINA. diplomatic circles at Washington, regarding the terms on which Germany "is prepared for peace,

are evidently not taken very seriously.

If they truly represent the present!

THREE MILLION PEOPLE HOMELESS.

SUANGA, Sept. 13,

China

corres

presunorities, recognised the hard-

Home

ship caused to civil servants by a high dollar and

of for the granted them the privilege drawing. 46the to the dollar, It is

frame of mind in Germany they Owing to foods, 3,000,000 people are of their pay at 10 to certainly, show a great advance upon homeless and destitute in Chili. The and the balance at current rate. It anything Germany has adumbrated number of people strowaned is arged that a similar concession should

hitherto. According to these reports she is willing to restore Belguim and northern France, but on conditica that Great Britain defrays the cont of the restoration by purchasing the German Colpaies! She is willing also to restore Serbia and Humania, to agree to the "independence of Alsace and Lorraine, and to Trieste | becoming a"free port. Other items. are atîted to be disarmament, interna- tional police, and freedom of the sear with Great Britain controlling the Channel until a channel tunnel is built Until these proposals are formally submitted by Germany they ean hardly be treated seriously, but

indătimible.

to members of the Bervices be granted to stationed in Hongkong and Chine

and

...

ment.

|

With regard to the settlement of the

further subsidence of 3 inches fram red to in last year's Report showed a

total settlement below the surface of June, 1915, to December, 1915. The

the dredged trench, as recorded by this indicator, from January, 1911 when it was lowered into position, to December, 1915, amounted to 65",

13

General Chamber of nature are the following:- Hongkong

and the local branch of the Commsociation

(a)The widening of Canton Road to the Prime

Minister, Battery Street, Reclamation all without apparent of

effect. "TES feeling

services is in-

Street, and Shanghai Street, so tense, and

for your information as to provide a main thorough. From levels which have been taken

• local cattings from the Press of

fare, partly 60 and partly 63 on the top of the breakwater, it is found pondence and leading articles.

wide, extending along the that, during the period first mentioned, In 1913 the Hongkong Government, western side of Kowloon Penin- | (Jane, 1915, to December,) settlement

with

the approval of the

Bula from Salisbury Road to the has recurred varying from at the old boundary line.

narth end to 5" at the south end, except ()-The widening of Main Street, that over the central portion of the Shaukiwan East to 25 feet, in-curve, for a length of about 400 feet, cluding improvements in align the subsidence has been materially

greater, being as follows:- (The partial widening of Bonham June, 1915, to Sept, 1914

March, 1916, 9 Strand with a view to providing

Dec., 1910, 16 The following is a.fletailed statement of the expenditure in connection with the Typhoon Refuge :-- Preliminary & incidental expenses, including cost of survey, & S Consulting Engineer's fees

(£207, 28. d.). Cost of supervision, in- cluding salaries of En. gineering Staff, Over- seers, and Feremen, sad hire of launches......... Contract payments.. Cost of dredging...

FORNING concession should.

There has been great destruction ale, in Honan and Bupab and large I you will give the subject mat districts in North China are virtually ter of this letter the very widest vab impassable, except by boats.

licity as it appears that only a Presa campaign can move the Imperial author The Chinese Red Cross Society is ities to ordinary acts of justice"

Tam, dear sir, yours faithfally urgently appealing to the nation for relief-Heuter.

E. A. M. WILLIAMS

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Y.M.C.A. HONGKONG HUTS.

It will interest subscribers to learn that the Colony's subscription of £1,800 in April last for Y.M.C.A. Hongkong Huts hna been utilised to

THE TYPHOON.

a uniform width of 33 Feet throughout

RECLAMATIONS.

H

The following is a statement of the private reclamations which were com pleted or in progress during the year- Ares is Sq. Ft. Shtakiwan Inland.Lot 433,

(epmpleted),

11,268 Marine Lot 321, North Point,

(completed).

120,000

22,615

BIG DAMAGE AT AMOY.

The Old Police Basin, Kowloon Point, (in progress), The last typhoon, which originated The areas stated are those of the lets the Pacific, enst of Aparri, went which extend further inland thar o through the Bushi Channel, and high water mark and are therefore not

exclusively reclaimed from the sea, following its direct N.W course,, In addition to the above, a start was

Pen one but at Chiseldon (near travelled with such spoed, after cross-mide with the reclamation of a birge

if they really do represent the latest Swindon) one at Murren (Switzering the south of Formosa and enter, arta af the head of Kowloon Bay, Cover- ides of the German Government on land) and one at Bagdid,

the subject of peace i it is obvious that: they represent a considerable stride towards the goal of peace. If these ideas are embodied in the reply which Germany makes to the Porz'S Note they will, at least, afford “a basis for further discussion until the irreducible minimum of cath is

9pm-Police Reserve Band Night into

...the Public Gardens.

Taurday, Sept. 97 —–

Battleman Day: Hongkong Stock

Exchange.

·OUR” DAY."

THE SINGAPORE PLANS,

ing the Formosas Gunnel, that it ing about 230 acres, to form a residentist

area for the better-class Chinese. covered 400 miles in 24 hours

PRINCIPAL WORKS OP-A nearly 18 miles an hour and struck

PRIVATE NATURE Aroy, the port having had no warn ing of its approach.

19,300.09

2,327.10

108,604.82 155,178.66 1,923,174.32

Hish.

The following are some selections:

FIVE FURLONGS

Anticipation,

Tittlemousu, Billikin. GYMKHANA STAKES ---

Windsor Dahlia, Australian Chief, Pingwu Chief.

*A CLASSE -- - Rex,

Hush Hush, Ben Bolt.

BCLASS:

Whipper-in,

Choice-Dublin, First Violi DISTANCE HANDICAP

Ben Bolt,

Green Elevator, Tom Cobleigh. ONE AND A QUARTER →→→ Windsor Dahlia or Australian Chief, Ploughedfield, King Dick.

VICTORIA RECREATION CLUB.

i

i.

ANNUAL AQUATIC SPORTS.

The Annual Aquatic Sports of the

V.R.C. will he beld on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. 27th, 28th and 20th inst.. The following are the events chief of which are the Half Mile, 220 Yard thampionship, 100 Yards Championship. Ladies 50 Yards Handicap, High Dive and Challenge Team Race:-

FITXT DAY.

4.

1. Two Lengths Handicap (members

only).

21

2. Kunning Header Swallow Style (open

to the Colony).

3. Boys' Pare (members' sons), 14 gears -

and ander.

4. Team Kace (open)-Teams will her

picked.

-5.. Two Lengths Handicap (open to non-

members).

ų

6. Hall Mile (open to the Colony).

SECOND DAY,

7. Hurdle Race Two Lengths Handicap

(open to the Colony).

A Long Flange (open to the Colony) 9. 220 Yards Championship of the

Colony,

10. 4 Lengths Handicap (members only). 11. Boys' Rage Two Lengths Handicay fopen të boys king bath). Win- ner of no's barred.

picked

Total,...$2,208,584.99 12. Water Polo (open)Teams will be

PRAYA EAST RECLAMATION

THIRD DAY.

SCHEMES ADREN ho Yurds Championship of

Colony.

The proposal to proceed with this 14. Ladies' Nomization. (open)--Name of work, which has remained in abeyance lady to accompany entry formi

inca 1905, (zide paragraph 82 of 1905 15. Ladies Race Feat Handicap Report), having been revived, negotia- an

*y (50 yards); RX tions with the Naval Authorities and 10. High Dive (open to the Colony). The erection of the second-block of with Mesara, Jardins, Matticron & Co 17: 300 Pards Championship of the Considerable damage was done. Studenta Quarters for the Hongkong garding certain matters involved in Colony (boys 14 years and under).

University on Inland Lot 1877, referred the scheme were proceeded with. In whilst considerable additions were made to a proposal to acquire a corner of the to in last year's Report, was completed, the former case, the negotiations related 18. to the Vice Chancellor's residence. The Arsenal Yard with a view to affording

At the "Our Day meeting at Singahongs here says it was the worst a telegram to one of the principal porte n. Mr. F. 5.Dames presided Blow Amey has experienced for the over a large attendance Theedate Just 30 years: all small shipping other buildings mentioned in last year's direct communicating from. Queen's 19.

Report (carpenters' workshop, extension Road to a new main thoroughfare to be

W

Challenge Team Race (men), open

to nay Club, Corps, Unit or Bong

the Colnay A

Water Polo (open)-Teams will be

picked.

Carpets, Pictures, Pianos, Pinola etc, etc., at, Masers. Hughes and is definitely ascertained. It has been fixed was Oct. 27th, and the fixtures destroyed, rest, RhOLE... Hough's. 3.p.m.-Auction of 30 volumes of stated from Washington that the include a subscription campaign Com We hear that the lasku Shosen to the hydraulic laboratory, and quarters laid out on the Reclamation, thus Encyclopaedia Britannins.... British Government has advised the munity campaign, agymkhana, dramatic Kaisha's Amakasa Man is aahon for soolles and watchmen) were com eliminating the existing beads formed

American Government that its reply theatresand cinema ta kings, Chinese fetes also Butterfield Swire hulk.pleted and sundry alterations and addi- by Arsenal Street. Questions relating The following testimonial recently the POPE'S Note will be etc. The Chairman stated that a lottery We hear that arrangements are being tions to various buildings were carried to the jasetion of the Reclamation with appeared in one of the Christian Science practically on the same lines as would be organised by the Sporting Club made to have the larú boat towed

Admiralty property had also to be magazines: Christian Science has healed me of agnosticism, well-complacency! from which the Fend would probably down und docked in Hongkong The Recreation Ground (Inland Lot 1949) Sinally settled by a letter from the nervousness drinking, aminking, pen The pavilion on the University arranged All these matters were slavery to modicine, self indulgence. President WILGON' Peply. A

get $250,000 important paragraph in that reply

roof of B&S a godown, has been

A completed

V Admiralty, dated 8th November 1916, fanity, gambling, stomach disorder, Describing the lottery to be in blown off and considerable other The Reena May Institute, (Inland agreeing to the terms which had been sleeplesscens, chronic bowl trouble, Kays We cannot t take the

augusted in dingapore the Free Prest damage has been done to other pro Lot 2083), Garden Road, was completed. proposed by the Colonial Government hemorrhoids, kidney disease r word of the present rulers of sayTheottery grill be for one million petty. Mengre details only have so The development of the ridge cast In the latter case, the negotiations onder, hay fetor, eye trouble, i nd worry. Germany as a guarantee for anything dollars, and 's quarter will go to the far reached the Colony. The intern of Happy Valley was proceeded with, related to a proposal to convert a portion that is to endure unless it is explicitly Best prize will be a quarter of a million, Kucing Bas probably been badly ploted. The erection of five other into a Marine Lot and to the surrender Our Day Fuad. If the lottery fills, the e German steamer thero, the two European residences being com of LL. 29, which fronted on Prays Fast, supported by such conclusive evidence the second $100,000, the third 350,000 damaged as we understand there was of the will-and-purpose of the there wit be fifty prizes at 83,000 and no one on boat to look after her German people themselves as other one hundred of 000 Tickers will The be. Sunning, with de Biberon Al Fresco File in aid of Society of St. peoples in the world would be be on sale at all banks in the Colony mail on board, due today will plated,

Vincent de Pabl

THURS. 27, FRI, 28 & EAT. 29 Sept. ---

VRC. Annual Aquatic Sporta. SATURDAY, Sept. 99:-

Michaelmas Day.

10.30

Auction of Drags

Chemicals. Hospital Sundries, "ats ete, at Memra. Hughes and Hough's Noon, Douglas citeamshire

Meeting.

SUNDAY, Bapt. 30

MONDAY, Oct.

October Criminal Sessions commence

Monday, Oct. 8-* Gene A Holiday

residences was in progress, D

or exchange of certain portions of ML the new oil tanks at Lai Chi Kok 52 and Lice 29 and 2010 connection.

H

BHEUMATISM.

Pain Ba for the Standard Oil Co. were comith the extension paat Fast Point pre

perty of the new main thoroughfare you ara wa. of the works of the already alluded to. A statement of the sease runs

Marine Let terms of settlement with regard to the Get bottle

VIZOPOIN Point, was completed conversion of a portion of 11.28 into s

and you of & largs blook Marine Lat will be found in pari

Eat the relief ob 15 of this Report. The other matters

Tassified in accepting

words, soy peace propos

and F. M.S. Prizes, will be given in air other

Straits War Loan bonds and per of the drawing will take places the come from Germany to the Allies Memorial Hall on Friday, October 20,

bo delayed for want of

to unload cargo at Amoy To-day s pleskant breeze and good

are due to the first taste

And

LEIN WAN.COMmenced.

the North East Modeco

T "dine

time, as thế Jonzer this the har

ähted